Wanyan Wuzhu Wanyan Wuzhu , also known as Wo chu or Huangwochu , and later known by his Chinese name , Zongbi ( 宗弼 ) , was a general from the Jurchen ( 女真 ) Wanyan ( 完颜 ) tribe . He was the fourth son of Emperor Taizu of Jin , and a general of the Jin Dynasty ( 1115 – 1234 ) . He died in 1148 , while his year of birth is not known . In his teens , Wanyan Wuzhu followed his second elder brother Wanyan Wolibu ( 完颜斡离不 ; Chinese name Zongwang 宗望 ) in pursuit of Emperor Tianzuo of Liao ( the last emperor of the Liao Dynasty ) near Yuanyang Lake ( in modern day ' s Hebei Province ) . In 1125 he joined Wolibu ' s army to attack the Song Dynasty . In 1126 they captured Tangyin ( modern day Tangyin , Henan Province ) , and Wuzhu headed 3000 Jurchen cavalrymen participating in the battle besieging Bianjing ( Modern day Kaifeng , Henan Province ) , the capital of the Song Dynasty . In 1128 Wuzhu defeated the ten - thousand - man Song army under Zheng Zongmeng to capture Qingzhou ( modern day Qingzhou , Shandong Province ) . After that , he overcame Puzhou ( modern day Juancheng , Shandong Province ) and five towns nearby . With Kaidefu ( modern day Puyang , Henan Province ) and Damingfu ( modern day Handan , Hebei Province ) captured , all lands to the north of the Yellow River were occupied by the Jin Dynasty . During the later process of conquering the Song Dynasty , Wuzhu defeated Song troops in Hezhou ( modern day Hexian , Anhui Province ) , Huzhou ( modern day Huzhou , Zhejiang Province ) and Hangzhou , and signed a peace treaty , making Huaishui ( modern day Huai River ) the border between the two states . In 1137 , he was appointed " right vice - marshal " ( 右副元帅 ) , and was raised to " Lord Shen " ( 沈王 ) . Zongbi compelled the Song Dynasty to acknowledge allegiance to Jin in 1142 . Later , Wuzhu was appointed " Left Prime Minister " ( 左丞相 ) of the Department of State Affairs ( 尚书省 ) as well as Palace Attendant ( 侍中 ) , Taibao ( 太保 ) , and " Chief Marshal " ( 都元帅 ) . In 1142 , Wuzhu returned to the capital and supervised the compilation of the national history . Then he was raised to the post of Taifu ( 太傅 ) . Wuzhu was appointed Taishi ( 太师 ) , and took charge of all Three Departments ( the main central administrative system adopted in China ) in 1147 . He died a year later in December , 1148 . Military career . War against the Liao Dynasty . In December , 1121 , Emperor Taizu of Jin waged a second war against the Liao Dynasty . It was in this war that Wuzhu joined the army to fight for the first time , following his uncle Wanyan Xieye ( also know by his Chinese name , Wanyan Gao ) , the " Guolun Hulubojilie ( 忽鲁勃极烈 ) chief " ( a title and an office resembling the Prime Minister in ancient Jurchen government system ) . In January , 1122 , Jin troops captured Zhongjing ( modern day Ningcheng , Chifeng , Inner Mongolia ) , the capital of the Liao Dynasty . Wanyan Nianhan ( also known by his Chinese name " Zonghan " ) , which was an important general of the Jin dynasty and also the male first cousin of Wuzhu , learned that Emperor Tianzuo of Liao was undertaking a fishing expedition near Yuanyang Lake ( 鸳鸯淖 ) , so Wanyan Xieye and Nianhan separated the troops and advanced by two different routes to attack Emperor Tianzuo of Liao . At that time Wuzhu and Wolibu served as officers in Xieye ' s troop . When the troops passed over Qingling ( 青岭 ) , Nianhan , knowing there were over 300 Liao soldiers ahead of them , led Wuzhu and Ma Heshang with about 100 cavalrymen in chase of the enemies . During the battle , since he exhausted his arrows , Wuzhu snatched a spear from a Liao soldier , and killed eight men by his own , capturing five . War that conquered the Northern Song . In October , 1125 , the Jin Dynasty waged the first war against the Song Dynasty . Wuzhu served as a high official in the Eastern Army ( 东路军 ) of the Jurchen , led by the " right vice - marshal " Wanyan Wolibu . The Eastern Army was sent from Pingzhou ( modern day Lulong , Hebei Province ) and captured Yanjing ( modern day Beijing ) in December . In January , 1126 , Wolibu sent Wuzhu to take Tangyin , with 3000 Song soldiers captured . Soon afterwards , the Eastern Army conducted an assault crossing of the Yellow River , and Wuzhu headed 3000 cavalrymen to move in on Bianjing . Having heard that Emperor Huizong of Song had left Bianjing and fled to the south , Wuzhu sent 100 cavalrymen to chase him but failed . Jin troops surrounded Bianjing soon after , and retreated after the Song begged for peace . In August , 1126 , Wuzhu followed the " right vice - marshal " Wanyan Wolibu down south again . In April the next year , Jin troops captured Bianjing . Emperor Huizong and Emperor Qinzong surrendered to the Jin Dynasty and were captured by the Jurchens , thus ending the Northern Song Dynasty . In June , 1127 , Wolibu died of illness , and Wanyan Zongfu ( later known as Zongyao , father of Emperor Shizong of Jin ) , the third elder brother of Wuzhu , became the successor of the " right vice - marshal " . In December , Zongfu took orders to wipe out the anti - jin armed forces in parts of Shandong , and Wuzhu served in his army as an officer . First Wuzhu defeated ( tens of thousands ) the army of Zheng Zongmeng ( 郑宗孟 ) , and thus captured Qingzhou . After that , he invaded Linqu ( in modern day Shandong ) , near which he first vanquished the anti - jin armies led by Zhao Cheng ( 赵成 ) and then crushed the armies led by Song Huangqiong ( 宋黄琼 ) , thus taking possession of Linqu . In January , 1128 , Zongfu ' s army moved back . When crossing over the Qing River , they confronted ( more than 30 thousands ) the army of the Song . Wuzhu ' s troops demolished the enemies , killing more than ten thousands . He was then assigned to Hejianfu ( 河间府 ) by Zongfu , who returned to Yanjing later with his own army . War against the Southern Song . In July 1128 , Emperor Taizong of Jin issued an imperial edict to chase after Emperor Gaozong of Song , who was running off down Yangzhou . Wuzhu led his own troop following Zongfu ' s army to the south . As the van , Wuzhu ' s troop captured Puzhou , Kaide ( 开德 ) , Daming ( 大名 ) and other places in succession . In early 1129 , Wuzhu was raised to " right vice - marshal " . Nianhan and Zongfu sent Talan ( Wanyan Chang完颜昌 ) , Wuzhu , Balisu ( 拔离速 ) and Mawu ( 马五 ) to invade the Southern Song by two routes , and Emperor Gaozong of Song fled southwards from Yangzhou . Wuzhu moved in upon Guidefu ( modern day Shangqiu , Henan Province ) , and the Song generals guarding the city surrenderd just before his troop attacked . The cities and towns Wuzhu passed through were all easily captured or gave up without a struggle . Wuzhu kept carrying his victorious arms to the north bank of the Yangtze River , and occupied Hezhou ( modern day Hexian , Anhui Province ) , an important city to the north of the Yangtze River . Wuzhu intended to cross the river from Caishiji ( in modern day ' s Anhui ) , but was blocked by the Song troops from Taipingzhou ( 太平州 ) at the ferry , and could not cross the river for three days . So Wuzhu turned to Majiadu ( 马家渡 ) and beat the garrison , beheading the Song general Chen Cui ( 陈淬 ) . In November , Wuzhu crossed the river and defeated the Song troops led by Du Chong ( 杜充 ) , capturing Jiankang ( modern day Nanjing ) . Having assigned the subordinate generals to the neighboring towns , he headed the army in person to capture Guangdejunlu ( 广德军路 ) and Huzhou ( now in Zhejiang Province ) , and arrived in Lin ' an ( modern day Hangzhou ) . Hearing that Lin ' an was to fall , Emperor Gaozong of Song escaped to Mingzhou ( modern day Ningbo , Zhejiang Province ) . Wuzhu sent Ali ( 阿里 ) and Puluhun ( 蒲卢浑 ) as the spearhead with 4000 veteran soldiers to chase Emperor Gaozong of Song , and sent another two generals to capture Yuezhou with dramatic swiftness . Ali ' s troop approached Mingzhou after successive victories , and Emperor Gaozong of Song had to escape to the sea in a boat . Soon afterwards Wuzhu rushed to Mingzhou and captured it . Ali and Puluhun sailed across the sea to Changguoxian ( modern day Zhoushan Island , Zhejiang Province ) and captured the governor of Mingzhou . Learning that Emperor Gaozong of Song had fled to Fuzhou by way of Wenzhou , they pursued at sea but fell back after being blocked by the naval force of the Song . Wuzhu led his troops back to Lin ' an . In February , 1130 , Wuzhu declared that he had finished the search for Emperor Gaozong of Song , and moved back north along the Jinghang canal , carrying large amounts of gold , silver , treasures and jewels plundered by the troops from all places of Jiangnan . Before leaving , he committed Lin ' an , which was a city steeped in history , to the flames , and his troops burned , killed and looted on their way , which became a calamity for the people in Jiangnan . In march , Wuzhu ' s army arrived in Zhenjiang . They were blocked by Han Shizhong ' s troops . The navy led by Han had huge and lofty warships which were guarding the esturary , preventing Jin troops from crossing . Jin troops had less and smaller battleships and were not good at battles on water , though they outnumbered their enemies . At the beginning , Jin troops suffered great losses , and Wuzhu still could not cross the river after a stalemate for 48 days . His troops had to penetrate up the river to Jiankang . When they got to Huangtiandang ( 黄天荡 ) , the troops dug a 15 - kilometre canal along the old water channel of the Laoguan River ( 老鹳河 ) overnight , which led to the Qinhuai River and finally enabled them to escape back to Jiankang . Since Han Shizhong pursued to Jiankang and blockaded the river with warships , Wuzhu posted a reward for the scheme to destroy the warships to cross the river . A man from Fujian gave him a suggestion of shooting fire arrows into the sails of the warships , which could not move without wind . Wuzhu followed his advice and made fire arrows that very night . In a still sunny day , Wuzhu carried out the scheme and succeeded . Countless of Song soldiers were burnt or drowned to death . Han Shizhong had to abandon his ship and escaped back to Zhenjiang with only a handful of men . In May , Jin troops set fires to Jiankang before they headed back to the north crossing the Yangtze River . On their way back , Wuzhu ' s army was attacked by the troops led by Yue Fei from the Southern Song , and suffered a heavy loss . In September , 1130 , Emperor Taizong of Jin made Zongfu command the armies of Shaanxi to attack Sichuan and Shaanxi , followed by Wuzhu with his own army . The two dynasties committed the battle in Fuping ( modern day in Shaanxi Province ) . At that time , the Song soldiers were several times more than those of Jin , and Wuzhu and his soldiers were surrounded by the troops led by Zhang Jun , the local military commander of Shaanxi , and had a hard time . With the help of Wanyan Loushi , they finally got through the close siege . With the recovery of Jin troops , the commander of Song troops got afraid and deserted on the eve of battle , which led to the failure of the Song . Not long after the battle in Fuping , Zongfu and Wuzhu captured most of the land in Shaanxi . In January , 1131 , Zongfu went back to Yanjing , and Wuzhu took the lead of the armies of Shaanxi . In September , Wuzhu led his soldiers to invade Sichuan . While he made his way through Heshangyuan ( modern day in the southeast of Baoji in Shaanxi province ) , he met heavy resistance by Wu Jie and Wu Lin ( two famous Song generals in command of anti - jin troops ) . Wuzhu lost almost half of his troops and was shot by an arrow , which became his biggest failure since Wuzhu joined army . Two years later in November , Wuzhu ' s troops marched again and this time they defeated Wu Lin and captured Heshangyuan . In February the next year , Wuzhu sent out troops but was defeated by Wu Jie . In March he returned to Yanjing . In 1139 , Emperor Xizong of Jin accepted Wuzhu ' s proposal and declared war against the Song again . The Jurchen troops invaded the area , which had been given back to Song Dynasty in Henan and Shaanxi . Because many of the generals used to be officers of Jin , they soon surrendered and within one month Jin captured most of the area as mentioned before . In that case , Yue Fei and other generals had to retreat to the south of Yingchang ( modern day Xuchang , Henan province ) , and Wuzhu garrisoned Bianjing without difficulty . Wuzhu had intended to strike while the iron is hot and captured the area to the north of the Huaihe River , so he led his army to north . But was defeated by Liu Qi in Shunchang ( modern day Fuyang , Anhui Province ) , and got a worse defeat by Yue Fei in Yancheng ( modern day in Henan province ) and Yingchang . Wuzhu was within an inch of being arrested . The situation was very good for Song Dynasty , and Yue Fei was going to recapture the area in Henan and Hebei . But Emperor Gaozong of Song commanded Yue Fei to go back to the capital , so the army of Song retreated from Henan . Wuzhu had never given up the idea of being bounded on the Huaihe River with Song Dynasty , though he had met with severe defeat . In February , 1141 , he captured Luzhou and took a battle with Song in Tuogao ( modern day in Anhui Province ) , but was severely defeated . Wuzhu exploit Qin Hui ( prime minister of Song ) to kill Yue Fei , and later declared that he was willing to keep peace with Song . Emperor Gaozong of Song agreed to have peace talking with Jin , and the next year the two countries signed peace agreement , which is called ” Treaty of Shaoxing ” . Political career . In 1137 , Wuzhu was praised as right vice - marshal and Lord Shen . In November the same year , Jin gave up the regime of puppet Qi and got the power back to center . In 1138 , Zongpan and Zongjuan seized power . They connected with left vice - marshal Talan and gave back some areas in Henan and Shaanxi to Song . Wuzhu with Zonggan and some others firmly disagreed with them . The next year , Emperor Xizong of Jin sentenced them crime of conspiring against the state , condemned Zongpan and Zongjuan to death , and deprived Talan ' s military leadship . Later Wuzhu was appointed chief marshal and Lord of Yue Kingdom . In 1140 , Wuzhu found the evidence that Talan had connection with Song . Emperor Xizong of Jin made Wuzhu kill Talan , after which praised Wuzhu as Taibao ( 太保 ) . In November , Wuzhu went to court , at which time Emperor Xizong of Jin was on a trip to Yanjing , with left vice - marshal Wanyan Xiyin by his side . Wuzhu wanted to go back to his own mansion . At the farewell dinner , Xiying and Wuzhu had an unhappy conversation , which made Wuzhu very angry . The next day when Wuzhu said goodbye to the Queen , he told the details that Xiying was up to no good . After his leaving , the Queen told everything to Emperor Xizong of Jin . Xizong sent out to pursuit Wuzhu back and permitted Wuzhu to take Xiying off . So Wuzhu killed Xiying and his two sons , with his bosom right vice - marshal Xiao Qing and Xiao ’ s son . The next year Wuzhu was praised as left prime minister and Shizhong ( 侍中 ) , and was still the chief marshal . In March , 1142 , Wuzhu was appointed Taifu ( 太傅 ) . In November , 1147 , appointed as Taishi ( 太师 ) , . After the Shaoxin Peace Agreement , Wuzhu stuck to the peace policy , and advocated to wait until everything was ready to destroy Song in a very short time . And in that case , in the later twenty years , there were few wars between the two countries , which was positive to the development of economic and culture for both of the two counties . In October , 1148 , Wuzhu fell ill and died .