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Wanyan Zongbing was the fourth son of Wanyan Aguda, the founding emperor of the Jin Dynasty.

In the fourth year of Tianqing reign of Liao Dynasty, Emperor Taizu of Jin launched an uprising against Liao Dynasty. Wanyan Zongbing was not yet an adult and was unable to participate in the first campaign against Liao Dynasty.

In December of the fifth year of Tianfu in the Jin Dynasty, the peace talks between Liao and Jin broke down, and Jin Taizu ordered a second attack on Liao.

At this time, Wanyan Zongbing followed his fifth uncle, Guolun Hulugbogilie Wanyan Gao, to the war. This was his first time to participate in a war.

In the sixth year of Tianfu in the Jin Dynasty, Wanyan Gao led his army to capture Zhongjing of the Liao Dynasty.

Jin army general Wanyan Xiyin captured Xi Nilie, the guard of Liao monarch Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi. After interrogation, he learned that Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi was hunting in Yuanyangluo.

"So Wanyan Gao led a large army out of Qingling, and Wanyan Zongbing and Wanyan Zongwang led a hundred cavalrymen and Ma Heshang to pursue the troops of Liao generals Yuelu, Bogu and Yelis."

"During the fierce battle, Wanyan Zongbing's arrows shone brightly."

"He snatched the Liao soldiers' spears and killed eight Liao soldiers alone, captured five alive, and finally defeated the army led by Yue Lu and others."

"After interrogating the captives, Wanyan Zongbing learned that Emperor Tianzuo has not yet left Yuanyang Luo. If we attack now, we can capture him."

"After this battle, Wanyan Zongbing initially established his own prestige in the Jin army."

"In October of the third year of Tianhui in the Jin Dynasty, Emperor Taizong of Jin issued an edict to attack the Song Dynasty from two directions. The western route was led by Wanyan Zonghan and attacked Taiyuan directly from Xijing."

"The Eastern Route Army was led by Wanyan Zongwang, who attacked Yanjing directly from Pingzhou. Wanyan Zongbing served as the marching commander of the Eastern Route Army."

"In the first month of the fourth year of Tianhui in the Jin Dynasty, Wanyan Zongmou sent Wanyan Zongbing to seize Tangyin County."

"Zongbi led his army to attack fiercely, forcing 3,000 Song troops in Tangyin County to surrender."

"When the Eastern Route Army reached the Yellow River, the Song Army had already burned the bridge, and the Jin Army could not cross the river on the bridge."

"So Zongbi and Helusuo led 70 cavalrymen to wade across the river and killed the 500 Song soldiers who burned the bridge."

"After the Jin army crossed the Yellow River, Zong Wang sent an envoy, Wu Xiaomin, to Bianliang to induce the Song emperor and his ministers to surrender, while Zong Bi led 3,000 cavalrymen to approach Bianliang."

"Song Huizong abandoned the city and fled. Zongbi selected a hundred elite cavalrymen to pursue him, but they failed to catch up and only captured 3,000 war horses."

"Song Qinzong saw that the Jin army was strong, so he requested peace talks, taking Zhao Gou, the Prince of Kang, and Zhang Bangchang, the Prime Minister, as hostages, increasing the annual tribute, and ceding the three towns of Taiyuan, Zhongshan, and Hejian to the Jin."

"Zong Wang agreed to the peace terms and led his army back to Yanjing."

"In August of the same year, Emperor Taizong of Jin issued an edict to invade Song for the second time."

"Zongbi followed Zong Wang, who was promoted to the right deputy marshal, south again. After joining forces with Zong Han's troops, the two Jin armies attacked Kaifeng together."

"On October 25, Bianliang City fell. On December 2, Emperor Qinzong of Song offered a letter of surrender."

"In April of the following year, Zong Wang and Zong Han escorted Emperor Huizong, Emperor Qinzong, and more than 470 members of the Song royal family, as well as a large amount of looted property, northward, and the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed."

"In the fifth year of Tianhui in the Jin Dynasty, Zong Wang, the Right Deputy Marshal and head of the Yanjing Privy Council, passed away. Zong Wang's half-brother, Zong Fu, the third son of Jin Taizu, succeeded him as the Right Deputy Marshal."

"In December, Zong Fu led his army to attack the anti-Jin forces in Zibo and Qingzhou, and Zong Bi followed Zong Fu into battle."

"In the Battle of Qingzhou, Zongbi defeated the tens of thousands of troops led by Song general Zheng Zongmeng and captured the city of Qingzhou."

"Then, Zongbi led his army to attack Linqu, first defeating the anti-Jin forces led by Zhao Cheng, and then defeating the army of Song general Huang Qiong and occupying Linqu City."

"At the beginning of the second year, Zong Fu led his army back to Hebei and encountered an attack by 30,000 Song troops on the bank of the Yellow River. Zong Bi defeated the Song army again, killing and wounding more than 10,000 people."

"After the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Gou, the King of Song Kang, proclaimed himself emperor in Nanjing, namely Emperor Gaozong of Song, which was known in history as the Southern Song Dynasty."

"In July of the sixth year of Tianhui in the Jin Dynasty, Emperor Taizong of Jin ordered the Jin army to march south to pursue Emperor Gaozong of Song."

"Zongbi led his army to follow Zongfu southward and attacked Kaide Prefecture. Due to lack of food and grass, they turned to attack Puzhou."

"Zongbi's vanguard Wulin Datai wanted to defeat the 200,000 anti-Jin righteous army led by Wang Shan, capture Puzhou, and force the five surrounding counties to surrender."

"When they attacked Kaide Prefecture, the troops led by Zongbi were the first to climb the city wall and defeated the Kaide defenders."

"When attacking Damingfu, it was Zongbi's troops who were the first to reach the city."

"At this point, all parts of Hebei were completely occupied by the Jin army."

"In order to reward Zongbi for his military exploits, Zongfu reported to King Taizong of Jin and promoted him to the position of Marshal's Right Military Supervisor."

Chen Yuanyuan: After the Jin army settled in Hebei, Zong Han and Zong Fu assigned Talai, Zongbi, Balisu and Ma Wu to lead the troops to march south in different routes.

When Emperor Gaozong of Song heard that the Jin army was approaching, he fled from Yangzhou to the south of the Yangtze River.

Zongbi led his army to attack Guide Prefecture. The Song army went out of the city from the west gate and the north gate to fight in the field, but was defeated by Danghai.

Zongbi cut off Guide's communication with the outside world, set up stone cannons beside the trench, and prepared to launch an attack. The Song army in the city surrendered.

Then, Zongbi sent Ali and Puluhun to attack Shouzhou, and Zongbi led a large army to follow them.

As soon as the vanguard of the Jin army arrived outside Shouzhou City, the Southern Song Dynasty's appeasement envoy Ma Shiyuan led the officials in the city out of the city to surrender.

All the prefectures and counties that Zongbi's troops passed through, such as Luzhou and Chao County, surrendered without a fight.

When the Jin army reached Hezhou, an important town on the north bank of the Yangtze River, they encountered an attack by Song general Li Qiong with more than 10,000 troops. However, the Song army was still defeated in the first battle and Hezhou was occupied by the Jin army.

In November of the same year, Zongbi led his army to cross the Yangtze River in Hezhou.

When they arrived twenty miles west of Jiangning, the Song general Du Chong led 60,000 infantry and cavalry to resist. Zongbi's generals Hulubu, Danghai, Dihu and Dayan led their troops to attack and defeated Du Chong's troops. Southern Song official Chen Bangguang led his officials to surrender Jiangning Prefecture.

Zongbi left Chang'an Nu and Oliye to guard Jiangning Prefecture, and sent Alubu and Oliye to capture Taipingzhou, Haozhou, Jurong, Liyang and other places.

Then Zongbi led his army westward along the Yangtze River and defeated the armies of Song general Zhang Yong and others many times. Song general Du Chong also surrendered to the Jin army.

Zongbi set out from Jiangning and took the route of Guangde Army to Yuezhou to pursue Song Gaozong, and captured Huzhou on the way.

In order to prevent Emperor Gaozong of Song from escaping upon hearing the news, Zongbi sent his generals Ali and Puluhun to Hangzhou first to prepare boats on the Qiantang River.

When Zongbi arrived in Hangzhou, the defenders, officials and aristocratic families of Hangzhou had all fled, so the Jin army occupied Hangzhou.

When Emperor Gaozong of Song heard that Hangzhou had fallen, he fled from Yuezhou to Mingzhou.

Zongbi himself stationed in Lin'an, and sent Ali and Puluhun to lead 4,000 elite cavalry to pursue Song Gaozong, and also sent Elubu and Shulie to attack Yuezhou in an instant.

Da Yan defeated the Song general Zhou Wang's army. Ali and Puluhun defeated thousands of Song troops along the way, successfully crossed the Cao'e River, defeated the Song army 25 miles away from Mingzhou, and approached the city of Mingzhou.

The Song army in Mingzhou City suffered a defeat, and Song Gaozong boarded a ship from Mingzhou and fled to the sea.

Zongbi divided his soldiers into two parts, attacked Mingzhou from both sides and conquered it.

Ali and Puluhun continued their pursuit by boat and captured Zhao Boye, the governor of Mingzhou in Changguo County. According to Zhao Boye, Emperor Gaozong had already fled to Wenzhou and was going to flee to Fuzhou by sea.

Zongbi sent his generals to pursue them at sea for more than 300 miles, but they were unable to catch up, so Ali and Puluhun had to return.

In the eighth year of Tianhui in the Jin Dynasty, Zongbi announced the suspension of the two-year-long pursuit operation and led the Jin army back to the Central Plains with a large amount of property looted from the south of the Yangtze River.

On his way back north from Hangzhou, Zongbi led his army to capture Xiuzhou.

His subordinate Chizhanhui defeated the Song army in Pingjiang and captured Pingjiang.

Ali led his army to Zhenjiang first, and Han Shizhong, the governor of Jiang and Zhejiang in the Southern Song Dynasty, sent navy to guard the important roads.

The boats of Zongbi's troops were small, and more than 200 Khitan and Han soldiers were drowned. Zongbi chose to advance westward along the river from Zhenjiang.

Han Shizhong attacked Zongbi, but Zongbi's soldiers seized ten large ships.

"Zongbi marched along the south bank, and Han Shizhong marched along the north bank, fighting as they marched."

"The Song army had several times more large warships than the Jin army, and the ships stretched for miles when sailing. The sound of night watchmen on the Song army's warships could be heard from night till dawn."

"Han Shizhong constantly sent out light warships to harass the Jin army, and the two sides fought several times a day."

"When the two sides were about to sail to Huangtian Dang, Zongbi sent people to dig a 30-mile-long canal along the old river course of Laoguan River in one day and one night, connecting it to Qinhuai River, so that they could escape back to Jiangning."

"At this time, the Jin general Talan sent Yilagu from Tianchang County to Jiangning to rescue Zongbi, and Wulinda Taiyu also led his army to join them and defeated the Song army in succession."

"Zongbi led his army from Jiangning, intending to cross the Yangtze River and retreat to the north."

"Zongbi's army crossed the river from the east, and Yilagu's army crossed from the west, and attacked Han Shizhong's army from both sides at the mouth of Pingjiang."

"Han Shizhong commanded the fleet to split up and block the upper and lower waterways of the river, and led the left and right forces to cover and attack Zongbi's troops, blocking the Jin army's retreat route."

"Zongbi posted a notice to seek advice, and a Fujian merchant named Wang offered a suggestion: the Song army's warships were all sea vessels driven by wind. All they had to do was find a windless day and use rockets to attack, and the Song army would be defeated."

"As expected, Han Shizhong's ships all had their five flares spread out. Zongbi selected soldiers who were good at archery and had them board light boats and use arrows to shoot at the five flares on Han Shizhong's ships."

"After the five pillars were shot, they all burned up, and flames and thick smoke filled the entire river surface. Han Shizhong could not command the army to fight."

"Zongbi pursued Han Shizhong northward for seventy miles, and Han Shizhong's boat army was annihilated. Han Shizhong barely managed to save himself."

"In July of the eighth year of Tianhui in the Jin Dynasty, Emperor Taizong of Jin replaced Shaanxi Governor Lou Shi with Right Deputy Marshal Zong Fu to control the Jin army in Shaanxi. At the same time, he transferred Zong Bi's troops west to Luoyang, preparing to attack Shaanxi first, then enter Sichuan and go east to destroy the Song Dynasty in a roundabout way."

"At the same time, Zhang Jun, the head of the Privy Council and the envoy of Sichuan and Shaanxi, also received an imperial edict from Emperor Gaozong of Song, preparing to launch an offensive in Shaanxi to contain the Jin army in Huainan and prevent it from moving south."

"When Zongbi and Zhang Jun fought in Fuping, Shaanxi, Zongbi got stuck in the mud and could not gallop, and was surrounded by the Song army."

"Jin general Han Chang's eye was shot by a stray arrow. He roared and pulled out the arrow, then plugged the wound in his eye with mud, then jumped on his horse and shouted to fight, and rescued Zongbi from the siege."

"Then the Song army was defeated and the Jin army won."

"Soon after the Battle of Fuping, Zongbi was promoted to commander-in-chief of the right wing and became the supreme commander of the Jin army in Shaanxi."

"In the tenth year of Tianhui in the Jin Dynasty, Zongbi led his army to attack Sichuan from Shaanxi. When passing through Heshangyuan, he encountered the desperate resistance of the Song generals Wu Jie and Wu Lin."

"Faced with the Song army occupying the dangerous terrain, Zongbi could not advance and could only order a withdrawal."

"The Song army ambushed troops from all directions, and Zongbi fought and retreated."

"When Zongbi retreated thirty miles and was about to reach the plain, the Song army deployed their troops and defeated the Jin army, causing heavy casualties."

"The following year, Zongbi led his army to attack Sichuan again, successfully defeated the Song army and captured Heshangyuan."

"In the 12th year of Tianhui in the Jin Dynasty, Zongbi led his army to attack Xianren Pass, the gateway to Sichuan, but was defeated by Wu Jie, a general of the Song Dynasty, and retreated to Fengxiang Prefecture."

"In March of the same year, Zongbi led his army back to Yanjing."

Li Shishi: In the 15th year of Tianhui in the Jin Dynasty, Jin Xizong promoted Zongbi to the position of right deputy marshal, and Zongbi was conferred the title of King of Shen.

In the first year of Tianjuan in the Jin Dynasty, Zongpan and Talai advocated the return of Henan to the Song Dynasty. Jin Xizong ordered Zhang Tonggu and others to go on a diplomatic mission to Jiangnan.

The following year, Zongbi returned from the army and went to court to meet the emperor, and was appointed as the Grand Marshal.

Zongbi found out that Talai had colluded with the Song people to bribe each other and ceded Henan and Shaanxi back to the Song Dynasty, so he submitted a memorial requesting the execution of Talai and the restoration of the old territory.

Later, Talai and Hulan planned a rebellion in Xingtai, so the emperor ordered Zongbi to be the Taibao, and concurrently lead the Xingtai Shangshu Province and the Grand Marshal, and go to Yanjing to kill Talai.

Upon hearing the news, Talai fled south from Yanjing, preparing to defect to the Southern Song Dynasty. However, he was captured by Zongbi on the Song-Jin border and was later taken to Qizhou and executed.

After eliminating Zong Pan and others, Zongbi was in charge of all military power and administrative affairs, so Zongbi suggested launching a war to invade the Song Dynasty and take back the Henan and Shaanxi areas that had been handed over to the Song Dynasty. Xizong also agreed and issued an edict to inform the court inside and outside.

Afterwards, Zongbi rushed to Bianliang from Liyang, and the right military inspector Salihe sent troops from Hezhong to Shaanxi.

The Song generals Yue Fei and Han Shizhong respectively occupied the key locations in Henan prefectures and counties, and sent troops across the river to Hedong, stationing in Lan, Shi and Baode to contain Zongbi's forces.

Zongbi sent Kong Yanzhou to capture Bianzhou and Zhengzhou, Wang Bolong to attack Chenzhou, and Li Cheng to capture Luoyang. Zongbi himself led his army to capture Bozhou and Shunchang Prefecture, and also successively captured Songzhou and Ruzhou.

In the summer of the third year of Tianjuan in the Jin Dynasty, the Jin army captured most of Henan and Shaanxi. Song Yue Fei's troops retreated to Yingchang. Zongbi successfully occupied Bianliang and Henan was pacified.

King Xizong of Jin sent envoys to comfort Zongpil and reward more than 3,000 meritorious soldiers under his command, conferring the title of loyal and brave lieutenant together.

In September of the same year, Zongbi paid a visit to Jin Xizong who was on a tour in Yanjing.

Zongbi stayed in Yanjing for twenty days. At the banquet held when he returned to the Marshal's Mansion, Xizong gave him armor, bow and arrows, and a horse.

It was also at this banquet that Zongbi had a verbal conflict with Xi Yin, the former confidant of Left Prime Minister Zong Han, and Zongbi became furious.

The next day, when bidding farewell to Queen Pei Man, Zongbi reported Xi Yin's improper behavior to the queen.

After Zongbi left, the queen reported to Xizong, who sent people to bring Zongbi back and allowed him to execute Xiyin.

Five days later, Zongbi returned to the army, attacked Huainan, and captured Luzhou.

When Jin Xizong visited Yanjing, Zongbi suggested to him that he should conquer Jiangnan. Jin Xizong accepted the suggestion and issued an edict, requiring the commander-in-chief Zongbi and the prime minister to come to the court to report on the matter.

Not long after, Zongbi was appointed as Shangshu Zuo Chengxiang and Shizhong, and his previous posts as Taibao and Du Yuanshuai were retained, and he continued to lead the Xingtai.

The imperial edict placed Yanjing Road under the jurisdiction of the Shangshu Province, and Xijing and the tribes behind the mountains under the management of the Marshal's Office.

Zongbi returned to the army and began to conquer the south of the Yangtze River.

After Zongbi led his army across the Huai River, he sent a letter ordering the Southern Song to surrender. The Southern Song replied by begging for a relaxation of the ceded territory. (End of this chapter)