Jurchens

The Jurchens then hitched a plan to strike back.

While the Jurchens were fewer in number, they were more fierce and powerful.

The next day the Jurchens retaliated against the Japanese with 10,000 troops.

The Jurchens were so afraid of her.

The Jurchens and Mongols are among those actively seeking the book.

The Jurchens suffered yet another defeat in 1627 at the hands of Yuan Chonghuan.

She was not released until a peace treaty was concluded between the Song Dynasty and the Jurchens in 1142.

In consequence, Han was executed by the Song regime, and his head offered to the Jurchens as a peace offering.

Jurchens were sinicized afterwards.

Both Mongols and Jurchens used the title Khan for the leaders of a political entity, whether "emperor" or "chief".

The Wanyan clan rose to prominence among the Jurchens after 1000 CE.

Song forces had failed to make a joint attack in a siege with the Jurchens, who viewed the Song generals as incompetent.

The Khitans were absorbed by the Jurchens and widely used in the following years of war to conquer the northern Song territories.

Yi I, a neutral conservative, urged the king to increase the size of the army to prepare against future invasions from the Jurchens and Japanese.

Despite this victory, most other Song defending forces, again, were defeated, and the Jurchens even captured two Song emperors.

Following the fall of Balhae the Jurchens were vassals of the Liao dynasty.

The Jurchens were the ancestors of the Manchu people and spoke a language related to the Manchu language.

The next few centuries saw successive invasions of non-Han peoples from the north, such as the Khitans and Jurchens.

The Jurchens were trapped for more than a month, before a traitor revealed a weakness in the Chinese encirclement and they escaped, but with heavy losses.

The Menggu Shiwei aided the Liao dynasty against the Jurchens till the end.

According to the contemporary Xia Shaozeng, other war booty included 20,000 fire arrows that were handed over to the Jurchens upon taking the city.

The Jurchens took advantage of this time to expand their power without any interruption until their establishment of Jin Dynasty.

This relationship lasted until 1125, when the Song broke the treaty by inviting the Jurchens (later known as Manchus) to attack the Liao.

After capturing Kaifeng, the Jurchens went on to conquer the rest of northern China, while the Song Chinese court fled south.

The clock-tower was dismantled piece by piece by the Jurchens, who carted its components back to their own capital in modern-day Beijing.