The Chinese agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act but the Jurchens ' quick defeat Conquering of the Liao dynasty combined Cause_to_amalgamate with Song dynasty military failures made Manufacturing the Jin reluctant to cede these territories .

After a series of negotiations that embittered both sides , the Jurchens attacked Attack the Song dynasty in 1125 , dispatching Sending one army to Taiyuan and the other to Bianjing ( modern Kaifeng ) , the Song capital .

The Jurchens laid siege Besieging to Kaifeng in 1126 , but Qinzong negotiated Communication their retreat Escaping from the capital by agreeing Agree_or_refuse_to_act to a large annual indemnity .

The Jurchens tried to conquer southern China in the 1130s , but were bogged down by a pro-Song insurgency in the north and a counteroffensive by Song generals Yue Fei , Han Shizhong , and others .

In northern China , Jurchens were the ruling Legal_rulings minority of an empire predominantly inhabited by former subjects of the Song .