Zhang Xil

In 1126 AD, the first year of the Jingkang era of the Northern Song Dynasty. The Jurchens from the northern deserts invaded the Central Plains with 40,000 iron cavalry. Due to the incompetence of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty and the military evacuation, the Jin troops advanced as if they were in an uncharted territory. They burned, killed, looted and attacked all the way to Bianliang in the capital. On the day the city fell, the Jin army captured Emperors Hui and Qin, which was a humiliation of the Jingkang incident.