Jin invasion of Sichuan

Timeline

1. 1134Fengxiang Prefecture, Tieshan · ShaanxiAfter the battles of Heshangyuan and Raofeng Pass, the Jin resolved to focus its offensive on Sichuan and Shaanxi. In the second month of Shaoxing 4, Zongbi, Salike, and the Pseudo-Qi's Liu Kui assembled over 100,000 infantry and cavalry at Fengxiang and Baoji, bringing their families along, determined to take Sichuan. The Jin army cut a road down the cliffs of Tieshan (Qingni Ridge), descended along the ridge, and on the 21st reached Shajinping, where they pitched more than forty camps to face the Song army.
2. 1134Shajinping · GansuWu Jie built layered defenses at Shajinping and Xianren Pass. Wu Lin force-marched from Qifang Pass to reinforce, fighting for seven days and nights before joining his brother. On the 27th the Jin attacked fiercely; Wu Jie's ten thousand men held the strongpoint, repulsing repeated assaults. On the first day of the third month, Salike attacked the northwestern tower and burned its pillars, but Wu Jie ordered Yang Zheng and others to drive them back with long swords and great axes.
3. 1134Xianren Pass · GansuOn the night of the first day of the third month, Wu Jie exploited Jin exhaustion to counterattack; Wang Zuo, Wang Wu, and others led picked troops in two columns into the Jin camps. Han Chang was wounded by an arrow, the Jin army broke in panic, suffering tens of thousands of casualties. Zongbi led the remnants back to Fengxiang, where he divided his forces to farm garrison lands; for several years thereafter the Jin dared not lightly attack the gateway to Sichuan, and the Sichuan defense line was secured.