 The Jin granted Qi more autonomy than the first puppet government of Chu , but Liu Yu was <unk> to obey the orders of the Jurchen generals . With Jin support , Da Qi invaded the Song in November 1133 . Li <unk> , a Song <unk> who had joined the Qi , led the campaign . Xiangyang and nearby prefectures fell to his army . The capture of Xiangyang on the Han River gave the Jurchens a passage into the central valley of the Yangtze River . Their southward push was halted by the general Yue Fei . In <unk> , Yue Fei defeated Li and retook Xiangyang and its surrounding prefectures . Later that year , however , Qi and Jin initiated a new offensive further east along the Huai River . For the first time , Gaozong issued an <unk> officially condemning Da Qi . The armies of Qi and Jin won a series of victories in the Huai valley , but were repelled by Han Shizhong near Yangzhou and by Yue Fei at <unk> ( <unk> , modern <unk> ) . Their sudden withdrawal in 1135 in response to the death of Jin Emperor Taizong gave the Song time to regroup . The war <unk> in late 1136 when Da Qi attacked the Huainan circuits of the Song . Qi lost a battle at <unk> ( <unk> ) , in modern Anhui , against a Song army led by Yang <unk> ( <unk> ; 1102 – 1166 ) . The victory boosted Song morale , and the military commissioner Zhang Jun ( <unk> – 1164 ) convinced Gaozong to begin plans for a counterattack . Gaozong first agreed , but he abandoned the counteroffensive when an officer named Li <unk> ( <unk> ) killed his superior official and defected to the Jin with tens of thousands of soldiers . Meanwhile , Emperor Xizong ( r . 1135 – 1150 ) inherited the Jin throne from Taizong , and pushed for peace . He and his generals were disappointed with Liu Yu 's military failures and believed that Liu was secretly conspiring with Yue Fei . In late 1137 , the Jin reduced Liu Yu 's title to that of a prince and abolished the state of Qi . The Jin and Song renewed the negotiations towards peace . 
