Jin emperor Hailingwang assassinated

November 1161

The ambitious Jin emperor Hailingwang, who had launched a massive invasion fleet to conquer the Southern Song and reunify China by force, was murdered in his own camp by mutinous officers after his navy was destroyed by Song fire-ships at the Battle of Caishi. The assassination ended the last serious Jurchen attempt to conquer the south and ushered in a long period of uneasy coexistence along the Huai River frontier.