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金三月。京師乏糧。軍民餓死者十四五。金主遣使大軍議和。索公主及護駕將軍十人細軍百人從公主童男女各五百人綵繡衣三千襲御馬三千匹金銀珠玉。又請左丞相完顏福興為質。金主皆從之。以東海郡侯少女應之。又令金主鄉其國遙拜。主不敢拒。又曰。元帥圍燕日久未甞擄掠。欲得犒軍金帛。主亦從之。大軍北歸。是時京城白金三斤不能易米三升。死者不可勝紀。議遷都汴梁。九月二十八日起駕。十月二十四日入汴京。大軍既歸。聞金遷汴怒曰。既和而遷是有疑心而不釋憾。特以和為欵我之計耳。次年八月復圍燕京。分兵下中原州郡遣使至汴。索犒軍金銀等物。金主皆與之。東平大名真定勤王之兵遇大軍皆潰敗。自是內外不通。太子守緒自燕京取間道歸汴。燕京宮闕雄麗為古今冠。至是為亂兵所焚。火經月餘不絕（金志）。

In the third month, the Jin capital ran short of provisions, and forty to fifty percent of the soldiers and commoners starved to death. The Jin ruler dispatched an envoy to the Great Army to sue for peace, and they demanded a princess, ten body-guarding generals, one hundred elite troops, five hundred young boys and girls each to attend the princess, three thousand suits of colorful embroidered robes, three thousand imperial horses, gold, silver, pearls, and jade; they also requested the Left Chancellor Wanyan Fuxing as a hostage. The Jin ruler complied with all demands, offering the youngest daughter of the Marquis of Donghai Commandery to fulfill it. They also ordered the Jin ruler to bow toward their country from afar; the ruler dared not refuse. They further said: 'The Marshal has besieged Yan for a long time without ever pillaging; he wishes to receive gold and silk to reward the army.' The ruler also complied. The Great Army returned north. At that time in the capital, three catties of silver could not buy three pints of rice, and the dead were beyond count. Moving the capital to Bianliang was discussed. On the twenty-eighth day of the ninth month, the imperial entourage set out; on the twenty-fourth day of the tenth month, they entered the capital of Bian. After returning, the Great Army heard that the Jin had moved to Bian and said in anger: 'Having made peace and then moved shows that they harbor suspicions and have not let go of resentment; they merely used peace as a ruse to appease us.' In the eighth month of the following year, they besieged Yanjing again, sending detachment forces to subdue the prefectures and commanderies of the Central Plains, and dispatched an envoy to Bian to demand gold, silver, and other goods to reward the army. The Jin ruler gave them all. The loyalist armies of Dongping, Daming, and Zhending all collapsed and were routed when encountering the Great Army. From this point on, communication between inside and outside was cut off. Crown Prince Shouxu returned to Bian from Yanjing via an indirect route. The palaces of Yanjing were majestic and beautiful, second to none in ancient and modern times; at this time, they were burned by rogue soldiers, and the fire did not cease for more than a month (Record of Jin).