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Mongol Raid on Hebei

Type Event Region North China Time 1212

In 1212 (first year of Chongqing under Jin, seventh year of Genghis Khan), Genghis Khan launched his second major southern campaign, taking Yunzhong …

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  1. 1212Fuzhou (Chan'erzui) · HebeiAfter the Mongols broke through Chang, Huan, and Fuzhou, Jin pacification commissioner Heshilie Jiujin and overseer Wanyan Wannu came with roughly 300,000 troops. Genghis Khan drew up his lines at Chan'erzui, and Mukhali led a suicide squad into the fray, crushing the Jin army and pursuing them to the Hui River, with corpses stretching for a hundred li.
  2. 1212Western Capital, Datong Prefecture · ShanxiThe Mongols turned to besiege the Jin Western Capital, destroying the relief force of marshal and left commander Otun Xiang at Migou Pass. During the siege Genghis Khan was struck by an arrow, so he lifted the siege and withdrew north, plundering the population and livestock of northern Hebei along the way.

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