Mongol Siege of Zhongdu Begins

Timeline

1. 1213Huailai · HebeiAfter capturing the two prefectures of Xuande and Dexing, Genghis Khan advanced on Huailai and Jinshan, where he routed the more than 100,000 men led by Jin Left Chancellor Wanyan Gang and Marshal Right Commandant Shuhu Gaoqi. The Jin elite forces were scattered, and the Mongols pressed on to the northern entrance of Juyong Pass.
2. 1213Juyong Pass · BeijingGenghis Khan avoided strength and struck at weakness, detouring through Zijing Pass while Jebe seized the southern entrance of Juyong, and the northern and southern forces attacked in a pincer to break through the pass. The Mongols then besieged Jin's Zhongdu, leaving part of their forces camped north of the city, and the siege of Zhongdu began.
3. 1213Jin Zhongdu · BeijingGenghis Khan divided his forces into three columns that swept across the two river regions, Shandong, and western Liaoning, taking over ninety commanderies before the armies converged on Zhongdu. North of the Yellow River, only eleven cities including Zhongdu remained unconquered; Zhongdu was placed under prolonged siege, and the Jin court was forced to send envoys to negotiate peace.