Genghis Khan, a famous historical figure in ancient and modern China and abroad, once expanded the territory of our country to Eurasia. Genghis Khan was brave and good at war, and had many outstanding achievements, among which the Battle of Wild Fox Ridge changed the trend of China's historical development. In this war, Genghis Khan led the Mongols to make a lot of preparations in order to annihilate the Jin Kingdom in one fell swoop. However, at this time, the strength of the Jin Dynasty was far greater than that of Mongolia, and both the population and army were tens of times that of Mongolia.
With such a disparity, how did Genghis Khan turn the tide of the battle at the Battle of Wild Fox Ridge?
Founded in 1115, the Jin Dynasty was originally founded by the Jurchens, who were heroic and mighty, and it took only a few years to destroy the Song Dynasty, and later with the development of national strength, they once invaded the surrounding ethnic groups, including the Mongols. The Mongols fought against the Jin Dynasty for many years, the King of the Jin Dynasty once strangled and crucified a Mongol army leader on the wood, the Jin State demanded tribute to the Mongols for many years, and in order to prevent the development of the Mongol clan's power, the Jin State regularly executed a large number of Mongolian soldiers. The Long-term oppression and exploitation of Mongolia by the Jin Dynasty made the Mongols treat the Jin Kingdom very bitterly, until after Genghis Khan came to power, Mongolia was unified, and in order to repay the humiliation of crucifixion, Genghis Khan gathered all his strength, plotted for decades, and led an army of 100,000 to attack the Jin Kingdom.
Genghis Khan led the Mongol army to fight in the Jin Dynasty, taking several cities in succession, and the Jin Kingdom became precarious. The King of jin appointed Yan Chengyu as an anti-Mongolian army, and Yan Chengyu was one of the most important generals in the Jin kingdom and had brilliant achievements in the war. Seeing that the Mongol army was threatening, Yan Chengyu temporarily changed its strategy and gathered the surrounding armies to fight together, fighting against the Mongol army's long cavalry, and Completed Yan Chengyu moved the battlefield to the area around the chaotic Wild Fox Ridge.
Although Yan Chengyu had outstanding military ability, he did not have a fierce spirit, and he secretly planned the escape route in secret, which spread to the Jin Army barracks, and the morale of the soldiers was very low, and the final outcome could be predicted at this time. In contrast, the Mongols were indignant, carrying years of humiliation in their hearts, and their armies were extremely fierce. Genghis Khan divided his army into several teams in response to the advantage of the Wild Fox Ridge Mountains, while converting the cavalry strategy into infantry, which was the sore spot of the Jin Army. Genghis Khan led the army to attack the Jinguo camp, leaving some soldiers to garrison the rear, and scattered the Jin army in one fell swoop. The Jin army fled everywhere, the army formation was not in the form of regulations, Yan Chengyu's order could not reach the depths of the army for a while, and the soldiers were timid and cowardly, which directly led to the defeat of the Jin army.
In this war, the Mongols lost less than 20,000 people, and the Jin army lost more than 200,000, avenging the humiliation of many years, this battle dissipated all the elite troops of the Jin State, and even broke the central camp of the Jin State. After the Battle of Wild Fox Ridge, the strength of the Jin Kingdom was greatly weakened, and it soon went to extinction. The Battle of Wild Fox Ridge not only changed the power of the Jin and Mongol regimes, but also affected the development path of our country.