The name Genghis Khan makes countless people tremble, but you know what? Genghis Khan did not destroy any dynasty in the Central Plains in his lifetime, and the conquest of the Central Plains was a matter of later.
When the robbery is in progress
The war between the Jin Dynasty and the Mongols was protracted, and the Jin Dynasty was always on the defensive in the war, while the Mongols were in an offensive position. The Mongols, as nomadic people, could not learn to occupy the cities of the Jin Dynasty for a while, and in order to destroy the war potential of the Jin people, the Mongols chose this path of continuous plunder.
The Mongols hoped to use looting to weaken the War potential of the Jin, and the Jin were unable to engage in field battles with the Mongols after the Battle of Wild Fox Ridge, so the vast North China Plain became a playground for the Mongols. However, can this way of robbery really destroy the Golden State? In fact, the Jin people are not cowardly and decadent Song people, the Jurchens are a fighting nation far stronger than the Mongols in history, as long as the Jin Dynasty is determined to make changes, it is not impossible to overturn Mongolia.
Throughout the war, the Jin people's turning point was in the capital of the Jin Dynasty, ZhongduCheng (Beijing). Zhongdu is the key point connecting the North China Plain and the Northeast Plain, and after the Battle of Wild Fox Ridge, the Jin people still hold the two major plains of North China and Northeast China. The geography of the Northeast Plain was even more important to the Jin people against the Mongols. The Northeast Plain and the Mongolian Old Nest Three River Steppe are only a mountain distance away from the Daxing'an Mountains, and as long as an army is organized here to form a containment in the Mongolian heart, then mongolia with only 200,000 soldiers and horses will sooner or later be dragged down by the Jin.
But all this is a fantasy, and the Jin people continue to faint after the Battle of Wild Fox Ridge, gradually discarding their hopes. In dealing with the Mongols' initial raids, the Choice of the Jin was very stupid, and the states and counties did not make effective resistance to hinder the looting of the Mongol army, and a large number of states and counties in the Central Plains gave the Mongols a green light. The first Mongol plunder was suddenly understandable, but the second robbery of the Jin people was still as inactive as the last time, and this inaction made the Mongols return with a full load after plundering the Central Plains and bringing more than ninety prefectures and counties.
In addition, the biggest mistake of the Golden People is the discriminatory policy. They not only discriminated against the Khitans, who were former enemies, but also imprisoned and monitored them, infuriating the Khitans. In order to increase the momentum, the Khitan leader borrowed a thousand troops from the Mongols, and the Jin people also immediately sent a large army to suppress the Khitan rebels, but the Jin army collapsed under the joint efforts of the Mongolian Khitans, so that the northeast steppe changed hands, the Jin people had no possibility of overturning, and the Mongols paid only a thousand people.
During the third Mongol raid, the Jin finally organized a somewhat powerful revolt. The Jin people built fortifications at Juyongguan, a necessary place for mongolia to defend the enemy, and the Mongols were unable to break through Juyongguan and had to divide their troops to attack the Central Plains, and finally the Jin people were still unable to block the Mongols' internal and external combined attacks, Juyongguan was lost, and the Mongol army went straight to the capital city.
In the face of the Mongols suppressed by the army, a bloody massacre was still being carried out in the middle capital. Emperor Yan Yongji was killed by the chancellor Hu Shahu, who supported Emperor Xuan of Jin, but Hu Shahu's general Gao Qi killed Hu Shahu. The whole thing became a mess. During the fierce court battles of the Jin Dynasty, the Mongols launched a frenzied plundering campaign. Genghis Khan divided the army into three routes, one along the eastern foothills of the Taihang Mountains, then from the well path north to Datong, and then back to Zhongdu. All the way through the North China Plain to the mountains of Shandong, the army robbed all the way and then returned north to the capital city. Attack the Liaodong Corridor all the way to the east, cut off the weak connection between the Zhongdu City and the Jin people in the northeast, and then meet under the Zhongdu City.
After the three-way army returned to Zhongdu, it began to attack the city, but as the strongest city in the Jin Dynasty, the Mongols could not do anything to take Zhongdu. However, under the threat of the Mongol soldiers, the Mongols and Jin finally reached an alliance under the city, so Genghis Khan took the treasures offered by the Jin Dynasty and led the army back to the Mongolian steppe with a smile.
As soon as the Mongols withdrew, Jin Xuanzong announced his "great" strategy, which was to flee. Ignoring his ministers' objections, Jin Xuanzong abandoned the zhongdu city and led a large army directly across the Yellow River to reach the area of Henan and Guanzhong, which had not yet been destroyed by the Mongols, with the intention of reviving the country.
Genghis Khan's misstep
Emperor Xuandi's retreat completely destroyed the Jin people's will to resist, and there was an air of despair in the capital city. At the same time, the bullied Khitans once again began to resist, only this time in the vicinity of Zhongdu. The rebellion of the Khitans caused a knife in the heart of Zhongdu City, and although there were princes stationed in Zhongdu City, it was not valued by the powerful shuhu Gaoqi at that time, and refused to give Zhongdu a slightly more decent rescue.
The Khitans, knowing full well of their inability to conquer Zhongdu, immediately sent emissaries to the Mongols for help. By this time the Mongols had made up for the shortcomings of the siege, and Genghis Khan sent the general Miki Hebadu to join the Jin Dynasty general Shi Moming'an (Khitan) and the general Wang Yu (Han) of Zhuozhou to lead the Mongol army south. They also led a powerful artillery and stone force to the Zhongdu front. The Mongols, with the help of catapults and siege equipment, began a siege of zhongdu, and the siege was so fierce that the city was soon out of food. Jin Xuanzong hurriedly summoned the crown prince back to Beijing. The Lord's escape will cause the hearts of the people in the middle capital to be even more scattered. In March 1215, Jin Xuanzong sent a force to deliver food to Zhongdu, but was defeated by the Mongol army and the entire army was destroyed. In May, the Jin Dynasty fell, the defender Yan Chenghui committed suicide by taking poison, and the Mongols plundered, and Zhongdu burned in a sea of fire for more than thirty days, thus becoming a ruin.
Seeing that the demise of the Jin Dynasty was imminent, Genghis Khan began preparations for the Western Expedition after capturing Zhongdu. In order to prevent the re-emergence of this powerful enemy of the Jin Dynasty, he entrusted the affairs of the Central Plains to his beloved general Mu Huali. Mu Huali had courage and strategy, and he knew that the rogue doctrine of snatching and leaving could not gain a firm foothold in the Central Plains. From the very beginning, Muhuali recruited local armies from all over the country to enrich his army. Not only that, in order to prevent the revival of the Jin power in Liaodong, Muhuali also led the main force to attack the Western Liaoning Corridor and the Liaodong region many times, consolidating the dominance of the Mongol Empire in the Liaodong region.
Mu Huali's most important contribution was to allow the Mongols to steadily eat a large area of land north of the Yellow River, and in order to achieve this goal, he single-handedly handed a stick and a candy to crown the han warlords in various places, and there was a constant tug-of-war between Jin and Mongolia.
In fact, Genghis Khan's western expedition was a major mistake for him, and the Golden Kingdom had become a drowning dog, how could it give it time to recover. While Muhuali was stabilizing Hebei, the Jin people were also sharpening themselves and began to show fearful fighting power. The Jin general Yan Chen and the monk even annihilated nearly 10,000 Mongol iron horses with only 800 cavalry, and warlord armed forces everywhere began to continuously win victories against the Mongols. Mu Huali fell into a bitter battle and was forced to support himself bitterly. Jin Guo won a turnaround.