introduction
In 1206, Temujin unified the large and small tribes in the Mongolian steppe region, and Temujin also became the Genghis Khan of the Mongol tribe, after which the Mongol cavalry under his leadership began the hegemonic journey of God blocking and killing God and Buddha. From the beginning of Western Xia, to the Jin Kingdom located in the north of the Central Plains, and then all the way to Central Asia, West Asia, and the current Russian region. After more than ten years of fighting, Bukhara, Samarkand and other large areas of Central Asia and West Asia have fallen into the hands of the Mongols, even if they already have a large area of land, but this does not stop the Mongol iron horse from continuing to conquer other countries. In the following years, Genghis Khan led the army to defeat the Borovitz, invade the Crimean region and seize the fortress Sudak.
The Mongol Empire expanded abroad several times
During Genghis Khan's western expedition, his land area expanded to unimaginable proportions, and even after Genghis Khan's death in 1227, his descendants did not stop the pace of crazy expansion, and once established a super huge empire spanning the three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa, which is unique in human history. In 1225, Genghis Khan's eldest son Shuchi died young, and his descendants Badu inherited Shuchi's Khan throne and fiefdom, and in 1235, Genghis Khan's third son Wokuotai Khan ordered Badu to lead many of his generals to start another large-scale western expedition. It was this Western Expedition that became the most influential of the Mongol Empire on Europe in its many foreign expansions.
This western expedition to Mongolia went all the way to the principality of Kievan Rus, which left a deep impression on Europe at that time. They first saw the wrath of the Eastern Empire and the power of artillery, when Europeans first recognized this powerful siege firearm, and many gunpowder craftsmen stayed in Europe during the Mongol Western Expedition, teaching them this technique. In 1236, the army led by Batu and Subutai and Meng Ge met on the Ural River, and Subutai directly captured Briar as the vanguard. At the beginning of the following year, Subutai led his army south to reinforce Mongo, who was attacking the Kipchak tribe on the lower reaches of the Le. Within half a year, the Mongol army successfully invaded Hanros and also successfully occupied Ryazan, which is now Russia.
Within a year and a half, the Mongol iron horse attacked Moscow, Vladimir, and many other major Russian cities at that time under the command of Badu, and Vladimir had to choose to surrender when the defenders were besieged for many days and the army was completely annihilated. In 1239, after a short rest on the eastern bank of the Volga River, Batu and his men rushed to the next location, and after winter, they had entered the south of Hanros and captured Chernigov, that is, Cherniv in Ukraine. The reason why the Mongol army dared to attack the European countries in several ways in a large range can be said to be without pressure, they did not encounter trouble on the marching route, and many could not resist for too long before surrendering.
For the countries at that time, the power of the Mongol cavalry and artillery was too strong, the strength of the two sides was not at the same level at all, and the Mongol army was boring. However, even if the Mongols were forced into the following battle, they still encountered hard stubble, and they and the Mongol army resisted for three days and were finally defeated. In 1240, the Mongol army began to gradually approach Kiev, Ukraine, and before attacking Kiev, the Mongol army was there, led by Mengge, Subutai and Guiyu, and captured several small towns near Kiev. The reason for this was to prevent Kiev support and food supplies from the small towns next to it when they attacked Kiev at the end of 1240.
How long did the Mongol army take Kiev?
As a very important town in Hanros, the location of Kiev City is quite important, and when the multi-way army has not yet mixed, Batu in order to be able to successfully take Kiev, so that the troops first set up camp under the city and must not rush forward. However, the people were very proud and young, and he thought that the Kiev people could not hold it for a day, so he decided to lead an army to take the city of Kiev. Meng Ge was very opposed to this, but Guiyou could not listen to it at all, and began to attack Kiev with more than 60,000 people, and all the soldiers and horses guarding Kiev at that time added up to less than 50,000. However, Guiyu's command was a mess, and many strong attacks were repulsed by the Kiev defenders, not only did not take the city of Kiev, but also lost more than 4,000 soldiers and horses.
This defeat also made Guiyou change his previous arrogance, Guiyou is not good at commanding, on the other hand, the commander of the Kiev defense is the Danilo Prince of Hanros, his combat experience is very rich, his arrival also makes the Kiev people confident that they can hold it, plus the people in the city will also suffer, so they are dedicated to protecting Kiev. In order to successfully take Kiev, Meng Ge immediately wrote to ask Badu to come to support, and after Badu rushed all the way to Kiev, the three-way army began to storm. In this war, trebuchets played a huge role, the Mongol army within the range of trebuchets, set up a number of trebuchets against the tall thick walls of Kiev to bombard indiscriminately, in just three days, the walls of Kiev built in the Yaroslav era were smashed.
There are just over 200 households left in the city
After the city was broken, the Mongol army entered the city of Kiev to burn and loot, in fact, in ancient times, whether in Europe or Asia, the city would be slaughtered after the city was broken, so the Mongol army still encountered strong resistance after entering the city, and Badu ordered to set fire to the city in order to reduce the casualties of the soldiers on the side. Under the leadership of the Mongol army, Kiev completely fell into the hands of the Mongols, and with the fall of Kiev, it meant that all the strategic fortress towns of Hanros were in the hands of the Mongol army. After the burning and slaughter, the city of Kiev became an empty city, the walls and buildings in the city were razed, and there were only more than 200 households left in the city. After 1240, many large towns in Moscow, Vladimir, Tver, and Kiev fell, and all of Russia fell into the hands of the Mongols.
After taking Russia, Batu quickly set the next target for the attack, and the army began to move towards Hungary. In the following years, most of Russia, Central and Eastern Europe were successfully taken in the sideways of the Mongolian iron horse. In 1243, the Golden Horde was established in Batu on the lower reaches of the Le River, and the Mongol Empire entered a new peak. The vast territory of the Golden Horde stretched from Russia in the west, the Irtysh River in the east, near the Arctic Circle in the north, and the Black Sea in the south. The Golden Horde became one of the four great khanates of the Mongol Empire. For nearly 300 years, the Golden Horde ruled Russia.
Now, with the outbreak of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Kiev has once again become a gladiatorial arena for the forces of both sides, and the world is watching the war, and from the recent news you can see that fighting is taking place all over Ukraine, and bombs are exploding everywhere to cause fear. To some extent, Russia and Ukraine have the same origin, and they are both allies in the Soviet Union, they were born from the same roots, why is it too urgent to fry each other, or hope that the war can end soon, after all, it is the people and peoples of the two countries who suffer in the end.