The largest dynasty in ancient China was the Yuan Dynasty, which was established in 1271 by Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty, with its capital at Dadu (present-day Beijing). The predecessor of the Yuan Dynasty was the Great Mongol State established by Genghis Khan (Boer Only Jin Temujin), who led the Mongol Iron Horse to conquer the Western Liao, Western Xia, Jin Kingdom and Huarazimo regimes.
After genghis Khan's death, the Mongol Iron Horse continued to expand outwards, reaching a staggering 33 million square kilometers at its largest, accounting for 22% of the world's total area, becoming a superpower across Eurasia. At that time, Mongolia could set off such a big storm in the world, which was inseparable from the foundation and development of Genghis Khan.
Territory of the Yuan Dynasty
In fact, Genghis Khan was a very controversial figure in history, and scholars from all over the world held different views, some people believed that he was a barbaric aggressor, leaving no pieces of armor everywhere he went, and even used bloody slaughter, causing countless deaths. In modern times, some people consider him to be "the one who promoted world civilization."
In any case, Genghis Khan had a huge influence on the course of the world's history, whether it was good or bad, I am afraid that it will never be able to draw a final conclusion. Genghis Khan's greatest ideal in life was to be a hero, and according to legend, he shouted "Hero" three times before his death. hero! hero! ”
Portrait of Genghis Khan
Speaking of genghis Khan's death, this is also an unsolved mystery. There are four theories in history, one for falling off a horse, two for being stabbed to death, and three for lightning strikes. However, the most bizarre and mysterious is the fourth, legend has it that Genghis Khan was killed by the most beautiful imperial concubine in Western Xia.
Genghis Khan could be said to have a deep hatred for western Xia, and he made many expeditions to Western Xia before his death, and the last time he died on the way to the expedition, and it took the Mongols a full twenty-two years to destroy Western Xia. The Mongol Iron Horse was invincible, why did it take so much effort in the process of conquering the Western Xia?
In the eyes of outsiders, Western Xia is only a small country compared to Mongolia, and in fact its national strength is not weak at all. The Western Xia was a regime established by the Dangxiang people, who were also nomadic people, not only good at riding and shooting, but also possessing powerful weapons and chariots. It was no coincidence that Western Xia was able to confront the Two Song Dynasties for many years, because it did not rely entirely on military force in its foreign policy.
The Western Xia was at ease between the Song, Jin, and Mongols, sometimes declaring themselves vassals to the Mongols, sometimes uniting with the Jin Dynasty against the Mongols, and sometimes sitting on the mountains and watching the tiger fight. However, the biggest obstacle to the Mongols' destruction of the Jin Dynasty was the Western Xia, because the destruction of the Western Xia would not only give Mongolia a geographical advantage, but also destroy the alliance between the Western Xia and the Jin Dynasty, so Genghis Khan was determined to conquer the Western Xia.
Emperor of Western Xia
In 1226, Genghis Khan led an army of 100,000 to attack Western Xia under the name of Western Xia's treachery (refusing to pay tribute and hand over hostages). Western Xia raised the strength of the whole country to resist the Mongol army, but in the end, due to the disparity in strength, the capital Xingqing Province (present-day Yinchuan, Ningxia) was surrounded by Mongol troops.
The last emperor of western Xia, Li Xiàn, seeing that the general situation had gone, could not help but cry, at this time a concubine comforted: "The emperor can only save countless beings in Xingqing City by asking for peace from Temujin", Li Xiao sighed: "That Temujin is cruel and cruel, and he hates my Great Xia kingdom to the bone, but he is afraid that he will not escape the fate of slaughtering the city!" ”
The concubine added, "The emperor might as well send me to Temujin to show his sincerity in seeking peace." At that time, I have my own way to kill Temujin, temujin is dead, and the Mongol army can only accept the peace, immediately return to deal with the aftermath, and compete for the Khan's position, and there will never be any more thoughts of slaughtering the city! ”
Li Hao was overjoyed: "Really? Concubine Zi nodded vigorously, but Li Hao immediately became sad and sad: "You are the most beloved concubine of Yuan, and you are reluctant to give up!" After saying that, the couple hugged their headaches and cried.
In the end, Li Hao still endured the pain of cutting love, and let his favorite concubine ask Genghis Khan for peace. Genghis Khan had long heard of Li Hao's beauty as a concubine, and his name was really worthy of the name when he saw it today. The Western Xia Imperial Concubine was so clever that she finally said that Temujin had moved to accept the Western Xia beggar.
西夏皇妃侍寝时，夜深她趁成吉思汗神情恍惚、困乏无力之时，随手拿起成吉思汗的战刀，斩断“上帝之鞭（因成吉思汗过于勇猛凶悍，被西方人称为上帝之鞭）”，在他胸口狠狠的砍了下去。 Genghis Khan was old at this time, and he no longer had the strength to subdue the concubine, but just struggled to grasp the knife in her hand with his hand.
The Western Xia Imperial Princess already hated Genghis Khan to the bone, and at this time, in anger, she even bit his wound. The guards found out about the situation and immediately rushed into the big tent and captured the Laughing Princess Xixia. The next morning, Genghis Khan died violently due to excessive blood loss, and the Western Xia Imperial Concubine was also killed. However, as she expected, the Mongols accepted Li Hui's surrender, although there was no slaughter of the city, but everyone in the Western Xia royal family was killed, and the Western Xia was destroyed.
A generation of Tianjiao was eventually killed by a woman bizarrely (the legend was bitten to death), which was really shocking and embarrassing, so it was not recorded in the history books of the Yuan Dynasty. These causes of Death of Genghis Khan all come from the legends of wild history, such as lightning strikes and the assassination of the Western Xia Imperial Princess, which are fundamentally unfounded.
I think Genghis Khan probably died a normal death, he was 65 years old when he attacked Western Xia, and the medical conditions in ancient times were very poor, and a small illness could cause his death.