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relief from his friends in the surrounding areas. In response to the request, Wanyan Chenheshang arrived with 1,000 Zhongxiao troops as well as 10,000 regular troops. The cavalry forces of Chenheshang once again defeated the Mongol troops and drove them back(Second Battle of Daohuigu). It was reported that Subutai's forces suffered heavy losses during this battle.
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by concentrating 400 trebuchets at a corner of the wall. However, as the province had heavy famine, this did not help much with resupplying the large Mongol army and the main objective of getting past Tongguan was still not achieved. Seeing the difficult situation they were in, the Mongol commanders
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and Zhuyang (both in west Henan). It looked like Subutai's forces had successfully outflanked Tongguan by passing through mountains, but his troops were spread out far too wide over a very large distance. General nahemai of Tongguan prevented the invasion of Subutai, and at the same time, requested
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and block any access to Kaifeng. They calculated that the scorched earth policies would deny the Mongols the ability to sustain a lengthy siege, and their lines of fortifications and difficult terrain would prevent the Mongols from outmaneuvering them. Ögedei's forces had up to 100,000 men, which
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city had to be lifted. The following year, Mongol forces were defeated again at the Battle of Weizhou. Both battles involved Jin general Wanyan Chenheshang, who commanded the Zhongxiao (Loyalty) army which consisted of various ethnic groups that were attacked by the Mongols. These included other
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as well as Subutai. With such a large army and the fact that Shaanxi was already suffering from a severe famine, Ögedei knew with limited time and resources, he had to find a way through Tongguan quickly.
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Initial attempts to draw Jin forces out of the fortress failed, so the Mongols decided to find a way to bypass Tongguan entirely. After cutting through the mountainous area of Shangao (present-day
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This was the third and final victory achieved by the Jin Dynasty against the Mongol Empire due to Wanyan Chenheshang. However, Jin fortunes came to an end in the following year at the
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It was noted from some sources that Ögedei would rather blame his generals than admit errors in his strategy. Ögedei was noted to have said during the siege of Fengxiang:
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However, the Mongolian army had not given up on breaking through Tongguan, and in January 1231, Subutai advanced again to Daohuigu. He then sacked the county towns of
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In 1231, Ögedei and his forces set out to move further south where they aimed to take the Jin capital,
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Defeated at Tongguan, the Mongol armies turned to sieging Shaanxi's major cities. They conquered
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The Mongol Empire had suffered setbacks in its offensive against the Jin Dynasty after
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to come up with a new strategy while the army moved northwest to the former Jin-
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was defeated in battle, although some sources claim the fault lay mainly on
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became head of the empire. In 1229, Mongol forces were defeated at the
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Second Battle of Daohuigu was one of the few instances where
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were alive, I would not have had to come here myself!"
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Index

Mongol–Jin War

Tongguan Pass
Shaanxi
Mongol Empire
Jin Dynasty
Ögedei Khan
Tolui
Subutai
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Mongol–Jin War
Yehuling
Huailai
Zhenyou
Zhongdu
Dachangyuan
Weizhou
Daohuigu
Sanfengshan
Kaifeng
Caizhou
Chinese
Mongol Empire
Jin Dynasty
Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty
Subutai
Ögedei Khan
Ögedei Khan

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