The biggest battle of Genghis Khan's military career

Genghis Khan is a special character in history. He turned nomads in the Mongolian steppe into a world leader.

In his military career, Genghis Khan has commanded 32 major campaigns with 65 battles, conquering 31 million square kilometers of land, more than any other figure in history.

The map shows the battles in which Genghis Khan personally participated.(Photo from wikipedia.org).

During the battles of Thanh Cat Tu Han, the biggest battle was the battle of Da Ho Linh. This battle helped the Mongols defeat the main forces of Kim (a large country in northern China, who defeated the Northern Song). This was an important turning point for the Mongols to open their way into the Southern Song.

Background

According to History, his father was killed by Tatar rivals when he was only 9 years old. Growing up, Genghis Khan had to hunt and gather to feed. Even he and his young wife were abducted, must live as slaves before escaping.

Despite those difficulties, in his twenties, he confirmed his position. From 1206 to 1209, Thanh Cat Tu Han not only united the Mongols, but also united most tribes living in the North.

Beer commemorates Genghis Khan in Hohhot (Hohe Hao Hao), Inner Mongolia, China.(Photo from wikipedia.org).

Although the Mongols were not crowded, but with strong horse riding, archery, and strong fighting, there was the command of Genghis Khan, fighting against them, forming the most vast empire in history.

Tien hit Dai Kim

According to many historians, the greatest, most classic battle in the military career of the Great Khan of the Mongols is the Wild Tiger. This is a battle to help Moc Chan to conquer Kim, and at the same time open the door to march into Tong, creating a premise for his grandson, Kublai Khan to completely subjugate China later.

After completing the unification of Mongolia, Genghis Khan's next ambition was to expand outside and then Kim was an obstacle. Not to mention, in the past, Dai Kim had always pushed Mongolia, forcing them to pay heavily. Therefore, attacking this country of the Female Legs is an arrow that hits his two targets.

This historic battle took place from March to October 1211 at Da Hu Ling, near northwest of Wanfeng District, Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province today. After the Battle of Da Ho Linh, Kim's army quickly weakened and faded.

Tomb of Genghis Khan at Ordos (Inner City), Inner Mongolia, China.(Photo from wikipedia.org).

In order to create the cause of war, in 1210, Genghis Khan reproached Hoang Nhan Vinh Te by openly saying that the Emperor of the Kim dynasty was cowardly and inadequate: 'The emperor must be a heavenly man like I have to '.

Hoang Nhan Vinh Te was extremely angry and ordered the execution of the Mongolian messenger. Stress between the two sides began to escalate.

In the past, Kim built a fortified defensive line that stretched 300 km to stop the Mongols. Many scholars consider this as the 'Great Wall of the Kim'. When the Mongols advanced, Kim's monk, the Sand King, Siddhartha led 75,000 troops to this line to prevent the Mongols.

The Mongols under the command of Genghis Khan still entered the country of Kim. By June 6, 11, the Mongols crossed the O Sa Bao line, and Si Cat Tu Trung was killed. The Mongols rested for a month and then went to Da Ho Linh.

Drawing on the experience of losing the battle caused by the division to keep the cities, Kim's army changed the tactics of concentrating troops to deal with the Mongols.

Field Battle

The new master of Kim's country is the Perfect Inheritance Leader of the army of Kim, ordered the people in Hangzhou, Changzhou, and Fuzhou to move to the Field. His goal was to take advantage of the mountainous terrain of Da Ho Linh to prevent the Mongol cavalry steps.

The Kim army also concentrated on 45,000 main forces at Da Ho Linh, divided into two wings, the main wing of 30,000 troops directly facing the Mongols, the second wing of 15,000 troops ready to respond.

Portrait of Genghis Khan.Silk paintings, stored at the National Palace Museum in Taiwan.(Photo from wikipedia.org).

The Mongols had only 9,000 troops, much less than the Kim army. Attack on Da Ho Linh was the biggest battle up to that point of the Mongols.

At this time, the warring general of the Mongols, Moc Hoa Le, made a plan to first use the suicide force to penetrate deep into the enemy's center, causing the Kim army to be confused. Then the new army divided the attack line.

Genghis Khan immediately sent Jupiter to lead the Bat Lu Doanh army to attack the army. Da Ho Linh mountain makes it difficult for Mongolians to develop the strength of the cavalry, many places have to take the horse. However, the Mongols continued to strike straight into the main camp of Hoan Nhan Thua Du, causing panic for the Kim army. At this time, the Mong Cong army divided the attack wings straight into.

Before the Mongol army, the Kim army was defeated, 15,000 troops belonged to the second wing to meet but before the situation of Kim's panic, the army also ran away.

The defeated Kim, the Complete Renowned General, weighed 30 thousand troops and were killed, and the army of Kim stretched for hundreds of miles.

The Kim forces concentrated all their main forces, as well as the elite troops for this battle, so when Kim lost the main army, the country was no longer able to cope with Mongolia. Later battles were easily defeated, and Kim fell into Mongolia's hands.