Conquest of Western Xia
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Was a series of conflicts between the Mongol Empire and the Tangut-led Western Xia dynasty in northwestern China. Western Xia was finally annexed to the Mongol Empire.
Chronology
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Was the first Mongol military campaign in Western Xia. Western Xia became a Mongol vassal.
September 1209: After defeating a force led by Kao Liang-Hui outside Wulahai, Genghis Khan captured the city.
February 1210: After a nearly year-long siege of the capital, Yinchuan, although the diverted river accidentally flooded the Mongol camp, the Tangut emperor Li Anquan surrendered in January 1210.
Was the second Mongol military campaign in Western Xia. Western Xia was inglobated in the Mongol Empire.
August 1225: When Genghis invaded the Islamic Khwarazmian dynasty in 1219, Western Xia attempted to break away from the Empire and ally with the Jin and Song dynasties. Angered by this betrayal, in 1225 Genghis Khan sent a second, punitive expedition into Western Xia. After taking Khara-Khoto, the Mongols began a steady advance southward.
August 1225: Genghis Khan lay siege to Suzhou, which fell after five weeks.
April 1226: Genghis then moved to Ganzhou, the hometown of his general Chagaan. Chagaan's father still commanded the city garrison, so Chagaan attempted negotiations with him. However, the second-in-command of the city staged a coup, killed Chagaan's father, and refused to surrender. The city took five months to subdue.
September 1226: Wuwei conquered by the Mongols.
October 1227: In September 1227, Emperor Mozhu surrendered to the Mongols and was promptly executed.
December 1226: Siege of Lingwu.