Western Xia (Mongol)

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Was a Tangut-led Buddhist imperial dynasty that ruled northwestern China. It was subjugated by the Mongol Empire in 1210 and finally incorporated by the empire after a rebellion.

Establishment

September 1209: After defeating a force led by Kao Liang-Hui outside Wulahai, Genghis Khan captured the city.

Chronology

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1. Mongol invasions and conquests

Were a series of military campaigny by the Mongols that created the largest contiguous Empire in history, the Mongol Empire, which controlled most of Eurasia.

1.1.Conquest of Western Xia

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.

1.1.1.First Mongol invasion of Western Xia

Was the first Mongol military campaign in Western Xia. Western Xia became a Mongol vassal.

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.

1.1.2.Second Mongol Invasion of Western Xia

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.

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.

December 1226: Siege of Lingwu.

October 1227: In September 1227, Emperor Mozhu surrendered to the Mongols and was promptly executed.