251, Mongge was elected as the Mongolian Khan, and then he actively prepared for the war to destroy the Song Dynasty.
Mongge is the eldest son of Genghis Khan youngest son Torre . He led his troops to many countries in Europe and Asia with Badu. It can be said that he was a general who participated in World War at that time. He had rich combat experience and was brave and good at fighting. In
252, Mengge ordered his younger brother, Kublai to lead a large army to pacify the Dali Kingdom, forming a siege and attack on the Southern Song Dynasty.
257, Mengge Khan launched a war to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty in one fell swoop.
Mengge ordered Kublai Khan to attack Ezhou (now Wuchang ), Tachaer , Li Yan and others attacked the two Huaihehuai, and divided the troops of the Song Dynasty ; he also ordered Wulianghetai to send troops from Yunnan and go north through Guangxi; Mengge personally led the main force of the Mongolian army to attack Sichuan.
Mengge's strategic intention of using Sichuan as the main target is to play to its strengths and avoid its weaknesses, give full play to the characteristics of the Mongolian cavalry being good at land warfare and water warfare being its shortcomings, and take Sichuan with a large army, then go east along the river, meet with the various routes of attacking the Song and Meng army, and finally break through the Song capital Lin'an City.
In the autumn of 258, Mengge led an army of 40,000 to Sichuan in three directions.
Mongol army successively captured several cities in Sichuan and approached Hezhou.
Mongge Khan sent the surrendered people from Song Dynasty Jin State Guard to Diaoyu City to recruit surrender, and was killed by the garrison of Hezhou of Song Dynasty, Wang Jian .
On February 9, the first year of Kaiqing in the Song Dynasty (1259), the Mongolian army saw that the surrender failed and began to attack the Diaoyu City guarded by the Song army.
Mongol army first attacked Zhenximen without success.
In March, he attacked Dongxinmen, Qishengmen and Zhenximen Xiaobao, all ended in failure.
Since April 3, the heavy thunderstorm has been hit for twenty consecutive days.
rain stopped, and the Mongolian army attacked and protected the country on April 22nd.
Day and night, the Mongolian army boarded the outer city and fought fiercely with the Song army.
Although "Yuan History·Xianzong Ji" says that "there are many soldiers in Song Dynasty", the Mongolian army's attack was eventually repelled by the Song army.
In May, the Mongolian army continued to attack Diaoyu City but did not make any progress.
Mongge has been in a state of unstoppable momentum since leading his army into Sichuan. Only then did he realize that he had encountered a real tough battle.
Facing the Diaoyu City, the fierce Mongolian cavalry could not conquer it.
Mongolian general Wang Dechen (formerly a Jin minister) rode alone under Diaoyu City, trying to recruit the defenders in the city, but was hit by a flying stone and seriously injured to death.
Wang Dechen's death gave Mengge a great mental blow. Diaoyu City could not be captured for a long time, which made Mengge very angry.
Since the Song army reinforced by the Southern Song Dynasty could not come to Diaoyu City, they could not get rescue supplies in the city. Despite this, Diaoyu City, which has been besieged for several months, is still well-off and the defenders are full of fighting spirit. The situation in the Mongolian army was very bad. In midsummer, the environment was not adapted to the local conditions, which led to the epidemic of diseases such as heatstroke, malaria, and cholera, ,
, and other diseases.
According to the "Travels of Marco Polo" and the "Hezhou Chronicles of the Ming Wanli" and other records, Mengge Khan was hit by a cannon stone and was seriously injured, and died soon afterwards.
In July, the Mongolian army retreated from Diaoyu City.
Battle of Diaoyu City . Many generals who followed Mengge to fight died in the Diaoyu City. The fierce battle in Diaoyu City can be imagined.
Mengge's death under Diaoyu City, the battle in Diaoyu City has a profound impact.
First of all, it led to the complete collapse of this war to destroy Song Dynasty in Mongolia, allowing Song Dynasty to last for 20 years.
Secondly, it stagnated the third western expedition of the Mongolian army and alleviated the threats of the Mongolian forces to Europe, Asia, Africa and other countries.
In 252, Mongge Khan sent his other brother, Hulagu to launch the third western expedition, and successively captured large areas of land on the Arabian Peninsula Iran, Iraq and Syria .
Just as Hulagu was preparing to attack Egyptian , he learned that Mengge's death, Hulagu left only a small number of troops and personally led the army to the east.
The Mongolian army left behind was outnumbered and was defeated by the Egyptian army. The Mongolian army never failed to invade Africa.
Since then, Mongolia's large-scale expansion actions have reached a low point.
Therefore, the impact of the Diaoyu City Battle has far exceeded China's scope, and it also occupies an important page in world history.
Third, Kublai Khan ascended the position of the Mongolian Khan and had a significant impact on the historical development of China. Because Kublai Khan is one of the few people in the Mongolian ruling group who admires Han culture.
After Kublai Khan ascended the throne of Khan, he implemented a Chinese policy and gradually changed the Mongolian army's policy of killing indiscriminately, so that the economy and culture of southern China could be protected from greater damage.
Mongge Khan once left his last words and later conquered Diaoyu City and massacred the city.
It was not until 1279 after the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty that the general situation was over. The general was defeated by the Diaoyu City guard Wang Li, who opened the city and surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty. With the condition that he could not kill one person in the city, he voluntarily put down his weapons and stopped resisting. Diaoyu City fell into the hands of Mongolia.
None of the 32 generals guarding the city (some say 36) beg for mercy, and all of them drew their swords and committed suicide. They are loyal and fierce for thousands of years.
The battle of Diaoyu City made Diaoyu City a typical representative of the mountain city defense system and a fortress that the Mongolian army was difficult to conquer.
The Ancient War Museum of the Chinese People's Revolutionary Military Museum specially made a sand table model of the ancient battlefield of Diaoyu City to show its important position in the history of ancient Chinese wars.
