Whether from the perspective of Chinese history or world history, Temujin - or Genghis Khan , are all people with important influence. When Temujin was young, the Mongolian tribes were suppressed by Jin Dynasty . Faced with the suppression of the Jin Dynasty, how did Temujin achieve his rise and defeat the Jin Dynasty?
Personally, I think that Temujin's rise is invincible, and the "god assist" of the imperial court is worthy of the "ghost assist".
1. Dividing and conquering
All the Central Plains dynasties often adopted two major measures against the tribes in the northern desert: the first is military suppression, and the second is dividing and conquering. Of course, these two need to complement each other. If military suppression cannot be achieved, it will inevitably be impossible to implement the model of division and governance. In fact, this method was really the best way for the Central Plains dynasty to deal with the Mobei tribe before modern times.
The Jin Dynasty initially dealt with the Mongolian tribes. However, after the middle of the Jin Dynasty, things changed.
It is generally believed that the Jin Dynasty was in a prosperous state during the period of Song Xiaozong in the Southern Song Dynasty, that is, the Jin Dynasty was in a prosperous state. But at the same time as the prosperous era, the Jin Dynasty also had a crisis: that is, the Jin Dynasty nobles fell into a state of serious corruption, especially the Jin army, whose combat effectiveness was far from being comparable to that of the Wanyan Aguda and Wanyan Wuqibu era.
In fact, as early as the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Jin Dynasty, Mongolian tribes had become relatively unified Mongolian Khanate. The monarch of the Mongol Khanate, Hebule Khan, was very disrespectful to Jin Taizong. For this reason, Jin Taizong also sent Jin Wushu to attack the Mongol Khanate. However, when the Jin soldiers fought with the troops of the Mongol Khanate, they did not take any advantage. It was not until shortly after the death of Hebule Khan, that the Mongolian Khanate disintegrated, and the Jin Dynasty once again destroyed the resistance of various Mongolian tribes through the means of defeating one by one.
By the middle of the Jin Dynasty, with the decline of the military power of the Jin Dynasty, the control of the various Mongolian tribes also decreased. However, the Emperor of the Jin Dynasty also realized that the Mongolian tribes must not grow. So the Jin Dynasty sent people to various Mongolian tribes to implement the method of reducing dynasties: that is, killing the strong men of the Mongolian tribes. In fact, the Jin Dynasty's methods failed to sacrifice Mongolia's strong reproduction, but instead sowed a lot of hatred.
So in this context, Temujin gradually cultivated his own power, and then unified the Mongolian tribes and began to compete with the Jin Dynasty.
Although the combat effectiveness of the Jin soldiers was corrupt, the Mongolian army also achieved military victory over the Jin Dynasty. However, in terms of overall strength, the Jin Dynasty was still stronger than that of Mongolia. After all, war is essentially a consumption of war resources. The Mongolian tribes are not able to compete with the Jin Dynasty for resources.
But then the Jin Dynasty began a rampant path of death.
2. One grows and the other disappears
The history of the late Jin Dynasty is actually the history of Mongolia's growth, and it is also the history of the Jin Dynasty's death.
In fact, Temujin (Genghis Khan, Yuan Taizu) also realized the shortcomings of the strategic resources of the Mongolian Khanate. Therefore, Mongolia began the "platter" path: for example, Genghis Khan recruited tribes in the Yenisei River basin to enrich the population. At the same time, he invaded Western Liao , forced the tribes under the jurisdiction of Western Liao to submit to Mongolia, and imported war resources from Central Asia and even West Asia through these Western Regions tribes.
Of course, Genghis Khan did not let him go Xixia : Xixia Li An During his reign, the Mongolian army attacked Xixia in an all-round way. Emperor Li An of the Western Xia sent someone to the Jin Dynasty, hoping that Emperor of the Jin Dynasty could send people to attack Mongolia and alleviate the military pressure of the Western Xia. In fact, for Mongolia's growth, the most important thing the Jin Dynasty should do is to continue to divide and disintegrate Mongolian tribes and adopt a resource consumption model to kill the Mongolian Khanate. However, Wanyan Yongji believes that long-term war between Mongolia and Western Xia will have too many benefits for the Jin Dynasty.
Xixia could not defeat Mongolia, and Genghis Khan also knew that it would not be able to destroy Xixia for the time being, so Genghis Khan accepted Xixia's surrender. At the same time, Mongolia forced the Western Xia to fight against the Jin Dynasty.
In terms of military affairs, the Jin Dynasty was originally no match for Mongolia, but now the Jin Dynasty and Xixia are beginning to deteriorate again.The rulers after the Jin Dynasty were fascinated by the fact that if they could seize the territory of the Southern Song Dynasty as a strategic buffer, they would not have to be afraid of the Mongolian and Western Xia coalition forces. In this way, the Jin Dynasty, without pursuing Mongolia, became enemies of the Western Xia and the Southern Song Dynasty. The war resources of the Jin Dynasty also began to be greatly consumed in the third-line battle.
is like this. On the one hand, Mongolian mastered the northern Mobei and the Western Regions, and the Western Xia minion army. On the other hand, the Jin Dynasty kept killing. All of this laid the foundation for the subsequent historical trend.
Of course, when Genghis Khan died, the Jin Dynasty had not yet perished. The Mongolian Khanate had already gained an advantage at this time, but Genghis Khan still knew the importance of working together to beat the Jin Dynasty: before his death, Genghis Khan told his heirs to destroy the Jin Dynasty and would unite with the Southern Song Dynasty. In this way, under the attack of the north and the south, the collapse of the Jin Dynasty could be accelerated.
