Mongol conquest of China

The Mongol conquest of China (1235–1279) by the Mongol Empire was a campaign that began under Möngke Khan and was completed by Kublai Khan, both grandsons of Genghis Khan.

Due to the combination of unusual terrain, diseases, and the need for different forms of warfare, this was one of the most difficult and prolonged wars of the Mongol conquests.^{[citation needed]}

By the spring of 1259, Möngke had reached the city of Hechuan. He knew that in order to take Hechuan, he had to instruct the Mongols to capture Diaoyu Castle. The commander of the Song forces in the castle was Wang Jian. Möngke sent his general Wang Dechen as the vanguard of the Mongol army. The Mongols initially tried to break the castle's gates. When this strategy was proven ineffective, they started night raids on defensive structures situated on the outer sections of the castle. Even though these night raids surprised the Song army at first, the Mongols were not able to break into the castle.^[1]

During one of these attempts in the summer of 1259, a Mongol officer, Bayan, fought and killed a Chinese Song commander who was an Assassin of the Chinese Brotherhood; Möngke's general Wang Dechen was also killed in the skirmish. As a result, the Mentor of the Brotherhood, Kang, recruited Zhang Zhi, the Assassin's daughter, to take her father's place. Through rigorous training, Kang perfected her skills to kill the Great Khan himself. On 11 August 1259, Zhang Zhi infiltrated their encampment in the Diaoyu Mountain, Hechuan, where she successfully assassinated Möngke Khan. With no declared successor, it marked an episode of disunity within the Empire, escalating into a civil war between the Khan's younger siblings, Kublai and Ariq Böke, in a struggle to seize the title of khan for themselves. As a result of Zhang Zhi's deeds, the Mongol invasion was temporarily halted and the existence of the Song dynasty in southern China was prolonged.^[1]

The Song dynasty was ultimately extinguished in 1279 when the Mongol Empire, under Kublai Khan, pursued them to the very southern end of China, annexing the last remnants of the nation.^{[citation needed]}

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Timeline

Prehistory	War of Unification • Human-Isu War • Toba catastrophe • Assassin-Templar War (ongoing)

Ancient history	Peloponnesian War (Battle of Amphipolis • Battle of Pylos) • Caesar's Civil War • Alexandrine Civil War (Siege of Alexandria) • Assassination of Julius Caesar • Liberators' civil war (Battle of Philippi)

12th century	Siege of Masyaf • Battle of Hattin • Third Crusade (Assault on Masyaf • Siege of Acre • Quest for the Chalice • Defense of Masyaf • Hunt for the Nine • Battle of Arsuf • Retaking of Masyaf)

13th century	Fourth Crusade • First Barons' War • Assassination of Genghis Khan • Decline of the Levantine Assassins • Medieval Inquisition • Fall of Masyaf • Mongol conquest of the Song dynasty (Siege of Diaoyu Castle)

14th century	Persecution of the Templars • Hundred Years' War (Siege of Orléans)

15th century	Renaissance (Ottoman-Venetian War) • 1402 Chinese Assassin purge • Battle of Anghiari • Fall of Constantinople • Defense of Monteriggioni • Assassination of Galeazzo Maria Sforza • Pazzi conspiracy • Spanish Inquisition • Granada War • Venetian Conspiracy • Battle of Forlì • Mission to Aragon • Age of Discovery • Bonfire of the Vanities • Confrontation in the Vatican

16th century	Siege of Monteriggioni • Liberation of Rome (Skirmish in the Campagna District) • Search for Cesare Borgia • Attack on Valencia • Siege of Viana • Battle of Agnadello • Assassination of Niccolò di Pitigliano • Prince of Anhua rebellion • Attack on Prince Suleiman • Riot at the Harbor of Theodosius • Destruction of the Great Chain • Fight for the Masyaf Keys • Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (Night of Sorrows) • Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire (Siege of Cuzco) • Great Rites Controversy • Roman Inquisition • Honnō-ji incident • Battle of Sekigahara

17th century	English Civil War • Salem witch trials

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21st century	Great Purge • War on Terror (Iraq War) • Beagle 2 launch • DIA satellite accident • Second Disaster

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