Lecture : Mongols History
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Incorporated over 10k of the khwarazm calvary to his own. Had no idea that he was coming, fought the mongols in winter. Tan guts fall for the retreat tactic, and they fall on the frozen yellow river. 1219: sent envoys to demand submission of muhammad shah ii -ruled empire. Chinggis killed some envoys; sent back rest with shaved heads. Cities fell to new siege weapons and tactics. At the same time, they fight the xi-xia and overran them. As they closed in on the tan gut capital, chinggis falls ill. Mongol army was so upset, they slaughtered the inhabitants of the tang capital even though they had already surrendered. They killed every living thing on the way back to mongolia during the funeral procession. On chinggis death bed he made sons fight to keep empire together (the best for keeping an empire together) Directed mongol energies into further campaigns and conquests. Wouldn"t jess kill everyone, they"d save scholars and artisans.
