Battle of Sanfengshan

Battle of Sanfeng Mountain
Part of the Mongol–Jin War
DateFebruary 9, 1232
Location
Sanfeng Mountain, Jin China (southwest of present-day Yuzhou, Henan Province, China)
Result Mongol victory
Territorial
changes
North China added to the Mongol Empire
Belligerents
Mongol Empire Jin dynasty
Commanders and leaders
Tolui Wanyan Heda †
Wanyan Chenheshang †
Strength
40,000–75,000 150,000
Casualties and losses
Heavy Very heavy
Battle of Sanfengshan
Simplified Chinese三峰山之战
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSanfengshan Zhànyì

The Battle of Sanfengshan, literally the Battle of the Three-Peak Mountain, was a major decisive battle fought between the Mongol Empire and Jin China during the first stage of the Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty. The battle was fought in 9 February 1232 at the Sanfeng Mountain which is in the southwest of what is now the city Yuzhou in Henan Province, China. The battle resulted with a crushing Mongol victory, successfully planned and orchestrated by their general Tolui, who was accompanied by his brother Ögedei Khan.[1] The battle wiped out the last field army of the Jin Dynasty, therefore sealing its fate of falling to the Mongol Empire.

References

  1. ↑ Papers on Far Eastern History. Australian National University, Department of Far Eastern History. 1977. p. 55.