Battle of Yehuling

Battle of Yehuling
Battle of Yehuling
Traditional Chinese	野狐嶺戰役
Simplified Chinese	野狐岭战役
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Yěhúlǐng Zhànyì

Battle of Yehuling
	Part of the Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty
	; An illustration of the Battle of Yehuling, from Jami' al-tawarikh by Rashid-al-Din Hamadani
Date	August – October 1211
Location	Yehuling, Jin China (northwest of present-day Wanquan District, Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, China)
Result	Mongol victory
Belligerents
Mongol Empire	Jin Dynasty
Commanders and leaders
Genghis Khan; Muqali; Jebe; Ögedei; Subutai	Emperor Xingsheng; Wanyan Chengyu; Zhuhu Gaoqi; Hushahu; Wanyan Jiujin †; Tushan Yi; Shimo Ming'an
Strength
90,000 elite cavalry	400,000 at Yehuling ; ; 800,000 infantry and; 150,000 elite cavalry; spread across the Great Wall
Casualties and losses
Minimal	Heavy ; Most of the army wiped out

41°06′13″N 114°43′01″E / 41.1037°N 114.717°E / 41.1037; 114.717

The Battle of Yehuling, also known as the Battle of Wild Fox Ridge, or the Battle of Badger Mouth took place in Jin China between August and October 1211 at Yehuling (野狐嶺; lit. "Wild Fox Ridge"). The battle was between the Mongol Empire and Jurchen-led Jin dynasty during the first stage of the Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty.^[4] The battle was fought in the northwest of present-day Wanquan District, Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province. The battle concluded with a Mongol victory over the northern part of the Jin. It hastened the decline of the Jin dynasty.

^ Mongol Warrior 1200–1350 Publisher: Osprey Publishing
^ ^a ^b Sverdrup, Carl (2010). "Numbers in Mongol Warfare". Journal of Medieval Military History. 8. Boydell Press: 116. ISBN 978-1-84383-596-7.
^ Shi, Li (28 February 2019). The Military History of the Yuan Dynasty. DeepLogic. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
^ Lin, Hang (2022-03-02). "Destruction of the Three Capitals: A History of Siege During the Mongol Conquest of the Jin" [隳三都: 蒙古灭金围城史]. scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2024-03-28. Jin defensive walls along the northern frontier, won the decisive battle at Yehuling, and finally seized Zhongdu after several rounds of siege

[1] Mongol Warrior 1200–1350 Publisher: Osprey Publishing

[Sverdrup-2] Sverdrup, Carl (2010). "Numbers in Mongol Warfare". Journal of Medieval Military History. 8. Boydell Press: 116. ISBN 978-1-84383-596-7.

[3] Shi, Li (28 February 2019). The Military History of the Yuan Dynasty. DeepLogic. Retrieved 16 June 2020.

[4] Lin, Hang (2022-03-02). "Destruction of the Three Capitals: A History of Siege During the Mongol Conquest of the Jin" [隳三都: 蒙古灭金围城史]. scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2024-03-28. Jin defensive walls along the northern frontier, won the decisive battle at Yehuling, and finally seized Zhongdu after several rounds of siege

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