In human history, as the supreme commander to launch expeditions, and the combat strength is explosive, and can build a really huge empire in a short period of time, Genghis Khan can be described as another representative figure after Alexander the Great, and even in terms of territorial area, Alexander has to look up to him and be ashamed of himself.
So the question is, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Alexander, Qin Shi Huang, Hitler, Queen Elizabeth... Who was the one who ever ruled the most extensively in history? I believe that many people immediately pick up the world map, count left and right, but even if the calculation is accurate, the result is basically wrong.
Because, the most extensive ruler in history was the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire "Möngke", yes, it was not Genghis Khan who was like a thunderbolt, but Möngke, the great Khan of the Mongol Empire, the grandson of Temujin. In Chinese history, Möngke was not well known compared to his grandfather Genghis Khan and his brother Kublai Khan, and in today's parlance, the number of fans is average.
So, how big is the territory he rules? 30-40 million square kilometers! If it were not for the blockade of the Battle of Diaoyu City, a small city in the mountains of southwest China, it would be completely unimaginable. At that time, Möngke's army had already conquered the territory: west to West Asia, close to Central Europe, east to the sea, north to Siberia, south to the South Asian Peninsula.
Moreover, at the time of the Battle of Diaoyu City, at a time when the Mongol Empire was rapidly expanding, the Western Route Army was preparing to occupy Syria, the last stronghold of Islam, and use it as a stepping stone to attack Egypt into Africa. The eastern side was attacking the Southern Song Dynasty, and to the north, the Mongol forces would soon fill all the gaps in the northern part of the empire, and thirty years later Kublai Khan would cross the sea twice.
You know, the Soviet Union is only more than 20 million square kilometers, and the so-called sunless empire is only more than 30 million square kilometers. The Mongol Iron Horse conquered almost half of the human world known to civilization at that time.
The Battle of Diaoyucheng lasted for more than 30 years, which directly led to the complete loss of the Mongol establishment of a super-unified centralized power, after which the Mongol civil war, division, and division, Europe was never attacked by the Mongol whirlwind (before, the Mongol army crossed the Caucasus Mountains and easily defeated the huge alliance of Turks and Russia, after this war, the Russian nobility collapsed and shook the whole of Europe), otherwise, christendom would be destroyed, becoming a vassal of the Great Khan, even if it could survive, It will also be severely crippled, not to mention the Renaissance, the Great Voyages and the Revival of Europe...
In this sense, it is not an exaggeration to say that Diaoyu City has a point that has leveraged the changes in the entire world pattern at that time.
So, what is the truth of the real Diaoyu City Battle in history?
The interpretation and analysis of all historical time should be placed in the special historical context of that time, otherwise it is meaningless. Therefore, before starting the Battle of Diaoyucheng, let's talk about the historical background of the Battle of Diaoyucheng, at that time, the youngest son of Genghis Khan should inherit the title of Great Khan, Tuolei, but Torre Kongrong gave the pear to his brother Wokoutai, and after Wokoutai's death, Torre's descendants competed for the position of Great Khan, and there was fierce infighting in the Mongol Empire, after which Torre's eldest son Möngke ascended to the Khanate and became the Great Khan of Mongolia. After the internal stabilization, it begins to expand outward...
In 1256, Möngke Khan personally led the main force to attack Sichuan, planning to attack Lin'an from Chongqing down the river, and his brother Kublai Khan attacked Ezhou from the north, and along the way, he actually implemented a terrible detour tactic, attacking Hunan from the direction of Yungui, planning the confluence of three large armies in central China and destroying the Song in one fell swoop.
At that time, the Southern Song Dynasty regime was already in turmoil and leaking wind on all sides, but given that it had been fighting the Mongols for many years before, it also had a certain understanding of this opponent. For the coming war, the Southern Song Dynasty also began to prepare.
The Southern Song Dynasty general Yu Jiu continued to operate in Sichuan for more than ten years. Deeply aware of his own inadequacies and the weaknesses of the Mongol army, Yu Jie avoided the plains and built more than a dozen castles in the mountains of Sichuan, and lined them up, ready to inflict the greatest damage on the Mongols under condescension. However, unfortunately, Yu Jiu was framed by the traitors and suspected by Song Lizong, and many troubles went well, and he fell ill and died before the Battle of Diaoyu City began.
At the beginning of the war, the castle built by Yu Jiu did bring some trouble to the Mongol army, which gradually advanced from the Chengdu Prefecture of the Southern Song Dynasty, and difficulty captured the Southern Song Defensive Center in the Chengdu area. After the fall of Yunding Mountain City, the generals of the Southern Song Dynasty began to surrender into a system, which was also fully in line with the weak temperament of the Southern Song Dynasty.
At the end of 1258 AD, after the liquidation of the prefectures and counties of Sichuan, Meng Ge personally led 40,000 Mongol troops to the Diaoyu City, as long as the Diaoyu City was captured, the Mongol army could rush straight to Chongqing, down the river, and destroy the Song in one fell swoop. Mungo thought it was a natural thing to do, and the fishing town was just another city about to be conquered.
Before the Mongolian army came, after four large-scale constructions, Diaoyu City has long been cast into a dangerous stone city, the city wall is forty miles long, with eight city gates, the city is equipped with troop barracks, transportation horse roads and other supporting facilities, tens of thousands of garrisons, the then county government - Shizhao County Ya also moved to Diaoyu City.
Surrounded by water on three sides and backed by mountains on one side, the main force of the Mongol army, which was not good at water warfare, could only attack by land. However, the walls of Diaoyu City were built on the mountain, and in the face of the huge height difference, almost all the siege weapons of the Mongol army before it were useless.
According to historical records, Diaoyu City "worked tirelessly day and night", hoarding a large number of grain weapons, consolidating the city wall, and also extending the two walls of the Diaoyu City to the river, naming it "Yizi City", and building a water division dock along the river to prevent the Mongolian water army from sneaking attacks.
The "One Character City" extends from the top of Diaoyu City to the Jialing River, like two arms, connecting the north and south water army docks, while blocking the east-west traffic, maximizing the advantages of the Song army's water army, thus effectively suppressing the Mongol cavalry who are good at land combat, and also ensuring the water logistics supply line of diaoyu City.
Before Meng Ge arrived, hundreds of thousands of refugees and remnants of Sichuan retreated to Diaoyu City, and Wang Jian, the defender of Diaoyu City, collected them all to enrich the defense of the city. The terrain is condescending, the fortifications are extremely strong, the grain and grass are abundant, and the soldiers are plentiful... This hard bone was quietly waiting for Mungo's arrival.
However, this was meaningless in the eyes of Möngke Khan, who, like other Song dynasty castles, sent a surrendered Song man to persuade him to surrender, thinking that the gates would soon be opened inside and surrendered. However, Wang Jian beheaded the persuaders in public, which completely angered the Möngke Khan.
In the first month of 1259, accompanied by a bitter cold wind, the Battle of Diaoyu City began. After the siege began, the progress of the Mongol army was extremely unsmooth, and the usual siege tools such as ordinary ladders and stone cannons were useless. The battle was fought from the first month to March, and even if Möngke personally supervised the battle, there was no progress, and the entire plan to destroy the Song Dynasty was delayed for more than two months in an inconspicuous projectile town. In April, heavy rain continued, and in late April, the Mongolian army attacked the city again, and two days later it once attacked the "One Character City", but it was quickly retaken by the defender Wang Jian himself.
Fast forward to May, and the summer in Chongqing is like a fire roast, sweltering and uncomfortable. The Mongol soldiers soon could not stand it, and the plague began to spread in the army.
On the other hand, Wang Jian changed his strategy and took the initiative to attack, and in May, Wang Jian began to lead a team to wait for the opportunity to attack the Mongolian camp at night, and the Mongol army, which was already seriously dissatisfied with the water and soil, was exhausted and greatly weakened. At the same time, Song Lizong strictly ordered Sichuan to appoint deputy envoy Lü Wende to reinforce Diaoyu City, and the Song and Mongolian sides launched a fierce battle on the Yangtze River, the Mongolian army did not have the advantage, and the two sides entered a tug-of-war.
At this time, the Mongolian army general ShuSuoli suggested: leave a small force to balance the Diaoyu City, and the main force of the Mongolian army bypassed the Diaoyu City and went straight down to Jiangnan. However, Möngke had been completely enraged, and besides, the Great Khan personally marched, could not attack the small fishing city, and lost all prestige, at this time Möngke could not listen to any opinions and insisted on attacking the city.
In June, the war had been deadlocked for half a year, the Mongol and Song armies were unable to hold each other, and the plague on the Mongol army was getting worse.
At this time, the Mongolian army changed its strategy and besieged but did not attack, intending to trap Diaoyu City. However, Wang Jian had people throw big fish, big cakes and other food from the city wall, and left a message to Möngke that "if you attack for another ten years, the city will not be obtained."
In fact, in order to solve the problem of food and water sources, many ponds have been dug in the fishing city to raise fish, and a relatively large number of drinking water wells have been dug, plus there are large areas of cultivated land in the city, it can be said that there is no shortage of food and drink, so if you want to trap the Song army, it is unlikely in a short period of time.
After the siege was fruitless, Möngke had another plan, ordering people to build a high platform, and he wanted to look at the high and observe the real situation in Diaoyu City. In July, the Mongolian army was completed. On July 21, Möngke Khan personally climbed the high platform to look at the Fishing City, and at this time, all kinds of cannon stones of the Song army that had been ambushed were fired in unison, and Möngke was hit by flying stones.
At this time, the three-way Mongol army, in addition to the road of Möngke, the other two roads were like a broken bamboo, Kublai Khan like an autumn wind sweeping away the leaves all the way south, about to take Ezhou, the south road of the great detour of the Mongolian army has also been troops in Changsha City, Möngke died, the two armies invariably quickly withdrew.
Due to the sudden demise of the Möngke army and the undecided heir, his two brothers Kublai Khan and Ali Buge immediately returned to the army and began a struggle for the Khan's throne in the following years, which directly led to the stagnation of the expansion of the entire Mongolia. After the Khagan controversy, although the Yuan Dynasty still had a nominal suzerainty relationship with the four khanates, it was no longer a unified regime in the actual sense, and the Mongol Empire fell apart.
The Battle of DiaoyuCheng made the weak Southern Song Dynasty barely last for decades. For the world order at that time, the Battle of Diaoyu City also saved Islamic and Christian civilizations.
In addition to attacking the Central Plains Dynasty, his brother Hulagu headed west and led his army into the Arab region, and after occupying Iraq, Hulagu began to attack Syria. At this time, when he heard of the death of Möngke Khan, Hulagu was besieging Damascus, and he quickly led the main force back to the east to compete for the Khan's position, but the distance was too far away, less than halfway through, Kublai Khan announced that he would succeed him as Great Khan, so Hulagu turned to support Kublai Khan. Islamic civilization turned around after Hulagu left, the small number of Mongol troops left was not enough to continue to attack Syria, the Egyptian legion waited for the opportunity to counterattack and retake Damascus, and the Mongols did not enter Africa in the end, but this has also reached the limit of humanity.
For Christian civilization, the Mongols had already reached Poland and Hungary in Eastern Europe, and had even peeked into the castle-lined Germany; and the Russian Empire, which had resisted Napoleon and destroyed Hitler, was almost annihilated in front of the Mongol legions.
If the Mongols took out the determination and strength to destroy the Song Dynasty, such as: three-sided encirclement, great depth and great detour, autumn wind and leaves directly pounding the yellow dragon and other tactics and strictly implemented, it is estimated that the whole of Europe is hanging, then history will be completely rewritten.
With the departure of Möngke, the Mongols' western expedition also came to an end, otherwise the Christian civilization would be doomed. A superpower that unified the world could emerge in the 13th century
All this was completely changed only by a great "Diaoyu City Battle" in the far East...