Mongol Empire · BATTLE SITE ·
Siege of Xiangyang (1268–73)
On the Mongol Empire map as “Xiangyang”
1268–73 — The twin fortress on the Han River holds the gate to the Yangzi for five years, supplied by water against a besieging army of Chinese infantry, Korean sailors and Uyghur clerks. Two engineers sent from the Ilkhanate end it: counterweight trebuchets whose stones the Yuan history weighs at 150 catties — some 90 kg — enough to bury themselves meters deep in the walls. The empire’s reach in one siege.
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- Mongol conquest of the Song dynasty (chapter 10 of Mongol Empire)
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- The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294
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