The Mongol ConquestsExpansion eras
1206–1260
The Mongol Conquests (1206–1260). You start as Horseman and could rise all the way to Noyan, if you survive. This era covers 23 historical battles.
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- Leader of ten thousand
- Noyan
Historical battles
| Year | Battle | Est. casualties |
|---|---|---|
| 1209 | Siege of ZhongxingGenghis Khan diverted the Yellow River to flood the city, but the dike burst and flooded his own camp. The Western Xia emperor offered a princess and sued for peace. | ≈5% |
| 1211 | Battle of YehulingThe great army of the Jin was shattered at Badger Mouth Pass. The valleys filled with the dead. | ≈4% |
| 1215 | Fall of ZhongduA year of siege, and the city ran out of food. After it fell, it burned for more than a month. | ≈5% |
| 1219 | Siege of OtrarThe Khwarazmian governor murdered a Mongol caravan, and Genghis Khan led his army west in person. Otrar held for five months. | ≈6% |
| 1220 | Fall of BukharaGenghis Khan rode into the great mosque and told the people, "I am the punishment of God." | ≈3% |
| 1220 | Fall of SamarkandKhwarazm's new capital held only a few days. The craftsmen were marched east; everyone else was driven out of the city. | ≈4% |
| 1221 | Battle of ParwanJalal ad-Din defeated Shigi Qutuqu's thirty thousand in a mountain valley — the only major Mongol defeat of the western campaign. | ≈15% |
| 1221 | Battle of the IndusDriven to the river, Jalal ad-Din spurred his horse off a cliff into the Indus and escaped. Genghis Khan said, "Every father should have such a son." | ≈5% |
| 1221 | Battle in GeorgiaJebe and Subutai crossed the Caucasus and routed the knights of Georgia. | ≈6% |
| 1223 | Battle of the Kalka RiverThe princes of Rus gave chase for nine days and rode into an ambush at the Kalka. The captured princes were crushed under planks while the Mongol commanders feasted on top. | ≈5% |
| 1226 | Battle of LingzhouThe Yellow River had frozen, and the Western Xia army was destroyed on the ice. | ≈6% |
| 1227 | Fall of ZhongxingWestern Xia was no more. Genghis Khan died on campaign, and his death was kept secret. | ≈5% |
| 1232 | Battle of SanfengshanSnow fell for three days. Frozen and starving, the Jin army was annihilated by Tolui at Sanfeng Mountain. | ≈5% |
| 1234 | Siege of CaizhouMongol and Song troops surrounded Caizhou together. The last Jin emperor hanged himself, and the Jin dynasty fell. | ≈5% |
| 1237 | Fall of RyazanIn winter the Mongol cavalry used the frozen rivers as highways. Ryazan fell in five days. | ≈4% |
| 1238 | Battle of the Sit RiverThe army of the Grand Prince of Vladimir was surrounded in the snow, and the Grand Prince was killed. | ≈5% |
| 1240 | Fall of KievThe oldest city of the Rus was stormed. Years later a papal envoy passing through said the roadsides were still piled with bones. | ≈6% |
| 1241 | Battle of LegnicaDuke Henry of Silesia was killed. The Mongols cut off the right ears of the dead and filled nine sacks. | ≈5% |
| 1241 | Battle of MohiThe Hungarian king's camp was surrounded. Those who broke out were hunted down along the road for two days. | ≈8% |
| 1256 | Siege of AlamutOne by one the eagle's-nest castles of the Old Man of the Mountain surrendered, and the Assassins' library was burned. | ≈4% |
| 1258 | Siege of BaghdadThe caliph was rolled in a carpet and trampled by horses. For days the Tigris ran black with the ink of books. | ≈4% |
| 1259 | Siege of Diaoyu FortressMöngke Khan led the campaign into Sichuan in person, but Diaoyu Fortress at Hezhou would not fall. The Great Khan died beneath its walls. | ≈12% |
| 1260 | Battle of Ain JalutHulagu had taken the main army back east, leaving Kitbuqa with ten thousand men. The Mamluks set an ambush by the spring, and for the first time a Mongol army was wiped out in open battle. | ≈35% |
Casualty rates are the game's estimates from historical sources, used to work out the chance of dying. Treat them as approximate.
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