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What is the route of Genghis Khan's westward expedition? How to analyze it?

Genghis Khan's Western Expedition was the first western expedition of Mongolian army, which began at 12 19 and ended at 1224, and lasted for six years.

A, the western expedition goal:

The goal of Genghis Khan's westward expedition was the third dynasty of Mosha. The northern part is the territory of Aral Sea and Caspian Sea, the southern part is Indus River and Persian Gulf, the eastern part is Pamir Plateau, the western part is Azerbaijan and Kurdish mountains, and the capital is Samarkand (now Uzbekistan). Genghis Khan's expedition to the west coincided with the heyday of the flower thorn model country; But its empire is only an unstable administrative and military complex, which is relatively loose.

Second, the reasons for the Western Expedition:

12 18, when the Mongols conquered Western Liao, Hualamozi took advantage of the chaos to seize a large area of land in the central part of Western Liao, causing territorial disputes between the two countries. When Mongolia conquered the Western Liao Dynasty, its territory was bordered by the state of Walamoz, and there were trade and other exchanges between the two countries. 12 18, Mongolia sent a huge caravan consisting of 450 people (more than 100) and 500 camels, full of precious goods such as gold, silver, silk, mink, etc., and went west to Hualamozi for trading. When the caravan entered the territory of Hualamozi and reached Ortera (now northwest of Khimkent, Kazak) in the upper reaches of the Syr Darya River, the guards in the city were driven by money, so they framed them as spies, plundered all the goods, and killed 449 people in the caravan, only one escaped. Genghis Khan restrained his anger and sent three envoys to negotiate. King Mahamo killed the ambassador and cut off two ambassadors. Facing the humiliation and arrogance of the other side, Genghis Khan couldn't bear it any longer and decided to go west. The flower thorn submodule country set itself on fire and brought about its own destruction.

Third, the route of the Western Expedition:

12 19 in the summer, Genghis Khan spent the summer at the Stone River (now Irtysh River) in Ye Er, and at the same time assembled troops to prepare for the autumn expedition. In summer and autumn, Genghis Khan swore an oath to the West. The Mongolian Expeditionary Force set out from the source of Irtysh River, crossed Altai Mountain and headed south. Westward, it passes through Urumqi, Besh Bali (now Chengzi on the northern slope of Jimsar County, Xinjiang), Yangji Bali (now northwest of Manas, Xinjiang), Sailimu Lake, Arimuli (now the ancient city at the southern foot of Kegan Mountain in the northwest of Huocheng County, Xinjiang) and Ha Lu Lu (now north of Ili River in Kazakhstan), and enters the Ili River basin, concentrated in the south of Balkhash Lake.

Genghis Khan pushed the main force to the Syr Darya River, and another general, Zhe Bie, led his troops to detour north in the south of the Syr Darya River (now Shule County, Xinjiang) to attack the enemy on the south bank of the Syr Darya River by way of Khan (now Kasansai, southeast of Tashkent, Uzbekistan).

Genghis Khan arrived in Huswoer, the former capital of the Western Liao Dynasty (located in the abandoned site of Bulana, southeast of tokmak on the south bank of the Chu River in Kyrgyzstan) around the Mid-Autumn Festival, and took a short rest. At the beginning of the Western Expedition, the strength of the Mongolian army was about150,000 to 200,000; On the way to the west, some troops were recruited, reaching more than 230 thousand. The strength of the so-called 600 thousand flower thorn submodule country far exceeds that of the Mongolian army, and it is at home, with great advantages.

IV. Introduction to the Western Expedition:

The Mongolian army first conquered the troubled city of Ortera, and then broke through the defense lines of Amu Darya and Syr Darya guarded by 400,000 troops of Hualamozi, and captured the cities along the middle and lower reaches of Syr Darya. Finally, we conquered Samarkand, the capital of Varamoz. King Mahathir left 50,000 troops guarding the city ahead of schedule and fled across the Amu Darya. 122 1 January, the old king who fled to a desert island in the Caspian Sea died, and his son Zalandin succeeded to the throne in Yulong Jiechi, a city in the lower reaches of the Amu Darya River and the national capital of the thorn model. Then he fled with 300 cavalry and gathered 60,000 to 70,000 cavalry along the road. Genghis Khan personally led the pursuit of refined riding, and wiped out tens of thousands of Zalandin troops in Shenhe (now Indus River). Zalandin soldiers were defeated and fled across the Indus River. Mongolian troops captured the Yulong boundary pool.

Zhe Bie's 20,000 Mongolian troops crossed the Caucasus Mountains between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, advanced into the South Russian steppe, broke the Qincha-Voros (Russian) Coalition along the calka River, and marched on the Dnieper River and Crimea.

12 14, Genghis Khan ended the western expedition and led the victorious army to the east. The following year, he returned to the base camp and Lin (now Mongolian Hal and Lin).

After Genghis Khan successfully ended the Western Expedition, he took the conquered land as? Share the land? Packet to the eldest son Shu Chi, the second son Chahetai and the third son Wokuotai. These three plots later formed Qincha khanate, Chahetai khanate and Wokuotai khanate respectively. Together with the son of Tuo Lei, the fourth son (Tuo Lei plot is native to Mongolia), Xu Liewu later established Ili khanate and became the fourth khanate of Mongolia.