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Battle of Sanfeng Mountain | |||||||
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Part of the Mongol–Jin War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Mongol Empire | Jin dynasty | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Subutai | Wanyan Heda (POW) | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
50,000 horsemen [1] | 130,000 infantry 20,000 horsemen | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Light | Very heavy |
Battle of Sanfengshan | |||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 三峰山之战 | ||||||
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The Battle of Sanfengshan,literally the Battle of the Three-Peak Mountain,was a major decisive battle fought between the Mongol Empire and Jin China during the first stage of the Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty. The battle was fought in 9 February 1232 at the Sanfeng Mountain which is in the southwest of what is now the city Yuzhou in Henan Province,China. The battle resulted with a crushing Mongol victory,successfully planned and orchestrated by their general Subutai,and successfully wiped out the last field army of the Jin Dynasty,therefore sealing its fate of falling to the Mongol Empire.