Genghis defeats Western Xia first

1205

Before turning on the Jin, the Mongol chief launched a probing raid into the Tangut kingdom of Western Xia. The campaign netted livestock and prisoners and taught the Mongols siegecraft against walled Chinese cities. Western Xia would eventually be erased. The Tanguts sued for peace and agreed to supply auxiliary troops, a humiliation that would later become the pretext for their total destruction.