Siege of Xiangyang
1268–1273 · Event
Kublai Khan's six-year siege of the twin fortress cities guarding the Han River, broken at last by Persian counterweight trebuchets, opens Song China to Mongol conquest.
On these timelines: Mongol Empire, China, Master
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