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
Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...
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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.
References
{{Jin dynasty (1115–1234) topics
Mongol conquest of Jin China
Sanfengshan
Sanfengshan
1232 in the Mongol Empire