Editing Western Xia (section)

===Xiangzong (1206–1211)===

In 1207, Genghis led another raid into Western Xia, invading the [[Ordos Loop]] and sacking [[Wulahai]], the main garrison along the [[Yellow River]], before withdrawing in the spring of 1208.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rossabi|first=William|title=Genghis Khan and the Mongol empire|year=2009|publisher=[[University of Washington Press]]|location=Seattle|isbn=978-9622178359|page=156}}</ref> The Tanguts tried to form a united front with the [[Jurchen Jin dynasty]] against the Mongols, but the usurper monarch, [[Wanyan Yongji]], refused to cooperate and declared that it was to their advantage that enemies attack one another.{{sfn|Twitchett|1994|p=207}}

In the autumn of 1209, Genghis received the submission of the [[Uyghurs]] to the west and invaded Western Xia. After defeating an army led by Gao Lianghui outside Wulahai, Genghis captured the city and pushed up along the Yellow River, capturing several garrisons and defeating another imperial army. The Mongols besieged the capital, [[Yinchuan|Zhongxing]], which held a well-fortified garrison of 150,000,<ref>Jack Weatherford ''Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World'', p.85</ref> and attempted to flood the city by diverting the Yellow River. The dike they built broke and flooded the Mongol camp, forcing them to withdraw.<ref name="tim may 1211" /> In 1210, Xiangzong agreed to submit to Mongol rule, and demonstrated his loyalty by giving a daughter, Chaka, in marriage to Genghis and paying a tribute of camels, falcons, and textiles.{{sfn|Man|2004|p=133}}

After their defeat in 1210, Western Xia attacked the Jin dynasty in response to their refusal to aid them against the Mongols.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kessler|first=Adam T.|title=Song Blue and White Porcelain on the Silk Road|year=2012|publisher=[[Brill Publishers]]|location=[[Leiden]]|isbn=9789004218598|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iABEQXUfmhIC|page=91}}</ref> The following year, the Mongols joined Western Xia and began a 23-year-long [[Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty|campaign against Jin]]. In the same year Xiangzong's nephew Zunxu seized power in a coup and became [[Emperor Shenzong of Western Xia]]. Xiangzong died a month later.{{sfn|Twitchett|1994|p=208}}