Episode #30
Ep.30 | Kublai Khan’s Siege of Xiangyang | History of the Mongols | Podcast
<p >Subscribe for weekly episodes:👉HistoryStrong</p> <p >🎧 Listen to the full playlist here:👉History of the Mongols | Podcast</p> <p>Kublai Khan turns from empire-wide civil war to a single target that can break the Southern Song. We trace the five-year siege of Xiangyang and Fancheng on the Han River, the rise of a Mongol river fleet, Jia Sidao’s failed reliefs, and the game-changing counterweight trebuchets from Ilkhanid engineers. With Lu Wenhuan’s surrender in 1273, the road to the Yangzi opens and the fall of the Song begins.</p> <p>If you’re enjoying this series, don’t forget to like the video, subscribe for more episodes of The History of the Mongols, and drop a comme

