Chapter V

China, 618 to 907, A.D.—Fall of Tang dynasty.—The Kitans.—Parin
proclaims himself Emperor, 916.—House of Sung unites nearly all
China, 960.—Tribute paid by the Sung Emperor to the Kitans,
1004.—Victory over the Kitans by Aguta in 1114.—Founding of a new
State, Kin kwe, by Aguta.—Death of Aguta.—Invasion of North China
by Kin Emperor, 1125.—Kin Emperor besieges Kai fong fu, 1126.—Sung
Emperor seized and sent to Manchuria.—Message of Jinghis Khan to
the sovereign of China.—Jinghis sets out to subdue the Chinese
Empire, 1211.—Sons of Jinghis.—Army equipment.—Advance of 1,200
miles to the Great Wall of China.—Friendship of the
Onguts.—Insurrection of the Kitans.—Chong tu invested.—Jinghis
sends Subotai against the Merkits.—Jinghis resumes activity in
China, 1213.—Attack of Tangut on China, 1213.—Mongols attack lands
bordering on the Hoang Ho, 1214.—Defence of Chong tu.—Mongols
attack Nan king.—Defeat of the Merkits.—Corea’s submission to
Jinghis, 1218.—Death of Boroul, 1217.—Origin of Mukuli, one of
Jinghis’ greatest generals.—Jinghis’ fourth attack on the Tanguts,
1218.—Origin of Kara Kitai.—Victory of Yeliu over Kashgar.—Invasion
of Kwaresm by Yeliu.—Treachery of Gutchluk.—Execution of Gutchluk
by Chepé.—Kara Kitai attacked by Shah Mohammed.—The World-Shaking
Limper (Tamerlane).—Attack of Kara Kitans by Mongols.—Death of the
Gurkhan of Kara Kitai, 1136 79