Yehuling is located at the junction of Zhangbei County and Wanquan County in Zhangjiakou City. It has been a military fortress since ancient times and is a battleground for military strategists.
In the autumn of 1211 AD, Genghis Khan personally led 100,000 Mongolian cavalry to attack the Bashang Grassland, aiming at the Central Plains area ruled by the Jin Dynasty. After conquering several cities, the Mongolian army faced off with more than 400,000 Jin troops in the Yehuling area. They fought decisively and defeated the Jin army.
"Koubei Santing Zhi" records: "Yehuling, five miles north of the entrance to the dining room in the picture of Xuanzang, hunted in Yehuling in the sixth year of Chongxi in the Benji of the Liao Dynasty. ... In the sixth year of Taizu in the Bench of the Yuan Dynasty, he defeated the Jin general Ding Xue in the southern expedition to the Yehuling. In the second year of Taiding, he sent troops to build the Yehuling Road, and wood Hua Li reported that Taizu had attacked the Jiuyuan counties in Yunzhong and besieged Fuzhou. The Jin soldiers numbered 400,000 and formed a formation in the north of Yehu Ridge. Hua Li said that they could not be defeated even if they fought to the death. He galloped his horse into battle and yelled for the enemy to retreat. The emperor's troops advanced together and defeated the Jin soldiers as far as Huihe and wiped them out for hundreds of miles..."
In the writing of this book, the situation in Yehuling was artistically processed, and what is described in the article is very different from the actual situation.
Disclaimer: This story is purely fictitious, please do not take it personally!