Chinese horrors and persecutions of the Christians; containing a full account of the great insurrection in China; atrocities of the "Boxers" ..together with the complete history of China down to the present time .. . a stout resist-ance to the Mongols, and when he foundthat he could not hold out, he retired to thetemple of the city and poisoned himself. Hislast act was to write a letter to Utubu beg-ging him to listen no more to the perniciousadvice of the man who had induced him tomurder Hushahu. On to Central capture of Yenking, where Genghisobtained a large supply of war materials
Chinese horrors and persecutions of the Christians; containing a full account of the great insurrection in China; atrocities of the "Boxers" ..together with the complete history of China down to the present time .. . a stout resist-ance to the Mongols, and when he foundthat he could not hold out, he retired to thetemple of the city and poisoned himself. Hislast act was to write a letter to Utubu beg-ging him to listen no more to the perniciousadvice of the man who had induced him tomurder Hushahu. On to Central capture of Yenking, where Genghisobtained a large supply of war materials, aswell as vast booty, opened the road to Cen-tral China, The Mongols advanced as faras the celebrated Tunkwan pass, which con-nects Shensi and Honan, but when their gen-eral, Samuka, saw how formidable it was,and how strong were the Kin defences andgarrison, he declined to attack it, and, mak-ing a detour through very difficult country,he marched on Kaifong, where Utubu littleexpected him. The Mongols had to maketheir own road, and they crossed severalravines by improvised bridges made ofspears and ^ the branches of trees boundtogether by strong chains. But the Mon-gol force was too small to accomplish any. IS? CHINESE DANCING GIRL WITH SMALL FEET
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