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=== War against Jin dynasty === He served with distinction in the initial war against [[Jin dynasty (1115β1234)|Jin dynasty]] (1211β1214). During this first invasion, Jebe commanded the left wing with Subutai. His unit went around the wall to the east, capturing two fortresses. He then re-circled his tracks to destroy the second Jin army at Wusha Fortress and linked up with Genghis's main army, who later went on to win the [[Battle of Yehuling]].{{sfn|McLynn|2015}} After this crushing victory, the Mongols took command of the passes that lead into the [[Beijing]] plains and continued to spread their control through the territory. Jebe was sent to capture numerous chains of fortresses, which he accomplished by using a feigned retreat to lure out defenders.{{sfn|Pow|2017|p=35}} Genghis Khan seemed to rely on Jebe as his long ranged general: in winter 1211, Jebe was sent to capture [[Liaoyang]], when Mongol forces had barely secured the great plains around [[Zhongdu]]. After riding several hundred miles away from the main battle front, Jebe lured the defenders of Liaoyang on a feigned retreat that lasted over 100 miles and left a large amount of Mongol booty on the ground. The Chinese troops paused to plunder it, and using the long nights of the northern winter, Jebe's army rode 100 miles in 24 hours to rout the disorderly Jin forces and seize Liaoyang.{{sfn|McLynn|2015|pp=198β199}} In 1213, Genghis sent Jebe to secure the heavily defended [[Juyong Pass]]. Jebe managed to find a mountain pass that enveloped the Jin fortifications, forcing the defenders to take the field. Jebe and Subutai then made forced marches the opposite way, retracing their steps and falling behind the enemy's new rear, encircling and liquidating this crucial army.{{sfn|McLynn|2015|p=203}} After inciting a revolt in Manchuria and reducing a number of fortresses, Genghis split his army into five parts to raid vast swathes of Jin territory. Jebe was placed in the elite force under Muqali with Subutai, and they successfully raided the territory to the ocean while destroying or capturing many Jin towns and cities.
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