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Detailed explanation-1: -Genghis Khan’s first campaign outside of Mongolia took place against the Xi Xia kingdom of northwestern China. After a series of raids, the Mongols launched a major initiative in 1209 that brought them to the doorstep of Yinchuan, the Xi Xia capital.

Detailed explanation-2: -The campaign was also notable for its extreme violence, even by Genghis Khan’s standards. Cities were sacked, their inhabitants murdered, and fields and irrigation channels destroyed. The Mongol troops are said to have used captured soldiers as body shields when sieging cities.