"war looms with the walled city of Xiangyang" . . "100+ trebuchets" . . . . "besieging" . "Sieges of Fancheng and Xiangyang" . . . "Xiangyang" . "5,000 ships" . "Battle of Xiangyang" . . . "battle of Xiangyang" . "Yuan victory" . . . "siege of Fancheng and Xiangyang" . . . "8,000" . . "the fall of Xiangyang" . "Song dynasty" . . . . . . . "Southern Song dynasty" . . "Battle of Xiangzhou" . . . . "long, drawn out conflict" . . "Mongol Empire" . . "siege of Xiangyang" . . "Battle of Pingyang" . . "Xiangyang finally falls to the Mongols" . "China" . "fall of Xiangyang" . "Battle of Xiangyang" . . "*Yuan dynasty" . "100,000" . . . "Xiangyang eventually falls to the Mongol invaders" . . . "Siege of Xiangyang" . . "Heavy" . "1268-10-16" . . "20+ counterweight trebuchets" . . . . "besieged Xiangyang" . .