…Song Jian's group in Fuhan (in present-day Ningxia).

As power shifts from the barbarian initiators to the local Han rebels, the Qiang and the Yuezhi seem to have quietly withdrawn their support and play no further role of note in the rebellion.

The rebellion could have been suppressed at this point if not for the events of 189 in the capital, Luoyang.

Pursuing their quarry energetically, the Mongols kill the Western Xia emperor in a mountain fortress.

His son takes refuge in the great walled city of Ningxia, which the Mongols had failed to conquer in earlier wars.

Leaving one-third of his army to take Ningxia, Chinggis sends Ogedei eastward, across the great bend of the Huang He, to drive the Jin forces from their last footholds north of the river.

With the remainder of his troops, he marches southeast, evidently to eastern Sichuan Province, where the Western Xia, the Jin, and the Song empires meet, to prevent Song reinforcements from reaching Ningxia.

Here he accepts the surrender of the new Western Xia emperor but rejects peace overtures from Jin.

Emperor Shenzong, continuing Xiangzong's policy of invading the Jin Empire, had initiated several campaigns against the Jin before the Jin Emperor counterattacked, killing many Western Xia soldiers.

However, Shenzong has continued to attack Jin despite the poor Tangut economy, causing high discontent among his people complaining of high taxes.

He does not listen to those who advise peace with Jin Empire, and thus hastens the decline of Western Xia.