The major players who succeeded in unifying China are the Mongols. When Khubilai gained power, he ordered an attack on the Song, who in the other hand are corrupt and has a chaotic government. The war happened in the town of Xiangyang which lasted for five long years in which Khubilai won. The Mongols were then able to cross the Yangzi River and gradually move toward Hangzhou, the capital of Song. After the end of the Song Dynasty, China was then reunified by the Mongols. Reunification has been the ultimate goal of the Chinese for four centuries which they had been unable to accomplish. The Mongol ruler, Kublai Khan then gave his attention to the Chinese territory thus, forgetting about his own
