The Mongols were one of the most successful and powerful armies in the world because of highly motivated armies, intelligent tactics, modernized weapons, and ruthless power.
The first reason the Mongols were so successful was because of their dominant armies, which used impressive tactics. The armies were “well trained in marksmanship and horsemanship... [they] were characterized by absolute discipline... superior mobility... and organization.” With a powerful, trained army, it was unlike any other (The Article). Battles were easy to win because of the highly skilled soldiers. Few soldiers died because they were strong and proficient in fighting, unlike some parts of Eurasia, they were conquering. The army was also made to look intimidatingly large. Armies sometimes “exaggerated by placing dummies on the backs of horses and lighting strings of bonfires” (Articles). The feigned size of the attackers scared the enemy. The evidence proves that the threat of the …show more content…
One strategy Genghis Khan used was to besiege castles, cities, and other important cities. The sieges included “surrounding them [cities] with mounted archers... or raining them with arrows” (The Article). Citizens under siege could not escape the Mongols’ wrath. The use of sieges defeated unsuspecting civilians and prisoners. Defeat was one of the major successes of the Mongols’ time. Second were the weapons the Mongols used. They were the first to use gunpowder- which was an advantage- and dangerously precise weapons. The arrows made “terrible wounds... whistles to scare the enemy... and ones that were dipped in naphtha and set on fire” (The Article). The effect of the weapons was death to enemies, massacres, and terror from captured citizens. With weapons, the Mongols used terror to rule civilians and frighten them. This leads up to the conclusion that using strategies and weapons aided the success and win of the
The first reason the Mongols were so successful was because of their dominant armies, which used impressive tactics. The armies were “well trained in marksmanship and horsemanship... [they] were characterized by absolute discipline... superior mobility... and organization.” With a powerful, trained army, it was unlike any other (The Article). Battles were easy to win because of the highly skilled soldiers. Few soldiers died because they were strong and proficient in fighting, unlike some parts of Eurasia, they were conquering. The army was also made to look intimidatingly large. Armies sometimes “exaggerated by placing dummies on the backs of horses and lighting strings of bonfires” (Articles). The feigned size of the attackers scared the enemy. The evidence proves that the threat of the …show more content…
One strategy Genghis Khan used was to besiege castles, cities, and other important cities. The sieges included “surrounding them [cities] with mounted archers... or raining them with arrows” (The Article). Citizens under siege could not escape the Mongols’ wrath. The use of sieges defeated unsuspecting civilians and prisoners. Defeat was one of the major successes of the Mongols’ time. Second were the weapons the Mongols used. They were the first to use gunpowder- which was an advantage- and dangerously precise weapons. The arrows made “terrible wounds... whistles to scare the enemy... and ones that were dipped in naphtha and set on fire” (The Article). The effect of the weapons was death to enemies, massacres, and terror from captured citizens. With weapons, the Mongols used terror to rule civilians and frighten them. This leads up to the conclusion that using strategies and weapons aided the success and win of the