Subotai Attack Mongols

Subotai was Genghis Khans spearpoint and he was faced with a variety of different armies each demonstrating carious types of tactics. Subotai adapted to all of these challenges and used his armies in some of the greatest shows of tactical genius on this planet. One campaign that demonstrated the superiority of the Mongols on the battlefield was the attacks on Eastern Europe.
Subotai’s attack began with an order from the Khan to scout Eastern Europe for information that could be helpful for a possible assault in the future. This probing mission brought Subotai to the Mohi River where a force of around 72,000 Hungarian soldiers take defense in a fortified camp across the river, only a bridge separates the two armies. This Hungarian army was a coalition of multiple empires to prevent the continued conquest of the Mongols through Europe. The destruction of this army would mean the almost guaranteed annihilation for most of medieval Europe. The Mongolians were outnumber and only had around 50,000 men. …show more content…
He placed a token force on the bridge in a hope that the Hungarians would send a force to retake the bridge and be ambushed by the Mongols. Some of the greatest military victories by the Mongols were achieved by this tactic but the Hungarians don’t take the bait and rather fortify their camps. By this point the Mongolians had fought a variety of fortifications that were non-existent on the steppe. From castles to fortified cities the Mongols adapted to siege warfare and even built siege weapons to destroy these fortifications. These fortifications were not nearly as strong as the fortified walls of a city but the point being that the Mongols knew how to attack and destroy a fortified