(04-11-2015, 09:28 AM)Hammersmith Wrote: Stuff!
(04-11-2015, 04:35 AM)Ryoko Wrote: More Stuff!
As Hammersmith said, the mongols were incredibly good at siege as well. They would recruit/steal the most skilled engineers from the lands they conquered, and could take cities very quickly.
The standard system of war in that time period was:
1) Enemy forms and army and attacks one of your cities, oh no!
2) You sound the alarm, that city prepares to be singed, and the rest of your nation/state/empire/country mobilizes an army to relieve it.
3) March over and fight the other army, or otherwise scare them off before they can take your city.
The thing was, the mongols were so dang good at it, that they would take cities before anyone had a chance to mobilize an army to stop them. By the time any sort of relieving army arrived, it would be too late.
Anyway, there is a very good podcast called 'Hardcore History' which did a long series on the mongols. The first one is here!
http://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcor...e-khans-i/
