What was the Mongols way of fighting?

The Mongols were savage tribes that were built on warfare, so it was only a mater of time till they started to take other country's by force. evidence shows that the Mongol's weapons involved around missiles like bows which were fired while they charged at the enemy. They also had lancers to smash into the enemy's front line and scimitars which are Arabic swords that are curved and designed for chopping and slicing armour. Mongols wore leather armour made from cow and horse hides which meant that they didn't weigh down the horse while it was moving around but had a disadvantage in protecting men from crossbow bolts or swords. When the Mongols went to china, they found the Chinese soldiers worn armour made of silk. The silk armour was very weak but when if  an arrow was fired at it, when the arrow hit the armour the arrow head would slide off the armour making it impenetrable by missile fire. After the Mongols took over china they adopted this armour which helped them in their conquest.

Mongols had more that just weapons to their battles, they also had brain power. One example is that each soldier had 3-4 horses which meant that when they travel long distances they could change horses which follow the army were they went. This tactic meant that they always had a fresh horse on standby so they don't have to stop as often to let their horses rest. The mobility of individual soldiers made it possible to send them on successful scouting missions, gathering intelligence about routes and searching for terrain suited to the preferred combat tactics of the Mongols.

When conquering other lands, before the invention of guns the Mongols had a hard time besieging walled cities and castles because before Genghis Khan came the Mongols lived in villages that didn't have walls so they never experienced siege warfare.The Mongolian got most of their ideas of siege machines from captured mechanics from different civilizations. Some evidence showed that Genghis Khan used catapults, rams and large wooden shields. The catapults were used to throw rocks at the enemy's walls to destroy them or throw diseased animals over the walls to spread plague through the city and weaken the defenders. A ram is a large, sharpen wood pole which was used to smash into gates to let the men into the city. The wooden shields were used all through out Asia, middle east and Europe. The were originally invented by the Europeans and were used as cover so the archers could fire at the soldiers on the walls trying to defend the city and have cover at the same time. The shield had small holes in them which archers fired through and had wheels to make it more movable.                                                                                          

 Mongol armies constantly practiced horsemanship, archery, and unit tactics, formations and rotations. This training was maintained by discipline. The Mongol soldiers were very loyal to their masters and would even follow them to their deaths with no questions asked. Officers and troopers alike were usually given a wide leeway by their superiors in carrying out their orders, so long as the larger objectives of the plan were well served and the orders promptly obeyed. The Mongols thus avoided the pitfalls of overly rigid discipline which ruined other armed forces through out history.

In conclusion they Mongols were well trained, well armed and disciplined soldiers unlike the savage warriors history has described them to be.

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