How did the Mongols Conquer Strongholds and Cities?

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  • Опубліковано 30 вер 2020
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    The Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the Mongol History continues with a video on the siegecraft of the Mongol army, where we will learn how Genghis Khan and his successors were able to conquer so many strongholds and cities.
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  • @KingsandGenerals
    @KingsandGenerals  3 роки тому +139

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    • @marcus4046
      @marcus4046 3 роки тому

      How do we Mongols siege cities? Same way you do idiot. 1. we grab some siege equitment 2. we threaten them with death *we divert a river into our on troops* 4. we conquer the city.

    • @lorenzobracci5744
      @lorenzobracci5744 3 роки тому

      Song name 9:32- 11:54?

    • @juliuscaesar8925
      @juliuscaesar8925 3 роки тому +1

      Great Video as always

    • @Ekhon.e
      @Ekhon.e 3 роки тому

      how did mongol take Almut because it was on a mountain

    • @loods2215
      @loods2215 3 роки тому

      Will you ever cover the condottieri mercenary companies of 15th century Italy?

  • @00HoODBoy
    @00HoODBoy 3 роки тому +916

    15 year siege. cant even imagine how devastating that is for everyone involved

    • @mustipunyaemail
      @mustipunyaemail 3 роки тому +134

      they become vegan.

    • @jacquesstrapp3219
      @jacquesstrapp3219 3 роки тому +248

      @@mustipunyaemail Wrong, they become cannibals.

    • @ibrahimadiop7074
      @ibrahimadiop7074 3 роки тому +139

      They probably felt like the citizens of Afghanistan

    • @JonatasAdoM
      @JonatasAdoM 3 роки тому +92

      Must be like a 30 day siege in Mount & Blade Warband.

    • @glennengberg5872
      @glennengberg5872 3 роки тому +161

      Yea, imagine from you're born till you're 15 having to live in a besieged city...

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 3 роки тому +1225

    Because Genghis Khan hired a hero from the local tavern at Tulga with party Engineering skill of 10

  • @Trubripes
    @Trubripes 3 роки тому +910

    "How did the Mongols Conquer Strongholds and Cities?"
    By hiring the Chinese.

    • @dirtiestharry6551
      @dirtiestharry6551 3 роки тому +27

      this pretty much

    • @MegaDonGallo
      @MegaDonGallo 3 роки тому +89

      An early form of subcontracting

    • @angelabby2379
      @angelabby2379 3 роки тому +35

      meanwhile in song dynasty : 4 year old emperor sit in the throne

    • @angelabby2379
      @angelabby2379 3 роки тому +15

      @@superspies32 lol are you on high or something. Invading vietname for the financial trouble is like saying, America invade hawaii for their financial trouble.
      America(song dynasty) is 1st economy in the world. The Song were the first to use paper money because their economy grow too big for metal currency. Lol rip history
      I have seen this a lot southeast asian trying to pass fake histories because now they fell behind east asian economy and gdp

    • @derrickcourtney2794
      @derrickcourtney2794 3 роки тому +8

      So outsourcing work to China is not modern as I once thought lol

  • @ImprovedCloud
    @ImprovedCloud 3 роки тому +159

    Since Chinese' defenses against Mongol sieges lasted so long, I am surprised documentaries never took interest in the Chinese defensive fortifications and castles like they did with Japanese and Medieval European castles. I know China never really build castles, but their fortified cities are equally amazing at what they accomplished.

    • @user-gi3yd9lh9c
      @user-gi3yd9lh9c 2 роки тому +22

      actually Song's later emperor was so incompetent. they had a general who fought Mongols and won the battle. but the emperor killed the general. the emperor have many loyal and competent officials but he trusted the crafty ones. the Yangtze River is the last defense Song had. And the Mongols didn't have ships don't know how to manage ships at first. when Song have a Ship troop then.But the emperor will just have fun all day. Song's doom was long sealed beforehand. It's just a matter of time that Yuan got the last of it.

    • @nigeltan676
      @nigeltan676 2 роки тому +8

      @@ChevyChase301 dude the Song Wars was the biggest of all Mongol Conquest campaigns.

    • @codybell6882
      @codybell6882 2 роки тому +11

      @@ChevyChase301 the Song Dynasty was one of the most powerful kingdoms in this age. They had a massive population and could rely on a total military manpower of around 700,000 men. Far more than any kingdom in feudal Europe could ever hope to muster. Not to mention that the Song dynasty was immensely wealthy. Their focus on defense from their wars against the Jin and the mongols allowed them to build great and incredible fortifications. They were an exceedingly difficult conquest for the Mongols. Far more difficult than any of their conquests in Europe, Persia or the Levant.

    • @zsqduke
      @zsqduke 2 роки тому +7

      @@codybell6882 It’s more complicated than Mongol vs China. There are so few mongols. Kublai Khan conquered Song mostly with ethnic Chinese troops with Mongolian commanders few and far between. So it’s more like China conquered China. The common people are sick of the corrupt Song elite.

    • @DccAnh
      @DccAnh Рік тому +1

      ​@@ChevyChase301dude Mongol's main target are China, europe is just a side objective, it took them over 60 years to conquer China while only 4 years is enough for them to destroy all of russia and eastern europe, had it not for the untimely death of the Great Khan and the busy and hard campaign in China, western europe would have fall quickly.

  • @NYCfrankie
    @NYCfrankie 3 роки тому +589

    You guys never disappoint

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  3 роки тому +60

      Thanks for supporting us for 18 months!

    • @Ryan-ij3ge
      @Ryan-ij3ge 3 роки тому +2

      Well Hel O’Deer thats is quiet confusing!

    • @lamidou9998
      @lamidou9998 3 роки тому +18

      TurkzZZ 23 People who supports the channel gets to see the video earlier

    • @matthewstokes7107
      @matthewstokes7107 3 роки тому +10

      Patreons get early access to video content!?

    • @kevinhayes6933
      @kevinhayes6933 3 роки тому +1

      Well Hel O’Deer if you pay for a higher price u get it sent to u before anyone else

  • @user-kt1lh5sz1i
    @user-kt1lh5sz1i 3 роки тому +336

    Mongol Siege tactics as I understand:
    Step 1: Raid a country and capture engineers
    Step 2:Tell those guys you caught to build some siege engines
    Step 3:Attack said country
    Step 4:Capture people from villages and use them as human meat shields
    Step 5:Breach the walls
    Step 6:Massacre the population
    Step 7:Rinse and Repeat
    Step 8:Have the biggest continuous land empire in the world

    • @eljanrimsa5843
      @eljanrimsa5843 3 роки тому +16

      Main component: Talk about it! So that the cities who had heard of this will capitulate without a fight.

    • @ElBandito
      @ElBandito 3 роки тому +30

      12. Promise religious freedom. That's how the Mongols conquered Kara-Khitai kingdom without lifting a finger.

    • @temuulennarankhuu1855
      @temuulennarankhuu1855 3 роки тому +2

      @@eduardogutierrez4698 It is different culture from which you believe proper. I suppose your ancestors was dirty barbarians during roman rule.

    • @temuulennarankhuu1855
      @temuulennarankhuu1855 3 роки тому +6

      @@eduardogutierrez4698 Did any other empires brought peace to call pax mongolica? Of course the Mongols raped, enslaved, plundered but it was only for whom that shown some action against Mongols. There was not hardly any discrimination based on belief or ethnic. Religious groups used to debate with each others instead of waging war and killing each other. It is true that after Kublai khaan the Mongols lost its unified power. However there is no way that vast empire would fall in instant. Fall of Mongols continued hundreds of years(almost 500 600 years). On the other hand name of Mongols did not reach to Europe because of Moscow centred new Rus(on the golden horde heritage) and new Ming dynasty (rose up on Yuan dynasty) got too strong. Eventhough Mongols were one of the superpowers in the region.

    • @temuulennarankhuu1855
      @temuulennarankhuu1855 3 роки тому +1

      @David Gwin First of all I am not very about tartassians. What I mean is settled civilisation is the only one. Settled ones did not have a knowledge about nomadic lifestyles so they referred nomad(homeless poor). If I recall what did great discoveries brought to which discovered(America and others). They brought ruin to them. However under the Mongol rule some of conquered ones(without resisting) reached its peak. Of course Mongols conquered, ruled mostly over fear. But that is one of the strategies that they used. Mongols were always had a low population. They could not afford lose its precious man power in every battles or siege.

  • @Galland780
    @Galland780 3 роки тому +256

    The Mongols really knows how to adapt accordingly to their surroundings.

    • @nomercyforthewicked
      @nomercyforthewicked 3 роки тому +10

      There best tactic was no mercy for the weak,

    • @CptSlow89
      @CptSlow89 3 роки тому +29

      Yet, they parished and now Mongolia is a joke and noone wanna go there to see something. This is what happens when you loot, sack and destroy and build almost nothing.
      Yet, everyone wanna visit Rome etc.

    • @ElBandito
      @ElBandito 3 роки тому +21

      Their own life style in the harsh plains of Mongolia taught them to adapt or die.

    • @-db4rf
      @-db4rf 3 роки тому +38

      @@CptSlow89 So..?

    • @ShabrangBehzad
      @ShabrangBehzad 3 роки тому +23

      The adapted so much that they virtually got assimilated into the nations they conquered!

  • @TheSunMoon
    @TheSunMoon 3 роки тому +175

    They had Magellan TV to help them with the sieges.

    • @yourlocalt72
      @yourlocalt72 3 роки тому +27

      They had nord vpn to surprise attack chinese from where they least expected

    • @PrincessStabbityPLS
      @PrincessStabbityPLS 3 роки тому +21

      And everyone knows nothing helps Chinese scholars pass their exams like Great Courses Plus!

    • @nikolaibaughman8828
      @nikolaibaughman8828 3 роки тому +7

      They conquered the raid shadow legends clan with brutal violence.

    • @arwahsapi
      @arwahsapi 3 роки тому +2

      Their engineers acquired the knowledge of building siege weapons from SkillShare

  • @ashikurrahman2960
    @ashikurrahman2960 3 роки тому +107

    Siege warfare is my favourite subject. The mongols sieged almost the whole known world. Thanks K&G for this great delight😍

    • @Saad1Muslim
      @Saad1Muslim 3 роки тому +4

      Yes!We are coming...🏇🏇🏇🏴🏴🏴

    • @flyingfish5686
      @flyingfish5686 3 роки тому +1

      Y’all already came

    • @Saad1Muslim
      @Saad1Muslim 3 роки тому +2

      @@flyingfish5686 We will come in Xingxiang against China to liberate Uyghurs.🏴🏴🏴

    • @thekhans2823
      @thekhans2823 3 роки тому

      @ Saad Bin Anwar , Tibet ?

    • @Saad1Muslim
      @Saad1Muslim 3 роки тому +2

      @@thekhans2823 No.We Muslims are one nation.Know which nation destroyed Mongols.And Which religion was Mongol converted?

  • @yunleung2631
    @yunleung2631 3 роки тому +149

    Subutai. Won over 70 pitched battles. Fought battles on multiple continents at the same time. Master of all parts of warfare.

    • @alvaro701
      @alvaro701 3 роки тому +13

      How possibly could anyone be in two places at the same time

    • @mts4759
      @mts4759 3 роки тому +4

      He used terror on civilians. The worst of the lot.

    • @rocekth
      @rocekth 3 роки тому +3

      @@mts4759 On the contrary, the intelligent commanders use everything they can, feelings doesn't determine worth.

    • @alvaro701
      @alvaro701 3 роки тому

      @Watcher okok, I get it now, thanks for the reply!

    • @SammyCee23
      @SammyCee23 3 роки тому +30

      Subutai was the greatest general in human history. Yes, surpassing even Alexander, Napoleon and Caesar.

  • @Monke-fj2qz
    @Monke-fj2qz 3 роки тому +192

    "Nooooo you can't use advanced siege engines you're a bunch of primitive nomads!"
    "Ha ha, enslaved engineers go brrrr"

    • @tritium1998
      @tritium1998 3 роки тому +4

      @@franknuzzo2576 Slaves don't make efficient armies.

  • @afrikasmith1049
    @afrikasmith1049 3 роки тому +254

    Genghis Khan: I built a unified Empire by uniting all the Mongol tribes.
    Grandsons: We don't care.

    • @storm0fnova
      @storm0fnova 3 роки тому +26

      Thanks to that none of us is speaking mongolian right now.

    • @Harrier_DuBois
      @Harrier_DuBois 3 роки тому +13

      The Mongols only destroyed they never created.

    • @ICCraider
      @ICCraider 3 роки тому +29

      @@Harrier_DuBois Never is a strong word. I mean they *did* create the Mongol identity. So by the words of the great prophet Justin Bieber "Never say never"

    • @tryomama
      @tryomama 3 роки тому +23

      @@Harrier_DuBois Russia was born through the Golden Horn after the empire fell. So . . . . .

    • @Harrier_DuBois
      @Harrier_DuBois 3 роки тому +4

      @@tryomama Yeah they massacred the Rus people and then subjugated them. Not exactly anything to be proud of.

  • @rowland5951
    @rowland5951 3 роки тому +43

    We need more Mongol, Timur and Attila videos.

    • @tritium1998
      @tritium1998 3 роки тому +1

      Throw Nader Shah in there.

  • @nenenindonu
    @nenenindonu 3 роки тому +48

    The Battle of Kalka River was an absolute masterpiece by subutai

  • @thezeitos469
    @thezeitos469 3 роки тому +116

    Lets just say, Geneva would probably not be happy.

  • @fathfez7991
    @fathfez7991 3 роки тому +42

    Imagine staying inside the city walls for 15 years, damn that is a hard time

    • @Checkmate54321
      @Checkmate54321 3 роки тому +7

      Probably surrendered when the toilet paper ran out.

    • @samfong4658
      @samfong4658 3 роки тому +1

      Some people are already having trouble after 6 months.

    • @juliuscaesar9966
      @juliuscaesar9966 3 роки тому +1

      Nah sieges that long weren't continuous... They make treaties n break them over and over

  • @AncientHistoryGuy
    @AncientHistoryGuy 3 роки тому +69

    Man feels like ages since I actually had time to sit down and watch a Kings and generals video. Too much going on!

    • @AncientHistoryGuy
      @AncientHistoryGuy 3 роки тому +6

      @@ruskyalmond1977 When im not pumping out videos I certainly try to! Just released a 30 min documentary on Tiberius Gracchus, that's taken the best bit of two months to complete!

    • @AncientHistoryGuy
      @AncientHistoryGuy 3 роки тому +1

      @@ruskyalmond1977 thankyou!

  • @TheWhiteDragon3
    @TheWhiteDragon3 3 роки тому +42

    "They dug holes through their own walls to pour molten iron on mobile shelters protecting the sappers"
    *BRUTAL*

    • @hkchan1339
      @hkchan1339 3 роки тому

      Hunter D
      And iron melts at 1538 C instead of solder at about 300C
      PS: bodies mélted by molten iron cannot be identified by DNA as the DNA structure would have been destroyed at the high temps. There is an accident in a iron factory and 2 dozens of workers are melted more than 10 years ago

  • @spinakker14
    @spinakker14 3 роки тому +39

    By the Heavens! I'm from Székesfehérvár, Hungary, and while I know about the city's defense against the Turks, I have never heard that it was one of the very few cities that was able to repel a Mongolian siege
    It's another proof that you can learn so much outside the formal education system, thanks Kings and Generals!

  • @omgpotatos1
    @omgpotatos1 3 роки тому +292

    Brilliant video as always!, Nothing sounds more horrifying then being used as a human shield!

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  3 роки тому +61

      Yep, not epic

    • @genetix7173
      @genetix7173 3 роки тому +19

      very uncool

    • @ShabrangBehzad
      @ShabrangBehzad 3 роки тому +13

      To date Persian speakers figuratively and/or sarcastically use the expression "hashar keshidan" to denote swarming with sheer numbers. Crashing a wedding with uninvited guests would be one example!

    • @andyc3012
      @andyc3012 3 роки тому

      There is a new conspiracy around, started by russians, that mongol empire never exisited. Mongolia was create in the 1700s or something. That gengis was white and not asian looking. It is about tataria history, and that all modern history before 1500s is a lie, and that the whole mongol horde was actually a christian crusade horde fighting againist the catholic horde..
      So my point is, how sound are the supporting evidence for these videos

    • @kazsozdik
      @kazsozdik 3 роки тому +2

      @@ShabrangBehzad Zerg rush

  • @abcdef27669
    @abcdef27669 3 роки тому +351

    Hashar slaves: A way to make the army appears bigger than it really is.
    Soviet Union: "Write that down! Write that down!"

    • @ICCraider
      @ICCraider 3 роки тому +23

      Hashar actually means barricade or fence in Mongolian. So the naming was really fucking brutal and inhumane.

    • @KristofKarwinskithegreat-se5pu
      @KristofKarwinskithegreat-se5pu 3 роки тому +3

      @@jawharz9759 yes they did lol just like the Mongol empire but war is creul

    • @KristofKarwinskithegreat-se5pu
      @KristofKarwinskithegreat-se5pu 3 роки тому +1

      @@ICCraider yeah war is cruel and that was an tactic that the enemy surrenders or atleast demoralize them

    • @joshuakevinserdan9331
      @joshuakevinserdan9331 3 роки тому +3

      ​@@KristofKarwinskithegreat-se5pu We'd need a source for that claim of yours.

    • @LordVader1094
      @LordVader1094 3 роки тому +3

      @@LuisAldamiz Okay, tankie.

  • @satriyono1
    @satriyono1 3 роки тому +59

    Imagine you left your village to join the army at very young age, after rigorous and long training, you become the Captain or something
    And suddenly the mongols bring your family in the village as meatshield to face you.

    • @superitgel1
      @superitgel1 3 роки тому +6

      Oof

    • @adawang4458
      @adawang4458 3 роки тому +4

      Yikes

    • @kunnu6752
      @kunnu6752 3 роки тому +1

      They might not kill by force but they can kill psychologically

  • @Sublimeoo
    @Sublimeoo 3 роки тому +11

    In spite of the horrificness of many of these tactics, you have to appreciate the genius of them

  • @hamzaferoz6162
    @hamzaferoz6162 3 роки тому +9

    To think that one army fought against both Knights and Samurai is astonishing

  • @texdillinger6173
    @texdillinger6173 3 роки тому +69

    0:20 only true gamers recognize that catapult/mangonel sound

  • @Honeyless-Badger
    @Honeyless-Badger 3 роки тому +20

    I think their strongest weapon was spreading fear to their enemies before they arrive.

  • @munkhgreentree6142
    @munkhgreentree6142 2 роки тому +10

    Thank you, Kings and generals. You post very well studied histories of Mongolia. Deep respect to you.

  • @Werner4voss
    @Werner4voss 3 роки тому +9

    As a Korean, thx for mentioning Park Seo and his men, a real hero

  • @ivanzare8594
    @ivanzare8594 3 роки тому +42

    It would have been interesting to see Mongols trying to capture Constantinople

    • @pawemarsza9515
      @pawemarsza9515 3 роки тому +8

      It wold mean another tens of thousands of deaths. I guess it would be interesting, but I'd rather not

    • @agro9999
      @agro9999 3 роки тому +4

      Mongolians were stopped by turkic tribes under Ertugrul descendant of Oguz Khan

    • @sergelengerelmaa2450
      @sergelengerelmaa2450 3 роки тому +7

      It would be devistated as same as siege of Baghdad or siege of Kaifebg

    • @shorewall
      @shorewall 3 роки тому +17

      @@sergelengerelmaa2450 And the stone citadels that defied the Mongols in Eastern Europe, as stated in the video?
      Constantinople survived being surrounded by the Ottoman empire, and being reduced to essentially a city state. It took cannons to breach the walls.

    • @ivanzare8594
      @ivanzare8594 3 роки тому +5

      @@superspies32 my thoughts exactly. So Constantinople could get food supplies from sea and they have plenty of water stored in their cisterns.

  • @altinmares8363
    @altinmares8363 3 роки тому +22

    Please post videos about
    -Tengrism beliefs and worldview
    -Ottoman empire ideology and social hierarchy
    -Portuguese empire and age of discovery
    -Mughal empire and Islam
    -Islam empires in Africa
    -Islam golden age discoveries
    -Alexander the great personality

  • @MrLazyXXL
    @MrLazyXXL 3 роки тому +33

    Mongols conquered because they had the military genius; "Genghis".

    • @MrLazyXXL
      @MrLazyXXL 3 роки тому +1

      R C Who talks about lineage? There is no doubt about his genius.

    • @tha1ne
      @tha1ne 3 роки тому +8

      Don't forget subotai. That dude was king in land fights, never lost a single battle

  • @SuperDeeyay
    @SuperDeeyay 3 роки тому +6

    Your videos and podcasts on the mongols have been very enlightening. Thanks to your videos and podcast I gained a bigger understanding of that part of history while enjoying the whole process thoroughly.

  • @ScipioWasHere
    @ScipioWasHere 3 роки тому +12

    There were occasions where a city or stronghold would break out into a civil war due to the divide between those who did and did not want to surrender. The mongols would just let them tear themselves apart then finish the job once it was opportune.

  • @daviddevine1054
    @daviddevine1054 3 роки тому +2

    Your guys videos are awesome, I just started listening to your podcast and I'm all the up to the mongols and the videos you guys have been doing allows you to have a deeper appreciation of the history your listening to as well as contextualize it more.

  • @LECityLECLEC
    @LECityLECLEC 3 роки тому +3

    Massive respect to you guys for committing to this awesome series. Knowingly making thorough videos on more niche topics. I salute you!

  • @enkhnaranpurevjav5867
    @enkhnaranpurevjav5867 3 роки тому +10

    I'm Mongolian and I would like to say thank you so much for teaching us real history about Mongolia.

  • @orao4022
    @orao4022 3 роки тому +68

    the mongol empire is like a child that got famous too early and was overcome by it

    • @rrka1179
      @rrka1179 3 роки тому +1

      hi im from Mongolia, and yeah i agree with your point, Mongols didn't know their history, which means Mongol empire was a young child while China was 3000 years old

    • @gjero2455
      @gjero2455 3 роки тому +2

      Yeah, they forgot their own culture and started to dive into other cultures and move in to big castles in China which made them basically weaker, just like the China was. Also many of the princes sought after the Throne to be Khan and went full civil war on each other.

    • @mycaleb8
      @mycaleb8 3 роки тому +4

      @@rockstar450 This is a comedically ignorant. The Mongols were not generally thrown off by rebellion. Similarly to Normans and Vikings, they assimilated into local cultures and simply stopped being Mongolian. The Mongols ruled China for a long time as Emperors, not overlords. Your perspective is informed by outdated stereotypes and wishful thinking.

    • @TheAtmosfear7
      @TheAtmosfear7 2 роки тому

      @@mycaleb8 Well, he IS right in that the Mongols completely failed to generate long term loyalty among the people they conquered. The fact they assimilated so well into other cultures, instead of other cultures assimilating into theirs (the other way around), is proof for that. Other empires have profoundly shaped the world to this day, such as the Roman Empire with its culture and legal system. How much of the Mongol empire still remains today, that wasn’t part of another power structure like the Chinese’s dynasties they integrated into ? Nothing.

    • @mycaleb8
      @mycaleb8 2 роки тому +1

      @@TheAtmosfear7 Well there's all the nomadic people that identify as Mongols, Mongolia the country, the Mughal Empire of India which profoundly changes India, etc...

  • @CristianoRonaldo-wt4oj
    @CristianoRonaldo-wt4oj 3 роки тому +2

    This is very high quality stuff, I really like the animations. You put a lot of effort into this. I subscribed the moment I watched the very 1st video!

  • @salmanrahman548
    @salmanrahman548 3 роки тому

    You guys are just going deeper and deeper and it keeps getting better too keep it up. We are with you ❤❤

  • @DxTriplExD
    @DxTriplExD 3 роки тому +20

    As a Mongolian, i learnt more from Kings & Generals 😂 the small details are, simply enormous! The research must have been overwhelming. Needless to say, another great video about our forefathers. Thank you Kings & Generals.

    • @thekhans2823
      @thekhans2823 3 роки тому

      @ 悪魔AKUMA , yes

    • @Exemption88
      @Exemption88 3 роки тому +2

      Your Grandfather committed a lot of atrocities, hope you are praying for forgiveness

    • @thekhans2823
      @thekhans2823 3 роки тому

      @ @@Exemption88 , God sent them to do his bidding there, and besides it was complete fine and normal for the mangold to do such things.... since you know the medieval era

    • @Exemption88
      @Exemption88 3 роки тому

      @@thekhans2823 I’m sorry I don’t know that the Khan still exist , please Khan don’t come and Annihilate my people

    • @thekhans2823
      @thekhans2823 3 роки тому

      @ @@Exemption88 , thats right

  • @horsekfobster7823
    @horsekfobster7823 2 роки тому +3

    The fact that Mongols were successful in hot and cold weather is insane. The cold weather stopped modern armies in WWII

  • @simenonhonore
    @simenonhonore 3 роки тому

    Very clear and thorough explanation - thanks.

  • @brokenbridge6316
    @brokenbridge6316 3 роки тому +3

    This was one awesome video. I loved the video's on the Mongols. I hope you come out with the next video in the Imjin War soon. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.

  • @syedmohammadosama5380
    @syedmohammadosama5380 3 роки тому +25

    When will the next part for early Islamic conquests series come out?
    Waiting desperately for it!

  • @mahwishehtesham9359
    @mahwishehtesham9359 3 роки тому +6

    21 minutes of relaxation and history epicness

  • @mariviccastaneda619
    @mariviccastaneda619 3 роки тому

    Thanks For the Useful Information Keep up rhe Good Work👍

  • @Arborist5851
    @Arborist5851 3 роки тому +1

    Amazing as always

  • @baloroh87
    @baloroh87 3 роки тому +3

    You know what would be epic? Having a Dan Carlin narrated mongol episode on this channel. Mind would be blown.

  • @j.3785
    @j.3785 3 роки тому +19

    A small mountain fortress (Diaoyu) endured 36 years of besieging and surrendered only after learning the death of the last Song emperor in 1279. That's also the fortress where Mongke Khan met his final fate. Nowadays we see many people in certain countries who can't even cope with a couple weeks of staying at home and need to get their hair cut, or score at a night club.

  • @manalishasarma2826
    @manalishasarma2826 2 роки тому +1

    As usual,never disappointing and excellent,keep it up general

  • @funtime4981
    @funtime4981 3 роки тому

    As always
    Great work by King's and General.

  • @th0r0dinson
    @th0r0dinson 3 роки тому +42

    Qutuz: So anyway I started slashin'..

    • @abold8070
      @abold8070 3 роки тому +4

      he almost lost the battle against small Mongol garrison that was left in mid east. Arabs and muslims overexaggerate it to the level that is unimaginable and unbearable, damn.

    • @tammemmaaref3544
      @tammemmaaref3544 3 роки тому +3

      @@abold8070 AGREED. in fact the muslim army greatly outnumbered the mongol one. which wasnt even a main army. and the mongol empire at the time was in great eternal instability. in their prime the mongol's would've easily annihilate egypt (mamluks)

    • @tammemmaaref3544
      @tammemmaaref3544 3 роки тому +3

      @@abold8070 the mongol garrison was left as hulaku took the actual main army back into mongolia for the election of the new khan

  • @HUNVilly
    @HUNVilly 3 роки тому +3

    Greetings from Esztergom, Hungary :) Great to see my hometown mentioned on the channel.

  • @itzblvckhighlander1576
    @itzblvckhighlander1576 3 роки тому

    Wonderful animation big respect and thx for the great video

  • @KHK001
    @KHK001 3 роки тому +2

    Amazing as always KnG!

  • @user-lc5nd6ed3h
    @user-lc5nd6ed3h 3 роки тому +26

    Hi. From mongolia🇲🇳🇲🇳🇲🇳

    • @GeorgeEstregan828
      @GeorgeEstregan828 3 роки тому +6

      If you wanna revive the Mongol Empire I will volunteer 😊

    • @user-lc5nd6ed3h
      @user-lc5nd6ed3h 3 роки тому

      @@GeorgeEstregan828 thank you

    • @Trilogy528Airsoft
      @Trilogy528Airsoft 3 роки тому +1

      I wouldn’t want to be enemies with a revived Mongol Empire. I’d like to join, lol

    • @silhouettesatoshi2323
      @silhouettesatoshi2323 3 роки тому +2

      Иймэрхүү сэтгэгдэл битгий бичиж бай, гуйя. Үнэхээр ичмээр харагддаг юм ш дээ 🙏

    • @ChromeMan04
      @ChromeMan04 3 роки тому +1

      dfdsf sdadad Cringe

  • @Name-kj9bj
    @Name-kj9bj 3 роки тому +21

    The Trebuchet truly was the god of sieging

    • @superitgel1
      @superitgel1 3 роки тому +2

      I played age of empires 2, I can confirm.

    • @Name-kj9bj
      @Name-kj9bj 3 роки тому

      Narrow ETT not to be rude but u gotta work on them grammar

  • @jambalaya201
    @jambalaya201 3 роки тому

    Kings and Generals with much needed history content❤️

  • @katrinas1485
    @katrinas1485 3 роки тому

    This Channel is Amazing thanks alot 👍🏼

  • @farzet90
    @farzet90 3 роки тому +47

    Even the mongol cant beat rooftop Koreans, or in this case wall-top Koreans

    • @lilithshopping7904
      @lilithshopping7904 3 роки тому +11

      Mongols didn't beat Vietnamese, but they did beat Koreans.

    • @Singgen
      @Singgen 3 роки тому +8

      @@lilithshopping7904 Viets have +100 buff while defending, it seems.

    • @TheAtmosfear7
      @TheAtmosfear7 2 роки тому +1

      @@lilithshopping7904 Eh they didn’t really beat them. Korea just accepted to become a vassal after years of fending off the mongols, which was just as well for them

  • @user-hm6kl6lf9z
    @user-hm6kl6lf9z 3 роки тому +4

    Kings and Generals one of my favourite channels on UA-cam🌹

  • @Miamcoline
    @Miamcoline 3 роки тому

    Excellent one

  • @LLMood
    @LLMood 3 роки тому

    Awsome vid as always

  • @Captdaddyboy
    @Captdaddyboy 3 роки тому +27

    Imagine if the Mongols had guns...

  • @jquick8214
    @jquick8214 3 роки тому +4

    19:30 Seeing a 90kg projectile launched over 300m was just too much for the Song

  • @Miamcoline
    @Miamcoline 3 роки тому +1

    Really good. This is the kind of nagging question and answer video you guys are really good at.

  • @loupiscanis9449
    @loupiscanis9449 3 роки тому

    Thank you , K&G .

  • @admiraltrung-ankancollepla2201
    @admiraltrung-ankancollepla2201 3 роки тому +66

    How did the Mongol get the siege weapon?!
    Mongol: Well...It wasn't me. But it was the Chinese, they did that!

    • @purevjargalpuujee4845
      @purevjargalpuujee4845 3 роки тому +3

      So was it chinese small peasants ? chinese small peasants couldn't ride a horse.

    • @choizde7126
      @choizde7126 3 роки тому +4

      @@purevjargalpuujee4845 yes Chinese couldn't do everything. They fabricated all the stories including their modern day prosperity. Hehe

    • @guiorgy
      @guiorgy 3 роки тому +6

      Mongol: Oh, and those crusaders too...

    • @XuerLi
      @XuerLi 3 роки тому +1

      @@purevjargalpuujee4845 Mongolian average height 168cm 🤣😂

    • @angelabby2379
      @angelabby2379 3 роки тому +3

      @@purevjargalpuujee4845 loll nothern chinese couldn't ride horse 😭👍👍👍 good one

  • @halholy1961
    @halholy1961 3 роки тому +9

    Shoutout to my Nizari Assassin ancestors. Gone but never forgotten ❤

    • @th0r_0dinson
      @th0r_0dinson 3 роки тому +1

      Ameen ❤

    • @Char444
      @Char444 3 роки тому

      You guys were evil and traitors... Death and hell to assasins

    • @aryan1481
      @aryan1481 3 роки тому +1

      You do know that a lot of Nizari ismailis are decendents from gengis khan. Ask your Afghan ismailis.

  • @javijavi8976
    @javijavi8976 3 роки тому

    I love how you had the total war Atilla music playing in the back

  • @-RONNIE
    @-RONNIE 3 роки тому

    Good video 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 well done

  • @eatingadventures9614
    @eatingadventures9614 3 роки тому +4

    Mongolian videos triggers my throat singing instincts, even though I'm not Mongol or tried throat singing before.

  • @johnvonshepard9373
    @johnvonshepard9373 3 роки тому +3

    2:33 I'm pretty sure the Tangut wasn't a vassal of the Jin, they are they own independence kingdom.

    • @TheJackmeisterMongolHistory
      @TheJackmeisterMongolHistory 3 роки тому +5

      They were. They recognized Jin overlordship since the Jurchen conquest of the Khitan. However, they were basically totally autonomous other than tribute payments and recognition of the Jin Emperor, so the relationship is easily overlooked. The failure of the Jin to provide assistance when the Mongols attacked in 1209 was a noted betrayal and is part of why many see the contemporary Jin Emperor, Wei Shao Wang, as so inept he basically facilitated the Mongol invasion.

  • @tyranitararmaldo
    @tyranitararmaldo 3 роки тому +1

    Those AoE2 Onager sound effects are very pleasing to the ear.

  • @Gavlavyus_Rumi
    @Gavlavyus_Rumi 6 місяців тому +1

    Total War Attila musics and effects, pretty good choice!

  • @uptheblues1875
    @uptheblues1875 3 роки тому +3

    I have a battle suggestion. Battle of karnal. In my opinion it's one of the most instrumental battles in early modern South Asian history. Look it up please

  • @nnymbayarnnymbayar7158
    @nnymbayarnnymbayar7158 3 роки тому +6

    How did the Mongols Conquer Strongholds and Cities?
    Mongols has been brave and unit people.

  • @mitchkouba8892
    @mitchkouba8892 3 роки тому

    nice job. excellent video

  • @user-Jay178
    @user-Jay178 3 роки тому +1

    Awesome video. I like. Great video

  • @amiza.thedude
    @amiza.thedude 3 роки тому +3

    I’m a proud Mongolian and tnx for posting lots of contents about our history. Can’t wait Hollywood make film or tv series about our history...

  • @anissyahromi5671
    @anissyahromi5671 3 роки тому +19

    What's worse than a Mongol horde? A Mongol horde with seige weapons

  • @aryachris1908
    @aryachris1908 3 роки тому

    Amazing. More mongol army videos❤❤❤

  • @ElMisterEdwin
    @ElMisterEdwin 3 роки тому +2

    Every time I see mongol video on kings and generals I slam the like button

  • @commanderarto3841
    @commanderarto3841 3 роки тому +8

    The Mongols are always the exception.

  • @siechamontillado
    @siechamontillado 3 роки тому +181

    Q: How did the Mongols Conquer Strongholds and Cities?
    A: They horsed around.
    Boom, easy, done.

  • @medonhaziri1413
    @medonhaziri1413 3 роки тому

    Amazing video

  • @itsmeaustin9561
    @itsmeaustin9561 3 роки тому +16

    imagine being quarantined for 15 years as the mongols siege your city

    • @UsmanSiddiq1
      @UsmanSiddiq1 3 роки тому +2

      Imagine Hassassin/Order of Nizari folks on which Assassins Creed game series is based on sailing out and wreaking havoc on Mongols
      They were not Nobles ones as mentioned in game and in reality they believe in concept of enemy army as supplies, which in simple words they will murder anyone for anything even woman for milk

    • @adebisischibetta2940
      @adebisischibetta2940 3 роки тому

      @@UsmanSiddiq1 Am sorry wut? Do elaborate further on this videogame info.

    • @UsmanSiddiq1
      @UsmanSiddiq1 3 роки тому

      @@adebisischibetta2940 You can google Assassin creed and read it yourself or play it byee......

    • @adebisischibetta2940
      @adebisischibetta2940 3 роки тому

      @@UsmanSiddiq1 Ok vague asf

    • @rocekth
      @rocekth 3 роки тому

      @@adebisischibetta2940 " even woman for milk" What?

  • @yari6309
    @yari6309 3 роки тому +3

    I always wonder how mongol supply route works

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  3 роки тому +3

      There will be a video about that!

    • @yari6309
      @yari6309 3 роки тому +1

      @@KingsandGenerals thanks that would be interesting.

  • @Utubeasiangirls
    @Utubeasiangirls 3 роки тому

    Great detailed describing, i always wondered about why some were more successful than others against the Mongols.

  • @johnisaiah985
    @johnisaiah985 3 роки тому

    This so interesting!

  • @HeavyCavalryArcher
    @HeavyCavalryArcher 3 роки тому +4

    Name a more iconic duo: Mongols & King and Generals.

  • @thedoruk6324
    @thedoruk6324 3 роки тому +35

    Secret of the Mongolian Success Summarized
    *Starvation & Biological Warfare*

  • @BayarArchery
    @BayarArchery 3 роки тому +1

    Yes!!! Give us more!! Travel logistics? Reconnaissance and intel gathering? Battle tactics? Everything!

  • @svfin
    @svfin 3 роки тому +2

    8:48 Age Of Empires 2 Trebuchet Firing Sound

  • @mdmiloy5897
    @mdmiloy5897 3 роки тому +7

    A OTTOMAN DOCUMENTEY OF 1 ST RUSSO TURKISH WAR PLEASE

  • @jonbaxter2254
    @jonbaxter2254 3 роки тому +6

    Watching this, hearing how monstrous the Mongols could be, it's a wonder people idolise them. There is even a massive statue of Ghengis in Mongolia. I guess it's because they lived so long ago.

    • @TheDirtysouthfan
      @TheDirtysouthfan 3 роки тому +3

      It's cultural bias. Mongol tactics like these wouldn't be unheard of all over Eurasia. No one questions monuments to Caesar or Titus or Charlemagne despite being similarly bloodthirsty. To Muslim, Christian and Chinese writers, the Mongols were raiders attacking them so of course a lot of our sources are pretty negative towards them. The the Mongols Genghis Khan united their peoples and built an administration capable of running a continent spanning empire.

    • @BayarArchery
      @BayarArchery 3 роки тому

      Yeah I hear that's true, but also our people and country may be have existed or endured without this one man. We likely would have been swallowed up by China or Russia. Another sad situation of agency lost, like the Tibetans. All warfare is horrific, so anyone before a certain time is especially guilty of the worst acts of violence.

    • @BrenttFease
      @BrenttFease 3 роки тому

      It sounds brutal by today's standards, but at the time things like that were pretty much par for the course. (And not as different from modern warfare as we like to tell ourselves....)

    • @BrenttFease
      @BrenttFease 3 роки тому +3

      @@Cumulo9 Those records are from the perspective of the victims. It's the same as reports on viking raids written by monks. Look into what happened on both sides during the Crusades for some "fun" examples. Or, a few centuries later, what Europeans did to native populations of just about anywhere they went.
      It isn't an "Asiatic nomads" problem. It's a humanity problem.

  • @tomaszzalewski4541
    @tomaszzalewski4541 3 роки тому

    Just what I need while I'm beginning studies

  • @yt-lemro3237
    @yt-lemro3237 3 роки тому

    Delaying my sleep again for K&G... thank you !

  • @ImlikeHIGHHH
    @ImlikeHIGHHH 3 роки тому +4

    I am a simple man. I see a new K&Gs video, I hit like