Secret power of Mongol Conquerors

1. movability

move faster than enemy. defeated, can escape from enemy almost without losing. win, can catch up escaping enemy and kill all of them.

their movability also represent in strategic movement. they always can avoid the main force of enemy who can't move fast, and strike the weakest place(storehouse or supply line something) of enemy.

every mongol warrior has 3~5 horses, they can be used by turns. so mongol army always can move fast without the tire of horses.

2. archer

almost without close combat, but shoot enemy in a distance. in this case, mongol force almost won't lose people. the worst situation for them is enemy can defence their arrows by forming lineup. the enemy might be able to defend several times but nothing more. once their lineup break because chase of mongols, they will be killed. 

 

 

Its a combination of factors a main reason however was

1 MILLION HORSES

The Mongol Military was in many ways similar to previous nomads. For example, decimal organization was used as early as the Xiong Nu period. Horse archery had been part of the culture there for thousands of years. Warriorship had been an element of steppe life long before their time. If the Mongols were able to conquer so many parts of both inner and outer Asia, why were other groups like the Xiong Nu or Ruruans, or even the Gokturks not able to do the same? I think that's the main question, and I don't think the key is in the military units.




Edited by Imperator Invictus

Since the Khitans they invented new tactics for cavalry and the mongols learnt from them more combined arms of heavy and light cavlaries

Horse team tactics the use of light and heavy cavalry we are still discussing these tactics see Mongol heavy cavalry and a similiar discussion on chinese history forum

The tao of warfare states no army can take over the world as their strengths will eventually become their weaknesses.

Mongols strenghts started with their warrior like tradition,incessent infighting and fighting others not only made them great warriors but great strategists and tacticians.But this eventually become their weakness as their empire crumbled when they started fought each other.

Another strenght of theirs was their open mindness to othere cultures using troops and technology from other countries,but the mongols eventually became sinizized and (persianized?) losing their mongolian culture.

 

 

Originally posted by Falco  word "Ambassador (ambassad+or)" is mongolian word "Ambansaid" meaning Diplomat.

Middle English ambassadour, from Old French ambassadeur, from Medieval Latin ambactia, mission, from Latin ambactus, servant, ultimately of Celtic origin. See ag- in Appendix I.

Originally posted by Falco That's why mongols use diplomat in many ways, word "Ambassador (ambassad+or)" is mongolian word "Ambansaid" meaning Diplomat.

I don't agree with your play of word.

AMBAN is Manchu word

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"DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY" is something Mongols really created and reinforced. 

"DO NOT KILL MESSNGER"

Violation of Messenger right is reason for many wars by Mongols, so they  really took it seriously.