"Genghis Khan" in Mongolian means the khanate that occupied the world, and also refers to his great achievements in establishing the Mongol Empire across Europe and Asia.
Genghis Khan (1162-1227), the founding monarch of Mongolia and a famous military commander. Genghis Khan is his title. His real name is Temujin, which means "steel". His surname is Bor Jijin, and he is from Qiyan clan in Mongolia.
As we all know, Genghis Khan was an all-powerful and illustrious Mongolian hero. He was also a very controversial figure in domestic and foreign history circles, political circles and even among ordinary people. Over the past seven or eight hundred years, politicians, military strategists, celebrities and scholars from China and foreign countries have studied and discussed this great figure from different angles, leaving countless famous quotes and treatises.
The Mongolian cavalry has always been invincible, winning every battle, conquering cities and territories, and rarely losing. In the 13th century, the descendants of Genghis Khan conquered most of Eurasia.
A nation with a population of just over 1 million and an army of over 100,000 defeated the Jin, Southern Song, Khwarezm and European coalition forces with tens of millions of people and millions of troops. Therefore, people can't help but ask, what is the secret of the Mongolian cavalry's invincibility and invincibility?
Why was Genghis Khan able to conquer such a vast area in just sixty or seventy years, and be sure to capture and win every battle? Western historians have concluded after long-term research: "The weapons of the Mongolian army at that time were more sophisticated than others and more suitable for actual combat use; Genghis Khan's military system was relatively complete and his military discipline was strict; most of his generals were skillful in tactics and good at military art and strategy."
"The Military Strategy of General Genghis Khan", page 234, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia People's Publishing House, 1991) Therefore, the Mongolian cavalry is very brave, fast and flexible in battle, and is of course invincible and unrivaled.
The Mongolian cavalry were the best-trained soldiers at the time. They were sent to strict schools in the Gobi Desert from an early age for rigorous horseback riding and archery training. As a result, they became veterans with stoic endurance and perseverance, and had amazing abilities to control horses and use weapons.
They are very tolerant of hardship and harsh climatic conditions, and do not covet comfort and delicious food. They are physically strong and require little or no medical treatment to stay healthy and fit for the needs of combat.
The commanders of each unit are selected based on their individual talents and heroic performance on the battlefield. They have absolute authority over their troops while being subject to equally strict control and supervision by their superiors.
It is their bounden duty to obey orders at any time, and everyone can strictly abide by them. Discipline has been formed into a system, which is impossible in other military organizations in the medieval period.
In terms of combat principles and tactics, the mobility of Genghis Khan's troops has never been matched by other ground armies. In the 13th century, the armies of Eurasian and other countries were mostly infantry and heavy cavalry, while the Mongolian army was all light cavalry.
The light cavalry has the characteristics of strong assault power and flexibility, and is suitable for long-distance attacks. Heavy cavalry has good protective performance but poor mobility, making it suitable for front-line confrontations. Therefore, the light cavalry of the Mongolian army is just like the mechanized troops in World War II. It often uses absolute military superiority to force the enemy to disarm.
This makes the battlefield created in the Genghis Khan era a completely hurricane-like battlefield. If you compare it with the German "Blitzkrieg" in World War II, you will find that the war commanded by Genghis Khan contained content similar to the German "Blitzkrieg".
At that time, Europeans' fear of the descendants of Genghis Khan was to some extent an instinctive reaction, because it was not clear why the Mongols were unstoppable. The act of retreating after death was attributed to the wisdom of their pope and emperor.
Later, Napoleon of France had a unique insight into this. He believed that the Mongolian army's western expedition was not a blind movement of scattered sand in Asia, but a strict military organization and well-thought-out command. They are invincible because they are faster than their opponents.