How to Defend Against the Mongols

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[@GiveWarAChance375]

@@KingsandGenerals I was just commenting on how I found it worth it. Tbh, I like being able to vote on the next topics. Was happy to see my pick is leading for the next one! Haha.

[@harkchhun9003]

This vid would have been really useful if it was uploaded in the 1200s

[@itiswhatitis235]

it was intended, but the raven got shot down

[@jojomathew8176]

You never know what happens in the future so keep this video 😊

[@Holozon]

there was some monk that did exactly this, but nobody watched it.

[@molybdaen11]

​@@HolozonJe advised for cavallery, long range bows, collecting and defending ressources as well as never ever chase the mongols when they flee.

[@jesseberg3271]

​@@Holozonhe didn't have as good an art team or as high production values as K&G.

[@VulcanusVicane]

This video is about 800 years late

[@mputilin]

😂😂

[@ryanthuranira6036]

😂😂

[@jojomathew8176]

You never know in the future 😊

[@michaelsurratt1864]

Don’t you know, Mongolia just announced a new Khan.

[@Skitradr]

yea, Mongols only had BetaMax back then, wouldnt be able to watch youtube

[@Trashcom1917]

“Sir the mongols are less than three hours away! How do we prepare?” “I’ve got the perfect video”

[@mcbruh14]

"wait, what's a video?"

[@pretzelhunt]

"So we're skipping lunch then?"

[@bobholly3843]

​@@pretzelhunt you got almost a half hour for lunch

[@Aaron-zu3xn]

"g*ddamn mongolians..always breakin my sh*tty wall!"

[@ryansauchuk7290]

@Trashcom1917 when mongols raid your land they're gonna steal a lot of stuff, but with NORD VPN your personal data won't be. With NORD VPNs no logs policy and thousands of servers in over a hundred countries your personal data will be safe no matter how many Mongolian Horse archers overrun your kingdom

[@andrianm1736]

1. Western Europe 🇪🇺 1:32 2. Eastern Europe 🇪🇺 19:24 3. Egypt & Middle East 🇪🇬☪️ 35:24 4. China 🇨🇳 52:49 5. Korea 🇰🇵🇰🇷 1:09:28 6. Japan 🇯🇵 1:27:12 7. Vietnam 🇻🇳 1:43:17 8. Indonesia 🇮🇩 2:00:50 9. Other Mongols 🇲🇳 2:16:25

[@Crafty_Spirit]

Isn't there also one for Burma? At least the description box states that

[@bronzearcher9387]

We really got a mongols defense guide before GTA VI

[@thatguy1219-d3d]

People in 1200s: We really got GTA V before a mongols defense guide

[@EstbXCIII]

It's a good thing too... These modern Mongolians and their non-threatening and harmless demeanor do not fool me one bit.

[@vvvci]

Great history research and presentation, good history lives within us, knowing history prepares us psychologically for the challenges ahead

[@vitorpereira9515]

Live on an island.

[@wizard680]

With additional protection from hurricanes

[@bg-mq9iu]

such like Japan

[@sonoza5703]

Named Tsushima

[@Lukas0901]

Then what do i do if they have a navy?

[@MrFakefall]

Preferably an island without mongols

[@ErikHare]

Oh great! Where was this video when we needed it like 800 years ago?

[@mueezadam8438]

It would ruin the plot

[@calilugas_psychiatrist]

Abbasid Caliphate: "better late than never, I guess".

[@jorgedeanoperez2997]

The resolve of the Vietnamese people to defend their homeland over the ages is nothing short of amazing

[@thrandompug2254]

As a peasant from the Jin dynasty this video is a lifesaver! Liked and Subscribed!

[@lewisevans4580]

When this video about defending against Mongols with a duration of 2,5 h popped up, I realized: I am a nerd

[@MusondaMapaalo]

me too😂😂😂😂😂

[@urluelhurl]

Step 1: live in the 21st century Step 2: chil and relax

[@yuriy454]

... ... ... *WW3 is breaching the wall behind you*

[@casualgerm]

For now...

[@Numba003]

The history of the Mongols overall is more fascinating than I generally give them credit for. Their conquests affected so many different civilizations across the old world in lots of different (even if usually unfortunately violent) ways. Thank you guys for this excellent listening while I was working in my yard. God be with you out there, everybody. ✝️ :)

[@militustoica]

Amazing topic, but can we get more content on logistics and the consequences of failing to supply one’s forces?

[@ohno2943]

My legions and me got sucked into a time portal to the middle of mongolian territory. This Video is a blessing, thank you! The eagles shall remain safe thanks to you

[@cba101custom]

This was needed on a sunday! Thanks

[@Lemme1892]

Once again another good long form video. Keep doing the Lord's work guys. You guys of the best history channel of all time for me, with epic history coming in at second place. Once again keep up the good work.

[@GiveWarAChance375]

So after being a long time subscriber, I’ve finally joined as a member. All I can say is I highly recommend it to anyone. Only $6.99 a month and well worth it for quality content. Now I need to see if Fall of Civilizations has a paid membership. Lol

[@GiveWarAChance375]

*Fall Of Civilizations doesn’t, but it’s another channel I highly recommend. Wish they came out more often.

[@fungisrock8955]

When I get a good job I am absolutely becoming a member, also yeah Fall of Civilizations is amazing. I try to listen to that podcast to fall asleep but I end up becoming too interested and invested thus staying up for hours. Edit for clarification: Devin's heavenly voice always puts me to sleep no matter how interesting the subject, he is simply built different.

[@xenoph9380]

2.5 hours? Awesome! Thanks a lot for your effort :D

[@ryansauchuk7290]

So his advice was "The power of friendship"

[@molybdaen11]

That's a solid advise considering they policy of ruling by fear.

[@Ishkur23]

Maybe the real defense against the Mongols were the friends we made as they rampaged through our territory.

[@ryansauchuk7290]

@@Ishkur23 I'd have suggested believing in the heart of the cards myself

[@TheManWithThePsychoGun]

The true Golden Horde were the friends we made.

[@thestanleys3657]

"Guns lots and lots of guns"

[@inquisitorsteele8397]

Don't forget fortification, lots and lot of fortifications.

[@molybdaen11]

Also cavallery.

[@blessedkarl5764]

hungary and poland caught lacking

[@nathang5630]

This channel makes top tier videos!

[@mojolmao1752]

thanks bro really needed this video

[@noodlery7034]

I'm a Mongolian and I assure you I am not dangerous you don't need to defend yourself against me

[@adamsnow4979]

Why Mongolian history peaked early and quickly

[@lordjimbo2]

I WON'T FALL FOR YOUR LIES! YOU'LL PUT A GIANT SUCCESSFUL GRILL-THEMED RESTAURANT IN MY HOUSE!

[@aegonthethird]

nah, you seem ready to conquer

[@JZ1994]

21st Century feigned retreat 👀🤔

[@hhdj-o3c8w]

Hello from 🇰🇷

[@Tuco8922]

The second Tatar invasion was the 1285 campaign of the Golden Horde against the Kingdom of Hungary. The Tatar warlord Nogaj and his ally, Talabuga, wanted to take advantage of Hungary's internal political crisis and organized a plundering campaign against it. The Tatars attacked in the north and south-east with two armies, but they encountered strong resistance from the start, and were defeated at Pest by the royal and noble forces. They then retreated through Transylvania, while the local barons and the population inflicted further heavy losses on them.

[@BuddyCouch-c6t]

Mongols used the same tactics as the Cherokee and Apaches

[@starfox300]

Carpini's suggestions actually were used by the Poles and Hungarians in the 1280s. To be precise, strong castles, crossbows and heavy knight charges

[@illicitline4552]

To defeat the mongol one must become the mongol

[@Techtalk2030]

Or just become manchu

[@coleob8547]

@@Techtalk2030 Mongols and Manchus might have a common ancestor unlike other nomads with diverse origins

[@Techtalk2030]

@@coleob8547 they had a nice way of showing it

[@Nathan-vt1jz]

Or live on an Island, Or flee into jungle mountains, Or unite rather than fight another civil war…

[@王小宝-n1s]

The Han Chinese fought against the Mongols for 45 years. There were hundreds of battles in total. In 1259, the second Mongol emperor (Mongke) was killed in Diaoyucheng. This led to the early end of the second Mongol westward expedition. Meng Gong, the general commander of the Song Dynasty, was the only general who could defeat the Mongol army continuously during the heyday of the Mongols. He almost never lost in his battles with the Mongols. The final defeat of the Han Chinese was related to the lack of the Song Dynasty and horses. Genghis Khan conquered the Western Liao Empire (Khitan 1124-1218) in Xinjiang in 1218, and then went to war with Khwarazm. Before Genghis Khan's death (1227), the Han Chinese (Song) and the Mongols were military allies, and the Han Chinese and the Mongols did not go to war at that time. After the Mongols destroyed the Western Xia (Dangxiang) and the Jin (Jurchen), they fought against the Han Chinese in 1234. 45 years later, in 1279, the 8-year-old emperor of the Han Dynasty (Song) surrendered to the Mongol Kublai Khan.

[@Tsog4001]

Love it from Mongolia 🇲🇳 amazing realistic (according national museum) Mongol soldiers anime

[@yuhhhh.hhhh.]

Great historical video

[@vilmoskocsis3064]

Best advice against the Mongols: 'Don't live in the same area or age as they do...'

[@hanzup4117]

Was a modern version of Carpini's work ever published? Would be a good read

[@benjaminneumann-chun4982]

I bought and read a translation a couple years ago. I can't remember which version I got, but as I remember it wasn't too hard to find on Amazon. It's a fascinating read, and as an added bonus is quite short and straightforwardly written.

[@yayayayya4731]

@@hanzup4117 there is a translation of it on libgen. Just search "carpini" there.

[@jakemartens5311]

@@benjaminneumann-chun4982 100% thought you were going somewhere with a joke comment haha. that's awesome

[@lachesachairulanam9137]

Just search Giovanni da Pian del Carpine Ystoria Mongalorum in archive

[@lachesachairulanam9137]

archive

[@QHE_Edits]

Thanks bro, The mongols keep raiding now i know how to defend thank you🙏

[@gabrielmiranda6056]

Thank you so much kings and generals, I will save this video in case of an invasion, also remember guys, respect the envoys 🙂🙈

[@KingsandGenerals]

Stay safe

[@bjornjusonius7395]

Ah yes, the feigned retreat...watching this channel and a few other history channels, I've developed a great respect for it. Considering how often it has been used, it seems to have an overall truly ASTOUNDING success rate. It's true what they say, the simplest approach sometimes truly is the best.

[@JanosBanics]

Those cumans who entered hungary where my ancestors.

[@EstbXCIII]

It is absolutely stunning just how many times the rest of Europe not only refused to unite to defend Europe but also refused to supply the eastern European countries, who were taking most of the damage from the Mongols, with military aid and weapons. One would think that if your continent and "Christiandom" was under an apocalyptic threat than you would put your differences aside to unite and defend against such a threat. Thank GOD the Mongols keft on their own valition.

[@douglasschliewen4302]

Furthermore, there were pogroms against the Jews in Europe as a result of the Mongol invasion because they were looked upon as having caused it. Jews wound up being expelled from Western Europe during that time.

[@Varangoi]

I have been waiting for this.

[@bkhustler]

Thanks for this. Mongols live down the road from me,

[@worldofknowledge4802]

Very good & appreciative. But I wonder why the Delhi Sultanate was not mentioned in the video? The Mamluk Sultan Balban, Khilji Sultans Jalaluddin & Alauddin battled Mongols throughout their reigns, repulsing many Mongol offensives into Indian Subcontinent between 1260 to 1320.

[@Daniel1132Micah5]

Lack of info. Thnx.

[@asyfer729]

They had no solution for the war elaphant, feign retreat wont work.

[@worldofknowledge4802]

@@asyfer729 Or most probably that the Army of Delhi Sultanate was also nearly the same like that of Mongol Army that was cavalry based & relied mostly on mobility in it's tactics & strategy.

[@bonteaiulian]

Bra 2.3h , 👏 on the grind

[@mihajlo7893]

it was a time of intelligent and strong people mentally and physically..nowadays it is a time of weak people mentally and physically especially mentally..thank you KINGS AND GENERALS for all these great videos over the years..personally I can never get enough and I hope we will watch them for a long time ..

[@Lord-Jivins]

Anyone else put one of these on in the background and play KCD 1 AND MANOR LORDS?

[@michaelpothoven1041]

That intro jingle has been a perfect accompaniment to this series! Where can I get it please?

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things 😁👍

[@immad9706]

So sad you didn't mentioned Sultan Khilji defence against mongols in India!

[@franciscojorgesousaandrade]

Here they launch the course on how to defend yourself from a possible Mongol attack in 9 versions so you can choose the best strategy for you.

[@Meat-Bun]

At 1:52:33, the princess is wearing an áo dài in the 13th century AD which is historically inaccurate as the áo dài was only invented during the first half of the 18th century AD.

[@kaloarepo288]

As with most great empires there was both a good side and a bad side to the Mongols -the established the Pax Mongolica which enabled peace and trade between furthest Asia and Europe via the Middle East. Brigandage. the bane of trade and commerce, was reduced to a minimum and many good things were introduced to Europe because of the Mongol conquests and contacts between Europeans and the Mongols - one was in art, textiles and painting. I heard the other day that early Renaissance paintings like those of Giotto and many other painters of the Sienese and Florentine schools were influenced by Chinese and Mongol art particularly how they introduced gold backgrounds and things like that to their paintings and textiles.

[@alals6794]

Yes, but Pax Mongolica also made the Black Death possiblei Europe....

[@AtomickPixel]

Sounds like bunch of revisionism. Most empires had good and bad sides. The effects of trade weren't as strong as one should assume. It was expensive and often came in limited in availability. Merchants and rich enjoyed it for sure. For 99.9% it made absolutely no difference. Their conquest said to have killed off 25% of world population. Approximately, 3% of world population died in WW2, all fronts combined and 1% of that was military deaths. For Mongols, in Hungary, it was 10,000 military deaths and 400,000+ civilians. One needs to imagine amount of violence in those campaigns. No rifles, no tanks, artillery or bombs. Mongols were sedentary nomads. They did not value no art nor care about economic development of subjects. They wouldn't have destroyed entire irrigation systems for regions if they did, they wouldn't destroy libraries. They didn't care about about museum pieces or artifacts. Renaissance started in Italy. Chuch was sole reason why European art survived and evolved to this day. I mean you can google "Christian Art". From earliest days of Roman and Greek classical antiquity to spread of christianity in Roman Empire , subsequnt revival during renaissance and later baroque ... I mean you can clearly see the evolution process.

[@kaloarepo288]

@@AtomickPixel I partially agree with your comment especially the part concerning the common people -some one has compared the situation to the deep blue sea - what goes on up at the top -the great tidal surges, the storms,tempests and tornadoes have little effect on what is deep down in the sea -change of rulers, changes of conquerors and even massive 'apparent" changes from one religion to another don't have much effect deep down -your average Egyptian peasant's life wouldn't have changed much despite Alexander and the Ptolemies, despite Christianity and later Islam. However I disagree concerning the Mongols - OK about 25 % of the population killed but that's not an insuperable % -the black death had the same death rate but Europe recovered. The Mongols became Chinese in China with the Yuan dynasty, the became Muslim in the west with the Persian ilkhanate and the Golden Horde. Later we have a self proclaimed descendant of Genghis Khan called Tamerlane who despite being sunni Muslim wreaks the same type of destruction but his dynasty too later flowers with richness in architecture, science and the arts generally ultimately producing the Taj Mahal! Marco Polo visited Mongol China under Kublai Khan and he reports nothing but wonders and jaw dropping achievements.

[@Misiulo]

There's just something that makes it virtually impossible for the english speakers to pronounce any slavic personal name understandably even if they are just one syllable. The name 'Jan' in Jan Dlugosz sounded like 'Gun'. The surname, surprisingly, was pronunced pretty well.

[@TheTfrules]

Thanks for the tips, I'll keep this video saved for the next time I get invaded by the Mongols

[@11Csancho]

Please do a video on “the battle of the forest” or also called “the battle before the gates of Nürnberg” year 1502

[@fugonee]

Thank god, this came just in time 😮‍💨

[@anarchy_79]

"Many things have been said of the Mongols!" - truer words never spoken

[@majordoom911]

I just found out this channel and as a historian specifically focused on China I am amazed at your knowledge. Have you written a book or published anything? I'm just a bit puzzled as to how someone who obviously extensively studied the region can still mispronounce loads of words. Not trying to be a jerk, just an observation!

[@adamsnow4979]

The one narrating is not the one who has down fhe research

[@majordoom911]

@@adamsnow4979 It appears I was an idiot... I typed the comment before even finishing the video, otherwise I would've seen the credits at the end.

[@noelter]

Brilliant part of history we in the west never learn from. Thanks you.

[@treyd3433]

Think.... this video coulda saved Millions of lives if people saw it back in the dark ages

[@agoysy]

2 hour long sums up how deadly they were

[@sundiegosblogofficial]

❤Amazing❤

[@JohnDoe-ug3su]

@KingsandGenerals is there any plans to cover the almost 100 years long Song Dynasty vs Jin Dynasty war ? and technically that war continued with Qing Dynasty vs Ming Dynasty and China vs Manchukuo

[@akshatparag2884]

Everybody asks how to beat Mongols, but no one asks how are the Mongols. Maybe the Mongols need friends.

[@bradmoberly6164]

Haha😊😅

[@TG_MOGATEAM]

They already have many Turkic tribes as friends

[@Techtalk2030]

@@TG_MOGATEAMyou mean slaves lol

[@Techtalk2030]

@@TG_MOGATEAMsl@..ves*

[@coleob8547]

@@TG_MOGATEAM Nah

[@Music-xp5wg]

It's insane the mangols were conquering areas in Europe and the middle east at the same time

[@pythonboi5816]

What was the editing time for this It’s two hours 😭

[@jrdsm]

About 2 decades

[@Daniel1132Micah5]

​@@jrdsm😂😅

[@amanullah1290]

I'm surprised the Delhi Sultanate/India did not have it's own section.

[@coleob8547]

But the Mughals conquered India tho.

[@SidhantDhagare-gw3fj]

​@@coleob8547 mughals have really different strategies and they came later.

[@coleob8547]

@@SidhantDhagare-gw3fj Doesn’t matter, they’re still Mongols

[@SidhantDhagare-gw3fj]

@@coleob8547 I mean we are learning defense against horse riding archers not against cannons. Mughals are really different than mongols in their strategies. It's like comparing ww2 Chinese army and modern Chinese army.

[@wusam6288]

I am also surprised Mongles made that far to India, normally they can't survive jungle.

[@tomdreler6528]

Gosh, they're coming again?

[@LUCKY32373]

Thank you for your amazing videos, but I think you forgot to add your video on how the Indians defended against the Mongols.

[@alals6794]

Whoa.... a youtube video that is 2 hours long??? I seldom watch anything 2 hours long but it is about my favorite genre so why not. haha

[@NGAOPC]

The bishop in the court also a window into the presence of Christianity outside of the ME and Europe, where popular western memory had localized it in defense and criticism; earlier, the first Millennia of Christianity was in numbers predominantly in the ME and Eurasia eastward (at least two of the initial Popes after the era of the Apostles were African Berbers (and not just citizens of Roman centers in Africa); not just Byzantium but also Iraq and Iran as centers of missionary launching, much account of it decimated with the rise of Islam. It wasn’t a “western religion” then, nor has it been recently, since 1997 at least.

[@JohnyDeep-ls1ds]

Thanks!

[@zahsorx]

The scene marked Burma is about Java, they don’t talk about Burma in this video

[@thekingminn]

Very disappointed

[@pakshirajan8585]

Please make a video on Kingdom of Cochin

[@jacobbb222]

why are people making the joke that this is late when John here figured all this out first

[@FrankVavru-rk5pc]

Well they never entered Moravia and Bohemia they were repulsed at Danau.

[@tomir6154]

Whats the namd of the theme with mongoliwn chant at the intro

[@manuelrosenstiel5179]

1:33:20 I think you want to say 勝つ (Katsu) meaning victory, but you pronounce it like ケツ meaning ass ... That being said, that would be a logical thing to shriek in that moment.

[@mueezadam8438]

Not to um ackshully you but UM ACKSHULLY ketsu is the kunyomi reading of ‘ass’ (尻) meaning it is only really used when it forms a sino-Japanese compound word

[@senadkrajaj8443]

During the second Hungarian Invasion of 1258 King Ladislaus IV was indeed according to historical reports residing in western Hungary. Nevertheless it doesnt mean that the Mongol invasion was a success, as the defence of the Kingdom was left to his subordinents, managed by Ladislaus IV himself. Most of the historical accounts (Simon of Keza, Pope Martin IV) during the medieval period state the oposite. Even though the Mongols ravaged the country side, they didnt manage to succesfully capture the improved fortresses and had difficulties with the cold frezing weather as well. Most modern Historians agree with this view as well. During the Battle of Hódmezővásárhely (1285) the Mongol Army suffered a significant defeat to the Hungarians, which led the Mongol army to finally retreat from Hungary. All those events led to the unsuccesfull Invasion of 1285- 1286.

[@IamDeathIncarnate1337]

holy moses that opening animatic looks like some kinda human-centipede level transport ... horse-amalgam.

[@kaiheaton4858]

23:22 bro imagine being forced to fight after suffering such a severe loss cause I know this dude is no Alexander the Great, so how did he get these men to even bother?

[@Stallion-EC]

Yes, I will watch this again, thank you. 🐴

[@huyhoang-r8x]

Việt Nam là dân tộc vĩ đại nhất trên thế giới

[@8uratino]

Added this to bookmarks in case if I'll need it. Hope I won't.

[@JoeBidet-yb5er]

Greetings from south park colorado Im eating now at city wok Watching this with the owner, Mr Kim

[@arsenalofdemocracy9985]

imagine fighting jungle javans，chinese farmers，japanese samurai，european knights and muslim jihadists everything everywhere all at once

[@Internut1985]

Mongols were the First Nation to be good with diplomacy. They used countries against each other , divided them , and pick them off one by one . If a country is too strong they didn’t take them head on , they created allies , tried to use the opposition against the other

[@Daniel1132Micah5]

Machiavelli... ArtOf War

[@RaiderCubbeli]

At the end of the battle of the Indus, Genghis khan said the following about Jalal al-Din: A father should only have such a son. Whether he escaped from the fiery battlefield and came to the brink of salvation from the whirlwind of destruction, great deeds and great revolts will still come from him! Though considered a successful warrior and a general, Jalal al-Din is considered a poor ruler and his loss of re-established empire to the Mongol is attributed to the poor rulership of him. Jalal al-Din had enmity with all of his neighbours which resulted in Jalal's calls to form alliance against the Mongol army of Chormaqan being dismissed by all other Muslim kingdoms.

[@inconemay1441]

Thumbnail sounds like a Master of Rolfness video.

[@thepopeofkeke]

We are the lighting in the storm We Are Clan Saki

[@aayushjha2023]

go to Himalayas or any mountain that a horse cannot climb

[@kaiheaton4858]

Like in Civ 6, I’m guessing it’s Renaissance tier walls or water tiles

[@andrewbroome5752]

Haven't watched it yet... I'm guessing, not having a grounded center of control, poison the food they would use to feed the horses, alliances, or just pay their demands of fealty

[@DarylHandsome]

We could've used this info a long time ago

Baybars one of the greatest leaders in history ! From Slave to Emperor and then savior from the Mongols !

[@alis1079]

11:57, the romans had those spears that take the opponent shield down. Always found it genius design

[@Darwinism_]

Bet the Roman’s wished they had the Gauls at this point. Barbarians VS mongols

[@magyarhungarianchannel5555]

1285... hungarian defeat easily the Tatar/mongol (not mohi....look for second invasion mongol in hungary in 1285)

[@NubiansNapata]

Mongols lost half their army to starvation on the Carpathian mountains

[@EnclaveEmily]

So this is K&Gs tutorial for 2025? Gotcha

[@RaptorBot]

You forgot India

[@CptSlow89]

Never knew Serbians met Mongols o.O

[@geoffmarr7526]

Awesome