Mongols: Expedition of Subutai and Jebe - Battle of Kalka 1223 DOCUMENTARY

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While the invasion of the Khwarezmian Empire was going on, Genghis Khan sent his best generals Subutai and Jebe to chase down the Shah of Khwarezm Muhammad II. Their raid into modern-day Iran, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia was lucrative, as they razed and plundered many cities, but they didn't stop there and moved into the modern Russia and Ukraine, where they fought a loose alliance of the Rus princedoms and the Kipchaks (Cuman/Pecheneg/Polovtsi) in the famous battle of Kalka in 1233. This episode also describes the dynastic situation in the Mongol empire after the death of Genghis Khan.
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[@luisrebellon4504]

Subutai: damn it, the Shah got away. Jebe: well, we’re already here, wanna go pillage a kingdom. Subutai: You already know bro

[@KingsandGenerals]

I am going to steal that. :-)

[@Hypn0sef]

Obama and Biden's bromance? pass, gimme Subutai and Jebe

[@Grungeuncle]

The reason of pillage is Akhal Teke stallions :) Temujin's favourite!

[@Hypn0sef]

Well they are a gorgeous breed, and Chinggis definitely knew a thing or two about horses

[@dayzwithcupcake6055]

Subodai one of the most underrated leaders in history

[@wills.e.e8014]

Europeans: IT'S AN INVASION!!!!!! Jebe and Subudei: ROAD TRIP!!!!!!

[@subutaynoyan5372]

Jeez, Europeans are too paranoid, aren't they? Can't a noyan and a kalgay just ride around to see how're people partying?

[@tnlable]

Subutai can be considered as the most brutal road agent of the Medieval world

[@Tareltonlives]

Jebe and Subudei go to White Castle...and set it on fire

[@tnlable]

@@Tareltonlives they looted Russia like how some kids loot ketchup and sugar packs at McDonald's

[@Tareltonlives]

You know Onward would be a very different movie if the brothers were Mongols

[@marcusantonius4121]

Genghis: Here's a small army, go find out stuff about this new land I've been hearing about. Subutai and Jebe: Sure thing, boss.

[@tamasharbula3317]

2 tumen of mongols is not small boss

[@tergelod7377]

@@tamasharbula3317 its a small army compared to his campaign agianst khwarizm empire

[@tamasharbula3317]

@@tergelod7377 how much do you guess? Cause that varies from 7 tumen until 80 tumens. Batu khan resolved Europe with 5, max 10 tumens.

[@erdenebattumenjargal8698]

@@tamasharbula3317 80 tumen? 1 tumen equals to 10k so 800k soldiers haha u must be joking

[@kaneki923]

Subutay=Turk!

[@joujou264]

What's extremely impressive about the Mongols is that they managed to conquer very mountainous regions with heavy, decade and century old fortifications. It's fairly clear why they would excel on the plains and steppe with their horses, but the mountainous conquests are what truly show off the tactical brilliance.

[@KingsandGenerals]

I think those were a bit of a hit or miss. They weren't as efficient in the mountains/deserts/jungles/swamps as they were on the plains.

[@joujou264]

Kings and Generals Obviously not, yet they still succeeded in conquering practically every mountain range in Asia.

[@heavenwatcher100]

Iron Warrior After they conquered northern China under Jin dynasty ruled by Jurchens, Mongols got one of their best generals Guo Kan to aid the conquest of Baghdad under Abbasids and Xiangyang under Song Dynasty. I had very perplexed feeling about this. General Guo Kan is ethnic Han Chinese and revenged for our loss in Battle of Talas. However, burning down a glorious and beautiful city like Baghdad is such a crime that I am actually happy about Baibars from Mamluks to halt their World Conquest. Not to mention the Mongols recruited Han Chinese Generals to crush our own Song Dynasty. What a shame! Anyway, you are right about this, Mongols used workers, technology and even generals from Han Chinese to aid their conquest and even massacre of Kwarezm, Abbasids, Crusaders and even Han Chinese themselves.

[@engespress]

@@KingsandGenerals They didn't fare well in hot climes. Like other northeast Asians, Mongols don't have many sweat pores, and so they can't relieve the heat very well by sweating. Hot climates are intolerable to them. They are acclimatized and adapted for cold climes. That's why some of their biggest successes happened in very cold places, like Russia. The temperate climate of western Europe also suited them well. But they didn't do well in hot countries like India, Vietnam, Egypt and Palestine.

[@gofar5185]

@@KingsandGenerals city people define the lands outside cities as mountains... what to do...

[@siloquant]

we mongols call them Genghis => Chingis Subutai => Sübeedei Jebe => Zev Juchi => Züch Chagatai => Tsagaadai Ogedei => Ogoodei Tolui => Tului Many thanks for your good content!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@eliasyoutubification]

Sübe'etei or Sübeedei?

[@SammyCee23]

Thank you

[@RemoveChink]

@Philip Thomas Take your meds schizo

[@vivacehome1]

Bo'orchu

[@jamestang1227]

This is a Mongol server! So no killing envoys!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Good one!

[@YUNOGIMMEDAT]

You kill an envoy on the server, the Admin xXXGenGhis-The-Sexy42069XXx will personally ban your ass.

[@mohammadshiro6452]

Nope

[@aldarkose4592]

@@KingsandGenerals this video good in common but not in details. Rus dukes surrendered because Mongols promise them not even spills one drop of their blood, they not cuptured in battle - they surrended. And Yes )) Mongols had keeped promises. No one of Rus dukes were beheaded. Gravity is real bitch )))

[@tyranta.devillier1791]

"If Ghengish can't do it, then no one Khan!"

[@KingsandGenerals]

:-)

[@fasiapulekaufusi6632]

LMAO

[@ajaxtelamonian5134]

But this Campaign was Subutai.

[@zizouace4890]

babur khan said something like this. he said something like he belived "if genghiz khan couldn't conquer the lands of the afghans, then nobody can". and till now, nobody could conquer Afghanistan.

[@Qogamgapaidaligo]

If all people are khans, then Genghis Khan can do it?

[@darthfatcow5725]

Seriously, just don't kill the envoys.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Don't. Even the Siths agree.

[@danisrusski6297]

Well, if envoys were not killed, they would not have invaded Khwarzhreugkie(cant spell) in central Asia, preventing them from becoming an enormous superpower. (They could have invaded later ofc)

[@VoidOfDarkness9]

+Adecodoo that was time where might ruled what is evil and just. Don't expect people who lived in worst human experience and environment come out as perfect buddhist moral code.

[@ikscdmdegi6954]

Krzysztof Milański 1. Tolerance to religion 2.free trade 3.100s of years of peace and prosperity after the unification of the warring tribes.

[@benerdick_cumberbiatch]

Well, the Japanese got away with it. And don't give me that rubbish about the mongol fleets dying in a tornado. The Japanese soundly defeated them before the tsunami struck.

[@rahmanidibansa6791]

This just shows how intelligent the mongol officers are. Man, the mongol's strategies and tactics are very good.

[@YUNOGIMMEDAT]

Everyone calls them mindless killers. But in truth, they knew EXACTLY what they were doing. True masters of warfare

[@pypy1986820]

Mongol and most of East Asian continental open plain warfare are basically Medieval Blitzkriegs. With mounted soldiers concentrated in cavalry only divisions instead of as infantry supports in combined arm forces. As a result, these mounted armies can execute a great many type of maneuvers and tactics that are impossible to execute in the traditional combined force armies and are thus inconceivable to generals and kings who never faced against armies deploying independent vangard cavalry divisions. Mongols simply maximized the advantage of speed and mobility of elite pure cavalry force through encirclements, behind enemy line deep strikes that are impossible to execute for any force that has any amount of infantry in it to slow it down. By the way, it might be a surprising new military paradigm for Europe during 12th century, these tactics were common in East Asia. Elite pure Calvary divisions were also the pride and cream of the top for Cao Cao's success in Late Han dynasty: His 70,000 strong mounted forces were call "Tiger Cavs." In fact, striking and obliterating towns and enemy units deep within enemy territories and disrupting supply lines before reinforcement could be mustered were the key reason if not only reason (if you discount his political advantage of having the emperor in his court) for Cao Cao's dominance during Late Han and Three Kingdoms period. Without it, his pitiful initial base of operation and forces would have been overrun by better supplied neighbors with more land and people early on.

[@CataciousAmogusevic]

Subutai was a Turkic boi.

[@dorjbayar1286]

@@CataciousAmogusevicNope. He is from a Mongolic nation Urianhai. In the late 14-th century, they were centered in Liaoning province of today's China. Actually, the place was one of their motherland. China's Ming dynasty invaded the Liaoning province area, and kicked out Urianhai people. They migrated to the west. Some of them settled in present day Turkic speaking Tuva people land. That is why, Mongols mistakenly called Tuvans as Urianhai before.

[@CataciousAmogusevic]

@@dorjbayar1286 oh, I understand. You are one of those idiots who call every single Asian man on horseback a Mongol.

[@noxhiduro6067]

Subutai one of the best generals of all time

[@arawn1061]

The best*

[@faizanhashmi389]

Ask him to fight yarmouk whole Mongol would killed by Khalid ibn walid r.a

[@spitfirez89]

@@faizanhashmi389 lmao how much land has khalid ibn walid conquered? not even a quarter of what subutai has conquered. Subutai is the greatest general/military commander in history.

[@faizanhashmi389]

Jaban rostam bahman all are the victim of Khalid sword if subtai will come that will victim if winning country is criteria then achaemenid will greatest empire

[@askkedladd]

@@faizanhashmi389 Khalid beat up a bunch dying and exhausted empire, your Arab bias is too obvious.

[@HistoryTime]

Subutai = ultimate badass.

[@davidbrelu-brelu7118]

History Time or a fucking psycho

[@LionKing-ew9rm]

History Time is love, History time is life... :D

[@noping4100]

You have to respect honour, and pretend that war has rules. Subotai seems to have accepted neither.

[@umaransari9765]

no ping yeh

[@sergelengerelmaa2450]

I see collective people which their ancector got pillaged by subutai

[@angramainyu676]

*THEY BROKE THE GOLDEN RULE: THEY KILLED THE ENVOY*

[@mawisback]

and the Mameluke of Egypt hanged the mongol envoys guess what will happen to them?:)

[@joshmcirish352]

Another plague?

[@VRichardsn]

Man, fuck the Mongols and that rule of them. They never stick to the promises _they_ make (Kipchak bribe, free passage after surrender) but they sure as hell get pissed when one of their envoys gets killed...

[@boxtears]

Richardsen The Kipchak betrayed their own allies for a bribe. And you're acting like the MONGOLS are in the wrong for punishing them? Hilarious, if the Kipchaks had been punished by their own former allies, you'd call it justice.

[@otisreed5426]

Richardsen jaws is right. They betrayed their fellow countrymren for gold and the mongols hated betrayal. If the prince of kiev had obeyed the mongols and left the fight which they werent psrt of, instead of killjng the envoys they prob wouldve been fine

[@teghpal8783]

Wow, I never heard of Subutai before but now I think he is undoubtedly a great general. Thank you for such great content.

[@ICCraider]

a brief description from his wikipedia page _"He directed more than twenty campaigns in which he conquered thirty-two nations and won sixty-five pitched battles, during which he conquered or overran more territory than any other commander in history."_ So I'd say he ain't no pushover that's for sure.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you for watching!

[@misterburkes8364]

Erwin Rommel and George Patton studied Subutai's campaigns :)

[@peterongan9655]

@@misterburkes8364I think both of them didn't engage in any battle, which make me sad.

[@williamrobert9898]

@@ICCraider he also won 65 battles without losing a single one in my opinion one of the top 10 greatest generals in history alongside Napoleon Hannibal Alexander and Khalid Ibn Al-Walid

[@HeavyCavalryArcher]

8:30 "Subutai then passed the other side of the Caspian Sea. Defeating even more Kipchaks and Volga Bulgars on the way back to Mongolia." Subutai badass, defeating enemies on the sideline.

[@abhishekrai3210]

Subutai was a true military genius

[@darthveatay]

Abhishek Rai true he conquered more land than any other commander in history

[@fallenangel5940]

not true, subutai was instructed by genghis khan of those tactics

[@zbigniewbiernacki3682]

He was a military genius but to what end?

[@kingsnationcokingsnationco6418]

I’m Mongol myself n grew up n raise there All these military tactics are based on how pack of grey wolves hunts.

[@faizullakhan1556]

@PARTHA SARATHI Yes they did. Genghis Khan came down as far as Sialkot while chasing Jalal Ad Din the prince of Khawarzm Shahi. The only reason he did not attack Delhi was due to Sultan Iltutmish. He did not want to open 2 fronts. He wanted to go west. They attacked again after the Tughlaqs took over.

[@tanerbayramli3323]

(Subutai) (Subutai) He directed more than twenty campaigns in which he conquered thirty-two nations and won sixty-five pitched battles, during which he conquered or overran more territory than any other commander in history. Thank you Kings and Generals for this awesome video. Ps nice touch with the Cataraman mirage song.

[@AkashDeep-bu9fu]

Subutai!!! My boi ...what a wonderful general ! Undoubtedly one of the most best generals history has ever known Greetings from 🇮🇳

[@umaransari9765]

FYI subutai is one of few generals in history who have never lost a battle In total he fought 65 battles and won all

[@YUNOGIMMEDAT]

No he did lose one. He got ambushed and defeated once by Volga Bulgars, but conquered them later anyways.

[@ICCraider]

+Guts Likes It In The Ass I think he was ambushed in the battle. But the sources aren't very precise. 1 source claims that Subutai lost the battle and retreated. And 2 sources claim that Subutai actually won the battle. It is unsure. Most of his so called defeats were strategic withdrawals. I think he lost a few battles against the Chinese. But with minor casualties. He usually retreated before shit hit the fan. And came back angrier and more prepared than ever.

[@umaransari9765]

Nyangis Khan it was tactical retreat for sure He retreated to make enemies fell in his trap which the did He is one of the most smartest general of all time

[@alvinlin8140]

Umar Ansari most of them were ambushes and such right

[@uninterruptedrhythm4104]

Agron Legioneras yeah, that is mostly because they were most often just rear guard to lure the enemy into following them

[@biliepan379]

Who would win georgian army, russian armies, kıpchak and volga armies VS one reconnaissance group

[@hakhakuuba5073]

And Azebaijani and North Iranian fortesses.

[@AKumar528]

Thats seriously amazing when you think about it. A reconnaissance group destroyed so many armies as peanuts. They were warriors

[@soumyadeepchatterjee1262]

They even moved all the way through Caucasus,Persia and Rus undefeated

[@MXD1444]

What the hell, Subutai is a MONSTER. Srry Bellisarius and Skanderbeg, but you've just been replaced.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yep, underrated.

[@MXD1444]

His picture is just as scary. Looking at it and hearing about his conquest gave me chills. Great video as always.

[@nazgames1524]

Subutai was a great general you cant call him monster we all have misdid in our life they were generals so there misdid was a little bit bigger and if you heard Genghis Khan misdid you will be calling him devil then

[@MXD1444]

nazrul sinha ray I don't mean it in a bad way. "Monster" can be used in good way, like big and strong.

[@sergelengerelmaa2450]

He is considered best commander by some historians, he conquered 32 nations , had 65 pitched battles ( none were lost)

[@hxcvocalist]

4:09 to 8:30 gave me chills all over my body. It's crazy how nobody seems to be aware of the Mongol invasion. It's almost a plot out of a movie. Kingdoms all being defeated one by one.

[@kingnaga619]

Subutai is woefully undercovered as a General despite being, statistically, one of the greatest field commanders in history.

[@unpopularopinion6200]

legend says You are never too early for a Kings and generals video

[@KingsandGenerals]

Legends are correct in this matter. :-)

[@minatodroger7890]

Surbutai and Jebe would even make Alexander and Caesar tremble damn

[@christiancristof491]

AHAHAHAHAHAH

[@inexorable3564]

mongols had many generals like as Subutai...

[@C0wb0yBebop]

Caesar and Alexander never fought such a mobile/highly disciplined/deadly force like the Mongols, led by Subutai. Caesar would lose, but give the Mongols a bloody lip. Alexander would make the Mongols pay dearly for a victory. Alexander was too brilliant AND lucky

[@syjiang]

@@grimaldus1523 I greatly admire Alexander as the best general in classical antiquity. But Subutai really IS the superior commander using a force with a far more sophisticated doctrine. Alexander and Caesar's tactics where still understandable to their opponents but Subutai's opponent could not fully grasp the battlespace. His use of mobility, surprise, intelligence, strategic deception and decisive use of massed force lay some of the foundations of modern warfare. Caesar was much craftier but the pace of his decision cycle and maneuver speed of his units would not be able to cope with Subutai's force.

[@syjiang]

@@grimaldus1523 Yes Alexander grasp the problem with steppe warriors and properly fixed them in place. But the foe he faced was not the equivalent of Mongol. They may share similar tactics of light cavalry but Subutai operated his force at a much higher level of command and control. The Scythian's didn't recognize that Alexander was willing to risk a vanguard to fix them in place, at Kalka Subutai was willing and able to straight up sacrificed a rearguard to gain the advantage over an foe four times stronger.

[@kicsihubi]

I'm hungarian and we learned in school a lot about the mongol invasion in Hungary, but almost nothing about the mongols before that. Thanks to your channel now I have knowledge about that time period as well. Awesome video as always, thank you very much for your hard work!! :)

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching! Next up are Mohi and Legnica.

[@TheJackmeisterMongolHistory]

Beautiful done! A great general for a great channel! None could stand before the might of Subutai Baghatur! Well researched, although it's recently been argued by historian Stephen Pow that Jebe was killed a few days before the battle at the Kalka River by Rus-Kipchak forces. Russian chroniclers record a Mongol general named Gyema Beg being caught while scouting the allied army, but Pow noted that this is likely a transliteration of the Turkic form of Jebe's name, Yama Beg. The Kipchak's spoke a Turkic language, it makes sense that the Russians learned of the Mongols through Turkic soldiers. But this was a very recent article, so I understand most secondary literature wouldn't have this yet. We had long known Jebe died during this campaign, but before had assumed he did do after Kalka in mysterious circumstances.

[@TheJackmeisterMongolHistory]

Yes of course, but I figured when writing that a lot of people would not be aware that they were.

[@reveriesend4668]

Whoa. If that's the case then it made sense if the group who wanted the allied' forces to chase the Mongols won the consensus, thus the allied moved in. Subutai just spread over the spices on the meat.

[@mohicanstar9094]

The Jackmeister: Mongol History can i ask u a question? Who the fuck was Jebe? Lol

[@seppopihlajamaki7350]

Master of war tactics, sure but a great general? Never, a man completely without honor, making deals and then backstabbing and robbing and murdering. A truly greedy man. I only wish there was a man of honor with the same tactical and strategic knowledge to face this low man and bury him. Btw, the strategies Subutai used were known well before his time and are all described in Sun Tzu's art of war, for example leaving an escape path for surrounded troops is a basic strategy in the book. I respect Subutai's knowledge of warfare but I have no respect for his character as clearly he is an evil man.

[@TheJackmeisterMongolHistory]

By out modern standards, certainly they committed numerous reprehensible acts, but almost all ancient and medieval generals did. To the Mongols, honour did not come from how you won, it came from winning itself. Victory was better if you tricked the enemy and caused fewer of your men to be killed because of it. To their enemies, certainly they appear evil but evil is not some fixed standard every people hold to be true. There are certain norms most societies ascribe to, but people tend to act in either their own interest or what they consider the interest of their state/people/kingdom/lord, and for a good many people in history it is perfectly acceptable to do "whatever is necessary" for its success. The Mongol andsteppe sense of honour, such as hospitality to guests, had been violated by the Rus ' through their decision to kill the envoys. This was totally heinous to the Mongols (and something they would commit later on in the century to each other, as an interesting aside) and honour dictated the need to avenge that. The fact to us today that is reprehensible, would be totally inexplicable to the Mongols. That's the nature of changing society and cultural norms. Commanders like Jebe, Subutai and Chinggis Khaan were objectively great generals. If they existed today and did the same things, I would completely agree with your assessment. But to judge people who lived 800 years ago, lived in completely different environments, by modern standards is not an effective way to do history I believe. Even in European society, where cultural norms are closer to how we might understand them in contemporary society, until recently in history spousal abuse was acceptable, but now we know that is never appropriate.

[@lkvideos7181]

The Georgians had massed and equipped a seperate army specificaly raised to join the 5th Crusade. History could have gone down a completly different route if the Mongols hadn't invaded Georgia because that army was supposed to open up a second front to the north while the Crusader States would engage the muslim factions to the West. The crusaders were in fact waiting for the attack of a Georgian army that didn't exist anymore at that point and wasted crucial time giving their opponents plenty in return to prepare. Only when king George's successor Queen Rusudan sent a letter to pope Honorius III that their army was destroyed by an unknown pagan force, did the cursaders realise that help would never come. The Georgians had initialy also mistaken the Mongols for a Christian army as they were laying waste to muslim cities only and were confused when they started pillaging their lands too. That is why king George hesitated at first before assembling an army to put a halt to the menace. Sadly the Georgians were completly unprepared for Mongol tactics though ironicaly they were using the same tactics a century before.

[@nikushamosidze1951]

@Kayserili38ification are u really replying to a 11 month comment, get a life, btw georgias history is not irrelevant, if so stop making stupid claims like its history is like a grain of sand and instead give arguments tw@t

[@senseypires8817]

very simple, most of Georgian army a century ago, were kıpçak turks, they were coverted to christianity, after this they are mixed with georgians and they lost their turkic war culture. this is why one century ago georgian army had same tactics

[@junjungatbos3548]

@Kayserili38ification e z there dickhead

[@megamaniscoolrightguys2749]

Always interesting to hear about Georgia. Thanks for the short history lesson 😊

[@TheTimurgg]

@@senseypires8817 hello, ignorant with kind of energy uses empty head to move tong

[@squaredup1800]

One of the most interesting and exciting videos you've made so far, without a doubt.

[@kamilszadkowski8864]

Props for focusing on using term Rus (and Ruthenia) for people and lands of modern Ukraine and Russia. Really using term Russia (or Ukraine) for this time period is very anachronistic. Many fall in this mistake, but as usual, you did it right. Kudos!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you. To be honest, I have read dozen books on the origin of the Slavs, but still have no freaking idea. And early history of Russia is especially bad, since we know that many documents were forged later on.

[@kamilszadkowski8864]

Yeah, the topic is tough. Not only we don't have many reliable sources but also it seems many Slavic countries seem to have some idiotic ambition to prove that they were the origin of all Slavs an so on. Unfortunately, I don't know any good publications about the topic that were translated into English. The topic of the early history of Russia is especially bad since in reality, modern Russia has its origins in Grand Duchy of Muscovy. Yet Russians like to claim the heritage of Kiev Rus. Which is understandable I guess, but so do other Eastern Slavic nations which, naturally causes conflicts.

[@KingsandGenerals]

I think, the language is the most telling tool in this case.

[@saratov99]

Kamil Szadkowski Grand Duchy of Muscovy was a rebranded Vladimir-Suzdal princedom. It became most powerful Rus princedom even before mongol invasion. And it was comprised of settlers from modern Ukraine. You would be interested i guess to know that specifically future Moscow area was settled by one of old polish tribes.

[@kamilszadkowski8864]

+saratov99 Wait, what? Old polish tribe and Moscow? You joked and I didn't get it, right? As for the Grand Duchy, yeah what you are saying is correct yet you have to admit that the original center East Slavic statehood was greatly shifted.

[@TheMgl89]

subscribed. I'm Mongolian. and pianter. i'm planning to draw about Subedey general but i didn't find any portrait of him. No wonder he was no time to draw his portrait.. because of war. But i'm imagining his face. Great channel. keep going guys. there's so many interesting battles Mongols did.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks!

[@xotl2780]

I like to think he actually did look like that demonic figure. It would explain a few things.

[@ahmetdemir6025]

I am a turk and my mother is Mongolian so ı m really interested in mongol history thank you for your good videos You are the Best channel in history Tale care and good time for you my brother 🇲🇳🇹🇷

[@temuulmunkhtur]

if your mom is Mongol, you are Mongol

[@Duskbear]

The music is straight fire

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you, we spend hours on that. :-)

[@discovermajid]

please never change it

[@YavinPrime]

I'm really enjoying this series about the Mongol empires. Thank you and I hope more are to come!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you! Three more, at least. :-)

[@abuubaidah5162]

Kings and Generals Oi,can you do muslim invasion on persian and Rome?I love your channel.Maybe the mamluk.I saw you replied to somebody about old vid but that was Yarmouk not Mamluk.

[@andrewmcknight1194]

I love this channel! I've been in the hospital for weeks. One thing that breaks up the tedium is this channel. Along with Biographics and Geographics, it is probably my favorite. I send out my heartfelt thanks to all y'all that help make this channel a reality. Long live Kings and Generals!lol but

[@KingsandGenerals]

I hope you are feeling better now!

[@AndriiGryganskyi]

Great job, and really good background and aftermath! I with each part of your narrative will have a battle video in detail.

[@silvertiger2801]

This is the best presentation on the Mongols that I have seen. The ONLY problem I have with the graphics is that they ( the Mongols ) are shown in formations with only one horse 🐎 each. In reality each Mongol had 3 to 5 horses each and went into battle with them all. A Mongol formation looked more like a huge horse herd than a military unit.

[@usamanaveed1258]

Lovely just lovely! Please keep them coming I love it is absolutely awesome you don’t even know! And I can’t even begin to thank you for knowledge! You through sheer excellence have won my subscription

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you. :-)

[@jemnoros3386]

Mongols were brave no doubt. They defeated all from China to Russia and Iran. All were big powers but yet crashed by Mongols.

[@yaxifromeast1989]

+Kristo Kristo nope... halagu went back to China only gave kitbuqua 10000 men to fight with millions Muslims in Ain jalut.. Kitbuqua was even wining at first but too less people so they lost the battle...Ain Jalut is in Israel...

[@Timurkhan8]

Badr eddin A famous syrian historian described Arab’s troops as more than stars in the sky.Civilians,farmers, herders, soldiers everyone participated in that battle.Just to defend againt few Mongol troops! Great battle ha ha

[@Timurkhan8]

Badr eddin That’s what i read few years ago! You can look it up since you are an arab. Aslo look up how Mamlukes got destroyed by Mongol warriors that led by Timurlane back in 14 th century.They even made pyramids out of their heads.Seems like they were not that tough to against Mongols tho.but not bad!

[@guilhermeroyama8842]

Not trying to diminish the Mongol conquests and all that but, those nations weren't exactly at their strongest back then. China had some really rough years before the Mongol Invasion, and the Dynasties were barely holding on the little they had the power to unite. Rus Principalities were extremely divided and had been warring against each other before the Mongols arrived in Eastern Europe. The most powerful nations of the 3 back then was Iran, and even they had seen better days.

[@sher-of-bangla716]

@@yaxifromeast1989 noob

[@socrates_the_great6209]

It is amazing what such a brilliant man can archive under the right circumstances.

[@PierreWah]

Subutai only had a scouting force to get info on the west. That scouting force smashed the bigest army up to that date europe had.

[@infinitecontent8001]

If Genghis had given him 75,000 troops, they'd have invaded the Americas!!!

[@infinitecontent8001]

wrecked them, and then came back 20 years later to wreck them AGAIN!!!

[@eternalm3859]

I think the real secret of mongol strength is that they were so damn smart

[@user-wh5gx9lt9d]

No it's all about the size of the army

[@Singgen]

@@user-wh5gx9lt9d Most of their fights they were outnumbered. What da hell are you talking about?

[@user-wh5gx9lt9d]

@@Singgen i don't believe the stats

[@Singgen]

@@user-wh5gx9lt9d Lol. Historians "believe"(rather they double checked and proved it) and you don't. I think I'll rather trust historians than you.

[@boxcuber]

@@user-wh5gx9lt9d like ask yourself this every single country that the mongols rule had more population than them..

[@boldsaikhan1989]

Well done you guys! Well done. Your treatment of the legacy of the mongol empire and the succession issue is both succinct and very much on point! Keep up the excellent work!!!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you!

[@daimonx3621]

Attack, retreat. Then attack again. Attack. Retreat and Repeat.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yep, relentless.

[@ekingunay]

Just like wolves hunting

[@kiepyon1]

who care as least they get the win and i like this tactic

[@nightbot.2817]

yep, just like Stalingrad

[@daimonx3621]

Drokk! That was one big, frigging meat grinder... Nevermore.

[@uninterruptedrhythm4104]

Being a Mongol envoy is a dangerous job D:

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yep, almost as dangerous as being an owner of a history channel on KZbin. :-)

[@LEFT4BASS]

I think being an envoy in general was dangerous. The Mongols believed int treaties envoys with respect and honor, and expected the same. Since they were so harsh on anyone who killed their envoys, it might have been safer to be a Mongol envoy.

[@gtoor3798]

Thank you so much for putting this out. Subatia and jebe the arrow are some of my favourite military commanders of all time.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@gtoor3798]

Kings and Generals I've been waiting for someone to produce something like this ever since I heard wrath of the khans some 4-5 years ago, you're doing gods work sir! Making dreams come true.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yeah, I also loved that podcast. :-)

[@alexanderdragolov3105]

The quality of the mongol series is amazing. Keep up the good work!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you, more on the way!

[@XShollaj]

Quite possibly the most underrated general ever

[@ekn_38]

13 minutes pure quality

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much!

[@snacko30]

Your Mongol videos/documentaries never cease to amaze me at how brutal the Mongols were.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Working on the next one.

[@deaclavilis6760]

Subutai and Jebe: We are just tasked for scouting / expedition from our great khan! Destroying coalition armies with thousands of men and pillaging millions of kilometer squares land, conducting one of the largest military operations in history that involves in Middleeast, Caucasus and Eastern Europe. 😂😁

[@infinitecontent8001]

When Subedei finally got back to Mongolia, here's how the convo went: Genghis: So tell me of these new lands. Subedei: Boss, check this out... It's a big old place out there with lots of stuff to pillage. G: So, you run into any resistance? S: yeah, but they were light work. But Jebe got killed though. G: Damn, that's tragic. So, you wrecked them with just 2 tumens? What would you do if I gave you 5 or 6? S: if I had 5 or 6, I'd STILL be on the rampage! G: Hold on to that idea; we'll do that after we wreck the Song. S:Oh, they still acting up? Let me rest up for 2 days and I'll go step to those fools...

[@williamrobert9898]

@@infinitecontent8001 Lol brilliant

[@Adil_Turysbek]

​@@infinitecontent8001 Yeah, Volga Bulgars descendants of Hunnic tribes even though inferior in numbers were great warriors as well.

[@Kedbuka]

This is really good, thank you.

[@joesphistalin2800]

5:00 *A N D T H A T M A D E T H E W A R I N E V I T A B L E*

[@rrabbits4164]

stop killing our envoys they make good spies :)

[@joesphistalin2800]

Diplomats are very annoying to have outside of your settlements though. So they have a reason to have done it.

[@syriaslover9558]

RRabbits long ago that was an act of war.

[@EclipseClemens]

Messengers and diplomats were holy to the mongols and it was the greatest betrayal and sacrilegious to kill them. You could send them back with insults, that was one thing, but to physically harm them in any way was worse than declaring war or spitting on someone's newborn.

[@bvthebalkananarchistmapper5642]

2:44 The Cuman commander was called Yuri? (lenny face)

[@zikization5018]

How weak were intelligence service and cooperation that time! Almost nobody figured out how to challenge mobility and "hit& run" tactics! Anyway, the video itself is perfect! the narrator has a very history friendly voice that is very rare in this type of channels. Good job!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you! Indeed, Devin is great! Regarding the intelligence. It seems the Mongols shocked every state they met.

[@Knoloaify]

They didn't have the internet or a centralized military with divisions for devising new tactics. Battles were also few and far between. So yeah intelligence and adaptability was very lacking. A good example is the Hundred Years Wars, France had a good run under Charles V who (along with generals such as DuGuesclin) knew how to counter the english allowing the kingdom to reclaim lost territories, but it all ended with their death, wich then led to new english successes. Then Charles VII won by bringing canons to an archer fight, and just like the french couldn't to effectively counter longbowmen, the english couldn't counter field artillery. Strategy and tactics back in the day must have been like herding cats, wich make the mongol successes even more impressive.

[@Vitalis94]

They adapted to those tactics, but only later. For example, both Lithuanians and Russians were famous for the hit and run tactics later on.

[@yoban360]

zikization America being one of the strongest armies in the world, when the colonies were fighting the British, both sides were still fighting in straight lines until the American colonies adapted hit and run, guerrilla warfare from the Native Americans.

[@Vitalis94]

Word traveled much slower back then. It isn't so suprising that only a year after some army was defeated due to those tactics, another did the same mistake, especially if the latter considered the former as barbarians and wouldn't even contact them at all. Most people hadn't simply seen those tactics during their entire lifes, so they were suprised.

[@utube4EB]

People often confuse between turkic and Turkish. They are not same. Turkic people are more close (even same dna) to mongols than to turkish. Modern Turkish people more close to Arabian.

[@subutaynoyan5372]

They're more close to Greek and Persian and even Armenian than arabs

[@sukiyakime]

you assume that turkish people mixed with arabians and original turkic people share the same dna with mongols. well, firstly turkic people mixed with mongols at a certain rate but they do not share the same ancestors. turkic people also mixed with several other nations including arabs, armenians and greeks.

[@knucklet9851]

Your videos always make my day, thanks for providing such entertaining historical content on a weekly basis guys :)

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching! :-)

[@tsedotse2212]

Thank you for revealing the true history of Mongolia to the public. From Mongolia

[@KingsandGenerals]

You can get a "Don't kill my envoys" t-shirt here: teespring.com/mongol-envoy#pid=369&cid=6515&sid=front. This discount code will work for the next 24 hours: 9DRU3SL1X8 Disclaimer regarding the episode: 1. There are a few other retellings of the battle of Kalka. Some sources conflate it with the previous battle where Lezgins, Alans, Kipchaks, and Bulgars fought against the Mongols, with a claim that Kipchaks betrayed the Rus princes and agreed to leave them on their own against the Mongols. In another version, Mstislav actually managed to retreat until the Mongols caught up to him days away from the river. 2. Some sources give a short account of the battle of Samara Bend, which was fought after Kalka and in which Volga Bulgars destroyed Mongol army. Modern historiography considers this account apocryphal, as there is evidence that Subutai forced many tribes between Desht-i Kipchak and Mongolia to become tributaries, which would not be possible if he was defeated so soundly. Obviously, no one but Tengri knows the truth... :-)

[@kamilszadkowski8864]

You need to have a t-shirt with "Just stop killing envoys ..dammit" written on it ;P

[@KingsandGenerals]

Good idea, thanks!

[@RiftZM]

+ Kings and Generals It's been a long time since I've did a report on Genghis Khan for school, but I remember a part where Juchi, furious over Chagatai's insult and at being disqualified from being the next Khan, took his troops and headed north. Genghis Khan was preparing to march against him when news arrived that Juchi had died.

[@RiftZM]

+TROLL The Mughal Empire disagrees.

[@tellmeaboutit691]

Did you use the word Tengri? Why?

[@cdeschrevel5341]

It’s funny, in history class I never heard about Subutai, while to be honest he was the best!

[@thekhans2823]

yes

[@fixylieberus2925]

The mongols never really wrote about themselves, everything we knew about it the mongols are from the people they conquered and a book that was written years after the conquest. So i dont blame if people rarely knew about them, but its pretty fuckin crazy that we knew them from the people they conquered.

[@lukezuzga6460]

Great work! Love Sunday's battles!

[@KingsandGenerals]

:-)

[@JamesBond-ns8di]

That civ 5 soundtrack you used is amazing.

[@HappinezSanchez]

In Mongolian scripts, They are pronounced Zev and Subedei. Zev literally means head of the arrow. And Subedei figuratively means stabbing. Both were geniuses in art of war

[@DMystif]

Really love your content ! I never had a natural interest for the mongols, yet you made me curious about their side of the (hi)story through your videos. Keep up the great work !

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you for watching! :-)

[@LocalHeretic-ck1kd]

Thank you for another excellent video. So much interesting informations. I just love it.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you for watching!

[@Azzzoth]

Great job as always. Keep it up. I live for these videos

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks, there will be more. :-)

[@franosusnjara8510]

this hurts to watch :'( Also the rate at which you upload is amazing, great Job as always

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you, doing our best. :-)

[@superfly19751]

Great vid! Sabutai was perhaps Genghis Khan’s greatest general. And he had many great ones.

[@VxV631]

I love how all your videos are both self-contained and useful in a series ^.^

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks, that is what we are going for!

[@morrgash]

Thank you very much, awesome video and information!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@jackson857]

Wow, thank you so much for this, I knew of this expedition by Subutai and Jebe but not of the exact details. The tactics are so remarkably similar to the same ones he would use years later in his invasion of Hungary!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching! There will be more!

[@STFUismyname]

Just wanted to say your one of my favorite documentary channels, very well done and easy to follow, also could you please do more Mongol documentarys?

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you! More on the way!

[@myview5840]

Ah, i have had 3 wonderful days of binge watching every vid on your channel. Can't wait for the next one. Cheers

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you for watching :)

[@brickbattle1462]

Great work as always guys

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much!

[@hiukas.]

Subutai was a genius! Why no one talks about him?

[@jaythompson5102]

Hiukas Probably the most efficient commander in history.

[@JoseSantos-xn4lp]

Check the History Time channel for a video on him. Not the most detailed video but sums up his life quite well and has some pretty interesting pieces of information. Also Subutai only got a position of command because Ghengis Khan valued merit over lineage. If it had been Jamuka who had won the civil war things would have been different, but he probably lost the war due to his arrogance anyways. Personally my favourite historical commander is Timur the Lame. Subutai, Ghengis Khan and some of his descendants like Kublai Khan were tatic and strategic masterminds. However I get the feeling that most of their opponents had no idea of what they were doing. Timur actually had to fight capable commanders, like Bayezid I.

[@minatodroger7890]

No doubt him and ghengis other dogs of war were brilliant generals

[@lolwutyoumad]

because whites only care about other whites

[@saratov99]

lolwutyoumad Why woudn't we. Our civilization proved to be superior.

[@IdunnoBroIjdk]

Damn, I guess in one way or another that evening dinner really was on the Russian nobles.

[@KingsandGenerals]

You didn't :D

[@aquariusrajput]

You won bro

[@venkatjayadeepj1342]

Finally it's out! Been waiting for it since the previous one

[@KingsandGenerals]

A new video, every Sunday. :-)

[@captainfloppa790]

Great video as always!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Appreciate it!

[@goldenbeast5635]

im mongolion and i must say you have done a great search

[@tortureddummies1672]

About time!!!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Never late, nor early. :-)

[@kiepyon1]

legendary trip my mate

[@tancreddehauteville9983]

Thanks for more info on the Mongols,hope to learn more

[@mrmalfurion5408]

this documentries starting to make me a steppe warior fan.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Now don't go around raiding and pillaging.

[@mglblaze5]

Kings and Generals 🤣

[@hitler1263]

The sound of the glasses breaking is always satisfying

[@KingsandGenerals]

Agreed. :-)

[@mohammadghezelli3961]

amazing document ty so much man

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@Tompa83]

I love this channel. Fascinating stuff!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much. :-)

[@WorldsStrongestMongolEmpire]

The number one conqueror of the world is Genghis Khan. In second place is General Subutai. This is the prelude to the conquest of Europe by General Subotai, who had the strongest and most invincible army. amazing. 세계의 정복자 1위는 칭기스칸. 2위는 Subutai 장군이다. 그 정도로 최강의 무적 군대를 가진 수부타이 장군의 유럽 정복의 서막이다. 대단하다.

[@RoronaDZoro]

Awesome as ever

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much. :-)

[@RoronaDZoro]

you are welcome I like your channel very much

[@arilehman1442]

Brilliant! Thank You

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@jameskelman9856]

Well done! Thanks!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@WhiteZorin]

Very awesome, very good!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you for watching!

[@rayanhey2411]

You guys are talking about Genghis Khan conquests, and Extra Credits is talking about his early life , did you plan that together?

[@KingsandGenerals]

Nope, we haven't talked, but I guess, it is a nice coincidence.

[@rayanhey2411]

Kings and Generals Yesss

[@niemand3637]

Kings and Generals yes it is a very nice coincidence

[@williamarnold3607]

well, this started before the extra credit episodes and since extra credit's episodes are voted on by the patrons, they probably have a large cross over of viewers

[@samuelcoates7601]

Do a collab

[@nh7471]

Simply beautiful.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you!

[@ShortHandedNow]

Unreal as always!

[@mostfa99ali40]

The Mongols were at the height of their power under Subutai

[@MoroccoGamer]

nice work

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you!

[@silentgamingsg9028]

Simply amazing content you're making...

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you, there is more on the way. :-)

[@maxgong009]

Love this!! :) Fantastic work

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much!

[@akashsaini5092]

Genghez has such great generals like Subutai and Jebe

[@davkaanir4062]

chingis khan had many smart generals top one is named mukhulai he is 1st top high ranked general he can order subutai and zebe chingis khan once said mukhulai's words are my word if someone didnt follow his word he can take his head he said it all of his generals

[@welp2388]

The Mongols are so impressive! The outsmarted and annihilated most who stood against them.

[@kalashnikov5038]

Best gift!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching! :-)

[@imienazwisko2404]

Nice video as always.