What was the mongol military strategy?

Answer 1

The Mongols focused on using cavalry archers in the beginning of their conquest. Because the steppe nomads incorporated horseback and Archery into everyday lives, the Mongol archers were more skilled than those of other nations. In addition to this, the archers used composite bows that were stronger than the British longbow and different arrow tips were used for different types of enemy soldiers.

The Mongol cavalry archers usually charged at the enemy until they were within firing range, and then turned back. Using the Parthian shot (turning backwards on the horse and shooting), the Mongols were able to inflict serious damage. When charging, the Mongol soldiers were silent until close, where they suddenly yelled, causing brief psychological damage. Another tactic was to retreat and draw the enemy into a chase. Because the steppe horses had great stamina, the enemy usually tired out, and the Mongols could then fire arrows.

When the Mongols conquered a nation, they conscripted the men and made them the vanguard. The vanguard took the initial force of a war, while the Mongol elites waited until the enemy resources ran out. If the conquered nation had skilled engineers, the Mongols incorporated the new siege weapons into their strategies.

The most infamous tactic of the Mongols was massacring an entire city to make other cities surrender. Through the use of exaggerating the death amount, the Mongols were able to conserve resource and achieve conquest through a shorter amount of time.