Ghengis has the mobility. Mobility is what wins. Mobility gives you the power to choose the location.

If Alexander sets up where ghengis doesn’t want him? He simply pulls back and rides around him to strike something in the rear or another asset that FORCES Alexander’s hand to defend said asset.

Basically the ONLY way I see Alexander winning is if he locks himself in a mountain pass and quite simply refuses to move. He just sits there and watches as the mongols have their way with his empire and lands.

The second he comes down and gives chase or tries engage in the open (because ghengis ain’t gonna ride to meet him in such a place) he’s done.

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Posted by Hawgnsincebirth55

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Posted on 4/26/19 at 11:08 am to beerJeep

I really don’t understand why you give so little credit to the Macedonian forces. They had a GREAT cavalry in their own right who was LED into battle BY ALEXANDER HIMSELF. He was THE cavalry commander

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Posted by kingbob

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Posted on 4/26/19 at 11:44 am to beerJeep

The big difference here is the stirrup. Ghengis's armies were early adopters of the stirrup, which wasn't invented until the Middle Ages. So, Alexander's armies had no stirrups and no experience fighting against stirrup cavalry.

What the stirrup does for cavalry is make horsemen far more stable on their saddles, giving archers better mobility, accuracy, and range, and offering heavy cavalry far more power.

How many times did classic Greek Shield Wall phalanxes crush light cavalry before the stirrup?

How many times did classic phalanxes defeat light cavalry AFTER the stirrup.

Therein lies your answer.

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