re: Alexander the Great or ghengis khan

Do you think the Scythian planned on getting in a fixed position, the whole point is Alexander manipulates them I to a fixed position the number of troops doesn’t matter his tactics is the key. If the armies size is close I believe Alexander gets the khans army in a position he wants where he can’t use his hit and run tactics and then closes in and finishes him. Did you not understand what that article says? It was basically like a game of chess played in real life. The reason the casualties are so low is because they recognized they were defeated. He lost 120 men. The battle started with him having 6,000 and the scythians 15-20,000. Do you understand the kind of tactician you are dealing with? Dan Carlin predicted Alexander’s army would stand a fair shot of defeating Charlemagne who fought in the 1100s and turned back the great Muslim horde. Alexander fought in the 300s bce. That means one of the most respected historians of our day believes Alexander was a good enough general barring overwhelming numbers he could competently fight an army 1500 years in the future without any update in arms, tactics or strategy. Now imagine you give that man 6 months to get caught up on the times. Let’s just say in this hypothetical another great nation brings him in to run their army before a mongol imvasion. Do you not see how this would be difficult and different than any army ghengis ever faced?