Many threads involving fun anachronistic pondering involve modern weapons being introduced into historical battles, like machine guns at the Alamo. Howver, lets have a thread that is exactly the opposite, an ancient army known for it's sheer ferocious fighting tactics versus a more modern one.
Imagine that a Mongol cavalry force of 20,000, led by Hulagu Khan himself, while they are charging into battle against the much larger army of the Abbasid Caliphate on the Uzbek prairie, is suddenly transported into the Texas plains of 1836 so now, the enemy they are charging is the Mexican army led by Santa Anna, in the process of laying siege to the Alamo. Except for the fact that the charging Mongols don't know this at all. The Uzbek steppes are virtually identical to the prairie in Texas, and now, the Mongols are within 400 yards of the Mexican besiegers. They still think that the army ahead of them is the colossal Abbasid army. They see them attacking some kind of strange fortification.
FACTS TO NOTE:
* The Mongols will not be intimidated by the Mexican muskets and cannon at
all. Genghis Khan had used Chinese engineers to build massive siege guns
called bombards when they defeated a large Turkish khaganate one year
earlier.
* The Mongol mounted archer can fire 20 aimed shots a minute with deadly
accurary, and the Mongol laminate composite bow, packing almost 120
pounds of draw, is accurate and lethal out to 300 yards.
* This Mongol force knows they are facing an Arab force almost 3 times their
size, so each warrior is equipped, physically and mentally for a vicious and
merciless fight. The Abbasids had just beheaded one of their diplomats
weeks earlier, so these charging horsemen are bloodthirsty for revenge.
* Aside from their deadly bows, Mongol horsemen are armed with the Charay
sword, a lethal curved sword that would later be used by the Ottoman
Empire. Mongol horsemen are also wearing heavy leather, silk, and metal
armor.
* Behind this Mongol attack force of 20,000 is 100,000 support troops,
infantry, charioteers, artillerists, weapons builders, and sappers.BUT IN
OUR SCENARIO, THEY HAVE NO COMBAT ROLE, NOT AS OF YET
Now lets discuss who would have the advantage, win, and why? And what would be the consequences of such an incident, and how the history of this piece of land, would be altered. Have fun
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Imagine that a Mongol cavalry force of 20,000, led by Hulagu Khan himself, while they are charging into battle against the much larger army of the Abbasid Caliphate on the Uzbek prairie, is suddenly transported into the Texas plains of 1836 so now, the enemy they are charging is the Mexican army led by Santa Anna, in the process of laying siege to the Alamo. Except for the fact that the charging Mongols don't know this at all. The Uzbek steppes are virtually identical to the prairie in Texas, and now, the Mongols are within 400 yards of the Mexican besiegers. They still think that the army ahead of them is the colossal Abbasid army. They see them attacking some kind of strange fortification.
FACTS TO NOTE:
* The Mongols will not be intimidated by the Mexican muskets and cannon at
all. Genghis Khan had used Chinese engineers to build massive siege guns
called bombards when they defeated a large Turkish khaganate one year
earlier.
* The Mongol mounted archer can fire 20 aimed shots a minute with deadly
accurary, and the Mongol laminate composite bow, packing almost 120
pounds of draw, is accurate and lethal out to 300 yards.
* This Mongol force knows they are facing an Arab force almost 3 times their
size, so each warrior is equipped, physically and mentally for a vicious and
merciless fight. The Abbasids had just beheaded one of their diplomats
weeks earlier, so these charging horsemen are bloodthirsty for revenge.
* Aside from their deadly bows, Mongol horsemen are armed with the Charay
sword, a lethal curved sword that would later be used by the Ottoman
Empire. Mongol horsemen are also wearing heavy leather, silk, and metal
armor.
* Behind this Mongol attack force of 20,000 is 100,000 support troops,
infantry, charioteers, artillerists, weapons builders, and sappers.BUT IN
OUR SCENARIO, THEY HAVE NO COMBAT ROLE, NOT AS OF YET
Now lets discuss who would have the advantage, win, and why? And what would be the consequences of such an incident, and how the history of this piece of land, would be altered. Have fun
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