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Post by lancer on May 11, 2016 1:23:14 GMT 3
A lot is made of how Mongolian warriors could use remounts in battle to continue fighting on fresh horses? But how would they actually do this? What system did they use to cycle fresh horses to their troops? If you're part of a Mongol heavy cavalry division which has just smashed into the flank of an army during an important engagement, how could you then disengage, dismount and remount a new horse, whilst being surrounded by the enemy?
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Post by H. İhsan Erkoç on May 11, 2016 10:20:59 GMT 3
I thought remounts were used on marches and not during the battles themselves.
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Post by Temüjin on May 11, 2016 19:12:46 GMT 3
If you're part of a Mongol heavy cavalry division which has just smashed into the flank of an army during an important engagement, how could you then disengage, dismount and remount a new horse, whilst being surrounded by the enemy? what "heavy cavalry division"? do you mean a tümen? please show me the source where it says there were "heavy" and "light" tümen... |
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Post by lancer on May 14, 2016 19:31:44 GMT 3
If you're part of a Mongol heavy cavalry division which has just smashed into the flank of an army during an important engagement, how could you then disengage, dismount and remount a new horse, whilst being surrounded by the enemy? what "heavy cavalry division"? do you mean a tümen? please show me the source where it says there were "heavy" and "light" tümen... Hahaha, I just mean in a completely hypothetical case. The size of the battle grouping isn't really important here, I'm really asking how any rider could manage to get out of battle whilst their companions still maintain the attack without it breaking up. |
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Post by Temüjin on May 15, 2016 14:50:07 GMT 3
caracole-style tactics could do the trick. also when the opponent is mostly infantry and/or in a defensive position, steppe armies can move about freely. compare to the reports of parthians refilling their arrows at the battle of carhae/harran from pack camels during the battle.
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Post by snafu on Jul 9, 2016 19:02:38 GMT 3
Ideally they wouldn't be surrounded by the enemy. They would keep a bit of distance between them and the enemy and use hit-and-run tactics as much as possible, using small units to swoop in, unleash some arrows, and then zip back to the rear where they could remount and do it again in some other location. It was like fighting a swarm of bees. That's why their enemies often overestimated the size of Mongol armies. Because they thought these units hitting them from all sides in rapid succession were different units, not the same guys on fresh horses. Not until they felt the enemy was beaten or in a state of total chaos would the Mongols move in for a straightforward attack. By then there was no need to remount, it was just a massacre.
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