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Tactics: In war film battle scene everyone always has someone to fight


You see these big battle happen and they all run to each other and start fighting with swords and shield

So what you should do in this situation, you have these few guys arrive late to battle, and they walk in the side and just start to stab people in their back who are already fighting

I was thinking about genghisKhan who win nearly all fights and I think this was his tactic

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I watched a documentary on Genghis Khan and it said his secret weapon was speed. Genghis Khan had the fastest horse-mounted soldiers. Each of them maintain a few horses so they could move for days without stopping. Elite forces could even ride on TWO horses at once so the horses wouldn't be as tired and able to reach higher speeds. Which is crazy!

During the invasion of Hungary, they covered up to 100 miles per day, which was unheard of by other armies of the time. Compare that to WWI tanks that had speed around 4 miles per hour, or 96 miles in 24 hours non-stop. And that was more than 600 years later.

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How u ride two horses, jump from on to the other after some time?

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No, one leg on one horse, the other leg on another horse side-by-side. Mad skillz.

https://media.istockphoto.com/photos/mongolian-man-wearing-traditional-costume-rides-two-wild-horses-in-picture-id1058748802

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Well that is crazy thank you

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"they walk in the side and just start to stab people in their back who are already fighting"

I believe this is called a flanking maneuver - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flanking_maneuver

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