MONGOL INVASION OF THE WEST - Medieval battle 1237-1238

[Music] over the course of the 13th century the Mongols conquered the largest contiguous land Empire in world history this astounding world power emerged from the unification of the seven Mongol tribes under the leadership of genis KH hello everyone LCM History Channel invites you to take a trip to Medieval Times learn about one of the most interesting battles of the Mongol Empire OG Khan became the ruler of the Mongols after Genghis Khan inherited a vast territory from his father a good day faced a big problem the treasury was empty in 2023 the Mongols already made a test raid into the west and reached the Caspian Sea however most of the defeated States from that time didn't pay any tributes in 1236 the Mongols gathered a huge Army of 50 to 60,000 Horsemen and headed west Western Kip March has begun in this video we are talking about 1237 to 1238 The Invasion into K Rus that tour the senior grandson of genis Khan was the leader and under his command the Mongols crushed the cities of kand Rus one by one all the main cities were burned to the ground and usually The Siege took less than a week it was an incredible success all enemy forces were destroyed cities were burned the Mongols took a lot of slaves and livestock and the Army Caravan was full of expensive clothes gold and jewry uh Hey guys uh may I keep it no oh uh never mind you may keep it so it was already March spring was coming and it was a signal to stop the war campaign before moving to the steps for a break Camp the Invaders decided to capture one last City some sources say that they ran into this city by accident some say that they planned to visit it as a last stop to replenish their grain Reserve there is also a version that the Mongols visited this city to take revenge since the grandfather of the current Prince fought against the Mongols back in [Music] 1223 in any case on March the 25th 1238 the Mongol came under the wooden walls of the Kelk the city with a total population of about 5,000 people and there were only about 250 Warriors at that time the city was at the head of 12-year-old Prince vasel 250 Warriors and 5,000 people in total including children women and old ones against the Mongol raid where they had armies of dozens of thousands of professionally experienced brutal soldiers what are the chances [Music] eh blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah no no worries I will translate and explain so the Mongols offered to surrender in this case they promised not to kill anyone and to take only half the population into slavery but the city residents consulted and decided that no one would [Music] surrender they would fight to the end everyone who could took up arms and climbed the walls to protect the city now we need to say a few words about the defense fortifications first of all the city was covered with the water from all sides except the one so there were many more Mongols than Defenders but they could only attack in one narrow area and quantity lost its importance we should also mention the moat that surrounded the city we have unfortunately a lowbudget film so whatever ditch we could dig that's what we dug but in fact it was very deep uh so you won't say it right the ditch was almost 10 m deep for my American friends the depth of the ditch was approximately 12 washing machines or whatever you used to measure the height uh well we couldn't dig 10 m so all the rest is up to your imagination when batuk KH learned that the city was not going to surrender he gave the order for the assault he was so confident in his victory that he did not even begin to build assault devices well pause here for a minute among our viewers as we found out there were many experts on the Mongols and we received a large number of messages with approximately the following text don't make mistakes the Mongols should fight only on horses and always with bows of course you won't make that mistake especially for our experts we'll take a Mongol Warrior let's take away his Spear and give him a bow or even let him have two bows and now at your request he will show you how to storm the city without even getting off your horse this is a famous Mongol tactic let's watch it again with a replay that's why they conquered half the world well uh now that the experts are satisfied we will return to the Mongol Army dreaming of destroying the rebellious City matu gave the order to storm Kelk did you think the battle was about to begin no there is one more important thing how can the Mongols overcome the city ditch well the Mongols had extensive experience in storming cities and they had their own tactics for overcoming these fortified obstacles remember this year we had a film about the Battle of narvid in 1700 there the sweds filled the ditch with facin bundles of wood to fill the ditch the Mongols had the same tactics they just threw mostly wet wood at it to make it difficult to set it on fire and it was not Mongol soldiers who threw logs into the ditch but captives from the local population or previously captured slaves they were given logs and forced to go to the Fortress and throw them down naturally The Defenders Of The Fortress shot their own fellow citizens with arrows there was no choice the Mongols filled the ditches not only with wood but but also with prisoners this is Mongolia usually they were thrown into the same ditch where they had just thrown the logs themselves thus the city moat was filled with wet wood mixed with the corpses of slaves and local residents and through the filled ditch which was not the obstacle anymore the Mongols began storming the city walls however the ditch in Kel turned about to be so deep well here again a test of your imagination that the Mongols realized that they would be throwing wood and corpses at it for a very long time and abandon this idea but how to overcome the moat then the Invaders simply made large wooden decks and covered the ditch with them since our film is low budget by the way thanks to those who support us on patreon we still don't have money for the moat uh it won't be in the film anymore let's just imagine that the Mongols covered it with decking and to simplify filming the director asked to remove this literally remove the damn ditch it really interferes with the animation he said well we have discussed all the questions about history now we can go on with the attack [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] a [Applause] a [Applause] to Mongol leader was Furious he saw that his army was suffering heavy losses but there were no successes he gave the order to retreat instead of a quick assault the Mong were forced to begin a long Siege bat Khan also ordered the construction of Siege equipment to begin the small town stood like a bone across his throat want to see the second part of this history battle well please rate this video subscribe and support history in Lego Style on our Channel that's it for today see you soon farewell