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**SDorothy28** · 02-18-2006, 07:00 AM

there was an interesting documentary on nhk the other week about the mongolians attempts to invade japan. the mongolians had sent several messages to japan about using kyushu as a staging ground for an assault on southern china. the japanese did not reply to any of their messages which pissed off the mongolians no end so they decided to invade.

i think that the first invasion took place in hakkodate. the samurai could see their boats coming in and were waiting on the beach for them. you would think that samurai would have easily defeated the savage mongol hordes but not so. in this encounter the samurai got a real hiding and were defeated.

the reason for this was because of the differences in fighting styles. when samurai fought each other it was always 1 on 1. before the fight they would stop to introduce themselves to each other. the mongolians however, didn't care for such niceities and attacked in groups which overwhelmed the samurai.

after this first battle the mongolians didn't have enough men or supplies to stay so they left.

by the time they returned they had captured the southern part of china. from the northern part they returned with 1000 boats and from the newly captured part 3500. both fleets were to meet at the same time and attack together. but the 3500 boat fleet took a month longer to depart because of the logistics of organising such a large fleet. the 1000 boat fleet arrived first but did not attack right away. the samurai saw them waiting then at night sent out loads of small boats. the samurai then surprised them and were able to board their boats and fight in a small space which meant the mongolians couldn't fight in groups. the samurai killed many of them.

the next day i think the mongolians decided to attack but were held back because the japanese archers had a much longer range and prevented them from landing.

after a few weeks the 1000 boat fleet ran out of supplies and had to return without waiting for the 3500 boat fleet to arrive. because the large fleet took so long to leave, the weather had changed dramatically when it did and they ran into the rainy season. i think over half off their boats were sunk by typhoons.

when both fought with their own advantage, they were successful. if the all off the 4500 mongolian boats had arrived at the same time as planned, i think that they could have overwhelmed the samurai. they also had a formidable cavalry.

i think that a fight between samurai and knights would be much harder to call.

02-18-2006, 07:00 AM	#14
SDorothy28 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 571 Senior Member	there was an interesting documentary on nhk the other week about the mongolians attempts to invade japan. the mongolians had sent several messages to japan about using kyushu as a staging ground for an assault on southern china. the japanese did not reply to any of their messages which pissed off the mongolians no end so they decided to invade. i think that the first invasion took place in hakkodate. the samurai could see their boats coming in and were waiting on the beach for them. you would think that samurai would have easily defeated the savage mongol hordes but not so. in this encounter the samurai got a real hiding and were defeated. the reason for this was because of the differences in fighting styles. when samurai fought each other it was always 1 on 1. before the fight they would stop to introduce themselves to each other. the mongolians however, didn't care for such niceities and attacked in groups which overwhelmed the samurai. after this first battle the mongolians didn't have enough men or supplies to stay so they left. by the time they returned they had captured the southern part of china. from the northern part they returned with 1000 boats and from the newly captured part 3500. both fleets were to meet at the same time and attack together. but the 3500 boat fleet took a month longer to depart because of the logistics of organising such a large fleet. the 1000 boat fleet arrived first but did not attack right away. the samurai saw them waiting then at night sent out loads of small boats. the samurai then surprised them and were able to board their boats and fight in a small space which meant the mongolians couldn't fight in groups. the samurai killed many of them. the next day i think the mongolians decided to attack but were held back because the japanese archers had a much longer range and prevented them from landing. after a few weeks the 1000 boat fleet ran out of supplies and had to return without waiting for the 3500 boat fleet to arrive. because the large fleet took so long to leave, the weather had changed dramatically when it did and they ran into the rainy season. i think over half off their boats were sunk by typhoons. when both fought with their own advantage, they were successful. if the all off the 4500 mongolian boats had arrived at the same time as planned, i think that they could have overwhelmed the samurai. they also had a formidable cavalry. i think that a fight between samurai and knights would be much harder to call.
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