1. MONGOLS WAR TACTICS
A Children’s Story by Ally Wolf

2. Once upon a time, there lived a young Mongol warrior
named Paul who was training to fight for Genghis
Khan.

3. Genghis Khan hoped to take over all Asia so he only
wanted the best of the best. Paul hoped to be the
best

4. Paul was first assigned to a tumen (group of 10,000)
men. Genghis Khan used the decimal system to
organize his soldiers.

5. Transfers between units was absolutely forbidden so
Paul could not complain!

6. As Paul began training, he heard of the keshig, an
elite group that had the honor of guarding the
Mongol Empire.

7. Genghis always divided local tribes up into different
units to avoid alliances so Paul had to make all new
friends.

8. Paul’s favorite part of being in the Mongol army was
having the horses.

9. Each Mongol received three to four horses so that
they could travel quickly for days at a time.

10. Even the horses had armor which protected
vulnerable areas such as the forehead.

11. Paul thought the neatest thing about the horses was
the fact that they were used in a postal mail system
across the whole empire!

12. Early on, Paul learned he had a skill for archery.
When the armor was too tough for arrows to pierce,
Paul would shoot at the horses.

13. One interesting training practice that Paul was able to
participate in was hunting on a steppe.

14. A unit practiced teamwork and battle skills by
encircling a herd of animals and killing them.

15. Overall, Paul loved being a part of the Mongol army
and working for Genghis Khan!

16. WORKS CITED
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_military_tactics_
and_organization
 http://fourriverscharter.org/projects/Inventions/page
s/centralasia_mongolstrategy.htm