jekelof said:Tiberius Decimus Maximus said:The bari-what? Look, I've held a quiverof 20-30 arrows. Not that heavy. If a mongol can have it slung across his back, a viking can have it on his shield
You missed the fact that there would be much of a shield left after being hit 20 times with a mongolian bow.
Tiberius Decimus Maximus said:Well, at the first armed contact between mongols and vikings, probably in the kievan rus, than yes, mongolians would win. But as the vikings have complete control of the sea, how do you suggest they get to the vikings then? See my post a page back. It'll explain.
That doesn't have a lot to do with who'd win does it? If somehow a mongolian force were to invade Scandinavia they probably would be able to gather some sort of ships, probably some sort of cog or other type of simple cargo ship.
Hm. Thought I recalled Vikings carrying two shields. Maybe I was mistaken. And of course it would have a lot to do with who would win. The vikings would obviously win in a naval battle, so the only other option is to go through the frozen northern peninsula. It would be like Napoleans march through Russia. It would decimate the mongol army, so they would be forced to turn back, and, if the vikings had a particularly brilliant commander, they would be waiting for them at the other end of the peninsula, and cut them all down. Thus, viking victory. Of course, on a mongol vs. viking battle, with all the vikings on one side, and all the mongols on the other, of course the mongols would win. They had farking HUNDREDS of thousands of warriors. It wouldn't even be a battle. Be completely unfair. But yes, mongols would win.