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u/Doogie-Howser · 3 pointsr/AskHistorians

A great question. And I can see that there are now two Mongo experts in the field of battle!

Subutai/Tusobodai as he was actually called, overran more territory than any known commander in the history of warfare.^1

He did this through his sheer brilliance in logistical and imaginative strategy. If Genghis Khan was the soul of the Mongolian Empire through its rise. One can argue that it was Subotai who later wielded the sword that allowed the Mongolians to conquer nearly half of Europe, nearly all of Asia and the only nation thus far to have defeated the descendants of the Russian people (The Empire of Rus)

Subutai also used unconventional tactics that at our age would seem very normal and common sense, but Subutai would later be recorded as arguably the very first commander to use Siege weapons in an offensive manner in a non-siege battle. You could almost say that he was the first to use artillery in the ancient world.^2

If you have any more questions I can definitely answer them too!!

It's a great question.

  1. Subutai and his records

  2. Siege Warfare and Subutai's first recorded usage

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u/nickik · 1 pointr/MilitaryHistory

As a a single volume, you might want to read Great Captains Unveiled [1]. There are also very short books about all of these comanders that you can find by just typing there name into amazon, these are often only 50-100 pages.

You can also just read wikipedia if you want even shorter versions.

[1] http://www.amazon.com/Great-Captains-Unveiled-Liddell-Hart/dp/030680686X