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<p>[QUOTE="Gam3rBlake, post: 7642846, member: 115909"]Eh idk because I don’t think they had ships that could reliably and consistently make such long distance overseas voyages.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even if they did they were skilled on horseback in open plains. The Appalachian Mountains would be a big problem.</p><p><br /></p><p>Plus they’d be fighting after a long sea voyage something Themistocles took advantage of at the Battle of Marathon when he charged his soldiers into Persians (without their land legs) disembarking after a long sea voyage. Oh and remember the Mayflower took months to travel from London to Plymouth and this would be even further.</p><p><br /></p><p>They’d also have to leave most of their horses behind. Afterall the boat can’t be completely full of hay to feed them and boat space is extremely limited. The men need food and a place to sleep.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>They’d be going up against the Indians who know their land like the back of their hand and how to live off of it. Heck even the Brits needed help to survive (and they weren’t even fighting a war just founding a colony) and the Indians already had their own horses and were proficient in hunting and fighting on horseback.</p><p><br /></p><p>Millions of Indians would win for sure against less than 100,000 sea sick Mongols on foot.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gam3rBlake, post: 7642846, member: 115909"]Eh idk because I don’t think they had ships that could reliably and consistently make such long distance overseas voyages. Even if they did they were skilled on horseback in open plains. The Appalachian Mountains would be a big problem. Plus they’d be fighting after a long sea voyage something Themistocles took advantage of at the Battle of Marathon when he charged his soldiers into Persians (without their land legs) disembarking after a long sea voyage. Oh and remember the Mayflower took months to travel from London to Plymouth and this would be even further. They’d also have to leave most of their horses behind. Afterall the boat can’t be completely full of hay to feed them and boat space is extremely limited. The men need food and a place to sleep. They’d be going up against the Indians who know their land like the back of their hand and how to live off of it. Heck even the Brits needed help to survive (and they weren’t even fighting a war just founding a colony) and the Indians already had their own horses and were proficient in hunting and fighting on horseback. Millions of Indians would win for sure against less than 100,000 sea sick Mongols on foot.[/QUOTE]
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