It is always said that the Mongol cavalry defeated 100,000 European knights at the Battle of the Sayo River, which is a wrong view, which can refer to the records of the crusades of the past, and the number of European knights has never exceeded 10,000

It is always said that the Mongol cavalry defeated 100,000 European knights at the Battle of the Sayo River, which is a wrong view, which can refer to the records of the Crusades of the previous dynasties, and the number of European knights has never exceeded 10,000

In the First Crusade (1096), the Crusaders participated in the battle with 30,000 troops, including more than 5,000 knights.

In the Second Crusade (1147), the Crusaders participated in the battle with 35,000 troops, including more than 6,000 knights.

In the Third Crusade (1191), Richard the Lionheart had 11,000 troops, including more than 1,200 knights, and the Strength of the German Army is unknown.

The knight class is a special product of the medieval lordship system, the cost of a knight is very expensive, so the knight does not have the ability to mass produce, the holy war launched by the power of Europe has put together 10,000 knights, according to the "Tinvivo Decree Collection" record, During the time of Charlemagne, a knight's weekday and wartime expenses required at least 300-600 acres of arable land and the fruits of the labor of more than 100 subordinate farmers. The strongest French kingdom in Europe had only 6,000 knights, not to mention a weak country like Hungary, so it can be seen that the defeat at the Battle of the Sayo River was only 100,000 militia, and the Mongol Conquest of the West was unrealistically overly fanciful.