Unlike most other peoples ​ — of whom only a small percentage were trained and equipped for warfare — ​ virtually every Mongol male with a horse and a bow was a tough and ferocious warrior.
Citās tautās parasti tikai neliela daļa cilvēku bija apmācīti un bruņoti karavīri, turpretī mongoļiem ikviens vīrietis, kam bija zirgs un loks, bija nenogurdināms un draudīgs karotājs.