Handgrenades, grenade-arrows, dirtbags and horned helmets ― Genghis attacks China

[Mouzafphaerre]

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The latest episode of Genghis Khan has just ended. 49 year old Genghis' now exceeding 100,000 men army waged war upon the allied Jurjet state (Western Xia?) guarding the northwestern borders of China. Assaulting the walls of Xanxi (Xaanxi? which one?) they faced defenders with handgrenades and grenade attached arrows.

Genghis ordered dirtbags to be filled and handed to each cavalryman. At knight, under the foot archers' cover fire, they lifted an artificial mound before the not-high-enough city walls. The cavalry assaulted and the defenders routed.

An interesting detail, all Jurjets were wearing horned helmets.
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[matteus the inbred]

Chinese gunpowder innovation sometimes seemed to know no bounds...i particularly like the one described in Turnbull's Samurai Sourcebook...an iron ball filled with gunpowder and shrapnel with a burning fuse, which was lowered on a big stick into someone's forward trenches...ouch!
this series sounds really good, they've obviously been doing their homework...not sure about the horned helmets though?

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Some episodes before this one were abslute крап, eg the Naimanese court was like out of a bad comedy. They seem to be mostly following The Secret History and the whole series is more of a Genghis saga than an objective documentary. But then, it's made by the Red China Ltd.
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[matteus the inbred]

the Secret History has all sorts of interesting stuff in it, so i've heard.
it sounds definitely like the kind of show i like to watch...!
but then, i don't mind the silly Egyptian hats in RTW either...

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Yea, even the κραππιεστ episodes I watched with enthusiasm and it's virtually the single thing I anticipate on the TV every week!
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[matteus the inbred]

it's funny, i didn't even need to think about what κραππιεστ and крап mean...!