This international comment from Uncle Mu will talk about a historical topic - Mongols almost conquered the Eurasian continent back then, but why did not conquer Japan?
This is indeed true: Genghis Khan and his descendants have never occupied islands on the sea.
not only did not conquer Japan, but also tried to invade Indonesian , which is today Java Island , but it was actually failed by the local semi-indigenous people.
So the Mongols really can't fight at sea.
This may be two reasons.
This aspect is because they have lived in the desert for a long time, are a nation on the back of horses on the grassland, and are not good at water wars at all. Not to mention conquering the sea, it is difficult to fight in the river.
This is also why the Mongolians sent two so-called expeditionary forces to Japan back then, which were basically mainly the Song Dynasty and Goryeo . The Mongolians themselves do not have much experience and ability in this regard.
On the other hand, they are in the area where they fought, which is far away from the sea. For example, the Northwest Plateau, the Caucasus region, etc.
Later in the European part, the descendants of Mongolian occupied the areas near Black Sea , such as Crimean Peninsula , etc., but they did not have a particularly long-term rule.
Overall, the ruling areas of Mongolia are generally dominated by inland. This is closely related to their living habits and long-term habits.
Mongolia's expedition to Japan was actually one time when it had already landed on Japanese archipelago , but later it could not adapt to the local environment. Coupled with Japan's tenacious resistance, I encountered typhoon , and finally returned.
Another time, he didn't log in at all. When fighting against Japan, he encountered a typhoon again, and the result was heavy losses, which was equivalent to basically being blown back by the wind. This is why the Japanese created a so-called " kamikaze special attack team " during World War II, which is to copy the history of defeating Mongolia. 800 years have passed, Japan is still showing off its defeat of Mongolia.
did not conquer Japan, and it also became the most regrettable war between Mongolia and the Yuan Dynasty. After that, the Emperor of the Mongol Yuan mentioned this point many times, and seemed very annoyed but helpless.
Because the Japanese were superstitious at that time, they said that the wind that blows away the Mongolians was the "divine wind".
If Mongolia could occupy Kyushu at that time and use this as a base to attack Japan's Honshu area, Japan would easily be destroyed by Mongolia. Of course, it will also become a vassal state of Mongolia.
If this assumption becomes history, there should be nothing worth rewriting for Mongolia and Asia-European history, but for Japan, it is definitely a major event that rewrites their history.
You should know that Japan is the only royal family in the world that the emperor system has been retained for more than 2,000 years without being cut off. The reason is that there are no foreign enemies invading and ruling Japan. It is precisely because of this that Japanese culture is well maintained and basically not cut off.
If Mongolia can eventually enter Japan, there is no doubt that Japanese culture will face a certain degree of interruption.
Especially in accordance with the habit of the Mongols conquering a region and destroying their royal family, the Japanese emperor system may be stopped. It is a problem for who will recover in the future. Japan will be in a long-term dispute.
In addition, Mongolia's systems and customs will seriously affect Japanese society. Even Mongolian race and local Japanese living together will eventually change the population attributes of the Yamato nation.
If Japan does not have a nominal emperor for a long time and becomes divided, it is a question whether there can be similar reform measures for the modern Meiji Restoration. Not to mention World War II later.
