[Old Reliable]

Originally Posted by zxcvnm

The mongols used the tatic of razing whole cities to the ground killing and torturing with extreme crulety the man, raping the woman and killing the children sparing none except for two or so to tell the tale to nearby cities. This would strike fear into neighbouring citties that when the mongols came the door would be opened for them.

they raised the Kievan empire until Lithuanians eventually pushed them out