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Originally Posted by LeoXiao
I think Japan would have been difficult to deal with. It's on islands, so reinforcement on the part of the Mongols is more costly. And its people are warlike and prone to put up obstinate resistance. The Mongol troops might take Kyushu and then get annoyed to death by samurai ambushing them in the mountains. They might stay there for several years and then get driven out.
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Yes, but keep in mind that this is the late 1200s, Samurai, as we know them, did not yet exist. The Samurai were not so skilled in warfare at this stage, I would say.