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- "Chisels for snouts and awls for tongues, iron for hearts and whips for swords, drinking the dew and racing the wind - they go."
– The Secret History of the Mongols
Four Hounds is a unique civic of the Mongolian civilization in Civilization VII.
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The Secret History of the Mongols describes Genghis Khan’s four elite generals as “dogs of war”: “Chisels for snouts and awls for tongues, iron for hearts and whips for swords, drinking the dew and racing the wind – they go.”
Each of the great Khan’s generals – Jebe, Kublai, Jelme, and Subutai – was a master strategist and tactician. Subutai in particular rose above the rest. He lacked the skill with horses of his Mongol compatriots (he was from a Turkic tribe), but made up for that with a focus on tactics. He deployed siege engines to devastating effect and exploited the Mongols’ most effective weapon: fear. Spies sent in advance would spread stories about the Mongols’ ferocity in battle. When coupled with a blistering artillery barrage and a heavy cavalry rush out from a smokescreen, most battles were won before they even began. Subutai himself was responsible for the conquest of Eastern Europe, Russia, and Persian-speaking lands, and his tactics were studied and deployed by Russian generals well into the 20th century.
| Civilization VII Civics [edit] | ||
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| Antiquity | Standard | |
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| Exploration | Standard | |
| Theological | ||
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| Modern | Standard | |
| Ideological | ||
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| 1 Requires DLC | ||
