Given their other achievements in horsemanship, I'm not convinced the Mongols couldn't train them to climb ladders.

Are we ignoring the horse that's using the bow in the background?

the chinese wall isn't to keep invaders out but to not let them escape once they're in, so your army can chase and slaughter them more easily. that threat is probably more significant than them not getting in in the first place.

basically the invaders were often horse-riders, and as such speed was their primary strength. if you build walls, you slow them down, and therefore take their biggest advantage away.

Big ramp

Harder to get the horses over, though

The wall was to stop horses of The Golden Horde

JUST USE A LADDER

Well go get one and show us simpleminded idiots how it’s done, then. Otherwise, put your head in the guillotine.

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