The Mongols. Conquerors of much of Asia by this time and casting hungry glances toward Europe. Masters of the steppe, destroyers of a hundred cities, heirs to the largest empire the world had or has ever seen—lined up against little Goryeo—took seven campaigns and twenty-six years to bring the Koreans to a final negotiating table. Not to conquer them, but to get the King of Goryeo to agree to stop fighting and support the Mongol cause. That’s … well … the word “impressive” just doesn’t quite seem to do it justice. It’s incredible!! And it raises the immediate question in my mind … how?