But if you were a good soldier and followed orders you would be promoted.His army also had the advantage of speed and distance. Most people in the Asian area were unified bands and not real fighters or skilled tacticians, which meant they usually relied on numbers to win. This would not work on Genghis Khan's army because they had horses and bows which means they can keep their distance and slowly destroy the opposing army. Another reason Genghis Khan was so successful was because he knew the psychology of his opponents. If a village or town under his control rebelled, he would usually kill them brutally to make sure that the other villages understood what would happen if they rebelled. In the later parts of his campaign, when he already had enough men and money, he just went for land. He made it clear that if you didn't surrender, your friends and family would be killed. This fear of Genghis Khan made most of the villages surrender, which helped increase the Mongolian empire without losing troops. But if he had to use his army he would and he was good at