Generals

Temujin (1167 to 1227), crowned as Cinggis Qan in 1206, was a Mongolian warlord. He was a great field commander, but an even greater politician and administrator. He imposed his will on the unruly tribes of Inner Asia like no ruler before or after him. He directed more than 23 military campaigns and fought more than 34 battles. He was defeated 3 times. The military doctrine of his army was essentially the same as that of the Liao/Khitans. Temujin, however, commanded far larger armies and was able to strike with much more power than the Liao/Khitans ever did. Confronted by his massive mounted forces, Xia, Chin, or Khwarizm could not hope to prevail.

‘Were the accounts of all battles, save only those of Genghis Khan, effaced from the pages of history, and were the facts of his campaigns preserved in descriptive detail, the soldier would still posses a mine of untold wealth from which to extract nuggets of knowledge useful in molding an army for future use. The successes of that amazing leader, beside which the triumphs of most other commanders in history pale into insignificance, are proof sufficient of his unerring instinct for the fundamental qualifications of an army.’  
Douglas MacArthur (1934)
 

‘The records suggest that Genghis Khan fought at least 20, perhaps as many as 25, major pitched battles, more than any other Great Captain. Since he lost two of these, his success rate in battle is between 92% and 90%, second only to Napoleon among Great Captains who have been defeated.’  
From Understanding Defeat by T.N. Dupuy