Opinion/Editorial

Why need to conquer?

Kublai Khan has just got his army and is going to try to conquer Japan again. He already killed thousands of soldiers on the first attack and failed. Now he is going to try again. He should stop that isn’t the right choice because more soldiers will die. It will also be hard to control a huge empire.

There is no need to invade because its more hard work for Kublai Khan. The Mongol Empire is already the largest empire in history. If Kublai Khan conquers Japan the empire will get bigger and it will be harder to control. If it is harder to control, the empire might fall apart. When Kublai Khan first tried to invade Japan thousands of soldiers died from a typhoon that that they ran into. If they try again another storm can happen because in nature anything can happen.

Although conquering Japan would make the empire even larger and also more powerful. If the territory of the Mongol empire gets bigger then it would be harder for invaders to invade the area. Because the territory is huge then they will have lots of people living in it. So then they will have a bigger and powerful army. So conquering Japan would get the Mongols more people to join the army and more land for their empire. But that doesn’t mean the powerful army and more territory would keep the Mongol Empire running for years. The emperor would then have to do more work to control the people and how everything in the empire should be run.

Kublai should have never thought of attacking Japan. He should have thought straightly about what he is doing is right. There is no need to kill thousands of soldiers for something he doesn’t need.