The passage reinforces the idea that the Mongols used strategy in conquering other areas. The passage highlights the tactics used by the Mongols in conquering areas such as spreading panic among the local populace, forging letters to create mistrust, and promising life and property to those who offered no resistance. The passage also mentions the use of terrible destruction and bloody examples to spread fear and reduce the populace's will to resist.The correct option is (A) the Mongols used strategy in conquering other areas.
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