Is it possible to find common features in the military purposes of knights and Mongols?

Common features for their military purposes were the seizure of land, as well as the establishment of their own orders. True, if the Mongols succeeded, then the knights were thrown back. This is due to the fact that the Mongols had huge troops, and the knightly armies were small. Thus, in the 1240s, Prince Nevsky was able to repel the threat from the west and preserve the independence of the Novgorod land. True, at the same time he was forced to recognize the power of the khan.