Hmm I guess the invading Tartars would have swept up horde like and never mind the grand avenue up to the palace.

As for Carcassonne? It was fortress like on a hill, and I'm guessing the road wasn't wide. So yeah they'd have kept circling. ^_^ By the way the Tartars didn't get that far did they? They turned back at Hungary or Poland if I recall correctly?

Sadly I couldn't tell you about Japan.