DBA Armies

II/63 THREE KINGDOMS & WESTERN TS’IN (CHIN) CHINESE 189 AD - 316 AD

After the Han lost power, China was dominated by rival warlords. The survivors were the “Three Kingdoms”, namely Wei in the north, Wu in the southeast and Shu Han in the southwest. Wei conquered Shu Han in 263. Ssu-ma Yen seized power and proclaimed the Ts’in (Chin) dynasty in 266 and conquered Wu in 280. This “Western Ts’in” dynasty broke up in civil wars. After 304 AD barbarian peoples set up their own kingdoms in the north, and by 316 the Ts’in were completely ejected from northern China, the refugees then setting up a new “Eastern Ts’in” regime in the south. Most cavalry had lances; some had bows, but whether in addition or instead is unclear. Horse-armour is occasionally mentioned but was probably not common. References: Imperial Chinese Armies C. Peers, Slingshots 150,151.

II/63 — Three Kingdoms or Western Ts’in (Chin) Chinese Army 189 AD - 316 AD

List: 1 x General (Cv), 1 x cavalry with lance and/or bow (Cv) or southern tribesmen (3Wb), 1 x horse archers (LH) or southern tribesmen (3Wb), 2 x halberdiers (4Bd), 1 x spearmen (4Ax), 3 x crossbowmen (4Cb) or archers (4Bw), 1 x archers (Ps), 1 x halberdiers (4Bd) or dare-to-die swordsmen (3/4Bd) or carts with archers and crossbowmen (WWg), 1 x bolt-shooters or rope-pull stone-throwers (Art) or tribal horse archers (LH)
Terrain: Arable
Aggression: 1
Enemies:
Allies: II/21a or II/21b or (II/38a and/or II/61a)