DBA Armies

IV/73 MING CHINESE 1350 AD - 1598 AD

This list covers Chinese armies from the rise to power of Chu Yuan-chang (who became the first Ming emperor in 1368) until the Korean war. Chinese cavalry mainly used the bow. Cavalry and heavy foot armour was mostly rawhide lamellar, often protected by red or black lacquer. References: Soldiers of the Dragon C. Peers, The Perilous Frontier T.). Barfield, Defending Heaven J. Waterson.

IV/73 — Ming Chinese Army 1350 AD - 1598 AD

List: 1 x General (Cv), 2 x Chinese cavalry (Cv or LH) or Mongol or Jurchen horse archers (LH), 1 x “dare-to-die” swordsmen or halberdiers (3Bd) or javelinmen (Ps), 2 x Chinese halberdiers or similar (4Bd), 2 x Chinese crossbowmen (4Cb) or archers (3Bw), 1 x stone-throwers, bolt-shooters, light guns or bombards (Art), 1 x rocketeers (Art), 2 x southern tribesmen (3Ax or Ps) or Chinese militia (7Hd) or handgunners (Ps)
Terrain: Arable
Aggression: 2
Enemies:
Allies: III/9b or IV/52 or IV/78