This list represents the later more urbanised Central Asian Turkish armies that fought each other, the Later T'ang & early Sung Chinese, Tibetans, Silk Road States and Abbassid Arab armies between the 6th and 9th Centuries.

It covers the armies of the following tribes:

Western Turks (Blue Turks)

Later T'u-chueh (Eastern Turks)

T'u-yu-hun

As the tribes had greater contact with their 'civilised' neighbours their tactics changed, becoming more 'close-combat' orientated and the quantities of armour increased.

As with the early Central Asian Turk this list encompasses the following Geographical Boundaries:

Lake Balkhash in the northwest; Herat/Samarqand in the west; Tibetan plateau in the south; and the main Chinese Yellow River border in east.

Era: Triumph of Cavalry		Central Asian Turk (Urbanised)	CR: H: 3 L: 5			BP: 2	Init: 7
Core
Number	Type	Description	Key	FV	PROT	Weapon	Cost
1	HC		X	4[1]0	+1	Lance/bows	12
3	LC		X	2[0]0	+1	Various/bows	8
3	LC		X	1[0]0	+1	Bows etc	6
Bonus:
2	HC		X	5[1]0	+2	Lance/bows	15
4	HC		X	4[1]0	+1	Lance/bows	12
1	LC		X	3[0]0	+1	Lance/bows	10
6	LC		X	2[0]0	+1	Various/Bows	8
2	LC		X	1[0]0	+1	Bows etc	6

Terrain:

Core: 1 GR

Bonus: (Max: 2 ) 2 GR; 1SH

Notes:

Core: 95 Bonus: 148

This is the variant of the armies that were more territorial conquest orientated. They were geared up for anticipated hard-fighting & pitched battles but still with a lot of LC.

For each Bonus HC FV5, an equal number of HC FV4 must also be bought.

Ordo Link: Central Asian Turks

Last Edited: 28 March 2006

List Author: Aetius