It seems to me that Bourchard Brentje's assumption that a portion of the Wu-Sun acted exclusively as the armored core of Mao-dun's armies is better expressed by hypothesizing that the better equipped retinues of the newly assimilated tribes formed that core - particularly in the light of the persistent Hsiung-nu warfare with factions of the Wu-Sun after the Wu-Sun migrated west under the K'un-mo. Moreover, ally is the wrong concept. Loosely affiliated subordinate more closely expresses the concept.

Era: Age of Empires		Hsiung-Nu with Subordinated Nomads - 80-100 A.D.*	< colspan=2> CR: H: 3 L: 6		BP: 2	Init: 6
Core
Number	Type	Description	Key	FV	PROT	Weapon	Cost
1	HC	Bodyguard (Retinue)	Key	5(0)0	+2	Various/bows	15
2	LC	Nomads	Key	2(0)0	+1	Various/bows	8
4	LC	Nomads	Key	1(0)0	+1	Bows	6
Bonus:
1	HC	Bodyguard	Key	4(0)0	+1	Various/bows	12
6	LC	Nomads	Key	2(0)0	+1	Various/bows	8
8	LC	Nomads	Key	1(0)0	+1	Bows	6
		Subordinated Nomad Allies**
1	HC	Subordinated Nomad	Key	5(1)0	+2	Various/bows	15
2	HC	Subordinated Nomad	Key	4(0)0	+1	Various/bows	12
4	LC	Subordinated Nomad tribesmen	Key	1(0)0	+1	Bows	6

Terrain:

Core: 1 GR

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

Notes:

Core: 97 Bonus: 159

* Bourchard Brentje in his book, Arms and Armor of the Saka and Central Asian Nomads attributes Mao-dun's success against the Chinese and others to a core of armored cavalry formed by recently conquered tribes. He expressly quotes a Chinese source which says that the such tribes had bronze breastplates for their horses. These tribes would include Wu-Sun, Tung Hu, Hun-yu, Ch'iang, Ch-u-yi, Ting-ling, Ko-k'un, and Hsin-li together with small numbers of assimilated Yueh-chih although most Yueh-chih either migrated or remained hostile to the Hsiung-nu.

**There must be at least one subordinated nomad LC unit for every subordinated nomad heavy cavalry unit.

Ordo Link: Information on this list can be found on the general Hsiung Nu thread.

Last Edited: 26 April 2005

List Author: Subodai