Art De La Guerre

[Janos Hunyadi]

Minor Question

ref the pre 1275AD and post 1275AD options

AT the top of the list are Mongol Horsemen

MC / LC BOW with Elite option before 1275AD

But farther down under the "From 1275" list

It says

Replace all Mongol Horsemen with

MC / LC Bow

Why ?, what is the difference between MC/LC Bow and MC/LC Bow ?

Are they Native Chinese Horsemen of average quality, or are they Still Mongol Horse of lesser quality.

Is this just an errata, or are they something other than Mongols

[Commodore]

Before 1275, all horsemen are considered to have a mongol origin with elite option.
Starting with 1275, the global China conquest, a progressive integration of a more "Chinese" origin of the Yuan manpower had probably occurred, mainly due to the fragmentation of the mongol unity into rivals entities. Those recruits were probably not as motivated as their "native" Mongols comrades. I think it is what El Kreator wanted to integrate in the list.
The only (but important) consequence is the elite option who is no more available.
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[Janos Hunyadi]

Well, its more related to the figure representation really, should I use mongol cavalry or native Chinese cavalry

[Snowcat]

They're Mongols. The downgrade "reflects settlement in areas unsuitable for horse breeding, the unfortunate results of which are attested by contemporaries". Note this downgrade does not affect the Khan's guardsmen - they remained equally unaffected in the original DBM list.

So that solves that.

Cheers
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