Royal Armies of The Hyborean Age: Army List (Khitai)

jainemake August 28, 2022

Khitai 3000 points

Imperial Banner - Gold "S" shaped dragon on a red field (carried by Imperial Cavalry & Chariots only)

Khitai is rich in both foot and horse archers. The bulk of the non missile Infantry is city based garrison troops which are rated as medium Infantry. A portion of these are pike armed to support the mass of the infantry from nomadic cavalry armies. In addition, the nobility of Khitai provide personal forces of well trained heavy Infantry which could account for up to twenty percent of a field army in the service of Khitai. Thus, the breakdown for the infantry of Khitai would be a s follows:

Light Archers- -LI- -B- -12- 10-20
Regular Foot- -MI- -B- -24- -45-80
Pikemen- -MIP- -B- -24-30- -0-20
Elite Companies- -HI- -A- -24- -10-20

Ancient Chinese figures serve well for archers, medium foot, and especially well for pikemen with bamboo type pikes. The heavy infantry can be Chinese or even more elaborate samurai types. Each unit would have a uniform though their would be no army wide uniform type. The pike armed mediums would tend to wear off white shades while all others would wear pastel colors with their lacquered leather armor in red or black. Units would carry colored banners in colors of their city or noble. This is also their uniform color.

Cavalry would make up 25-30% of an army fielded by Khitai and it would emphasize the horse archers recruited from the nomadic outlying regions of the Empire. These horse archers would wear no uniforms and would really be more militia than regular in training. However, as these forces were born to the saddle, we rank them as regulars in terms of Morale Class.

In addition to these horse archers, Khitai had an elite force of Imperial Heavy Cavalry which was fielded by the Emperor. This could also be supplemented by Regular Heavy Cavalry units from the personal forces of the various nobles. The breakdown for cavalry types is as follows:

Horse Archers- -MC- -B- -12-18- -677
Imperial Cavalry- -HC- -A- -12- -20-33
Regular Cavalry- -HC- -B- -12- -0-13

Figures are available for both Chinese and Japanese heavy cavalry types. Only the heavy cavalry would have uniforms which would vary only by unit with the colors simililar to the uniforms of the foot troops. Some horses would be barded in red or black lacquered armor in leather. Horse archers carry yak tail banners as opposed to banners of heavy cavalry.

In addition to all of the troop types listed, the army of Khitai could field one Chariot for each 1500 points of strength. These chariots could either be light or heavy chariots as described under Chariots in Royal Armies of the Hyborean Age.