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MONGOL INFANTRYMAN

An extract from Armies and Enemies of the Crusades 1096-1291
by Ian Heath

[based on Moko Shurai Ekotoba by Takezaki Suenaga]
86.      MONGOL INFANTRYMAN

Although early Mongol armies were exclusively cavalry they gradually came to include a large percentage of infantry recruited from the subject populations of conquered territories, principally Chinese but also Turks, Khwarizmians, Russians and others.

Main weapons appear to have been a long thrusting spear (principally as a defence against horsemen), javelins, bow or crossbow, and a shield could be carried. Others were engineers. This particular figure, from the Mongol Invasion Scroll of 1293, is probably a Chinese auxiliary. He wears helmet and quilted body-armour, probably of felt.



See also 85 Mongol Heavy Cavalryman, 83, 84 Mongol Light Cavalryman, 90 Mongol Standards & 95 Mongol Pony in Armies and Enemies of the Crusades 1096-1291 by Ian Heath

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