Jiaozhi Tribes Nanman Military Tier 9

Cavalry Contracts

Although the first horses used in warfare pulled chariots, horses have been bred as battle-mounts for centuries. The ancient scholar T'ai Kung claimed that ten cavalrymen can defeat a hundred foot soldiers.
One obvious refinement is to armour the horse, reducing its vulnerability and increasing its effectiveness in a charge. Another is to mount archers on horses, thus making missile troops even more adept at a speedy strike and withdrawal.

Effects

• Cataphract units available for recruitment: +4 (faction-wide)
• Heavy Mounted Archer units available for recruitment: +2 (faction-wide)
• Mounted Archer units available for recruitment: +4 (faction-wide)
• -20% upkeep for cavalry units (faction-wide)
• +5 military supplies (faction-wide)
• +3 starting rank for melee cavalry recruits (faction-wide)
• +3 starting rank for shock cavalry recruits (faction-wide)
• UNLOCKS BUILDINGS: Tribal Horse Host
• UNLOCKS UNITS: Mounted Archers
• UNLOCKS UNITS: Cataphracts
• UNLOCKS UNITS: Heavy Mounted Archers

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