User blog comment:HistoryBuffz/Roman Army vs Han Army/@comment-28716800-20190325104856

Hi there, here’s some further issues regarding the Han Army here.


 * Sword & Spear choices seem fine, although a minor nitpick is that Han soldiers  used Huǎn Shǒu Dāo, a specific type of Dao sword, as their main choice of sword.


 * Bow section: Seems fine to me.


 * Formation:I’m not quite sure which type of weapon are you referencing here due to the fact that Ji is also a general term applied to various weapons in Chinese.


 * X-factors: This is section is problematic, because the Han Army, being the military force of such a vast empire, consists of various factions. Some factions are required to remain at the northern border all year round to defend the country from constant raids from the barbarians. However, some other factions, as you mentioned, are conscripted troops with low competence that struggle to hold on against domestic bandits.