Wusun Empire

Difficulty: hard Winning chance: medium

Faction: Barbarian
Land fields: 477
Starting population: 762,500
Provinces: 2
Cities: 2
Currency: Sun Zi
Growth material: Wood
Starting treasury: 2,000,000
Starting ships: 2
Starting trains: 5

Historical background

The Wusun were a horse people who in the 2nd century BC settled in the Ili valley and around Issyk-Kul north of the Tian Shan, after driving out the Yuezhi with the support of the Xiongnu. The Han envoy Zhang Qian visited them on his second journey (around 119–115 BC); the Han dynasty allied with them against the Xiongnu and sent princesses to their court as brides. They were no great empire: the Han chronicle counts some 630,000 people. The origin and language of the Wusun are unknown.

Strategic overview

The Wusun realm is a vast savanna realm in the north-east with the most wool deposits and many horses. It has no ore and no salt at all: armour and population growth depend on trade.

As a barbarian realm you raise Tribes, up to 5 a month, the last two of them at a surcharge. Your troops are cheaper and more numerous but of lower quality. You can only form a friendship with other barbarian realms.

What to watch

Without ore you cannot make armour points, and almost every troop needs them. Buy ore or armour points before you raise large armies.
No salt: Sogdia has the most of it and is your neighbour.
Your horse and wool deposits lie on open land. Horse and cattle breeding yield more there.
Your light cavalry is numerous and cheap, and the open savanna suits it. China to the south has no fleet and depends on its trains.

Provinces

Province	Land fields	Share of province	Starting population
Sai-Wang	243	100%	336,000
Yue-Chi	234	100%	426,500

Terrain

Terrain	Land fields	Share
Savanna	145	30%
Hill	89	19%
Forest	89	19%
Plain	56	12%
Mountain	40	8%
Steppe	26	5%
Swamp	23	5%
Desert	9	2%

Resource deposits

Resource	Fields
Horses	14
Wool	14
Food	4
Gold	2

Cities

City	Starting building	Province	Position (x / y)
She-Pu-Tscheng	Trade centre	Sai-Wang	125 / 7
Dei-Yan-Sze	Trade centre	Yue-Chi	108 / 11

Army

This realm's legion types and unit types, with its own values. Compare all troops

Legion types

Legion type	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Infantriestamm	MII	LEI	LEI	LEI	LEI	LEI	KRG	KRG	KRG	KRG
Kavalleriestamm	MIR	MIR	LER	LER	LER	LER	LER	LER	KRB	KRB
Kriegerstamm	KRG	KRG	KRG	KRG	KRG	KRG	KRG	KRG	KRG	KRG
Kriegerstamm beritten	KRB	KRB	KRB	KRB	KRB	KRB	KRB	KRB	KRB	KRB

Unit types

No.	Name	Class	MK	HG	Rüpu	EW	SW	Pla	Hil	Stp	Sav	For	Des	Swa	Mtn	FK	RW	Wt.	MP
40	Lanzentruppen	MII	IC	45	2	3	40	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	—	—	200	32
44	Speerwerfertruppen	MII	IB	50	2	3	40	4	3	3	4	2	2	3	3	3	9	200	32
46	Axtkämpfer	MII	IC	45	2	3	40	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	—	—	200	32
55	Schwertkämpfer	MII	IC	40	2	3	40	3	3	4	3	2	3	2	3	—	—	200	32
63	Hunnische Infantrie	LEI	IC	23	1	3	30	3	3	3	4	2	2	2	2	—	—	200	32
68	Bogenschützen	LEI	IB	30	1	3	30	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	14	200	32
69	Schleuderer	LEI	IB	37	1	3	25	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	12	200	32
91	Armbrustschützen	LEI	IB	49	2	3	40	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	14	200	32
92	Plänklertruppen	LEI	IC	25	1	3	30	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	9	200	32
104	Lop-Nor Krieger	KRG	IC	15	1	2	25	3	3	3	4	2	4	3	3	2	9	180	32
107	Bergstammkrieger	KRG	IC	20	0	2	20	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	2	9	180	32
109	Stammeskrieger	KRG	IC	20	0	2	20	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	9	180	32
122	Kataphrakten mounted	SWK	RB	400	14	5	135	12	10	11	12	3	7	2	3	3	14	480	40
128	Kamelkataphrakten mounted	SWK	RB	280	10	4	115	8	7	7	8	3	5	2	2	2	14	480	40
130	Skythische Adelsreiterei mounted	SWR	IA	65	5	4	80	6	5	6	6	2	3	2	3	—	—	450	40
133	Berittene Axtkämpfer mounted	SWR	IB	70	4	3	70	6	5	5	6	3	2	2	3	—	—	450	40
148	Speerwerfer beritten mounted	MIR	IB	35	3	3	50	4	3	3	4	2	3	2	2	3	9	420	40
149	Hunnisches Fürstengefolge mounted	MIR	IA	40	3	3	50	5	5	4	5	3	3	2	2	—	—	420	40
153	Kamellanzenreiter mounted	MIR	IC	30	3	3	50	3	3	4	3	2	5	2	2	—	—	420	40
160	Hunnische Reiterei mounted	LER	IB	22	2	3	30	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	—	—	400	40
162	Berittene Bogenschützen mounted	LER	IB	25	2	3	35	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	14	400	40
164	Dromedarkavallerie mounted	LER	IC	20	1	3	30	3	3	4	3	2	5	2	3	—	—	400	40
167	Wusun Nomaden mounted	LER	IC	15	1	3	25	3	3	4	4	2	2	2	2	3	14	400	40
169	Hsi-Yue Nomaden mounted	LER	IC	20	1	3	25	3	3	4	4	2	2	2	3	—	—	400	40
172	Yue-Tschi Reiter mounted	LER	IC	20	1	3	25	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	—	—	400	40
173	Mongolische Reitervölker mounted	LER	IC	15	1	3	25	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	14	400	40
186	Nomadenstammeskrieger mounted	KRB	IC	25	0	2	20	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	—	—	380	40
187	Uigurische Steppenreiter mounted	KRB	IC	10	1	2	25	3	3	3	4	2	3	2	2	3	14	380	40

MK Moral class · HG Bounty per man · Rüpu Armour points per 25 men · EW Highest experience through training · SW Protection value · FK Ranged combat points · RW Range of ranged combat · Wt. Transport weight per man · MP Movement points · The eight columns in between are the melee points per terrain.