He Yi Yellow Turbans Ranged Infantry

Men of the Forest

Greedy and exploitative landowners have forced many to resort to poaching their estates for survival, but the Yellow Turbans now give these reluctant outlaws a chance to strike back.

In leather armour fashioned from the skins of their kills, the Men of the Forest employ the very same techniques used when hunting game to conceal themselves on the battlefield, to better ambush unsuspecting enemies by charging them with axes, or pick them off with the deadly accuracy of their bows.

Unit Abilities

• Smoke Screen
  Thick plumes of smoke obscure line of sight, making units seem temporarily invisible.
• Miasma
  The dense and tough undergrowth that plagues the jungles of the South is a hindrance to all those who try to penetrate into the heartlands of the Nanman.
• Loose
  The unit spreads apart, making it more difficult for arrows to hit them.

Attributes

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  This unit can deploy outside the deployment zone.
  
• HIDE IN FOREST
  Can hide in forests.
• IGNORE GROUND TYPE
  Speed penalties caused by the terrain are ignored by this unit.

Strengths & Weaknesses

• Role: skirmishers
  Skirmishers serve to distract and soften up enemy troops, and are almost impossible to run down as they harass their targets.
• Crosses all terrain
  An intimate knowledge of the land enables this unit to move freely across any terrain, whether that means fording rivers, navigating forests or traversing deserts.
• Guerrilla deployment
  These units have the advantage of being able to deploy behind enemy lines to strike at unexpecting targets.