Talk:Steppe Rider/@comment-34254290-20180303035607/@comment-162.222.80.93-20180915153730

The Ming already started to hire Mongols and Jurchens/Manchus as border cavalry, so the presence of steppe riders in Chinese army can be explained.

And besides, Guandao, despite being an iconic Chinese weapon, was not that commonly used on horseback. The Chinese, just like their Mongol neighbors, preferred to use bow and arrows on horseback, followed by lance and sabers.