[Jasper]

Originally posted by Kristoffer O:
Actually the Barbarian Kings are not primarily inspired by mongols, but the Xiongnu that overtook the Jin dynasty in the fourth century. Much of the bureaucracy of the Han and Jin dynasties were lost. To the Chinese barbarian invasions were probably always experienced as chaotic and unorderly events.

Ah. Good point, and I'm not really sure why Mongols sprung to mind first. Probably because as Keir suggests I was drooling over them. :-)

An army with an incentive to pillage would definitely add variety, so it sounds good to me!