Peasant Archers

are a missile infantry unit introduced in Total War: Warhammer III.
== Recruitment ==
* Unlocked with: Hamlet, Bastion Gatehouse or Wei-Jin (Tower)
== Description ==
In Grand Cathay, archery, and the use of missile weapons, is traditionally the domain of women. Though men can, and do, make up some of the empire’s missile troops – most notably those who wield the gunpowder weapons of the Great Bastion – the majority of archers and crossbow troops are female. This is the work of the Moon Dragon Quai Yin, herself an exceptional archer, who has for centuries encouraged girls across Cathay to master the art of bow and crossbow, as well as blessing their efforts with her magic.
== Attributes ==
== Strategy ==
Like their spearmen counterparts, these archers can be recruited from any settlement and for their cost are really not bad, particularly receiving harmony bonus as they should. What they lack in quality they make up for in quantity and will quickly wittle away unarmored opponents bogged down by your frontline. In a pinch they can be thrown at a flanker to spare more valuable units with few regrets. Their main drawback is that Crossbowmen are unlocked at Tier 2, and so they are very quickly outclassed. 
Notably the Stalker attribute is available to them via research, so they can also be used as a rather surprising and expendable harasser unit.