Hi DickerThomas:
Bow was main weapon for militia garrison"卫所兵“,uniform as my sixth master ,little or no armour . Their morale was low, so fighting capacity is very low, Ming bow were better at range but low power to Japanese bow.
Liaodong border region armymen, most of them has a bow and arrow, others used Three eye blunderbuss , blunderbuss also was blunt-melee weapon.
"not so easy to get many info's about this period and uniforms from the Ming-Chinese Army "
Sad~~~~This topic is so heavy.
Because of the later Qing dynasty , we, Han nationality were conquered by Manchu , the Jurchen , they smeared history, delete a lot of information , force us keep long braids , destroyed our 4000 year's dress culture........Regardless of whether we confirm or deny, history will exist forever.
I had some pictures may help you , if you interested, tell me your email address please....