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>even European armies
>camp followers
And this is the source of your confusion (and some Anglo historians'). The warfare of the steppes isn't what was in Europe, that get some thugs, have a couple miles stroll and beat up your neighbour's peasants.
I'm not sure when I'll reply next, tomorrow is national holiday and free, but will spend some quality time with family, so not sure how much time I have to it, and this is also pretty long topic.
But here's a primary source which might need to be introduced. Search "Turks" a couple of times. That's how Leo (and/or his neger who supposedly wrote the book) called Hungarians. First you get sporadic hits, then the book spends a section on us through several paragraphs.