Min-Xiaodongese War

Second Lion-Dragon War
Part of Volatile Century
File:KahavanDevastation.jpg Kahavan after the siege
Date 13th March 1929 - 26th June 1939 Location Min Xiaodong Result Min victory Execution of Sirukala Reclamation of lost territory Treaty of Baiqiao Thianchin divided between East and West Corrective Revolution
Belligerents
Min File:Flag of thianchin.png Thianchin Sakarist and Royalist Militias	Xiaodong1 File:Minflagwithoutborders.png Independent Min
Commanders and leaders
Cindong III Camavukas Pacang Si Maraos Si Kagozagozang File:Flag of thianchin.png Jiâu Kiûnchiau	Shanrong Emperor † Taiyi Emperor Lu Keqian File:Minflagwithoutborders.png Sirukala (Sibari II)
Strength
220,000 Soldiers File:Flag of thianchin.png 12,000 Soldiers Unknown number of loyalist militias	File:Flag of Xiaodong (1876-1951).png ?????? soldiers
1Xiaodong was from 1929-1933 governed as the Heavenly Xiaodongese Empire. From 1933-1938 the State of Xiaodong fought in the conflict whilst from 1933-1939 the Auspicious Republic of Xiaodong co-currently fought in the conflict.

The Min-Xiaodongese War (Xiadongese: 閩晓战争 mǐnxiǎo zhànzhēng Pala: ପେଜ଼ାଙ୍ଗ ନ ମିଇଁ ଏକ ବୈକୁଁଗଂ pezang no min a ka bakungan) was a military conflict in Borea between the State of Min and Xiaodong that lasted from the Siege of Kahavan in 1929 to the Northward March in 1939. It was the former's first major conflict in the modern era.

Animosity between the two countries were abound ever since Min's defeat in the earlier Great Borean War in 1883, amplified only by later expansionist policies and rhetoric from the Xiaodongese Empire. Influencing intrigue in Lion Queen Kalajaya's court, the Xiaodongese managed to acquire the trust of Sirupati, sister to then-princess Ta'opati, who was contesting for the succession to the throne. When Ta'opati was enthroned as Queen Cindong III, Sirukala--with Xiaodongese support--seceded her noble domains of Devimaha and enthroned herself as pretender, declaring the beginning of the Dharmic Northern Era and accordingly dubbing herself as Sibari II.

The war was considered both a civil conflict and reconquest among the Min. The conflict is regarded by contemporary historians as an important moment in solidifying current diplomatic and power relations within East Borea and Lahudica. One of such long-lasting effects of the war is the division of Thianchin (a long-time disputed territory between Min and Xiaodong) between the Xiaodongese-controlled East and the Min-controlled West.

Prelude to war

Main article: Great Borean War

A corrupt Court of Colors and an ineffective Monarchy became the major factors for the lack of ample defense and retaliation during the taking of Thianchin by the Xiaodongese in 1883. The intrusion of the Xiaodongese Imperial Army to Thianchin was met with late reply from the Lion's Regal Army, facing the Imperial forces that already established a firm foothold over the region. Marred with conflicting interests with the Chancellery and the Queen, the retaking of Thianchin turned out to be a total failure. Faced with over a hundred thousand casualties (worst loss of the Army in 500 years) and enroaching Xiaodongese influence, the Lion Queen Vahocirin yielded and signed a concession treaty.

Such a relatively quick and easy annexation of territory was a major humiliation to the Min and a major factor in the country's social demoralization.

Rift in the Royal Family

Sirukala part of the radical side, also a bit angry and crazy. Has an argument with her mother Kalajaya and her sister Ta'opala.

[Kalajaya abdicates, Ta'opati enthroned as Cindong III, Sirukala lividly salty since she's the eldest. Cindong orders an overhaul of the state bureaucracy, replacing nobles with Narmadi and Monic technocrats, the Tayapati period]

First phase of the war

The Dragon Crowns the Lion-Empress

File:CindongIII.jpg

Believing that further conflict would cause more chaos, Cindong III acted against her advisors' wishes and opted to talk to her sister and rival.

Main article: Alas Min

In response, Sirukala rebels from the House of Sibari after meeting with XXX, dignitary to the Xiaodongese Emperor in Baiqiao. Held in secret, Sirukala and the XX Emperor (represented by XX) forged a pact to attack Sijang in exchange for the Lion Throne as a satellite state of Baiqiao. Sirukala herself held intentions of invading the Matengese kingdoms, Lonavala and the Southern March of Narmada. Xiaodongese resources, she believed, would be the key

It wasn't long until Cindong and the Orchid Office discover her sister's treachery, in which the tayapati advised her to assassinate Sirukala. Knowing of Sirukala's unstable temperament and the fact that Min is in no position to wage war with Xiaodong, Cindong opted to negotiate privately with Sirukala...

[Sijang government looked to negotiate with Sirukala , gets replied with "fuck you" after a couple of years and with Xiao support invades southward. Kahavan and the capital get fucked over, displacing the royal government. Sirukala allows freedom of movement and activity for Xiao army away in exchange of political and military support, actively persecuting and killing dissidents and solar government royalists (the latter which happens to be a lot of people). "Independent State of Min" essentially a puppet of Baiqiao]

Siege of the Holy Cities

Main article: Battle of Sijang and Kahavan

the reason it's called seven bloody sorrows. After bodying Kahavan (Sijang's first line of defense) the Solar Monarchs evacuate south as Sirukala crowns herself as Min Empress Sibari II, supported by her own clique of priestesses. Her breakaway polity's center of power is still up north, however. Massacres on loyalists and dissidents begin, the Militias become a patchwork of guerilla paramilitaries (hukbalahap shit)

Second phase

The Northward March

Main articles: Northward March and Xiaodongese Civil War

The eruption of civil war in Xiaodong prompted the remaining Min forces to retake the northern territories and attack straight into the heart of the enemy. Dubbed the northward march, Min forces and allies consolidated at Sijang...

Retaking of Thianchin, rise of the Separatists (Cindong being diplomatic with them as leverage against the Xiaodongese factions)

Third phase

Main article: Xiaodongese Civil War

The civil war in Xiaodong would see the rise of the National Salvation Army under the leadership of Liu Keqiang. Slowly losing the upper hand...

Lu's forces managed to push back the Min from East Thianchin. Sijang needing to deal with rebuilding the country and the growing fatigue of the Royal Army, support for the three separatists slowly waned, though the Lion's Army managing to defend West Thianchin from the NSA. With the consolidation of power in Rongzhuo and a ceasefire agreement signed in 1938, the separatist forces folded, uniting Xiaodong and in turn ending the Lion-Dragon War altogether.

Aftermath and Legacy

The war redefined the balance of power in southeastern Borea. With the eclipse of the earlier Xiaodongese Empire and the reconstitution of both Min and Senria (which fought its own war with Xiaodong). The war was credited for affecting both sides' politics and society, [Corrective revolution and Lu Keqiang] and the [Tay'usa's devolution and min democracy]. Devastation in the war rolled back development in Min, only regaining ground in the mid-1956...

The ceasefire agreement in 1939 essentially partitioned Thianchin into two entities [...] Today, the border between East and West Thianchin is one of the most heavily guarded in the world.

See also

• Senrian-Xiaodongese War
• Great Borean War
• Volatile Century
• Min-Xiaodong Relations