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The Hurch immediately found themselves at war with Tanhai, which interpreted their presence as an intervention by the Khanate in its ongoing conquest of Zuolihi. While surprising for the Hurch, the Ayil Khanate's southern neighbor, the [[Degei Confederation|Degei]], had already been at war with Tanhai and This resulted in the Hurch accepting a status as a confederated tribe under the Zuo banner (a practice which had existed to offset the dwindling Zuo population, but never at the scale which the mass migration of the Hurch allowed). Zuo backing, armoring, and supply allowed the Hurch to organize under several chiefs, from which the charismatic Manggai Edun was elected to lead the Hurch in battle. Alongside the army of Zuo, Huric cavalry reversed and counterinvaded western Tanhai between 1330 and 1350.[[File:Zelnahora.jpg|left|thumb|During of the Battle of Suzho, Huric forces decisively defeated the Tanhese High Sun Army.]]Following records of the early invasion of Tanhai are often contradictory in exact details, but the Hurch successfully instigated revolts against the Tanhese by their northern territories and began to plunder core Tanhese lands. While Manggai and his successor Manggai II avoided direct battle with the Tanhese for the majority of the invasion, instead utilizing their vastly superior mobility to depopulate the agrarian regions of the peninsula, the majority of Zuo's fighting-age men were eventually decisively defeated and mass-executed by the Tanhese High Sun Army in late 1361. The Hurch were forced into a pitched battle with the High Sun Army at Suzho Crossing, but successfully routed the Tanhese cavalry and over several days hunted and killed a large portion of the infantry. Following the battle, Manggai II attacked and forced the capitulation of the city of Tanhai before ordering a weeks-long sack and razing of the central peninsula. | The Hurch immediately found themselves at war with Tanhai, which interpreted their presence as an intervention by the Khanate in its ongoing conquest of Zuolihi. While surprising for the Hurch, the Ayil Khanate's southern neighbor, the [[Degei Confederation|Degei]], had already been at war with Tanhai and This resulted in the Hurch accepting a status as a confederated tribe under the Zuo banner (a practice which had existed to offset the dwindling Zuo population, but never at the scale which the mass migration of the Hurch allowed). Zuo backing, armoring, and supply allowed the Hurch to organize under several chiefs, from which the charismatic Manggai Edun was elected to lead the Hurch in battle. Alongside the army of Zuo, Huric cavalry reversed and counterinvaded western Tanhai between 1330 and 1350.[[File:Zelnahora.jpg|left|thumb|During of the Battle of Suzho, Huric forces decisively defeated the Tanhese High Sun Army.]]Following records of the early invasion of Tanhai are often contradictory in exact details, but the Hurch successfully instigated revolts against the Tanhese by their northern territories and began to plunder core Tanhese lands. While Manggai and his successor Manggai II avoided direct battle with the Tanhese for the majority of the invasion, instead utilizing their vastly superior mobility to depopulate the agrarian regions of the peninsula, the majority of Zuo's fighting-age men were eventually decisively defeated and mass-executed by the Tanhese High Sun Army in late 1361. The Hurch were forced into a pitched battle with the High Sun Army at Suzho Crossing, but successfully routed the Tanhese cavalry and over several days hunted and killed a large portion of the infantry. Following the battle, Manggai II attacked and forced the capitulation of the city of Tanhai before ordering a weeks-long sack and razing of the central peninsula. | ||
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The Hurch were unable to directly populate the entirety of Tanhai, and thus implemented a tributary system similar to that of Zuo - in an ironic twist of fate, including Zuolihi itself. However, the Zuo were not able to repopulate their former homelands, nor had any connection to them in living memory, resulting in the Degei present in the region retaining their lands largely uncontested. Manggai IV, whose power only truly came from his family name, eventually instructed for the foundation of a permanent capital for 'All-Huoxia' at the mouth of the Tangsha River, which became the city of Changsi. Permanent settlement brought with it increased interaction with Daxia, and between the 15th and 17th Centuries, Huoxia fell under the sway of the [[Daxia#Qian Dynasty (1550-1946)|Qian Dynasty]]. | The Hurch were unable to directly populate the entirety of Tanhai, and thus implemented a tributary system similar to that of Zuo - in an ironic twist of fate, including Zuolihi itself. However, the Zuo were not able to repopulate their former homelands, nor had any connection to them in living memory, resulting in the Degei present in the region retaining their lands largely uncontested. Manggai IV, whose power only truly came from his family name, eventually instructed for the foundation of a permanent capital for the 'Empire of All-Huoxia' at the mouth of the Tangsha River, which became the city of Changsi. Permanent settlement brought with it increased interaction with Daxia, and between the 15th and 17th Centuries, Huoxia fell under the sway of the [[Daxia#Qian Dynasty (1550-1946)|Qian Dynasty]], leading to the Manggais being replaced by the Daxia-friendly Abahai Taggi I, after which Huoxia formally became a tributary of the Qian. | ||
====Burgundian Colonial Era==== | ====Burgundian Colonial Era==== | ||