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In 1609 the first explorers from [[Daxia]] arrived in the shores of western [[Ixa'Taka]] during a period in which Varshani presence had been pushed back south. After securing their foothold on the island of [[Cao]] and clearing it of pirates, the [[Daxia]]ns sailed eastwards and came in contact with [[Quetzenkel]] and [[Varshan]]. The latter were particularly unwelcoming of the strange looking, yellowish dignitaries and ordered them to leave. On [[Ixa'Taka]] however they were gladly received with honors as a possibly ally against [[Varshan]], against who the War of Serrated Teeth still raged. The Ixa'Takans were eager for an alliance for word of the defeat of the pirate lords of [[Cao]] were welcome news all around the Nysdra. The [[Daxia]]ns required land for ''some small settlements'' and ''gold trinkets of some value'' before agreeing to getting involved. [[Daxia]]n requirements were vaguely worded on purpose, the definition of the word 'some' would be stretched as necessary to filch the Ixa'Takans of as much as possible. The [[Pinghai]] Compact obliged [[Daxia]] to aid [[Ixa'Taka]] and to a lesser extent [[Chimoche]] in their struggle to retain their independence from [[Varshan]] in exchange for the aforementioned boons. The compact did not specify what form [[Daxia]]n aid would take, the locals possibly expected immediate dispatchment of [[Daxia]]n troops, the Qian were planning no such thing and instead transported guns and offered to train the forces of the Umatz in their use. The use of firearms was a turning point in the War of Serrated Teeth, forcing back a [[Varshan]] that lacked similar technology. In the last year of the war, the [[Daxia]]ns participated actively in the field of battle with its cavalry. The horse was unknown in [[Varshan]]'s domains and they frightened its warriors, cavalry charges were used to great effect. The War of Serrated Teeth ended with [[Varshan]] retreating from all traditional Chimor and Ixa'Takan lands and stopping its slave Hunts but there never was a peace treaty concluded between the sides. | In 1609 the first explorers from [[Daxia]] arrived in the shores of western [[Ixa'Taka]] during a period in which Varshani presence had been pushed back south. After securing their foothold on the island of [[Cao]] and clearing it of pirates, the [[Daxia]]ns sailed eastwards and came in contact with [[Quetzenkel]] and [[Varshan]]. The latter were particularly unwelcoming of the strange looking, yellowish dignitaries and ordered them to leave. On [[Ixa'Taka]] however they were gladly received with honors as a possibly ally against [[Varshan]], against who the War of Serrated Teeth still raged. The Ixa'Takans were eager for an alliance for word of the defeat of the pirate lords of [[Cao]] were welcome news all around the Nysdra. The [[Daxia]]ns required land for ''some small settlements'' and ''gold trinkets of some value'' before agreeing to getting involved. [[Daxia]]n requirements were vaguely worded on purpose, the definition of the word 'some' would be stretched as necessary to filch the Ixa'Takans of as much as possible. The [[Pinghai]] Compact obliged [[Daxia]] to aid [[Ixa'Taka]] and to a lesser extent [[Chimoche]] in their struggle to retain their independence from [[Varshan]] in exchange for the aforementioned boons. The compact did not specify what form [[Daxia]]n aid would take, the locals possibly expected immediate dispatchment of [[Daxia]]n troops, the Qian were planning no such thing and instead transported guns and offered to train the forces of the Umatz in their use. The use of firearms was a turning point in the War of Serrated Teeth, forcing back a [[Varshan]] that lacked similar technology. In the last year of the war, the [[Daxia]]ns participated actively in the field of battle with its cavalry. The horse was unknown in [[Varshan]]'s domains and they frightened its warriors, cavalry charges were used to great effect. The War of Serrated Teeth ended with [[Varshan]] retreating from all traditional Chimor and Ixa'Takan lands and stopping its slave Hunts but there never was a peace treaty concluded between the sides. | ||
While the war was drawing down [[Daxia]] turned back to its new holdings in the Shengoi peninsula where it constructed the fort city of [[Pinghai]] as the first of many spots deemed desirable for settlement. Over the next decades the Daxians would rapidly expand through the peninsula, creating new settlements and bringing in larger waves of settlers. In 1645 the Daxian settlements were organized into the [[Pinghai]] Department and Wen Rong was appointed as the first Governor General. Wei Rong was highly disdainful of the [[Chimoche]] and [[Ixa'Taka]]ns and endeavored to secure more agricultural land at their expense. The Chimor under king Falcao IV fought back at these attempts, starting the first Qian-Chimor War. The Chimor achieved some early tactical victories but the arrival of reinforcements from [[Cao]] turned the war against them and they were forced to negotiate, having to surrender all Chimor territory up to the Urgall Depression and thus losing the access to the Nysdra Sea they had previously possessed. Following the war, the Daxians began using tactics meant to sow division among the nobilities of [[Chimoche]]. They bribed several important noble families and bankrolled the overthrow of Falcao IV and his replacement by his uncle, Tamazro. Tamazro was not accepted by the cities of eastern Chimoche and a civil war over the throne went on for twelve years until Tamazro's death and the enthronement of Falcao IV's son, Tizroc III, who was a minor at the time. The constant infighting and a tactical alliance between [[Daxia]] and [[Ixa'Taka]] led to the Second Qian-Chimor War in 1712, Chimoche was soundly defeated and most of its territory was occupied by [[Daxia]]. King Tizroc V and the royal clan were interned in [[Pinghai]], this would be known as the | While the war was drawing down [[Daxia]] turned back to its new holdings in the Shengoi peninsula where it constructed the fort city of [[Pinghai]] as the first of many spots deemed desirable for settlement. Over the next decades the Daxians would rapidly expand through the peninsula, creating new settlements and bringing in larger waves of settlers. In 1645 the Daxian settlements were organized into the [[Pinghai]] Department and Wen Rong was appointed as the first Governor General. Wei Rong was highly disdainful of the [[Chimoche]] and [[Ixa'Taka]]ns and endeavored to secure more agricultural land at their expense. The Chimor under king Falcao IV fought back at these attempts, starting the first Qian-Chimor War. The Chimor achieved some early tactical victories but the arrival of reinforcements from [[Cao]] turned the war against them and they were forced to negotiate, having to surrender all Chimor territory up to the Urgall Depression and thus losing the access to the Nysdra Sea they had previously possessed. Following the war, the Daxians began using tactics meant to sow division among the nobilities of [[Chimoche]]. They bribed several important noble families and bankrolled the overthrow of Falcao IV and his replacement by his uncle, Tamazro. Tamazro was not accepted by the cities of eastern Chimoche and a civil war over the throne went on for twelve years until Tamazro's death and the enthronement of Falcao IV's son, Tizroc III, who was a minor at the time. The constant infighting and a tactical alliance between [[Daxia]] and [[Ixa'Taka]] led to the Second Qian-Chimor War in 1712, Chimoche was soundly defeated and most of its territory was occupied by [[Daxia]] as a buffer zone. King Tizroc V and the royal clan were interned in [[Pinghai]], this would be known as the [[Captivity of Weeping Sores]]. The Chimoche royal bloodline would continue to exist under Daxian tutelage until the creation of the [[Chimoche]] Autonomy and the release of Tizroc V's descendants and their reappointment to rulership. | ||
Despite the size of the new acquisitions, the Qian decided not to create a new territorial unit and instead joined all the land to the [[Pinghai]] Department. Court bureaucrats reasoned that in this way the Chimor identity could be more easily diluted and suppressed under the rule of the well oiled and fully staffed administration of coastal Daxian settlers. | |||
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