Chapter 2: Divided, They Fall
1450-1455:
The Chinese Subcontinent was still divided, and Zhen Shaybanid of the Ceyna Republic had been re-elected to office after his first forays into subjugating the other warring states had gone spectacularly well. The main opposing contending nations for Chinese hegemony were the northern state of Meiguo, which was centered on the rich capital city of Beijing (40 development), the inland rival states of Feilong and Guangdu, the Mongol influenced state of Daxiao, and finally there was the enormous empire of Benin which dominated the northern steppes. Many of these nations were embroiled in war: Daxiao was being invaded on two fronts from smaller Chinese states, Guangdu was being invaded by the enormous Tibetan-Buddhist Empire of Liang, and Benin's enormous Tengri-nomadic population was revolting against the Chinese central government. It looked to be a good time to continue expanding.
With the Beninese Empire focused on domestic issues, it was unlikely that they would be much use in helping Ceyna in war. It was time to end this alliance and use the extra diplomatic slot elsewhere.
Within a few months the Daxiao Kingdom had completely ceased to exist; they had been absorbed by the two smaller states of Majaprahit and Kasanje. Guangdu had also completed their war with the Liang Empire...and was somehow successful in not only winning the war, but had also grabbed four provinces off the larger and richer empire. Zhen had been making the most of his nation's peace, and had approached the Princedom of Hojo to offer them a place in our grand republican empire.
With Hojo as our new vassal, the neighboring Kingdom of Feilong lost their one and only ally and they were now a tempting target for further expansion. If they were allied with either the Guangdu or Liang we wouldn't want to declare war, but seeing as how the Feilong had rivaled most of the other nearby comparatively strong nations...
*stomp stomp*
Zhen Shaybanid wins the mandate to rule for a third term.
Another short campaign had ended in victory! The huge AE penalty reductions from the 'Unify China' casus belli allowed us to remain under the threshold for sparking retaliatory coalitions (the Feilong provinces being below average in development helped reduce AE even more), but we were still skirting close to the point where one might form if we decided to go for another similar sized bout of expansion.
Still...it seemed that most nations outside of the Chinese subcontinent had no concerns with what went on in our part of the world; whether one looked at the northern tribes, the south east asian Buddhist Kingdoms, the Tibetan Empire or even the bickering daimyo of nearby Japan, most non-Chinese nations had nearly 0 AE accumulated with us. This meant that if we could destroy one or two more of the major Chinese powers, we would likely be strong enough that no coalition would form against us since whatever ragtag assembly the minor Chinese states would form could not hope to overcome us and our loyal vassal princedoms. It was time to get to work.
Guangdu was our next target. The Buddhist Kingdom of Sus joined against us since they were allied with the Guangdu, but they only had one fort which we had a number of lucky early rolls on, we were able to force them out of the war fairly quickly. We decided not to push our luck and AE by grabbing unclaimed land from Sus and instead took all of Guangdu at the end of the war. The nations of Majapahit, Wayansas (a OPM chinese state), Meiguo and Benin were starting to worry about our continued warmongering...
Since we had passed 300 development, we were able to increase our government rank to Kingdom. Among other wonderful benefits attained from this upgrade, our government was now called a Grand Republic. Even after giving the Hojo Princedom a few of the provinces, we were starting to see quite a few nationalist rebel groups forming.
Finances after 10 years of warmongering aren't too bad when you loot extensively and demand gold after every war.
China was not yet unified, but Ceyna had emerged as the dominant regional power that looked able to eliminate other chinese states within a few years more. Could Ceyna avoid the threat of a coalition and subjugate her neighbors? Would Zhen Shaybanid rule supreme? Would we get another chance to play as Ceyna and find out?
Do we continue playing as the Republic of Ceyna?
We need a 3 or higher on our 6 sided dice to continue playing.
*rolls digital dice since I don't have real ones*
Dice roll = 6 ; Continue = YES
1450-1455:
The Chinese Subcontinent was still divided, and Zhen Shaybanid of the Ceyna Republic had been re-elected to office after his first forays into subjugating the other warring states had gone spectacularly well. The main opposing contending nations for Chinese hegemony were the northern state of Meiguo, which was centered on the rich capital city of Beijing (40 development), the inland rival states of Feilong and Guangdu, the Mongol influenced state of Daxiao, and finally there was the enormous empire of Benin which dominated the northern steppes. Many of these nations were embroiled in war: Daxiao was being invaded on two fronts from smaller Chinese states, Guangdu was being invaded by the enormous Tibetan-Buddhist Empire of Liang, and Benin's enormous Tengri-nomadic population was revolting against the Chinese central government. It looked to be a good time to continue expanding.
With the Beninese Empire focused on domestic issues, it was unlikely that they would be much use in helping Ceyna in war. It was time to end this alliance and use the extra diplomatic slot elsewhere.
Within a few months the Daxiao Kingdom had completely ceased to exist; they had been absorbed by the two smaller states of Majaprahit and Kasanje. Guangdu had also completed their war with the Liang Empire...and was somehow successful in not only winning the war, but had also grabbed four provinces off the larger and richer empire. Zhen had been making the most of his nation's peace, and had approached the Princedom of Hojo to offer them a place in our grand republican empire.
With Hojo as our new vassal, the neighboring Kingdom of Feilong lost their one and only ally and they were now a tempting target for further expansion. If they were allied with either the Guangdu or Liang we wouldn't want to declare war, but seeing as how the Feilong had rivaled most of the other nearby comparatively strong nations...
*stomp stomp*
Zhen Shaybanid wins the mandate to rule for a third term.
Another short campaign had ended in victory! The huge AE penalty reductions from the 'Unify China' casus belli allowed us to remain under the threshold for sparking retaliatory coalitions (the Feilong provinces being below average in development helped reduce AE even more), but we were still skirting close to the point where one might form if we decided to go for another similar sized bout of expansion.
Still...it seemed that most nations outside of the Chinese subcontinent had no concerns with what went on in our part of the world; whether one looked at the northern tribes, the south east asian Buddhist Kingdoms, the Tibetan Empire or even the bickering daimyo of nearby Japan, most non-Chinese nations had nearly 0 AE accumulated with us. This meant that if we could destroy one or two more of the major Chinese powers, we would likely be strong enough that no coalition would form against us since whatever ragtag assembly the minor Chinese states would form could not hope to overcome us and our loyal vassal princedoms. It was time to get to work.
Guangdu was our next target. The Buddhist Kingdom of Sus joined against us since they were allied with the Guangdu, but they only had one fort which we had a number of lucky early rolls on, we were able to force them out of the war fairly quickly. We decided not to push our luck and AE by grabbing unclaimed land from Sus and instead took all of Guangdu at the end of the war. The nations of Majapahit, Wayansas (a OPM chinese state), Meiguo and Benin were starting to worry about our continued warmongering...
Since we had passed 300 development, we were able to increase our government rank to Kingdom. Among other wonderful benefits attained from this upgrade, our government was now called a Grand Republic. Even after giving the Hojo Princedom a few of the provinces, we were starting to see quite a few nationalist rebel groups forming.
Finances after 10 years of warmongering aren't too bad when you loot extensively and demand gold after every war.
China was not yet unified, but Ceyna had emerged as the dominant regional power that looked able to eliminate other chinese states within a few years more. Could Ceyna avoid the threat of a coalition and subjugate her neighbors? Would Zhen Shaybanid rule supreme? Would we get another chance to play as Ceyna and find out?
Do we continue playing as the Republic of Ceyna?
We need a 3 or higher on our 6 sided dice to continue playing.
*rolls digital dice since I don't have real ones*
Dice roll = 6 ; Continue = YES
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