Third Tanglong War
The third in a series of conflicts between The Guo Empire and The Kingdom of Camkhia over the territory of Tanglong which sits at the border of the two nations. While at its core it is a war for land and power, the official, immediate cause of the hostilities was an ultimatum issued by General and Imperial Princess Gang Guo for the establishment of an "independent" nation-state of Tanglong, the area of which was mostly in Camkhia at the time.
The First Tanglong War (206 GS)
Beginning largely as a local border dispute between the Guoan Marquis and a coallition of several smaller land-holding nobles on the Camkhian side, the first of the three wars quickly spiralled beyond what either initiating party had imagined as the militaries of both countries became involved. The degree to which the Empire and the Kingdom were unsuspectingly and reluctantly dragged into the war and to what extent they each sought to use it to expand their borders is still heavily debated today. The nations' borders barely changed when peace was signed. A distinguishing factor from the wars that would follow it was that there were significant efforts to foster peace and commerce on both sides once the war ended through marriage, alliances, and trade agreements. This is not to say, however, that scars and grudges weren't nursed by ill-contents on both sides.The Second Tanglong War (215-216 GS)
Guon apologists proport that the Second of the three wars broke out nine years later due to the harsh treatment of Chian minorities in western regions of Camkhia and a grass-roots movement within Tanglong for an independent Tanglong state, located in neither country. Camkhian apologists would say that The Guo Empire that all of this was a pretense to justify pushing their neighbours out of a sizeable and valuble territory which they could then make into a puppet state similar to The Gocheung Protectorate. This second conflict saw the rise of Imperial Princess Gang Guo who took command first of a subset of Guoan forces in the region and then eventually supplanted her predecessor as Marshal of The Army of the Snake and the de-facto representative of the Empire in the region. Generous with her underlings and willing to fight on the battlefront herself (always with the proper protections in place), Gang quickly earned the loyalty of the troops under her as well as the admiration of soldiers across the Empire. The peace agreement that was reached could not be considered a complete victory for either side, but did stipulate that Tanglong be granted greater independence from Camkhia than other provinces, that it's ports remain permanently open to trade, and that certain border regions be incorporated into The Guo Empire.The Third Tanglong War (220 - present GS)
The fighting has been fiercest around the city of Mena, which has been under siege by Guoan forces for three months. It is unclear how the capture of Johari and the invasion of The Cahnars will impact the siege. Detractors of Imperial Princess Gang Guo propose that she initiated the war in order to sure up support for an upcoming attempt at the Imperial Throne, given the ailing health of her father Emperor Wei Guo.In the Campaign
In late 220 Azim Nahib was called up to war along with many of The Cahnars' citizenry who were of age and in a condition to be able to fight. In January of 221 Tuvev receieved word that Azim had been killed in battle, making his daughter Kyra the new Marquis. With the surprising capture of Johari by Camkhian forces aided by water elementals, The Cahnars has been imperiled by a force of ~900 Camkhian soldiers marking north-west along the banks of Lake Joha, led by Chi Ngan weilding the ancient relic Breaker.The Conflict
Prelude
The previous two Tanglong wars.
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