Complex sentence: After intinial clashes with Burmese troops, the newly appointed Viceroy, Liu Zao, unlike his predecessors, oversaw that the disputes could not be solved using Tai militias alone.
Split into simpler sentences: After intinial clashes with Burmese troops, the newly appointed Viceroy, Liu Zao. Unlike his predecessors, he oversaw the disputes could not be solved using Tai militias alone.