Fung Trade War

### Cause

Fung Empire closing its economy to the outside world Fung Emperor expelling merchants and diplomats

Fung Empire seizing Kordynian trade ship and arresting its crew

### Combatants

Empire of KordowynGretian-Tyretian Empire

Nichibotsu Shogunate

Hybro-Gorathic Empire (Support)

Confederation of Garman (Support)

Grand Duchy of Kolangrad (Vocal Support)

vs.

Fung Empire

The **Fung Trade War** is an ongoing conflict between the Empire of Kordowyn and the Fung Empire, declared by Kordowyn after the Fung Empire closed its economy and seized a Kordynian trade ship, arresting its crew and executing its captain.

## Background to the War

The Fung Empire's court had been in disarray for several years, as the Heavenly Empire began to make contact and open trade with other nations. As a result of this, the authority of the Heavenly Emperor began to deteriorate, as the discovery of a vast outside world with nations just as powerful as the Heavenly Empire threatened the Empire's traditional view that the Emperor was the supreme leader of the known world and 'Emperor of the Heavens'. The coming and going of outside merchants also brought new ideas to the Heavenly Empire, such as liberalism, socialism, and constitutionalism, which again threatened the authority of the Heavenly Emperor.

In an attempt to combat the further deterioration of his authority, the Heavenly Emperor issued a series of decrees, which closed the Empire's economy to the outside world and expelled merchants and diplomats from several nations.

## Start of the War

The immediate cause of the war was the seizure of a Kordynian merchant ship and arrest of its crew by local authorities in the city of Zhongyang in January 266, however economic concerns over the disruption of free trade played a significant role in the declaration of war by the Empire of Kordowyn, who's merchants were one of the predominant exporters of various goods found exclusively in the Fung Empire, including jade, certain spices, tea, and rice.

The Hybro-Gorathic Empire offered assistance early in the war, and the Grand Duchy of Kolangrad demanded the release of the Kordynian merchants, and when it was ignored offered vocal support of the Kordynian's war. Hybretian and Kordynian destroyer groups established blockades along the eastern coast of the Empire shortly thereafter.

With international support stacking against him, as a show of force the Heavenly Emperor ordered the execution of the ship's captain and the life imprisonment of its crew, which then brought the Gretian-Tyretian Empire into the war in support of the Kordynians.

## Battles

### Battle of Zhongyang

In February 266, a group of 30 Fung junks, armed with rudimentary gunpowder cannons, attacked the small blockading Hybretian and Kordynian fleet. After a brief battle, the much more advanced destroyers won the battle, taking no casualties against the comparatively weaker junks. In the end, 19 junks were sunk or damaged beyond further use, and the remaining 11 retreated to rejoin with the main Fung fleet in the Meili Islands.

### Battle of the Meili Islands

The main Kordynian and Gretian attack forces arrived to the Meili Islands in late February, and met with the main Fung fleet of 61 junks. The much larger and more advanced Kordynian and Gretian fleets obliterated the junks, sinking 21 of the ships and causing the other 40 to retreat once again.

### Invasion of the Meili Islands

With the Fung fleet forced out of the Islands and the waters secured, Kordynian marines began landings on all of the Meili Islands. Overall, the Kordynian invaders saw little resistance in the lowly populated and underdeveloped islands, with the exception of Taichung, the largest of the Islands.

### Battle of Taichung

By early March, most of the Meili Islands, including most of Taichung, had been occupied, the only exception being the territorial capital of the Islands, the city of Taichung. The small garrison of the city refused to surrender, and as such the Kordynian forces began an assault on the city which lasted only a few days, as the Fung garrison were outnumbered and outgunned, with the Fung using rudimentary muskets, which were no match for the Kordynian KIAVs and machine guns. By mid March, the territorial governor of the Meili Islands surrendered, and the Kordynian forces moved to fully occupy the rest of the Islands in order to use them as a jumping off point for an invasion of the Tianguo mainland.

### Blockade of Dalian

In mid March, the Nichibotsu Shogunate joined the war against the Fung as well, and established a blockade of the Empire's northernmost trade port, Dalian.

### Invasions of the Mainland

In early May of 266, Kordowyn, Gretia, and Hybretia landed troops in Zhongyang, Wenzou, and Fuzhou, which all fell with relative ease. The Nichibotsu Shogunate also began an invasion of Dalian.

## End of the War

In mid May, the Heavenly Emperor called for a ceasefire after learning of the fall of the three port cities, and called for a ceasefire and peace treaty. In Shenyang, the Emperor was presented with a list of demands and a threat to continue the war should the demands not be met, which the Emperor obliged to the demands, thus leading to the signing of the Treaty of Shenyang, or the Unequal Treaty as the Fung referred to it as, to be signed in mid May.