Karduvic Civil War

Karduvic Civil War Vye Kàrjàvyer vye ngò dur ep
Date 1904-1911 Location Karduv Result Defeat of Republican forces, establishment of the Kingdom of Karduv by the Royalist Army
Belligerents
Republic of Karduv	The Royalist Army
Commanders and leaders
Yup Zing Pye	Mai Chyo Ngò†, Va Bung
Strength
TBD	TBD
Casualties and losses
TBD	TBD

The Karduvic Civil War (Karduvic: Vye Kàrjàvyer vye ngò dur ep) was a conflict in Karduv lasting from 1904 till 1911. The war came following the overthrow of the Mai Dynasty, a dynasty which had fled Karduv following their overthrow in Qonklaks. The war was fought primarily between the Republican and Absolutist factions, splitting the country down the middle.

Buildup

Karduv in the early 20th Century

At the turn of the 20th Century, the Mai Dynasty, which had now ruled Karduv for X years, was floundering. Striken with large amounts of debt and having lost a disasterous war to Mai Thi, the dynasty was losing support amongst much of the general public. The Emperor at the time, Mai Chyo Ngò, had failed to fix many of these problems, and spent much of his time ruling in decadence, and allowing the many bureaucrats of the nation to seize more and more power. The endless corruption and neglect caused a young intellectual, Zhèr Terve Dè Yàr (later called Yup Zing Pye), would rise to prominence. Educated in and inspired by the system in Yachiro, he started the Karduvic Revolutionary Party and began publishing pamphlets about his cause. Terve would be jailed several times for this, however, it didn't stop his activities, and each time, he would simply bribe his way out of prison. His movement continued to gather more and more support, and even received endorsements from leaders in X. X

Revolution and overthrow of the Emperor

On 20 January, 1904, revolutionaries lead by Terve would storm the palace in Vordeng, with support from the military in the capital. The revolutionaries quickly captured the Emperor and placed him under house areest, proclaiming the new Republic of Karduv, headed by Terve. Immediately following this, there was severe disagreement between the military high command and the revolutionaries as to what to do with the Emperor. The revolutionaries wanted the Emperor put on trial, and potentially executed, while the military high command was more in favor of a constitutional monarchy. As the two parties bickered, the Emperor was able to escape, and attempted to flee West towards Ru, but he was caught and moved back to Vordeng. The military high command was now in a panic, as they were convinced the revolutionaries would now seek to execute the Emperor for his cowardice. Seeking to prevent the worst, they initiated a preemptive attack on Vordeng, capturing the Emperor, and forcing the new republican government to flee West. The military high command proclaimed the new Kingdom of Karduv in April, and established a regency council and parliament, along with Royalist Army. Both the Republican and Royalist governments soon denounced each other as rebellious traitors, and proclaimed themself as the true government of Karduv.

Early stages

1904

The Royalist Army quickly seized the East, home to a majority of Karduvic people, and the lowlands surrounding Vordeng and the X River. The Republicans moved to a temporary capital at X, in the Province of Ngyulu, and received pledges from the governors of many western provinces to join and provide troops for the Republic. The first few months of the war saw very little fighting, as both sides organized themselves, and prepared to take out the other in one swift offensive. On June 11th, the Royalist Army began their first offensive, pushing up X River and defeating the Republicans in the Battle of X. The Republican Army, underequiped and undermanned, quickly began to buckle under the pressure of the organized Royalist Army. The advance was finally held back at the X and X Rivers, smaller tributaries of the Big!X River. Terve realized that without support from other nations, he would be unable to withstand the force of the Royalist Army, and quickly began approaching neighboring countries in order to secure support. Chief among these supporters would be Mai Thi, who provided weapons, funding, and advisors to the Republicans in the X treaty, signed on September 22nd. Using this, the Republican forces won the major battles of X and X, and were able to push the Royalist Army back to the Big!X River and its largest(?) tributary, the Tiyine Tung River. By the end of 1904, the Republican forces were poised to retake Vordeng, with the Royalist Army now on the backfoot.

1905

With the Republicans on the offensive, the Royalist Army decided to switch tactics, and began to dig in at their current positions. They hoped to win a war of attrition, as they held the major centers of population, and believed they could bleed out the Republican forces before mopping them up entirely. The Republicans were reluctant to attack these positions, but in the end, they decided that if they didn't attack now, it'd be even harder to later. The resumed their offensive on February 10th, attacking Royalist positions in the Battle of X. The offensive was quickly halted, and under Royalist General X, the Republican forces were repelled in a phyrric victory. Battles continued to be fought along the defensive line, but ultimately no territory changed hands in the North. In the South, the Royalists managed to achieve a handful of victories and advanced close towards the Westernmost edge of the Tiyene Tung River by March 24th. In these southern campaigns, the young soldier Va Bung would start to make a name for himself.