Xin-Mei Wars
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Chapter 7: The Siege of Dongguang | The Xin-Mei Wars Vol. 1
[First] [Prev] [Next Book] [Maps of Xinguo in the 1540s] [Maps of the West Coast in 1576] 7.1 – Prefect Huế Thành Học (June-July 1576) Hue City was founded by a man named Huế Huy Bạc in 1469. It was… Continue reading
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Chapter 6: The Dongguang Campaign | Xin-Mei Wars Vol. 1
[First] [Prev] [Next] [Maps of Xinguo in the 1540s] [Maps of the West Coast in 1576] 6.1 – Fortress Dongguang (June-July, 1576) The city of Dongguang was one of the oldest in Xinguo. In the 1430s and ’40s, the famous… Continue reading
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Chapter 5 – The Danmian Campaign | Xin-Mei Wars Vol. 1
[First] [Prev] [Next] [Maps of Xinguo in the 1540s] [Maps of the West Coast in 1576] 5.1 – Into the Bay (June 25th – 28th, 1576) On June 25th, news of the loss of North Tooth Fort reach Ningbo and… Continue reading
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Chapter 4 – The Warehouse War | Xin-Mei Wars Vol. 1
[First] [Prev] [Next] [Maps of Xinguo in the 1540s] 4.1 – The Silver Syndicate (1570 – 1575) The war that broke out between Spain and China in 1570 is known by several names. Spaniards call it the China War while… Continue reading
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Chapter 3 – Interim | Xin-Mei Wars Vol. 1
[First] [Prev] [Next] 3.1 – Hostile Takeover (1548-1549) Back in August of 1548, Lin Weishi had arrived in Dongguang with an army of 6,000 men. His orders had been twofold. Most importantly, he was to aid Governor Bai Guguan in… Continue reading
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Chapter 2 – The Battle of Acapulco | Xin-Mei Wars Vol. 1
[Prev] [Next] 2.1 – The 2nd Silver War (1546 – 1548) In 1546, Governor Bai Guguan of South Province resumed his policy of sponsoring pirates to wage war on Spain, specifically in the form of raiding shipping around Mexico and… Continue reading
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Chapter 1 – First Contact | Xin-Mei Wars Vol. 1
[Next] 1.1 – First Contact (c. 1519 – 1540) In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue, but he couldn’t have predicted that others had tread his path before him. As the Spaniards colonised the islands off the new continent… Continue reading






