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Topic: Wei-Jie War

Wei-Jie War

Years: 350 - 351

Following the fall of the ethnic-Jie Later Zhao regime in 350 CE and its replacement by the native Chinese dynasty of Ran Wei, tensions are high.

The Jie, who have formed the Later Zhao Dynasty, do not accept Ran Min's rule and rise against him, and they are joined by many other Wu Hu nations.

The resulting war is a decisive victory for Ran Min, who then proceeds to issue his famous "extermination order", which results in the extermination of virtually all of the Jie and most of the Wu Hu.

“The longer you can look back, the farther you can look forward...This is not a philosophical or political argument—any oculist will tell you this is true. The wider the span, the longer the continuity, the greater is the sense of duty in individual men and women, each contributing their brief life's work to the preservation..."

― Winston S. Churchill, Speech (March 2, 1944)