Taitung (also written as Tai Tung[1][2]) was a river city in Ch'ing Tung Province of Shou Lung.[3][4][5][6]
Geography[]
It stood on the Ch'ing Tung River, near the southern end of the First Emperor's Canal and the northern end of Second Emperor's Canal. It also stood at the crossroads where the Kuan Postroad met the the Road of 7 Drunkards, between the Bridge of Taitung and Spectre's Bridge, and where the Kaifeng Highway (which followed the canal) joined the Spice Road.[3][4][5][6]
Description[]
It was a major city circa Shou Year 2607 (1357 DR).[3]
Notable Locations[]
The emperor of Shou Lung had a summer palace here,[7][2] which included the Hall of Supreme Harmony.[2]
There were many docks on the river and canal.[8]
Trade[]
Many caravans traveling the Spice Road started or ended at Tai Tung.[9]
History[]
After Yamun Khahan and the Grand Army of the Tuigan breached the Dragonwall on Tarsakh 19, Shou Year 2609 (1359 DR), they rode across the Plain of Horses for Tai Tung, sacking Lo Tu on the way. Minister of War Kwan Chan Sen led an army out of Tai Tung to face them, but was defeated at the Battle of the Sorghum Field on Tarsakh 30 and the survivors regrouped and returned there.[1] The emperor's summer palace was repurposed as a temporary command center for waging the war, Emperor Kai Tsao Shou Chin came in person to grant command to General Batu Min Ho.[2] The armies camped in a meadow several miles outside the city, as they were too many to be accommodated in the city itself.[10]
At the close of the war, Yamun's envoy and Emperor Kai Tsao Shou Chin met in the summer palace of Tai Tung and signed a peace treaty, before the Tuigan departed on Eleint 9.[7]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Curtis M. Scott (1991). Horde Campaign. (TSR, Inc), p. 22. ISBN 1-56076-130-X.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Troy Denning (August 1990). Dragonwall. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 3, pp. 36–38, 49–50. ISBN 0-8803-8919-2.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Mike Pondsmith, Jay Batista, Rick Swan, John Nephew, Deborah Christian (1988). Kara-Tur: The Eastern Realms (Volume I). (TSR, Inc), p. 11. ISBN 0-88038-608-8.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Mike Pondsmith, Jay Batista, Rick Swan, John Nephew, Deborah Christian (1988). Kara-Tur: The Eastern Realms (Maps). (TSR, Inc). ISBN 0-88038-608-8.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 (1989). Kara-Tur Trail Map. (TSR, Inc). ISBN 0-88038-783-7.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Karen Wynn Fonstad (August 1990). The Forgotten Realms Atlas. (TSR, Inc), p. 20. ISBN 978-0880388573.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Curtis M. Scott (1991). Horde Campaign. (TSR, Inc), p. 25. ISBN 1-56076-130-X.
- ↑ Troy Denning (August 1990). Dragonwall. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 7, p. 99. ISBN 0-8803-8919-2.
- ↑ David Cook (August 1990). The Horde. Edited by Steve Winter. (TSR, Inc.). ISBN 0-88038-868-4.
- ↑ Troy Denning (August 1990). Dragonwall. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 6, p. 82. ISBN 0-8803-8919-2.