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The Daoist Order’s main headquarters in Qizhou and the Xiujing field camp clearly outlined five strategic objectives for the February offensive:
To completely seize control of Ise Province and establish effective occupation.
To use the conquest of Ise Province to create a strategic threat to the Heian Capital, thereby shifting the overall situation from defense to offense.
To besiege and isolate the Sonno-joi forces in Ise Province, luring reinforcements from other regions, and then ambushing them to effectively weaken the enemy’s active forces.
To destroy the Ise-jingu and deal a severe blow to the reputation of the Tenmon Sect, shaking its foundations.
To simultaneously clear a direct corridor through the adjacent districts and provinces, turning isolated outposts into connected lines, and those lines into controlled zones, thereby ending the chaotic patchwork state.
This February offensive, named Dragon Rising, marked the first large-scale campaign launched by the Daoist Order’s rebel-suppression forces after landing on Fenglin.
It was evident that the Ise battlefield was the linchpin of Dragon Rising, which could be divided into three phases: besieging...
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