The war began as the Bao Dynasty banged the drums of war against the Loyang to their south. As they gathered their army together from the farthest reaches of their lands, the Toko sailed across the Bohai Sea to assist their Bao lords. However, as they landed on the beaches Loyang troops were prepared and ready to take on the invaders from Korea. As Toko troops poured off their galleys, the Loyang soldiers pushed them back towards the water. After some time, the Toko troops were forced off the beach and any who didn't make it in time were slaughtered by the Loyang troops. The Toko were forced to return home with slight casualties, and the Loyang could claim victory for now.

Once the Loyang army re-coalesced however, the Bao Dynasty had begun their march towards their foes capital, the similarly named city of Loyang. Loyang scouts were unable to catch wind of this in time, and before anyone was aware the Bao Dynasty's army was outside the walls of Loyang. They quickly sapped a gap in the walls and marched to it, confident in their vastly superior arms and armor. After a quick melee the Bao Dynasty's soldiers poured into the city and killed many on the streets, marching to the center and successfully capturing the city within a few hours.

After the Bao forces recuperated, they again went back on the road to the other major Loyang settlement, the city of Yin. Yet again, they follow the tried and true strategy of sapping a gap in the walls and throwing their infantry into the gap, who again made headway into the city before the rest of the army poured in. Fighting yet again took to the streets, but this time the Loyang soldiers knew it was all over. Their commanders would surrender to the Bao commanders, in the hopes of their lives and the city being spared from further destruction and bloodshed.

As the Bao Dynasty crushed the Loyang to the south, unknown tribal peoples from the north were testing the Bao Dynasty's border. Reports of small villages and outposts being burnt to the ground and their people being abducted would come to the attention of the Bao commanders, but little else would be known. To the raiders, their scouts and spies would find much information along the border and the large Gobi Desert that was in the region. Some scouts would even make it to the core of the Bao Dynasty and report back with more basic information about the Bao Dynasty's situation, but these would be slightly less effective than the border areas.

Bao Dynasty has successfully defeated and essentially occupied all of Loyang, the Toko supporting invasion was repulsed, and some reports of raids along the northern border of the Bao Dynasty has appeared in the Bao court.