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Chapter 603 Capture of Tanegashima

The Fusang people couldn't figure it out, and neither could the soldiers of the Chinese army. Why didn't these people on the other side run away despite such a disparity in strength?

Looking at the world, the Fusang people are one of the few ethnic groups that are least afraid of death.

It has nothing to do with national excellence or not.

This is related to their living environment. There are many natural disasters such as earthquakes, volcanic typhoons and tsunamis in Fusang.

Such poor living conditions make them often die unexpectedly and are very insecure.

If you are too afraid of death, your life will be very painful, and your body will secrete some hormones that are not good for your health.

And human beings have an instinct to hate pain, to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

Therefore, subconsciously, in order to make themselves more comfortable physically and mentally, they believe in a concept such as reincarnation, believing that there is an afterlife, in order to reduce the fear of death.

Over the course of hundreds of thousands of years, this nation has become more open to death, forming a culture that likes to commit suicide at every turn.

If you look down on life and death, you don't have to worry about accidents anytime, anywhere.

Anyway, death is a relief.

Of course, this has to be taken as a whole, and Fusang people are less afraid of death as a whole.

However, the development of each individual is unique and different, and it cannot be generalized. There are also people in Fusang who are very afraid of death.

For example, Zidao Rongkang, the head of the Zidao clan, belongs to the ruler and lives a good life every day, so he is naturally reluctant to die.

Seeing that the Dahua army was too powerful, he took a few people and fled first, leaving his son, Zidao Hidemo, and asked him to negotiate with the Dahua army and ask why he was beaten.

Until now, they don't know why they were beaten.

Zidao Xiumao was very helpless and came out with a white flag, and was shot down by the Chinese army.

Raising a white flag is equivalent to surrender. Not every soldier knows this. They are more comfortable with throwing away their weapons and kneeling on the ground.

As soon as the unfortunate Zidao Hidemo died, the others lost their backbone.

Either run away or be overwhelmed.

And then Hua Jun rushed over and caught those who threw away their weapons.

In this campaign, the Chinese army killed more than 100 enemies and captured more than 200.

The loss of one's own side is ignored. One or two casualties may occur even in normal training.

At the same time, they occupied this little-known fishing village.

The Fusang people in the small fishing village looked at Dahua's army with curiosity and nervousness, and seemed a little overwhelmed.

"It's not that Fusang has many mountains, why is this small island so many plains, it's really a good place to grow food."

Qian Sule said with emotion.

There are no high mountains on this sub-island, and it looks like a plain, but it is actually a piece of fertile land.

However, the land development here seems to be very limited, and many places are still wasteland, which has not been reclaimed, which is a great waste.

A subordinate who was familiar with Fusang replied: "Other places in Fusang are indeed mostly mountainous, and Yakushima not far away is full of mountains. This kind of sub-island is an exception. It is very suitable for fielding and becoming a granary for our troops in Fusang. That way you don't have to rely too much on local logistics."

"Then order to go on, take the company as a unit, completely pacify this island, and arrest the person who manages this island."

Qian Sule ordered that he had to kill the big name in charge of this place. Without the ruler, he could rule this place.

Tanegashima is not big, between 5 and 12 kilometers from east to west, 57 kilometers from north to south, and has a total population of about 10,000.

The usual army is estimated to be around 500.

In the previous battle, the warriors were basically killed and captured. The rest of the island is basically civilians.

The Hua army was scattered into companies, pushing from south to north, and if they encountered resistance, they would directly kill or seize them.

For those who are farming, it is ignored.

They were advancing quickly by a third in one day, with little resistance on the way.

On the second day, Zidao Rongkang sent a messenger to find Hua Jun and asked for communication.

In the words of the messenger, everything is negotiable, you can take whatever you like, just send a message.

This attitude has become so humble that it cannot be more humble.

Zidao Rongkang can't do anything about it, and he can't beat him, so he can only survive by admitting counsel.

What made him more depressing was that the big Chinese didn't say why when they called.

If you want money or a woman, it's easy to negotiate.

"Call your head over here, our teacher wants to see him."

A battalion commander of the Huajun said.

Zidao Rongkang was in trouble after learning about this request. He didn't know what attitude Hua Jun had and how he would deal with him.

As a result, Kojima Rongyao took his confidant samurai and some treasures and went to sea overnight to go to Kagoshima, where he was going to complain to Mitsuhisa Shimazu, the lord of the Satsuma domain.

The current Tanegashima Island, on the surface, is subject to the Satsuma Domain and belongs to the Satsuma Domain.

When Tanegashima was attacked, the Satsuma Domain had the responsibility to come forward.

Of course, this is the case in law, but in practice.

Legally, the Satsuma domain also belongs to Fuso, but if the shogunate wants to command the Satsuma domain, it is also extremely difficult.

Just like in the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao respected Emperor Xian of Han, but Emperor Xian of Han gave Yuan Shao an imperial decree, and Yuan Shao was not a bird either.

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In Fusang, there were countless separatist forces, big and small, more chaotic than during the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period.

Zidao Rongkang ran away, Huajun spent a little bit of effort, and completely controlled Tanegashima.

Those samurai and ronin were all seized and transported to Dahua to repair the railway.

As for those farmers, let them continue to farm.

These farmers do not have a strong national consciousness for the time being, but they are easy to manage.

As long as the tax collection is not more ruthless than Zidao Rongkang, they will not resist.

If the tax is a little lower than Zidao Rongkang, then they will even celebrate with singing and dancing.

"Has Your Majesty ever said what to do with these people in the future?"

Qian Sule pointed to those fusang farmers and asked Wu Yi a question.

At present, Wu Changqing has not promulgated a specific policy on foreigners, so he does not know how to deal with it.

Is it brutal? Be gentle.

Wu Yi and Wu Changqing are closer and know more.

He said: "It seems that His Majesty is also hesitating, and there is no decision yet. In short, it is not wrong for the man to be sent back to China to repair the railway. Anyway, people from the Ministry of Communications have been complaining, saying that they can't recruit workers and can't pay salaries. . These free labor, they can't be too much in the past."

"Where's the woman?"

Qian Sule asked.

"It can also be transported back. The beautiful ones go to the brothel, and the ugly ones go to the textile factory. In short, we need to immigrate from China. The island is all our own people, so we can sleep at ease."

Wu Yi said that he wanted to completely Sinicize Tanegashima.

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