The first thousand two hundred and ninety-one chapters expand the scale of colonization
The powerful combat effectiveness displayed by the 17th Army in Shishan City completely shocked the surrounding Fuso people.
In the past, these Fuso people knew that the Tang Empire was so powerful that they could not compete with it, but because the Tang Empire did not launch any large-scale war on the Fuso Islands.
The policy implemented by the Tang Empire in Fuso was not based on military occupation, but on commercial and trade control and arms trade, thereby controlling the situation on the Fuso Islands.
There were not many opportunities to end the war in person. In real terms, the only one was the war to seize the Osumi Islands.
But even the previous battles to seize the Osumi Islands and attack coastal ports were actually just small-scale battles. The total number of troops dispatched was only a few thousand, and the previous battles that broke out were only a few hundred people.
More often than not, what the Fuso people could see were the mighty and huge warships of the Tang Navy, as well as the anti-ship guns on them, as well as the elite combat power displayed by the Tang Empire in many small-scale battles.
However, these small and medium-sized battles are actually difficult to truly reflect how powerful the military power of the Tang Empire was.
This situation is generally like that of people from ordinary countries in later generations who always like to speculate on the combat effectiveness of major countries based on some small and medium-sized security wars, and then conclude that although the five major gangsters are very strong, they are not without a fight.
The illusion of power.
In fact, since the end of World War II, the five gangsters have not fought any wars that can fully reflect their national strength. They have all been petty wars.
If a war to overwhelm the country really breaks out, they will be afraid if it is launched harshly, because all mankind will be destroyed by nuclear bombs...
Today's Fuso people are also in a state of incomplete understanding of how powerful the Tang Empire is. They know that the Tang Empire is very powerful, but they don't know how powerful it is.
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Now, this time the Tang Empire allowed the people of Fusang to see what a real great power is!
Starting from the distant Osumi Prefecture, thousands of people came across the sea, and then with the force of thunder, they attacked Ishiyama Castle in just one day, completely erasing the famous religious name Ishiyama Honganji from the Fuso Islands.
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How can this not shock other famous people!
Especially when they heard that on the day of the siege, the Tang Dynasty used at least hundreds of artillery pieces and fired more than thousands of artillery shells at Shishan City, they were even more horrified.
Today's Fuso people also know the power of guns. Otherwise, they would not try their best to buy more guns from the Tang Empire, but all they can do is some scattered weapons.
Projectiles and cannons, to be more precise, are all short-barreled artillery!
As for artillery with long barrels, the Tang Empire did not export them.
But when the Tang Empire attacked Shishan City, they used dozens of long-barreled artillery pieces, many of which were nine-pound cannons. In addition, they also knew very well that there were at least hundreds of warships outside the port.
What about the medium- and large-caliber naval guns?
Not to mention, these artillery also used explosive shells on a large scale that they almost couldn't understand.
Just such a battle fully demonstrated the powerful military strength of the Tang Empire, a military strength that made the Fuso people feel desperate.
If this were not the case, there would not be so many famous names rushing to Osaka to show their kindness in a short period of time.
And this is what the Tang Empire hopes to see.
According to the empire's Fuso strategy, the empire will not launch a large-scale military invasion or even occupation of Fuso in the short term. The empire's strategy in Fuso is still mainly to control the situation, supplemented by the establishment of several colonies and the development of trade.
The attack on Ishiyama Castle is actually the product of this strategy. The purpose of attacking Ishiyama Castle is to completely control the strategic location of Osaka, and then use it to control the Gyeonggi region, and organize Oda Nobunaga or any daimyo to control the central region and Gyeonggi region.
, and then unify Fusang.
However, the Tang Empire did not intend to further expand the war. Therefore, the Tang Empire that the surrounding daimyo were worried about would continue to launch wars and then attack the surrounding daimyo would not happen.
Well, at least it won't happen in the next few years.
After receiving the report from Osaka, Xia Wuyan also breathed a sigh of relief. Now the army and navy have used thunderous power to deter the surrounding Fuso daimyo. This will be of great benefit to the subsequent Tang Empire's strategy in Fuso.
For him, the supervising minister in charge of Fuso affairs, it was also a lot easier.
After completely controlling Osaka and intimidating the Kinki area, Xia Wuyan felt that it was time to make the next step!
What are the next steps?
Naturally, the Tang Dynasty continued to expand its colony in Fusang.
Today, the Tang Dynasty has a total of thirteen colonies in various parts of the Fuso Islands. The above-mentioned colonies do not include Tsushima County and Osumi County, because these two places are not colonies, but belong to the territory of the Datang Empire. Tsushima County
The county belongs to Dongjiang Prefecture of Liaodong Province, which means it belongs to the local area from an administrative perspective.
Osumi Prefecture belongs to Ryukyu Prefecture, and Ryukyu Prefecture is an overseas territory under the direct jurisdiction of the cabinet in the empire.
Colony refers to places like Osaka.
In fact, most of the thirteen colonies of the Tang Dynasty in Fuso were concentrated in Kyushu Island, the central and western regions of Honshu Island, and Shikoku Island. In the central and eastern regions of Kyushu Island, there was only one Edo colony.
In addition, these thirteen colonies also include small islands such as 'Friend Island' in the Kitan Strait, and the trading station in Nagasaki. Well, the trading station only covers an area of a few square kilometers.
Generally speaking, among these thirteen colonies, they can be considered relatively large-scale colonies. They can play an economic and trade role and also have important strategic positions. There are only a few places, such as Osaka and Edo.
piece of colony.
Now Xia Wuyan plans to further expand his colony in Fusang.
However, in order to control the impact, his actions cannot be too big, at least in the central and western parts of Honshu Island, especially the Gyeonggi and central regions. Not only these places, but also other more important areas can no longer be moved.
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If we continue to act, it will completely destroy the local political ecological balance. If the balance is destroyed and the big names join forces to fight against the Tang Dynasty in order to protect themselves, then the gains will outweigh the losses.
In addition, we should try our best to avoid occupying too many areas and not accepting too many Fusang people. This is also contrary to the current policy of the empire.
Therefore, Xia Wuyan's purpose was quite special. He did not plan to attack the three main islands of Kyushu, Honshu and Shikoku, but planned to attack some islands offshore Fuso.
This was in order to rely on the powerful strength of the Tang Dynasty navy to achieve a quick victory and completely control the captured area, while also avoiding the intervention of other Fuso daimyo.
And the more critical point is that isolated islands can make it easier for the Tang Empire to actually rule, get rid of the influence of Fusang culture, and accelerate localization.
This point can already be seen in Osumi and Tsushima prefectures!
At that time, the Tang Empire successively captured the Osumi Islands and Tsushima Island, then developed these two islands, and successively immigrated them, while expelling the original indigenous people.
Until now, the population of these two places is basically dominated by newly migrated people from the Tang Dynasty. As for the original indigenous people, some of them disappeared during the war, and some were directly and forcibly expelled by the Tang Empire and moved to Kyushu Island.
Some of them were transported to Nanyang to serve as new immigrants.
Therefore, now in these two places, the Tang Empire can be very proud to say that they are all controlled by the Tang Dynasty, and the people living on the islands are all the people of the empire.
Xia Wuyan planned to choose a few places to copy the ruling policies of Osumi County, instead of being like Osaka and other colonies. Although the places were large and the control was strong, the actual population of the Tang Dynasty was always in the minority.
The Osaka area, now under the complete control of the Tang Dynasty, including the urban area and surrounding rural areas, is already under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, and the total population of this area is expected to exceed 300,000!
This is a terrifying number of 300,000 people!
There are only a few thousand people in the Tang Dynasty in the local area, and most of them are soldiers, and the rest are only a few businessmen.
The large population means that even if you control this place, it will be difficult to completely turn this place into a native land. At most, it will be a colony.
In order to avoid many subsequent troubles, Xia Wuyan planned to attack the islands instead of directly landing in densely populated places.
The first target he chose was also very interesting, that was Sado Country located in the northeastern region of Fuso Honshu Island.
This place was chosen as the second large-scale colony of the Tang Empire on the Fuso Islands not only because it was an island, but also because of several other key factors.
The first point is that the empire has no other colonies in the northeastern area of Fuso Honshu Island. In order to increase its control over the above-mentioned area, the empire needs to establish a colony in this area.
Secondly, there is no powerful daimyo controlling this place. The actual ruler of the island is the Honma clan, but they are constantly fighting among themselves and have introduced the power of Echigo country across the strait.
Finally, and most importantly, the Tang Empire discovered a gold mine here, and it was a gold mine that was relatively easy to mine!
Not only is it easy to mine, but it also has amazing reserves!
When the news reached Xia Wuyan, Xia Wuyan had actually decided to send troops to occupy this place.
Even if there are no other favorable factors, even if there are other difficulties, as long as Sado Country has gold, this is enough!