The population policy that the empire plans to adopt on the Fuso Islands is basically following the measures taken on the Koryo Peninsula, which mainly relies on Chineseization, immigration, marriage and other policies to integrate the local population.
As for the radicals who advocate killing all the local indigenous people, that is impossible. The Tang Dynasty also advertised its rule of benevolence and filial piety. If the Fuso Islands were not included in the imperial territory before, then the life and death of the local indigenous people would naturally not matter.
But since these places are included in the empire's territory, it is impossible to kill all these two million people at once.
There are more than two million people. How can we just kill them?
However, it is impossible to let it go. The empire's localization policy has always been very firm, and it is impossible to let these two million people become independent from the empire.
To this end, the empire followed the measures taken on the Koryo Peninsula and adopted the three major measures of Sinicization, immigration, and marriage!
Among them, the immigration policy adopts multiple immigration. For example, hundreds of thousands of immigrants from the mainland of the empire are immigrated to live on the Fuso Peninsula. At the same time, a large number of indigenous immigrants are organized on the Fuso Islands to various islands in Southeast Asia, and some young women are organized to live in the mainland of the empire. Of course,
, it is impossible to immigrate all the Fusang indigenous people. That would be too costly, and the remaining indigenous population will be absorbed by the marriage policy.
At the same time, the Sinicization policy is forcibly promoted. The specific measures are to burn all Fuso books and any carriers of Fuso culture that can be found, and to ban any so-called Fuso cultural education. From writing to clothing and even the way of defecation, everything must be exterminated!
While completely annihilating Fusang culture from its roots, large-scale Chinese education should be adopted, such as establishing a large number of schools for Chinese education.
In this process, resistance is naturally inevitable, but these resistances cannot stir up any trouble. The King of the Tang Dynasty has considerable experience in suppressing civil strife.
Datang itself was founded in rebellion, so it was even more prepared for all kinds of unrest.
Once any signs of unrest are discovered, the military will be dispatched to brutally suppress them.
After this series of policies, according to the example of the Koryo Peninsula, it won't be long before the Fuso people as an independent nation will completely disappear from human history!
However, if you want to take these measures on the entire Fuso Islands, you have to wait until the military completely controls the Fuso Islands. The Fuso Battle has been going on for more than half a month now, but it only controls Kyushu Island and part of the western part of Honshu Island.
Control elsewhere is still lacking.
The main force of the 15th Army, the 56th Infantry Division, has all landed on Honshu Island and is pushing all the way towards Osaka.
At the same time, in Osaka Castle, the local garrison and immigration authorities did not act rashly, but adopted the policy of holding on to the city and waiting for reinforcements to arrive.
Although it was said that the Fuso Allied Forces' attempt to attack Osaka had been thwarted in the past few days, and at least several thousand enemies had been killed and wounded, the Osaka garrison had no intention of taking the opportunity to pursue and expand the results.
Osaka's strategic position is too important, and it is also a colonial city that Datang has operated for many years. If it is accidentally attacked by the Fuso people and wreaks havoc, the gains will outweigh the losses.
Anyway, even if those Fusang people retreat, they won't be able to stay alive for long.
Time is on the side of Datang.
However, in this case, Bi Zhian and other frontline officers could only do nothing. They were unable to take the initiative, which meant they had no military merit.
Bi Zhi'an was actually a little unwilling. He still expected to lead his troops to take the initiative to gain military exploits, but there was no order from above, so he could only guard the city wall every day.
Bi Zhi'an and other officers of the Osaka garrison were bored when they arrived at the main force of the 15th Army, the 56th Infantry Division. It was already a month later.
In the past month, the 56th Infantry Division adopted the simplest, but also the most domineering method to push forward the area west of Osaka, Honshu Island.
They divided their forces to seize the road, still using the reinforcement battalion as the basic tactical unit, forming a huge net, combing through the entire central and western parts of Honshu Island. All the daimyo along the way were wiped out one by one, and no one survived.
This kind of flat push tactic is not a tactic at all, so Ying Yikang, as a frontline officer, has no interest in this kind of war. Half a month ago, he was too lazy to personally command the troops to fight.
Instead, let the deputy battalion commander under his command carry out the specific unit operations, and he himself.
Then he would run to the division headquarters every two days!
What to do?
Collaborate with other mid-level and senior officers to formulate detailed tactics for the Fuso Campaign.
He is better at this kind of thing and more interested in it.
However, he was still an officer in the frontline troops and could not stay at the division headquarters every day, so when he arrived in Osaka, he returned to the army again and entered Osaka Castle.
After Ying Yikang's troops arrived at Osaka Castle, several other troops also arrived in Osaka one after another, which made Osaka Castle lively in an instant.
The former Osaka Castle can be said to be the colonial city with the largest number of immigrants from the Tang Empire on the Fuso Islands, second only to Osumi County. However, Osumi County has long been the mainland of the Tang Dynasty and is not a colony.
As for Osaka Castle, it is a pure colony.
There are about two thousand army and navy officers stationed there all year round, and there are about hundreds of colonial officials. The number of permanent or temporary immigrants who come from the country to do business remains at about three to four thousand all year round.
A colonial city with a combined military and civilian population of seven to eight thousand people is not too small. Many colonial cities in Southeast Asia are not as good as Osaka.
That is to say, the Fuso Islands are close to the mainland of the empire, and the Eastern trade is developed and there are many merchant ships. Even ordinary people can buy shipping tickets and then cross the ocean to Fuso to seek opportunities to make a fortune.
Of course, there are also many people who come here specifically to find the young Fuso woman.
There are merchants in China who specialize in organizing domestic single men to come to Fusang to get married. The cost is not high, and those merchants are very considerate and provide installment payment for transaction expenses.
Osaka Castle originally had a lot of people, but now an army of thousands of people came all of a sudden, so it naturally became very lively.
However, these troops did not stay in Osaka Castle for long. After resting for a few days and replenishing supplies, Ying Yikang and others led their troops to set off again.
However, this time the Osaka Garrison Regiment also accompanied the troops of the 56th Infantry Division on the expedition. The defense of Osaka Castle will be left to the Marine Corps, the temporarily organized navy sailors, and the militia forces.
Anyway, there is no threat around Osaka now, and the troops left behind are just for precaution and to suppress public security in the surrounding area. There is no need to garrison the huge force of more than 2,000 troops like before.
The Osaka Garrison Regiment went out with the 56th Infantry Division, and Bi Zhian finally got the chance to fight.
Coincidentally, his troops happened to be under the command of Ying Yikang.
Although the two were classmates in the martial arts school at the same time as infantry students, even when they were still studying in the martial arts school, the two people had nothing in common. After all, these two people, one is a scumbag and the other is a top student, even if
In the military academy, the social circles of the two people are different. Bi Zhian's social circle is all top students and those truly top-notch rich and powerful children. As for Bi Zhian, he is just like some ordinary aristocratic children with average grades.
of students.
The fates of these two people were actually separated when they were in the first grade of the martial arts school.
The two of them didn't have much contact with each other when they were in school. Now that many years have passed, the two of them have no contact with each other anymore. One is just a lieutenant who has worked hard to gain qualifications, and the other is a military rookie who is highly valued by military bosses. The Army
Major, there is no comparison between these two men.
So when he was still in Osaka Castle, Bi Zhi'an just couldn't find Ying Yikang, an old classmate, to hang out with.
It's not that he doesn't know that Ying Yikang has a bright future now, and building a good relationship will be of great help to his career, but he also has his own pride. They are all classmates at the same time, and he is one year older than Ying Yikang.
How can I lower my face to stick to Ying Yikang's cold ass?
He knew, however, that Ying Yikang had always been arrogant and had not looked down upon most people when he was in the military academy. Now that he had come to visit him to reminisce about old times, they might even ask: Who are you?
And this kind of thing really does happen. When Bi Zhian's troops were strengthened under Ying Yikang's command, Ying Yikang really didn't recognize him.
But it's normal to not recognize them. Among the various subjects in the martial arts school, the infantry department has the largest number of students. There are two to three hundred students in each class, and sometimes it can even reach more than 400 people. These people often
Divided into several classes, it is normal even if classmates have not known each other for three years.
Ying Yikang didn't recognize Bi Zhi'an, and Bi Zhi'an wouldn't ask for help, so everything was fine.
However, this situation did not last long. Four days later, Ying Yikang's troops arrived at a Fuso City. This city was a city under the control of Oda Nobunaga. It was not big, but it was extremely well-built.
Solid.
In order to capture this city, Ying Yikang personally commanded the troops to launch an attack, and it took a full day and a half to capture it.
In this battle, there was nothing to say about the overall performance of both sides. These Fuso natives and even Oda Nobunaga's troops could not withstand the onslaught of the Tang Army. The only thing that made Ying Yikang noteworthy was that he was assigned to his command
The 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Osaka Defense Regiment performed quite well.
When the general attack was launched, the third infantry team was the first to board the city and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop. Moreover, its captain also personally wore armor and went into battle to kill the enemy. This courage impressed Ying Yikang.