The strong combat effectiveness displayed by the 17th Army in Shishan Castle completely shocked the surrounding Fuso people.

In the past, these Fusang people knew that the Tang Empire was very powerful, so powerful that they could not compete with it, but because the Tang Empire did not launch any large-scale wars on the Fusang Islands.

The previous policy of the Tang Empire in Fusang was not based on military occupation, but mainly on trade control, dominated by arms trade, and then controlled the situation on the Fusang Islands.

And there are not many opportunities to end up in person, and the only way to really calculate it is the war to seize the Osumi Islands.

However, even the previous battles to capture the Osumi Islands and attack the coastal ports were actually only small-scale battles, and the total number of troops dispatched was only a few thousand, and the scale of the battles that broke out in the past was only a few hundred.

More often, what the Fuso people can see is the mighty and huge warships of the Tang Navy, as well as the shipless guns on them, and the elite combat effectiveness of the Tang Empire in many skirmishes.

However, these small and medium-scale battles are actually difficult to truly reflect how strong the military strength of the Tang Empire is.

In this case, it is generally like the people of ordinary countries in later generations, who always like to speculate on the combat effectiveness of the major powers based on some small and medium-sized law and order wars, and then come to the illusion that although the five hooligans are very strong, they are not without the power of a war.

In fact, since the end of World War II, the five hooligans have not fought any wars that can fully reflect their national strength, and they are all petty fights.

If there is really a war for the whole country, they are afraid of it, because under the nuclear bomb, all mankind will be finished......

Today's Fusang people, how strong the actual strength of the Tang Empire is, are also in such a state of incomplete cognition, they know that the Tang Empire is very powerful, but they don't know how awesome it is.

Now this time in the Tang Empire, it has allowed the Fusang people to see what a real great country is!

Thousands of people from the distant prefecture of Osumi came across the sea, and with a thunderous force, they attacked Ishiyama Castle in just one day, completely erasing the famous religious name of Ishiyama Honganji Temple from the Fuso Islands.

How this does not shock other daimyos!

Especially when they heard that on the day of the siege, the Tang people used at least hundreds of artillery pieces and fired more than thousands of shells towards Shishan City, they were even more frightened.

Today's Fusang 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 reach are some shotguns, more precisely, short-barreled artillery!

As for the long-barreled artillery, the Tang Empire did not export it.

However, when the Tang Empire attacked Shishan City, it used dozens of long-barreled artillery, many of which were nine-pound cannons, and they also knew very well that among the warships outside the port, there were at least hundreds of medium and large-caliber naval guns.

Not to mention, these guns also made massive use of flowering shells that were almost incomprehensible to them.

It's just such a battle, which fully reflects the strong military strength of the Tang Empire, a kind of military strength that makes the Fusang people feel desperate.

If this were not the case, there would not be so many daimyo who came to Osaka in a short period of time to show their goodwill.

And this is also what the Tang Empire wants to see.

According to the empire's Fusang strategy, the empire will not launch a large-scale military invasion or even occupation of Fusang in a short period of time, and the empire's strategy in Fuso is still to control the situation, supplemented by the establishment of a number of colonies and trade operations.

The attack on Ishiyama Castle was actually a product of this strategy, and the attack on Ishiyama Castle was to completely control the strategic place of Osaka, and then take control of the Gyeonggi region, and organize Oda Nobunaga or any daimyo to control the central region and the Gyeonggi region, and then unify Fuso.

However, the Tang Empire did not have the purpose of further expanding the war, so it would not happen that the surrounding daimyo would continue to wage war and attack the surrounding daimyos.

Well, that's not going to happen for at least the next few years.

After receiving the report from Osaka, Xia Wuyan was also relieved, and now the army and navy have deterred the surrounding Fusang daimyo with a thunderous force, which is of great benefit to the follow-up strategy of the Tang Empire in Fusang, which is also a lot easier for him, the minister who presides over Fusang affairs.

After completely controlling Osaka and then intimidating the region, Xia Wuyan felt that it was time to make the next plan!

What's next?

Naturally, it continued to expand the Tang Dynasty's colony in Fuso.

Now the Tang Dynasty has a total of thirteen colonies in various parts of the Fuso Islands, and the above colonies do not include the two regions of Tsushima County and Dasui County, because these two places are not colonies, but belong to the territory of the Tang Empire, and Tsushima County belongs to Dongjiang Prefecture of Liaodong Province, which belongs to the mainland from the administrative concept.

Osumi Prefecture, on the other hand, belonged to the Ryukyu Prefecture, which was an overseas territory under the direct jurisdiction of the Cabinet in the Empire.

Colonies, talking about places like Osaka.

Most of the thirteen colonies of the Tang Dynasty in Fuso are actually concentrated in Kyushu Island, the central and western regions of Honshu Island and Shikoku Island, while in the central and eastern regions of Kyushu Island, there is only one Edo colony.

In addition, these thirteen colonies include small islands such as 'Yujima' in the Kitam Strait, and a trading post in Nagasaki, well, only a trading post covering an area of a few square kilometers.

On the whole, among the thirteen colonies, they are relatively large-scale colonies, and there are only a few places that can play an economic and trade role, and at the same time use important strategic positions, such as Osaka and Edo.

And now Xia Wuyan plans to further expand the colony in Fuso.

However, in order to control the impact, his movements should not be too large, at least in the central and western parts of Honju Island, especially in the Gyeonggi region and the central region, not only these places, but also some other more important areas.

If it moves again, it will completely destroy the local political and ecological balance, and if the balance is destroyed, those big names will unite to fight against the Tang Dynasty in order to protect themselves, and the gains will outweigh the losses.

In addition, it is also necessary to avoid occupying too many areas of territory as much as possible, and not to accept too many Fuso people, which is also contrary to the current policy of the Empire.

Therefore, Xia Wuyan's purpose of choosing is relatively special, and he does not plan to do it on the main islands of the three major islands of Kyushu, Honshu Island and Shikoku Island, but plans to do it on some islands off the coast of Fuso.

This is still to rely on the strong strength of the Tang Navy, so as to quickly fight a quick battle, and completely control the captured area, and at the same time to avoid the interference of other Fuso daimyos.

And more crucially, isolated islands can make it easier for the Tang Empire to actually rule, and get rid of the influence of Fuso culture and accelerate localization.

This can already be reflected in Osumi Prefecture and Tsushima Prefecture!

At that time, the Tang Empire successively seized the Osumi Islands and Tsushima Island, and then developed these two islands, and successively resettled, while expelling the original natives.

As for the original aborigines, some of them disappeared in the war, some of them were directly expelled by the Tang Empire and transferred to Kyushu Island, and some of them were transported to Nanyang as new immigrants.

Therefore, now these two places, the Tang Empire can be proudly said that all of them are controlled by the Tang Dynasty, and the people living on the island are the people of the empire.

Xia Wuyan planned to choose a few places to replicate the ruling policy of Osumi Prefecture, rather than the same as several colonies such as Osaka, although the place was large and the control was also great, but in fact, the local Tang population was always in the minority.

The Osaka area, which is now under the complete control of the Tang Dynasty, including the urban area and the surrounding countryside, is already under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, and the total population of this area is expected to exceed 300,000!

That's a terrifying number of 300,000!

The Tang Dynasty only has a few thousand people in the local area, and most of them are military, and there are only a few businessmen left.

The size of the population means that even if you control this place, it will be difficult to completely turn this place into a mainland, at most it will be a colony.

In order to avoid many troubles in the future, Xia Wuyan planned to use his hands on the island, instead of landing directly in a densely populated place.

The first target he chose was also interesting, and that was Sado Province, which is located in the northeastern region of Fuso's main island of Honshu.

The choice of this place as the second large-scale colony of the Tang Empire on the Fusang Islands was not only because it was an island, but also because of several other key factors.

First of all, the Empire has no other colonies in the northeastern part of Fuso's Honshu Island, and in order to increase its control over these areas, the Empire needs to establish a colony in this area.

Second, there were no powerful daimyo to control the area, and the actual rulers of the island were the Honma clan, but they fought among themselves and brought in the power of Echigo Province across the strait.

Finally, and most importantly, the Tang Empire discovered gold here, and it was relatively easy to mine!

Not only is it easy to mine, but it's also amazingly rich!

When this 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 has gold, this is enough!