North of Honshu Island, Hokkaido.

Hokkaido is not currently the territory of the Wakoku Kingdom, it is close to the far north, the land is poor, the Wakkaido have not occupied this land for so many years, and there are only some backward barbarians living on it, the number is not much, the population of Hokkaido is about 100,000 barbarians.

December was already a cold winter, and a few days ago there was a heavy snowfall on Honshu Island, which happened to be the day when the Wa Kingdom was completely destroyed, and it seemed to herald the demise of the Wa Kingdom.

Heavy snow is also falling in Hokkaido.

On December 2, a Ming army of 7,000 men landed in Hokkaido, including 2,000 regular troops and 5,000 garrisons, who had been ordered by Yan Yingyuan to occupy the area.

"Commander Zhang, why do you say the marshal wants us to occupy this icy island?" Commander Wang, the commander of the garrison corps who led 5,000 people, said to the head of the 2,000-strong regiment, Commander Zhang.

The regular army is the main combat force of the Ming Dynasty, and the news is much better than that of the garrison.

Head Zhang shook his head and said, "I don't know, but this is the emperor's will, and we must obey it!" ”

"It turned out to be the emperor's will!" Head Wang immediately looked in reverence, and no longer dared to say anything that sounded questioning.

Zhu Cijiao is already a god-like existence in the current Ming army, and Zhu Cijiao's will is unimpeded in all Ming troops, and no general dares to question Zhu Cijiao's will, let alone any general who dares to disobey Zhu Cijiao's will.

Don't say that Hokkaido is a poor place, even if it is a place where birds don't, as long as it is Zhu Ciji's will, they will conquer it.

Compared with the hundreds of thousands of barbarians in Hokkaido, the Ming army of 7,000 people was completely crushed in strength, and there was no question of whether it could be occupied.

Stepping on the snow that covered the calves, the Ming army slowly moved forward.

Suddenly, a strange shout came, causing the Ming army to be on alert.

"All the troops on alert!" Head Zhang immediately ordered loudly.

Two thousand regular soldiers set up machine guns and rifles at the outermost perimeter, and five thousand garrisons were in the center and rear, with bows and swords ready to support the regular army at any time.

Soon, a large number of barbarians dressed in animal skins rushed out on sleighs, armed with wooden tips and a few swords and spears, numbering no less than 10,000 people, and it seemed that all the barbarian elites on the island had been dispatched.

These people rushed towards the Ming army with great momentum, and the Ming soldiers did not panic at all, staring at the barbarians approaching calmly.

Soon the full man at the front rushed within two hundred meters.

"Fire!" Head Zhang ordered indifferently.

"Da Da Da"

Machine guns and rifles opened fire intensively, killing and wounding nearly 300 barbarians who rushed towards them in an instant.

The terrifying casualties frightened the barbarians behind, and a large number of barbarians rowing sleds were not in a hurry, and they fell into the snow with the sleds, and turned around and escaped from the range of the Ming army's fire.

Tens of thousands of barbarians, one by one, looked at the nearly three hundred tribesmen who were killed and wounded in front of them.

Some people were angry, some people yelled, but more than that, there was fear, no one dared to step forward to attack the Ming army, maybe just that moment ago, they understood that the current enemy was strong, and it was not something they could match.

"Commander Zhang, the barbarians don't dare to advance, do we want to take the initiative?" Head Wang asked to Head Zhang.

"Let's take a look first." Head Zhang shook his head and said.

Although the Ming army is here to occupy Hokkaido, it does not mean that the barbarians on the island must be killed.

After a while, a barbarian dressed in a tiger skin walked out, looking like a high-ranking barbarian.

"Where do the friends up front come from?" What was surprising was that this barbarian high-ranking man actually spoke Chinese, although it was not very pure, at least most of the soldiers of the Ming army could understand it.

Head Zhang and Head Wang glanced at each other, and they both saw the joy in each other's eyes. Regardless of how the barbarian high-ranking learned Chinese, it was a happy event for them, which meant that they had a channel of communication with the barbarians.

Head Zhang walked over to the barbarian high-level.

After the two of them talked about it, Commander Zhang learned that this barbarian high-ranking was actually the leader of the barbarians, and the Manchu leader was also quite surprised by the identity of the general of Zhang's army.

At this time, Captain Zhang was already very close to the other barbarians, and he could see that many barbarians showed angry expressions towards him.

It is not difficult to understand, after all, as soon as the soldiers of the Ming army opened fire just now, they instantly killed and injured nearly 300 of them, many of whom were good friends who grew up together, and they were naturally hostile to outsiders who killed their people.

But it doesn't matter, Captain Zhang doesn't care, he has a strong strength, he tries to negotiate with the barbarians, and the barbarians give in, if they resist to the end, he doesn't mind killing these barbarians on the spot.

The barbarian leader seemed to have insight into Commander Zhang's thoughts, and was slightly shocked in his heart, shouting at the barbarians behind him, although those barbarians were still angry on their faces, they did not disobey the order of the barbarian leader, and retreated a distance of dozens of meters.

Head Zhang nodded secretly, and his heart was playful.

Immediately, Commander Zhang and the barbarian leader negotiated on the spot.

Commander Zhang promised that as long as Hokkaido was incorporated into the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty would transport enough food for all the barbarians on the island for free to eat for half a year, and promised that he would send people to the island to teach all the barbarians to learn the Ming script and language, and there were many discounts behind, any of which was full of temptation for the barbarians.

After listening to Commander Zhang's promise, and looking at the 7,000 Ming army behind Commander Zhang, the barbarian leader made a decision in just a moment, completely agreed with Commander Zhang's proposal, and voluntarily took the barbarians on the island to merge into the Ming Dynasty.

At this moment, Head Zhang smiled with relief, he didn't expect to solve the matter on the island so easily, with the assistance of the barbarian leader, coupled with the deterrence of the strong strength of the Ming army, all the barbarians on the island quickly surrendered.

After some understanding, Zhang also learned that the ancestor of the barbarian leader was a Han man who fled from Liaodong to Hokkaido decades ago in order to escape the war brought by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and was valued by the original barbarian leader on the island because he taught the barbarians on the island to cultivate and many hunting skills.

Subsequently, Commander Zhang and other 7,000 Ming troops were stationed in Hokkaido, and in order to entrap the barbarians on the island, Commander Zhang ordered half of the grain to be allocated to the barbarians on the island on the spot.

Most of the barbarians made a living from hunting, summer and autumn were fine, and now winter was the time when they were short of food, and the actions of Commander Zhang almost instantly resolved the hatred of the Ming army killing and wounding nearly three hundred barbarians when the two sides first came into contact.

After resolving the hatred, the barbarians on the island were less hostile to the Ming army, and over time, it would not be a problem to fully accept the Ming and assimilate into a member of the Ming Dynasty.