Chapter 606: Eighteen Years
In a short period of time, the Fusang occupation area in China was surging, and millions of Fuso men, women, and children spontaneously rebelled.
However, they did not have a unified command, they did not have sophisticated weapons, they did not have proper training, they did not have fanaticism.
And fanaticism is probably the most double-edged sword emotion in the war, this mood can make millions of people rise up against China, but it can also allow the Chinese army to create an amazing record of winning more with less many times.
What's worse is that once the fanatical emotions have calmed down because of failure, they immediately become extremely tame.
That's right, the emotions of the Fuso people are so extreme, no longer in the clouds and in hell, there is no middle way.
At first, Feng Sanhu was a little overwhelmed by the millions of people rising up against him, and he began to worry that the defenders in several key points in the rear would not be able to hold out until reinforcements arrived, but what happened later proved that he was too worried.
On March 22, 1792, 700 defenders of Osaka went out of the city to fight against the battle, and in one fell swoop defeated the surging nearly 100,000 Fuso rebels.
The next day, 1,100 defenders of Sakai Port and 1,100 sailors ashore defeated the rebels who were coming to Sakai Port.
Two days later, Feng Sanhu's main force, which had been preparing to continue the attack, returned to defeat the 300,000 Fusang rebels who were trying to enter Kyoto.
By April 15, the defenders of Kyushu re-pacified the entire territory of Kyushu with reinforcements from the mainland and naval reinforcements.
In all the above battles, no matter how many 100,000 Fusang people came in the surge, and no matter whether there were 1,000 Chinese troops in the battle, as long as the Chinese army counterattacked, they were all victorious, and the battle did not last more than two hours.
At the post-war summary meeting, the officers pointed out that in the face of the Fusang rebels, as long as they concentrated their firepower to suppress their initial wave of fanatical charges, they could launch a counterattack, and at that time the Fusang people would inevitably collapse, and the Chinese army could drive the rout and constantly roll back their own formations.
At this time, you can win by rushing up and knocking with a wooden stick.
The Chinese army fought very easily, but Feng Sanhu was very dissatisfied.
Because he had to return to the division to suppress the Fusang Rebellion, he was bound to lose in the internal competition with Li Jinghuai.
Annoyed and angry, Feng Sanhu issued an order to the entire expeditionary force to clear the occupied area shortly after returning to Kyoto.
According to his orders, the expeditionary force was dispatched in whole parts, in companies (or squadrons) of 100 men, scattered in all directions, and when they saw the villages of the Fuso people, whether they participated in the rebellion against the empire or not, they attacked immediately, and all the young men and women of Fusang and their children were enslaved, and the old, sick and disabled were executed on the spot.
The Chinese army immediately sprang into action after receiving this order, and the various units of the expeditionary force swarmed out, with the native Chinese soldiers in charge of all the cities and plains, and the Outer Tibetan Sauron tribesmen and Outer Tibetan Goryeo soldiers in charge of clearing the mountains, combing back and forth like a sieve on the occupied areas west of Kyoto and Kyushu.
Except for a small number of Chinese people in a certain city who were not harassed by the Spring Festival couplets and peach charms, other Fusang villages and cities have experienced terrible disasters.
From the beginning of the expedition to April 1793, the expeditionary force captured a total of 500,000 Fuso (and surely more dead) as slaves, and in May this number grew to 800,000, and in June it even reached 1,200,000!
Within Huaxia, there have always been voices opposing Feng Sanhu's purge order, after all, he has gone too far, and the Fusang occupation area is now almost ......, no, it has become a hell on earth now.
Many unspeakable things were being staged in Fusang, and Feng Sanhu's cruel style made many people feel dissatisfied, and the impeachment of Feng Sanhu was piled up on the emperor's table.
However, these were suppressed by the crown prince Xu Shiyang.
It wasn't until the beginning of July that the weather began to get hot, and it was feared that it would cause an epidemic if he continued to kill like this, that Xu Shiyang directly gave Feng Sanhu an order to stop the "purge order".
Subsequently, Xu Shiyang dismissed Feng Sanhu from the post of commander of the Fusang Expeditionary Force and ordered him to return to China for introspection, and the post of commander of the expeditionary force was replaced by Lin Chong, who was known for his soft-heartedness among the Chinese generals.
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On July 13, 1793, Vice Admiral Feng Sanhu, who failed to complete the task of controlling Fusang during his term of office, but was nicknamed "butcher", returned home on a naval transport ship.
But he was surprised to see that Xu Shiyang, the crown prince of the empire and the president of the National Armed Forces, was waiting for him on the Jinmen dock!
Xu Shiyang personally welcomed the generals back to China, which was the treatment that only had when he returned to the dynasty after the great victory, and in Feng Sanhu's consciousness, his trip to Fusang should have been a failure - didn't you see that he was even relieved of his position?
Moreover, at this time, the expeditionary force did not have a squad division at all.
In the largest hotel in Jinmen, in the most expensive and palatial room, Xu Shiyang and Feng Sanhu sat opposite each other.
"Three Tigers, how many years have you been with me?" Xu Shiyang asked.
"I was the first person to follow His Highness, and it has been a full eighteen years now."
Hearing Xu Shiyang's name for himself, Feng Sanhu felt a burst of excitement - today's Xu Shiyang is very polite to everyone on the surface, either calling him an official position, or calling him a cousin, but Feng Sanhu knows that this kind of superficial politeness can only show that person has not been able to "Jane in the emperor's heart".
"It's been eighteen years." Xu Shiyang smiled and sighed: "The thin monkey-like homeless child I took in at the beginning has now grown to a general who commands more than 100,000 troops and can destroy the enemy's country." ”
"Your Highness, I didn't ...... well"
"No, it's none of your business, it's actually my selfishness." Xu Shiyang shook his head and sighed slowly: "I have suppressed hatred in my heart - don't ask me why I have this hatred for the Fusang people, it just exists, so I didn't have the order to stop you, and even secretly felt happy with your order." ”
"Your Highness......" Feng Sanhu asked tentatively, "Do you agree with my approach?" ”
"For the sake of interests, I will not agree, because this will trigger a fierce resistance from more than 10 million Fuso people and increase the cost of our rule." Xu Shiyang replied: "But I cheer for you in my heart." ”
"What's more, I suddenly felt that it was actually quite good to have a general like you."
Xu Shiyang continued:
"Fame is a very useful thing, both good and bad, and your prestige - or bad name - has already spread, and in the future when you lead your troops into battle, you will have to think carefully about whether they will continue to resist."
"As long as you don't use this name in your own country."
This is deterrence, fueled by Huaxia's powerful propaganda system, it won't be long before the name Feng Sanhu will become synonymous with hell, and it can even stop children and adults from crying at night.
"Three Tigers, let me ask you a question, if I appoint you as the commander of the Southbound Army now and order you to attack the Great Zhou, what will you do in Jiangnan?"
Feng Sanhu looked up at Xu Shiyang sharply.
Xu Shiyang was very calm, as if he was talking about a very small thing.