"Newspaper, news came from Hsinchu County in front that Wang Guorui, the governor of Hsinchu County, led Taiwan's anti-Japanese volunteers to resist the invasion of the Japanese and annihilated a wing and a brigade of the Japanese Guards Division, totaling more than 4,000 people."

A message was delivered to Tainan, and the news suddenly shook everyone. Before, they also thought that the Japanese army was very strong, and when the Japanese army landed in Taiwan, they also thought that resistance was useless. And Tang Jingsong, the governor of Taiwan, also took the opportunity to pretend to be an old woman and run to Taiwan, and now Taiwan can be said to have no unified leadership. At this time, some people in Tainan also planned to recommend Liu Yongfu as the leader of Taiwan's resistance against Japan, and Taiwan's organizational system was also being built.

However, everyone is also very confused about the prospect of Taiwan's resistance to Japan. Because the strength of the entire mainland has also failed, can Taiwan hold on? Therefore, everyone is very unconfident in this anti-Japanese war, and even Liu Yongfu is very unconfident. However, the news that this kingdom Rui annihilated more than 4,000 people of a wing of the Japanese army immediately shocked countless people. Because of more than 4,000 people, it is almost equivalent to the loss of the Japanese army in Liaodong. At that time, the entire Chinese army in Liaodong did not inflict so many losses on the Japanese army, but now the army of a local force in Taiwan has actually annihilated an entire wing and a brigade, more than 4,000 people! Is the Japanese army's combat effectiveness too weak, or is Wang Guorui too strong?

"General Liu, is there a problem here? There are more than 4,000 people, you must know that the imperial court in Liaodong is only in the early 4,000s, and I am afraid that it is not as many as 4,800 people this time. And this time they claimed to have annihilated more than 4,000 people, will there be a fraud? Wu Pengnian, the general of the Black Flag Army, said.

Many people are like this, and if they can't do it themselves, they think that others can't do it either. And their Black Flag Army believes that they are the most powerful anti-Japanese force in Taiwan, so they are also seeking to "support" Liu Yongfu as the leader of Taiwan's resistance against Japan. But none of Taiwan's "most powerful" troops can do this, so how can someone else's army be able to do this? So his first thought was that there was fraud in this matter, I am afraid that Wang Guorui took the initiative to brag, deliberately exaggerated the results, and then sought everyone's attention.

And Liu Yongfu, who was in his sixties, closed his eyes, thought for a while and said: "Let his sons and daughters go and tell the people of Tainan that we, Ruizhi County, the Kingdom of Taiwan, have annihilated 10,000 Japanese troops?" ”

"Ten thousand!" A middle-aged man of about forty years old was shocked.

And Liu Yongfu immediately said: "Feihong, now we need morale too much. Even if this Wang Guorui's exploits are fake, then we have to help him brag about it to be true. Now Taiwan is demoralized, and morale is urgently needed! ”

Liu Yongfu is an old man, and he immediately found an important element. Now it is not a matter of whether any combat exploits are true or false, but the most important thing is to use this opportunity to boost morale. Taiwan's anti-Japanese situation is not optimistic, and the people, the military and civilians are not very confident that they can resist the Japanese army. At this time, Wang Guorui annihilated more than 4,000 people, so Liu Yongfu, who thinks he is the leader of Taiwan's anti-Japanese resistance, doesn't care about what is true or false, and first helps Wang Guorui brag. Liu Yongfu directly doubled the number of Wang Guorui annihilated, so that anyway, it was to help Wang Guorui brag, and then help the people and the army restore their confidence.

Soon, under the mobilization of the intelligence agencies and military and political propaganda agencies under Wang Guorui, together with Liu Yongfu, the places south of Hsinchu County in Taiwan also began to brag about Wang Guorui's military exploits.

"Did you hear that? Wang Zhi County in Hsinchu County annihilated 10,000 Japanese troops! ”

"Where, Wang Zhixian annihilated 15,000 people! Fifteen thousand Japanese troops were annihilated by Lord Wang Guorui like this, which is really powerful! ”

"Where, I saw it with my own eyes, Lord Wang, there are mountains of corpses of Japanese soldiers, no less than 50,000 people!"

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Soon, news gradually spread out and began to spread to hundreds of people. And this kind of news is more and more outrageous, and it is 10,000 people at the beginning. But then it rose to 20,000, 50,000, or even 100,000. When the legend was the most outrageous, it was actually spread that Wang Guorui annihilated 200,000 Japanese troops, which was really a bull fork. As for whether anyone believes it, this is the existence of a large number of "witnesses", as if it were true. In this way, they all felt as if it were real, and the 200,000 Japanese troops were also annihilated by Wang Guorui with a slap.

And everyone is not so afraid of the Japanese army, because Wang Guorui has easily annihilated the "200,000" Japanese army, so what else is there to be afraid of these Japanese soldiers? Therefore, Taiwan's anti-Japanese enthusiasm has risen again, and it is obvious that many people will regain their confidence in resisting Japan and then prepare to continue to resist the Japanese army.

"Lord Wang, you are really our living bodhisattva in Taiwan! Lord Wang, this time you annihilated hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops, this really gives us hope for Taiwan to resist Japan. Therefore, we specially came to the labor army, and a little heart is not respect! ”

Wang Guorui was receiving the local gentry who came to the labor army, because they knew that if the Japanese army captured Taiwan, their land would probably be lost. Therefore, these people are very concerned about the safety of their land, and if the land is robbed by the Japanese army, they will inevitably return to the pre-liberation period overnight. Therefore, they also hope to be able to come out to work in the army, boost morale, so that Wang Guorui's army can work hard, and then fight to protect their wealth. And the wealth of these labor troops is regarded as an investment.

"Hehe, squire fathers and elders, my Taiwan anti-Japanese war has a future. I annihilated a wing and a brigade of the Japanese army in one go this time, which can be said to be a feat. And next, this is just the beginning, as long as we in Taiwan can work together, then we will definitely be able to defeat the Japanese army and drive the Japanese army back to our hometown! Wang Guorui said.

Wang Guorui still relies on these landlords and gentry at present, because now is not the right time for them to fall out. If they fall out with them, then maybe they will also go to the Japanese army and cooperate with the Japanese. Although Wang Guorui had long wanted to carry out a reform of their land, it was not yet time, and the gentry had to be appeased. After all, they all have money in their hands, and they can provide a lot of funds for Wang Guorui. If you fall out at this time, it will not be good for you. As for the future, it can only be said later, and if you want to cross the river and tear down the bridge in the future, that will be a matter for the future.

"I know that Lord Wang likes cash, so I deliberately took out all the silver that our family has accumulated for many years, just so that Lord Wang can fight the Japanese army well!" A gentry said.

Wang Guorui looked at the large boxes of silver, and suddenly felt that the landlord was also very rich! These landlords accumulated wealth every year, and most of it was used for storage, and then kept in the cellar and never used again. And this money is a very huge wealth, if it can be used to circulate, how much economic development can be driven, how much capital can be provided for the country's industry! But now they are all used by these landlords to store, and they are of no use at all.

"Okay, good, I accepted the performance. You also put your heart in your stomach, and I solemnly promise you here that as long as I am still in Hsinchu County for a day, I will not let the Japanese army cross Hsinchu County to attack Tainan! If the Japanese army wants to pass through guò, they must step on my corpse! Wang Guorui said.

"Lord Wang's high righteousness, I admire it below!" The landlords and gentry said one after another.

Next, the news of Wang Guorui's annihilation of a large number of enemies also began to spread throughout Taiwan. Everyone also began to spread the news, because now in the case of a loss, there is finally a good news, and everyone is like grasping a life-saving straw to spread the news of Wang Guorui and boost the morale of Taiwan's resistance against Japan. And many people also began to regard Wang Guorui as a life-saving straw and as a savior, hoping that Wang Guorui could defeat the Japanese army and give them peace.

But what Wang Guorui needs is this effect, as long as Wang Guorui can become the savior in the minds of the Taiwanese people, then he can completely win the hearts of the Taiwanese people. At this time, once he can become the spiritual leader of the Taiwanese people to resist Japan, I am afraid that it will be very beneficial for the next two to rule Taiwan. And this is a real prestige, not an ordinary thing. What Wang Guorui lacks now is prestige, because he was just a magistrate before, and his status was too low. Moreover, this county does not have much prestige and cannot affect the whole of Taiwan. Therefore, Wang Guorui needs to let more people in Taiwan know his reputation, so that the people of Taiwan also have little confidence in Wang Guorui. In this way, Wang Guorui can "do whatever he wants" and not have to be afraid of too much opposition.

In this way, Wang Guorui was able to establish absolute authority and allow himself to have enough prestige to rule Taiwan after driving out the Japanese army. Prestige is a thing that is important and important, but it is not important to say that it is not important. Although Wang Guorui can rule Taiwan through the guò Red Police soldiers, the people sincerely support the control of the Red Police soldiers, which are completely different things. So, to be able to build prestige, that's still very necessary.

However, this news also quickly spread to the Japanese army, and the Japanese army's Taiwanese governor Kayama Shikiri, as well as the Japanese army's Guards Division commander Prince Kita-Shirakawa Miyano Higaku also began to be furious, obviously unable to accept this tragic result.