Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 479. Pacification of the Japanese Island
The fire was fanned by the wind and burned in Yamato Castle all night long. The fire was so big that it even ignited the wooden walls.

After all, the ignition materials shot into the city by the Shenwu Camp of the Han army were Molotov cocktails filled with petroleum. After three rounds of shooting, three thousand fire points could be said to have blossomed everywhere in Yamato Castle. This was also the reason why Yamato Castle was engulfed in flames in a short while.

Even though the Han army was well prepared, the size of the fire was beyond their expectations. They even had to evacuate a distance from the city gate to avoid being hurt by the flames.

At the beginning, there were screams and shouts in the city, and it seemed that the people in the city were encouraging each other and wanted to put out the fire.

However, the fire was fanned by the wind, and there was no preparation to put out the fire in such a hurry, so these insignificant actions naturally did not bring any beneficial effect on the fire in the city.

Since nightfall, the noise in the city has almost completely disappeared. Before this, many people tried to jump down from the city wall, but the wall was at least three meters high. Generally, if someone who didn't have martial arts skills or any force-relieving techniques jumped down from it, he would either die or have his limbs broken.

Because of the fire, the Han army naturally would not get too close to the city wall, but stayed at a distance from the wall to ensure that no one could escape. Those with broken limbs could only wail slowly, feeling the life in their bodies slowly slipping away, and finally fainted or simply died from bleeding and other reasons.

In the end, the fire burned until the next day, and finally died out on its own because there was no fuel to burn. The Han army waited until the afternoon, when the temperature of the Yamato Castle ruins dropped, before they dared to enter the city to investigate.

Although Yamato Castle is smaller than a small county town compared to the Central Plains, it is still the most prosperous city in the entire Wa Island. Not only does it house the families of the officials of Yamatai, but it also has nearly 30,000 civilians. Together with the tens of thousands of soldiers from the previous coalition forces, there were at least 40,000 people in the city when the fire broke out last night.

However, when the Han army entered the city, the city was already dead silent. Even if someone dug a cellar and hid their family in it, it would be useless. The cellars of this period had very weak defense capabilities and could not isolate themselves from the influence of the external environment.

As we all know, carbon dioxide generated by combustion is heavier than air in the air, which means that in a fire scene that continues to burn, the upper layer is smoke and dust, and the lower layer is carbon dioxide. The fire outside the cellar burned wildly, and it was very easy to evacuate the air in the cellar below the ground and turn it into carbon dioxide. Coupled with the extremely high temperature, there were many people who suffocated or steamed to death in these cellars.

Finally, the Han army searched the entire Yamato city house by house, and only found a dozen survivors. Most of them were the elderly, women and children, and there was not a single adult man.

Feng Xi naturally didn't mind sparing the lives of these non-threatening civilians. After all, to put it bluntly, the Japanese islands had basically been declared pacified, and these people were all resources for the Han Dynasty.

What Feng Xi was most concerned about was the fate of the top leaders of Yamatai. Feng Xi specifically ordered that if they were alive, they must be found, or their bodies must be found if they were dead.

Finally, in Himiko's palace, the Han army dug out dozens of corpses from the burned ruins. Among them, more than 20 people who were previously in the hall had swords and knives stuck in their bodies. It was obvious that they committed suicide before being burned to death.

Feng Xi did not relax either. He ordered his men to match the number of officials from Yamatai. At the same time, he ordered the rest of the Han army to search the area around Yamato City, striving to ensure that no one escaped.

After all, the Nohshi under Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto were somewhat beyond Feng Xi's expectations. These Nohshi were almost the predecessors of ninjas except that their methods were somewhat crude. If someone really escaped, it would probably cause considerable resistance to the Han army's future rule over the island of Wa.

Fortunately, the Han army searched the entire Yamato city and its surroundings, and no one escaped except for the survivors who had been discovered long ago. Feng Xi was relieved after confirming that Yamatai and the high-ranking members of the Japanese-Japanese coalition army had all been burned to death. He was ready to return to Kyushu to deal with the Han slaves and test their ideas.

The former Yamato Castle had been demolished by Feng Xi. After all, the houses and buildings in the city had been burned down, and the city walls had also been burned to pieces. It could be said that the most prosperous city in the entire Japanese island in the past had now completely turned into a scorched earth, with no conditions for living.

In Feng Xi's plan, at this stage the Han army's main focus will be on Jiuzhou, with Jiuzhou as the focus of development.

Firstly, the Han army would launch a surprise attack on Jizhou from Jiuzhou in the future northern expedition, so Jiuzhou must have the conditions for this surprise attack.

Secondly, the Han Dynasty is no longer the Han Dynasty that only had the area of ​​Sichuan at its most destitute time. The Han Dynasty now owns four states, among which Jiangdong and Jiaozhou have been newly established, and Yizhou is also in the development stage. It is inevitable that it will be unable to cope with the development of Wa Island.

Therefore, Feng Xi felt that instead of developing Kyushu, Shikoku and the three islands of Honshu at the same time, it would be better to develop Kyushu first and ensure that Kyushu could supply Fu Rong's detachment.

After we unify the Central Plains and have sufficient manpower in the future, it will not be too late to develop other islands.

There is no need to reiterate what happened afterwards. Yasuke, who wanted to have the best of both worlds and become the king of Kyushu, was easily defeated by Feng Xi who returned to Kyushu. The unstable factors in the Kyushu region were weakened once again.

Since the Japanese islands have been taken, there is no need for the Han army to stay there permanently. Feng Xi decided to leave 2,000 people behind and let Fu Rong garrison Kyushu to adapt to life here in advance. In addition, Fu Rong can actually live the life of a local official. At most, Feng Xi will ask Chengdu to send a person similar to the governor to Kyushu after returning.

Feng Xi also told Fu Rong about his plan, and Fu Rong had no objection. However, Feng Xi's only worry was that some stragglers or servants who were not completely eliminated during the previous cleanup of Jiuzhou would become bandits and cause Fu Rong to get into trouble.

Fortunately, Feng Xi immediately adapted to the situation on the Japanese island and left Fu Rong with several methods.

The situation is somewhat similar to but also somewhat different from that in Nanzhong and Jiaozhou. If there are people gathering in the mountains on the Japanese island, their supplies and troops can only come from the surrounding cities and villages.

Feng Xi's method for dealing with this situation is also very simple. First, as always, if someone participates in or colludes with bandits, or if a family member participates in banditry, as long as it is verified to be true, the reporter will not only be rewarded, but the property of the person being reported will also be rewarded to the reporter.

This was just a small trick. Feng Xi later proposed a military measure to complement this one. Ma Su couldn't believe it, and Fu Rong was even more hesitant. They didn't dare to use it because it was too immoral.

(End of this chapter)