Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 480 474. Return
Feng Xi's idea was simple. Since those bandits had to rely on the supplies from the surrounding villages to survive, wouldn't it be enough to just cut off their supply?

Since you want to eat the surrounding villages, we will eat them too.

Feng Xi told Fu Rong that the method was to win over some local people, and then let them disguise themselves as bandits and robbers to rob villages that were suspected of providing supplies to the bandits.

Since you are so wealthy, why not support a few more families?

When these villages are completely robbed, if the genuine bandits dare to come again, they will definitely not be welcomed even if they come from this village. It's because people are selfish. When everyone has food and drink, if you say you are the king of the mountain and give you some extra rations, everyone may agree for the sake of livelihood and safety.

But this kind of demand has a period and a bottom line. If the village can't survive, and you come again, who else will the villagers fight with if not you? If you want to live, then we won't live?
Combined with this, and the reporting system that Feng Xi had Fu Rong and his team implement, it would be strange if these villages surrounded by bandits and rebel troops could remain calm.

After the bandits were wiped out, some food rations would be given to these villages as "recaptured" spoils, but some "losses" of the bandits were inevitable, so everyone was happy. The Han army eliminated the bandits and rebels, the villages regained food and peace, the bandits and rebels were also wiped out, and a world where no one was hurt was created.

However, the honest Fu Rong always felt that doing so was a bit immoral and still had some concerns about it.

"Youchang, if there is nothing urgent, would you be willing to stay on the Japanese island for a while and help Yizhong deal with these matters?"

Feng Xi did not force Fu Rong, as this kind of thing was indeed not easy to do given Fu Rong's personality. Fortunately, Ma Su was also there this time. Ma Su was quick-witted and had participated in the affairs of Jiaozhou and Jiangdong, so he could understand and implement Feng Xi's ideas and policies better.

There are some things that Fu Rong is not convenient to do, or is unwilling to do, but Ma Su has no psychological burden in doing them, so this is why Feng Xi kept Ma Su to assist Fu Rong.

"I will obey my orders."

Ma Su's mind moved. He had already understood Feng Xi's meaning from the conversation between Feng Xi and Fu Rong just now.

"Also, Youchang, you must handle the local situation well and be careful. After all, we Han may need to educate the locals and spread our Han culture and ideas."

Feng Xi seemed to be giving instructions to Ma Su, but he emphasized some of his words a little too much, and Ma Su immediately understood and bowed.

"I will follow the orders of the Grand Commander. I will act carefully and prepare for the civilizing of the Japanese islands in the future."

The two looked at each other and smiled. Fu Zhun, who was standing next to them, didn't notice anything and his expression didn't change.

At the same time, Feng Xi asked Fu Rong and Ma Su to find some craftsmen on the Wa Island to erect a few steles, and to place them in conspicuous places, in order to establish the legitimacy of the Han army on the Wa Island.

Feng Xi immediately contacted Xu Sheng and prepared to bring all the Han troops on this eastern expedition back to the Central Plains.

It took the Han army only ten days to return to the Central Plains from the Japanese island. The expedition to the Japanese island lasted less than three months, and a lot of time was spent crossing the ocean. In the final analysis, the Japanese island's combat effectiveness was too low. Even if Yamatai raised 20,000 troops, it did not pose any substantial obstacles to Feng Xi.

After Feng Xi returned to Jiangdong, he arranged the navy and asked them to take turns to transport supplies to Fu Rong on the Japanese island.

At present, the technology of Japan is not enough, so we need to transport supplies to Japan and use it for training in navigation and going out to sea, which is killing two birds with one stone.

At the same time, after returning to Jiangling, Feng Xi immediately wrote the details of the Eastern Expedition in a memorial and submitted it to Chengdu.

Of course, what he did had to be whitewashed. In Feng Xi's words, the former Wa Nu Kingdom was dismembered by these countries today. After he went there, he "persuaded them with kind words", but unfortunately no one listened, and the locals were very hostile to him, and even gathered together to attack him.

Finally, when he was "helpless", he could only "defend himself" and kill some people with bad intentions.

In the end, he avenged Wakoku, but unfortunately, Wakoku's descendants had been slaughtered by Yamatai, and Yamatai actually wanted to proclaim itself a god. Fortunately, Feng Xi arrived in time and stopped Yamatai.

This was not Feng Xi's guess. From his future memories, what he saw and heard in Japan, and some other things, it was not difficult for him to guess what Yamatai wanted to do.

If Feng Xi hadn't interfered, the unification of Yamatai with Wa would have been a foregone conclusion. And judging from those familiar names and their actions, Feng Xi guessed that after the unification of Yamatai, Himiko's idea was to deify herself.

This method was quite common in the feudal period, such as the divine right of kings and the future heir of Amaterasu in Japan.

But Himiko obviously has greater ambitions, she wants to be Amaterasu. Feng Xi had never thought about this before, but since he knew that Himiko had Tsukuyomi and Susano under her command, Feng Xi finally understood the reason.

These people are the ones in the future myths of Wa Island, but it is obvious that they do not have the heavenly abilities in the myths. Combined with Feng Xi's vision that spans thousands of years, he immediately understood that if Himiko really unified the country, she would probably have to make some efforts and even compile documents to turn herself and her subordinates into the gods who founded Wa Island and even their worldview.

In the original timeline, they were obviously successful, but unfortunately now they encountered Feng Xi who came across the sea. Before they could transform into the so-called Amaterasu or the Moon God or Thunder God, they had already turned into ashes on a physical level.

At the end of the memorial, Feng Xi said that due to the war in Yamatai, only one in ten strong laborers remained on the Wo Island, so it was managed by the Han army. He hoped that Chengdu could send some people to assist Fu Rong in handling civil affairs. If conditions permit, some immigrants could also be sent over.

Regarding the arrangement of Wadao, Feng Xi wrote another letter to Zhuge Liang, but did not mention his detailed actions. After all, Feng Xi had in some sense already burned books on Wadao. Feng Xi's purpose was to directly destroy the cultural heritage of Wadao and then use Chinese books as the foundation of Wadao.

Destroying the culture and language of the Japanese islands, it would take less than two generations to assimilate the Japanese islands, only fifty years, which is also something that countless historical records have proven. In addition, there will be Han immigrants in the future, so it can be said that it is only a matter of time before the Japanese islands are assimilated into the Han culture.

(End of this chapter)