The third brother was right, and Chu Qing heard it right, fifty thousand!
As the third brother said the information he had learned, Chu Qing and other friends felt like they were mourning for their heirs.
There were only more than 10,000 Ermian troops, and they landed on the island one after another and started a bloody massacre.
In addition to the army, a large number of private armed forces also began to land on the island.
The Ermian Army was affiliated to the Yingdao Southern Fleet Army. In the Chang Dynasty, it was regarded as a frontier army. It could guard the border and go out to fight. Compared with the Dachang Dynasty, the Southern Fleet Army had great wartime autonomy.
Yingdao also adopted a centralized system in which imperial power was supreme.
In addition to Kyoto, there are general mansions in various places. These general mansions are similar to those of aristocratic families and have private armed forces that are comparable to the combat power of the official army.
More than a month ago, when the last batch of military supplies was delivered to the island, Ushima Kyoto issued the latest decree related to Ryukyu Island.
The resistance of the local indigenous people on Ryukyu Island was fierce, and there were many mountains and forests on the island. The progress of the southern naval army and the infantry army had been very slow. At the same time, Kyoto on the island realized that Ryukyu Island had vast resources and issued the latest decree. The generals from all over the country could
He led his private army to the southern navy camp and landed on Ryukyu Island by boat to start operations.
To put it more simply, it is like outsourcing war, but outsourcing it to the locals.
After each family landed on the island with their private armed forces and borrowed warships from the navy, it didn't matter whether they won or lost. If they lost, it was their people who died. If they won, however much territory they occupied, the territory would belong to them.
This is roughly what it means. There are also some details, such as dividing areas and how long you have to defend which territory before it belongs to you. It does not mean that you can enclose as much area as you want. It will be divided into these according to some requirements.
The fiefdom of the general's family, etc.
The people of Yingdao responded positively and joined the palaces of these generals one after another. The situation of the army was more prosperous than before. In Yingdao, the land was equally valuable.
This plan has already begun to be implemented. There are two generals close to the southern naval force. The two forces have negotiated quite well. Instead of taking the route of the front army, they will go to the northwest sides. One will lead 7,000 people and the other will lead 10,000.
Of the two thousand people, 30% are their family's private army, and the remaining 70% are "civilian troops", that is, the people of Yingdao. The threshold is very low, and it can be said that individuals can join.
Two families, one named Wu Yuan and the other Okita, with seven thousand people in the former and twelve thousand people in the latter, both landed on the island ten days earlier than Chu Qing and others.
The son of the Wuyuan family sent by the Wuyuan family is called Wuyuan Sheng. He is here to get gold plating and get some fame or military merit. He is the 19th son of the Wuyuan family. He is not responsible for fighting. He just works in the rear and gets equal credit.
As a result, Elder Long's tribe, that is, the people of the Eagle tribe, discovered it and kidnapped Wu Yuan Sheng from the rear.
The general of the Takehara family, the fat man whose head was pierced by an arrow, was named Hirose Yoshi. After discovering that his young master was missing, he led a thousand people deep into the mountains and forests to search for his whereabouts.
In the process of searching, they met a branch of another family, that is, the men of the Jingxia family, seven hundred people. It didn't matter who the two sides were, they were both partial troops with their own purposes. The former was looking for his master.
The latter looks for traces of indigenous people.
Elder Long asked Wu Yuansheng's entourage to find Hirose Yoshi. If he wants to rescue your young master, he can kill the seven hundred people from the Jingxia family and return Wu Yuansheng to you.
That fat Yingou man was a retainer of the Wuyuan family. If the young master died, his whole family would have to be buried with him, including all his subordinates.
Only then did the scene Chu Qing just saw happen, with the Japanese thieves on both sides killing each other.
It is worth mentioning that Elder Long had no intention of letting Wu Yuansheng go. He just wanted the two gangs to fight among themselves. He had the same idea as Chu Qing. Whoever wins will be killed. Otherwise, it would be impossible.
He took more than 3,000 tribesmen and hid them in the dense forest.
According to what Wu Yuansheng said, before Xia enters, some private soldiers of the general's family will land on the island one after another, at least 30,000 people.
Adding in the army, Wu Yuan and Jingxia who have already landed on the island, this means that within a month, there will be about 50,000 Japanese thieves on the island.
What's really worrying is that these 50,000 troops are basically owned by their own masters, and they enter the island from different directions.
Forget it alone, the aboriginal people on the island are not from one tribe, there are dozens of them, big and small. The "Eagle Tribe" where Elder Long belongs is just one of them. It is considered a relatively large tribe, with a total of 5,000 people.
up and down.
In the past, the tribes were united because they had a leader, who was called the "Moon God".
According to what Elder Long said, the Moon Goddess is a woman from Chang. Without even thinking about it, she is Chu Qing’s mother.
Chu Qing's mother didn't know why she came here. The time coincided with the time when she captured Di and captured the Hu Zhou division's warship.
Madam Chu can be said to be both civilized and military, and has done many things. In short, she teaches the indigenous people how to make tools and how to use them, and conquers them. She teaches the indigenous people how to make offshore boats, conquers them, unites all tribes, conquers them, conquers them.
, and defeat them.
All tribes call Lady Chu the Moon Goddess.
Not long after, Japanese thieves began to invade the island.
Originally, all the tribes were united, but after Madam Chu left, no one accepted the other's will, and they returned to their previous state of disunity, fighting on their own, losing more and winning less.
After that, another woman landed on the island, alone, dressed similar to Mrs. Chu, claiming to be the son of the Moon God, and united all the tribes again. The result was similar to Mrs. Chu, she was very scumbag, and she left not long after staying.
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It's like a vicious circle. After the "leader" left, each tribe returned to normal and fought independently for different reasons. However, when the son of the Moon God left, he left a message, saying that if the Japanese invaded in large numbers, they would be killed.
The situation of these tribes is unstoppable, but there is no need to worry too much. She said that she would search for the whereabouts of the Moon God and come back with the Moon God's reinforcements to help Yingdao.
There are differences between the two people. Moon God, Yue and Mrs. Chu, stayed longer, while the latter stayed shorter. They landed on the island to find traces of the former.
It is worth mentioning that the reinforcements of the Moon God do not refer to Chu Qing's group, nor the boat masters, nor even the Chang people. According to the son of the Moon God, the reinforcements of the Moon God are also Fan people, blond and blue-eyed Fan people.
, driving the most powerful warship, defeated the Japanese thieves and protected the aborigines.
After the third brother finished explaining what he had learned, everyone felt a little heavy. There were too many Japanese thieves. The biggest problem was that these natives were not united at all and were difficult to fight.
"Two things." Chu Qing, who was squatting on the ground, unconsciously wiped the blood on his palms: "The first thing is that Master Xi, the female Taoist who protected Di Qinhu, should be the son of the Moon God."
Everyone nodded in agreement. How could there be so many skilled female Taoist nuns in the world?
Chu Qing's brows knitted together: "Why is she looking for my mother? The most important thing is that she claims to be the son of the Moon God!"
The friends looked very strange and did not dare to say anything easily.
"If she is my mother's apprentice, she should call herself a follower of the Moon God or some other title, not the son of the Moon God."
Chu Qing did not draw conclusions easily and continued: "The second thing is, why are the reinforcements from the Moon God from Fan people?"