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| - The City of New Shibetsu 新しい士別 was built on what was the border between the Japanese mainland colonies and the Kingdom of Korea. After the conquest of Korea and the peace that came to the developers of these cities allowed it time to become the chief exported of metal for the Japanese war machine. Emperor Fuyutsuki received word of the Sinican Council’s declaration and decided to begin planning as soon as possible. In New Shibetsu, a city not far from the edge of the Great Wall, came under attack in the year 661 (92 BC) a year after the declaration. the wall acted in some ways like a funnel during this conflict as well as keeping the Japanese from sweeping through Bei and south into the Heart of Sinica. Bei troops under the command of Cao Bing 曹邴, brother of the current King of Bei and descendant of Cao Wei, moved into New Shibetsu in conjunction with another earlier operation consisting not of troops but of spies. The Tartar people who had been ravaged by the expansions of Bei, Korea and Japan moved from their burning towns into the slums of the very countries they had been conquered by, usually ending up as slaves. When Japan took Korea this process did not change but some in Bei were trained in the art of espionage. The Tartar spies moved into the Japanese labor camps and mines to convince the workers to rebel. When they saw the troops from Bei move into the city, or heard of their arrival, they would take the city from the inside and become a new wealthy class with the Korean aristocracy and wealthy Japanese immigrants as their slaves or simply their dead. When the troops from Bei managed to beat through the defenses of Japan they found, rather than the rebellion of the Tartars over their masters, mass graves of laborers killed in a foolish attempt for freedom. The Bei troops quickly overran the city but were shocked and horrified at this find. The aristocrats were killed by the troops and their manors made into fortresses. They were buried along side their slaves and the word was sent back to the Command certain Xi’an about the universal equality of death. The Japanese were horrified at the shame that had befallen their noble families but the Emperor spoke of the long terms. The others cities of the North were very well defended and exported enough metals to make up for the loss of New Shibetsu (Hyesan 惠山). The movement of troops focused on moving into secure cities and going into the port capitals of the Sinicans.
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