A large fleet sailed the seas, south, and then south, through the Tsushima Strait. It was already past noon, and the fleet was soon to reach its destination, Dwarf Island, one of the large islands of Dwarven Island, one of which was called Kyushu Island, which was the destination of this fleet.

Don't think that Liu Zhuo had a whim, and Zhou Tai and others had been preparing for this day for four years. Although it is a bit reluctant to call Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin's army a navy, and their equipment is a little shabby, they are the leaders of this era. You know, the Age of Discovery is still early!

Liu Zhuo's ship is the largest, with a displacement of about 700 tons, a balanced rudder in the hull, and a large iron anchor. There are two-masted sails and three-masted sails in the fleet, as well as compasses and charts drawn to ensure the needs of ships for long voyages, and the safety of ships can be ensured under general wind and waves. Now the so-called warships are still mainly manned, and in this era when there are no firearms, swords, guns, bows and arrows are the main weapons of war.

In this cross-ocean expedition to the south, Liu Zhuo only took two scholars and Dian Wei's personal military battalion, and the army was 10,000 horses led by Jiang Qin and Xu Sheng. In the war to conquer Dwarf Island, Liu Zhuojihua invested 150,000 troops, limited to cross-sea operations, and could only transport troops in batches, and the army of 10,000 people was only used as the vanguard to land on Dwarf Island and establish a bridgehead. In addition to the soldiers, there were also some Hua Tuo's disciples on the ship who accompanied the army as doctors and some nurses, and some translators who were captured in the Peninsular War and knew the dwarven language and were familiar with the geography and customs of the dwarf island.

Sailing at sea is boring, and others may have no choice but to endure it. How can this guy endure this kind of torment, didn't he see this thing with the two twins Si Qin and Si Qi?

After staying on the deck for a long time, and gradually getting a little irritable, the thief slipped back into the cabin, and was in the cabin with two girls in broad daylight. It didn't take long for the three of them to mingle. The two girls are more than seventeen years old, and now they are as beautiful as peaches and plums, and they are twins, which is very interesting.

Weishenme only brought these two girls out? One reason is that it is not easy to take others when they are out on the expedition, these two girls are also women, but usually Si Qin and Si Qi are always dressed as men, and everyone knows that this is Liu Zhuo's scholar. A man and two women were messing around in the cabin, and Liu Zhuo tossed the two twin sisters badly, tidied up their clothes, and returned to the deck.

Jiang Qin looked at it with a monocular, turned back to Liu Zhuo and said, "Lord, we are almost there, and now we have discovered the land." ”

"Isn't it the right direction?"

"That's right, there is a compass, according to the charts prepared earlier, you can't go wrong."

From the peninsula across the Tsushima Strait is Kyushu, and the weather chosen is good, the visibility is good, and gradually the coast outline is clear.

"Arrange the landing of the clipper ship first, let the soldiers carefully observe the situation on the shore, if there is no abnormality, choose a more haode landing site, and you can arrange the rest."

"No, my lord."

The landing site was chosen near the later Karajin Bay, but it is still a wild and sparsely populated place. As soon as the army landed, they launched an operation, capturing all the people within a radius of ten miles around Dangjin Bay and toiling under the supervision of soldiers.

It would take a lot of labor to build a base camp here in Karatsu, and these captives of the dwarf kingdom would come in handy. Unload the ship's necessities, arrange for the fleet to return, and continue to transport troops. The next day, Liu Zhuo and others led the army to continue to march south, leaving 2,000 soldiers to garrison and build a base camp. and ordered them to take turns attacking and sweeping the western and southern areas near Dangjin Bay.

More than 8,000 horses marched southward, sweeping all the tribes they encountered along the way, capturing the local natives, and escorting them back to the base camp to work, so the army's journey was not very fast. In the afternoon, when we had reached a distance of about ten miles from Saga, the spies sent out yesterday had already returned.

"Report, my lord, several groups of dwarves are fighting near Saga Castle, and there are many groups of dwarves shili attacking the city."

"How many of them are there, do you know all those shili?"

"Lord Hui, the situation is unknown for the time being, and I am investigating."

Liu Zhuo turned his head to look at Xu Sheng and Jiang Qin: "Gongyi, set up camp on the spot." Wen Xiang, send someone to grab a few tongues and come back, let's understand clearly before acting. It is estimated that it is now a division within the dwarves, with all parties shili fighting for royal power. ”

"No, my lord."

Liu Zhuo generally knew some things about the dwarf country, and there was a record in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty about the golden seal given by Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu to the envoy of the dwarf country.

According to records, at that time, the Dwarven Kingdom had a relatively large queen kingdom called the Yamatai Kingdom, which was subordinate to more than 30 small countries. In the later period, the upper echelons of the throne ruled with little real power, and the men who held the real power fought against each other for a golden seal that symbolized the throne. And this period was the most chaotic time for the Yamadai Queen, and the queen who ruled the country was called Himiko, a young girl who had just taken over the throne for a short time.

Although the queen kingdom of Yamatai has a tradition of establishing a queen, by this time, the social development has been completely different from the past, the matriarchal society has long been in decline, and the women of the dwarf kingdom are naturally weak and difficult to dominate the society. Now the women of the dwarf country, in addition to being able to reproduce for men, the rest can only please men. Therefore, although Himiko is the queen, in the eyes of the men in the entire family, mainly in the eyes of her brothers, she is actually just a woman. Even, several men have already had bad intentions towards her.

When Himiko first ascended the throne, chaos had begun on the Dwarven Island, and there were many people who snooped on the throne. Among them is one of her half-brothers, George, who is not a woman and is the heir in line, and George has already managed to snatch the throne.

Since this throne can't be snatched hard, George wants to control Queen Himiko in his own hands, treating her as a tablet and giving orders outside.

George himself calculates very well, the problem is that he is not the only smart person, George wants to control the queen in his hands, while giving orders, others don't do it, so, several shili fight. These shili have clansmen within the royal family, as well as some princely ministers. All of them have some military support in their hands, or they each indirectly control some small countries.

Not only these people at the top fought fiercely for the throne, but also other small countries were also at peace, and the wars between countries were quite frequent, and these people wanted to destroy others, strengthen their liliang and expand their territory.

This is the reason why Weishenme Liu Zhuo chose this time period and went south to Dwarf Island. It is the chaos on this island that is a good time to start, and the more chaotic it is, the easier it is to conquer. There are more than 100 countries in the entire dwarf island, and of course, if it is a country, it is actually a tribe. Therefore, Liu Zhuo came to take advantage of the fire to rob.