Of course, the journey to the Wa Kingdom was not always easy. Although it does not seem to be far from Yizhou to the Wa Kingdom today, in that era, the navigation technology was very backward, even if the Eastern Wu had tens of thousands of ships of all kinds in its heyday, and the shipbuilding technology was also one of the best countries in that era, but they were all inland river ships, and going out to sea was not the same thing at all.

Unlike the sharp-bottomed boats used by the Han Navy, the flat-bottomed inland river boats have very poor wind and wave resistance, and it is actually a very dangerous thing to sail far into the ocean with these inland river boats.

As a result, even if Lu Xun thought he was fully prepared, this time he still suffered heavy losses in crossing the sea. When the whole army set out from Yizhou, there were more than 20,000 people (including the Yi slaves captured in Yizhou), and when they finally arrived at the Wa Kingdom, there were only 10,000 left, and the loss was more than 50%.

This is still Lu Xun and the remnants of Soochow ~ lucky, did not encounter the "kamikaze" (that is, typhoon), otherwise the loss is definitely more than this number, if it really encounters a typhoon, it is not impossible to take those flat-bottomed inland river boats of Soochow even if the whole army is wiped out.

In history, the Yuan Dynasty sent a large army to conquer the Japanese kingdom several times, but they all encountered a "kamikaze" and led to the annihilation of the entire army, otherwise the history of the entire East Asia would be rewritten.

Relying on the blessing of God, and fortunately, Lu Xun transferred the little emperor from the Lou ship in advance and took a medium-sized warship, so the core members of the Eastern Wu court were preserved. As the saying goes, the tree attracts the wind, and the tall things of the building boat are easy to fall when the wind blows, and this time the sea crossing, the building ships of Soochow are all capsized and reimbursed, and only some small and medium-sized ships remain.

However, compared to the Japanese state, in fact, 10,000 horses is not a lot. At that time, the Wa Kingdom was still in the Yayoi period (c. 300 BC-300 AD). The Wa Kingdom of this era was not a unified country. The Wa Kingdom is the general name of all the countries and tribes of the Han Dynasty on this island.

The Yayoi period, the era when Yayoi-style pottery was used in ancient Japan. Its culture is called Yayoi culture. In the Yayoi period, agriculture was widespread based on the cultivation of rice; began to use bronze and ironware; Primitive society began to gradually transition to a class society; He has frequent contacts with China and the Korean Peninsula, and is deeply influenced by mainland culture.

In the middle and late Yayoi period, there are more detailed records in the "Later Han Shu Dongyi Biography" and "Three Kingdoms Chronicles, Wei Zhi, Dongyi Biography". At that time, the Japanese ~ Ben were collectively called "Wa", and they were divided into many small countries, with different classes and strata such as "king", "doctor", "lower household", and "shengkou".

In the second year of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty (57 AD), the "slave" country sent an envoy to Luoyang, and the Han Dynasty gave its king a golden seal (see the golden seal of the slave king of the Han Dynasty). In the first year of Emperor Yongchu of Han An (107), the Wa king Shuaisheng sent an envoy to the court and offered "shengkou" (slaves).

In the period of the Three Kingdoms, the Yamatai Kingdom became the co-lord of many small countries, and its queen Himihu sent an envoy to Luoyang in the third year of the early Jing Dynasty (239), and the Wei Emperor gave various gifts such as gold seals and brocade and bronze mirrors. Since then, Yamatai has repeatedly interacted with China.

That is to say, during this period, the largest country in the Wa Kingdom was the Yamatai Kingdom, but even in this largest country, the total number of troops did not exceed 10,000. Of course, if this Evil Horse Taiwan State gathers all the troops of all the vassal countries, it will be more than 10,000 horses.

However, in addition to the number of soldiers and horses, there are many factors that determine the outcome of a war. For example, the time, place, and people, such as weapons, the training degree of soldiers, food and grass, the art of war and strategy for generals, and so on.

The country of Yamatai is still in a state of semi-feudal and semi-slavery, and it is almost the same to say that they are uncivilized savages, where is there any talk of the art of war and strategy. After thousands of years of war in the Central Plains, the art of war and strategy have long developed to the height of the peak, and Lu Xun is a master of the contemporary art of war, strategy, and politics, and it is easy to deal with these uncivilized savages.

After the landing of the Soochow army, they began to attack various small countries in a planned way after a short rest. Lu Xun did not move the Yamatai Kingdom and its vassal states at first, but chose to attack some small countries and tribes that were not vassal states of the Yamatai Kingdom, and first obtained a foothold for the Eastern Wu army.

At the same time, they used diplomatic means to confuse the Yamatai Kingdom, and even traded with the Yamatai Kingdom, and also bribed some ministers of the Yamatai Kingdom, so that everyone in the Yamatai Kingdom thought that this group of people who came from the Han Dynasty and the Heavenly Kingdom were indeed very benevolent, righteous and kind as their Confucianism propagated.

After clearing out those small countries that had nothing to do with the Yamatai Kingdom, the Soochow people had already gained a firm foothold in the Wa Kingdom and had some considerable territory. At this time, Lu Xun began to show his sharp fangs.

He began to find all sorts of excuses to cut off the vassals of the Yamatai Kingdom. Some of these small countries are actually just a tribe, and some are about the same size as a township, so they are easy to fight, but the problem is how not to attract the attention of the Yamatai Kingdom after the fight.

The methods adopted by Lu Xun were: 1. Surround the enemy's castle with absolute superiority in forces every time he attacks, quickly seize the territories of these small countries, and try to kill all the lords and subordinates of these territories if they can't surrender, so that they can't go to the Yamatai Kingdom for help.

In this era, the means of communication and transportation were very backward, and the army of Soochow had made a perfect plan every time it went out to destroy a small country, and there were always some troops lying in ambush on some communication arteries, and those who escaped to report the news would be captured or killed by them.

With the strength of the Eastern Wu Army, even if it attacks with absolute superiority every time, it can deal with several small countries at the same time, because these small countries are too weak, sometimes there are only a dozen or dozens of samurai, and it is already very face-saving for the Eastern Wu Army to send hundreds of people to deal with them.

Lu Xun's plan was carried out smoothly, and those small countries that were destroyed have not escaped the net. However, as the saying goes, there is no impermeable wall in the world, and many mountains will eventually meet tigers, no matter how carefully planned and secretive things are done, they will be exposed in the end.

When the Soochow army attacked a small country, the king of the small country, seeing that the situation was irreparable, ordered a samurai to flee and go to Yamatai to complain, tell the queen of the Atrocities of the Soochow people, and ask the queen to avenge them.

The samurai still had two blows, he took a reed pipe in his mouth, jumped into the creek, and used the reed pipe to breathe and lurk underwater. And because of the continuous victories, the Soochow people gradually became a little coquettish, and the soldiers' search was not as careful as at the beginning, and finally the samurai escaped.

This samurai is estimated to be the ancestor of the ninja, and he is really able to endure it. He hid underwater until dark, and finally escaped from the pursuit of the Eastern Wu soldiers and ran to the Yamatai country, and the atrocities of the Eastern Wu people were finally revealed.

At first, Queen Himiko didn't believe that these people from the Celestial Empire could be so bad, and she sent a messenger to the Soochow court to ask what was going on. While lamenting the political naivety of Queen Himiko, Lu Xun ordered the army to speed up the pace of seizing the territories of the small countries, and at the same time began to implement the second step plan.