This second step plan is the same as the previous use of diplomacy to deceive and buy the Evil Horse Taiwan State, but it has only been strengthened. He personally entertained the envoys of the Yamatai Kingdom, and sent him a lot of gold and silver, as well as exquisite silk and porcelain from the Central Plains, so that he could say good things for the people of Eastern Wu.

He asked the envoy to go back and tell Queen Himiko that the people of Eastern Wu had done normal business with this small country that had been destroyed, but the king of this small country had used deception to extort the money of the people of Eastern Wu. The most odious thing is that the king of this small country actually ordered his warriors to kill the merchants of Eastern Wu, which was unbearable, and Eastern Wu was forced to take military measures against them.

Then, Lu Xun sent an envoy with enough gifts to the Yamatai Kingdom, first, to further buy the monarchs and ministers of the Yamatai Kingdom, and secondly, to explain in detail the victims of the Soochow people in the Yamatai Kingdom.

Queen Himiko saw that the people of Dongwu were so sincere, and many ministers spoke for the people of Dongwu, so she believed it, and this matter was temporarily suppressed. However, the matter is not over.

The ninja senior who escaped was a loyal man, and when he saw that the Yamatai Kingdom was gullible in believing the words of the Soochow people, he refused to avenge his king and refused to give up. He cried outside the palace of King Yamatai every day, and always pulled those ministers who entered the palace to cry about the grievances of his country.

After a month, things finally took a turn for the better. The Soochow people couldn't buy all the ministers, they only bought some heavyweight ministers, so, after seeing how persistent the ninja predecessor was, the minister finally told Queen Himiko about it.

This is the version of the Japanese people who are sincere to the golden stone. Queen Himiko can sit on the throne as a woman for decades, and she can also make the country grow, so it can be seen that she will not be too stupid and naïve.

When she learned that the ninja senior was so persistent, she felt that something was wrong, so she secretly sent spies to various subject countries to investigate. Who knew about this investigation, those spies were scared, and when the results of the investigation were reported to Queen Himiko, Queen Himiko was also frightened and broke out in a cold sweat.

The results of the investigation are unbelievable, not only was the country of the ninja predecessor invaded by the Soochows, but more than half of the vassals of the Yamatai Kingdom had been quietly occupied by the Soochows.

There is no need to listen to any explanations from the people of Dongwu now, even if you are stupid~ you know that no matter what the reason, it is impossible to annex so many small countries with good intentions. At this point, the wolf ambition of the Dongwu people was finally revealed to the world.

Queen Himiko immediately issued an edict to recruit all troops, including those of the small vassal states, to the royal capital, and prepare to fight the Soochow people. However, it was too late to say anything now, they fell for Lu Xun's poisonous scheme, and time was repeatedly delayed, and by now, most of the vassal countries had fallen into the hands of Eastern Wu, and the number of troops that could be collected was greatly reduced.

In fact, Lu Xun knew when he made the plan that this poisonous plan could not be concealed forever, and there was always a time when the truth ~ phase was revealed, and his idea was that if the poisonous plan was discovered, it would be a big deal to fight hard.

He carried out this poisonous plan just to delay as long as he wanted, and every day of delay would weaken the Yamatai Kingdom by one point, and on the contrary, the strength of Soochow would be one more point stronger.

In this way, by the time the final general offensive is launched, the price paid by the Eastern Wu army will be one point less. He didn't expect that the people of Yamatai were so stupid that they could advance this plan to such an extent, a small strategy, plus some gold and silver wealth, could achieve such great results.

Queen Himiko found out that the problem was too late, and she sent people to investigate in various places, which took a lot of time, and in the end, most of the vassal states of the Yamatai Kingdom had fallen into the hands of the Eastern Wu Army, and it can be said that Lu Xun's treacherous plan had succeeded.

In the end, Queen Himiko was able to recruit only 5 or 6,000 samurai, most of whom were samurai from the Yamatai Kingdom itself. On the contrary, the number of the Soochow army skyrocketed to 20,000. After occupying those vassal countries, of course, Lu Xun would not be polite, and immediately plundered a large number of strong men from these vassal countries and filled the army.

Although these people cannot be used as regular soldiers, they can be used as baggage troops. Fighting a war is a logistical truth, and how can the uncivilized Japanese people understand it?

With strong logistical support, the Soochow Army can free up a large number of elite soldiers to participate in the battle. The combat effectiveness of the Eastern Wu Army quickly recovered to seventy percent of the level before the departure from Yizhou. Such a disparity in strength is actually lackluster.

The Eastern Wu Army has comprehensively crushed the Yamatai Kingdom in terms of troops, weapons and equipment, soldiers' training level, generals' command level, commander's tactics and strategies, logistics support, and so on.

The army of the Yamatai Kingdom cannot even be called an army, because many of the samurai were actually retainers or even slaves attached to a certain lord, and they were all temporarily conscripted, without any organizational discipline to speak of.

Therefore, this army does not have any formation on the battlefield at all, and it is a mess of piles in the east and a pile in the west, on the contrary, the Eastern Wu army is neatly arranged, the array is very tight, and it looks like a well-trained army.

The weapons used by the samurai of the Yamatai Kingdom were also varied, and at this time, the Wa Kingdom had just entered the Iron Age, and the level of smelting and casting was very low, and the iron weapons were also very expensive, which was not something that ordinary people could afford.

Therefore, a considerable number of people only use wooden sticks and bamboo poles, at most they tie some sharp stones, bones and other things to the ends, and use them as spears. As for the later generations of those who are well-made and outstanding* then don't even think about it.

* It was slowly developed on the basis of reference to the Tang knife, and its appearance is still far from the present. Such a force is at best a ragtag army, a bit like a peasant rebel army, but more like a bandit army, because although these people are not well trained and equipped, they are all very fierce, and they are all fierce and not afraid of death.

Look at the side of the Eastern Wu Army, there are several neat phalanxes, each phalanx is a different functional type of troops, there are spearmen, sword and shield soldiers, archers, and even fire ~ spearmen and artillery.

Previously, Soochow and Wei cooperated to steal part of the firearms technology of Shu, and they also vigorously developed firearms in China, but unfortunately due to supporting technology and cost reasons, the firearms manufactured by their two countries were both few, and their performance was much worse.

But even so, it can be regarded as a big killer on a battlefield like the Wa Kingdom. Lu Xun saw that the Japanese people were fighting in a disorderly manner, and would only rush into the enemy's formation in a swarm, and put away the idea of using firearms to deter the enemy first.

After all, now that he has left the state of Wu, even the meager industrial base has been lost, and he cannot continue to manufacture firearms for the time being. The existing firearms are used a little less, and they can be saved. When we settle down, we should quickly put up the shelves for making firearms and produce as many firearms as possible.