Volume 4 is in the ascendant Chapter 446: Western Dog Country
Gan Ning held the dog's head speechlessly and threw it back to the other side in disgust...
Opposite Gan Ning were hundreds of soldiers from the Western Dog Kingdom dressed in primitive clothing—if soldiers could be considered soldiers if they were holding wooden spike stone spears...
The other side was in panic, shouting in confusion, and fled in all directions. Gan Ning did not pursue them.
In fact, Gan Ning still didn't quite understand the West Dog's train of thought - can't you see my big "fist"? After the navy "flexed its muscles", it resolutely came out to fight me?
That’s right, not long ago, the Xiquan Kingdom actually rejected Gan Ning’s “good intentions” and launched a horrific attack on the Chu Navy, which came with a friendly and mutually beneficial attitude!
Gan Ning expressed deep regret for this and gave the enemy a head-on blow. In order to ensure that the conflict would not escalate further and to implement the good quality of the Chu State to be friendly to its neighbors, Gan Ning made a move... and directly killed the opponent's General Xiquan.
The power system of the Danzhou people is somewhat similar to that of the Zhouhu people, and their generals are all transformed into half-beast, half-human appearances.
Gan Ning is now well-informed and understands that this power system is actually very similar to that of the Goguryeo and Buyeo peoples in ancient times.
However, later on, the Goguryeo, Buyeo, and even the Samhan people were all influenced by the Xiongnu Empire and transformed into a shamanic system based mainly on cavalry warfare.
As for the transformation into an orc, this should be the ancient Shaman Ji system, which is about the same age as the update of Shanyue Ji, or even older...
In ancient times, during the tribal era of the Central Plains civilization, there were actually some remnants of the ancient shaman system. For example, during the Battle of Zhuolu, according to legend, the Yellow Emperor dispatched 100,000 heavenly soldiers, 100,000 beasts, and 100,000 people.
The number may be exaggerated, but Gan Ning suspected that the 100,000 beasts among them were the remnants of the ancient shaman system, or they might be part of the tribes in the Yellow Emperor's alliance, which was the ancient shaman system.
If Bai Tu knew about this scene, he would definitely remember that there is another thread in the origin of the island country - before the Yamato Kingdom and the Kofun period, the island country had traces similar to the ancient Shamanism of the Northeast!
In fact, the current Yamato people are, to a certain extent, all mixed-race descendants of outsiders. After all, the indigenous Ainu people of Danzhou have been driven to the northernmost of the four islands. Moreover, the Ainu people are quite different from ordinary yellow people. Not only do they have darker skin, but they are also the group with the most body hair. The difference between men and women in beards is only the amount of beard.
In comparison, the Yamato people that Gan Ning saw now, although short, were not much different from him. In terms of facial features, they were more similar to himself than Pang Tong...
After Gan Ning chopped off the head of the attacker's leader in a daze, he realized that this guy was actually General Xiquan!
Gan Ning can only comment on this: very weak and very reckless.
In fact, in history, the Gou Nu Kingdom was also so reckless. Because Yamatai was the first Danzhou Kingdom to pay homage to Wei, Cao Pi sent people to rebuke the Gou Nu Kingdom after learning that the Gou Nu Kingdom and Yamatai were not friendly.
The result was that the latter ignored it!
Wei State was indeed overly self-conscious in this matter. After all, Wei State's national strength and the situation during the Three Kingdoms period were not enough to make it really send troops to Danzhou.
But the Gonu Kingdom was really reckless. A civilization that hadn't even completely passed the Neolithic Age actually ignored the Wei Kingdom...
Of course, if they don't want to pay attention to it, then don't pay attention to it. The Wei State really didn't have time to deal with it. After Yamatai had communicated with the Wei State several times, it felt that it was of little significance and severed contact.
But now Gan Ning is different, because he has come with a full-fledged and combat-capable navy!
The Western Dog Kingdom was still stubborn, so Gan Ning could only choose to stop the war with force in grief...
With disgust... no, after wiping the blood off the weapon with grief, he ordered the head of General Xiquan, which had turned back into a human head, to be sent to the capital of Xiquan Kingdom.
Those soldiers were busy running away and didn't pick up the heads...
In addition to the army, there were also several Zhouhu translators who went with them. Gan Ning felt that there was no need for him to show up at all. The so-called capital was just an "area" surrounded by a small earthen wall two or three meters high.
After all, Danzhou was constantly absorbing scattered immigrants from the Chaohai Peninsula, Central Plains, and Jiangdong, so it skipped technology and started to develop directly towards iron tools.
In comparison, even the Shang Dynasty, which also began its transition from the Neolithic and had no centralized government, had ancient city walls that were more than ten meters high in the early days. However, this analogy obviously cannot be made for Tanzhou, which had leapt in technology and no accumulation.
After all, the Shang Dynasty had a population of at least a million, and during the time of the Yamato Kingdom, the entire country had only 300,000 people...
The suspected Yamatai ruins unearthed in Nara in later generations did have a ten-meter-high building, but there was no large-scale city wall. The tallest building was speculated to be a palace, and ... If that was really the Yamatai ruins, it was probably a face-saving project built before the visit of the Wei envoys.
At this time, there was also a fortress-like building in the center of the Xiquan capital, but it looked equally simple to Gan Ning. Apart from that, there were almost no decent buildings in the capital.
Gan Ning was soon welcomed into the capital by a short but very fat Yamato man, who led hundreds of Yamato people...
It was obvious that the other party had no intention of continuing to be stubborn.
The translator at the side has reminded Gan Ning that judging from their attire, the leader should be the King of Xiquan.
The Xiquan Kingdom has had a symbolic Xiquan King for several generations, but it was actually ruled by a Xiquan General. The translators don't know how many generations it has been in existence.
They learn the Yamato language only for trading, not for studying the social structure and history of the Yamato people...
In comparison, they have a better understanding of the Chinese language and the history of the Han people. At least the history of Central Plains civilization is still worth learning from.
However, looking at the current appearance of the King of Xiquan, Gan Ning could see that indeed no "king" was willing to be a puppet, even in a country with only tens of thousands of people.
As soon as General Xiquan died, taking advantage of the turmoil, King Xiquan shamelessly knelt and licked the "heavenly soldiers and generals" in front of him.
"Do you think the Star Lord really wants the prince to lead the army?" Gan Ning asked the Zhouhu people's translator half-jokingly after letting the King of Xiquan lead the way.
The system of Zhouhu Kingdom is different from that of Xiquan Kingdom. The Star Lord, as the king, also has real power, but... most of the military power is in the hands of the prince - this prince is not the "son of the king", but the name of an official title.
In the Han Dynasty, that was when the generals intervened in politics...
"This...only the Star Lord himself and you, the governor who possesses supreme wisdom, would know!" Zhou Hu, the translator, broke out in sweat upon hearing this, but he still dealt with it with all-purpose flattery.
Gan Ning did not continue this topic. After all, there were only a few translators of the state Hu around him, and his incitement would have limited effect.
The State of Chu was a state of principles, and its navy also had a bottom line. It would not destroy anyone it saw for no reason or for the purpose of plunder, but would instead pursue the goal of civilization and common progress. However…if a friendly neighboring state were to become turbulent and require Chu’s assistance, then the situation would be different.
