emishi

What would you say is the best the Emishi could plausibly do? Could they have maintained some autonomy, or even stayed independent outright?

The 38 Years' War was, from what I understand, the final major conflict between the Emishi and Yamato people. It began with a strong showing by the Emishi, who struck numerous blows against the Yamato kingdom, and it seems as though it was only the betrayal of the Shiwa tribe that did in the...