"The sun is setting on the wall and the color is shining, the moon is shining on the sky...the day of separation is not far away!"
The twilight glow fell on the stone walls of the hall, reflecting the colorful gods. The warm wind blew over the emblem of the Lord God, flashing with dazzling golden light. In the main hall of Shuigu City, the monarch and his ministers stood and knelt, looking at each other for a long time, saying nothing.
After a while, Shulot pursed his lips and suppressed his ups and downs of emotions. He had firm eyes and a deep smile.
"Bertard, what you are going to do will definitely change the whole world and be sung by future generations forever!... Of course, the beast is constantly moving and unpredictable, and the hunter has to dig a trap and wait for the opportunity. If you want to make it This major event will always change with time, and we must take advantage of the situation, and we cannot rush it!"
"Yes, Your Highness! I swear to obey your will to the death!"
The loyal warrior commander nodded heavily. No matter how bizarre His Highness's prophecy is, or how far away the Snake Island is in the east... He will not hesitate to follow His Highness's guidance, cross the vast waves, and travel thousands of miles eastward, just to capture the white-skinned foreign evil spirits.
"Get up!...The key now is to find a stable outlet to the sea in the east."
Schlott stretched out his hand and lifted Bertard up from the ground. Then he looked at the map again, his eyes moving along the eastern coast. All towns with large populations and sufficient supplies were carefully marked by the kingdom's scouts.
The northernmost one is naturally the northern ancestral homeland of the Huastec people. The capital is eight hundred miles away from the capital in the lake, Otter City in Kuxikapampang.
"Where is the Red Crow tribe in the north now?"
"Your Highness, after the Red Crow tribe fled eastward, they re-erected the tribal flag and set up camp on the lowland plains north of the Huastec people, more than two hundred miles northwest of Otter City. Their location was marked by the local Huastec People call it 'a land of many trees and rivers'."
Bertard stretched out his hand and drew a circle with a radius of a hundred miles northwest of Otter City. The terrain of this location is flat, with the tributaries of the Tampen River close to the east and west, and rivers connecting the north and south. It is an important place with good connections in all directions.
"A land with many trees and rivers, a strategic military location extending in all directions..."
Shulot looked at the map and pondered silently. He vaguely remembered that the Castillo de Nueva Apolonia (Castle de Nueva Apolonia) built by the Spaniards in later generations should be in this area. The Red Crow Tribe chose to build a tribal camp here, and I'm afraid it's a big deal.
"What progress has been made in the relationship between the Kingdom and the Red Crow Tribe?"
"Your Highness, Amosi, the leader of the Red Crows, claims to be a vassal of the alliance and is very courteous to the kingdom's envoys. They trade with the city of Pams upstream through the tributaries of the Leman River... Under your instructions, Pam The Lord of the City, Paramo, provided a large number of bows, arrows and bronze spears to the Red Crow Tribe, in exchange for five or six thousand Huastec captives. Among these captives, they were mainly young women and children, with a very small number of young people."
"Well. The arms trade is just the first step... How strong is the Red Crow tribe now? Can it take over the Huastec Otter City?"
"The detailed situation of the Red Crow Tribe... They are too far away, and the specific information has not been found out yet."
Bertard thought for a moment and shook his head.
"But in the past two years, the Red Crow Tribe has been based in the northeastern lowlands, with no rivals around. On the one hand, they went south to plunder the weak and wealthy Huastec people, and on the other hand, they went north, absorbing the warlike hunting tribes in the wilderness. They developed with them With such speed, Otter City should be captured within these two years..."
"According to the estimation of Red Cat Chief Mizli of Palms City, Red Crow Chief Amosi probably already has 20,000 to 30,000 wasteland dog descendants in his hands, enslaving twice the number of Huastec farmers, and can at least draw out A warrior of a legion!"
"Can you pull out eight thousand canine warriors?"
Hearing this, Shulot's eyes moved, revealing a bit of surprise.
"I remember that three years ago, I conquered the Canine Alliance in the northern expedition, and the Red Crow tribe fled eastward... They only took away more than 10,000 people?"
"Yes, Your Highness."
Bertard nodded affirmatively.
"When the Red Crow tribe fled eastward, there were only more than 10,000 people, with at most 4,000 warriors. Later, they crossed the mountains and arrived in the northeastern lowlands, and began to plunder the weak and wealthy Huastec people. The situation suddenly changed. The autumn harvest of the year before last year Later, the leader of the Huastec tribe gathered his legion and went north to conquer the Red Crow tribe. He was eventually ambushed and killed. The Huastec legion then collapsed and suffered heavy casualties in the pursuit of the canine descendants..."
"Last year, the terrible cold wave came again, and the wasteland tribe was forced to move south. Thousands of fierce bozalos went south and joined the Red Crow tribe. Later, several groups of janambre people from the northern coast ) moved south and were annexed by the Red Crow Tribe. With these newly added northern tribes, the Red Crow Tribe has risen to the north of the Huastec people and truly dominated one side."
Bertard paused, looked at His Highness' thoughtful expression, and then explained.
"The Bossaros are actually of the same origin as the Guakili dogs. They wander in the east of the wasteland and are hostile to the Coahuiltec tribes further north. Last year, tens of thousands of Coahuiltec tribes were driven south by the cold wave. The migration also forced the neighboring Bossaros people to move further south. Some of them were recruited by Palms City, while others followed the wasteland tradition and defected to the Red Crow tribe with similar customs."
"The Janambre people along the coast were also forced by the Koahuik people to migrate to the southern lowlands. Last autumn, Chief Red Crow led thousands of tribal warriors northward, raided the migration team of the Janambre people, and forcibly annexed them He conquered thousands of tribes. Then, this spring, he took the newly recruited tribal warriors and went south to plunder the wealthy Huastec people..."
Both the Bozalos and the Gianambre were in Tamaulipas, the northeastern state of what would later become Mexico. The former is mainly located in the western mountain forests, while the latter is distributed along the eastern coast.
"Your Highness, Red Crow Chief Amosi conquered the east and west, constantly uniting all the northeastern tribes. The Huastec people farmed for him and provided food and property; the wasteland tribes fought for him and conquered more tribes. Although he is the subordinate of the kingdom's northern expedition A defeated general, but he is also a hero among dogs, so you need to be careful..."
"Yes. The Crow Tribe has experienced southward migration, captured the city-state of Otomi, and survived the kingdom's northern expedition... Their organizational level is naturally much stronger than other wasteland tribes."
Shulot thought for a moment and responded in a deep voice. The rise of the Red Crow tribe gave him an inexplicable sense of familiarity. Of course, the strength of this tribe at this time is still nothing compared to the powerful Lake Kingdom.
"Behind the rise of the Red Crow Tribe, there is also the alliance's military connivance and trade support. The main purpose is to target the Huastec people... Bertard!"
"Yes! Your Highness."
"Send the Kingdom's envoys to the Red Crow Tribe. Let them gather tribal warriors and attack Otter City as soon as possible!"
When Shulot said this, his eyes became sharp. He stood up and spoke calmly, giving new conditions and threats.
"Tell them! Palms City will dispatch three thousand Guakili warriors to join the expedition secretly. As long as the Red Crow tribe captures Otter City, the kingdom will accept them and become a stable trade partner. The trade of weapons and Dingkou can Continuing, all the gains from the capture of Otter City belong to the Red Crow Tribe!... And if they refuse, the Alliance's expeditionary legions will immediately go north after the Eastern Expedition, burn their camps, and drive them towards the desolate Further north!”
"Yes. Your Highness!"
Bertard saluted respectfully. As the overlord of Central America, the Mexican Alliance naturally has the confidence to speak like this to the weak hunting tribes in the north. Well, at least that was the case until the introduction of horses from the Old World.
"In addition, order the Kingdom in the Lake to select a group of pious and hard-working priests of the main god as soon as possible and send them to the Red Crow Tribe."
Shulot narrowed his eyes, looked at the statue of the main god, and made a decision in his heart. The hunting tribes in the wilderness are simply inexhaustible. Blindly conquest often results in half the result with half the effort. At this time, we must refer to the experience gained by the Spaniards...
"Let the priests bring the kingdom's farming and city-building technology while preaching...help the Red Crow tribe burn wasteland to reclaim land, build towns, and even build fortresses."
"Ah! Your Highness, this?..."
"Bertard, if the wandering wolves have dens, they will no longer be dangerous and can be slowly domesticated into dogs... What's more, in the face of the kingdom's new weapons and armor, as long as the wasteland tribes dare to fight head-on, they can only The end of defeat!"
Hearing this, Bertard looked startled. He looked at His Highness's smile, thought carefully for a while, and finally bowed his head respectfully.
"Praise your highness! You are wise and kind!"
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