April is the hope before spring plowing, and spring is spreading in the fields. In the northeast of the Yucatan Peninsula, the Kingdom's expedition fleet is docked at Port Ekab. Everyone repaired the boats, recuperated their spirits, and prepared to cross the sea eastward to Cuba's Snake Island. On the Mexican plateau, tens of thousands of Totonac captives were being escorted by alliance warriors, heading southwest to farm outside Shuigu City.
With strong winds, following the path of the captives, four hundred miles east from Shuigu City, they came to the source of many captives. This land of fertile mountains and forests has many villages, abundant water resources, farmland all over the fields, and the western town of the Totonak people, Wushan City.
At this moment, the Eight Thousand Yuyan Corps was stationed on this four hundred-mile long road, transporting prisoners, covering the food routes, and capturing tribal people along the way. Thousands of kingdom warriors, the sharp edges of the army, are spreading out around Wushan City to capture prisoners. In teams of hundreds, they broke into villages and towns and captured young men and women as prisoners. As for Black Wolf Toltec, he is personally leading four thousand Guakili legions, four thousand Mixtec surrender barracks, and one thousand Guards artillery battalions to besiege the crumbling Wushan City.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Ten sun eagle cannons were deployed outside Wushan City, roaring with thunder! The stone bullets flew up and hit the wall of Wushan City fiercely, just like the stones thrown by a giant beast. From time to time, sharp stone bullets would break through the wooden shields, exploding into a blazing wooden blade at the top of the city, and bringing up a large cloud of blood mist.
"O Quetzalcoatl! Save your people!"
"Please, please send down your divine power to fight against the volcano demon in the west!"
Cries filled the sky, echoing at the top of Wushan City, accompanied by desperate wails. The Lord of Five Mountains, Xalapa, the descendant of Totonak, looked pale and trembled all over. He stared at the terrifying copper beasts bombarding outside the city, and felt that the end was coming right before his eyes.
"What on earth is this?! How did the evil Aztecs control such a majestic power? Is it really as the fleeing Tlaxcala nobles said, is this the evil power of the volcano demon? If I had known this, I would have Knowing this..."
The face of the god-born Sharapa was already full of regret. There are five hills surrounding Wushan City. Although the city walls are low, the terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack. He once thought that this was a fortified city that was difficult to capture!
In fact, for more than a month before, the Aztec legions had only besieged Wushan City and plundered it, but they had not attacked by force. He was also patient, waiting for the powerful enemy in the field to retreat when his food was exhausted. Unexpectedly, what he was waiting for was the golden copper beast of Thunder!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Ten bronze beasts lined up, let out shocking roars, and fired stone bullets that destroyed everything. This bombardment only lasted for a few days, and all the six thousand warriors and militiamen at the top of the city became frightened. They witnessed with their own eyes the stone bullets fired over the city, causing screaming blood mist. They had no way of understanding it, they only regarded it as the divine power and thunder of the God of War, and felt irresistible despair.
"If I had known this, it would be better to hand over the 15,000 Tlaxcala tribe that I accepted, and then hand over the 5,000 strong men... stay low and be coy, and ask the arrogant Aztecs to retreat!"
The god-born Sharapa clenched his teeth, his heart filled with anger, unwillingness and fear. A few months ago, the Aztec legions raided the border, plundered several Totonac villages, and fought with the scout warriors of Wushan City, causing casualties on both sides. Then, he sent an envoy to ask the nominal suzerain, "Why do you want to attack the submissive Totonak village?" The reply brought by the envoy was a condition that he could not accept at the time.
"The Alliance Gods are fighting to the east to completely annihilate the descendants of the Tlaxcala people! Wushan City dares to accept the Tlaxcala tribe who fled eastward, and must be severely punished! I will give you ten days to hand over 20,000 Tlaxcala tribes Kara people! If it’s lacking, let’s make up for it with Totonac Dingzhuang!”
Hand over 20,000 young and strong tribesmen! Wushan City only has 130,000 or 40,000 tribesmen. Even if it admits 10,000 to 20,000 Tlaxcala youths, it will only have 150,000 to 150,000 or 60,000 people. One-eighth of them were handed over at once, and most of them were young men. The leaders of various tribes and the noble priests in the city were completely unable to accept it! And in just ten days, everyone was unable to reach a compromise on loss of profits. Therefore, there is no doubt that Wushan City did not agree or refuse, but just wanted to delay.
However, the Aztec legion was ready to attack and did not delay for a moment! Ten days later, the Black Wolf Toltec personally led the assembled army of tens of thousands into the hinterland of Wushan City. He personally commanded the forwards and broke through several obstructing camps. He ignored them and went straight to Wushan City! And from the time the ultimatum was received to the time the Aztec battle flag appeared, it was only twenty days!
"Damn Aztecs! They have already planned it, they are like greedy jaguars! They have just eaten the powerful Tlaxcala alliance, and their red eyes are looking towards the east! At this time, Toto The leaders of the Nak states are probably still arguing with each other over how many troops to send. When they mobilize and gather, it will take another month to come... I am afraid that Wushan City has already fallen! And I will also climb up to the big temple. At the top, go to the Sacrifice Stone..."
Thinking of this, the god Shalapaya's hands and feet trembled and he was sweating all over. He clearly knew what would happen to him as the most noble divine leader in the city if the city was captured and captured by the Aztecs! He gritted his teeth, bit his lip, thought for a moment, and then hurriedly shouted to his guards.
"Come here! Come here! Take out the property from my palace warehouse and reward it to the warriors guarding the city to boost their morale! Then invite the feathered serpent priest to come and hold a ceremony at the top of the city to appease people's hearts and summon the divine power of the feathered serpent... "
"Swish swish!"
A fierce rain of arrows suddenly struck from below the city, bringing with it the roar of death. The god-born Sharapa's knees weakened and he immediately squatted down, and the bronze arrow missed his head.
" Quetzalcoatl protect me! Damn the red-haired barbarian! Damn the barbarian archer!"
Goddess Sharapa gritted his teeth and cursed angrily. He looked up again and saw that it was true. Thousands of red-haired hunters, wearing leather and bronze armor, holding large bows, approached the city. They ran at great speed, and as soon as they stood still, they fired sharp arrows one after another, suppressing the defenders at the top of the city.
"Swish swish!"
A shrill scream suddenly came to the ears of the god Xia Lapa. He turned his head and looked around, only to see the messenger who had just delivered the message running and showing his figure. He was shot directly into the side by an arrow from the red-haired hunters. He fell to the ground helplessly and struggled to death.
"Damn it! Damn it!"
The god-born Sharapa cursed angrily. Before he could summon another personal guard, the giant beast's thunder struck again.
"Boom boom boom!"
Ten flying stone bullets hit the city head. A stone bullet hit the left side of the god-born Sharapa, crushing three or four bodyguards to death. Another stone bullet passed over his head and entered the city, knocking down a hut. Seeing such a concentrated bombardment, the god Xia Lapa was finally convinced that the Mexicans were targeting him and wanted to behead him!
"Lord God bless you! For the glory of God, kill! Kill them!"
"Kill! Sacrifice the descendants of the gods in the city and kill the nobles in the city! This is the mission of the God War!"
"The regiment leader said it! After Wushan City is conquered, all the women's belongings will be taken away by the warriors, and he doesn't want any of them! At the head of the first battalion to board the city, all the warriors will be transferred to the legion and get 20%!"
"Ho ho! Attack the city, attack the city! Break the Wushan City and become a noble master for a few days!"
"The leader also said it! The Lord God witnessed it! If you win the siege, the first battalion to ascend will be transferred to the legion and become the regular army!"
"Roar! Witness the Lord God! Become a full-time soldier and be awarded military honors! Climb first! Climb first!"
A wild howl like a wolf came from outside the city, getting closer and closer. The god-born Sharapa squatted under the shield at the top of the city, his face ashen. He didn't need to look, but just by listening to the familiar accent of the People in the Clouds, he knew it must be the group of Mixtec soldiers working for the Mexica!
In the past few days, he has seen through the Mexica's tactics. Each time, they were bombarded by copper beasts, suppressed by red-haired hunters, and then thousands of Mixtec warriors climbed onto the city with ladders to fight, wave after wave. The Mexican warriors were holding down the formation from the rear. No matter how cruel the fighting at the city head was, they did not participate in the bloody siege.
"My Iceberg Beauty Wife"
Over the past few days, the warriors in Wushan City suffered thousands of casualties, and the mobilized militia suffered even greater casualties and even collapsed. The morale of the defenders was getting worse day by day, and they didn't know how long they could hold on.
"Blessed by Quetzalcoatl! For the glory of the divine family, guard Wushan City!"
The god-born Sharapa pursed his lips, watching the city crumbling, and finally sent out the five hundred family warriors in his hands. These elite warriors roared, wore leather armor, and fought bravely. They are the last pillar of the city-state. They are skilled in combat and have very high morale. Five hundred family warriors climbed to the top of the city. After fighting for just a moment, they drove back the Mixtec soldiers who had climbed to the top of the city.
"Okay! Okay! Finally out!"
On the hill, the black wolf Toltec, carrying a big flag, laughed heartily as he watched the surrender camp being driven off the city. Then, with a stern look on his face, he waved the red flag without hesitation and shouted an order.
"Beat the war drums! Order the Divine Blessing Throwing Team to go into battle! As long as they survive, they will immediately be transferred to the main army and promoted to the third level of warriors!"
The so-called regular army is the official army of the kingdom like the Guakili Army. Warriors in the legion are awarded military honors and enjoy various benefits in the kingdom. And under the main army, it means surrendering troops.
Black Wolf led his legion to conquer everywhere, and surrendered thousands of warriors. These surrendered soldiers have all had battle experience and have seen blood. It would be a pity if they were killed all at once. And sending them to the rear for farming is a potential hidden danger. Hei Lang pondered for a long time, and then thought of the Eastern tribes' conquest that His Highness had mentioned, and came up with this system.
"The surrendering soldiers first used force to intimidate them, and then let them kill their comrades or nobles with their own hands, cut off the escape route, and drive them out of the doghouse. Then, let them plunder wantonly, attack the city and fight, releasing the passion in their hearts. The wolf nature becomes a wolf in the wild. A few who are not afraid of death or convert to the main god will be selected into the Divine Blessing Throwing Team, and the rest will form a surrender camp! Finally, give them a way to climb up and let the wolf bleed. Fighting, chewing flesh and bones, and being domesticated into a biting wolf dog!"
Thinking of this, Hei Lang laughed, quite pleased with himself.
"Haha! This set of tactics was developed by me, Black Wolf, and it has no disadvantages. The kingdom can have a powerful and fierce siege cannon fodder without spending too much money. The secret is that the leader is famous, fierce and decisive. . This unit is strong, agile, ferocious and capable of fighting. Only when a tiger drives out a wolf can it be driven effectively! Well, I have to give this method of warfare a resounding name, let’s call it...just call it...tiger and wolf tactics!"
"Dongdongdong! Dongdong! Dong!"
The black wolf was thinking proudly, and the fierce war drums sounded immediately. Amid the impassioned prayers of the war priests, the truly desperate "wolf pack" was dispatched.
"Praise the Lord God! Dedicate yourself to the Lord God! Hoho!"
Fanatic shouts suddenly came from the Mexica military formation, carrying a desperate will. The god-born Shalapa was startled, and when he heard the sound, he saw hundreds of ferocious Mixtec warriors holding smoking pottery balls, howling crazily, and running toward the low ground like a pack of wolves. The city head.
"Praise the Lord God! Dedicate yourself to the Lord God! Hoho!"
The howling "wolves" ran at great speed, and within a few moments, they reached within a hundred steps of the city. Seeing these fierce warriors running towards them, the Mixtec soldiers who were fighting at the top of the city suddenly became panicked and jumped down the city desperately.
"Huh? This is it?"
Divine descendant Sharapa looked stunned. He looked at the warriors holding smoking pottery balls. They were only wearing light battle clothes and didn't even have a weapon on them. Are you here to die?
“Praise the Lord God! Dedicate yourself to the Lord God!
"
The deafening shouts came from under the city wall again. Then, there were fierce warriors climbing up, looking crazy. They climbed up the low city wall, paying no attention to the warriors of Wushan City who were coming to kill them. The first thing they did was to throw the smoking clay balls into the nearest crowd!
"Hey! I think, where have I heard...this, this?"
The god-born Xia Lapa frowned and saw the smoking pottery ball falling not far away from him. Two personal guards were holding shields and cautiously stepped forward to investigate. Perhaps because of his gorgeous uniform and the feather crown that symbolized his status, there were extraordinarily many pottery balls thrown at him, four or five in total. Wisps of green smoke emerged from the rolling pottery balls, bringing the smell of volcanic demons.
"The breath of the volcano demon? Ah? This is it! This is it!"
The god-born Sharapa suddenly woke up. He remembered what the fleeing Tlaxcala nobles had said, and his face instantly turned pale. He felt the boundless fear of approaching death, and even his face was distorted.
"Quetzalcoatl! No, no!..."
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!..."
The explosion of thunder was so close that it exploded before our eyes. The exploding pottery ball turned into a weapon of death, bringing irresistible impact, fragments and flames. The god-born Sharapa felt pain all over his body, and then felt light all over. His consciousness blurred for a moment, his vision went black, and he felt that his body was empty, as if he was flying in the clouds. After a few breaths, the tranquility and illusion of dying appeared in his mind again. The Supreme Quetzalcoatl appeared from the clouds, hanging down its three-color tail feathers, and led the fallen gods to the Kingdom of God in the sky.
"I am dead?..."
The last thought circulated in the mind of the god-born Xia Lapa, and then it became fixed. Half of his upper body flew for a moment among the frightened main gods of the family warriors, and then landed heavily behind the city wall, waving the bright red color of the god's descendants.
"Master! Master!"
"Goddess, dead?... Goddess is dead!"
"This is, this is the evil method of the volcano demon! Even the gods can't stop it, how can mortals resist it!..."
"O Quetzalcoatl! Save us!"
After the continuous thunder, the city was in a mess, full of chaos and death. The last family warriors suffered heavy casualties and completely lost their fighting spirit and hope to fight. The Mixtec surrender camp howled with excitement, and once again pounced like wolves, the city was about to be broken! At this moment, the surrendered soldiers' eyes were red, and they burst out with boundless killing intent and fighting spirit. They have experienced countless killings and deaths. They are no longer the domestic dogs of the nobles in the Tehuacan Valley, but the ferocious and cruel pack of wolves under the Black Wolf!
"The city has fallen! Wushan City has fallen! Ouch! Roar!"
A group of wolves climbed to the top of the city and howled into the city. The desperate cries of tens of thousands of Totonak people resounded throughout the Five Mountains City just before sunset. Blood, death and fire are about to fall as night falls. The black wolf outside the city was so satisfied that he issued the last order to the thousands of armored soldiers.
"The pro-army troops enter the city in armor. Don't get red-eyed when you look at these wolf dogs! Control the warehouse temple, escort out the captured young men and women, and then collect the surrendered Totonak warriors and replenish a new batch of wolf cubs! As for the wealth! Let the wolf-dogs have a good time venting their divine palaces, noble manors, and merchant residences. The entire army will plunder for ten days and transport away all the property and prisoners! Ten days later, set fire to the city!"
The cold and ruthless orders came from the mouth of Commander Black Wolf, and the bright red everywhere was regarded as nothing. Black Wolf narrowed his eyes, looked at the howling and fallen city-state, and shook his head indifferently. His gaze once again turned to the dusky east in the evening.
The hills are low to the east and streams flow to the east. The terrain goes all the way down and one hundred and fifty miles to the east, to the prosperous coastal lowlands and the Totonac coast where the kingdom's fleet docked. It was also the starting point of Cortez’s destiny, the holy land in the west revered by the Totonac people, the ancient city of Quetzalcoatl!
