June arrives with warm drizzles that bathe the coasts of Totonac. The sparse farmland is lush and green, the beans are just sprouting, and the corn is growing vigorously together with the weeds. It is the busy time of farming. However, at this moment, the villagers in the Jinwan City area did not bother to clean up the weeds. With fear on their faces, they gathered in front of the altar of Quetzalcoatl, talking uneasily and even panicking.
Pedestrians fled along the coastal dirt roads, and fleeing militiamen brought dire news. More than half a month ago, the ancient Holy City of the Quetzalcoatl in the north had fallen to the conquest of the Aztecs!
"The brutal Aztec Legion summoned the demons from the underground volcano! They used the roaring thunder to break the protection of Quetzalcoatl priests! The sacred high priests and the noble divine nobles were all involved in the Legion's invasion Death. Their blood and bodies were sacrificed to the God of War! Their heads and feather crests were even built into a hill!"
Pap, the fleeing feathered serpent priest, told Chhut, the leader of the Snake Lake tribe and the head of the Lake Snake village. In the Totonak language, Papu means "moon" and Chuchut means "water." Both of them have divine names, descendants of gods inherited from their ancestors, and are naturally within the scope of the Aztecs' cleansing.
"Chuchut, I escaped from the fallen ancient city of Quetzalcoatl and stayed in a nearby village for more than ten days. The way the Aztecs treated the nobles is simply cruel in mythological epics, even the evil gods have never seen it before!"
Pappu described himself as embarrassed, sitting in the longhouse of the Chuchut village chief. He held the staff tightly and recalled the experience of the past half month, still in shock.
A few months ago, when the Aztecs claimed the refugees of Tlaxcala in the name of their main god and captured the strong city of Five Mountains, the priests of the ancient city of Quetzalcoatl were furious. They are hostile to the faith of the main god, raise the flag of Quetzalcoatl, and call on the warriors and militiamen of various tribes to rely on the mountain camps to fight to the death with the invading enemies! However, no one expected that the desperate resistance of the mountain tribes only lasted for more than a month in front of the Aztecs. The reinforcements from the Totonac states have not yet arrived, but the fierce Mexica Legion has already arrived outside the ancient city of Quetzalcoatl!
The ancient city of Quetzalcoatl is open on all sides, with no city walls and only a strong and vast central temple as the last fortress. When the Aztec Legion attacked, as an unobtrusive mid-level feathered serpent priest, he did not return to the temple to resist desperately, but decisively chose to escape immediately!
At that time, outside the city, there were warriors fighting in chaos everywhere. Rather than risk the road, he quietly hid in the nearby fishing village of Totonac and waited for the situation to calm down.
"The cruel Aztecs didn't have any respect for the gods in their eyes. They actually set fire under the ancient pyramid! I could clearly see the black smoke from the burning temple of the Quetzalcoatl even from a village more than ten miles away. See!"
Speaking of this, Pappu's face was filled with uncontrollable fear, and he couldn't help but shed tears in his eyes. If he had chosen the wrong move, he would have been turned into ashes along with the priests and elders.
But at this moment, the holy land of the ancient city in the west was occupied, and the Holy Temple of the Feathered Serpent was burned to ashes. The feathered serpent priests of various Western tribes have completely lost their roots, like dogs that have lost their homes. From now on, these remaining priests of the ancient city may have to lower their heads and succumb to the holy land of Hidden Snake City in the east!
"The leader of the village, with respect for Quetzalcoatl, carefully protected me. A patrol of Aztec barbarians came once, extorted a batch of food from the village, and then returned to the ancient city of Quetzalcoatl. . At this time, although the ancient city of Quetzalcoatl has fallen, the villages outside the city still have their hearts set on Quetzalcoatl! But next, next... oh!"
"Dear Priest Pappu, what happened next?"
In Chuchute's concerned eyes, Pappa paused and sighed deeply. He gritted his teeth and preached word for word with unforgettable hatred and hatred of subversion.
"Next, the Aztec army dispersed from the Feathered Serpent City and began to clean up the countryside! Led by the local militiamen who betrayed the gods and tribes, they came to the fishing village where I was hiding again... They, they actually summoned the villagers , ordering them to destroy the altar of Quetzalcoatl! They actually publicly executed the leader of the village, and even handed over the population, land and management rights of the village to those who surrendered.
Despicable militia! "
"Hiss!... Quetzalcoatl! The Aztecs are so cruel!"
Hearing this, the leader Chuchut took a breath of air, his face turned pale. He originally thought that when the Aztecs came over, they would just change the target to pay tribute, just like the fighting between various tribes when they competed for hegemony. However, listening to Priest Pap's description at this time, the Aztecs not only wanted to overthrow the beliefs of each tribe, but also completely subverted the tribe's order of hierarchy!
"This, this is not giving us any way to survive! All the leaders and city-states will definitely resist to the end!"
"Blessed by Quetzalcoatl! We have no choice but to resist to the end! Those traitors who betray the gods and dare to take refuge with the Aztecs will surely suffer divine punishment and fall into the dark depths of the sea forever!"
Pappu gritted his teeth and cursed fiercely.
At this moment, the Totonac militiamen who had converted to the main god of Mexica were leading the Aztec warriors, one after another, to clean up the villages outside the Feathered Serpent City roughly and cruelly. If the fleeing Quetzalcoatl Priest is caught, he will be executed on the spot! If the leader who was suddenly executed had not prepared two canoes in advance and sent several clan members to protect him, he would not have been able to escape from this place, which was only more than thirty miles away from Jinwan City.
"Quatalcoatl, just as the Tlaxcala nobles warned! The Aztecs' conquest was completely different from the previous fighting between tribes! They did not accept the surrender of the divine nobles, and they did not respect the Quetzalcoatl priests. They want to treat the nobles who command the various tribes as sacrifices to gods and demons! They release the demons in people's hearts, confuse warriors and militiamen, and give tribes and villages to civilians without divine blood. They will even Give the leader’s land to the most despicable ant people!”
Priest Pappu closed his eyes and thought about it painfully for a long time before opening his eyes. He gritted his teeth and squeezed out a cold sound from between his teeth, which penetrated people's hearts.
"So, Chief Chuchut, don't take any chances and don't expect to surrender! Even if the tribesmen under you survive, you will lose everything, your life and soul! This Aztec war, It's completely different from the past... This is the battle between the God of War and Quetzalcoatl, the invasion of the volcano monsters, and the ancient order will be completely overturned!..."
Hearing this, Chu Chute's face turned pale. There was unconcealable fear in his eyes, and he asked tremblingly.
"Dear Priest Papu, in the face of the invasion of the Aztec Legion, the Five Mountains City, the Ancient City of the Quetzalcoatl...the powerful Totonac tribe were all destroyed one by one. What can we, the weak and small tribes, do? ?」
"..."
Hearing this, Priest Papu pursed his lips and remained silent for a long time. He didn't respond in a low voice until the village chief of Chuchut asked again.
"Quetzalcoatl watches everything! Even if darkness strikes from the sky, light will eventually come after the storm... Faced with the invasion of the Aztecs, the priests and descendants of Totonac, in fact, There is no way out. They will definitely unite, gather the strength of all the ministries, and resist to the end! However, the leaders need time to see their situation clearly. The gathering of warriors and militiamen from all ministries will also need more time..."
"At this moment, the Aztec army was sweeping south and attacking. When I was on the canoe, I saw more than a thousand Totonac troops marching south along the coast. ..It is estimated that they will arrive here in two or three days.”
"Two or three days? Only two or three days!"
Chu Chute was stunned in place as if struck by lightning. His mind went blank, and his eyes were filled with fear and confusion.
"In two or three days, the Aztec army will arrive here?!"
"Yes. This is still the most optimistic estimate. When I went south, everything along the way was a mess. It was impossible to resist for too long!"
"Ah! Ah this! What should I do? Priest Pat, what should we do?"
Priest Pappu narrowed his eyes and looked deeply at the panicked village chief of Chuchute for a while, and then revealed the purpose of his visit in the name of saving him.
"Chief Chuchut, there are only two or three days left. Our families have known each other for generations, and we have always known each other...I will not harm you. In the current situation, if the tribe resists, it will be a dead end.
One piece. If the tribe surrenders, you will also be dead... The only way to survive is to bring your valuable belongings, gather the warriors and men of the tribe, and migrate as a clan! "
"Is the whole family migrating? Escape to the nearest Jinwan City? There is a wall there, it should be able to hold it, right?"
"...Although Golden Bay City is strong, it may not be able to be defended. Even if it is defended, it will definitely be the front line of the battle with the Aztecs..."
Priest Pappu paused for a moment, walked out of the longhouse, and looked toward the distant east. His eyes see far and his thoughts are many and comprehensive. However, at this moment, he is just an ordinary priest who has lost his belonging and is running away alone. He must get the help of the tribe to go where he wants and continue to maintain his respected status.
"So, Golden Bay City is just the beginning of migration, the farther east, the better! I know the way to the east, even to the Holy Land of Hidden Snake City, and only there is the real safety... But for now, we still Mobilize the tribe as soon as possible, go to the rear of Jinwan City, and hide for a while! May Quetzalcoatl bless you!"
"May Quetzalcoatl bless you!"
The leader, Chuchut, prayed and stood up. He stood side by side with the priest Papu, looking toward the east.
As far as the eye can see, there are vast jungles and flowing swamps to the east. The low villages of the Totonac people are located high in the jungle and swamps, scattered along the river. And in the distance that cannot be seen, a prosperous ancient city-state stands beside the winding golden bay, relying on the long river that penetrates into the jungle in the south.
At this time, the name of this city-state was named after the scenery on the seaside, called Jinwan City. In the eyes of the Totonac people, this city-state along the river would continue to worship Quetzalcoatl for hundreds of years until the end of the era.
In later history, it also has a more famous name: the arrival place of the conquistador Cortes, the first Spanish settlement in Central America, the "True Cross", Veracruz!
