The dusk sky is stained with red clouds, and the dusk earth is soaked in blood. The short but fierce battle lasted for two or three quarters of an hour, and finally, on the outskirts of the empty and flat Jinwan City, the end of death was announced with stacks of fallen corpses.
"God bless you! These Totonak coalition forces are ignorant and fearless. They pounced on me like wild dogs and even forced me to retreat to lure the enemy... Ha! The Totonak people are more powerful than I originally thought. Dare to fight!"
With a cold look on his face, Black Wolf forcefully pulled out the red-stained bronze sword from the body of the strong warrior at his feet. The gushing bright red instantly splashed out from his rotten heart, splashing all over his body. Drops of warmth slipped from his leather armor and gathered at his feet, also outlining the damaged armor and punctured lining.
Obviously, in the rapid fight just now, even the brave black wolf was not unscathed.
"Not bad! Not afraid of death! He is a warrior worth remembering!"
Black Wolf lowered his head and stared at the Totonak warrior he had killed with his own hands. On the head of that warrior was a strange long wooden helmet, which looked like it was holding a bent piece of bamboo. The warrior's upper body wears sleeveless cotton armor with blue patterns engraved on it that resemble water and snakes, representing his distinguished status. In the hands of the warrior, he held a refined copper spear more than one meter long, with a sharp red spear edge.
"Wooden helmet, short cotton armor, red copper weapons..."
The black wolf looked at the Totonak warrior's equipment for a long time, seeming to be thinking about something. After a moment, he leaned down again, lowered the bronze sword in his hand, pointed it at the corpse's neck, paused slightly, and then let out a sharp shout.
"cut!"
"Witness the Lord God! As the first Totonak warrior who pursues me and is recognized by me, I will give you the glory of a warrior and collect your head!"
The bright red turns into dark red, forming small pools in the grass, and then seeps into the soil, giving back vitality to the earth. As the victors of the battle, the Guakili warriors of the brigade were cleaning up the traces of the battlefield, executing the seriously injured enemies, and also torturing the lightly injured prisoners of war.
The battlefield outside the city is more than two miles away from the city wall of Jinwan City. Layers of corpses lay on the two-hundred-meter-wide battlefield, roughly forming a semicircle. Obviously, the Totonak army that had just advanced was attacked from three sides and almost surrounded. From the battlefield back to the foot of Jinwan City, corpses were left stretching all the way. Most of the corpses were facing the city wall with their backs facing up. They were wearing the short battle clothes of the Totonac people. There were no traces of resistance. It was a one-sided massacre during the escape.
At this moment, the defenders at the top of the city were shouting and cursing, and their eyes were about to burst. They watched helplessly as the red-haired hunters happily cut off the heads of Totonak warriors one by one, but no troops came out of the city to fight. Under the cover of the bows and arrows of the hunters at the head of the city, hundreds of the dispersed samurai warriors from Jihu City circled the city and fled to the camp behind Jinwan City, leaving behind only their hurriedly away figures.
When darkness slowly fell, the black wolf was already sitting cross-legged in front of the campfire. He took his time, baking tortillas and listening to the latest information obtained after interrogating the prisoners of war.
"Huh? In this battle, we killed sixty of our own warriors and captured more than five hundred Totonak warriors?"
Hei Lang frowned, his face looking grim. Even if six hundred Totonak troops were killed in battle, he would not even blink. But now, sixty legion warriors from his headquarters were killed, including more than a dozen loyal and brave personal guards, which made him feel heartbroken.
"Yes, War Chief! This battle happened very suddenly. The warriors in charge of the scouts were all wearing light leather armor. The Totonak people rushed out and chased us for two miles, and then started a melee. My dear The warriors of the guard didn't have time to put on their bronze armor or shoot arrows, so..."
Guard Uta lowered his head and carefully reported the casualties. He glanced at Chief Black Wolf's gloomy face and spoke quickly.
"Of course, after the reinforcements from two sides came up, the Totonac people were attacked from three sides. They quickly couldn't support it and turned around and fled. In the end, more than a thousand Hucheng soldiers were killed, more than 300 were killed, and 200 were captured. Only Half of them escaped! Most of their casualties occurred during the pursuit..."
"Hmm? Sakojobu?"
"Yes! The Lord God witnesses that these more than a thousand Totonak troops,
They are all samurai from the Jihu City Department! Chief Black Wolf, who is as brave as a bear, Chief Oluo of Jihu City Department, is the noble chieftain who was shot to death by your arrow just now on the city wall! And the Totonak warrior who is fighting to the death with you is the samurai commander of the Lake City Division, and his name is Oyomina..."
"That's it! The chief of Jihu City was shot to death by me with an arrow. No wonder the Totonak warriors who came out of the city chased me like mad dogs... Well, after the chief died in the battle, the other tribes in the city were unable to restrain Jihu. The samurai of the Lake City Department... It seems that the so-called Totonak Alliance is actually fighting on its own, and there is no big leader who really controls each department!..."
Hei Lang touched his chin and thought for a while before coming back to his senses.
"By the way, Wuta, I have never heard of this Jihu City Department. Where is it? Jihu City, it sounds like it should be a city-state near the lake. There are probably a lot of people there."
"Uh! Boss, the Jihu City headquarters is on the east side of the river. As for how far it is... I'll go over and ask!"
When the moon rises, the wolves lie low, and when the moon sets, the camp becomes noisy again. Black Wolf put on his bronze armor and helmet, staring at Jinwan City several miles away. He clenched the bronze sword at his waist and whispered silently, with murderous intent flashing in his eyes.
The legion was repaired overnight, and more detailed information was gathered from all directions. The location of Jihu City is to the east of Jinwan City, more than three hundred miles away. Two hundred miles further east from Jihu City is the remote eastern holy land of the Totonak tribes, Hidden Snake City.
Chief Oluo of the Jihu City Department personally led his troops to support Jinwan City on the west bank of the river, precisely in response to the call of the Hidden Snake City priests and elders. These respected elders of the Eastern Holy Land had been sitting back and watching the Mexica invade eastward. It was not until the ancient city of Quetzalcoatl in the Western Holy Land fell that they completely let go and fully mobilized the Eastern Totonac tribes.
"Hidden Snake City dispatched two thousand warriors, led by Chief Quatsacuar, who was the nominal leader of the Eastern Totonac Alliance. Then, from west to east, Sacrifice Lake City, Rabbit Hill City, Coyote City, and Cone House City , each of the four large city-state tribes has more than a thousand warriors!"
Thinking of this, Black Wolf Toltec raised his eyebrows. Excluding the casualties of the Jihu City Department, there are at least six to seven thousand tribal warriors in the Eastern Allied Forces, all of whom have arrived on the west bank of the Adobe River. As for the militiamen recruited by various ministries, the number cannot be counted, but it is estimated to be at least ten thousand.
These militiamen mainly come from hundreds of miles away, the nearest Coyote City Department and Cone House City Department, and are responsible for the transportation of food on both sides of the river. At this moment, more reinforcements from small tribes are arriving one after another, crossing the river from the lower reaches of the river to the west to support the battlefield in the Jinwan City area.
"As for the local Western Totonak coalition, led by Qiqini, the chief of the Jinwan tribe, they mobilized three thousand tribal warriors and seven to eight thousand militiamen. In addition, including the locals from more than two hundred miles away from the southwest, There are more than 2,000 samurai from the Kawajo and Hatori Castle tribes...a total of 5,000 to 6,000 samurai and more than 7,000 militiamen!"
In the local Totonac dialect, Chhini means "big sun." Chief Chichini can also be called Chief Big Sun. As for the name "Chichini", as soon as Hei Lang heard it, he thought of the Guakili chief "Chichica" he met during the Northern Expedition.
"The tribes of Totonak still retain a lot of the color of the wasteland. However, their combat effectiveness should not be as good as the tough wasteland dog descendants..."
Black Wolf's thoughts drifted away, remembering Red Fox Taniguchi's hard battle, which was the first time he was injured and fell to the ground. It was also after that battle that he gradually grew from a brave general who was the first to ascend to the commander-in-chief of the army.
"After that battle, His Highness taught me: "Weapons that are too sharp will be easily broken; corn that is too tall will not be strong. The same is true with soldiers. You need both strength and gentleness. In battle, you must pay attention to timing and situation. Too hasty"..."
"In the current situation, the Eastern and Western Totonak forces have joined together to occupy the city's terrain for defense. In the Golden Bay City area, the city with a radius of dozens of miles has gathered about 11,000 warriors, at least 10,000 Eight thousand militiamen! Together, they are a tribal army of 30,000 people! And behind these 30,000 people, there is a steady stream of reinforcements on the way!"
Black Wolf closed his eyes in concentration and fell into long thought. A blurry map of the entire Golden Bay emerged from his mind. Although,
The east side of the map is not clear yet, but the entire battlefield situation has been roughly formed in my mind.
At this moment, in this fifty-mile area, tens of thousands of armies from both sides were confronting, contacting, and fighting each other. And this war against the rebels of Totonak has unknowingly expanded and developed into a war of annihilation for the Kingdom of the Lake against the Totonak Alliance.
"Phew! The decisive battle between 50,000 and 60,000 people is right before our eyes... God bless us! I have to think carefully about the timing and situation, advantages and disadvantages, offense and defense, and how to achieve the final victory!"
