The sea and sky are broad, the wind and waves are calm, and the bright sunshine in September shines on the Caribbean Sea after the storm. The sea shines with sparkling waves, like the long golden feathers on a feathered serpent, and like a magnificent mirror at the feet of a god.
After the rain, the sky cleared, and seven kingdom longships, loaded with three to four hundred warriors, set off together. The entire fleet maintained a steady and slow speed, paddling all the way to the east along the green coast of Cuba. The Red Soil Department in the East is about two hundred miles away from the Mayari Department. Because the sailors had to maintain their physical strength to be able to fight the enemy at any time, they only rowed sixty or seventy miles a day. After doing this for three days, when the early morning light illuminated the sky, the magnificent red hills and land along the coast came into view.
The large red-earth tribe of the Taíno people was only a dozen miles ahead, but the Tomat priests were in no hurry to arrive. He ordered the fleet to stop nearby and the crew to recover their strength. At the same time, let two hunters from the Mayari tribe land on land and take the envoys who had asked for help before to get in touch with the Red Soil Ministry. And a dexterous canoe was lowered from the long boat, carrying three or four Kingdom sailors who were good at rowing to explore the situation on the coast ahead.
Half a day later, everyone had a simple lunch, and the two parties' explorations returned one after another. The Kingdom's sailors discovered the situation at the seaside. The Siguayo people had hundreds of canoes and were dividing into teams of dozens of people to plunder the villages and tribes along the coast!
"Witness the Lord God! The Siguayo people are like a group of... a group of poor and crazy savages!... They wield stone spears and hunting bows, rob the fish and turtles raised in the weir ponds, and rob the dogs and hard animals in the corrals. The hairy rats robbed the dried fish and tools from the fishing huts, robbed the dried tobacco leaves from the tobacco huts, and even dug cassava in the cassava fields and took them away..."
The scouting sailor answered like this. There was no worry on his face before the battle, but instead a look of curiosity.
"Most of the two to three thousand tribesmen of the Red Soil tribe have gathered together and huddled in their main village, relying on a circle of wooden fences for defense. The Siguayu people sent forty or fifty people to watch the main village, but they did not contribute. Attack. Their large forces robbed the small villages, taking away all the property they could take away, and arresting young men and women who were scattered around..."
"There are no traces of fighting on the coast, and there are not many dead bodies. I saw from a distance that they had hundreds of coolies carrying supplies. Judging from the different white tattoos on their bodies, they should be captured Tainos, but they I don’t know which tribes they were captured from..."
Upon hearing this description, Priest Tomat and the old militiaman Chihuaco looked at each other with thoughts on their faces.
"God bless you! It seems that the Red Earth Tribe is not in danger. There are hundreds of them gathered together, and they are not easily eaten by the enemy. The Siguayu people did not kill wantonly, but only plundered food, property, and arrested people. captive..."
"Well, it seems like the Taíno people used it as a fish pond... You have to keep the fish in your own fish pond, and you can catch them all! I guess the Siguayu people are real Plan to settle down. Their home base must be two to three hundred miles away..."
The two discussed for a while, and the Mayari scouts also returned from the land. They reported a few words to Chief Splash, and Chief Splash looked worried and said to Priest Tomat.
"Dear Priest Tomat! The Red Earth Ministry is surrounded by the ferocious Siguayu people! There are hundreds of Siguayu people, dozens of them can't be counted on the palm of your hand... Dozens of them were captured Young and strong men and women. According to the situation of the last robbery, the Siguayo people will rob until evening and then leave towards the northeast sea..."
Having said this, Chief Shuihua paused, knelt down on the deck, and begged the two leaders of the longship tribe.
"Bochba (Biba), the red stone chief of the Red Earth Tribe, wants to make an agreement with the fleet. When the Siguayu people begin to evacuate in the evening, we will attack them from the sea and land together! Although the Siguayu people are ferocious, they are full of people. When the property is about to leave, the will to fight is not high. We do not seek to completely defeat them, as long as we can repel them and try to rescue the dozens of captured men and women from the village!...."
Seeing Chief Shuihua's sincere plea and listening to the detailed plan in his mouth, Priest Tomat raised his brows and smiled dumbly. After listening patiently, he took a step forward, kindly lifted Chief Splash, and answered with a confident smile.
"Chief Splash, don't worry! Since we are here
, they will definitely defeat the Siguayu people and rescue the captured tribesmen! Because the Lord God protects us, He is supreme and great, and you will witness His great power..."
"As for the battle plan... it's actually very simple. The Siguayo people are looting, and most of the warriors are on land. While their power is scattered, we just need to concentrate on pressing forward with all our strength and rush forward!" ..”
Priest Tomat smiled slightly, made a fist with his left hand, thrust forward, and gently pressed it against Chief Splash's heart. Then, he turned his head, his gentle eyes suddenly sharpened, as if he had become a different person. The undisguised murderous intent accompanied his low words, hitting Chief Shuihua's heart word by word.
"Vice-Captain Puap, let all the warriors wear armor! The archers ready their bows, the pikemen set up their spears, and the oarsmen prepare with all their strength!...Two quarters of an hour later, we deployed the fleet and prepared for battle. Formation, go straight to the Siguayu fleet docked on the shore!"
"In this battle, there is no need to worry about capturing prisoners, let go of your hands and feet to kill! Give me all your strength and win beautifully! I will use the Siguayu people as a sacrifice to the Lord God, so that the Lord God's glory can be seen on the island of Cuba. The east is illuminated!..."
"Hoho! Praise the Lord God, this battle will be a great victory!"
Under Chief Shuihua's horrified gaze, the dust warrior Puap put on his bronze cloth armor, raised a ninety-pound bow, and had two copper axes inserted into his waist. He grinned widely, bloodthirsty murderous intent flashing across his face, and he smiled impatiently. After a while, the warlike Huitu Puap summoned the warriors on the ship and lectured everyone loudly.
"God bless you! This is the first battle on Snake Island in Cuba. Give me some strength! You are all wearing leather and bronze armor and holding sharp weapons, but the other side doesn't even have cotton armor. It's just a bunch of people. The savages... are not allowed to hold back for a while, get close to me and kill them hard!"
"Come this way, since you have fallen in love with a Tylenol woman, now you have to act like a man! After this battle is over, whoever doesn't have blood on his hands... I will punish him and go to accompany Captain Chihuaco , fishing for half a month! Hey, that’s much more interesting than playing around with young women in the village..."
"Ha ha!"
Hearing this, the kingdom warriors in the fleet laughed loudly, while the sailors pursed their lips and did not dare to laugh out loud. The old militiaman Chihuaco's face turned dark, and he glanced at the young men Dark Snake and Didi in embarrassment, feeling secretly angry in his heart.
"Well, Puap! I just said a few words to you in front of the two children, and you will remember it until now... Ha! After we leave, you will accompany Priest Tomat and stay well. Let’s have fun in the Cuban village!”
After the kingdom's warriors laughed, the fleet suddenly became silent. Everyone is a veteran who is used to seeing blood, so when it comes to fighting, there won't be many emotional ups and downs. On the contrary, Chief Splash, who was holding a hunting bow, and the Taíno militiamen of the Mayari tribe were truly fearful, with nervous and excited expressions on their faces.
"The Lord God bless you! Chief Splash, don't be nervous. Under the Lord God's shroud, the warriors of the kingdom are blessed. This battle is promised by the Lord God, and we will surely win!"
Priest Tomat looked solemn, said a few words of comfort, and put Chief Shuihua in a sturdy leather armor. He didn't want anything unexpected to happen to another important target in this battle.
Huitu Puap commanded the fleet and traveled more than a dozen miles. At a glance, he saw the low villages of the Red Earth Department and hundreds of messy boats on the coast. Hundreds of Siguayo warriors, bare-chested, with black tattoos, holding stone spears and short bows, were noisy and busy along the coast. They drove more than a hundred Taino captives, and many others took matters into their own hands, carrying large and small baskets of supplies back and forth to the small boats.
Their black hair was mostly dyed blue because indigo was the most common dye on the coasts of Central America. A few people are dyed red, which is the powder from the seeds of mahogany trees in the Caribbean Islands. Only a few revered warrior leaders can be dyed the rare and respected purple.
That is the murex purple extracted from a large number of murex, with naturally bright color and traditional bright luster. This expensive seaside dye was produced along the North African coast of the Mediterranean and the Caribbean Islands. It once became the symbol of the royal family of the Byzantine Empire, that is, the "purple" of the "purple nobles".
"Huh
! These Siguayu people have different hair colors, there are obvious hierarchies, and they are obviously more organized than the Taino people..."
Huitu Puap narrowed his eyes and stood on the bow of the rapidly advancing ship, looking at the chaotic crowd on the beach, looking for the target of killing.
With the sudden appearance of the kingdom's longship, the Siguayu warriors on the outer boats were extremely surprised and were the first to shout. Soon, a leader with purple hair changed his expression drastically, pointed at the approaching longship several miles away, and shouted sharply to the left and right. After just a few breaths, several red-haired senior soldiers took out warning conchs and blew them one after another!
"Beep! Beep, beep! Beep!..."
The warning conch sound sounded, and the expression of the Siguayo warriors on the shore suddenly changed. They abandoned their food and possessions and paid no attention to the nearby Taíno captives or the villages watching from a distance. They just carried their bows and spears and hurriedly jumped into the boat, preparing to fight the long ship that suddenly appeared on the sea. The Siguayo people have no allies in eastern Cuba, this must be the enemy!
"Enemy! Enemy! To the west, on the longship, the enemy is coming!"
Within a moment, the Siguayu people's boats quickly changed like a school of frightened fish. And just when they barely got into a fighting stance, the seven Kingdom longships, which were more than 20 meters long, accelerated to their maximum speed, like menacing and fierce sharks, suddenly swooping in!
The two sides quickly approached, and the "sharks" shouted shocking and neat slogans. It was a language that the people of Siguayu had never heard before, and it was also a battlefield killing that no other tribe in the Caribbean had ever seen.
"Praise the Lord God, fight for God!...Eighty steps!...Sixty steps! Fifty steps! Archers are ready, shoot!"
