The sun sets over the horizon, and the battlefield shines blood red. The corpses were piled on top of each other and soaked in blood. The fighting is over and the outcome has been decided. Soon, more than a thousand warriors from the kingdom escorted several times the number of Totonak prisoners from the adobe village near the river.
The prisoners looked disgraced, fearful, resigned and numb. When they walked out of the village gate and saw the bronze cannons in the king's formation, they all showed unconcealable fear, as if they had seen terrifying ghosts and gods. From time to time, captive warriors knelt down and prayed to the golden "bronze beast", begging the gods for forgiveness.
The black wolf Toltec looked cold as he stood in front of the collapsed wall, looking at the head in his hand. The nostrils of the head are inlaid with horizontal strips of jade, and the face is carved with red and blue tattoos. The eyes are closed and bleeding... It is the leader of the Eastern Totonak Alliance, the chief of the Hidden Snake Holy City, Kua Snake!
"What a head!"
Black Wolf looked at it for a moment, nodded slightly, and sighed in admiration. Then, he handed the head to the bodyguard beside him and calmly ordered.
"Uta, take care of this head and add it to my trophies!"
"Yes, boss!"
"Lord God bless you! Have you counted the number of people coming and surrendering?"
"Hei Lang leader, the five thousand defenders in the main stronghold are all warriors and warriors from Hidden Snake City. One thousand of them were seriously injured or killed in battle, more than 600 people rowed away, and the remaining 3,000 people were all surrender!"
In this era, it was impossible for seriously injured prisoners to obtain precious medicines, which was equivalent to death. The criteria for minor or serious injuries are usually whether they can walk and whether they can be escorted back to the camp.
"Huh? We collected more than 3,000 surrendered troops?"
Hei Lang raised his brows, pondered for a moment, and then calmly gave the order.
"Go through all the surrendered troops, and execute all the noble chiefs and leaders among them! Then, as usual, let the priests accompanying the army convert the captives on the spot. Those who do not want to take a blood oath to convert, just sacrifice them directly!"
"I listen to you, boss! The priests accompanying the army have been prepared for a long time!..."
As the sky grows dusk, the priests of the main god sing songs to pray to the gods and light the blazing sacred fire. The sacred conversion ceremony begins here.
Black Wolf remained calm, watching the ceremony of blood, fire and soul. He watched for a long time and was surprised to find that none of the prisoners resisted this great conversion! Even the famous Totonak warriors in the city-state prostrated themselves in awe at the feet of the accompanying priests, lowering their once unruly heads.
"Praise the Lord God! The Totonac people's faith finally collapsed under the "divine punishment" of the artillery! They bent down and fell on the ground. Their surrender this time would come from the depths of their souls! ..."
The conversion ceremony is completed in the blue smoke of birds. Taisir, the priest who accompanied the army, looked happy and reported back to Commander Black Wolf. With an excited expression and a gleam of wisdom in his eyes, he walked up to the heavy mortar and announced loudly.
"I want to write a letter to Your Highness... This is the bronze beast of divine punishment. It is a weapon for siege and even a missionary weapon! Its thunder and stone bullets will break down the cities and walls of all tribes in the world, and also shatter their Faith! Therefore, to spread the glory of the Lord God, we need more and thicker cannons!..."
Two days later, Shulot received the good news from the Black Wolf Legion in the Snake Lake Village camp, and also saw a letter from the priests accompanying the army. He laughed dumbly, walked out of the coach's tent, and looked at the plains, coasts and jungles in the southeast.
He knew that a "fruit" that was about to ripen was forty miles to the southeast. And after "eating" this fruit, there are more fruits, all the way east along the coast, to the land of Maya!
"King's order! The army moves out! March to the southeast, remove the surrounding small villages one by one, and completely surround Jinwan City!"
The wind is blowing, and the war drums are beating. When the news of the fall of Adobe Village reached Jinwan City, the chiefs of various tribes in Totonak fell into fierce quarrels. Such a strong adobe stronghold only lasted three days!
Under the "divine punishment" of the Mexicans, thousands of legions in the Holy City of Hidden Snake were completely destroyed. Even Chief Kua Snake died in the stronghold!
Faced with such a terrible offensive, the chiefs of the Eastern Seaboard tribes immediately thought of retreating. Qiqini, the chief of the Jinwan tribe, tried to persuade several chiefs to stay, but almost got into a fight. Soon, more than two hundred Totonak war boats were filled with warriors from the city-state who were retreating eastward.
However, the Mexica legions controlled the ports and coast of the Adobe River. The Totonac boat division had to row fifty miles eastward along the coast before the retreating warriors could land. It took the boat master two days of rowing, a hundred miles round trip, to transport a thousand tribal warriors. Just two days later, three thousand warriors from the Kingdom crossed the river eastward and further swept across the eastern coast, making it difficult for the Totonac boatmen to dock.
Five days later, several military strongholds around Jinwan City were defeated by the Kingdom's army, and another two thousand surrendered troops were captured. The thunder of the Mexica's "Divine Punishment" is also spreading more panic in Golden Bay City. The king's regiment surrendered six to seven thousand warriors and warriors one after another, and the number has expanded to 34,000! Among them, the proportion of Totonac's surrendered troops was nearly half.
"The faith of the Lord God is spreading in the land of Totonak! And the Golden Bay City in front of us is shrouded in the light of divine power!"
In late February, Shulot led the army to Jinwan City and met up with Black Wolf's legion. He looked at the surrendering troops of each tribe, looked at the emblem of the Lord God on their foreheads, and nodded with satisfaction.
Subsequently, the kingdom's legions set up forts and surrounded the coastal city-state, leaving only the east side near the sea. The Prepecha warriors boarded the captured war boats and fought with the Totonac boatmen along the coast controlled by the kingdom. Since then, the last escape route of Jinwan City has been completely blocked by the kingdom after three or four thousand warriors escaped!
"In Golden Bay City, there are the last 20,000 Totonak coalition forces, including the leaders and chiefs of each country!..."
The king's flag of the Black Wolf, the God of Death, was set up outside Jinwan City. Shulot climbed up the hill and looked at the various garrison troops at the top of the city. He looked at the flags of the coastal city-states with a smile on his face. This is the smile of a "fisherman" when he lifts up his net and sees a lot of "big fish".
"Golden Bay City...Veracruz in the future...now, it is mine!"
Shulot whispered to himself, his eyes filled with fighting spirit. He looked around at the generals, stepped forward in person, raised Black Wolf's arm, and praised his beloved general for his military exploits. The black wolf also held his head high and his chest high, confident and excited.
Afterwards, Shulot called the generals one by one, looked at the faces that were also eager to fight, and issued the king's order boldly.
"The whole army has been preparing for five days and preparing siege equipment! After five days, we will besiege from three sides and we will conquer this city! With the blessing of the Lord God, the kingdom will win!"
"With the blessing of the Lord God, the kingdom will surely win! The Lord God bless Your Majesty!..."
The generals fell to the ground, saluted, and left with a bang.
