What? Count Montezuma has betrayed God and Spain? When did this happen?
Eugen von Savoy did not react for a moment. He thought he had missed something and quickly turned back to look at Count Montezuma who was as confused as he was. "Count, the Marquis of Shangfang said that you have betrayed God. With the emperor?"
"No!" Count Montezuma was really surprised. "How could I betray God and the emperor? I am a Spaniard! How could I want to restore the Aztec country? I don't even speak the Aztec language. I don’t understand, I don’t know either…”
"Shut up!" Zhou Peigong couldn't listen anymore, shouted angrily, and interrupted: "Montezuma, as the heir to the Aztec throne, you dare to consider yourself Spanish. This is recognizing a thief as your father, and betraying your ancestors. , is a betrayal of all the Aztecs... Come on, take it down for me!"
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Several Yin family cavalrymen in the yard shouted. Then they took out the ropes that had been prepared and swarmed up, tied up Montezuma, who was still in shock, and pulled him away after tying him up. Now Count Montezuma was in a hurry and shouted for help: "Help! Help...Lieutenant General, save me quickly, for the sake of God, save me!"
Eugen von Savoin also knew that this count was in serious danger...but he had to do something. He had to do something about it, so he shouted loudly: "You barbarians want to What are you doing? Do you know what diplomatic etiquette is? How can you kidnap diplomats from the Spanish Empire? This is a serious violation of international law! If your merchant country wants to become a responsible member of the international community, please release Count Montezuma immediately And apologize to him!”
To be fair, it seems that those who took advantage of the opportunity to poison Xinchaoge were not envoys sent by Spain but someone else...
Zhou Peigong had an expressionless face and was not angry at all. He just said in Latin: "We are devils!"
Eugen von Savoyin was stunned for a moment, "You, what did you say?"
And Count Montezuma, who was still shouting for help just now, was even more shocked - he really met the devil!
In fact, when he was a deputy justice in Mexico City, he heard people say that the merchants were devils, and they loved to torture and kill prisoners of war. The former deputy king of New Spain who was captured by them committed suicide after being tortured so much that he couldn't bear it anymore. Seeking relief - torturing people until the end and forcing them to commit suicide in order to send their souls to hell. This is completely the behavior of the devil!
But at that time, Montezuma naively believed that the Shang barbarians were angered by Count San Cristo's act of poisoning people with smallpox, so it was safe for him to send an envoy to Xin Chaoge. After all, he was an Aztec. descendants of the royal family!
Unexpectedly, Montezuma, a descendant of the Aztec royal family who had successfully integrated into the Spanish aristocratic elite group, encountered not barbaric merchants at all in Xinchaoge City, but... devils!
It's over now.
Because barbarians are almost stupid, civilized Spaniards can use various tricks to deceive, divide, and disintegrate...or they can temporarily pretend to be their friends and then wait for the opportunity to strike.
But the devil...how can he be so easy to deceive?
Zhou Peigong said to Eugen von Savoy in a solemn and mysterious tone: "We are devils, so we are not afraid of smallpox. We can hit targets four hundred yards away with muskets, and we can also shoot several targets." Thousands of Spanish souls were sent to hell! Now, go back and tell the Spanish emperor that Montezuma has betrayed Spain and God. He will soon become the king of the Aztecs and regain his ancestral land with the help of the Shang Kingdom. Sika!”
"No, no, no...I'm not, I'm loyal to Spain and God!" Count Montezuma was almost dying of panic. Why did he, a good Spanish noble, have to rebel and become the king of the Aztecs? ? Even if you are a devil, you cannot force people to rebel!
"Margrave, Count Montezuma said he..." Eugen von Savoy reminded the "devil" in a low voice.
Devil Zhou snorted: "You don't have to worry about this, we have plenty of ways to make him betray!"
As he spoke, he cast a cold look at Montezuma.
Montezuma originally wanted to argue with the "devil", but now that he was stared at by the devil, he immediately became mute and did not dare to struggle anymore. He just cast a pleading look at Eugen von Savoin.
"Margrave," Eugen von Savoy had no choice but to say, "Can't you really consider accepting the Spanish Empire's sincere apology and compensation? In fact, the evil act of spreading smallpox was not ordered by His Majesty the Emperor, but It was the personal behavior of the Count of St. Cris. He has gone to hell now. There is no need for you to continue to expand the situation... I think you should know that the Spanish Empire is a global power with many powerful allies. And your business side is alone. Even if you have any special relationship with the Ming Empire, it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to provide you with much help across the Pacific Ocean."
Devil Zhou's answer was just a disdainful smile, he waved his hands and said to the left and right: "Take the future Aztec king... let's go!"
After saying this, he and the angry-looking Huang Feiyu led their men and escorted Count Montezuma away first. However, Su Zhanyang, the queen of Jizhou, did not leave. He also took a few Yin family cavalry and looked at Eugen von Savoyin coldly. The businessman who acted as general manager did not leave either, but smiled and said to Eugen: "General, in order to prevent you from being killed by angry savages in the commercial port, the Marquis of Jizhou will personally escort you aboard the Flying Netherlander."
Su Zhanyang waited for him to finish speaking, then turned around and made a solemn gesture and said, "Please!"
Eugen von Savoin thought to himself: "Being driven away? That's fine, just leave. If you don't leave... what if the devil thinks that the Aztec king still lacks a general and wants to kill him?" If I stay, it will be troublesome!"
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New Chaoge, Grand Commandery Mansion.
Duke Pei of Zhou, the Great Devil, had already had Montezuma escorted into the great hall of the great commander. He did not even give him a seat, so he just let him stand there. Wu Chengbo and Huang Feiyu led several pock-marked "savage warriors" to the side, ready to teach others how to behave.
Count Montezuma is really seeking death!
Although he still has the name "Montezuma", he is not an Aztec at all... His ancestors have lived in Spain for several generations, and they all married white Spanish noble ladies. So the Aztec blood in his veins is already very weak, he is basically a Spanish noble!
And he looked down upon the Aztecs at all, including his own ancestors!
In his opinion, his ancestors were cruel, stupid, cowardly, ignorant...and soulless!
He and his Aztec subjects deserved to be exterminated. Only if they were exterminated could the remaining Aztecs who were still somewhat worthy of salvation be rescued and become part of the civilized world.
Although they belong to the lowest level in the civilized world, at least they believe in God and have souls...
"Montezuma!" Zhou Peigong had already spoken, without asking anyone to translate, and spoke directly in Latin. "Now there are two ways for you to choose. One is to voluntarily betray God and become the king of Aztec; the other is to be My Shang side tortured her to the point of committing suicide, and then went to hell!"
This multiple choice question is quite easy!
If you betray God and become the Aztec king, you will definitely go to hell after death!
Being tortured by Shang Fang's top ten tortures to the point of committing suicide... you will still have to go to hell!
Since you are going to hell anyway, why not betray God and join the devil as king, and enjoy yourself for a few years before going to hell to suffer?
Once he was free from hell, Count Montezuma, who loved God so much and was so loyal to Spain, immediately thought about it.
He swallowed his saliva, looked at the devil who could bring him the throne, and would also send him to hell, and asked: "Marquis, can you really make me the King of the Aztecs?"
"Of course!" Devil Zhou nodded affirmatively, "My great merchant is invincible, and it is easy to seize the Mexica Valley. Now we only need someone who can be the king of the Aztecs to help rule it."
He sounded confident, but in fact he was deceiving Montezuma and Leopold I.
It's not a complete lie, Montezuma can still get the title of King of the Aztecs.
But all it can get is a short king number. The Aztec kingdom would never be restored, and Zhou Peigong would not retake the Mexica Valley and then hand it over to some Aztec king to rule.
In fact, he has no plans to attack the Mexica Valley where Mexico City is located.
Because the current Shang Fang Kingdom is exhausted, with a total population of 60,000 to 70,000. With such a small number of people, they cannot defeat the densely populated areas of Mexico. Even if it is barely won, it is impossible to hold it...and Mexico has never been Zhu Heji's goal.
In the decree issued by Zhu Heji to the seven princes of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, the goal of the Shang Fang King has always been the mountains, highlands and coast areas north of Mexico.
The target of Yin Jiahan has always been the great plain east of the "Shangtang Mountains" (Rocky Mountains).
If New Mexico hadn't set its sights on the Shang Kingdom first, Zhou Peigong would have been willing to continue its insignificant development for another ten or twenty years... Wait until the number of people in the Yin Shang Kingdom exceeded 500,000, and the total population after including the indigenous people exceeded one million, before going there Fighting with New Spain and New France.
But things went against expectations. Since New Spain came to cause trouble first and was so ruthless, Zhou Peigong must retaliate.
Otherwise, Shang Fang will never have peace in the future!
If the Spaniards find out the details of Shang Fang Country... the consequences will be disastrous!
Therefore, the Merchant Kingdom, which only has a population of 60,000 to 70,000 and can deploy an army of 10,000 to 10,000 at most, must now take the initiative to attack New Spain (including the Viceroyalty of Peru), which has a population of more than 10 million. Moreover, it must achieve satisfactory results without paying a large price.
The difficulty is indeed a bit high!
Fortunately, what Shang Fang has is the devil... If you say you are a devil, you better really be one!
"Montezuma," Zhou Peigong made up his mind, smiled and said to the "Spanish Aztec" in front of him: "The merchants' heavenly soldiers will soon cross the Sonora Desert... By then you will be the king of Mexico! "
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"Eugen, where is Count Montezuma? Why didn't he come back with you?"
In Mexico City, the former Governor's Palace and now the Royal Palace of the Spanish Empire, Leopold I, who had been the emperor of the New World for a while and was beginning to have some experience, looked at Eugen von Savoy, who had returned from a long journey. , asked about the whereabouts of Count Montezuma.
"Your Majesty, I think he has betrayed the Spanish motherland and God now!" Eugen said helplessly, "Those merchants seem to want to attack Mexico. So after learning that Count Montezuma is the heir to the Aztec royal family After that, he was detained and prepared to support him to come to power and restore the Aztec state after conquering Mexico."
"What?" The Spanish Emperor was stunned for a while before he reacted. "Then was Count Montezuma detained? Or did he take the initiative to join the merchants?"
"Your Majesty, I think there is no difference between the two." Eugen von Savoy said a little frustrated, "Shang Fang people are all devils! Count Montezuma cannot resist the temptation and compulsion of the devil."
"Are they really devils? Can devils still force believers in God?" The Spanish emperor had only heard of the devil's temptations, but he never thought that devils could force believers in God to surrender!
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"Yes!" Eugen said, "Xi Bohou of Shang Fang Kingdom personally admitted that he is a devil..."
Eugen added: "And their behavior, the military technology they possess, and their lack of fear of smallpox make them look like real devils! Now that Count Montezuma has fallen into their hands, it is only a matter of time before he surrenders. "
"My God!" The Spanish Emperor quickly crossed himself on his chest. "So speaking of which, they will soon come to Mexico City?"
"I think... yes!" Eugen von Savoy was also fooled. "If it wasn't to control Mexico City and the Mexica Valley, why would they detain Count Montezuma?"
"Then can we hold Mexico City?" The Spanish Emperor no longer cares whether Count Montezuma will betray God. What he is most worried about now is losing Mexico City!
He has already lost Vienna and must not lose Mexico City again!
"I don't know," Eugen said, "Your Majesty the Emperor, in fact we haven't started to defend Mexico City yet! Mexico City currently does not have decent city defense, does not have enough troops, and does not have the supplies needed to hold on for a long time. If those The Shang devil will arrive outside the city tomorrow. Then, unless God shows up, no one can hold Mexico City."
"No, I can't lose another capital of the empire!" the Spanish Emperor shouted, "Come here, come and find me the Duke of Lorraine, the Marquis of Mendoza, and the Cardinal... I A military meeting is called and I want to defend Mexico!”
