Chapter 487: Siege of Shuigu City, the Fall of the South
"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!..."
The dark men carrying bamboo baskets on their backs came to the burning south city wall like moths to the flames. Soon, a large cloud of mud and sand rushed over them, and the blazing flames were extinguished, but the pungent poisonous smoke was still spreading.
From time to time, "moths" fell to the ground, and for a while they could not die quickly, but just fluttered on the ground in vain.
Seeing the death of the Moth People, the Tlaxcala warriors who oversaw the battle turned a deaf ear. They just drove the Moth People from a distance while looking nervously at the top of the city. Hundreds of corpses were lying on the entire city wall, with blood flowing.
And solidified, like a dark red swamp.
"Boom! Boom!"
The golden behemoth spit out thunder again, hitting the shaken city head and hitting the rows of wooden shields. The strong wooden shields were like thin pottery, shattering in an instant! Countless sharp wood fragments flew towards the city.
The samurai behind him fired, causing a scream.
"Ah! It's the evil beast of the Mexica, it's the evil thunder!..."
"Quick! Quick! Let the priests and elders from the holy city of Cholula come over! Hold a sacrificial ceremony and ask for the power of the God of Hunting to suppress the enemy's evil beasts!"
The Lord of Water Valley City, Tlaxcala's Honorable Noble, "Black Snake" Turcotte roared angrily. He was wearing gorgeous leather armor, a long feather crown on his head, and with hundreds of bodyguards, he was standing behind the city wall.
On a high platform. From this position, he could clearly see the situation outside the south city and was out of the enemy's shooting range. Of course, he still had to be careful of the terrifying thunder copper beast.
"Quick! The warriors fill up the vacancies! The militiamen bring in shields and arrows! Everyone grab the clay pots of lime!... The Mexicans are forming their troops, and they will attack soon!"
"Black Snake" Turcotte quickly gave orders. He looked around, estimating the tens of thousands of Mexican legions, and his heart was full of regret. He pursed his lips, suppressed his strong uneasiness, and always paid attention to the enemies outside the city.
, also thinking about the current situation.
"Too many! Too fast! How could the Mexicans come in so many and so fast!..."
The official eastward expedition of the Mexica began in December last year. In fact, as early as July and August, the four states of Tlaxcala received large-scale reports from their old enemies from the priests of the holy city of Cholula.
Mobilizing information.
In order to prepare for war, all states harvested their grain in early October and immediately carried out thorough mobilization. All tribal warriors were recruited, and all border forts were filled with warriors and militiamen. And the noble Tlaxcala State
The descendants of the "Cloud Serpents" also sent four envoys seeking help, to the Huastec tribes in the north, the Totonac tribes in the east, the Mixtec alliance in the south, and the Zapotec alliance in the southeast.
At the end of October, Mexica scout teams began to operate on the border. At the beginning of December, Mexica Grand Tratoani, King Avit held a grand sacrificial ceremony in the royal capital, announcing that 100,000 warriors would go out to launch an expedition.
Divine war against the people of Tlaxcala!
"Black Snake" Turcotte had not taken seriously the "one hundred thousand warriors" and "divine war" claimed by the King of Mexica before, and only regarded them as false threats.
The "Flower War" between the two sides is going on every year, and has been fighting for half a century. The Mexicans have made several large-scale eastward expeditions, but they have not defeated the Four Nations Alliance. The Shuigu City he guards is an important town in the south, located in Tepe.
Deep in the narrow valley of Yakak State is a fortified city built of stone!
Shuigu City is more than a hundred miles away from the border fortresses. It has towering walls and a dangerous terrain. It is surrounded by mountains to the east and west, and has the long Talsas River flowing through it to the north and south. It is not afraid of long-term siege and is extremely easy to defend and difficult to attack. In the past half century
Since then, the Mexicans have invaded the state of Tepeyacac several times, and Duton troops have been stationed at the gate of Shuigu City, unable to do anything to the fortified city.
At that time, when he first heard the news about the large-scale invasion of the Mexica, Hilo, the priest and elder in the city, laughed loudly and left a bold statement, asking the "Mexicans to sacrifice 10,000 warriors to the God of Hunting under the water valley city."
heart!"
"Hey! Hiero priests and elders!..."
Thinking of this, "Black Snake" Turcotte sighed. He looked towards the enemy camp in the south. On the several-meter-long spear erected, there was just a white-haired feather-crested head. Elder Shiloh's body fell into the city.
In addition, as a high-ranking priest who was shot, he would naturally receive the "honor" of hanging his head.
"God of Hunting! How can you bear to watch Yun Snake's people fall into despair!..."
Turcotte felt despair. He looked outside the city. The mysterious Black Wolf King flag was flying high on the mountains in the distance. The unfamiliar hound flag was erected in the siege camp outside the south city. As for the east and west sides of Shuigu City,
On both sides, different Mexican city-state flags were erected, symbolizing the familiar old rivals of each state. Only the north side leading to the hinterland has not yet been surrounded.
In early December, the Mexicans divided their armies into two armies, the north and the south, to attack the Four Nations Alliance. The northern army was personally led by King Avit, while the marshal of the southern army was His Highness the Mexica "God of Death", Xiulote.
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"...He is the most noble descendant of the gods. He can listen to the enlightenment of the gods and use the divine power of the God of War! He summoned the divine power of thunder and fire and personally destroyed the powerful kingdom of Tarasco..."
"Black Snake" Turcotte recited in a low voice the Western Expedition poems from the Mexican Alliance. Soon, a new round of fireballs rose from the enemy's position again, carrying thick burning smoke and falling towards the city.
go!
"Buzz!...Boom!..."
Turcotte lowered his eyes, unmoved. He firmly believed that with the blessing of the "Cloud Serpent", this kind of fireball would never be able to hit him. Sure enough, the fireball flew past his sides with a roar, hitting dozens of people.
A large amount of poisonous smoke ignited in the thatched hut meters away. The moth people in the city were once again driven by warriors to put out the burning poisonous fire.
"Ahem! The breath of the volcano demon... The priest of the holy city of Cholula is right... What a pity!..."
Turcotte coughed as he continued to remember.
From December last year to March this year, the enemy's situation was almost clear. The Mexica's southern army was estimated to have 50,000 people, including four formal legions, all composed of warriors who were good at fighting. And these legions
Among them, there are the most elite royal warriors of Mexico, city-state warriors recruited from the south, conquered Prepecha warriors, Chichimec descendants from the north, and even Tecos from the far west.
warrior!
Thousands of warriors from different origins gathered together and served loyally under the Black Wolf's royal banner, pouring in towards the east like a tide!
At the end of December, the enemy's canine squad on the south road was the first to cross the mountains in the west and broke into the valley where Shuigu City was located.
However, the Four-State Alliance of Tlaxcala is a true alliance of city-states, and the city lords of each city-state hold the actual power of the state's military. "Black Snake" Turcotte, as the lord of Shuigu City, is the most powerful among the Tepeyacak states in the south.
A powerful tribal leader. Together with the "Water Snake" honorable noble Akotel and the priest elder Shilo, he controls 70% of the military and manpower of the Tepeyaka State, and rules nearly 300,000 moth people!
In order to resist the invasion of the Mexica, the entire Tepeyacac state was mobilized. By the end of December, a total of 12,000 Tlaxcala warriors and 3,000 Joes had gathered in the Water Valley City area.
Lula warriors and 30,000 tribal militiamen!
Yes, after the Mexica Alliance announced its eastern expedition to the Tlaxcala Four-State Alliance, the Holy City of Cholula officially made the decision to join the Tlaxcala people.
At the end of December, messengers from the Holy City sent messages to all directions, requesting reinforcements from the Nahua religion. At the same time, priests from the Holy City also began to take action, preparing to join the army of Tlaxcala, boosting the morale of the soldiers.
Facing the cruel divine war of their old enemy, the Mexican Alliance, the Tlaxcala nobles from all over the country had no possibility of surrender. There was a blood feud between the nobles of both sides, and the loser had to be sacrificed... Their only choice was,
It means gathering all the warriors and militiamen to fight to the end with the sworn enemy who has been fighting for decades!
The entire Tlaxcala people mobilized and resisted tenaciously. The canine team that first broke into the Water Valley City area did not achieve any results worth mentioning. Subsequently, thousands of canine warriors appeared in the mountains to the west and fought with the mountain garrison.
The tribes fought fiercely, staining the mountains with blood. The main force of the enemies on the south road, carrying the black wolf's royal flag, appeared in front of the mountain pass fortress group more than a hundred miles away in the south.
In early January, tens of thousands of Mexican legions built large camps and gathered outside the mountain pass fortresses on the border.
"Black Snake" Turcotte, "Water Snake" Akotel, and Shiloh priests and elders discussed together and asked "Water Snake" to personally lead the team and add a large number of reinforcements to the mountain pass fortress group. The entire southern border area, relying on the mountain
A total of 7,000 Tlaxcala warriors and 15,000 tribal militia were deployed in the army and fortresses.
In the view of "Black Snake", the southern defense line occupies a favorable location and has the support of Shuigu City. The warriors are high-spirited, have sufficient food, and are equipped with many of the latest longbows... Not to mention indestructible and rock-solid, at least they can
Support it for more than half a year!
The initial situation was indeed similar to what the "Black Snake" had estimated. The Mexicaans dispatched thousands of city-state warriors to try to attack some mountain pass fortresses, but only left hundreds of corpses in vain. However, in mid-January,
As the Mexica built fireball-throwing wooden beasts, many low-lying fortresses could no longer be defended. And by the end of January, when heavy, large copper beasts were brought from the Texcoco Lake area, thundering
The roar breaks through the wooden camp...
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The deafening thunder sounded from the south again, bringing an irresistible bombardment!
"Black Snake" Turcotte closed his eyes in pain and prayed devoutly to the God of Hunting.
"Supreme God of Hunting! Please send down your boundless divine power to shut up the opponent's copper beast and lose its roaring power! Your pious descendants will offer you a blood sacrifice..."
The first appearance of the Thunder Bronze Beast was shocking and even more sowing fear. The most critical mountain pass fortresses, even if they were built with solid stones on high mountains, all fell in one day!
Frightened by the roar of thunder, the warriors of Tlaxcala knelt down before the power of the God of War, losing all will to resist. Thousands of warriors laid down their weapons and led more militiamen out of the mountain fortresses toward the
The old enemy, the Mexicans, surrendered.
By mid-February, most of the mountain pass fortresses that the Tlaxcalans had built for 30 to 40 years and stretched for dozens of miles had been destroyed, leaving only the last few stone fortresses guarded by nobles. And the 7,000 people guarding the defense line
Among the city-state warriors and fifteen thousand tribal militiamen, at least three to four thousand died in battle, and more than ten thousand surrendered.
In just one month, the solid mountain pass defense line was broken through, and tens of thousands of Mexican legions poured in. "Water Snake" Acotel had to lead seven to eight thousand remaining soldiers and stubbornly marched along the Tulsas.
The river recedes.
The Tlaxcala people have the "God of Hunting" as their main god, and the "Cloud Snake" incarnation of the "God of Hunting" as the noble bloodline of the god's descendants. All honorable nobles who respect them are related to the "snake".
"Water Snake" Acotel never thought of surrendering. As a descendant of his god, if he surrendered to the Mexica people, he would definitely be dead. He summoned the tribesmen along the way and, as a noble descendant of the god, gave orders.
Guerrilla resistance from mountain tribes delayed the Mexica advance.
In late February, the high-ranking priests from the holy city of Cholula rushed over to calm the turbulent samurai morale in time.
"...the Mexica God of War has fallen and is colluding with the darkness underground! Those fire-breathing wooden beasts and thundering copper beasts are not the divine power of the God of War, but the demonic power of the volcano monster! Look,
Warriors of the God of Hunting, those evil beasts still exude the breath of the crater! They will spread disease and darkness, so that the people of the God of Hunting will never recover!...Fight, warriors! You have to fight for the Cloud Snake.
Fight, but also fight for the earth beneath your feet!”
The priests' words finally appeased the warriors' morale, but they could not change the balance of power between the two sides.
The "Black Snake" sent the main force of warriors in the city to meet the retreating "Water Snake". The eight thousand Tlaxcala warriors fought head-on with the seven thousand canine legions pursued by the enemy, but were imprisoned by a thousand hidden bronze armors.
The Wei defeated the Chinese army and lost more than half of it. Even the "Water Snake" was almost killed...
In early March, the "Water Snake" was forced to retreat to Water Valley City and reunited with the "Black Snake" who was stationed there. Together, the two of them, including Cholula's remaining reinforcements, only had six to seven thousand warriors left, and they were completely lost.
However, the militiamen guarding the city are still sufficient, with 15,000 people.
Since then, everything south of Shuigu City has fallen. Large towns and villages, numerous tribes and warriors have all been wiped out by the Mexica army. Rolling black smoke rose from the south, and countless Moth people were dragged down by hemp ropes.
They are strung together and escorted to the southern sky, to an unknown distance.
"...Where are the cruel Mexica people going to take them? Are the humble moth people worthy of being sacrificed to God?"
The roar of cannons drowned the cries of despair, and the warriors lined up, preparing to charge into the city. While trapped in the city of sorrow, a strange question suddenly flashed in the mind of "Black Snake" Turcotte. After a few breaths, he
He shook his head and didn't care about the fate of the moth people. Because now even the noble descendants of gods can't protect themselves!
"Supreme God of Hunting! Your descendant asks you again to shut up the opponent's copper beast and lose the power of roaring!..."
As if hearing the prayer of the black wolf, the gunners operating the cannons outside the southern city wall finally stopped. They carefully touched the hot copper cannons, pushed the hardwood cannons hard, and pulled the copper cannons towards the army.
Behind the formation. And a moment later, fierce war drums sounded outside the south city, mixed with faintly audible pious shouts!
