Shulot lay on the soft straw bed, tossing and turning all night long.
The young man listened to the night rain outside the window, and the continuous pounding sound of raindrops seemed to be beating in his heart. His thoughts were like the long wind, drifting thousands of miles in the blink of an eye, flying to the distant capital city on the lake, landing in an unknown place.
On the slender figure, try hard to see clearly the smile of the beautiful figure.
Night always makes people think sharply. Hulott clearly understood that this political marriage was the most important guarantee for the alliance between the two forces, and there was no possibility of cancellation or change.
As for Shulot himself, he has some awkwardness in his heart, and also has many longings, imaginations, and expectations, which are complicated and difficult to describe. Regardless of his past life or this life, he is still a young man emotionally.
Early the next morning, when the genius dawned, Shulot stood up abruptly. He casually put on a robe and went to find his old friend Acap who lived next to him.
Akap had also gotten up early. He was wearing a neat priest's robe, his hair was combed, and he was wearing a formal feather crown. He was sitting in the tent, holding a wooden board in his hands and studying. When the young man took a closer look, it was himself and Avitt.
Revised first edition of Chinese characters.
"Akapu, what do you think of this text?" The young man thought for a while and then talked about it first.
"Very good! The text you invented has accurate meaning, standardized writing, neat and beautiful appearance. It is not only conducive to upper and lower communication, but also convenient for teaching knowledge and conducive to the inheritance of culture." Akapu smiled and nodded in approval.
"Do you think grandpa will be happy to use these words? Can it be promoted on a large scale?" the young man asked with some worry.
"The high priest shouldn't object, especially since you invented this." Akap thought for a moment and smiled. "He has always had the idea of reforming religion. Over the years, he has also guided the city-state priests to discover and organize the stories and stories of Quetzalcoatl.
Record."
"However, other priests may not be happy to see the written specifications. The biggest resistance will definitely come from the chief priests in the capital."
"The Chief Priest Kechar has always been old-fashioned and stubborn. They have the right to interpret mythological records for generations, and often use celestial signs and legends to interfere in the internal affairs of the alliance. The Chief Priest Group itself owns many fertile lands and a large number of warrior followers. This kind of
The change in writing will touch their fundamental interests, and there will definitely be a violent counterattack." Acap analyzed seriously, and he looked at the young man with some worry.
Shulot nodded. The priest class is deeply rooted in the alliance and controls the hearts of warriors and civilians. If you want to forcefully overthrow the priest class, you will fight against the majority of the people in the alliance, which means self-destruction.
For the priest class, the only way is to carry out religious reform. The standardization and popularization of writing is actually a kind of religious reform. Next, he needs to stand with the reformists within the priests, constantly attack and eliminate the traditional conservatives, and at the same time improve the warriors.
and civilian literacy rates.
Then there is the reduction of priestly privileges, modification of human sacrifice rituals, improvement of theological theory, sorting out the clergy system, decision on the unity or separation of church and state, and so on. These reforms can only be carried out step by step, and it takes time to accumulate people's hearts and wait for the further development of the situation.
, thus giving birth to the soil for the next reform.
The religious reform he hoped for was destined to be a long and difficult process, unless some uncontrollable force suddenly swept away all obstacles.
After a few chats, the boy looked around again. Well, there was no one around, and Bertard was not there either.
He then sat next to Acap, took his old friend's arm, and asked in a low voice: "Acap, that... Alyssa, the princess you proposed for me yesterday, um, princess...
Well, is she good-looking? What is her personality like?"
Acap was stunned for a moment, then the corners of his mouth twitched.
He suppressed his laughter and asked jokingly: "The princess is only eleven years old. She is still in the stage of home education and is not old enough to go to school in Kalmykak. How could I have seen it? You should ask about this matter."
His Royal Highness, Brother Wang."
The young man thought for a while, indeed, should he ask Avitt? Then he touched his cheek, which was still aching, and suddenly shuddered when he thought of Avitt's fierce eyes. "It's better to forget it."
"Actually, you don't have to worry about the princess's appearance, Shulot." Akap laughed, "What do you think of His Royal Highness's appearance?"
"Pretty good." Shulot thought about Avitt's handsome face and distinct facial contours, and answered matter-of-factly.
"In this case, the king's wife is also a famous beauty in the capital, so how could their daughter be unsatisfactory? As for character, the royal family's tutoring has always been strict. And the princess is still young, so nothing has been finalized. If you are really worried, take the initiative
Contact me more often.”
"You need to cultivate feelings between each other and experience beautiful things together. At the same time, you must be kind and guide the girl's simple thoughts. When the princess grows up, she will be like soybeans entwined with corn, growing up clinging to each other. You will definitely be a perfect fit!"
Karp smiled and was good-natured.
In the young man's eyes, his old friend's gentle and jade-like face suddenly shone with "wisdom".
"Akapu, you are so smart!" The young man stood up suddenly, hugged Akapu happily, and babbled excitedly, "Let me recall it carefully and write a plan seriously!"
Acap just smiled softly and touched the boy's forehead, um, not bad.
The relaxing time passed quickly. In the evening of this day, Acap changed into civilian clothes and said goodbye to the commander and the boy. Accompanied by several intelligence officers, he was going to the Otopan siege camp in the rain.
Then, Acap needs to get in touch with the leader of Shusok there, inform the high priest and the king's brother of the decision to form an alliance, and integrate the Teotihuacan city-state legions into the alliance.
Avitt also sent envoys respectively. While contacting the officers at all levels in the siege camp, he kept the next plan strictly confidential. He was just testing the attitude of the generals. In this way, he made sure that his old subordinates were still obeying him and judged the vacillating neutrals.
, making it clear that the king was loyal to the king. His identity as chief intelligence officer gave him great operational convenience and cover.
On the other side, the messengers also communicated with the supporters of the three capital cities. He expressed goodwill to the big nobles and the chief priests, ensuring that they would at least remain neutral in subsequent actions. He made full promises to the small nobles and grassroots warriors, and
Create a force of staunch supporters from previously commanded legions.
Finally, the commander began to purge the more than 10,000 warriors under his command: first, he marginalized the officers who were loyal to the king. Then he promoted the officers who were loyal to him based on their recent military exploits. Then, in the name of victory in the battle, he promoted ordinary warriors and militiamen.
They gave great rewards and thus gathered the morale of the army.
Shulot stayed with his followers all day long, practicing martial arts and writing. Recently, he felt a little scared when facing Avitt, and decided to hide and adjust for a few days.
He now has 500 followers and has formed a bodyguard warrior group, with Bertard serving as the warrior commander of the bodyguard group. Relying on the backbone sent by his father, his bodyguard group has become somewhat of a strong force.
.The young man attaches great importance to the writing learning of his followers. He plans to train the Guards into a future officer corps and at the same time experiment with new tactics.
The Longbow Guard in the army also falls under his leadership. Now there are 150 longbows, and the Guard has a full 200 people, all of whom are relatively senior warriors. They have been exposed to spear throwing and have the basic distance for long-range shooting.
sense, and the skills of aiming and shooting.
Shulot secretly opened a training base in the mountains and forests not far away, and trained the Longbow Guards for days regardless of rain or shine. At this time, their training program had been changed from overall horizontal shooting and projectile to fixed target fire within two hundred meters.
Time passes in the wind and rain, and the waves surge under the river. An invisible large net is unfolding slowly but steadily.
Another two weeks passed by in a hurry, and everything was peaceful on both sides of the river. Until one drizzly afternoon, a canoe suddenly arrived again.
The scout, who was covered in mud and water, flew forward and fell into the tent. He had just arrived from the city of Xilotepec day and night. For six days, he kept walking and the boat paddled, and he was almost completely exhausted.
"The city of Hilotepec rebelled seven days ago! The Otomi people simultaneously attacked the grain transportation camp on the banks of the Tampen River and the grain storage camp in the mountains. The specific casualty information is not yet known, but the information provided to the Otomi people
The logistics channel to Toppan’s siege camp has been temporarily cut off!”
The commander-in-chief and the young man looked at each other. Their expressions were calm and they nodded lightly: "Finally here!"
Early the next morning, the Tarasco camp on the other side of the river was also abuzz. Just after noon, Tarasco's boat division repeatedly dispatched up and down the river, transporting many militia squads across the river, and launched a large-scale attack.
attitude.
"The beginning of the rainy season has passed, and everything in the world is developing. It is really a perfect harmony between heaven and man." The young man stood on the hill, raised his head slightly, looked at the rainy sky, and looked at the magnificent heaven, earth and river.
There was a sense of tranquility in the young man's heart, and even a trace of leisure. When things came to a close, he just needed to be bold! He looked at the world in his eyes with a smile, and strode forward firmly, as if the world was coming towards him.