Chapter 567 Tehuacan Valley, Divine Stone City and Cloud Temple
The wind blows to the southeast, the rain falls in the valley, the earth is soaked in bright red, and corpses lie everywhere. Scavenging eagles fall in the lush farmland, lowering their heads to eat without fear of pedestrians; midsummer flies smell the fishy smell and gather in groups.
Have a great time.
Black smoke billowed from the Mixtec villages, and raging fires rose up and were extinguished in the rain. When the sun came, the destructive fires ignited again and continued for several days.
This is the affluent Tehuacan Valley, located more than 500 miles southeast of the capital city in the lake, 300 miles southeast of Shuigu City, and 120 miles southeast of Huacong Village. It is the most important northern gathering place of the Mixtec tribe.
The Rio Salado in the south originates from the mountains to the east of the valley, winds all the way south, irrigates the fertile soil of the valley for three hundred miles, flows through the hinterland of the Mixtec Alliance, and reaches the dangerous Yunshan City.
(Yanhuitlán).
Then, the Salado River, together with other streams, merges into the Rio Verde River further south. The Verde River continues southward, meandering for six hundred miles in the Sierra Madre Occidental Mountains, and converges near Huitzoctli.
Entering the vast North Pacific. Of course, the Salado River and the Verde River were both named in the colonial era. In this era, they were collectively called by the Mixtecs, "the mother river of life given by the rain god."
The mountains gather clouds and rain, and the valleys breed fertile soil. The rivers nourish the fields, and people gather there. From Huacongzhai in the north to Zhongcheng in the south, it is nine hundred miles from north to south and two to three hundred miles from east to west. Among them, the valleys in the mountains that are suitable for farming are
The gathering place of more than 800,000 Mixtec tribes. Among the many Mixtec valleys, the Tehuacan Valley in the north is the richest one!
More than 150,000 Mixtec tribes settled in this fertile valley and established the ancient sacred stone city of Tehuacán.
Star-studded villages are scattered around Shenshi City, like beans surrounding corn, supporting the Yunzhong priests and nobles who have been respected for generations. Ten miles east of Shenshi City is the even older Yunzhong Temple.
One of the two sacred sites of the Mixtec people, the Tehuacan Pyramid stands in the mountains!
The "Temple in the Clouds", the Pyramid of Tehuacan, is not located in the City of God's Stone. It is similar to the Pyramid of the Sun and Moon. They are both classical wonders built in the Teotihuacan era and are located in the mountains that are convenient for quarrying. The City of God's Stone is located in
Riverside hilly land occupies a vast area of fertile soil along the river.
In the minds of the Mixtec tribes who worship gods, the Tehuacan Pyramid in the north is where the ancient gods live, while the Holy Land of Clouds in the south is the sanctuary of the rain god Zavi.
Clouds drifted in from the south, covering the valley filled with fighting. On the east side of the towering Divine Stone City, a fierce battle was going on.
Various Mixtec tribes produce "Mayan blue" dye and also admire the blue of the sky. Three thousand Mixtec warriors, wearing blue cotton armor and pointed cloth hats, are spread across the wilderness, together with two thousand white cotton
The Tlaxcala soldiers from the armor were fighting together. Thousands of warring warriors wielded obsidian war clubs and fought on the moist red soil. Every minute, dozens of people fell to the ground and died.
At this moment, the noble life of the warrior was withering like weeds in the field and was not worth mentioning.
"Rain God Zhawi, protect us!"
"Kill, kill them, go rescue the temple in the mountain!"
"The enemy can no longer hold on any longer!"
The brutal fighting only lasted for two moments, and the Tlaxcala warriors could no longer hold on. They were slightly smaller in number, and most of them were newly recruited surrendered soldiers, so their morale was very low. They could barely hold on at this time because of their dense formation.
, and the brave leader.
The military leader Koo is wearing cloud-patterned leather armor, a tiger-head wooden helmet, and a gold pendant around his neck. He stands behind the Mixtec military formation. In the Mixtec language, "Koo"
The meaning is blue snake, possessing the divinity in the clouds. From this name, you can see his respected status.
Guku's left hand is tied with a blue feather wooden shield, his right hand holds an exquisite silver-inlaid war stick, and behind his back is a bunch of bright feathers. The feathers are two meters high and filled with green, blue, and white.
The gorgeous bird feathers, like summer reeds, sway high in the warrior formation, looking very eye-catching.
The feather bundle is a typical symbol of the Mixtec leader, just like the flag of the alliance commander. Like the Mexica and Tlaxcala people in the north, the Mixtec leader who leads the army will wear more gorgeous war uniforms.
clothes, wearing more feathers, and carrying more obvious symbols.
In the Central American army, as the commander-in-chief, he must be visible to all warriors!
"Kill! Fight for the supreme and powerful God of Death! As long as you perform well in battle, you can be promoted to a warrior and gain land in the kingdom!..."
The fighting in the front line continued, and the people of Tlaxcala were crumbling, but they never collapsed. The incomprehensible Nahua language shouts floated from afar, carrying the names of gods, as if they were given extra fighting spirit.
Military leader Gu Ku narrowed his eyes and stood at a high place, carefully observing the battle ahead. Soon, a middle-aged warrior wielding a bronze spear and fighting hard came into his eyes. This middle-aged warrior was wearing leather armor.
Wearing a bronze feathered helmet, he stood at the forefront of the military formation. Whenever the military formation was on the verge of collapse, he would shout loudly to boost the morale of the Tlaxcala warriors.
"Riki, the warrior of the rain god! Go and take a hundred rain god hunters to kill that feathered warrior! Under the siege of the Mexicans, the noble mountain temple cannot hold on for long. We must support it as soon as possible!
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"Yes, leader!"
Rich, the rain god warrior, knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily like a woodpecker. In fact, the meaning of his name is "woodpecker" in the Mixtec language. The Mixtec people call themselves "the people of the clouds" and like
Things that are close to the sky naturally respect birds. And the god they fear the most is the rain god Zavi, the main god in charge of the sky and rainfall.
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"Woodpecker" Richie shouted loudly, then held up his war stick and came to the front line of the military formation. Hundreds of elite Rain God hunters, all tied with shields and holding war sticks, swarmed to the front. Behind the hunters,
Carrying two obsidian throwing spears, they stood still and made threatening bird calls. Then they drew out their sharp throwing spears and aimed them at the enemy's leader!
Seeing this scene, the commander of the surrender battalion, Tetica, frowned, and without hesitation, he immediately turned around and ran away. In the Nahua language, the name "Tetica" does not have any divine meaning, it just means
Ordinary "stones" are like the "bolt pillars, stones" in the name of the Celestial Dynasty.
With such an ordinary name, "Shuanzhu" Tetica naturally does not have a high origin. In the Tlaxcala Alliance, which respects noble species, there is absolutely no possibility for him to gain the leadership of thousands of people.
Power. Under the new order brought by the Mexicans, he was able to be promoted to the commander of the battalion and survived several difficult battles because he was not afraid of life and death, had the courage to fight, and was able to predict the current situation and be flexible.
strain.
"Whoosh!"
Large ferocious spears were fired from the air, with great power, knocking down the shields of the warriors and shooting into the gaps in the military formation. Dozens of Tlaxcala warriors in the front line were directly shot through the cotton armor by the spears and fell softly.
On the dirt, there was a scream that was shrill and inhuman. Then, in just a few breaths, the second round of death spears struck again!
"Whoosh!"
"ah!..."
The leader of the army turned around and fled. The warriors in the front group suffered heavy casualties. The Tlaxcala soldiers could no longer hold on. They howled in panic and collapsed instantly. The remaining more than a thousand soldiers threw away their shields and sticks and panicked.
, and fled to the mountains and forests to the east.
"Haha! The famous Mexica Legion seems to be nothing more than that! Hurry, go east quickly and give chase to me!"
In just a moment, the thousands of warriors who had resisted tenaciously just now turned into embarrassed turkeys running around and being slaughtered. The military leader Guku laughed and was very proud.
In today's fight, he defeated thousands of warriors, which is a rare feat in the Mixtec Alliance. If he successfully rescues the Yunzhong Temple, he will be sure to win next year's election for the chief tribe of the Holy Stone City!
Yes, compared with the relatively centralized ministries in the north, the Mixtec alliance in the south has looser politics and maintains a backward tribal electoral system. Every once in a while, the leaders of each ministry will be elected to decide the status of the valleys.
Supreme leader. Of course, only divine warriors of noble blood are eligible to participate in such a leader election.
Hundreds of Tlaxcala warriors fled eastward without any resistance. The three thousand Mixtec legions shouted bird songs and chased and killed them excitedly. The bright and eye-catching leader Feathers also joined the hundreds of Rain Gods.
Surrounded by hunters, they kept moving eastward.
The Mixtec warriors were immersed in the joy of victory and killing. They stepped on the corpses of the Tlaxcalans and chased them into the rolling mountain forest. This sacred mountain forest is the home of the Mixtec souls, so how could they let it go?
Will the evil Mexican Legion take over for long?
With this idea in mind, the pursuing Mixtec warriors were merciless and desperate. Soon, the towering Temple in the Clouds appeared a few miles away, adding another excitement to the joy in the warriors' eyes.
Pious. The blue-armored Mixtec warriors chased, excited, until a particularly sharp eagle whistle suddenly sounded in the deep mountains!
