"Praise the Lord God! He has given the divinity of the sun to guide the victory of the Divine War in the Western Expedition! As long as the divine flag of death is raised, the enemies in the Chapala Lake area will have no choice but to die at the feet of the Divine Warriors!..."
The sun slanted and set in the west, like a divine omen. The grand ceremony of the Western Expedition also came to its final end. Amid the cheers of tens of thousands of warriors and militiamen, Marshal Yinkuluka of the Western Expedition knelt down on the altar.
Above. He holds the marshal's scepter given by His Highness, wears the eagle feather helmet of the kingdom's nobles, and accepts the divine flag given by the God of War Elder Yazar on behalf of the God King!
"God has left! He has given us the courage to fight with God, and may promise us victory in the Western Expedition! Go! Warriors from the Alliance and the Kingdom, conquer the Chapala Lake area, and let all the city-states and villages there convert to the Lord God.
!Finally, capture the descendant of Chapala and perform a blood sacrifice to the evil Prince of Feathers!... Praise the Lord God!"
"War with gods! Convert! Capture prisoners! Blood sacrifice!... Praise the Lord God!"
Tens of thousands of warriors and militiamen gave out inspiring shouts as the last chapter of the grand ceremony! Then, fifteen warrior brigades of 200 people, also carrying 2.5-meter long spears, lined up in neat formation along Leman
The river opens downstream towards the west. On both sides of them, there are two thousand banner tribe warriors carrying long bamboo bows, arranged in a loose formation, sentinel in the front and on both wings!
These five thousand spear warriors and tribal warriors are the vanguard of the kingdom's western expedition. They must constantly set up camps and forts along the river. Hundreds of kingdom boats are also escorted by the alliance navy.
It will provide food, grass and supplies for the army's westward march. After the forts along the way are set up, the garrison will be stationed to store logistical food and armaments. The subsequent westward march of the main force of the Chinese army will be much faster!…
Seeing the army marching out in an orderly manner, the monkey Kuruka lowered his eyes and exhaled a long breath.
He has been in the army for twenty years and has been the commander of the army for several years. He was promoted and trained from civilian warriors, and he already has a large number of outstanding cadres and officers. Therefore, for him, he must lead the army to fight and command the military formation.
Fighting was not difficult at all. But the real difficulties and dangers made him cautious, as if he was walking on the edge of a cliff... It was like today, a political struggle where he was put on a pedestal and could be shattered to pieces at any time!...
"A true hero...is not just someone who goes to death calmly on the battlefield!..."
Monkey Kuruka stood in silence, recalling once again the scene during the Western Expedition when he saw the head of the Sky family commit suicide. At that time, the real hero in his eyes should have the courage to die in the army's war! But now,
He gained some more insights, that is, in political struggles, one must be able to fight to the death!…
"God bless you! Dear Marshal Kuruka, the grand ceremony has been completed. You want to command the army to march westward, and I have to rush back to resume my life..."
The God of War elder Yazar smiled. He looked at the ordinary civilian marshal in front of him with appreciative eyes and said gently.
"Let's go! Let's go to the temple of the main god in the city and enshrine the noble feather crown and marshal's scepter given by the god king! I just want to see your pious worship... As for the tokens canonized in this temple, do you have any?
Accept it... then leave it to the God King and His Highness to judge!..."
"Okay! God bless you!"
Hearing this, the monkey Kuruka nodded respectfully. He handed the traditional sacred flag given by the king to his bodyguard. Then, he looked at the ashamed-looking chief priest of the lake, Mavilo, with a gentle and friendly smile.
Laughed.
"Dear Chief Priest Marvelo! You don't need to worry... I only took the flag of the sun divinity. The majesty of the god king is high above, and the tradition of the alliance has not been violated... As for the feather crown symbolizing the glorious nobles of the alliance, and the power symbolizing the marshal of the alliance
The staff will be enshrined in the main temple of Hekou County and respected as a sacred object... In this way, we should be able to maintain balance between the God King and His Highness..."
"..."
Maweiluo, the chief priest in the lake, was silent for a while, and then for the first time he showed an expression of admiration and thanked him in a low voice.
"Thank you for your hard work! Marshal Kuruka!"
Monkey Kuruka nodded gently. Then, he walked down the bloody altar with the elder Yazar, the God of War, to the temple of light. On the sacrifice altar, only the chief Pa of the Xiajin clan was left.
Joe's solidified blood was still alive and burning into ashes.
That was this time, in the cruel and bloody political struggle of the alliance, the first eye-catching sacrifice, the important tool in the middle game, and the last cold dust that no one cared about...
Two days later, the God of War Elder Yazar boarded the long boat and hurried back to the lake capital with a thousand heavily armored temple guards just like when he came. And more than thirty huge long boats gathered together.
Row the oars together and swim upstream against the current!
"With the kingdom's shipbuilding technology...the alliance's galley longships...are actually so many and so big!..."
Monkey Kuruka stood by the long river, watching the huge longship going east, with a somewhat moved expression on his face. He knew the purpose of this alliance longship, and had seen it for several days. But in his heart
The shock never subsided.
In the continuous centralization reform, the Supreme God King Avit has taken most of the alliance's three million people into his hands! And with the alliance's sufficient wood reserves, huge number of craftsmen, and extreme-driven civilians
It is not difficult to build more than thirty long ships with the people's power. This also means that the alliance is located in the upper reaches of the Leman River, forming a strong naval advantage over the northern kingdom of the downstream...
"God bless you! The kingdom in the lake is expanding rapidly, and the Mexica Alliance is also constantly centralizing power, controlling the world together. With twice the size of the alliance, and the tributes from the northern and southern states, the alliance can now mobilize the power
, but much more than the kingdom!…”
"But His Highness focused on the overall situation, and for the divine prophecy, scattered the power of the Kingdom in the Lake everywhere...the conquest of the eastern coast, the colonization of the western coast...and the power of the Alliance, all contracted in the Mexica Valley, at any time
You can attack in any direction..."
Thinking of this, Monkey Kuruka pursed his lips, feeling really worried.
Today's political struggle has clearly demonstrated the attitude of God King Avit. He is no longer willing to allow the Kingdom of the Lake to expand wantonly, but will start to intervene in it. After all, no matter how much he trusts His Highness Shulot and how much he loves Alyssa
The eldest princess loves Prince Xiuhua... He is still a deep and ruthless god-king who kills his brother to seize the throne, suppresses countless nobles, and controls the high priests!
This is politics. Under the cruel Mexica tribal alliance system, no king would be a fool. Because they have no patriarchal order, no heirloom succession, only the alternation of power between blood and fire!…
"Your Highness, Your Highness! I was just an ordinary, civilian-born battalion officer. It was you who rescued me from the hands of the God King, appreciated me, and taught me...step by step, I got to where I am today, and even
Can become a marshal and lead the kingdom’s conquest!…”
Thinking of this, the monkey Kuruka looked to the east and looked at the dark clouds in the sky, and his eyes became slightly moist.
“For your great cause, even if I sacrifice myself at the grand ceremony, it’s nothing!…But, what I’m really worried about is you!…”
"The will of God King Avit has been revealed... When will you come back from the Eastern Expedition? And with the decision of God King, how will it be possible for you to come back so easily?..."
"You will not be able to return until the Eastern Expedition is over. And if the Eastern Expedition is a complete victory... As His Highness the Mie Kingdom, you will face the victory ceremony in the capital city of the lake, and face the inevitable summons of the God King and the High Priest... Where will you go?
, or not to go?”
"...Perhaps, I have to prepare early...May the Lord God bless you!..."
As the sun sets, the Leman River shines with golden light and flows to the vast downstream. The monkeys' sighs and questions are scattered into the turbulent river water, drifting to the farther west.
But at this moment, the king of the kingdom in the lake was on the eastern seashore, which was warm all year round and was out of reach. He did not hear the loyal heart of the monkey, nor did he look at the sunset on the horizon. He just squatted on the fertile field and looked at a section of the lake just now.
The stubby stems sprouted, with a look of genuine joy.
"Blessed by the Lord God!...This is cassava!...A divine item that can double the world's tens of millions of people!..."
This chapter has been completed!