The sun rises high, and the birds sing low. The warm sunshine illuminates the green mountain forest, and the valley of the hot spring is a little brighter. The autumn wind blows from the forest, carrying the fragrance of the grass and trees, and also lingering in the water vapor of the hot spring, as if
Fairyland.
Shulot lowered his head, kissed the sleeping Alyssa gently, and got up from the straw bed covered with cotton blankets. When he walked out of the wooden house next to the hot spring, the bright sunshine came towards him, making him couldn't help but squint.
Eye.
"I actually slept until noon..."
The young man murmured, stretched his body, and did some simple warrior training, but felt that his back was sore and it was difficult to exert force. He looked back at the back room and couldn't help but sigh.
"...Hey! Wenwen Township is really a tomb of heroes... No matter how brave you are, you can't withstand the obsession day and night."
Naxiu came silently carrying breakfast. Listening to His Highness' low sigh, she couldn't help but blush on her face and pursed her lips.
A few days ago, after taking certain supplements, His Highness became a little too brave. The princess begged hard and couldn't bear it, so she had to let her resist several times. Although she was proficient in martial arts, it was her first time in battle and she was killed.
Bleeding and drifting in the oars, discarding helmets and armor, weeping.
When the princess regained consciousness the next day, she was ashamed, annoyed, and very regretful. But as His Highness's shadow slave, she was not an outsider after all. According to the customs of the alliance, she had to serve His Highness after all... The next few days
, with one more helping hand, the princess was gradually able to make peace with His Highness.
In the past two days, she finally figured out some tricks and used the teachings of the priestesses one by one. Her raccoon-like vocals combined with her jellyfish-like dance made His Highness unable to resist...
Thinking of this, the cold female warrior stuck out her tongue and gently licked her upper lip. Then, she lowered her head slightly, placed the tray under the ups and downs, and said elegantly.
"Your Highness, please have lunch."
Xiulote tilted his head slightly and nodded when he saw Na Xiu standing tall. Then, he saw the two avocados next to the corn tortillas, and his heart tightened inexplicably.
"Naxiu, you..."
"Your Highness, you need to replenish your body, otherwise tonight..."
Na Xiu pursed her lips and smiled, winking playfully. Then, she raised her red lips, stood on her toes, and made a fox-like gesture.
"Master, good master...wow~"
"Well!..."
Shulot's scalp went numb and he felt a dull pain in his back. He quickly changed the topic.
"Have the envoys from the kingdom left?"
"Not yet, but soon. The envoys have rested for the night, and after lunch, they will travel day and night to return to the kingdom."
"Ah, very good!"
Xiuluo nodded, stretched out his hand, and took out a document from his arms.
"Add another royal order to the Chihuaco Battalion Commander of the Army Corps."
"As you command!"
Naxiu put down her lunch and took the latest Wang Ling. She took a quick look and saw only the pattern of a ship and the undulating waves.
The female warrior hurried away, and Shulot looked to the west in the distance, feeling ups and downs.
The messenger from the kingdom brought news that this year's autumn harvest was good, and it was another good year from south to north. After the autumn harvest, the various legions participating in the Eastern Expedition began to gather, and the pace of war was just around the corner!
The main force of the 8,000 Guaquili Corps and the 4,000 Guards Corps are all gathered at the river mouth fortress on the Leman River in the north, waiting for the transportation of the Kingdom's fleet. The 5,000 Tekos tribe warriors who surrendered during the Southern Expedition are all gathered in the south.
The Lithospermum County on the Tulsas River was transported by the alliance and the kingdom's southern navy. Together, the north and south routes, plus the three thousand guards in the Texcoco Lake area, amounted to the kingdom's 20,000 army!
According to the plan, the logistics of the 20,000 legion will be provided by the alliance nearby. Etalik, a veteran of Lithosperm County, leads the Lithospermum legion. He has sent 500 warriors last month to the important place in the upper reaches of the Tarsus River, Tal.
Village garrison. They will build forts as soon as possible to control the upper reaches of the river and provide another layer of guarantee for the Southern Route Army's logistical support.
As for the internal defense of the kingdom, the monkey Kuruka guards the north and defends the Chapala Lake area in the lower reaches of the west; Ezpan guards the southwest and pacifies the Tekos tribe in the southwest; and the jaguar Orosh guards the Gyeonggi and oversees the situation in the kingdom. Three branches
The legion will not move lightly, nor will it participate in the Eastern Expedition.
After the miracle of the hot air balloon spread, the people of the Kingdom became more stable. After harvesting the first batch of food, the development of the Apa Plain in the South gradually got on track. At Atoyak Lake in Shicao County, the South Shipbuilding Company
The company has been in operation for more than half a year, and has launched several batches of catamaran canoes, as well as the first batch of Crocodile God paddle boats.
Further to the southwest, outside the mouth of the Tulsas River, the iron ore in Black Rock Mountain has been set up, and small amounts of iron ore have been mined and smelted. The age of iron is looming at the dawn!
According to the instructions left by Shulot, the kingdom's senior bronze craftsmen were mobilized to explore the initial iron-making technology together. They built a kiln and it took them three months to produce the first furnace of iron——
Smelting iron from lumps. The quality of the Heiyanshan iron ore is very low, and there are a lot of impurities in the smelting lumps. The iron coming out of the furnace is very soft and has a shape like a sponge, so it cannot be used directly.
Later, the craftsmen stuffed plant ash into the gaps between the iron blocks and repeatedly smelted and forged them to knock out the impurities inside and improve the quality of the iron. After another two months of groping, it was not until early September that the first batch was produced.
Useable iron blocks. These iron blocks are still just ordinary pig iron, hard and brittle, and cannot be made into weapons, only farm tools.
"Iron-making technology comes from scratch, and it is always slow at the beginning. But as long as there is a beginning and a direction, there is hope for the future!"
Shulot thought about it for a long time, his face showed longing, and his body was full of strength. Afterwards, he had lunch and ate avocado, and then saw the kingdom's envoys setting off from the camp. The envoys headed south, bowed their heads and saluted the king, and then
Run towards the north.
The wind blew, and the autumn leaves were slightly yellow. The group led Wang Ling over the mountains and ridges, running steadily all the way, almost without stopping.
They walked past the edge of the capital city in the lake and saw thousands of alliance warriors gathering from various city-states. They walked past the villages on the shores of Lake Texcoco and saw thousands of civilians carrying autumn grain.
, transported to the granaries in the north and south. They boarded the galleys of the Kingdom's Navy and headed westward, crossing the 500-mile Leman River waterway to Hekou County in the north of the Kingdom. Along the way, both sides of the bank were mobilizing.
Villages and militiamen trampled on the open fields and headed east in groups. On the convenient rivers, countless canoes carried warriors from the western city-states and tributes from various states.
, headed to Lake Texcoco to assemble.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The tribes of Tlaxcala are the old enemies of the alliance! The hatred of fighting for nearly a hundred years is deeply rooted in the hearts of the nobles of various states. Almost all the great nobles of the city-states
, all of their relatives died at the hands of the Tlaxcalans. During this Eastern Expedition, all states in the alliance mobilized their warriors and militia! And the goal of the war was not just to make the other party surrender, but to hunt down
The descendants of the god are completely wiped out from the world!
The envoy continued westward and landed in the north of the river mouth fortress. The black wolf Toltec, fully armored and leading the Guakili Army, had been waiting by the river for a long time. He received the royal order for the Eastern Expedition, read it once, and then raised his head and laughed!
"Haha, the Eastern Expedition has finally begun! Brave warriors, good warriors, follow me eastward with your spears raised high! Kill all the nobles of Tlaxcala, rob them of their wealth and women, and capture some more for the kingdom.
Serf!...I, the black wolf, swear to the Lord God that I will record my merits fairly and never rob anyone of their merits! Military achievements will be awarded to the fields, military merits will be awarded, and killing the enemy will be rewarded! Ouch! Kill, kill, kill!"
"Ouch! Kill, kill, kill!"
Hearing the commander's mobilization, thousands of canine descendants howled excitedly, with murderous intentions boiling like crazy. The howls of wolves spread far away, echoing in the vast world, and also reached the river mouth fortress not far away. On the fortress,
Monkey Kuruka stood up suddenly and looked at the black wolf and the kingdom messenger by the river, with a bit of envy and yearning in his eyes.
"Let's go! General Barda, Wang Ling is coming soon, we have to go out of the city to welcome him!"
Eagle Warrior Barda stood aside, frowning slightly as he listened to the howls of the canine descendants. Then, he nodded in response.
"That's right! Kuruca, I will send someone right now to gather four thousand guardsmen to prepare for boarding the ship... The Eastern Expedition will be long. When His Highness's army comes back victorious, we will have a drink together!"
"Okay! With the blessing of the Lord God, the Eastern Expedition will be victorious!"
Kuruca's eyes moved and he responded with a smile. He has been in charge of a party for many years and is no longer the ordinary civilian warrior he was back then. Among the six legion marshals in the entire Lake Kingdom, he is the most approachable and has good friends with all the generals.
"With the blessing of the Lord God, the Eastern Campaign will be victorious!"
Barda nodded solemnly and strode out. His Highness is invincible and invincible. As long as His Highness is in command, the victory of the Eastern Expedition cannot be doubted!
After a while, four thousand elite guard warriors gathered from the fortress barracks. These senior warriors had simple movements and indifferent expressions. They were used to seeing life and death. Compared with the canine warriors, their murderous intention was not obvious.
And declare death with a sword!
The messengers separated into two people, handed down the king's order, and continued to run south. They walked through the vast wilderness, passed through the villages full of life, and then under the dawn light, they came to the place where the morning prayers were thundering.
capital.
The two of them rushed into the city from the north gate with the king's order. One went to the residence of the chief minister, the sage Jatiri; the other went to the military camp in the city to send a message to the commander of the Gyeonggi Army, Jaguar Orosh.
The people continued to run south, stepping on the fields after the harvest, to the two counties of Apa and Zicao in the south. When they arrived around the military city of Patzcuaro, another person from the team separated and went straight to the nearby military camp.
The morning sun rises into the sky, illuminating the simple camp. The old militiaman Chihuaco is sitting outside the camp's kitchen with his legs crossed, his waist hunched, and his spear pressed under his buttocks, happily munching corn cakes. This year's harvest
Yes, the warehouses were full of grain. The field army paid tribute and had enough grain in stock, so they could finally grind some corn flour and make pancakes to eat on weekdays.
Chihuaco chewed the cake carefully, not even a trace of residue leaked out. After a while, he finished chewing a piece of cake, and suddenly he felt comfortable all over, and his old face smiled like a flower.
"Phew! Eating corn cakes and enjoying the peaceful time, these days... tsk tsk!"
"Uncle, I have been looking for you for a long time, and you are here!"
Wezti wore a turban, folded his hands, and hurried over with something in his pocket. When he saw his uncle and father-in-law, a smile appeared on his face, and he smiled like a wooden flower.
"Mumu, why are you looking for me? You're in a hurry, just like a thief, you don't have any integrity."
Chihuaco raised his head, glanced at Vezti, and curled his lips in disgust.
"In two days, I'll give you a holiday. You clean up your hair, feel refreshed, and go back to see Luwei. I have to stay in the camp and can't leave. Please work harder for me and leave a place for my family as soon as possible.
back!"
"Ah? I'm on vacation again? I'm going out for three days and two. What do my brothers think of me! Besides, the birth of a baby always depends on the blessing of the gods..."
"You stupid idiot! If it doesn't work once, just try it twice, if it doesn't work twice, then ten times, but it will work once! Besides, everyone in the field camp is just farming for the masters and raising a family, no matter what
What more are you doing?... After finally having a peaceful life, do you still want to hold a spear and lead people to the battlefield to be killed?...Huh? Let’s see if I can’t kill you!”
Chihuaco raised his eyebrows and stretched out his hand, as if to strike.
"Uh, uncle, don't fight! I won't go to the battlefield, I won't go..."
Vezti was startled and took two steps back. Then, he scratched his head and looked around to see if there was no one around. Then he proudly took out half a flat roasted agouti from his arms.
"Hey, uncle, look! I got some corn kernels last night and set up a few stone traps. Look this morning, hey, I got two rat pieces!"
The so-called slate trap is to make a heavy stone slab and support it diagonally on a thin wooden frame. There is a trigger just below and a few corn kernels are placed. The greedy agouti will knock down the wooden frame if it wants to eat the corn kernels.
Then the heavy stone slab was completely smashed down with a "hula" sound, and the agouti was "snapped", making a "mouse film".
"Huh? Two roasted rat slices. If you eat one and a half slices, why don't you give me half a slice?"
Chihuaco scowled, pretending to be angry.
"No, I just ate half of one piece. I dried another piece and left it for the reeds. She loves meat the most..."
"Well...I've been talking for a long time, but this is still like a human saying."
Having said this, both of them had smiles on their faces. Wezziti sat down close to him, and Chihuaco gnawed on rat slices. The morning sun shone in front of them, making them feel warm for a moment.
However, such a peaceful time did not last long. Within a moment, a young militiaman came running from outside in a hurry.
"Uncle, uncle! Oh no, something big has happened!"
"What?!"
Chihuaco stood up with a "swish", and an ominous premonition emerged in his heart. Weezti didn't even notice that there was a spear in the old uncle's hand. Then Chihuaco looked serious and shouted in a deep voice.
"Xiao Yayuri, what happened? Tell me clearly!"
"The camp gate... Outside the camp gate, there is an envoy from the kingdom!"
"Hey! It turns out he is an envoy from the kingdom. What big deal is this?"
Hearing this, the old militiaman Chihuaco breathed a sigh of relief.
"Tell me, what is the purpose of the envoy? Is it to collect food from the camp, or to recruit soldiers to build canals?"
"Neither...none!"
Yayuli gasped several times before he finished speaking.
"Uncle, he said, he said... he wants to conquer you! The king wants you to get on the boat and go to some big lake in the west to find some small island with guano!"
"Ah! Conquer me?!"
Chihuaco was stunned on the spot as if he had been struck by lightning. The spear in his hand fell to the ground with a "clack" and bounced a few times, making a clear copper sound, like the waves of the sea.
"My God...you are blind again..."
After a while, Chihuaco grimaced and let out a helpless sigh.
