The Sierra Madre Oriental Mountains are continuous and towering, extending from north to south, dividing the Tlaxcala Plateau and the Totonac Lowlands. In the southeast of the junction of the mountains, there is a towering peak that reaches into the sky, which is the third highest mountain in North America.
Citlaltépetl. In the Nahua language, "citlal" means "star", and "tepētl" means mountain. Therefore, this sacred mountain with an altitude of 5,600 meters is also known by the local people.
The mountain people tribe is called "Xingshan".
"Xingshan" is towering and the mountains stretch. The long adobe river originates from the foot of Xingshan and winds all the way east, passing through Tuhe City and Hatori City. After traveling for more than 700 miles, it ends up just two meters from the entrance to the sea.
Hewan Village in Shili.
When the river reaches this point, it has gathered streams from a land of 700 miles, becoming fierce and vast. And when the heaviest rainy season comes, the water level of the entire river will rise by six or seven meters, becoming the land of East and West Totonak.
The most natural dividing line.
"Praise the Lord God! What a great river!"
Tupa wore leather armor, carried a long bow on his back, and led a dozen personal guards, standing on a hill only one mile away from Hewan Village. He did not pay attention to the noisy fighting and shouting in front of Hewan Village, but watched
The vast river flowing down from the upper reaches of the south smiled and spoke.
"If we can access all the rivers up and down, from the land of Tlaxcala to the east, there will be a convenient water canal! At that time, the army will go south from the plateau and it will only take more than ten days to reach the Jin Dynasty on the East China Sea.
Bay City.”
Tupa thought for a moment and turned around. He looked at a tribal leader standing behind him with his head bowed and asked with a smile.
"Well, Quecama, am I right?"
Hearing the sudden inquiry, Kuikama trembled. As one of the leaders of the Tuhe tribes who surrendered, he had seen the sacrifices of other noble chiefs with his own eyes and knew the horror of the generals in front of him. At the moment, although he was lucky to survive
When I came down, I felt uneasy all the time.
"Ah! Chief Tupa, you are right!"
"Oh? Am I really right? As the river flows eastward, aren't there any dangers?"
"Ah, yes!. The big river originates from the foot of Xingshan Mountain. The waterway in that section is extremely steep, fast and dangerous, with more than ten waterfalls, large and small. It is very dangerous to go boating. However, when we reach Tuhe City, the river becomes flat. We can then go downstream for hundreds of miles.
"The connections between the northern and southern ministries are all connected by rivers, which is very convenient."
"very good!"
Tupa listened patiently and nodded. He took a deep look at Quecama and smiled meaningfully.
"Quikama, maybe it won't be long before you can return to Tuhe City. I hope your choice will not be wrong."
The long river flows endlessly, making two big bends here, heading to Haikou in the north. Tupa looked at the river downstream again, and then led everyone to the siege battlefield in front of Hewan Village. Hewan Village followed
It is built on the river, between two river bends, so it is difficult to deploy troops. However, the terrain of the camp is not high, with a low wooden wall built around it and a wooden fence around it. At this moment, the river
There were crowds of people in Wanzhai, shouting loudly. A large group of tribal hunters were holding hunting bows and throwing spears, gathering on the wooden wall to defend.
In front of the Hewan Village, the Huzhong Legion had already spread out their battle lines and assumed an siege posture. Hundreds of red-haired elites holding large bows, under the cover of the new shield-made vehicles, approached within a hundred steps and marched towards the village at a leisurely pace.
Shoot the arrow.
The larger number of Totonac soldiers formed a loose formation and rushed towards the camp under the command of war drums. Most of them were bare-chested and held stone axes and spears. A few vanguard warriors held copper axes and worked hard to chop down the spears.
They chopped down and destroyed the fences and wooden walls. On the wooden walls, large pieces of bows, arrows and spears were shot from time to time, shooting the soldiers to the ground, but no one dared to retreat for a while.
Tupa watched for a moment, flexing his fingers slightly and calculating in his mind. Under the cover of superior bows and arrows, the casualty ratios of both the offensive and defensive sides were roughly similar. Without the "divine power" of the bronze cannon, the morale of the defenders was also very strong. Look,
There is no sign of wavering.
"What a pity! If we had enough gunpowder to attack these small villages, it would be easy."
Tupa pursed his lips and saw that the one thousand vanguard troops who had rushed into the battle first had surrendered. One or two hundred people had already been killed, and there were signs of collapse. He shook his head, took out the conch he carried with him, and decisively blew the conch horn for withdrawal.
"Didi! Didi!"
As soon as the conch horn sounded, the surrender soldiers who rushed into the formation breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and ran to the rear desperately. The tribal hunters on the wooden wall leaned out one after another, desperately shooting arrows at the retreating enemies. However, a wave of more fierce arrow rain
, also attacked almost at the same time, shooting down all the unarmored hunters at the top of the city.
"Whoosh whoosh!"
The red-haired canine warriors fired two more rounds before turning around and retreating. The Totonac militiamen lowered their heads, pushed their shield carts, and followed closely behind the canine warriors. This was the end of this wave of tentative sieges.
As of now, I don’t know if there will be another fight in the afternoon.
"Chief Tupa! The pioneers have broken through the outer wooden fence and are about to climb the wooden wall. Why are we blowing the conch horn for withdrawal at this critical moment?!"
Totonac's general, Wood Lizard, hurriedly came to the side of the general Tupa. He bowed and asked, with some anxiety on his face and some incomprehensible anger hidden in his face.
"This wave of vanguards rushes forward to disrupt the archers guarding the city. When they are almost dead, retreat, and I will take a thousand old battalions who are good at fighting and climb up the wooden wall to fight to the death! Maybe this riverside
The village can be captured!"
Tupa smiled and looked at the wood lizard who was anxiously asking for battle, and nodded slightly. The opponent, a surrendered general from Totonac, was even more anxious to sacrifice his life than himself, a commander from Mexica, and even less willing to surrender.
The casualties of soldiers are taken seriously.
"Haha that's fun!"
"What?"
"Oh, I'm saying don't be in a hurry. The siege can be done slowly for the time being."
"Don't be in a hurry, take your time?"
Wood Lizard was startled and looked up at Tupa's smiling face. He gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Witness the Lord God! Chief Tupa, yesterday morning, Hewan Village sent an envoy for help, paddling a small boat to Jinwan City downstream.
.Calculate the time, Jinwan City’s reinforcements will be dispatched at any time! If we wait until the enemy’s reinforcements arrive and then try to capture Hewan Village, it will be difficult!”
"Haha! Don't worry, the reinforcements from Jinwan City will arrive soon!"
Tupa laughed loudly, stretched out his hand, patted the wood lizard on the shoulder, and revealed the answer to the mystery.
"The Black Wolf leader has already led two thousand elites to ambush in the north. It's okay if the reinforcements from Jinwan City don't come. If they come, they will be eaten!"
"Chief Black Wolf is personally setting up an ambush in the north? This is to lure reinforcements out."
Only then did Wood Lizard suddenly realize. He stood blankly for a moment, not knowing what to say. Tupa smiled and whispered a few more words.
"Wood Lizard, the leader of Black Wolf is personally responsible for setting up the ambush. The generals basically don't know about it, and they didn't hide it from you on purpose. And when the reinforcements from Jinwan City are dispatched, I will go north with 1,500 elite troops.
Go and support the leader. As for the camp in Hewan Village, I will leave it to you to manage!"
The long river was turbulent and flowing endlessly, and canoes were shuttled back and forth on the river. Outside Hewan Village, the camp of the legion in the lake was silent for half a day, until a red-haired scout, running as fast as flying, came from the north in a hurry, bringing him
Important latest information.
"Thousands of reinforcements from Jinwan City were finally dispatched south half a day ago!"
When the news came, the camp was in an uproar. Three-quarters of an hour later, the camp gate opened wide. Under the leadership of the commander Tupa, 1,500 elite warriors all put on armor, carried bronze spears and axes, and headed north with a clang.
