Next to the tall building used by the Aztecs to worship the sun god, outside the Qianhu Camp in the west of the city, Zhu Zhen's tall figure was sitting on a sedan chair, just letting the red cloak behind his back be blown by the strong wind.
It has to make a hunting sound.
The so-called sedan looks a bit like a sliding pole in the Central Plains. It is just a chair supported by two pieces of wood. It is very simple. The sedan is carried by four burly savages from the bottom of the Mexican Valley. Sitting on it seems a bit majestic.
Because there are no cattle and horses in the north of Hanzhou continent, there are alpacas for riding in the south. However, this animal has obviously not spread to the north, so it is popular for big people to ride in sedan chairs.
Of course, Zhu Zhen was a big shot, so he was equipped with a sedan. Of course, Zhu Zhen, who rarely made sedans in the Central Plains, was actually very unaccustomed to sitting in a sedan. Most of the time, he rode a horse. But today he somehow decided to sit
A sedan chair was used to welcome guests. So after hearing the arrival of the Aztecs from the south, they had people carry it out from the mansion and carry it all the way here.
Behind him are the soldiers of the two Han Qianhu in the west of the city, the two Han Qianhu in the east, and the barbarian Qianhu in the north of the city, neatly dressed and holding weapons, waiting in formation.
The two Han Qianhu are naturally equipped with very sophisticated weapons. The one standing in front is holding a long shield made of steel in his right hand, and the left hand is holding a scalpel. They are wearing leather armor. The one standing in the back is holding a bow in both hands and looking forward quietly.
enemies. They were arranged in neat formations, and they looked very sophisticated at first glance.
Even the savages Qianhu, after occupying the bottom of the Mexican Valley for nearly half a year, their weapons and equipment are not only the stone-pointed spears of the past. Everyone has a round shield, and the spearmen have become shield spearmen.
I also have a helmet. Although it is only a thin layer, it can also play a protective role.
Since several thousand households were severely lacking in personnel, they could not form a complete Ming Dynasty thousand household square formation. But even so, they still put up a strict battle formation that had never been seen on the Hanzhou continent.
Facing them face to face were more than 6,000 Aztecs and Tepanix troops, and thousands of other Toltec tribesmen. Although they were not the same nation, the Aztecs
Probably because of their assimilation, the gods they believed in were similar to those of the Toltecs who founded Tepanix. What Zhu Zhen offended was the gods respected by both of them. Since the two countries were allies, they naturally united to come to find him.
Zhu Zhen asked for human blood sacrifice. As for other tribes, the reason for sending people was similar to that of the Tepanix. Although they usually did not have a good relationship with the Aztecs or Tepanix, when their gods were blasphemed, they still
stood together.
Looking at the messy coalition forces on the opposite side, Zhu Zhen's frown relaxed at first and his expression relaxed. He thought for a while and said to the person next to him: "Go and call Roger."
Soon, a man with brown skin ran over, saluted Zhu Zhen in unskilled Chinese and said, "Your Highness."
This man named Roger was the same Geronimo who discovered that Jubei and the others had landed and went back to inform his tribe, causing the entire tribe to come to attack Jubei's first camp at night. However, he was frightened by the grenade and thought they were messengers from the gods.
After being captured, he quickly became a Taoist, studied Chinese seriously, and even knew more than a hundred Chinese characters. He named himself Roger, and became one of Zhu Bo's important officials in managing the barbarians. Zhu Zhen came to Hanzhou Continent
Later, it was revealed to Zhu Bai that someone who knew Chinese was indispensable, so he begged him. Of course, the price paid was not small.
Now, after four years of training, Roger has gradually accepted various etiquette and social customs of the Han people, such as the New Year, Mid-Autumn Festival, Lantern Festival, Double Ninth Festival and other festivals. During each festival, he has to drink a lot of wine and often gets drunk.
If he fell into someone else's mansion, he had to have someone send him back. Of course, he also accepted other customs, such as accepting the existence of marriage, having a fixed wife, and having two wives. But he
He doesn't care about his wife's cheating, let alone the three obediences and four virtues. As long as his wife is willing to do housework, she can serve him when he comes home, similar to the "savages" in the countryside during the Spring and Autumn Period; (referring to people living outside the city)
"Roger, the sentence I ordered must be changed to..." Zhu Zhen ordered.
"Your Highness, isn't this good?" Roger said hesitantly.
"If there's anything wrong, just follow Gu's instructions." Seeing that Roger was still hesitant, Zhu Zhen whispered again. After hearing this, Roger agreed, ran to the front, and said to
The coalition forces on the opposite side shouted: "This is the great sacrifice of our Great Tomorrow Kingdom, the messenger of God, the Great Elder Zhu Zhen."
After hearing this, the voice on the other side dropped slightly. The man wearing bright cotton clothes, a turkey feather crown on his head, and two white lines on his face. At first glance, he was the leader. He seemed to flinch for a moment, but he immediately returned to normal.
, shouted loudly.
"Your Highness, he said his name is Tezozomoc, he is the king of Tepanix and he can also represent the Aztecs." Roger translated.
In fact, it is not particularly appropriate to call Tezozomoke a king. As mentioned earlier, among the ethnic groups with a certain degree of civilization in the Hanzhou continent, the people who really hold power are the priests. The so-called 'king' is elected to power.
It is not hereditary, and he does not have the power of a king. It is more appropriate to call him a consul. So when he heard that Zhu Zhen opposite was a priest, he flinched for a moment. After all, he had to listen to the priests on weekdays, and he was lower than the priests.
A conditioned reflex has been formed.
However, Tezozomok was also a military leader who had killed many people. He quickly came to his senses, thinking that this was the enemy's sacrifice and not one of his own, so he regained his courage and responded loudly.
After the two sides exchanged some pleasantries, Roger shouted: "We are sent by God to conquer you! You have to pay tribute to us. We now need a lot of corn, enough to feed eight thousand people for a year, and five thousand people who know how to farm and
The slaves who built the house, the five thousand young slave girls, the city and the entire valley. If you agree, immediately hand over your weapons and food as part of the tribute. If you don't agree, then fight!"
In the Central Plains, no one would say this. In the Central Plains, if the leaders of the two warring parties had friendship or ancestors, it would be possible to chat casually, such as when Cao Cao was fighting Han Sui or Ma Chao; but no one would say it.
The conditions for whether to start a war or not are all on the battlefield, so what else is there to say? Whatever you win is yours, and whatever you lose is the opponent's, just start the war. But at this time in Mexico in later generations
But there is such a rule that before the war begins, the envoys of both sides negotiate and agree on the terms before fighting - how many prisoners to capture, how many things to take, which piece of land to take, and others to surrender, etc. can all be agreed upon before the war.
When all these are agreed upon, the battle begins. Under normal circumstances, those who lose will not default on their debts. Zhu Zhen did not know this rule when he first led his troops here. The two armies faced each other and started fighting directly. Later, they interrogated the prisoners and
Know.
But even if he knew about it, Zhu Zhen generally had no intention of negotiating first. His purpose in attacking the surrounding tribes was to bring them all under his rule, regardless of money, food or population, so as to wipe out the entire tribe.
Negotiation is of little significance in this case.
However, this time facing the coalition forces of the Toltecs and Aztecs, Zhu Zhen felt uncertain, so he decided to adopt this local tradition.
After hearing Roger's words, Tezozomok spoke loudly, and his tone seemed a little angry. Zhu Zhen didn't speak the local language well and could only barely understand a few words, such as 'Sun God'; 'Land'
'; or something. Moreover, the person spoke faster and more urgently, and the syllables were often read in succession, making it even harder to understand.
After a while, Roger turned back and said to Zhu Zhen: "Your Highness, he accused us of invading their land and blaspheming their sun god and moon god, and wanted to kill us as a blood sacrifice. Originally, we were allowed to retain some people.
Withdraw, but because we have a very bad attitude towards them, we still have a bad attitude towards them under the altar of the Sun God, and we are even more blasphemous. We want to kill all of us in blood sacrifice, leaving no one behind."
Zhu Zhen already knew about their plan to kill people for blood sacrifice some time ago, so he was not angry or panicked. He just sneered and said in blunt Nahua language: "I'm here to civilize you barbarians! Your civilization is worse than
But our civilization, the sun god and moon god you believe in are no match for our Ming Dynasty gods! You must change your current customs and obey my teachings! Otherwise, you will be punished!"
Tezozomoc seemed to be even more angry, and started to scream again, shouting something loudly. The Toltec and Aztec soldiers behind him also raised their weapons and shouted loudly.
At this time, even those who could not understand what they were saying understood that the negotiation had completely broken down and that a fight was about to begin. All the soldiers clenched their weapons and prepared to meet the enemy; Zhu Zhen ordered the people carrying the sedan chair to turn slightly.
Open a little.
Soon, as Tezozomoc suddenly pointed the weapon in his hand forward, thousands of Aztec and Toltec soldiers behind him suddenly rushed forward like a flood bursting their banks, screaming strangely.
And left. At the same time, all the Toltec tribes present also began to charge. Nearly 20,000 troops launched an attack at the same time!
Seeing the enemy army starting to charge, the Ming army also immediately started to counterattack. The archers tilted their bows 45 degrees upwards, and with a soft "taut" sound, thousands of arrows were launched. After they passed the highest point,
It fell like raindrops and rushed towards the Toltec and Aztec soldiers.
A shrill scream suddenly rang out from the ranks of the coalition forces. The Han continent had never had weapons similar to bows and arrows, and of course they had never experienced such a blow, whether they were tiger warriors, eagle warriors, or incompetent warriors with high martial arts skills.
Such elite soldiers were all swept away without any difference in the face of the flying arrows.
The sound of "stretched" bow strings was heard again, and countless arrows were once again thrown into the sky, and once again penetrated from above into the bodies of the coalition soldiers who had no armor protection at all.
However, these two rounds of arrow rain did not completely defeat or disperse the coalition forces of the Toltecs and Aztecs. Those who were not seriously injured still charged forward, as if the rain of arrows falling from time to time on their heads did not exist.
Not only the tiger warriors and eagle warriors were like this, but the ordinary soldiers who followed also lowered their heads and continued to charge. Even some people who had just been injured by arrows struggled to stand up and continued to charge.
Seeing this, Zhu Zhen whispered a few instructions to the guard standing beside him. The guard agreed, took out a horn and blew it, and the sound suddenly went "woo woo" and spread throughout the battlefield.
Hearing this whining sound, the four thousand-household formations that had been closely together suddenly retreated to both sides to make way for the road in the middle. Tezozomok, who was lucky enough to be alive, was feeling strange when he heard a sound from the ground.
There was a "rumbling" sound, and he immediately saw many people wearing heavy armor rushing out from under the billowing smoke and riding an animal he had never seen before.
Tezozomok was frightened at the time. 'What on earth is this thing, and why can people ride on it? No, they must not be human beings, there is no such thing in the world, it must be something created by God.
Magical animals, and those who ride them are also messengers of God.';
Thinking of this, Tezozomok was so frightened that he knelt down and shouted loudly, unable to think of any resistance at all. Not only him, but all the people present who had been charging bravely just now lost the courage to resist, or like Tezozo
Mok knelt down and yelled randomly, or threw away the weapons in his hands and ran away.
This scene stunned the soldiers present, and even the cavalry that had just rushed out slowed down. It was not that they had never fought in the Central Plains before. Infantry that did not form a formation could not resist the cavalry, so they were very aggressive towards the enemy.
The army could not stop them at all, and they were confident that they would defeat the enemy. But they never expected that tens of thousands of enemy troops would be scared away by their dozens of cavalry.
For a time, less than two thousand soldiers stared blankly at the fleeing Toltecs and Aztecs, motionless.
"Bang bang bang" drums suddenly sounded on the battlefield. The Ming army soldiers came back to their senses and looked towards the direction where the drums came from. Then they heard a dozen big men shouting loudly: "The cavalry will pursue the Aztecs immediately."
Allied with Tepanix, the infantry dispersed in units of small flags to pursue the other Toltecs!"
"Everything you get on the battlefield, whether gold, silver, food or weapons, is yours. Your Highness does not want a penny! The more prisoners you capture alive, the greater the credit will be, and there will be additional rewards!"
Hearing this, the soldiers present came to their senses, howled loudly and rushed forward to pursue the enemy.
Seeing this scene, seeing the enemy troops ten times his own being chased all over the mountains and plains and unable to gather together anymore, Zhu Zhen relaxed, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and whispered in a low voice: "Finally we won."
