Aztec Eternals

"Ninety-three. A gentleman works hard all day long and is vigilant at night; if he is sharp, he will have no fault."

Divining gods and predicting blessings and misfortunes is the duty of priests, and it also affects people's hearts and minds. Shulot bowed his head in front of the altar and carefully considered his path. The brutal and fierce Southern Expedition War has reached an even more ferocious climax.

Early on the next morning, the commander of the royal army, Kua Kehu, led five thousand pioneer warriors south to the Yunzhong Valley and attacked the mountain pass fortress one hundred and fifty miles away. As the name suggests, the Yamaguchi Fortress is a small stone town built on a narrow mountain pass. It is located at the junction of the two valleys of Shenshi City and Yunshan City. It is the last pass on the way south to Yunshan City.

As the ancestral source of the Mixtec people's initial rise, the Yunzhong Valley on the plateau is actually diagonally cut into three parts, north and south, by three Yunzhong Mountains running from northwest to southeast. The northern valley with Shenshi City as the center is called Shenshi Valley. The central valley is centered on Yunshan City and is called Yunshan/Shengu Valley. As for the last southeastern valley, it is the huaxyacac ​​valley of Oaxaca of the Zapotec people, which is the "Valley of the Sacred Tree"!

The three Yunzhong Valleys are in the same line from north to south, giving birth to the first tribes and city-states almost at the same time. And this is also the reason why the Mixtec and Zapotec tribes have a close relationship and are both called the People of the Clouds: their ancestors were indeed members of the same family two thousand years ago!

Not two days after the vanguard of the army went south, a new batch of logistics food was also transported by tens of thousands of civilians. After receiving the letter, Shulot went to check it himself. As the only chief priest in the army, he used divination to perform military rituals. In fact, he also served as a military judge. And when he checked the grain delivered against the grain transportation chart, and carefully questioned the noble officers leading the team, as well as several militia captains who were transporting grain, he frowned slightly. He calculated silently in his mind for a while, then took the grain transportation board and went to Avitt's big tent.

"The Lord God bless you! Meet you, respected God King!"

"Huh? Xiulote, you came just in time! Haha, this is a message sent by Marshal of the Western Route Army, veteran General Casal. They captured Yeguo City more than half a month ago!..."

Hearing this, Shulot was startled for a moment, took the letter and read it over, with a smile on his face. After four or five months of hard fighting, the Western Route Army finally captured Yeguo City, the western strategic location of the Mixtec Alliance, on a tributary of the Talsas River. The chief of Yeguo City, Yun Shikawa, only fled south with a few hundred people, and no one knew where they were fleeing.

In this difficult and long mountain fighting and siege, the Western Route Army suffered casualties of more than 4,000 warriors and killed more than 10,000 tribal warriors and militiamen. Not only were the tribal forces in the Yeguo City area wiped out, but all the Oak Valley City warriors who came for support from hundreds of miles south were also sacrificed. At present, the veteran Casal is preparing to break through Oak Valley City in one go and clear out the two western states of Mixtec in the lowlands. After that, it was a long march south to attack the Mixtec tribes on the seaside.

"Praise the Lord God! Continuing south from Oak Valley City, 400 miles away, you will reach the twin mountain city of Mixtec on the seaside! Marshal Casal may be the first of the three route armies to hit the seaside... But this time The extra 400 miles of grain roads are all located in steep mountains. There are no tributaries of the Talsas River to connect them, and grain cannot be transported by water..."

Shulot's face showed joy at first, and then showed worry. He bowed respectfully to the God King, returned the letter with both hands, and then spoke with some solemnity.

"Dear God King, from the plateau to the lowlands, from the lowlands to the seaside, the territory of the Mixtecs is so vast. They are eight hundred miles from north to south and six hundred miles from east to west. Their area is four times that of the Tlaxcalans. ! And most of these territories are located in mountains and forests, with almost no north-south rivers... It is simply a nightmare for the army to transport food!"

"Huh? Is it difficult to transport food?..."

Hearing these words, Avitt frowned and his eyes showed seriousness. He unfolded the map of the Mixtec tribes in front of the desk, looked at the dense markings on it, and gave instructions to Shulot.

"Xulot, come here. Talk to this map!"

"yes!"

Shulot saluted again and then approached with precise steps, like a human ruler. He stretched out his finger and drew three tracks on the map, corresponding to the food transportation routes of the three armies.

"Blessed by the Lord God! For this southern expedition, the God King mobilized 50,000 royal legions, 30,000 city-state legions, and countless auxiliary militiamen and men. In fact, the number of militiamen responsible for the army's logistics and food transportation is about twice as many as There are at least 160,000 alliance warriors!"

Hearing this, Avitt nodded slightly. In this southern expedition to the Yunzhong tribes, the wealth of the alliance's more than five million people was almost completely wiped out, and they were completely wiped out. The six royal legions in the center of the royal family, the 4,000 Broken Hair Guards, and the 1,000 Eagle Jaguar regiment are the direct military force of the 53,000-strong royal family!

The eleven local city-states in the alliance also sent out warrior militias. The three nearby southern city-states, Sun City, Salt Lake City, and Alpine City, all belonged to the Southern Route Army following Shulot during the last Eastern Expedition. The samurai losses were relatively small. This time, they were ordered to send 5,000 troops! As for the remaining four northern city-states, as well as the four newly established conquered city-states, the king ordered each to send two thousand troops. The eleven states together form a city-state army of 31,000 people.

In addition to these more than 80,000 legions, there are also Shulot's 1,000 Imperial Guards and the artillery team of 1,000 Thunder God Mortars supported from the Kingdom of the Lake, totaling 2,000 people. In addition, the Purple Grass Legion in Purple Grass County was also asked to attack the Mixtec coastal tribes along the southeast coast and contain the military strength of the city-states there... From the beginning of this divine war of the Alliance, the goal was to completely eliminate Yun The central tribes came to clear the mountains and forests in the southeast!

"The Mixtec land is six hundred miles from east to west. The army marched southward and was divided into three routes: east, middle and west. The west route army took Cassar as the marshal and led 8,000 royal legions and 8,000 city-state legions. Ten thousand auxiliary militiamen...a total of twenty to thirty thousand people, went south from the tributaries of the Talsas River! The logistics and food routes along this route roughly started from Alpine City and were supplied by the southern city-states. There were one to two hundred miles of valley roads and three hundred miles of Waterways, a total of four to five hundred miles of grain roads! Because there are waterways available, the cost of maintaining this grain road is currently low. Ten thousand militiamen are enough. And if we continue to go south, we will need an additional four hundred to attack the Mixtec coast. On Lishan Road, the number of militiamen transporting grain must have at least quadrupled to 40,000..."

"Well... God bless you! If Casal can reach the seaside and join forces with the Lithospermum Legion of the Lake Kingdom, then food logistics will not be a big problem..."

"Yes! If the West Route Army can open up all the way to the seaside, the Kingdom in the Lake will bear the food supply for the West Route Army along the southeast sea route!"

Shulot looked modest and nodded in agreement. Then, he continued to stretch out his fingers and moved towards the center of the army.

"The middle route army, with the giant bear Stanley as its marshal, led a thousand Eagle Jaguars, eight thousand royal warriors, eight thousand city-state legions, and more than ten thousand alliance militiamen...a total of thirty thousand people, marched south from Daolu City, and broke through Xiaoliu Village, attack Shanhe City, where the main force of leader Yun Chen is stationed. According to the latest intelligence, the two armies are confronting each other at Hongtu Village, forty miles northwest of Shanhe City. Stanley stood still and did not attack the village in a large-scale decisive battle..."

"Haha! This is the order I gave him. The middle route army pressed into the Shanhe City area and confronted the main force led by the leader of the Mixtec Alliance, Yun Chen! The Mixtec troops in the lowlands were unable to support the highlands, and they had no way to Determined to abandon the foundation of the city-state, flee to the long and far southeast, and join up with the Zapotecs... Wait for our main force on the east route to go south, break through Yunshan City, lock the mountain roads in the Oaxaca Valley, and cut off the Zapotec tribes. After providing support in the mountains and cutting off the retreat of the Mixtecs in the lowlands...then turned around and attacked from both sides, completely surrounding Yun Chen, killing the main force of the Mixtecs, and not letting a single **** descendant go!..."

Avitt smiled slightly, looked at Shulote deeply, and said with a smile.

"Xulot, this is the story you told me a long time ago. Let your most courageous hunting dog face the enemy's second most courageous hunting dog, and then quickly defeat it, and then close the door and beat the dog!..."

"Uh...Tian Ji races horses and beats dogs behind closed doors?..."

Hearing this, Shulot was slightly startled. He couldn't remember when he had said this to Avitt. However, Avitt indeed planned the three-way strategy of the southern expedition in great detail, which also showed his strategic wisdom. The middle route army held the enemy's main force, and then moved southward from the east and west to outflank the enemy and attack the city. In particular, the main force of the Eastern Route Army, which has strong military strength, must quickly cut off the entire Yunzhong Valley, separate the two Yunzhong tribes, and then concentrate its superior forces to defeat them one by one...

"Yes! The God King is wise! In this way, the Central Route Army will be anchored in the Shanhe City area and will not continue to the south. The logistics food will be transferred from the three states in the south, and most of it will come from the Texcoco Lake area. This way There are about five to six hundred miles of grain roads, and only more than a hundred miles can be used by rivers. Many of the remaining roads are difficult to walk in the mountains and forests. In order to maintain the 30,000 warrior militiamen on the front line, the logistics militiamen who transport grains are estimated to be in six hundred miles. About ten thousand!…”

"Well... the five to six hundred miles of mountain food roads are almost the same distance as when we attacked the mountain city of Otopan. And this is just the beginning..."

Hearing this, Avitt pursed his lips. At this moment, he did realize the logistical pressure of the various ministries in the southern expedition to Yunzhong.

"Witness the Lord God! Dear God King, the logistics supply of the West and Middle Route armies is relatively easy to solve... But the main force of the East Route Army is fifty or sixty thousand people, and the food road is longer, but it is very difficult!..."

Note: The Easter Egg Chapter is a detailed map of the Southern Expedition, which cannot be seen until the review is completed.