Chapter 1181: Shulote’s Biggest “Side Effect”, The “Catalyst” For the Sublimation of the Heroes of the Alliance!

"The Lord God has witnessed! The supply in the Mayan inland jungle is very limited, and the roads are extremely difficult to travel, even more difficult than the Zacatecas Desert. The Mayan tribe even has a special description, 'As many trees as grass, they merge into an endless sea of ​​grass and an endless sea of ​​forests!'..."

"It is precisely because of the limitation of jungle supply that after the collapse of the Mayapan Kingdom, the attacks and fights between the clan chiefdoms were almost no expeditions of more than 10,000 people. The usual scale of battle in the jungle, even the three large clans of Xiu, Kanul, and Kapur with a population of hundreds of thousands, only dispatched a few thousand warriors at most..."

"In such an environment, it is obvious that the defending side has a better geographical advantage! Therefore, after the demise of Mayapan, the country split The dozens of clans that emerged, even after fighting each other for decades, none of them could destroy the other... The clan states are constantly fighting, but there is no sign of reunification..."

"On the one hand, the warriors of each clan fight each other on the border, competing for strongholds, farmland and water sources, on the other hand, the descendants of the gods who rule the clans marry each other and can become relatives. The status of the descendants of the gods of each clan is far higher than that of the warriors. Even if they are captured in the war, they are rarely killed, unless it is a blood feud like Xiwu and Kokomu... Hmm, marriage? Relatives? Xiwu and Kanul? ..."

The jungle under the moon is as deep as the sea, the lanterns and cicadas are silent, and the low frog calls gradually drum in the forest. The lowland Maya is also a paradise for tree frogs, with dozens or hundreds of strange frogs living in the layers of forest. And a bold hourglass tree frog, with just a light jump, fell from the tree to the tent. Then, it stared at the candlelight in the tent with its round eyes that could see at night, and made a gentle "quack".

"Woo...quack!..."

"Hmm?"

Hearing the call of the tree frog, Marshal Bertard of the East China Sea paused slightly. A gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and he remembered a proverb that His Highness had once said.

"The spider eats the cicada, and the tree frog is behind... Who are our inevitable enemies? Who are our allies we can trust? Once the so-called enemies are eliminated, will the current allies still be allies?..."

"Right now, the kingdom has raised the banner of Mayapan's restoration. In Kapok City, there are 8,000 seaside warriors, 3,000 Putun warriors, 2,000 Elaphe militia, 5,000 Kanul warriors, and tens of thousands of Kanul militia to maintain logistics... And the Xiwu clan in the east, according to the intelligence of the Kanul clan, has gathered 7,000 Xiwu warriors, 3,000 subordinate clan warriors, and tens of thousands of Xiwu militia, stationed in Uxmal's three-star city... If the army marches east to Uxmal at this moment, a siege decisive battle in the jungle will immediately break out!..."

"On paper, the restoration coalition has a great advantage! But the fundamental reason for this advantage is... , it was the Kanul clan that stood behind the coalition forces, sent the army to go on the expedition together, and provided food supplies after going deep into the jungle... But once deep into the jungle, the lifeblood of the kingdom's army was in the hands of the Kanul clan! ..."

"However, can the Kanul clan really be trusted? Most of the Xivu intelligence known to the kingdom came from the scouts of the Kanul clan. What is the situation in the real deep jungle? ... Although the two descendants of the gods, Kanul and Xivu, have fought for many years, they have also had a marriage with the descendants of the gods... Once Xivu faces the crisis of national extinction, ceding the border city-states and promising Kanul huge benefits... The endless Mayan forest sea is not the plateau familiar to the kingdom's army, nor is it the coastal jungle where rivers can be easily found. It is a barren and dangerous place that can really destroy the army! ..."

Bertard narrowed his eyes and stared at the simple Mayan map. The overall map came from the Mayan royal family behind Tikalo, but the details of the map came from the Kanul clan. In addition to the marked city-states, the approximate number of troops, and several important forest paths, more paths and water sources are unclear. Only the scouts of the local tribes can find a safe water source in the dark forest...

"Xiu...Kanuer...and the unknown Kapur clan..."

Bertard stretched out his finger and paused for a long time at the Kapok City where the army was. To be honest, the reason why the Kanuer clan joined the Restoration Alliance was because they defeated the Kanuer clan's army in succession under the coastal attack of the Black Wolf Legion, sacrificed the clan's descendants, and once fought to the Kapok City! And the kingdom's army came one after another...

The Kanuer clan was terrified and had to bow their heads and obey. They were even forced to cede many villages along the coast, including the salt-producing Yan Village, as the Black Wolf Legion's garrison base. Black Wolf has always been ruthless in killing and offering sacrifices without mercy. The Kanul clan is very afraid of him, but on the other hand, it is impossible for them not to harbor resentment...

"The Kanul clan has the possibility of rebellion. I cannot trust them and hand over the life and death logistics of the army to them!... The Putun Barbarians are chasing wealth and spoils of war, and cannot be used in deadly battles or dangerous places... The Ratna clan was forcibly conscripted. If the attack fails, they are likely to flee in all directions..."

"The Lord God is a witness! Although the army in my hands is huge and can shock the entire Maya, it cannot fight in adversity. In fact, it cannot afford to lose once! Except for the 8,000 headquarters, the rest of the coalition forces cannot be relied on. They can only be driven when they are in the dominant position..."

After sorting out this point, Bertard lowered his eyes and was silent for a long time again. He calmly picked up the pen and continued to organize his thoughts, recalling the teachings that His Highness had said.

"His Royal Highness said that war is a continuation of politics, and we must always keep in mind the political goal to be achieved by war... The first short-term political goal of the Kingdom's army in the eastern expedition to Maya is to open and stabilize the sea route to Cuba! The inland jungles , in fact, it is not within the scope of the strategy, and it cannot be defended at all...the kingdom's ruling foundation in the Mayan land is too weak, and there are not even many priests and warriors who can speak Mayan..."

"The second long-term political purpose is to guide the Mayan tribes to convert to the embrace of the main god! Gradually establish the kingdom's ruling order, spread the belief of the main god, carry out Mexicaization, and finally rule the Mayan land... So, at this moment , will launching a decisive battle with the Xiwu clan be beneficial to such a political goal?…"

"There are three possibilities for a decisive battle with the Xiwu clan now! One is a great victory, which will destroy the Xiwu clan and wipe out the clan's divine inheritance... Then the next step is to distribute the fruits of victory! Part of the Xiwu hometown is composed of The Mayapan royal family will be restored and the territory of the Cocom clan will be rebuilt, while the other part will be divided up by the Kanur, Kapoor and even the Corn clan... The most direct benefit to the kingdom may be to plunder a large amount of astonishing property! But it is impossible to cross hundreds of miles of jungle and directly rule the Mayans as a 'plateau barbarian'..."

"Once the territory of the Cocom clan is rebuilt and Mayapan is restored, the Cocom royal family will inevitably demand to return to the depths of the jungle and return to the most legitimate old capital of Mayapan, which is located at the center of each clan! ... Since the Kingdom of the Lake has launched a campaign to restore Mayapan, flag, it will be difficult to refuse this request. Otherwise, the previously declared political slogans will be invalid, the attitudes of various Mayan clan states will change unpredictably, and deep dissatisfaction will arise between them and the Cocom clan..."

"But if the Kokom clan is still in its old capital deep in the jungle, surrounded by clan states...then it will be difficult to hold the Mayapan royal family firmly in its hands and use their mouths to talk about the kingdom. ! ...The Mayapan royal family will inevitably collude with the clans and seek the support of the clans’ descendants! After all, these Maya descendants have been a family for thousands of years and are not known to the kingdom. Even if you know it, you can’t cut it off at all…”

Bertard lowered his eyebrows and carefully wrote down the names of the three clans "Kapur", "Cheer" and "Weihai".

The Kokom clan has taken refuge in the Kapoor clan for a long time, and there have been marriages between divine descendants for several generations. The Chel Kingdom was an ancient ally of the Kokom clan. It was only hostile to the plateau kingdom that invaded and preached, so it chose neutrality. And the Weihai clan was able to completely turn to the Cocom clan for the sake of the blood of the Goddess, showing the invisible influence of the Mayapan royal family...

Once Xiwu is defeated and the Cocom clan returns to Mayapan, the puppet they have raised will be completely out of control!

"The second possibility of a decisive battle with Xiwu is an ordinary victory. The capital city of Xiwu is captured, but the Xiwu clan has divine descendants who have escaped and can lead the remaining forces to resist! There are seven or eight city-states in the Xiwu clan's territory. Three hundred miles of jungle and hundreds of thousands of tribal people... It is not difficult for the kingdom's army to conquer the city-state, but it is even more difficult to conquer the Mayan jungle!"

"The Mayan jungle is not conducive to large armies going out, but is more conducive to small groups of warriors fighting... Once the Xiu clan completely abandons the city-state, the gods retreat into the jungle with the warriors, and they become enemies that are hard to find! ... And the Mayan gods have no control over the territory. With the absolute influence of the ant people, the entire Xiwu territory will become a quagmire, and tribal guerrillas like those in the Otopan Mountain Forest may even appear..."

As he wrote this, Bertard frowned and recalled the Ottopan expedition more than ten years ago. The silent deaths of those guerrillas fighting in the mountains and forests have almost become a rare nightmare for the fearless Mexica warriors! In the jungle with complex terrain, the advantages of the warriors' equipment and combat skills are suppressed to the minimum, while the terrain advantages of the local tribes are maximized! A few old and weak tribesmen may rely on terrain traps to take the life of a samurai...

"God bless you! You must not use the kingdom's headquarters to fight guerrillas with these local tribes in the jungles of the Mayan interior! Even if you want to conquer the Mayan jungle in the future, you should drive a large number of Mayan servants to fight against the Mayans you want to conquer. Clan fighting!…”

Bertard's eyes flashed, the fighting spirit in his chest gradually cooled, and his desire to fight Xiwu became weaker. He calmly continued to hold the pen and wrote down the worst possible situation of the war.

"The third possibility of the decisive battle is the defeat of the kingdom's army! It may be a small defeat due to the dampened gunpowder, the enemy's resolute defense, and excessive casualties, making it difficult to capture the city-state in a short period of time, and the army has to retreat in the end. It may also be the sudden rebellion of the Kanur clan, cutting off The Kingdom's food road, while the Puton tribe was bribed by Xiwu, and the Jinshe clan fled and was defeated... And once the Kingdom's army was defeated in the jungle, the myth of the plateau's force deterrence was shattered, and if they wanted to retreat to the seaside across two or three hundred miles of jungle, It is extremely difficult! If you are not careful, you will run out of water and the whole army will be wiped out..."

"His Highness has said that war is a matter of life and death. We cannot underestimate the enemy and must always remain cautious. Those who are truly good at fighting must first make themselves invincible and then wait for a good opportunity to defeat the enemy! ... As long as the kingdom's army relies on the coast and has sufficient The supplies are invincible to the Mayan tribes!"

"And His Highness also said that a commander who is good at war should gradually accumulate his own victory, increase the power in his hands, and finally use the general trend to suppress others, so as to minimize the cost of victory! ... The kingdom's army controls the Mayapan royal family. Flag, constantly conquering the coast, cutting off the wings of the Xiu clan, subjugating neutral clans... At the same time, it also spreads the faith of the main god, and gradually establishes the foundation of the kingdom in Maya... This is accumulating victory, waiting for the final 'victory'!"

As he wrote this, Bertard took a long breath and finally finalized his Mayan strategy and determined his next goal. He picked up the pen and finally wrote down four names, which were also the four clan chiefdoms close to each other on the northern coast: "Tail Feather", "Deer Bug", "Cheer", and "Chikin"! …

"War and politics must be combined! People who are truly good at war do not have too outstanding achievements... Some battles seem winnable, but don't fight those that shouldn't be fought! And if you accumulate victory, you will make people surrender without fighting. It is the surest way to victory! ...His divine wisdom is truly amazing, and it always guides me when making decisions! ...Praise to the supreme Lord God! ..."

Bertard raised his head slightly, thinking of the truly profound "divinely inspired wisdom" he had constantly heard when he was around Shulot over the years, and couldn't help but pray sincerely from the bottom of his heart.

As a senior general who has been fighting for his whole life, he has truly learned a lot from Shulot over the past ten years and grown a lot. This kind of learning is not due to Shulot's on-the-spot command and battlefield performance, nor is it due to His Highness's personal operations. In fact, many of His Highness's army commands on the battlefield and many war victories were accomplished with his meticulous assistance...

What he really learned from His Highness was never the practice of war, but the political and military theories that Shulot casually mentioned and accumulated in history!

For the young Shulot, these heavy political and military theories often remained at a purely theoretical level. Because theory must have enough practice to truly understand it thoroughly.

However, for a veteran like Bertard, who has no shortage of practical experience and has even practiced it for a lifetime, this "divinely inspired" theoretical system can make him suddenly realize it and completely change his mind, and completely mention a brand-new theoretical system. Level up!

This is like the story of the "Great Chief" of the Celestial Dynasty that Shulot told Avitt. Over the past ten years, it has continuously catalyzed Avitt's rapid growth from a big talker in a tribal alliance to the determination to centralize power and understand everything. The political transformation of the emperor is the same!

Never underestimate the outstanding figures of any era or civilization. They can stand out from countless people, have gone through too much training, not only have enough practical experience, but also have extraordinary will and courage, observation and learning, flexibility and decisiveness! And these are the most important and most difficult qualities to develop towards success!

Although when fighting against more powerful civilizations, they sometimes look clumsy and stupid, and seem to be easily deceived...in fact, what they really lack is often just a vision limited to the environment, and a layer of theoretical sublimation that breaks the window paper!

When Shulot came to this world, determined to change history, he began to spread his thoughts to the people around him... and the biggest "side effect" he brought was that he catalyzed the heroes of the alliance around him, making them Having made up for the last bit of lack of knowledge and theory, I leapt to a higher level!

"Blessed by the Lord God! For the sake of Your Highness and the Lord God, and for the prophecy of the war between the gods... I will consolidate the foundation of the seaside, conquer the Mayan tribes, and manage the island of Cuba... Finally, I will fight for a long time with the white-skinned evil spirits attacking across the sea, and fight until I am gone to God. That day of the country!…”

Bertard closed his eyes and touched the hideous scars on his face again. That was the witness he carved with his own hands when he and Hulot made an agreement until death when they swore an oath by the Leman River:

"You said that the Leman River will never run out, and the friendship between the monarch and his subjects will never end. In this life, we should be honest and daring, and we will not bear each other down..."

“And I say, I will obey you until my death, my king!…”

The stars are shining brightly on the zenith, and fireflies are dancing in the jungle. At this moment, under the stars of Maya, after more than ten years of low-key assistance and protection beside Shulot...the real general of the kingdom, Marshal Bertard of the East China Sea, finally came to the stage and began to reveal his starlight!