Chapter 1232: Fluffing Feathers, Ten Years of Running Skills!
The great conversion ceremony lasted for two days, and the smoke of the flame was still not extinguished. Forty thousand newly converted Tekos tribesmen gathered in various camps in confusion, following the orders of the kingdom's priests and warriors. Their old beliefs were completely shattered, and only a little new light in their hearts, like the emblem of the Lord God on their foreheads, always reminded them of the destination of their sworn souls.
"Blessed by the Lord God! It's almost done! After this conversion, all the backbones who can organize the rebellion have been eliminated. The hearts of the tribe were frightened, and few people dared to flee in a short period of time... The conquest on the north bank of the river has ended here. I can lead Following these tribes, they went south to farm in Hushi City..."
The early sun lights up the sky and smoke rises in the camp. Kuruka, the great monkey chief, watched the tribe's camp and observed the obedience of the captives. After a while, until he saw many newly converted tribesmen praying to the Lord God several times in fear before eating breakfast, he nodded with satisfaction and turned to look at his confidant, the warrior battalion commander Guzman.
"Guzman, before the army goes south, I will leave you five hundred golden gun warriors, five hundred Tlaxcala warriors, one thousand Guamar warriors, and one thousand Tecos troops who were the first to surrender. With these three thousand legions I have enough in hand to guard Shamu City! I will take 30,000 of the 40,000 Tekos tribesmen who have converted now and leave 10,000 to farm here..."
"Witness the Lord God! Remember, your mission is to guard the military town of Shamu City and seal the valley in the north! Don't let the canine tribe or the remnant feather army go south and affect the spring plowing in the deeper south... When you encounter the enemy , don't be impulsive, don't pursue too far... Just like His Highness said, 'First ensure your own invincibility, and then seek to defeat the enemy. '"
"Yes! Legion Commander!..."
Upon hearing this, Guzman stood solemnly and saluted seriously. Then, he pursed his lips and asked hesitantly.
"Legion Commander, if the several scouts and envoys you sent encounter the remnants of the Feather Army and determine the specific location of the opponent...then do you want to make a big effort and defeat them in a surprise attack?..."
"Guzman, don't leave the confines of this valley, let alone risk going deep into the coastal swamps and mountain wilderness of the north, marching hundreds of miles on an expedition. Because the risk of failure is too great, not only the military risk, but also the Influence people’s hearts!”
Monkey Kuruka shook his head. He patiently explained to Guzman carefully.
"Think about it! How can the kingdom take over such a vast territory of North Tekos and even the entire northwest river in one go? ..."
"Look at the Qingyan who has converted to the main god, and then look at the warriors from each tribe in this camp! The mandatory oath of faith and the intimidation of powerful force are the two key prerequisites for us to unite the tribes and intimidate the warriors from each tribe! And only If these two conditions exist, we can rule so many diverse tribes with a small number of people. Only then can we have enough time to expand the foundation of our rule with military honors and increase food production to stabilize the hearts of the people at the bottom!"
"The Lord God's blood oath faith is related to the soul and is the only link between the ministries. The kingdom's powerful force is invincible, which is the biggest consensus among the ministries... You must maintain this consensus and maintain the myth of our invincible force! Before the foundation is solid, , we must not go out easily and fight an inexplicable defeat that shakes the hearts of the people who are already in awe!..."
"What's more, the two or three thousand soldiers in Prince Feather's hands are all his trusted warriors and core family members of the Feather Clan. They are clan soldiers connected by blood and relatives! If these people's fighting ability is really not good, , then forget it. Even if the raid fails, it will be a draw at most... But these feathered clan soldiers are our old opponents. They have been fighting for ten years, and their combat effectiveness is not bad at all if you take the risk of an expedition! , forcing them to death, I’m afraid.”
"These clan soldiers have followed Prince Feather and have fought with us since the Alliance's first Western Expedition! Every time, no matter who they betrayed on the battlefield, they always escaped unscathed... They have many scouts, second only to the canine descendants. He is a good runner, and his discipline has been learned from ours, and is much stricter than that of the dog descendant! ...To be honest, Feather, the powerful soldier he has in his hands, can't defeat us except the Tekos tribe and the melons! The Mar tribe has always won! If it weren't for this army, he would have been wiped out by the Tekos city-state along the way..."
"So in the current situation, we can only deal with this feather that can run as a large hunting tribe in the wilderness, and deal with it in another way!..."
Having said this, the monkey Kuruca and his confidant Guzman looked at each other, feeling speechless. Prince Feather led this core clan headquarters to defend the river mouth fortress, escape after defeating the Battle of Lake Yuriria, escape from the Battle of Tacuro Plains, and defeat the first Guamar Dog Descendants' march south. They were harassed by the Tekos tribe, defended three expeditions from Hekou County, defeated the sacred monkeys in their expedition to conquer the Great Lakes, and then escaped...and then fled from one Tekos city-state to another, until they fled to the northern continent. What a departure!
After ten years of fighting, Feather Pengguari went from holding thirty to forty thousand warrior militiamen to Prince Tarasco, who controlled four hundred thousand Chapala tribesmen, until the entire city-state was lost, and the pyramid tombs of his ancestors were also lost. Finally, There were only two to three thousand clan warriors left, fleeing with a similar number of clan family members... At present, this remnant feather army has completely turned into a migrating feather clan.
As a result, after Feather completely abandoned the city-state nest, Kuruka, the monkey who had been beating him violently for ten years, felt troubled for the first time!
Monkey didn't know that Feather had already mastered the refugee army's coercion tactics through ten years of running practice. But during the fight, Monkey clearly realized that although Feather had been losing battles and had fewer and fewer soldiers, he was becoming more and more cunning and sophisticated, even more difficult to deal with than when there were more soldiers!
Relying on his mother's status as a noble daughter of Tekos, this guy claims that he is not only the last member of the Tarasco royal family, but also a descendant of Tekos with the blood of both condors and craftsmen! With the clan force in his hand, he coerced the Tekos tribes he met along the way to form an alliance, and forced his way around the Tekos city-states. He shyly related to the descendants of Tekos, saying that he wanted to work together to resist the Mexica people who sacrificed the descendants of the gods. And when the overwhelming alliance army came with artillery to attack the city, he threw out a bunch of tribal traps and only led his own clan headquarters, running faster than anyone else! …
But the monkey has no cavalry in his hands, and there were many Tekos city-states blocking him before. Time and time again, the talented Feather successfully accumulated experience in running away... Now the opponent has escaped all the way to the vastness with ten years of running skills. The northern continent even threatened the kingdom's expansion on the northern coast... In desperation, the monkey had to adjust its strategy and try to ruffle its feathers!
"Guzman, I have sent a total of four groups of scouts and envoys...one group is the Guamar dog descendants, to investigate the Sacascarat wilderness in the northeast, and also see if there are any new dog descendants going south. The other group is the Beite Kos Hunter, go to the mountains due north and explore the situation upstream of the Dasha River..."
"The other two routes are by land and boat, heading to Xihe Village on the northwest coast, which is the direction where Feather is most likely to run. On both routes there are Prepecha nobles from Great Lakes who have marriage relationships with the Feather clan. No matter what. Whenever you encounter Feather's scouts along the way, they will become the kingdom's envoys to surrender... And if Feather sends someone to respond, then you just say... um..."
Monkey Kuruka pondered for a while and gave an extremely lenient condition. At least the tribes of Beitecos have never enjoyed this kind of treatment. They were all directly beaten to death by Brother Monkey. It can be seen that being able to run is indeed the key to survival.
"Witness the Lord God! The conditions for surrender can be discussed first. As long as Feather is willing to convert to the Lord God and transform from a fleeing clan to a farming vassal, everything can be discussed... After all, spring plowing is coming, and there are always people running around and looting. , the clan warriors can endure it, how can the family members endure it? ...The kingdom is willing to send the main priest to guide and help him farm, and provide him with grain... Well, whether it is the Dasha River Basin, or the Xihe Village further north, or even further north. Four hundred miles to Yushan Village... Let him choose a piece of land to nest in within these six to seven hundred miles. It can be a larger one. I will ask His Highness to confer it... Don't wander around anymore..."