Chapter 492: The King's Eyes, Shining Brightly in the Sunset

The setting sun casts a thousand-foot-high glow, dyeing the camp in the mountains red. The gorgeous red color then penetrates through the side curtain of the big tent, dyeing the simple plain tent with a brilliance and printing a few streams of light.

"The stream of light and brilliance reflects the setting sun"

Xuluot sat cross-legged in the big tent, put down the brush in his hand, and looked at the wonders in the sky. He smiled and chanted a half-sentence of a poem, but couldn't find a satisfactory follow-up.

"Well, next, it should be."

"Your Highness, are you tired? Please let the shadow slave give you a massage to relax your spirit"

Naxiu was wearing leather armor and dressed as a warrior, and was grinding ink next to her. Seeing Xuluot's actions, she stood up gracefully and came behind the king. Then, the graceful female warrior knelt on the ground, carefully supported the back of the highness's neck, and rested her head on her soft thighs. A pair of flexible hands soon touched the king's cheek and gently caressed it.

"Huh"

Xuluot closed his eyes, smelled the familiar body fragrance, and breathed a long and comfortable breath.

Since the expedition in December, he has been busy with complicated military and civilian affairs. Reports from the whole army have been gathered, and he needs to make decisions, which makes it difficult for people to rest for a day. Behind these decisions, in fact, is the power of the Southern Army, which cannot be easily handed over to others.

Xiuluot originally wanted to let his father serve as deputy marshal to handle complex logistical affairs as in the Western Expedition. But his father smiled and refused, just followed the king closely and went to the Northern Army to conquer.

"I don't know how the Northern Army where my father is is progressing at this time? Has it broken through the God's Pass and entered the hinterland of Vesochinko State? After the king pressured the Huastecs, did he divide his troops again to besiege the Quetzalcoatl City, one of the four snake cities in the north of Tlaxcala State?"

Xiuluot closed his eyes and thought, and the situation of the entire Eastern Expedition was reflected in his mind. In this Eastern Expedition, the alliance mobilized a lot, and almost all city-states sent legions, vowing to wipe out the old enemy Tlaxcala! And the strength of the troops in the north and south is enough to shock the world!

The northern army was led by King Avit, who attacked the two most dangerous northern states of the Tlaxcala people from the mountain pass in the north of the Valley of Mexico.

The northern army had a total of 80,000 troops. Among them, the main five warrior corps and one elite militia corps, totaling 48,000 people, all came from the Texcoco Lake area directly under the king's jurisdiction. In order to defeat the old enemy, almost all the warriors in the entire lake area were mobilized. Then, the four northern states of the alliance each mobilized an 8,000-man regiment, making up 32,000 people, of which about half were city-state warriors.

Behind the 80,000-man northern army, there were about 40,000 conscripted militiamen who transported food and supplied materials. The army's food route started from the lake capital and went to the northeastern Atotonilco State, and then transported a hundred miles to the front line. Although there was no convenient waterway and it had to cross the mountains, the transportation distance was very short, only more than 200 miles in total.

In fact, the territories of the alliance and the Tlaxcala people are only separated by the steep eastern mountains, almost close to each other, and can be regarded as fighting within the province of the Celestial Empire.

The frontal force of the Southern Army is 50,000. The Lake Kingdom sent out 8,000 Guajiri Legion, 7,000 Royal Guards Legion, and 5,000 Tekos surrendered soldiers, totaling 20,000. The Texcoco Lake area sent out a royal legion, a real 6,000 warriors. The three southern states of the alliance each sent out an 8,000-man regiment, of which the number of city-state warriors was probably less than half.

Obviously, the main force of the Southern Army is the Kingdom Legion, and the auxiliary is the Royal Legion. The legions of each city-state can only be responsible for some corners and cooperate with the main force's attack.

As for the grain route of the Southern Army, it also started from the lake capital, passed through the southeastern Huats Tepec State, and then transported 200 miles to the front line, totaling about 400 miles. This grain route is slightly longer, and it also treks through the mountains until the Tlaxcala people's mountain pass fortress group, and then there is the Talzas River to transport grain. In order to maintain the logistics of the southern army, about 40,000 conscripted militiamen are also needed.

Between the north and south roads are continuous mountains. There are only a few passes in the mountains that can be crossed to break into the heartland of the Tlaxcala people. King Avit did not miss these dangerous passages and ordered Iskali's personal guards and Tepopolo to lead 4,000 warriors to break in from the middle road and plunder and harass everywhere.

"There are mountains in the north, mountains in the south, and mountains in the west. The Tlaxcala people hid in the Tlaxcala Valley, surrounded by mountains on three sides and a large river flowing. Only the eastern border with the Totonac people has a slightly flat terrain, but it is also hilly. If you want to completely conquer your old enemy, the Tlaxcala people, you must break through the four states in the mountains from the north and south, and wipe out the tribal settlements in the mountains! Finally, attack the mountain city from above, capture the four snake cities in the Tlaxcala state, and completely occupy the enemy's ancestral land! "

Xuluot looked serious, closed his eyes and thought silently. The army had been conquering for more than three months. He saw with his own eyes the dangerous terrain occupied by the Tlaxcalans, and a little bit of worry came to his heart.

"It may not be a one-day job to besiege a strong mountain city and wipe out the settlements in the mountains! And if it is delayed for a long time, the reaction of all tribes in the world."

Naxiu gently rubbed, but the prince's expression was always serious. Her beautiful eyes moved, looking at the handsome and tough face of the young man, her eyes became moist.

"No, I can't do this. Your Highness is still fighting, and you need to conserve your energy."

Thinking of this, Naxiu gritted her teeth and suppressed the desire in her heart. Then, she looked away and looked at the book in front of His Highness, only seeing a few faint handwriting.

"Migration. Outpost food ship?"

"Your Highness!"

The warrior leader Bertard stood outside the tent and replied in a deep voice.

"Black Wolf sent an envoy to report military intelligence to you!"

"Oh?!"

Hearing this, Xiu Luote was refreshed. He suddenly opened his eyes, left Naxiu's service, and sat upright in the tent.

"Let him in!"

After a while, a red-haired hunter rushed in and walked into the tent. With a happy look on his face, he glanced at the situation in the tent, and then knelt down in front of the king and shouted loudly.

"Brave and warlike Chief of the God of Death! Just when you conquered the female warriors, Chief Black Wolf conquered the Shuigu Tribe! At this moment, all the women of the Shuigu Tribe will crawl at your feet and let you conquer them!"

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Hearing the words of the envoy, Xiu Luote was stunned for a few breaths and did not react for a while. After a moment, he was overjoyed and jumped up.

"Good! Good! Black Wolf did not disappoint me! Shuigu City was finally broken!!"

Hearing this, a smile also appeared on the calm face of the warrior leader.

"Your Highness, once Shuigu City is broken, the two southern states of the Tlaxcala people will be completely exposed to the attack by the southern army!"

"That's right! The two southern states will be open to attack! We can even seize the time and join forces with the northern army in advance to besiege the four snake cities!"

Xuluot was happy and nodded with satisfaction. He couldn't wait to unfold the map of Tlaxcala. Then, the king's eyes were bright. He looked at the fifty miles behind Shuigu City, stretched out his hand and pressed hard, but poked a hole.

"Next is... the holy city, Cholula!"

At the end of March, Shuigu City, an important town in the south of the Tlaxcala Alliance, fell. All the tribes in the world were shocked. The honorable noble, the water snake Akotel was beheaded by the black wolf formation and hung his head on the city. The lord of Shuigu City, the black snake Tercot, fled by boat and went to the north.

In Shuigu City, most of the more than 6,000 Tlaxcala warriors died in the battle, more than 10,000 tribal militias surrendered, and the rest fled to the hinterland of the north. The two southern states of Tlaxcala were thus opened up, and the Nahua holy city of Cholula was exposed to the southern army!