Chapter 693 Siege and Fall

The late spring drizzle was erratic, and the green grass grew densely. The patrolling warriors wore straw sandals and walked among the green grass. Even the military camp outside the Tree Snake City suddenly had a bit of spring.

"The situation in the capital. The centralized king. And my wife and son. After conquering the two cities, I will always go back to the capital!"

Xuluot looked up at the sky, holding a roll of white family letters in his hand. The handwriting of the family letter was beautiful and slightly crooked, with a simple painting in the middle. As soon as the letter arrived, it set off a circle of ripples in his cold heart. He raised a gentle smile, held the letter, and walked out of the big tent. Then, the king climbed the several-meter-high watchtower and looked at the western wilderness and green mountains in the distance. Beyond that mountain range, hundreds of miles away, was the long-lost capital in the lake.

"Spring is here. The barren farmlands and valleys are all covered with green grass. If there are cattle and sheep, they can be grazed!"

Xuluot looked for a moment and sighed softly. The area around the Four Snakes City was once the most prosperous hinterland of the Tlaxcalans, with villages everywhere and smoke from cooking. Now, looking around, there are only continuous military camps, patrolling warriors and militias, and empty mountains and plains.

The army has been besieging the city for nearly a year and a half, and the four states in the north and south have been swept away. At this time, the last two mountain fortresses of the Tlaxcalans are like dead trees that have lost all their branches and leaves, standing woodenly on the dangerous heights, just waiting for the final felling by the Mexica Legion.

A moment later, the chief guard Eckart hurried over. The king stuffed the letter into his arms and his face returned to calm.

"Master, may the Lord bless you! The messenger brought news that the ten siege mortars cast by the Military Industry Department have been boarded by the southern fleet and are on the transport ship!"

"Very good! May the Lord bless you!"

Hearing such exciting news, Xiu Luote also smiled. It takes more than a month to transport upstream along the Talsa River. Around the end of June, the siege mortars will be transported to the outside of the Tree Snake City.

"Before the peak of the rainy season in August, it's time to take down the White Snake Hill City!"

Xiuluote turned around and looked to the northeast. The White Snake Hill City stood on a hill dozens of meters high, alone, surrounded by a circle of trenches and camps, full of the smell of death. Only in the evening, there will be a faint smoke rising from the hill city, representing that the descendants of the White Snake and the warriors are still barely holding on.

"White Snake Hill City is a ripe fruit. As long as we attack it a few times and pick it gently, it will fall down suddenly. As long as we wait for the mortar to arrive, it's time to launch the final attack!"

Xuluot pondered in his heart, and then looked at the mountains in the north, where the Cloud Snake Mountain City was located. He thought for a while and looked at the chief guard Eckart.

"Eckart, is there any progress in the siege of Cloud Snake Mountain City?"

"Master, in the past month, more than a thousand women, children, the elderly and the weak were driven out of Cloud Snake City. There are also hundreds of militiamen who try to go down the mountain at night and escape into the forest."

A smile appeared on Eckart's calm face.

"Most of these Tlaxcala women, children and militiamen were captured by the warriors of various tribes who blocked the mountains! According to the interrogation results of the scouts, although the food reserves in Yunshe City are kept secret, there should not be much left. Before leaving the mountain city, these ordinary civilians can only eat pumpkin soup once a day. In addition, there is a lack of salt in the mountains. They are first skinny like skin and bones, and then swollen all over. Once they fall, they don’t even have the strength to get up."

"Not necessarily. The treatment of ordinary civilians doesn’t prove anything. Only when the warriors are short of food, it is a real shortage of food."

Hearing this, Xiuluo Te lowered his eyes slightly and shook his head. He thought for a while before giving a faint order.

"Let the scouts and priests carefully identify and screen out the hidden Cloud Snake nobles! As for ordinary civilians, don't kill too many. Feed them for a few days and send them to the Shuigu City camp in the south to cultivate the land. With them telling the situation in Cloud Snake City, the Tlaxcala tribe in the farming camp should completely give up the extra thoughts!"

"Yes, the head of the family is merciful!"

"How many people are left in Cloud Snake Mountain City?"

"The civilians who escaped can't explain clearly, but they just said that after some civilians were driven out of the city, the remaining ones were young and strong. According to the scouts' rough estimate, judging from the smoke from cooking and the scale of the city defense, there are about four to five thousand people."

"Hmm? At the beginning of the siege, Cloud Snake City is said to have gathered more than 10,000 people. Now, they have voluntarily abandoned the old and weak, and only less than half are left?"

Xuluot frowned. In the current situation, the defenders in Cloud Snake City are not too many, but too few. If there are only about 4,000 people in the city, relying on the fields and springs in the front and back mountains, I am afraid that the Cloud Snake God's descendants can hold on for much longer than the alliance expected.

"It's the time for spring ploughing now. Have the fields in Yunshe City been cultivated?"

". They have been cultivated. The captives said that wherever pumpkins can be grown, they are all planted. And there is a small corn field on the back mountain of Yunshe."

"If women and children can be released instead of being used as food, and there is enough grain to grow in Yunshe City, the grain reserves can at least last until next year. Well, the key to the siege is still in the back mountain!"

Xuluot thought for a while and asked in a deep voice.

"Eckart, do the tribal warriors have a way to climb up the back mountain of Yunshe and destroy the fields of the Tlaxcalans?"

"Master, the back mountain of Yunshe is hundreds of meters high, and there are only a few small paths for a few people to walk side by side. It's easy to go down the mountain, but if you attack upwards, as long as dozens of people guard the high ground and throw stones down, even the bravest warriors will fall down the mountain!"

Eckart bowed his head slightly and reported frankly. He tried to send out scouts to attack at night, but only lost a dozen warriors. In his opinion, this is a real natural barrier that cannot be conquered by human power.

"Well. I understand."

Xuluot pursed his lips, his expression unchanged. Faced with such a terrain, he was a little helpless for a while. He thought about it and spoke sternly again.

"Interrogate the captives carefully! How many tribes of nobles are there in Yunshe City now, and how many warriors do they have? Who are the guards of the back mountain?"

"Dear patriarch! In Yunshe City, in addition to the most respected Yunshe Goddess, there are about six or seven tribes of nobles who have escaped, including the Oak Snake Goddess from Oak City. The guards of the back mountain are mainly Yunshe Goddess, leading hundreds of Yunshe warriors to guard. Oh, there is also a Black Snake Goddess, which also controls dozens of warriors!"

"Yunshe Goddess, Oak Snake Goddess, Black Snake Goddess. Hmm? Black Snake? Is it the Black Snake Turcott who escaped from the battle of Shuigu City?"

Xuluot was a little surprised and looked at the chief guard Eckart.

"How can this guy Black Snake escape so well?"

Hearing this, Eckart looked embarrassed. He had previously guarded the high priest and had not participated in the siege of Shuigu City, and he didn't know who Turcott was. At this moment, he could only bow his head and salute respectfully.

".Master, I will go and interrogate the captives in person!"

"Yes."

Xuluot nodded lightly, staring at the distant sky, and said no more. The drizzle of spring rain fell sporadically, soaking the green earth. It was a good rain that nourished the new seedlings.

I don't know how long it took, in the sporadic rain curtain in the east, several messengers covered in mud gradually ran over. The leading messenger had red hair and wore a bone amulet. He was obviously a senior dog hunter.

Xuluot's eyes condensed, watching the red-haired hunter led by the guards, went straight into the camp and came to the watchtower. Then, the red-haired hunter glanced at the figure of the king, and knelt down in the mud. He was full of joy, kowtowed twice, and shouted respectfully.

"Great Chief of the God of Death who is greater than the sky! The Lord God blesses the tribe! Ten days ago, the Black Wolf Chief had led the army to capture the ancient city of Quetzalcoatl that dared to resist!"