Chapter 734 The Second Kingdom Exploration, the First Battle on Cuba Island!

The sea and sky were clear and calm, and the bright September sunshine spread over the Caribbean Sea after the storm. The sea sparkled with sparkling waves, like the golden long feathers on the feathered serpent, and like the magnificent mirror under the feet of the gods.

After the rain, the seven kingdom longships loaded with three or four hundred warriors set off together. The entire fleet maintained a steady speed, rowing all the way to the east along the emerald coast of Cuba. The Red Earth Tribe in the east is about two hundred miles away from the Mayari Tribe. Because the sailors had to maintain their physical strength to fight at any time, they only rowed sixty to seventy miles a day. After three days of this, when the morning light illuminated the sky, the magnificent red hills and land along the coast came into everyone's eyes.

The Taino people's Red Earth Tribe was just a dozen miles ahead, but the priest Tomat was not in a hurry to get there. He asked the fleet to stop nearby and the crew to recover their strength. At the same time, two hunters from the Mayari tribe went ashore and took the messenger who had asked for help to contact the Red Earth Tribe. A nimble canoe was lowered from the longboat, carrying three or four sailors from the kingdom who were good at rowing, to explore the situation on the coast ahead.

Half a day later, after everyone had a simple lunch, the two sides returned one after another. The sailors from the kingdom found out the situation on the seashore. The Siguayu people had hundreds of canoes, which were divided into teams of dozens of people each, looting villages and tribes along the coast!

"The Lord God is witness! The Siguayu people are like a group of poor savages! They wield stone spears and hunting bows, robbed the fish and turtles raised in the weir pond, robbed the dogs and bristle rats in the corral, robbed the dried fish and tools in the fishing hut, robbed the dried tobacco leaves in the tobacco hut, and even went to the cassava field to dig cassava and take it away."

The scout sailor answered like this, without any worry before the battle on his face, but with the curiosity of watching the excitement.

"Most of the two to three thousand tribesmen of the Red Earth Tribe gathered together and huddled in their main village, relying on a circle of wooden fences for defense. The Siguayo people sent forty or fifty people to watch the main village, but did not attack it. Their large forces were looting in the small village, taking away all the property they could take away, and capturing the young men and women who fled around."

"There were no signs of fighting on the coast, and not many dead bodies. I also saw from a distance that they had hundreds of coolies carrying supplies. Judging from the different white tattoos on their bodies, they should be captured Taino people, but I don't know which tribes they were captured from."

Hearing this description, the Tomat priest and the old militiaman Chihuaco looked at each other, with a thoughtful look on their faces.

"May the Lord bless you! It seems that the Red Earth Tribe is not in danger. They have hundreds of men gathered together, and it is not easy for them to be eaten by the enemy. The Siguayu people did not kill people wantonly, but only looted food and property and captured prisoners."

"Well, it seems that they treat the Taino people as their own fish pond. They have to keep some fish, so they can't catch them all! I guess the Siguayu people really plan to settle down. Their nest must be around two or three hundred miles away."

The two discussed for a while, and the scouts of the Mayari tribe also returned from the land. They reported a few words to Chief Shuihua, and Chief Shuihua said to Priest Tomat with a worried look on his face.

"Respected Priest Tomat! The Red Earth Tribe is surrounded by the vicious Siguayu people! There are hundreds of Siguayu people, and they can't be counted with dozens of hands. Dozens of young and strong men and women have been captured. According to the last looting, the Siguayu people will loot until dusk and then leave to the northeast sea."

At this point, Chief Water Flower paused, "plop" knelt on the deck, and asked the two leaders of the longboat tribe.

"The Red Stone Chief Bociba of the Red Earth Tribe wants to make an agreement with the fleet. When the Siguayu people begin to evacuate in the evening, they will attack them from the sea and land together! Although the Siguayu people are vicious, they are not very willing to fight when they are leaving with a full load of property. We don't ask to completely defeat them, as long as we can repel them and try to rescue the dozens of captured men and women in the village!"

Seeing Chief Water Flower's sincere plea and listening to his detailed plan, Priest Tomat raised his eyebrows and laughed a little. After listening patiently, he stepped forward, lifted Chief Shuihua up amiably, and answered with a confident smile.

"Chief Shuihua, don't worry! Since we are here, we will definitely defeat the Siguayu people and rescue the captured tribesmen! Because the Lord God blesses us, He is supreme and great, and you will witness His power."

"As for the battle plan, it is actually very simple. The Siguayu people are looting, and most of the warriors are on land. While their strength is scattered, we just need to concentrate all our efforts and rush forward!"

Priest Tomat smiled slightly, clenched his left fist, rushed forward, and gently pressed against Chief Shuihua's heart. Then, he turned his head, and his gentle eyes suddenly became fierce, as if he had become a different person. The undisguised murderous intent, accompanied by his low words, struck Chief Shuihua's heart word by word.

"Deputy Captain Puapu, have all the warriors put on their armor! Archers load their longbows, spearmen set up their spears, and rowers prepare with all their strength! In two quarters of an hour, we will deploy the fleet, form a battle formation, and charge straight at the fleet of the Siguayu people docked on the shore!"

"In this battle, there is no need to worry about capturing prisoners, just kill as much as you can! Go all out and win beautifully! I will offer the Siguayu people as a sacrifice to the Lord God, and let the Lord God's glory shine in the east of Cuba Island!"

"Roar! Praise the Lord God, this battle will surely be a great victory!"

Under the horrified gaze of Chief Splash, the gray warrior Puapu put on bronze cloth armor, lifted a 90-pound bow, and put two copper axes on his waist. He grinned, his face flashing with bloodthirsty murderous intent, revealing an impatient smile. Soon, the warlike gray warrior Puapu summoned the warriors on the boat and gave a loud speech to everyone.

"God bless you! This is the first battle on the Snake Island in Cuba, so you all have to work hard! You are all wearing leather and bronze armor, holding sharp weapons, but the opponents don't even have cotton armor, they are just a bunch of savages. Don't hold back, get close and kill them!"

"Since you have slept with a Taino woman, you have to act like a man now! After this battle, whoever doesn't have blood on his hands will be punished by me to accompany Captain Chihuaco to fish for half a month! Hey, that's much more interesting than playing with young women in the village."

"Haha!"

Hearing this, the Kingdom warriors of the fleet laughed loudly, while the sailors pursed their lips and dared not laugh out loud. The old militiaman Chihuaco's face turned black, and he looked at the young men Anshe and Didi in embarrassment, secretly swearing in his heart.

"Good Puapu! I just said a few words to you in front of the two children, and you still remember it! After we leave, you will stay in the Cuban village with Priest Tomat and have fun!"

After the kingdom warriors laughed, the fleet suddenly became solemn. Everyone was a veteran who was used to seeing blood, and there would not be too many emotional ups and downs when fighting. On the contrary, Chief Splash, who was holding a hunting bow, and the Taino militia of the Mayari tribe were really trembling, with a face full of tension and excitement.

"The Lord God bless you! Chief Splash, don't be nervous. Under the Lord God's cover, the warriors of the kingdom are blessed. This battle is promised by the Lord God, and we will win!"

Priest Tomat looked solemn, comforted a few more words, and changed Chief Splash into a sturdy leather armor. He didn't want any accidents to happen to another important goal of this battle.

Gray Tu Puapu commanded the fleet, and after traveling more than ten miles, he could see the low villages of the Red Earth Tribe and hundreds of messy boats on the coast. Hundreds of Siguayo warriors, bare-chested, with black tattoos, carrying stone spears and short bows, were busy and noisy along the coast. They drove more than a hundred Taino captives, and many people carried large and small baskets of supplies to and from the boats.

Most of their black hair was dyed blue, because indigo dye was the most common dye on the coast of Central America. A few people dyed it red, which was the powder ground from mahogany seeds on the Caribbean Islands. Only a very few respected warrior leaders could dye it into the rare and respected purple.

That was the murex purple extracted from a large number of murex, with naturally bright colors and traditional bright luster. This expensive seaside dye was produced on the North African coast of the Mediterranean and the Caribbean Islands. It once became a symbol of the royal family of the Byzantine Empire, that is, the "purple" of the "purple nobles".

"Hey! These Siguayu people have different hair colors, and there is a clear hierarchy. They are obviously more organized than the Taino people."

Gray Tu Puapu squinted his eyes, stood at the bow of the rapidly advancing ship, looked at the chaotic crowd on the seashore, and looked for a target to kill.

With the sudden appearance of the kingdom's longboat, the Siguayu warriors on the outer boats were extremely surprised and were the first to shout. Soon, a leader with purple hair changed his face, pointed at the approaching longboat several miles away, and shouted to the left and right. After just a few breaths, several red-haired senior warriors took out the warning conch and blew it one after another!

"Ding! Ding Ding Ding! Ding Ding!"

The warning conch sounded, and the expressions of the Siguayu warriors on the shore changed suddenly. They threw away the food and goods in their hands, and didn't care about the nearby Taino captives, nor the villages watching from afar. They just carried bows and spears, jumped on the boat in a hurry, and prepared to fight the longboat that suddenly appeared on the sea. The Siguayu people have no allies in eastern Cuba, this must be an enemy!

"Enemy! Enemy! To the west, on the longboats, the enemy is coming!"

In just a moment, the Siguayu people's boats changed rapidly like a school of frightened fish. Just as they barely took a fighting stance, seven 20-meter-long kingdom longboats accelerated to the maximum, like fierce sharks, suddenly biting and biting!

The two sides approached quickly, and the "sharks" shouted shocking slogans. It was a language that the Siguayu people had never heard of, and it was also a battle that the Caribbean tribes had never seen.

"Praise the Lord, fight for God! .80 steps! 60 steps! 50 steps! Archers, get ready, shoot!"