Chapter 963 Wang Qi Goes Out to the East, and the Black Wolf Welcomes Him

In mid-May, Xiulot's king flag set off from Jinwan City again after staying there for half a year. Four thousand imperial guards escorted the king all the way east, inspecting the city-states and villages along the way. This time, the name of the king's trip was to inspect the spring plowing in various places, but in fact the itinerary arranged was probably the same.

Shulot stopped and walked, inspecting Zhuiwu City, Coyote City, and Carved Stone City successively, and inspected more than 20 Mintun villages and tribal camps along the way. He even visited the ruins of the third ancient city, held a sacred ceremony, and consecrated the long-chronological stele that has been passed down for more than two thousand years. After detouring for nearly seven hundred miles, Xiulot arrived at the ancient city of Jihu in mid-June.

Beside the endless sacrifice lake (Laguna Catemaco), the king's flag of the black wolf stood tall and fluttered. The Janissary Corps arrived neatly like a forest, carrying tall spears. And the black wolf Toltek personally led a group of legion generals and hundreds of red-haired personal guards, and went out of the city thirty miles away to greet him.

"The Lord God blesses you! Hei Lang, how is the situation on the front line going?"

After formally saluting and greeting, Shulot called the black wolf to his side. Under the escort of a group of generals and warriors, the two walked towards Jihu City while chatting about the latest frontline battle situation.

"Has the sacrificial place in the fourth ancient city been occupied? Has the Caotan city in the south been taken down? What's the situation in the hidden snake city in the southeast?"

"Your Highness, the sacrificial place of the fourth ancient city, the City of Hills, was already occupied by the legion half a month ago! I arranged a tribal battalion to guard the thousand-year-old altar in the ancient city. Half of the original priests of the old gods were occupied by the army. Sacrificial sacrifices were executed, and half of them converted to the main god..."

"As for the recalcitrant forest city, Grass Altar City, it was captured by the Eastern Expeditionary Army just seven days ago! The army beheaded 4,000 rebellious tribal warriors and Ding Zhuang, and converted nearly 50,000 Totonak in the forest. Tribes! So far, within two hundred miles of Hidden Snake City, there is no large city-state of the Totonac Alliance, and there is no possible support. At this moment, this so-called seaside holy city is already an isolated city!..."

The black wolf Toltek walked steadily, followed behind Shulot, with a respectful and friendly expression. After receiving the news of Wang Qidong's arrival, he sternly urged all the troops of the legion to supervise the battle in person at the Caotan City, and even mobilized the fanatical throwing vanguard battalion, throwing explosive balls of divine power... Only seven days ago, he broke through the Southern Three Kingdoms. The big city in the forest a hundred miles away, the grass mandala of the Eastern Totonac Alliance.

"Your Highness, once the Grass Mandala City was destroyed, the Oaxaca Valley and the Zapotec tribes on the southern coast completely cut off contact with Hidden Snake City. The Totonac priests and descendants of Hidden Snake City fled The main passage to the southwest inland jungle will be cut off!…”

"At this moment, the eastward forward of the army has broken through all the stone fortresses and wooden forts in the area around the Yanhuo Dashen Mountain, and moved forward to the outskirts of the Holy City of the Hidden Snake!...As long as your king's order is issued, the main force of the army will press on, and the last The siege can start at any time!"

"Well, the Lord God blesses you, weeds must be eradicated! These charismatic seaside priests and descendants of the gods must not be allowed to flee to the depths of the jungle with the backbone of the tribe!... Right now, they must either defend the city or flee To the land of Maya in the east... As for the formal siege of Hidden Snake City..."

When the topic of the battle came to this point, Shulot finally stopped. He looked serious, looked at the expression of the black wolf Toltek, and asked seriously.

"Hei Lang, the head of the navy of the Hidden Snake Holy City, that Feathered Serpent Priest, Papp, wants to surrender to the kingdom... the Lord God witnesses this! As the general of the frontline army, I need to know what kind of person you are opinion? Agree or disagree?"

"Uh...my opinion..."

For the sake of the unity of the monarch and his ministers, it is impossible for Shulot to not ask the opinion of the general in charge of the front line to skip the front line generals like this and directly accept the surrender. Hearing the king's question, the black wolf Toltek immediately showed some hesitation.

According to his original intention, he naturally wanted to wipe out all the damned Priest Papu, as well as the priests and descendants of the Hidden Snake City, and sacrifice them to death! But when he thought of the previous persuasion from the Mayan merchant Tikalo, and the increasingly majestic kingly posture of His Highness...

After hesitating for a moment, Black Wolf Toltek bowed his head and replied frankly.

"Your Highness, if the head of the navy of Hidden Snake City can lead the fleet and craftsmen to surrender, and cut off the escape route for the priests and descendants of Hidden Snake City to the east... it will be of great benefit to the kingdom's eastward expedition!  … And if the army continues to conquer the Mayan coast, the kingdom really needs bigger ships, more shipwrights, more sailors and water warriors!..."

"So, my opinion is that I agree to accept the surrender of the head of the Hidden Snake City Navy! As for whether to let him continue to lead the army, it is up to you to decide!"

Hearing such an answer, Shulot frowned. He looked at the sincere black wolf Toltek, and a smile of approval gradually appeared on his face.

"Okay! Hei Lang, you can start from the overall situation of the kingdom and consider the overall strategy and planning of the kingdom in addition to fighting on the battlefield...I am very satisfied!..."

"What you just said is right! The kingdom's eastern conquest will not stop with the surrender of the Totonacs, nor will it end with my return to the capital in the lake. The kingdom's passage to Cuba must be in these two It will be completely opened up within the year, and it will be firmly in our hands!…”

"Lord God bless! Your Highness, do you really want to return to the capital in the lake? Please do that... think, think, think again! Apart from you, there is absolutely no other person who can lead a powerful kingdom and command the legions of various ministries go ahead!…"

Black Wolf Toltek pursed his lips, his eyes showing unconcealable worry. Seeing Shulot's decisive expression, he gritted his teeth, knelt down and begged for his life.

"Witness of the Lord God! Your Highness, if you really make up your mind to return to the capital in the lake...I, the black wolf Toltek, would like to guard by your side, and I would rather die than protect your safety!..."

"Haha! Hei Lang, I know your loyalty to me! And I have thought twice before making such a decision... God King Avit has made up his mind. He sent envoys four times to invite me back , and sent three royal legions to the three southern states of the alliance... I have to go back in front of the situation! And you have to stay on the seashore, and firmly control the good-for-nothing Black Wolf Legion for me, and open up the farther east... This is far more beneficial to me, to the kingdom, and even to the whole world than being a warrior and guarding by my side!"

Shulot stretched out his hand and lifted Hei Lang up with a smile. His smile was very gentle, and his expression was full of calmness. At this moment, he is teaching the love general, just like the first time he taught the young guards more than ten years ago.

"Hei Lang, you must always remember! The magnificent capital city in the lake is the capital of the alliance, and it is also the true foundation of our Mexica people! Our journey relies on the strength of the alliance and the strength of the Mexica people, It started from the capital city in the lake...there is our greatest capital city, never a lair of dangerous beasts. The mighty Mexica alliance will never be our enemy, but our belonging and homeland!..."

"Ah! This... Your Highness? The current situation... the alliance and the kingdom?..."

"Well. The alliance and the kingdom can compete secretly, but they must not be hostile to each other! Because, between me and King Avit, in fact, both prosper and lose! There is only continuous expansion, conflicts within the alliance, and conflicts within the kingdom. Contradictions can be eased and resolved. And if the civil war breaks out and the accumulated contradictions of expansion are detonated, the great cause of our Mexica people will be destroyed in one fell swoop!…”

"Avit is my wise teacher, my intimate father-in-law, and my majestic king! He actually knows this deeply, and he has always conveyed it clearly. It's just... some subjects who think they are loyal and have malicious intentions The speculators are repeatedly provoking us, which makes the contradiction stand out... and the contradiction that is emerging now, as long as I return to the capital in the lake, I have full confidence to bridge it!..."

Shulot's eyes were gloomy, and he looked at the vast Lake of Sacrifice, and saw the navy fleet moored in the lake. He pondered for a while, then changed the subject, smiled and told Hei Lang.

"Hei Lang, this ancient and magnificent sacrificial lake has continued the sacred sacrifices for thousands of years, buried countless ancient divinities and sacrifices, and has been passed down from the Olmec era to today! When I was in the capital city in the lake , I have always heard about it, and I have seen the inherited murals. When the kingdom compiled the epic of the world, the Olmec sacrificial ceremony here should also be included in the revision..."

"Come on, go boating for me! Let me take a good look at the scenery by the lake and this newly conquered ancient land!..."