In the seaside lands of April, it was already late spring. The sprawling grass and trees, the harvested bean fields, the migrating flocks of wild geese—all symbolized a vibrant vitality. anwhile, the xica Plateau presented a scene of mid-spring lushness. The fields being burned along the lake, the tribes migrating eastward, and the large groups of militia transporting grain were continuously expanding the xica Alliance’s control over the Tlaxcala lands!
Tens of thousands of royal legions, after two years of silence, finally marched out from the Texcoco Lake District. Under the unfathomable will of the Divine King, the tide, woven with dark green and platinum, spread towards strategic places in all directions. They suppressed the nobles of the various states, paid attention to the changing tis, and awaited the kingdom’s promise... Would it be the passionate welco of victory, or the rciless icy killing intent? Everything depended on the thoughts of the two kings.
"Family Head, may the Chief Divine bless us! The latest victory report from Zicao County! Etalik, the county magistrate of Zicao, led the Purple Grass Army and a month ago, broke through the Sea Woman City of the Southeastern Tecos Tribes! The Purple Grass Army killed three thousand samurai and captured nearly forty thousand mbers of the Tecos Tribe... The over two hundred miles of the southeastern Tecos coast has been completely brought under the kingdom’s control!"
"Oh?! The veteran Etalik broke through Sea Woman City?"
Upon hearing such great news, Xiulote’s spirit was lifted. He eagerly took the docunt transported from afar and hastily perused it.
The Sea Woman City of the Southeastern Tecos Tribes is located at the mouth of the Tarsas River and over two hundred miles further southeast. During the first Southern Expedition, the kingdom’s scouts had already spied on the details of the tribes there. The Black Wolf Torc once considered sending troops for conquest. However, at that ti, the kingdom’s foundation on the southern seaside was not yet solidified, which led to the temporary abandonnt of the plan.
Several years passed in a blink. The Kingdom of the Lake had relocated and garrisoned twenty to thirty thousand Tlaxcala banners at the mouth of the Tarsas River, established dozens of villagers’ settlents to provide food for the military expedition. Trout Town, located on the west side of the river’s mouth, developed into a crucial heavy slting town where three thousand warriors were stationed, guarding the vital Black Rock Mountain iron ore area. The slting workshops around the iron mines consistently supplied affordable ironware, propelling the kingdom’s colonization and developnt...
Divine Revelation Priest Neri and Tlapanec rchant Telali, disguised as long-distance traders, set out from the mouth of the Tarsas River in early last year to secretly gather mariti intelligence of the Coastal Mistek and Sapotek tribes. They passed through the Sea Woman City of the Southeastern Tecos, the Wind Origin City of the Tlapanec, the River Bean City, and Black Altar City of the Mistek, reaching the Deer Mountain City of the Zapotec, and only after encountering trading fleets from the Highland Maya City-State from the south did they smoothly return by the end of last year!
The banners were well settled, and food was harvested abundantly. The newly subordinated Tlaxcala Tribes eagerly anticipated the opportunity to join the military campaign, earn military rits, and receive the award of nobility and land! With all the necessary intelligence gathered along the way, County Magistrate Etalik unhesitatingly led the five thousand strong Purple Grass Army, and also summoned five thousand Tlaxcala banners, launching an expedition against the Southeastern Tecos!
"My lord! Within just three months, under the bombardnt of ten newly manufactured Royal City Thunder God mortar cannons, more than ten wooden fort cities of the Southeastern Tecos Tribes were completely swept away. Tens of thousands of tribesn were either killed or surrendered, and the robust Sea Woman City also fell!"
"Under the presiding of the Chief God Priest, over forty thousand captured Tecos Tribes people pledged a blood oath of conversion, becoming followers of the Chief Divine. According to my plan, fifteen thousand of them will be awarded as agricultural slaves to comnd the three thousand victorious Tlaxcala warriors! Subsequently, these awarded Tlaxcala warriors will be elevated to third-level warriors, granted land and settled around the Sea Woman City as a reliable foundation of the kingdom’s rule, managing the newly subdued Southeastern Tecos Tribes..."
"As for the remaining thirty thousand, they will be organized into seven large banners of over four thousand, and seventy small banners of over four hundred, distributed across the three hundred miles of mountain forests and seaside between Sea Woman City and Trout Town. They will be managed jointly by the kingdom’s preaching priests and warrior banner leaders, incorporated into the kingdom’s direct governance!... And as for the Tecos Divine Descendants and priests who originally managed the tribes, I have sacrificed them all, eliminating them completely..."
Seeing veteran Etalik’s plan, Xiulote slightly nodded. Etalik had been stationed in Zicao County, arranging immigrants and integrating various tribes for eight or nine years. Now, in order to open a sea route to the Southern Continent, he finally got the chance to go on a military expedition and display his skills. And with this move, he revealed the old veteran’s ferocity.
"My lord! Three thousand Tlaxcala warriors have been awarded land. The more than a hundred thousand immigrants from the east who were relocated into Zicao County have finally fully integrated into the kingdom’s order, and the people’s hearts have completely stabilized! The more tribes surrender, and the bigger the army grows, the more indispensable external conquests beco! If a war can be fought, the pensions for those who die, the rewards for ritorious warriors, and the attribution of captive tribes as slaves will save years of integration and consolidation..."
"According to your instructions last year, I originally intended to march along the coast, pacify the Wind Origin City of the Tlapanec, then raid the cities of the Coastal Mistek, continuing to open the southeastern mariti route... it’s just... the movents of the Alliance Royal Legion in the mid-upper reaches of the Tarsas River make quite concerned, and I worry about your safety..."
"Hmm?"
Seeing this, Xiulote was slightly taken aback. He took a deep breath and continued to read on, his brows furrowed tightly.
"After this year’s New Year grand sacrifice, the alliance’s royal legions set out from the Texcoco Lake District, to garrison across the states. And by the end of February, three elite legions of eight thousand royal warriors each have already been stationed in the mid-upper reaches of the Tarsas River, suppressing the three southern states of the alliance respectively..."
"The three royal legions are stationed at the Sun City in Raziko State, the Salt Lake City in Sarco State, and the High Mountain City in Vats teppek State... These fully manned legions of the alliance are only two hundred miles away from the Talas River! Nominally, they are garrisoning the Southern Three States to deter the disloyal Mistek Tribes. But in fact, they can cut off the river transportation at any ti, severing your connection with the kingdom, cutting off your retreat path to the kingdom... even going downstream westward, directly entering the southern part of the kingdom!"
"With the central alliance’s control over various local states, this twenty-four-thousand-strong royal warrior legion can easily muster a similar number or even more city-state armies! And the ’Yu Yan,’ ’Huashu,’ and ’Coiled Python’ city-state legions currently under your command... at this mont, their hotown and city-states are all in the hands of the royal legions. They inevitably can only pledge allegiance to the Avit God King of the alliance. If the Divine King issues a decree... every ti I think about this, it truly makes anxious day and night, causing sleepless nights!"
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