Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 678, attacking the Aztec kingdom

The west coast of the Aztec Kingdom.

The blue sea is closely connected with the sky, and seabirds soar above the blue sky, swooping down quickly from time to time to catch fish and shrimp in the ocean, forming an extremely beautiful landscape.

Between the sea and the sky, sails gradually appeared in the field of vision. Gradually, large ships appeared indistinctly and hazily. Soon, these large ships became clear. A huge fleet of more than [-] large ships headed towards the coast.

"The Aztec kingdom has a vast territory, but the population is only a few million. They believe in the sun god and the feathered snake god, and they like to use living people to sacrifice..."

"It's really barbaric and uncivilized, to use living people to sacrifice and dig out people's hearts."

On one of the large ships, Tian Erniu looked at the information about the Aztec Kingdom collected in his hands, and couldn't help but sneer after reading it.

This religious custom of sacrificing living people is very primitive and barbaric. There is a reason for the sparse population here on the Golden Continent.

We learned from other Yin and Shang tribes that the Aztec Kingdom held large-scale living sacrifices in temples and pyramids every year.

Every sacrifice is intended to kill thousands of people and use their hearts to sacrifice to the so-called sun god.

In addition to the Sun God, they also believed in many other gods, such as the Feathered Serpent God, the God of War, the God of Rain, the Lord God, etc. These gods also need to be sacrificed regularly every year, and each sacrifice requires a large number of living people. Just the number of people who were killed by the priests of the Aztec kingdom is unknown.

Of course, it's not just the Aztec Kingdom. Here in the Golden Continent, the descendants of Yin and Shang have the custom of using living sacrifices. This is true in the Aztec Kingdom, as is the Inca Empire, and the large and small Yin Shang tribes are similar.

In order to have enough living people for sacrifices every year, the Aztec Kingdom would launch wars every year, attacking other surrounding tribes and kingdoms descended from Yin and Shang, and capturing their captives for sacrifices. People at the bottom of their own kingdom are used for sacrifices.

"They believe in gods so much, maybe they can make good use of it."

"The Feathered Serpent God believed by the Aztecs is very similar to the dragon worshiped by our Chinese descendants. When the time comes to make good use of this, we can spiritually conquer these descendants of Yin Shang."

Tian Erniu read all the materials carefully, and an idea came to his mind.

The huge fleet quickly moored at the shore, and a large number of people began to disembark quickly, and quickly assembled with weapons, equipment, food, etc., ready to set off for Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Kingdom.

In order to successfully defeat the Aztec Kingdom this time, Tian Erniu also mobilized all the forces that could be mobilized on the Golden Continent.

A total of more than 200 large ships were used to transport personnel, supplies and horses. More than [-] people participated in the battle. Most of the main force were crew members and captains who graduated from Tianjin Maritime Academy.

These people have received paramilitary training at Tianjin Maritime Academy, and their organization and discipline are quite good. At the same time, there are thousands of people who are all fellows of Tianjin Ocean Commercial Bank.

Before coming, Tian Erniu also urgently conducted a few days of training, and promised them a generous reward after winning, which could barely be used to fight the wind.

A team of 175 people has a total of 2000 horses, 5000 bows and arrows, 500 state-of-the-art Miyun guns and [-] Miyun cannons.

Tian Erniu also formed a cavalry of 150 horses, scouts of 25 horses, 2000 crossbowmen, [-] musketeers and artillery battalions.

After the mighty team was assembled, they marched towards Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Kingdom, under the leadership and guidance of a few Tabasques.

The Tabasques are also a tribe descended from the Shang Dynasty. They are neighbors of the Aztec Kingdom, so they are often attacked by the Aztecs.

Many, many tribesmen were captured by the Aztecs and used as human sacrifices, so when they learned that the Ming people were going to attack the Aztec Kingdom, the Tabasques were very happy when they heard that, and immediately dispatched People who are familiar with the Aztec Kingdom came to act as guides to help Tian Erniu and the others attack the Aztecs.

Of course, Tian Erniu didn't believe them all.

He had a horse in his hand, and as soon as he landed, Tian Erniu sent out these cavalrymen, put on binoculars to explore around, and then gathered the information and intelligence obtained from various tribes descended from the Yin and Shang dynasties.

Tian Erniu and the others had already roughly known the location of Tenochtitlan, and the marching route had already been carefully studied.

However, Tian Erniu still underestimated the hatred of the Tabasques towards the Aztecs.

In fact, the Tabasque who is in charge of leading the team is very conscientious and has no intention of deceiving Tian Erniu.

The Tabasques were bullied by the Aztecs in the era. Every year, a large number of people were taken away for sacrifice, which made the Abbasic guests full of hatred for the Aztecs.

In fact, the Spaniard Hernán Cortes in history also made good use of the contradictions among these Indians and finally defeated the Aztecs smoothly with the help of many Indian tribes.

One of the most important reasons for this is that the Aztecs continued to attack other tribes and kingdoms around them because of their living sacrifices for many years, which caused the Indians of other tribes and kingdoms to hate them.

Cortes made good use of this contradiction, coupled with the Indians' fear of horses and artillery, as well as the protection of hard armor and the effect of excellent weapons, it was only with less than a thousand people that they defeated This huge Aztec kingdom.

A huge team of tens of thousands of people continued to move towards Tenochtitlan. The mighty team was hard to hide. It was quickly discovered by the Aztecs, and the news quickly spread to Aztec. The highest level of the Ztek Kingdom is here.

Tenochtirant!

The royal capital of the Aztec Kingdom, a beautiful city built on an artificial island in the middle of the lake.

A large number of temples and pyramids were built here to enshrine the sun gods, feathered snake gods, war gods, etc. they believed in. At the same time, huge squares were built next to these temples and pyramids.

There are two main squares in the city, one is the Temple Square of Tlalt Lolco, and the other is the real religious center square called Tenochtitlan. Both squares are very large enough to easily accommodate tens of thousands of people. people.

At the same time, the houses in the whole city are made of mud and sand, some of them are high-grade built of stones, and there are also two-story buildings.And the tops of these houses are full of flowers and plants, like sky gardens one by one, very beautiful.

Among them is a huge palace with three huge courtyards and hundreds of houses. This is the palace of Oyzotel, king of the Aztec Kingdom.

At this time, in the huge palace, all the important figures of the Aztec Kingdom were present, including Montezuma II, the next king, the high priest Witchlow, who was in charge of communicating with God, and many nobles, ministers, etc. .

"People of the Sun God, just now I have received news that those hateful Ming people have launched an attack on us, and a huge army of more than [-] people is attacking our sacred Tenochtitlan. "

Oyzotel said in a somewhat old voice that he became the king of this kingdom twenty years ago, and he quelled rebellions in various places in the early stage. In recent years, he has mainly led the Aztec kingdom to continuously attack the surrounding tribes and kingdoms , continue to expand, and get more captives to sacrifice to the gods.

At this time, under his notice, the Aztec Kingdom entered its heyday, controlling nearly 400 tribes, large and small, and its territory reached its limit.

However, he was already old, and his health was getting worse day by day, and most of the affairs of the kingdom were handed over to his son Montezuma II.

But today was different. The news that the Ming people were going to attack them was so shocking that he had to stand up again and hold a meeting to discuss countermeasures.

"Father, please give me [-] people, and I will definitely capture all those hateful Ming people and use them to sacrifice to our great Sun God!"

Montezuma II took the initiative to stand up. His father's health is failing and he has few days to live. He will soon become the king of this huge kingdom.

At this time, if he can establish his prestige with a big victory, he can quickly control the entire kingdom after he ascends the throne, so he is also the one who volunteered.

"These greedy Ming people want to build their own cities on our land. We don't agree. They come to invade us. The Sun God will punish them."

"The people of the Great Sun God must capture them all, then dig out their hearts, and use the blood of these people to water the land."

The high priest Witchlow also expressed his opinion on behalf of the gods after some pretentious tricks.

Perhaps it is also a good choice to use some Ming people to sacrifice. The gods may like this brand new sacrifice.

"Catch Daming people alive and use them to sacrifice to the gods!"

"Catch Daming people alive and use them to sacrifice to the gods~"

The sacrificial words are more effective than anything else. After Witchlow finished speaking, the nobles and ministers below also shouted.

The status of God in their hearts is supreme, so they sacrifice every year, and the scale of the sacrifice is very large. For this reason, they do not hesitate to fight year after year, constantly attacking the surrounding tribes and kingdoms.

Even a king before Oizotel, Tizoc did not capture enough people to sacrifice because he did not carry out a decent expansion, which made the Aztec Kingdom feel that he was incompetent. Very cowardly, so he was replaced by Oyzotel.

From here, we can know the status of the gods in their hearts, and also know the power held by the high priest.

　It seems that there is a movie that reflects this incident, what's the name~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)