Aztec Eternals

The rainy season in Mexico is gentle at the beginning, like a young girl. The sun was hiding behind the thin clouds, tinting the sky a pale golden yellow. The continuous drizzle was sprinkled in the faint sunshine, soaking the trees and grass so green and verdant.

The water mist by the river was filled with hazy smoke, and a few small boats came out of the mist and rain, making gentle ripples on the river. Seeing this scene, Xiu Luote can't help recalling, thinking of the distant Jiangnan water town.

Two weeks have passed since the meeting with the envoys from the city-state of Xilotepec. Although the chief commander put down his cruel words, it will be a year before the cruel words are realized. The nobles of Xilotepec still have time to hesitate, quarrel, and look forward to the reinforcements from the western allies who don't know when they will arrive.

At this time, he was in the forest by the river, commanding some carpenters and peasants, using rough stone axes to chop hard hard rosewood.

This kind of slightly concave rosewood is an excellent mahogany, which can grow to a height of 20 to 25 meters. It has a hard texture, beautiful texture, clear tone, and a faint fragrance.

It is generally used to make high-end guitars and high-end furniture, and every wood is very expensive in later generations. Now, Xiulot is going to use it to make a catapult.

With the help of a senior carpenter, he has completed the design of the manpower catapult: it is a fixed trapezoidal gun mount, four or five meters high, similar to the city wall. A slender cannon tip used as a lever, the length is temporarily set at eight meters, the top is connected to the bullet pocket, and the bottom is connected to the rope pulled by people. There is also a gun shaft placed horizontally on the gun mount. The middle of the gun shaft and the bottom two meters of the gun tip are tied together with sisal rope.

In this way, when the gunner pulls the rope, the two-meter short axis of the gun tip drives the six-meter long axis, and the gun shaft keeps rotating stably on the frame, and the stone at the top is fired, bombarding the distant city according to a parabola.

However, when the design was implemented into the real thing, Xiulot encountered the first problem: the gun shaft and gun tip were too stressed, and it was easy to break.

Not knowing the connection technology of wood reinforcement, nor the hardening treatment method of wood, Xiulot could only think of a simple and rough idea, using the best wood. The carpenter recommended rosewood.

Cutting this hard wood with a stone ax is like sawing a tree with a knife. So an hour later, when Avit found Xiulot, he was still sitting on a stone by the river, watching his husband work boredly.

"By the way, can you get me some copper axes?"

"You have to borrow this kind of excellent equipment from the Imperial Guards. At present, they are the only ones in the camp. Of course, the premise is that they are willing to lend it to you."

"Then I might as well ask the king for it." Thinking of the rock-like Totek with broken hair, Shulot felt a lot of pressure. "At least the king is much easier to talk to."

Avit laughed "hehe" without commenting. "I came to see you today on a business matter. Put down the big toys in your hand first. There will be a battle in the next few days. I have already applied to the king, and I will take you to watch the battle. We have to set off tonight."

"What battle? Wait, what toy? I'm making a catapult, an epoch-making weapon."

"The battle to ambush the Otomi people. The first 20,000 reinforcements from Ottopan have set out for a week, and they will soon reach the ambush range of the elite army. Beyond the times? Wait until your toys become usable weapons Bar."

"When did the legion set up an ambush?" Shulot thought for a while, "You mean the group of warriors who disappeared a few days ago."

"Hey, when did you see it? It seems that the actions of this legion are still not very cautious."

"Okay, I'll go. Why did you suddenly think of taking me to watch the battle? Avit, you want to go to the battle yourself, right?"

Arvette smiled and said nothing.

"Don't stop, you must cut down the yellow sandalwood tree in these two days! If it doesn't work, just burn it with fire."

After taking off the priest's clothes, Shulot put on the green leather armor and battle robe. He looked energetic, and his delicate face gradually revealed the lines of fortitude.

Take a break and tidy up at camp. Then, accompanied by a hundred guards, the two bypassed the city and headed west from the forest in the north.

Marching in the mountain forest in rainy season is tough. Shulot trudged on the soft humus soil with difficulty, the sky was not visible above his head, the roots were tangled under his feet, and his body was soaked in rain.

However, this kind of difficulty is not at the same level as the tropical rainforest on the northeast or southeast plains. The rainforest in the rainy season is a nightmare of mass marches, swamps, poisons, miasma, water sources, each of which means inevitable death.

After marching like this for two days, on the morning of the third day, the two finally arrived at the camp of the ambush army, a small platform behind a hill.

The camp remained orderly and quiet. From time to time, Shulot saw jaguar warriors wearing tiger head feather helmets, yellow patterned leather armor, and carrying shields and batons.

Avit led Shulot into the large tent in the middle. The commander Shulot in the tent had seen him. He was one of the commanders wearing a sunstone cloak, with a picture of a battle stick behind him.

"Casar." Avit greeted the commander warmly. "What about the enemy?"

Cassar just nodded and smiled faintly. "Twenty thousand people, from Ottopan. Five thousand are city-state warriors, and fifteen thousand are village levies."

"Only five thousand warriors? What's the use of such a few people coming to support?"

"This reinforcement is just a formality. Their marching is very slow, only a dozen miles a day, and the scouts are deployed far away, and most of the time they are waiting for the return of the scouts. The determination to fight is very problematic. Well, they'll back off."

"In their familiar territory, fully armed warriors can't catch up with these mountain people." Avette nodded, "Then what are you going to do?"

"We have 8,000 warriors. I'm going to split into three groups and take the initiative to attack. When you come over, I'll give you 4,000 warriors to attract attention from the front. After the battle, Barda led 2,000 warriors to launch an attack from the left. And I took 500 elite jaguars and 1,500 samurai, and made a detour to the rear to launch the final blow." After Kasar said, he shook his fist vigorously.

A strong warrior next to him smiled at Avet. This is Barda. Judging from the patterns on the helmet and leather armor, he should be a hereditary nobleman of the Eagle Warriors.

Eight thousand vs. twenty thousand will have to be divided into three groups, attacking at different times? Xiu Luote was full of question marks, seeing the confident expressions of all the generals in the tent, he temporarily suppressed his doubts.

Back in the camp, the warriors rested early to accumulate energy for the next day's battle.

Lying on the officer's thatched bed, the tip of the grass has a natural atmosphere, slightly poking people. This kind of grass bed is already much more comfortable than the soldiers' ground bedding. Shulot raised his doubts to Avit.

"There is no absolute relationship between the combat effectiveness and the number of troops." Avet replied with a chuckle. "It depends on the specific combat terrain and scene, as well as physical exertion."

"For example, a jaguar warrior can easily fight against three ordinary warriors and ten village warriors before his physical strength is exhausted, especially in narrow terrain. But in a siege battle, he can only be counted as an ordinary warrior Village warriors, because a village warrior can kill him with a stone."

"As for a village slinger, in close combat, he can only be regarded as half a village soldier. If he is given enough time to launch, he can be regarded as an ordinary warrior. Once he occupies the dominant terrain, he can be regarded as an ordinary warrior in mountainous or city defense battles. , condescending shooting, he is even more lethal than a jaguar fighter."

"There are only 5,000 city-state warriors worthy of attention on the opposite side. On a large-scale frontal battlefield, village warriors are more used to maintain the front line, or to consume the opponent's spears and stones. The simple stone spears and wooden spears make them very effective against armored warriors. Damage is limited, and scarce shields and armor make them more vulnerable. Low morale makes them more vulnerable."

"Actually, samurai, only samurai are the core of the city-state! Tomorrow's battle is not difficult, just for you to see the world. Shulot, sleep at ease~~"