Aztec Eternals

June came with warm drizzles that drenched the shores of the Totonac tribes. The rough farmland is lush and green, the beans are just sprouting new shoots, and the corn is growing vigorously together with the weeds. It is the busy time for farming. However, at the moment around Jinwan City, the villagers from various ministries don't care about cleaning up the weeds. With fear on their faces, they gathered in front of the Feathered Serpent God's altar, discussing restlessly, and even panicked.

Pedestrians fled along the dirt roads along the coast, and militiamen who fled brought dire news. More than half a month ago, the ancient holy city of feathered serpents in the north fell under the conquest of the Aztecs!

"The brutal Aztec legion summoned the demons of the underground volcano! They broke through the guardianship of the priests of the Feathered Serpent God with thunderous thunder! The holy high priests and noble god-born nobles are all in the invasion of the legion They died. Their blood and bodies were sacrificed to the God of War! Their heads and feather crowns were even built into hills!"

Pap, the feathered snake priest who fled, told the leader of the Snake Lake tribe, Chuchut, the village head of Lake Snake Village. In Totonac, Papu means "moon" and Chuchut means "water". Both of them have divine names, and the descendants of the gods inherited from their ancestors are naturally within the scope of the Aztecs' cleanup.

"Chuchute, I escaped from the fallen ancient city of Feathered Serpent and stayed in a nearby village for more than ten days. The way the Aztecs treated the nobles is simply the cruelty that even the evil gods have never experienced in myths and epics!"

Papp described himself as embarrassed, sitting in the longhouse of the village chief Chuchut. He clenched his scepter tightly, recalling the experience of the past half a month, still in shock.

A few months ago, when the Aztecs demanded the fugitives from Tlaxcala in the name of the main god and captured the fortified Wushan City, the priests of the Feathered Serpent Ancient City were all furious. They are hostile to the belief of the main god, erected the banner of the Feathered Serpent God, and called on the warriors and militiamen of all ministries to rely on the mountain camp and fight to the death with the invading enemies! However, no one thought that the desperate resistance of the various tribes in the mountains lasted only more than a month in front of the Aztecs. Before the reinforcements from the states of Totonac arrived, the fierce Mexica Legion had already attacked outside the ancient city of Feathered Serpent!

Feathered Serpent Ancient City is open on all sides, without city walls, only a solid and vast central temple, as the last bastion. When the Aztec Legion attacked, as an unobtrusive mid-level Feathered Serpent Priest, he did not return to the temple to resist to the death, but chose to flee decisively at the first time!

Outside the city at that time, there were warriors fighting in disorder everywhere. Instead of taking the risk of going on the road, he quietly hid in the nearby fishing village of Totonac, waiting for the situation to subside.

"The cruel Aztecs don't have any awe of the gods in their eyes. They actually set fire under the ancient pyramid! The black smoke from the Temple of the Feathered Serpent, I can clearly see it even in a village more than ten miles away See!"

Speaking of this, Papp's face was full of uncontrollable fear, and tears could not help but flow from his eyes. If he had made a wrong choice at the beginning, he would have been turned into ashes along with the priests and elders now.

But at this moment, the holy land of the ancient city in the west was occupied, and the Feathered Serpent Temple was burned to ashes. The Feathered Serpent Priests of various western ministries have completely lost their roots, like bereaved dogs. From now on, the surviving priests of the ancient city will probably have to bow their heads and kneel under the holy land of Hidden Snake City in the east!

"The headman of the village carefully protected me with reverence for the Feathered Serpent God. The Aztec barbarian patrol came once, extorted a batch of food from the village, and then returned to the ancient city of Feathered Serpent At this time, although the Feathered Serpent Ancient City has fallen, the hearts of the villages outside the city are still toward the Feathered Serpent God! But next, next... Hey!"

"Dear Priest Papu, what happened next?"

Under Chu Chute's concerned eyes, Papp paused and sighed deeply. He gritted his teeth, with an unforgettable hatred, as well as a hatred of subversion of the noble and the humble, and he preached word by word.

"Next, the Aztec army dispersed from Feathered Serpent City and began to clean up the countryside! Led by the local militia who betrayed the gods and tribes, they came to the fishing village where I was hiding. They even summoned the villagers and ordered them Destroy the altar of the Feathered Serpent God! They even publicly executed the head of the village, and even handed over the population, land and management rights of the village to the humble militiamen who surrendered!"

"Hiss! Feathered snake god! The Aztecs are so cruel!"

Hearing this, the headman Chu Chute gasped, his face was already pale. He originally thought that when the Aztecs came to fight, they just wanted to change someone to pay tribute to, just like the fighting between various ministries when they were fighting for hegemony. However, according to Priest Papu's description at this time, the Aztecs not only want to overthrow the beliefs of the tribes, but also completely overthrow the order of the tribe!

"This is, this is not giving us a way to survive! The chiefs and city-states everywhere will definitely resist to the end!"

"Blessed by the Feathered Serpent God! We have no choice but to resist to the end! Those traitors who betray the gods and dare to seek refuge with the Aztecs will surely be punished by God and fall into the dark sea forever!"

Papp gritted his teeth and cursed fiercely.

At this moment, the Totonac militiamen who converted to the main god of Mexica are leading the Aztec warriors, one after another, violently and cruelly cleaning up the village outside Feather Serpent City. If the fleeing Feathered Serpent Priest was caught, he would be executed on the spot! If it wasn't for the leader who was executed suddenly, he had prepared two canoes in advance, and sent a few guards from the clan, he would not have been able to escape from Jinwan City, which is only more than 30 miles away.

"The Feathered Serpent God, just as the Tlaxcala nobles warned! The Aztecs' conquest is completely different from the previous fights! They do not accept the surrender of the god-born nobles, and they do not respect the feathered serpent priests. They want to treat the nobles who lead the various ministries as sacrifices to gods and demons! They release the demons in people's hearts, confuse warriors and militias, and give tribes and villages to civilians who do not have divine blood. They will even Give the headman's land to the most humble ant people!"

Priest Pap closed his eyes, and after a long time of painful recollection, he opened them. He clenched his teeth, and squeezed out a cold voice from between his teeth, piercing into the heart.

"So, Village Chief Chuchut, don't take any chances, don't expect to surrender! Even if your tribal people survive, you will lose everything, your life and your soul! This Aztec war, It is completely different from the past, this is the God of War against the Feathered Serpent God, it is the invasion of the volcano monster, and the ancient order will be completely overturned!"

Hearing this, Chu Chute turned pale. There was an unconcealable fear in his eyes, and he asked tremblingly.

"Dear Priest Papu, in the face of the invasion of the Aztec Legion, Wushan City, Feathered Serpent Ancient City, and the mighty Totonac tribe were all destroyed one by one. What can we small and weak tribes do?"

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Hearing this, Priest Papp pursed his lips tightly and remained silent for a long time. He didn't respond in a low voice until the village chief Chu Chute asked again.

"The Feathered Serpent God is watching everything! Even if darkness strikes from the sky, light will eventually come after the storm. Facing the invasion of the Aztecs, the priests and descendants of the Totonac states did not have any A retreat. They will definitely unite and gather the strength of each department to resist to the end! It’s just that the leaders need time to see their situation clearly. The assembly of warriors and militiamen from various departments also needs more time.”

"At this moment, the Aztec army is sweeping south and attacking. When I was in the canoe, I saw a team of more than a thousand Totonac soldiers marching southward along the coast. In two or three days, they will be here."

"Two or three days? Only two or three days!"

Chu Chute froze in place as if struck by lightning. His mind was blank, and his eyes were filled with fear and bewilderment.

"In two or three days, the Aztec army will arrive here?!"

"Yes. This is still the most optimistic estimate. When I went south, all the ministries along the way were scattered, and it was impossible to resist for too long!"

"Ah! Ah! What should I do? Priest Pat, what should we do?"

Priest Pap narrowed his eyes, looked deeply at the bewildered village chief Chuchut for a while, and then explained the purpose of his trip in the name of saving the other party.

"Village Chief Chu Chute, now, there are only two or three days left. Our family has been friends for generations, and we have always known each other. I will not harm you. In the current situation, if the tribe resists, it will be a dead end. The tribe If you surrender, you will die. The only way to survive is to bring valuable belongings, gather the warriors and young men of the tribe, and migrate as a whole!"

"Migration of the whole family? Flee to the nearest Jinwan City? There is a wall around there, should it be able to hold it?"

"Although Jinwan City is strong, it may not be able to defend it. Even if it is defended, it must be the front line to fight the Aztecs."

Priest Papu paused for a moment, walked out of the longhouse, and looked towards the far east. His eyes are far away, and his thoughts are very comprehensive. However, at this moment, he is just an ordinary priest who lost his belonging and fled alone. He had to get the help of the tribe in order to go where he wanted to and continue to maintain his respected status.

"So, Jinwan City is just the beginning of the migration. The farther east the better! I know the way to the east, and even to the holy land of Hidden Snake City. Only there is the real safe place. But right now, we should mobilize as soon as possible Clan, go to the back of Jinwan City and hide first! May the Feathered Serpent God bless you!"

"May the Feathered Serpent God bless you!"

The headman Chu Chute prayed and stood up. He stood shoulder to shoulder with Priest Papp, looking east.

In the eyes, the east is a vast jungle and a swamp with flowing water. The low villages of the Totonak people are scattered along the river, just high in the jungle and swamp. And in the distance that cannot be seen, a prosperous ancient city-state stands beside the winding golden bay, relying on the long river that penetrates into the southern jungle.

At this time, the city-state was named Jinwan City after the scenery by the sea. In the eyes of the Totonac people, this city-state along the great river lasted for hundreds of years and would always worship the Feathered Serpent God until the end of the era.

And in the history of later generations, it also has a more famous name: the arrival of Cortes the Conqueror, the first Spanish settlement in Central America, the "true cross", Veracruz!

Well, I've been busy writing papers for the past few days. Mao Mao lowered her head and apologized, and will make up for it later!