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Under the Sun Pyramid, outside the camp gate of the Indian Eight Banners, Wen Tianxiang's tall figure sat on a sedan chair, but the red cloak behind Ren was hunting by the strong wind in the wild.

The so-called sedan chair looks a bit like the sliding bar of the Central Plains, that is, two pieces of wood with a chair, which is very simple. The sedan chair was carried by four burly Indians, and there was a sense of majesty to sit on it.

As mentioned earlier, there are no horses here in Mingzhou, and the only thing that can be ridden is the sacred beast grass mud horse produced in Nanmingzhou. But there are no grass and mud horses here in Mexico, so it is popular for big people to sit in sedan chairs.

Wen Tianxiang, Meng Qi, and Yang Aguo are all big shots, so they are all equipped with sedan chairs. Of course, it is not to travel in a sedan chair all the time, but to sit in a sedan chair on diplomatic occasions to show that he is superior.

At this time, Wen Tianxiang, Meng Qi, and Yang Ah passed them, and they all asked the Indian Eight Banners to carry them out of Dazhai, just in the wilderness under the Sun Pyramid.

Behind them, 8,000 Indian soldiers of the Eight Banners, neatly draped, armed with contradictory bows and arrows, lined up in array.

After fighting for more than half a year, the weapons and equipment of the Indian Eight Banners have been improved somewhat. The spearmen turned into shieldmen, holding rectangular shields in one hand and spears in the other—some modified with rib knives, others obsidian spears.

The shield spear is in front, the bow and arrow are behind, forming a phalanx, and a small number of shield spearmen are deployed on both wings to cover, so as to form a thousand-person flag phalanx. Eight such phalanxes lined up. What was put on display was a strict battle formation that had never been seen on the Mingzhou Continent.

The soldiers of the Ming army who followed Meng Qi to the south were all wearing leather armor. Carrying a horizontal sword at his waist, he just stood in front of these phalanxes. The commanders, deputy commanders, co-leaders, and staff leaders of the Eight Banners of India. It's all the Ming army.

Every soldier of the Ming army had a complacent expression at this time. Looking at the Chichimec coalition in the distance, which numbered more than twice as many as them, but the formation was chaotic, as if a large group of people had gathered together, no one showed the slightest trepidation.

I don't know how much they have seen such an enemy in the more than eight months that they have been fighting in the south. How could it not be that a few showers of arrows and a group charge of shield spearmen were completely solved?

The natives here in Mingzhou are really weak to the point of ridiculousness in their ability to fight with soldiers. No copper, no iron, no horses. What's even more unbelievable is that they don't even have bows and arrows! The projection weapon is only a short spear, and they don't know how to fight in formation, and when they go to the battlefield, they just rush up, and then fight hard with their own bravery. This style of play is the level of the Central Plains People's Revolution, and it is the kind of people's uprising that has just risen and is destined to be suppressed soon.

The only thing that worries people is that there are too many indigenous people in Zhongmingzhou. And it's not easy to fool. They are not like the Indians of Jinshan in Beimingzhou, they are still tribal, they do not have any solid religious beliefs, and they do not have their own writing and history. To put it bluntly, it's a bunch of people who don't know anything. A wild man who can only fish and hunt. The natives of Zhongmingzhou already had their own national city-states, as well as written religions, and of course, they also divided into classes. There are various ranks such as sacrifice, noble, samurai, commoner, slave, etc. And the indigenous states of Zhongmingzhou. All are theocratic states without exception!

That is, they have their own religion. There was a strong religious force, and most of the king's lords were priests. Moreover, the natives of this area are very devout in their gods. Cannons and hot air balloons, though they can frighten them, can't subdue them.

So it's still more difficult to conquer.

However, once the conquest is successful, the benefits are also obvious. Because compared with the poverty and backwardness of the Jinshan Indian tribes in the north, the natives of Zhongmingzhou can be much richer, and the further south they go, the richer they become, every time they attack a tribe or city, they can plunder a large amount of grain, gold and silver, if they are not eager to go south to find the rich "Messica" like the heavenly kingdom in the aboriginal legend, they can even catch a large number of slaves.

All in all, in Mengqi's opinion, they had enough strength to take possession of the rich Mexica, and then reorganize it for a few years before conquering Mayapan, and the two territories were in their hands. The Mingzhou continent, at least the North Ming Continent, was basically taken - there were Mexika and Maya to provide food and slaves, and the barbarian Indians of the North Ming Continent were used as the Eight Banners. In the future, it will be much easier for the Han people who come across the ocean to build a city and a country in Beimingzhou.

With just a few hundred people, such a great foundation has been created, how can such a credit be enough to tear the soil and seal the territory, right?

I don't want a large piece of land in Beimingzhou - there is no one there, so I should leave it to the latecomers from the Central Plains! Mexika seems to be a good place to be, just look at this abandoned city. It would be nice if you could get a few cities here and establish a country that belongs to the Meng family......

All kinds of thoughts turned over and over in his mind, making the big horse golden knife sitting on the sedan chair Meng Qi let out a long breath for the last time, and waved his hand at his adjutant shark Tonghai irritably.

"Old shark, you accompany Mr. Wenshan to tell them: We are sent by God to conquer you! We now want a lot of Mayan rice, enough for 30,000 people for a year, 10,000 slaves who can farm and build houses, 10,000 young slave girls, and the city and the whole valley. From now on, all the city-states of Mexika will pay tribute to me! Obey my commands! If they agree, they will hand over the king's son or daughter as a hostage. If you don't agree, let's fight! ”

On the battlefield in the Central Plains, no one would say this. All on the battlefield, what else is there to say? Just start fighting. But Zhongmingzhou is such a rule of the game here, before the war starts, the envoys representing the kings of both sides negotiate first, and then negotiate the conditions before fighting - how many prisoners to capture, how many things to want, which piece of land to want, what to surrender to others, etc., can be said before the war!

Talk about the conditions first, and then start the battle. Under normal circumstances, those who lose will not be repaid. When they first entered Zhongmingzhou, they were not used to it, and they did not negotiate when the two armies faced each other, so they directly charged with archery, and then went to fight other people's tribes after the field battle...... In order to grab something, the trouble is to death.

However, they didn't fight much, and they figured out the "rules of war" of Zhongmingzhou through the captives. Although it was a bit of child's play, it saved a lot of trouble.

Then, Meng Qi arched his hand at Wen Tianxiang on the sedan chair again, "Mr. Wenshan, I'm sorry for you." ”

The rules here in Zhongmingzhou, the negotiations are all made by the big men in person, what kings, sacrifices and the like. Shark Tonghai is just a leader, he can only be a translator, and he is not qualified to negotiate. And Yang Aguo only has one hand, which damages the image of the country. He was too young to cover himself, and the hair on his chin was not even, saying that the master of the king city did not believe it. And Wen Tianxiang's appearance is the best, with a dignified appearance and extraordinary bearing. So every time I negotiated, I asked him to come forward and sat on a big sedan chair and let people carry him over.

"This is the great sacrifice of our Great Tomorrow Kingdom, the messenger of the Taiyi God, the advisor of the God of the Ming King, and the Great Elder Wen Tianxiang."

Dressed in fur and Confucian clothes, the shark is fluent in Nahua. This language is not of the Chichimeks, but of the Toltecs who originally ruled in Mexica. Because the Toltecs were more advanced and numerous than the Chichimeks, there was a phenomenon of assimilation of the conquerors. The Toltecs, on the other hand, merged with the Mayan civilization, and it is likely that they entered civilization by conquering the Mayan cities. The area around Mexica, in earlier times, was also the territory of the Maya. And now, the Maya have been squeezed into the Yucatan Peninsula and the city-state alliance state has been established with Mayapan as the center. Although it still maintains a high level of civilization (high attainments in mathematics, astronomy, religion, agriculture, and building large houses, but there are no wheels, no bows, no iron, no copper, and the battlefield is full of scum), the downhill road has been obvious.

Wen Tianxiang now also understands some Indian languages, Hoka, Nava and Maya. Hearing Shark Tonghai call himself, he only shook his head with a wry smile. He is clearly the official of the Great Song Kingdom, but he has always been said by Shark Tonghai to be the sacrifice of the Great Ming Kingdom...... I don't know if the court will know about it?

At this time, sitting on the sedan chair opposite, wearing bright cotton clothes, wearing a turkey feather crown on his head, his face was smeared with two white lines, and the indigenous king, who could not see his appearance clearly, also muttered Nahua.

He spoke quickly, and Wen Tianxiang listened hard, but he barely understood a little. The other party claimed to be the king of the country of Tepanek, the commander of the alliance of the city-states of Chichimec, and the son of some god. The rest, Wen Tianxiang didn't understand. Because the guy spoke faster and faster, the more he spoke, the more anxious he became, and he seemed to be angry when he heard the tone.

Shark Tonghai turned around at this time and said loudly: "Teacher, this king of the Tepanek country can represent the Chichimec coalition army, he pointed out that we have invaded the land of their Chichimec people, and also desecrated their sun god, so he wants to kill us all and sacrifice blood......"

This is the condition offered by the Chichimec Confederate Army here in Mexica! It was very harsh, not because Wen Tianxiang and they fought a lot of Chichimec tribes along the way, but because they occupied the Sun Pyramid, which is the holy land of the Chichimec people.

"Kill the Blood Sacrifice?" Wen Tianxiang glanced at the angry king, sneered, and said in stiff Nava language: "I was sent by heaven to educate you barbarians!" What kind of sun god is that...... Can't compare to our Chinese heaven! You are not allowed to engage in any more blood sacrifices! Listen to me! ”

Shark Tonghai hurriedly added, "We are sent by God to conquer you!" We will have enough for 30,000 people to eat Mayan rice for a year, and 10,000 male and 10,000 female slaves, and this city and the surrounding valleys, all your city-states, obey our orders! (To be continued......)