The sun rose and the sun set, and ten days passed in a hurry. The dark night is full of stars, but the morning light of dawn has not yet come. Spring flowers are blooming, and the delicate red poinsettia is in its native tropical America, blooming the last flowering period, rendering a gorgeous spring scene. And the envoys in a hurry, stepped on the petals that were beginning to fall, came from the front line of fighting in the east, and brought back the latest letter.

"Patriarch, the letter from the front line! After the black wolf conquered Zhuowu City, under the auspices of Chief Priest Yin Cui, a large-scale conversion ceremony was held, and more than 30,000 Totonak tribes were converted!"

"After that, he led 5,000 pioneers and arrived at the city of Coyote. He had cleared the surrounding area of ​​the city-state and brought down 10,000 to 20,000 Totonak tribes. And as long as the transported bronze artillery arrived, he would be able to capture Coyote City, completely subdue the more than 20,000 coyote tribes in the city!"

The head of the guard, Eckart, unfolded the letter, briefly scanned it, and then respectfully reported back to the king.

It's still the adobe river, and the same hills. The monarch and his ministers stood on the top of the hill, looking at the dark green forest across the river. Under the feet of the two, the tribal militiamen transporting food were like tiny ants, struggling to move forward slowly along the opened forest path. On the bank of the river, several tall wooden poles were erected, hanging the heads of more than a dozen deserters, using cruel military methods to silently warn the scattered tribes to surrender.

"Huh? When the Kingdom Legion arrived, Coyote City didn't surrender. How dare you resist? Coyote chief Ma Yakun, dare to refuse to persuade him to surrender? Or did his persuasion not work?"

With a serious expression on his face, Xiulot took Hei Lang's illustrated letter, read it carefully, and gradually frowned.

"The Kingdom Legion arrived, and all the tribes outside Coyote City obediently surrendered to the Alliance. The tribes in Coyote City originally sent envoys to discuss the matter of surrender, but they regretted it like a weed rat and elected a howling Mouse King, swear to resist until the end?...It's really a mantis' arm, and he doesn't know how to live or die!"

"Well... the specific situation, Hei Lang's letter is not detailed... It just guarantees that after the arrival of the artillery, within three days, the city-state will be captured, and the stubborn chiefs, leaders and warriors in the city will be completely cleaned up..."

Shulot suppressed his anger, carefully read it twice, and finally tasted something different.

"'Repent like a weed rat'... It seems that something went wrong during the negotiation process. With Hei Lang's personality, the surrender conditions are probably very harsh, which aroused the resistance of the city-state nobles...' The Howling Rat King'... It is estimated that a brave leader appeared in the city-state. He took this opportunity to preach the idea of ​​resistance and seized the chieftainship of the city-state... Well, it should be a combination of both And there is!..."

Holding the letter paper, Xiulot quickly deduced the secret behind it from the few words of Hanhudi based on the aggressive character of the black wolf and the characteristics of the Totonac people's struggle for power. Afterwards, he shook his head, put away the letter paper, and sighed with emotion.

"The Totonac tribes have a long history and inherited the ancient culture of the Olmecs. Although they are not strong in force, they are full of resilience... The Mayan tribes in the east should be the same! .. .”

Hearing the king's emotion, the head of the guard, Eckart, lowered his eyes and said nothing. However, Shulot looked at him and asked with a smile.

"Eckart, how long do you think it will take for the army of the kingdom to completely conquer the land of Totonac and control the seashore for thousands of miles?"

"...Patriarch, the heroes of Totonac, if they all stood up and stood in front of the kingdom's bronze beast, that would be a good thing!"

The head of the guard, Eckart, spoke cautiously. He looked at the face of the king, and analyzed the letter he had just received from another angle.

"As long as this group of people dies, the resistance of the coastal tribes will disappear. Therefore, the more tenacious the resistance now, the easier and more stable the kingdom's governance will be in the future! ... Therefore, I think that the advance of the army It's not necessarily a bad thing to be slow. At least, it's better than hiding these people and showing up after the army leaves!..."

"Oh? Eliminating the power of resistance will facilitate future rule, so it is a good thing instead?..."

Hearing the chief guard's words, Shulot was slightly taken aback, his mind turned, and he laughed out loud.

"Haha! Eckart, what a mouth you have!..."

"The Lord God testifies! Patriarch, I will answer truthfully and never dare to speak nonsense!..."

"You, what you said is all right, but avoid the serious ones..."

Shulot shook his head with a smile, stretched out his hand, patted Eckart on the shoulder, and asked again.