October 1519, in the southeastern part of the Mexican Altiplano, in the holy city of Cholula, at an altitude of 2,135 meters above sea level.

The soft autumn breeze blows from the snow-capped mountains in the distance, bringing a hint of coolness.

The cool climate of the Mexican highlands is very refreshing for Spaniards, who have previously suffered from the heat and humidity of the rainforest.

Cortés stands outside the gates of an imposing temple with his back against a massive white stone pillar overlooking the thriving city at his feet.

Many centuries before the birth of the Aztec Empire, the city of Cholula was already a famous religious shrine in Mesoamerica, with a population of 100,000 at its peak. Even now, which has declined a lot, the city of Chorula is still inhabited by about 60,000 people. Merchants and pilgrims from all over Mexico are lined with more than 400 pyramid temples, large and small, dedicated to countless gods throughout the ages.

At the same time, the Spanish capital of Seville (the capital was not Madrid at the time) had a population of only 45,000.

Cortés was now standing atop one of the tallest and oldest pyramids in the city, and lived in a lavish temple at the top of the pyramid.

-- The Great Pyramid of Cholula is the largest and most majestic legendary project in ancient architecture in the Americas. It is also the largest pyramid on Shijie, built between the 2nd century BC and the 9th century AD, and took thousands of years to complete.

The pyramid faces northwest, aligning with the sun on the summer solstice. Its base is a square of 450×450 meters, 66 meters high, and a total volume of 4.5 million cubic meters, which is equivalent to three times the pyramid of Khufu in ancient Egypt. At the top of the pyramid is an ornate shrine decorated with many beautiful frescoes dedicated to the Quetzalcoatl, the god of Quetzalcotl, which is Kukulkan in the Mayan language.

Two days earlier, the citizens of Chorula, dressed in festive dresses and holding colorful bouquets, had welcomed more than 200 Spaniards into the city with the most solemn ceremony, and let them stay in the temple compound at the top of the Great Pyramid, the most luxurious building in the city. The girls in costume entertained them with singing and dancing to the melodious music. Waiters served them back and forth with baskets full of wine and delicacies.

In order to win the favor of these visitors from afar, the city of Chorula did almost everything it could.

But the first thing Cortés, who had been so hospitable, did after he had eaten and rested for a while, was to gather his cronies and discuss how to slaughter the Chorula people who had just warmly entertained them!

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“…… Lord Commander, the commanders have arrived! I'm waiting for you to give me a lecture! ”

A guard walked over and whispered a reminder to Cortez, who was overlooking the view, and Cortés nodded and turned to walk into the temple.

This tall, magnificent, lavish temple has been transformed into a meeting room for the Spaniards.

The statue of Quetzalcoatl, which had been erected in the center of the temple, had been shattered on the first night of the Spanish expedition - the idol of the Catholics who could not tolerate the pagans - and replaced it with a rough wooden cross. And all kinds of gold and silver decorations inlaid on the columns and walls were rudely dug down by the Spaniards and put into their own pockets, leaving only ugly scars.

Marina, Cortés' indigenous mistress and personal interpreter, sat somewhat reservedly at the top of the cross, and when Cortés came in, she quickly got up and saluted. A dozen drunken Spanish commanders were chatting, grinning and bragging about their bedside skills and discussing the different flavors of the Tlaxcala woman and the Giorula woman. …,

-- After the Spanish expedition formed an alliance with the Tlaxcals, according to the custom of the Indians to express friendship, the Tlaxcalas sent hundreds of beautiful women to the Spanish expedition, including five princesses, the daughters of the great chieftain, in an attempt to entrap the Spaniards by marriage.

And after entering the city of Chorula, the beautiful dancers who sang and danced for the Spaniards, as well as the sisters and daughters of many of the city's magnates, also offered themselves pillows to them after the banquet, so as to flatter the Spaniards.

In short, in the recent period, the Spanish expedition team from the captain to the small soldiers, all of them were very happy, and they slept with many women.

- The rough men of the Spanish expedition were not as gentle and elegant as Wang Qiu, and when they looked ahead, the Aztec beautiful girls were all sitting naked on the edge of their beds, and they didn't dare to pounce on them...... But as soon as he saw an Indian woman sent to the door, he screamed and pushed him down. If a Spanish commander was tired of playing with his bedmate, he would often exchange women with his colleagues to try them - the common people at the bottom of medieval Europe basically had no concept of chastity, as the so-called "wives are like clothes", and they could be exchanged when needed!

Well, according to the Japanese, these Spaniards have become the closest "cave brothers".

Of course, they don't have any idea that they have to be responsible for a woman who has slept with her - it would be polite not to rape first and then kill!

And syphilis, which is native to the Americas, also spread across the Atlantic to Europe through such undisciplined, immoral and unethical gatherings.

Of course, Cortez is not here to show off his affair, but to set up an ungrateful massacre. In order to provide a slightly decent excuse for this shameful massacre, he had just taken his seat in his seat and announced an earth-shattering "latest military situation".

“…… Everyone, please be quiet. I now announce a very important thing! The Tlaxcalans told Marina this morning that they had found tens of thousands of Aztecs in ambush near the city of Chorula, and that the Aztecs had already conspired with the Chorulas, pretending to be hospitable to us, waiting for us to relax, and then joining forces to encircle and annihilate our army in the city! ”

Like a stone stirring up a thousand waves, before Cortés's words fell, the Spanish commanders in the hall immediately began to "buzz" each other. But the expression on each of their faces was not surprise and fear, but obvious doubt and disbelief.

“…… This news is obviously unreasonable, Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief! ”

Cortés' deputy, Alvardo, the highest-ranking of the commanders, was the first to speak, "...... It has only been three days since we started the Tlaxcala Alliance. Even if the news leaked, Emperor Montezuma, who was far away in Tenochtitlan City, should have just received the information at this moment, how could he mobilize his army so quickly and rush to Chorula City to set up an ambush? The city is not on the way to Tenochtitlan, and if Emperor Montezuma can be sure that we will be here, he must be a prophet! ”

“…… That's right, I also think that the Tlaxcalas are lying. In such a short time, the Aztecs simply did not have time to react. ”

Cortez actually nodded very calmly, "...... And behind this false information, it is the Tlaxcalans who want to kill people with a knife, and borrow our hands to punish the Chorula people who betrayed them before! ”

“…… Now that you've seen through their lies, what it means to summon us here now is ......"

Alvardo, who was more honest, suddenly felt that his brain was a little overwhelmed.

“…… There really were no Aztec troops near the city, and there was no conspiracy by the Chorula to ambush us. ”

A shuddering smile bloomed on Cortez's face, and his eyes seemed to be dancing with a blinding color of blood and a golden glow, "...... But what does it have to do with the fact that the Tlaxcalans are lying and that we are ready to kill all these unbaptized barbarians? Alvardo, don't you think it's a very haode excuse? In this way, we will be able to strengthen our alliance with the Tlaxcalas and make them fight with us with all their hearts, and we will be able to get all the riches of the city in our hands! ”

Hearing these explicit words, the eyes of the Spanish commanders who had just enjoyed the hospitality of the Cholula people lit up for a moment, like hungry wolves who wanted to devour others......