Chapter 35: The Gift of the Aztecs
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The war was called a tragic night by the Europeans who learned of this and that a year later. Ropes, bows and arrows and javelins are used as long-range attacks. A total of 20,000 Aztec soldiers bathed the entire palace with stones, arrows and javelins. Of course, the royal palaces of Tenochtilan are all made of stone. Defense is pretty good. Relying on the walls of the royal palace, European explorers struggled to support it. Some of those armed with crossbow machines also took advantage of the situation to return fire. The two sides fought so vividly
Immediately after, he held a stick with obsidian shards in his hand, and a leather wooden shield. The tiger warriors who screamed, "Oh, la, la!" rushed into the palace desperately, and knocked all those Europeans to the ground with a stick and a stick. The hard and brittle obsidian on these sticks is enough to cut the body. And because the crystals are so fragile that they shatter when touched. Therefore, after hitting the human body, some obsidian fragments will be embedded in the human body, causing continuous damage and pain.
Of course, this weapon is still much worse than a spear and a sharp sword. Just wear a piece of chain mail or scale armor that has a good texture. Plus a layer of hòu solid clothes inside. That's enough.
However, the Europeans who came with the fleet this time were mostly adventurers, merchants, and down-and-out aristocrats. These people aren't very well equipped. Swords, spears, shields and crossbows. These are not lacking. But it's rare to see something as expensive as armor. Only a few of the down-and-out nobles were mainly knights, who were armed with some mutilated chain mail, as well as heavy chain mail. The rest of the people are also equipped with light chain mail or leather armor.
But the number is too small.
This time the Normans made a big deal, fifty three-masted galleons. But it only brought a few thousand people. Then the number of people from other countries who Jia Han'er came in can naturally be imagined, and the total number of people is less than three hundred.
And there were 20,000 Aztec warriors who fought against them!
The end of the war has been predetermined from the very beginning. At the main entrance of the palace, the wooden gate of Hòu was smashed open by Aztec soldiers with huge wooden stakes, and the slaughter of Europeans began. Nearby, heavily armed, three-quarter plate armor, armed with tomahawk steel shields, Norman infantry watched coldly. And not involved. Their leader, John, followed and took a closer look at how the Aztecs were fighting.
"Very brave, and not in vain. They work in small and dense units of about ten people in groups. Pay attention to coordination and formation. When dealing with a sparse number of Europeans, it is often possible to develop a numerical superiority. Of course, European adventurers are not fools. Now the European continent is in full swing.
Which of these businessmen who dared to risk their lives to go to the New World did not carry a few lives on their backs? Even those businessmen who usually pay attention to harmony and make money, and who smile when they talk to anyone, have also fought hard. You can also swing a steel sword.
A total of more than 300 European explorers. Led by a few of the most prestigious nobles, they fought and retreated. At this moment, the news of Montezuma II's rescue had not yet leaked. The explorers wielded their swords and halberds resisted. While retreating towards the emperor's dormitory. It's also a pyramidal structure that's easy to defend and difficult to attack. Good for defense. And there is also the emperor as a hostage. I can't say that I can resist these barbaric heretics with these. Even, I was able to escape with this.
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Explorers are sustained by this belief. Retreat backwards. The palace building is not as good as the street. The passage is relatively narrow, so the European explorers suffered at the beginning of the defense of the wide hòu city walls, and they are here to make up for it. The passage was filled with the corpses of Aztec warriors. In contrast, there are not many European explorers.
In this way, the two sides went crazy and fought fiercely. Occasionally, desperate Europeans set fires to the palaces. However, the Aztec palace was largely a stone structure. There are very few flammable materials. As a result, such arson was quickly brought under control by the Aztecs.
The tide of the battle has been moving towards the interior of the palace. Less than a hundred explorers remained, cursing the pagan barbarians and the treacherous Normans. Thus they reached the last line of defense in their hearts, the bedchamber of Montezuma II.
"You barbarians, we have your emperor in our hands, if he dies, attack again!" shouted the surviving European explorers in exultation at the sight of the bedchamber. Some turned their heads and prepared to break down the doors of the dormitory, while many more remained where they were, confronting the Aztecs.
However, the results speak for themselves. There's nothing in there.
In desperation, the European explorers, who had lost their last card, finally chose to die with the Aztecs, even though arson would not work
, but they also have another secret weapon that belongs to the "civilized people": fire potions. It was a primitive bomb that they had quietly stolen from a Norman gunboat. The power is very good. But it was very difficult to carry, and it was for this reason that the explorers placed the bombs in Montezuma's dormitory.
In the end, hundreds of catties of black fire powder exploded. Collapse Montezuma's dormitory and the corridor connecting it. Along with the remaining less than 100 European explorers and hundreds of Aztec soldiers, they died in the explosion.
In total, less than 300 European explorers eventually took the lives of more than 2,000 Aztec soldiers. This made the commander of the operation, Montezuma's nephew, the crown prince of the Aztec Empire, and the future heir of the Empire, Kuytrahuak, gasp. Especially at the end, the scene of the adventurers detonating the bombs is also clear to the commander behind the army.
"I don't know if they're gods or not. "After this uproar, or small war. At a high-level meeting of the Aztecs, Kuytrahuak said: "But I know that they do have very powerful weapons. And their combat effectiveness is also much stronger than that of our fighters. ”
Before the crown prince could finish speaking, Montezuma II shouted in discontent: "They are gods! If they weren't gods. So what will they be?!"
"Calm down, my noble uncle. Seeing Montezuma's somewhat nervous appearance, Kuytrahuak was a little speechless: "They've kidnapped you and are doing something wrong with Tenochtilan. I really don't see any of their virtues that resemble those of the gods. ”
"I'm not talking about them~ or rather, I'm talking about the other group of them. With a wave of his hand, Montezuma said, "There are two factions among them, one of them wants to punish the Empire and take my life. Others, however, saved me. Among the gods, there are also good and bad. We can't generalize about them. ”
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"Perhaps. Kuytrahuak reluctantly accepted Montezuma's statement, he knew that if there was a war that night. If the Normans had chosen their fellow Europeans, then he would have won the war. In the end, there will be heavy losses, a total of 2,000 heavily armed troops, which is a very heavy enamel in this war. And fight those scattered explorers and go all out. In the end, the battle loss ratio was seven to one. The thought of this made Kuytrahuak a little uncomfortable.
"Of course, you are right, great, Aztec emperor. After Montezuma said this, beside him, the high priest, who symbolized the highest symbol of religious status in the Aztec Empire, spoke: "What you say is completely correct. There are many Quetzalcoatls. Their conduct is completely different. Legends from hundreds of years ago may be obscure. But what they did the last time they came was seen by all. They are good for the Empire. And what we have to do is to distinguish the good from the bad. Continue to communicate with the good among them, and forsake the evil gods.
"But how can it be done? They all look the same!" said an Aztec nobleman.
"It's simple. Yesterday, after I was rescued by the Avatars, their leader gave me this. Montezuma said as she pulled out a beautifully carved and dazzling diamond from her sleeve. It caused the exclamation of the surrounding Aztec nobles. You know, in this era of underdeveloped productive forces, it is not easy to carve the hardest and most fragile thing in the world. Gems and other things, most of the people used today are pure natural raw ores without any carving. It seems that Montezuma's beautiful facets and dazzling diamonds will never be found.
"This is a gift from the leader of Quetzalcoatl yesterday. Although he is a god, his attitude is very polite. He apologized to me for the misdeeds of his countrymen, and took a gemstone that I had with me, and worked it to polish it into this shape. And he told me that now there is a branch of their Quetzalcoatl god called Noman. That is, the one who is willing to be friendly with us. Only then can there be such technology. In the future, we can use this to determine whether they are friendly or not!"
"It's ingenious. With Montezuma's consent, the high priest took the diamond with both hands, and when it shone in the sunlight, it immediately refracted a multicolored light. He couldn't help but sigh like this....... )