Aztec Eternals

"How do the people who left the kingdom in Cuba get along with the simple Taino people?"

Hearing this question, Priest Tomat rubbed his chin, roughly guessing Chivaco's position. Regarding the soft-heartedness of the old militiaman, he was noncommittal in his heart, looking around the surrounding forests, there was a flash of ambition in his eyes!

On his south side, there are black and gray iron mines and sparse and low forests. And on his north side, across the hills two miles away, is a flat and open coastal plain. The plains are covered with long grass, and the trees are not tall because of the impact of the hurricane. And under the long grass is fertile land that is easy to cultivate. The seaside fertile land, coupled with the connection with the iron ore belt, several criss-crossing streams and rivers, and good coastal transportation conditions. There is no doubt that whether it is farming, mining or trading, this is a real "fertile soil" !

"The kingdom wants to control this iron mine and the entire coast. The nearby Taino villages need to supply food and labor. And most importantly, the belief in the main god must be ignited by the nearby Taino tribe to become the only supreme light." !"

Priest Tomat's expression was calm, and he announced the goal he needed to achieve. For the simple and kind Taino people, he has no hostility, and even some appreciation. But in order to complete the mission of the kingdom and spread the belief of the main god as soon as possible, he has no scruples about whether to use force.

"Haha! The Taino people are so weak, we want to control this coast and spread the belief of the Lord God, isn't that easy?!"

Hearing the conversation between the two, the gray soil warrior Puap laughed out loud. He patted his chest confidently, looked to the northwest, and there was a cold flash in his eyes.

More than twenty miles to the northwest is the part of Mayali where they set off. In that large Taino tribe, there were probably more than 3,000 unarmed and weak villagers, and one or two hundred unarmored militiamen with wooden spears and short bows. The entire tribe was almost defenseless and hadn't seen much blood.

As for the kingdom's fleet, there are a full 400 soldiers, most of whom have experienced battles for a long time and killed people like hemp. The warriors are all equipped with refined leather armor or even bronze armor, two copper spears and axes, one or two hundred large bows, and several tiger crouching cannons that can emit thunder when the gunpowder is wet. With such overwhelming force, it would be a breeze to break any Taino tribe on the island of Cuba!

"Let's go back now, assemble the warriors and sailors on the ship, and distribute the bronze spears and armor. Then, let me and the guards put on bronze armor, as the vanguard of the assault! Tonight, we will be able to break through Mayari The big tribe, capture all the young men and women in one go!"

Speaking of this, pure killing intent appeared in Puap's eyes. He can also be regarded as a veteran warrior who was killed out of the mountain of corpses and the sea of ​​blood. In his eyes, the lives of ordinary people are nothing at all.

"Afterwards, we chopped off all the chiefs, leaders, and sages in the tribe who counted! Then let the remaining captives swear a blood oath to convert to the Lord God. Those who refused to obey were all chopped off! Next , Let Ding Zhuang, who surrendered, burn all the Zemi cards in the village with his own hands, and cut off the thoughts in his heart. Finally, he engulfed them and attacked other Taino villages. His hands were stained with blood, and his retreat was cut off. "

"Haha, witness of the Lord God! As long as I am given half a year, I will be able to break through and conquer all the Taino villages within hundreds of miles of the Cuban Snakehead! And all the conquered Taino people will also convert to the Lord God! "

Hearing Puap's tiger-wolf words, Chivako's eyebrows jumped and his old face twitched.

"Damn Puap! I knew it, you can't say anything good, your head is full of clubs"

What Pu Apu said was completely the ferocious method of General Heilang. It is feasible, but it is necessary to kill people's heads and corpses, so that the conquered tribes can be feared from the bottom of their hearts. If you really want to go through all the Taino villages within a few hundred miles like this, then the hundreds of thousands of Taino people in the Cuban smugglers will probably be cut in half.

Moreover, in the Taino villages, there is actually no sharp conflict between the nobles, warriors and common people in the Mesoamerican tribes. The kingdom can subvert the order by killing the upper class, and there will not be many bottom leaders.

"The Taino villagers have never shown hostility to the kingdom. In their clean eyes, there has never been the blood red of the plateau."

The old militiaman lowered his eyes, thinking of the kindness and hospitality of the villagers of Tai Nuo along the way, finally couldn't sit still. The reason why he raised such a question at this time is because he was keenly aware that as the kingdom's fleet that was originally established, the choice of everyone at this time would officially open the diplomatic relationship between the Kingdom of the Lake and the various ministries of Cuba.

If it is true as Puap said, using force and killing to establish a foothold and push the Taino tribes to the opposite side of the kingdom, then the follow-up wave of kingdom warriors will continue to get along with each other in this way, advancing the progress of Bloody until it is completely used. The means of killing, conquer the entire Cuban Snake Island!

In this process, tens of thousands of Taino people will inevitably die, large and small Taino villages will be destroyed, and the tranquility and peace of the Cuban tribes will be completely broken. He couldn't accept it, and even felt guilty.

"Lord God! Since I have the power to choose and influence, I can't watch this happen! The kingdom and the Taino tribes should be corn and bean surrounding each other, and they should not be hungry wolf and bean. Captured hares, unilaterally killing and eating”

The old militiaman Chihuaco lowered his head, pondered for a while, and then spoke slowly. He didn't immediately refute Puap's words, but looked at the god-inspired priest Meckat who hadn't spoken, and asked a new question.

"Dear Priest Mecate, you are good at statistics, and you have also observed the various tribes of Cuba in detail. In your opinion, how many tribes are there on this Cuban Snake Island?"

"Huh? Tribal population on the island of Cuba?."

Hearing Chivaco's sudden inquiry, Priest Mecate was startled. As a god-inspired priest who masters technology, he has a milder personality. In the discussion of the fleet leader, he usually only speaks on navigation issues and mineral issues, and will not participate in other fleet decisions. However, relying on his status as a second-level god-inspired priest, it is indeed enough to occupy an important place in the discussion and voting.

"During the trip, we circled the Cuban Snake Island half a circle, and heard or contacted nearly 30 large tribes with thousands of people, and countless small tribes with thousands of people."

Priest Mecate pinched his fingers and calculated silently in his heart. In fact, along the way, he was indeed constantly recording the size of the tribes along the way, and had a rough estimate of the population on the island of Cuba.

"The east-to-west length of Cuban Snake Island is at least 2,500 miles, and the distance between the north and south coasts is between 200 and 400 miles. The entire island is warm throughout the year, with abundant rainfall and fertile land. Most of the land can Reclamation. The yield of cassava crops is amazing, without the need to apply fertilizers, it can reach more than 500 catties per mu.”

After a bunch of analysis, Priest Mecate paused and came up with a preliminary conclusion.

"This fertile Cuban Snake Island is conservatively estimated to have a tribal population of 400,000 to 600,000! And if the entire island is fully developed like the Mexica Valley, it should not be difficult to feed 2 million people!"

Hearing Priest Mecate's conclusion, everyone nodded in agreement. Along the way, the richness of Cuban Snake Island has indeed been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

In fact, this big island of 110,000 square kilometers is only slightly smaller than England, which is 130,000 square kilometers. The entire island is dominated by a tropical grassland climate suitable for farming. More than two-thirds of the island's area is long grass plains and low-tree grasslands that can be reclaimed into good arable land, rather than the difficult and dangerous tropical jungles on other Caribbean islands.

From an agricultural point of view, "Cuba" is, as its name implies, "rich and fertile soil". In later generations of Cuba, even in the face of a blockade, a serious shortage of agricultural machinery and fertilizers, and large tracts of arable land being used to grow sugarcane, it still supported 12 million people! From the perspective of epidemics, Cuba, which is dominated by tropical grasslands, is also the only place in the entire Caribbean islands that can control the spread of malaria.

"Well, the tribal population is between 400,000 and 600,000. In simple terms, it is 500,000 people."

The old militiaman Chihuaco straightened up a little, looked at Puap seriously, and asked in a deep voice.

"Old Pu, there are 500,000 Taino people on the island of Cuba, more than the bees in the woods! And the manpower left by the fleet is only more than 200 people! You are really sure, with the force of 200 people, go to Conquer hundreds of thousands of Taino?"

"Eh? Me, this? Old Qi, isn't it right? We are fighting one by one."

"I haven't finished yet, listen to me!"

Chivako waved his hand, interrupting Puap who was a little confused, and continued in a deep voice.

"How many soldiers will be killed in this way of attack and conquest? Even if the Taino people are not good at fighting, won't they flee? Where do we have enough manpower to watch them? . If they escape into Inland, how many of us are chasing them? Even if we catch them, what should we do? If they are caught, they can continue to escape. If they want to be killed, why bother to catch them? "

"What's more, how many thousands of Taino villagers will be killed in such a bloody conquest? His Highness once said that human heads are not weeds. If you cut them off, they will not grow back. Taino people are not hostile to the kingdom. As long as the method is right, Patience enough, he could have surrounded us like string beans and become devout disciples of the Lord God!. Well, Priest Mecate, what do you think?"

Chivako glanced at the missionary priest Tomat who was listening carefully, and then asked the divine priest Mecate. Priest Mecate thought for a while, he actually had a good impression of the Taino, so he nodded in agreement.

"That's right! Captain Chihuaco, what you said is very reasonable! The Taino people are numerous and gentle. We shouldn't treat them like enemies, but turn them into citizens of the kingdom! "

Priest Mecate has a gentle temperament. Although he seldom speaks out, his status on the ship is not low. At this time, he made a suggestion, and the weight was still higher than that of Puap who had made a mistake. And the exploration captain Chivako, together with the divine revelation priest Mecart, are two heavy votes, and the others cannot ignore them.

Priest Tomat bit his lip, looked at the old militiaman Chivaco, and finally asked aloud.

"Respected Captain Chihuaco, you said that with the right method, the Taino people can be subdued peacefully. So, what is your method?"