Aztec Eternals

"Hei Lang, the next goal of the army is to attack the southeast and conquer the adobe village near the river!"

The bonfire was burning, and the night was dark. After arriving at the camp of Snake Lake Village, Xiu Luote met with all the generals, had a banquet and gathered together to appease them one by one, and three days passed in a blink of an eye. And it wasn't until today's dinner was over that he returned to his tent, summoned the black wolf alone, and gave instructions for the next battle plan.

"Adobe Village is located at the estuary of the lower reaches of the Adobe River. There are hundreds of Totonak canoes, which continuously deliver food and supplies to Jinwan City. As long as the alliance army conquers this port, the army will If we build the stronghold, we will be able to cut off the retreat route of more than 30,000 Totonak coalition forces in the Jinwan City area!"

"We want to keep these 30,000 people here completely. Therefore, this attack must be fierce and swift, like a wolf pouncing on a rabbit, and don't give the Totonac people any chance to react!"

"Follow you, Your Highness!"

Hearing this, the black wolf Toltek raised his head, with a fighting spirit on his face. He clenched his fists in his chest and replied in a deep voice.

"Your Highness, I'm going to recruit the warriors of the legion, mobilize the soldiers from all the tribes, and lead the troops there personally! The Lord God witnesses! Within seven days, I will definitely spare no effort to capture the adobe village!"

Hearing Hei Lang's pleading, Shulot raised his brows. He looked at Hei Lang's eager eyes, pondered for a moment, and then gave serious instructions.

"Hei Lang, you are the commander-in-chief of the legion now, and you will attack one side for me. I will hand over this expedition to you, but you can't attack the stronghold yourself like you did during the Northern Expedition!"

Hearing this, Hei Lang opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but heard a new order from His Highness. This time, there was an obvious smile in Xiulot's words.

".In addition, seven days is too much! Counting from the dispatch of troops from Hewanzhai, I can only give you three days!"

"Uh! Your Highness, three or three days?"

"What? My black wolf, can't you do it?"

Hei Lang's forehead was sweating instantly. With a nervous expression, he snapped his fingers and replied falteringly.

"Your Highness, thousands of Totonac warriors had just settled in the adobe village three days ago. It would take a day to send troops from the Hewan village and set up camp under the adobe city. This army village faces the river on both sides and the sea on the other side. It is the main trunk of the adobe river, the tributaries of the adobe river to the west, and the tidal flats along the coast to the east, so it is impossible to deploy troops.”

"If the Legion wants to attack the adobe village, they can only attack the city from the wider north. The Totonacs have focused on the operation for a year, built a solid wooden wall on the north side, surrounded two wooden fences, and Two small villages were built."

"Your Highness, I have carefully calculated the seven-day period. The main reason is that the kingdom has no navy in the East China Sea. It has only collected 70 or 80 canoes from the local city-states. The Totonacs have hundreds of war canoes. boats, and control the coasts and rivers.”

Hearing this, Shulot frowned, and the smile on his face increased a little.

"Oh! You have carefully calculated the seven-day period. Not bad. Very good!"

"Hei Lang, I brought 12,000 people to the east this time. Four thousand imperial guards and eight thousand feathered goose legions. The feathered goose legion belongs to the alliance and can be regarded as our allied army. I plan to let them station in the Between here and Erashui City, maintain a large army supply road and suppress the rear. As for the four thousand imperial guards, I will give you two thousand to join the siege of the adobe village!"

"Ah! Give me two thousand imperial guards to attack the city together?"

Hearing this, Hei Lang showed joy on his face. He thought about it, and said with confidence.

"Your Highness, if you give me the 2,000-throwing vanguard battalion and equip it with enough 'divine power balls', I will be sure to capture the two small villages and the adobe main village within five days!"

"Haha! Promise! Hei Lang, I will not only give you two thousand throwing pioneers, enough pottery caltrops, but also another artillery battalion! And with them, three days is enough!"

Speaking of this, Shulot raised his head slightly, showing strong confidence. This time he dispatched troops, but he brought ten bronze mortars with him. Each mortar is equipped with a new type of gunpowder that bombards 400 rounds. And these mortars will also stay on the coast of Totonac, and eventually follow the long-distance fleet of the warriors to the Cuban Snake Island in the Eastern Caribbean Sea to meet the upcoming European fleet.

"Another .artillery battalion?"

Hearing this, Hei Lang thought about it and asked in doubt.

"The same artillery battalion as Tupa's?"

"No! The artillery brought this time is thicker, shorter, and heavier! It can fire thirty-pound stone bullets. Not to mention the wooden villages by the river, even the walls of Jinwan City can directly blast collapse!"

Xiulot stretched out his hand, patted Hei Lang's shoulder, and groaned with a smile.

"Hei Lang, tomorrow morning, I will take you to see these heavy artillery that have been transported two thousand miles from Qincongcan King's Capital! The dangerous White Snake Hill City finally surrendered under their bombardment! "

"Ah! Thirty-pound stone bombs? How big would that be!"

Hei Lang stretched out his finger in surprise, and after a long time of breaking it, he couldn't figure out how big it was. However, he can make it clear that the wooden walls of the adobe village will never be able to support such a heavy artillery.

"Your Highness! If there is such a heavy artillery, then three days of siege is indeed enough! I will gather all the troops, and the day after tomorrow I will take the artillery battalion and lead the army to set off! Well, how many miles can these heavy artillery travel in a day?"

"This Leishen mortar weighs a thousand catties and needs more than a dozen people to carry it. It can only travel more than 20 miles a day."

"God bless you! It takes one day to assemble all the troops. It is sixty or seventy miles from the camp of Snake Lake Village to Hewan Village, and it takes three days to march. It takes one more day to send troops from Hewan Village to the adobe village. It will take another two days to attack the stronghold, counting the messenger's reply to His Highness, within ten days, I will be able to bring you the news of victory!"

"Very good! Hei Lang, I'm waiting for your good news!."

Hei Lang squeezed his fingers, making a promise while estimating. Shulot looked at the calculating Hei Lang with surprise in his eyes. He promised loudly, pondered for a while, and asked another question.

"Hei Lang, I haven't seen you for more than a year. I once said that when I see you again, I will test your literacy progress."

"Uh! This, that Highness, the army is about to go out, I have to go back and prepare, and plan carefully."

"Oh! Then wait until you come back from victory, and then take the school writing test!"

Shulot smiled and nodded. A smile appeared on Black Wolf Toltek's nervous face. However, after a few breaths, his smile froze.

"Hei Lang, as the commander-in-chief, although you have priests to help you calculate, you still need to be familiar with marching and logistics. There is still some time tonight, and I just come to test you, some simple calculations"

Xiu Luote looked leisurely, smiled and glanced at Hei Lang, and asked in a deep voice before giving the other party a chance to speak.

"The army under Jinwan City has 28,000 people. Each warrior in the army needs at least two catties of grain every day. According to the kingdom's practice, a batch of grain is transported every 20 days. Forty percent of the grain consumed by the army comes from Snake City sent it, and the journey was 120 miles. The other 60% came from Shusnake City, and the journey was 540 miles."

"Each civilian husband can carry 120 catties of grain, and travel 30 miles a day. They will consume at least 1 catty of grain rations every day. Then, based on the calculation of the furthest tree snake city camp, from the rear to the front line of Jinwan City For supplies, a group of civilians will go back and forth on 40 days, and a batch of civilians will go back and forth on the 20th. Two batches of civilians need to be alternated. Counting the rations consumed by the civilians back and forth, how many civilians will be needed to maintain the logistics of the army?"

Hearing the first half of His Highness's description, Hei Lang was at a loss, his eyes were full of bewilderment, and he was at a loss. But when he heard the following question, he immediately felt relieved. The transportation of the army's logistics has long been reported to him by the war priest accompanying the army in detail. And the number of civilian husbands recruited, he also wrote it down in his heart.

"Your Highness, a batch of food is transported every 20 days. For the logistics of Snake City, each batch recruits 4,000 civilians. And for the logistics of Tree Snake City, each batch mobilizes 8,000 militiamen. Together, each batch is 12,000 Humans! And the logistics and supply roads require two batches of peasants, that is, a total of 24,000 people to maintain it!"

Hei Lang thought for a while, and then answered in the affirmative, taking only a few breaths before and after. Afterwards, he confidently looked at His Highness, waiting for His Highness's praise.

"Well, not bad! Hei Lang, you calculated quickly, and you are all right!"

Shulot raised his mouth, stretched out his hand, and patted Hei Lang's shoulder again. Then, without changing his smile, he asked again in a deep voice.

"The hidden snake holy city of the Totonak people is more than 500 miles east of Jinwan City, so it is calculated as 540 miles. Hei Lang, when we capture Jinwan City, we will go all the way east until we attack The Holy City of Hidden Snake! If the strength of the army and the transportation of grain and grass in logistics remain the same, there will still be a batch of grain every 20 days, but the grain road will increase by 540 miles."

"According to the calculation of the farthest tree snake city camp, after the grain road is doubled, a group of civilians will go back and forth for 80 days, and a batch of food on the 20th, and the four batches of civilians can just go back and forth. Then, when the army of the kingdom hits the hidden snake city , and how many civilian husbands are needed to maintain it?"

Hearing the new question, Hei Lang's scalp went numb and his eyes straightened. This time, there was no report from the war priest that he could "reference". He tried his best to break his fingers, and he hesitated and stammered until His Highness asked again.

"Ah! Extending for more than five hundred miles, the grain road in Tree Snake City has doubled. This, um, that, the number of civilians may also be doubled?"

Hearing this, Xiulot smiled and shook his head. He patted Hei Lang's shoulder for the third time, and said meaningfully.

"People carry food for thousands of miles, and on the way back and forth, they will eat most of the 120 catties of food they carry! Hei Lang, when you figure out the second question, you will know why I must be here. Keep the Eastern Totonac coalition as much as possible! And you will know how many warriors you can bring if you continue to move eastward!"

Hearing this, Black Wolf Toltek was silent for a moment, then nodded. He pursed his lips and said in a low voice.

"Your Highness, I understand what you mean. In the future, I will ask the priests accompanying the army for advice on calculations."

"The Lord God blesses you! Hei Lang, you may not be sure, you can only ask the priest for advice. You can still learn by yourself!"

With a smile on his face, Xiulot stretched out his hand and took a book handed over by the head guard. Then, he solemnly put the heavy book into Hei Lang's hands, and patted Hei Lang on the shoulder for the last time.

"I just compiled this math manual, and I asked my guards to transcribe more than a dozen copies, and they all learned together! Hei Lang, hold it carefully. After the battle, you can read it when you have nothing to do, and do the math. , as leisure fun. If you have any questions, you can ask me!."

Hearing this, Black Wolf Toltek's hand trembled, and he squeezed the thick book in his hand hard, even leaving his fingerprints on it. He looked at the cover, read the title word by word, with a difficult expression, and his voice became smaller and smaller.

"Village priest. Mathematics?. 'Introductory' manual? First edition. Xiu. Your Highness?! Uh! What a pleasure to spare."