Great Zhou Empire: Kill Zhao Kuangyin at the beginning

Chapter 518: The Prophecy of the Sun God (Special thanks to my book friend LX for his 2 monthly tickets!)

Since Chai Zongxun took office in Xinshangjing, after two years of development of the newly occupied Mayan land, the national treasury has collected tens of millions of shi of grain, laying a solid foundation for the army to conquer the Liao army.

After five days of preparation, the four corps set out from Xinshangjing on September 15, the 40th year of Kaixi, and headed for the Nakbei area in the central part to suppress the Liao.

After arriving, because it was a battle in the mountains, the four corps all fired "Yansu Artillery" at the garrisons of various provincial capitals, and all the soldiers only went into battle with the Shenbi bow, "Kai Xi No. 33" and the Hudun Cannon.

With sufficient manpower, the situation on the battlefield immediately reversed. Surrounded by four Longxiang Army corps of the Great Zhou Dynasty, after more than a month of fighting, the Liao army's space for movement was restricted to the mountains and forests in the central and northern parts.

The Great Zhou army then launched a tactical advance to gradually narrow the encirclement, leaving only one retreat route in the northeast leading to the five great lakes for the Liao army.

However, the mountainous forest area in central Maya is vast, and it will take several months to completely force the Liao army out of the forest and head to the area of ​​the five great lakes.

After the Liao army was no longer able to raid the rear food supply routes, Zhang Ning's Fifth Corps and Cao Kefan's Tenth Corps, which were mainly attacking the Mayan continent, were able to focus on pacifying the Mayan Empire.

In the battles of Cancun and Copan, the Fifth and Tenth Corps captured the two cities, each defended by 150,000 Mayan troops, within ten days.

In these two battles, the Mayan army lost 170,000 soldiers and 90,000 were captured by the Zhou army's guns and artillery. Only 30,000 soldiers escaped back to the capital Tica, shocking the entire Mayan Empire. Both the emperor and his ministers realized that the combat effectiveness of the Zhou army was far superior to that of the Liao army, and they had no power to resist.

At noon on December 6, the 40th year of Kaixi, the Mayan Emperor Kamu summoned the ten great priests of the court to the palace to discuss matters.

The Mayan Empire was a slave society. Its palaces were built with huge stones and were similar in shape to the "pyramids" of Misir (in Egypt and North Africa) mentioned by the Zhou people. They were dedicated to the "sun god".

The country's political affairs were almost entirely in the hands of the emperor and the high priests.

The Mayan emperor called himself "Kuha Aga", which means "divine monarch".

The royal palace was called "Kukulkan" and was built in the 9th century AD. It is a four-sided pyramid building with the pyramid steps facing the four directions of east, south, west and north.

The tower is nearly 9 meters high and about 9 meters wide at the base. There are nine floors and steps on each side of the tower. According to local people, the floors symbolize the layers of space after death (similar to the nine heavens mentioned by the Chinese), and days symbolize a year. The slope is degrees.

There is also a large pool under the pyramid, about thirty meters long and twenty meters high, flowing from north to south through underground undercurrents.

The 5-meter-thick limestone layer formed the foundation of the pyramid on this pool. The pool was a place for sacrifices, and the Mayans would throw living people and gems they considered valuable into the pool during floods.

In Chai Zongxun's previous life, these limestone pools were believed to be the place where the comet that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs hit the earth tens of millions of years ago, and were full of mystery.

After greeting, Kamu said solemnly:
"Yesterday, we received a report from the front that the Zhou army had extremely powerful firearms. When fired, they made a sound like thunder and could fly across several miles of space, hitting the city walls and shattering even the bluestone.

The soldiers of the Zhou army all carried an iron stick. With a flash of fire, the bullets from hundreds of meters away arrived in an instant. Neither shields nor armor could stop them. It was like a miracle.

At the beginning of this year, Ben Kuhaaga sent envoys to negotiate peace with the Zhou Emperor, hoping that the two countries would draw a border, be friendly and non-aggressive from then on, but the Zhou Emperor did not agree.

Dear priests, what should our Mayan Empire do in the current situation? "

The high priest slowly spoke:

"Kuhaaga, according to the oracle of the sun god, my tribe has predicted:

"When the aliens with weapons that can produce lightning and thunder arrive, the people on earth will be unable to resist, and the Mayan Empire will perish."

Now it seems that Da Zhou is the alien race that carries the divine weapon in the prophecy of the Sun God. "The third priest said:

"Now that the man predicted by the Sun God has fallen, resistance will only increase the casualties of our Maya people.

In the past few months, rumors from the Yin tribe have spread among the people: saying that the Zhou Emperor is the successor of the Yin people's extinct human emperor, and is the one who was destined by heaven to rule Maya. "

After the king and his ministers discussed for a while, they finally agreed that Emperor Zhou was the person who would replace the Mayan Empire as predicted by the sun god.

Kamu sighed:

“It’s destiny!

That is why Ben Kuhaaga decided to follow the instructions of the Sun God and lead his subjects to surrender to the Great Zhou.

I hope the Zhou Emperor will be lenient and kind to our people."

Kamu immediately ordered the priest to pass down the order, recruiting 1,000 taels of gold and one beautiful girl from each of the twenty large tribes, and sending them to the capital Tika within half a month. Together with the 1,000 taels of gold raised by the emperor and the most beautiful third princess Tifa, they went to the new capital of the Great Zhou to ask for surrender.

At the same time, envoys were sent to the cities of Cancun and Copan where the Zhou army was stationed to ask for an audience with the commander-in-chief of the two corps of the Zhou army, to express their willingness to surrender sincerely and not to launch further attacks.

After receiving the report and discussing with Cao Kefan, they believed that the Mayan Emperor Kamu had suffered a series of defeats and must not have lied, so they agreed to the request for a truce and wait for surrender. At the same time, they immediately sent envoys to Xinshangjing to report to Emperor Chai Zongxun.

Chai Zongxun was overjoyed when he received the news, and ordered the soldiers at the front to be prepared to accept the surrender of the Mayan Empire and to treat the Mayans well.

On January 12, the 41st year of Kaixi, when Chai Zongxun and the subjects of the Great Zhou were still immersed in the atmosphere of celebrating the New Year, a delegation of envoys sent by Emperor Kamu of the Mayan Empire arrived at Shangjing City from Tika, escorted by Zhou troops.

The envoys were led by three high priests of the Mayan Empire, and they carried two thousand taels of gold, the third princess of the Mayan Empire, Tifa, twenty beautiful girls from the twenty major Mayan tribes, and a hundred servants.

Chai Zongxun summoned them to a side hall.

After the greetings, the three high priests in the lead said:
"We Mayans have believed in the Sun God for generations, and Your Majesty is the chosen one to conquer Maya as predicted by the Sun God.

Our emperor has decided to lead all his subjects to surrender to Your Majesty. We only hope that Your Majesty can treat us Mayans well.

Here is a small gift for your majesty, I hope you will accept it."

Chai Zongxun knew that the Mayan Empire was still a slave society with backward productivity and it was not easy to mine gold. Two thousand taels of gold was almost all they could come up with, which showed their sincerity.

In a blink of an eye, there were twenty-one girls from various Mayan tribes standing in the hall, all of them were young and beautiful, and the third princess of the empire, Tifa, who was the leader, had a charming figure and a beautiful appearance.

Chai Zongxun was very pleased and said:
"Excellent! Your emperor has sent an envoy to surrender with sincerity, saving the people of both countries from war. This is a great merit!

I will definitely treat the Mayans as my own people and love them as I do my Han people!
Share the prosperity and splendor. "

Chai Zongxun immediately ordered a banquet to be held in the main hall in the front yard of the Xinshangjing Palace to entertain the Mayan envoys. At the same time, he ordered Ding Wei, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and He Yao, the chief eunuch in front of the palace, to select officials and garrisons to go and take over the eastern territory of the Mayan Empire.

(End of this chapter)