Invincible urban management

74. The Slaughterhouse in Cholula City

At the same time, Wen Desi and the [-] army he brought had also stepped into the edge of the Mexico Valley and were heading towards Cholula City.

According to the plan of the traversers, before they entered Tenochtitlan, they had to meet with the Spaniards to confirm their attitude.At the same time, he showed off his own force so as not to be underestimated by these guys.

Because I don’t know whether the Spanish expedition in this time and space will follow the itinerary recorded in the history books and go deep into the Valley of Mexico at this point in time.Therefore, instead of taking the shortest route to Tenochtitlan, the Expeditionary Force of the Hongxiutizgan Kingdom deliberately made a circle from the north on the pretext of facilitating supplies along the way, and inquired about the news every time they went to a place. Attempts to gather real-time intelligence on Spanish expeditions.

At the beginning of October, the Expeditionary Force of the Hunxiutizgan Kingdom, which had arrived on the north shore of Lake Texcoco (Tenochtitlan City is located on the west bank of the lake), finally got a clear message from a certain merchant: a team The white-skinned "man of God" from the east coast entered the territory of the Tlaxcalans not long ago, and after some fighting, they turned to form an alliance with the Tlaxcalans and prepared to fight against the Aztecs together. The Empire attacks.

However, the Aztec Empire's coping strategy was in chaos, and so far no legions have been assembled to prepare for the battle.Seeing the weak reaction of the Aztecs, many dependent countries in the Valley of Mexico had different ideas, and even sent envoys to contact the white-skinned "god man".

At this time, the future emperor Kuohtmok, who led the expeditionary force of the Hunxiutizgan Kingdom into the Valley of Mexico, also noticed that something was wrong with the domestic situation.After the expeditionary force arrived on the north shore of Lake Texcoco, he finally connected with Emperor Montezuma's messenger, and then he came over a little shy and embarrassed to say to Wen Desi: The Aztec Empire is now It is an eventful autumn and it is inconvenient to welcome guests from afar. I hope that the expeditionary force of the Hongxiutizgan Kingdom will return home immediately and not stay in the Valley of Mexico any longer.

After reading the historical materials of later generations, Wen Desi, who had expected this for a long time, immediately expressed appropriate anger-it was you who invited us to come to the alliance before, and we mobilized tens of thousands of troops and set off from the distant port of hope It took two months to travel through mountains and rivers to reach the shore of Lake Texcoco, and the amount of food and fodder that was consumed was already countless.Now that we finally got to the land, your emperor refused to even meet him, and asked us to turn around and go back, and no one came to reimburse us for the travel expenses along the way... This is playing us like a clown Play? !

Even the emperor of the Aztec Empire would not be such a bully!

In short, with the help of many Hongxiutizgan nobles, Wen Desi gave full play to his language talent, and it can be said that he sternly and spittingly scolded Kuohtmok, and put The future emperor who had messed up things couldn't hold his head up.Immediately, he sent a nobleman named Hongxietizgan who was good at debating, and asked him to cross Lake Texcoco in a canoe with Kuohtmok and go to Tenochtitlan to meet with Montezuma. The emperor negotiated to see how this annoying oolong incident should end.

After Kuohtemok left with the Aztec mission, the expeditionary force of the Hunxiutizgan Kingdom did not continue to stay on the north shore of Lake Texcoco to wait for news, but left their camp and headed southward. Advance at full speed towards the city of Cholula in the east of the Mexico Valley.

The reason for making this decision is Professor Yang's suggestion to Wen Desi after analyzing many historical materials.

"...We are not sure, after we traversers set off a huge butterfly storm, after the Spaniards in this time and space formed an alliance with the Tlaxcalans, they will take a detour as recorded in the history books. To go to Cholula; or to cross the snow-capped mountains and advance to Tenochtitlan; or to rest in the capital of the Tlaxcalans for a long time-everything in the future has become chaotic.

But after reaching the Valley of Mexico, our army had better go to the city of Cholula, the center of trade in eastern Mexico, and the place where we are best informed.In this city, we can carry out cross-plane trade more conveniently, replenish food and fodder on the spot, no longer completely rely on the time-space logistics line, and it is also conducive to inquiring about the latest movements of the Spaniards—ancient trade centers are usually also intelligence centers, This point is absolutely unmistakable! "

So, after rushing all the way, after five days, the Hongxiutizgan Expeditionary Army finally arrived near the city of Cholula.And the four traversers including Wang Qiu also sent the last batch of military supplies, and returned to this ancient Central American time and space again.

Next, they saw a heinous slaughterhouse of flesh and blood.

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Over the city not far away, bright red flames flickered and black smoke lingered.

On the avenue leading from the north to Cholula City, it was crowded with panicked and fleeing citizens dragging their families along.

Their eyes were full of despair and panic, and many of them had bloody scars on their bodies. They looked like rats whose nests had been flooded, scurrying around in despair, trampling on each other from time to time.Some people even ran into the ranks of the Hongxiutizgan Expeditionary Army in a panic, and were knocked down and tied up by the warriors unceremoniously.

Through questioning these refugees from Cholula City, Wang Qiu and the others quickly understood what terrible things happened in the city.

Simply put, it was a brutal massacre.

——The morning before yesterday, Cortes suddenly announced that there was an important event to be announced to the city's dignitaries.Therefore, the nobles, priests, wealthy merchants, and chiefs of nearby villages in Cholula City were all summoned to the Feathered Serpent Temple on the top of the Great Pyramid to listen to Cortés' speech.

Unexpectedly, when Cortes saw that the number of people was almost reached, he suddenly turned his face, ordered the Spanish soldiers to block the gate of the temple, arrested all these unarmed Cholula city dignitaries, and then forced them to summon the young and middle-aged men of the city, It is said that a lot of people are needed to carry the goods for themselves.

Until this time, the dignitaries in Cholula hadn't thought about the seriousness of the matter, thinking that the Spaniards at most wanted to forcibly conscript the whole city's young men, forcing them to attack the Aztecs together and pay a share of their votes. It's just a title.

So, under the persecution of the sword, the kidnapped Cholula nobles thought that they had surrendered anyway, so they agreed with their noses, and then sent their servants to recruit people, and soon gathered 6000 people. People—most of the strong men in the city are here.

Next, five or six thousand unarmed Cholulas gathered in a courtyard surrounded by high walls, more crowded than canned sardines or a subway car during rush hour.The heavily armed Spanish soldiers were already ready outside the door and on the wall.When all the Cholula people stepped into the trap, they immediately drew their swords and fired guns, turning the courtyard into a flesh and blood mill in an instant—because the natives were so densely populated, one bullet could kill several people. A cannonball can blow up a large area, and those who want to escape are imprisoned by a high wall. There is no way to go, and there is no weapon to resist. They can only hang the stumped limbs, minced meat and intestines of their compatriots all over their bodies. , and died wailing miserably.

At the same time, the group of nobles, priests, and chiefs who were arrested earlier were all tied to pillars and burned alive by Cortez's order.

During this period, the Cholula people made the only resistance during the massacre—the king of Cholula City, a strong middle-aged man took the opportunity to break free from the rope, escaped from the pyramid with [-] other nobles, and hid in a The fortified house tried to hold and wounded several Spanish soldiers with stones.But Cortes immediately surrounded the house with his troops, and then set fire to the house and all the people in the house.

It is said that at the last moment of his life, King Cholula, who led the wolf into the house, finally struggled in the fire and let out a cry of regret: "...Ah! Vicious beasts! How have we offended you? You have just enjoyed After our wine and feast, why slaughter us now? Go to Tenochtitlan if you can, and His Majesty Montezuma, the Almighty Chief, will avenge us."

Next, the Spaniards and Tlaxcalans began to massacre the city of Cholula and set fire to houses.And the young and middle-aged men in Cholula City have almost been massacred in the temple compound, and the remaining old and weak women and children are even more powerless to resist, and even have no time to react... After two days and two nights of burning, the The city known as the "Holy Land" is now full of corpses and has become a ruin.

Now, after the Spaniards, who had a lot of money to spare, burned and looted the city, they slashed at the villages on the outskirts with their butcher knives, scaring the remaining Cholulas to flee one after another... some of them ran into Yuandao The Hongxiutizgan expeditionary force who came.