Invincible urban management

84. Morning Breeze by Lake Texcoco

On November 1519, 11, Zhongyang, Valley of Mexico, Lake Texcoco, at the entrance of the causeway leading to Tenochtitlan

Looking from the lake to the shore, the vast plains as far as the eye can see are all occupied by a huge army.The continuous barracks and bonfires extend from the sparkling lake beach to the foot of the mountains at the end of the line of sight; the bright military flags representing dozens of tribes in Mexico are hunting and fluttering in the cool morning breeze; the colorful Indian warriors The gorgeous feathered crown of the man is dazzling; sharp spears and battle axes stand like a forest, waved chaotically by strong arms, shining bright red light in the morning glow.

The Aztecs passing by on the long embankment all stared at this majestic and huge army with very complicated eyes.

It had been many years since the rise of the Aztec Empire that the flag of an enemy nation had been seen outside Tenochtitlan.

About 150 years ago, the Hunxiutizcan Kingdom in its heyday did conquer the Valley of Mexico and briefly became the strongest in this fertile land.However, the hegemony of this country was maintained for a short period of time. Before the rise of the Aztec Empire, the Honxiutizgan Kingdom had already declined rapidly, and was finally expelled to the backwaters of the southwest coast, becoming an insignificant country. Small country.

And today, the battle flag of the Hongxiutizgan Kingdom finally flew on the shore of Lake Texkoko again—with such an astonishing momentum!

In fact, for the armed parade that marched into Tenochtitlan this time, it could cause such a huge momentum, and the travelers who traveled through it were also unexpected.

——In order to further destroy the psychological defense of the Aztecs and establish an image of invincibility in the entire Mexican region, on the way from Cholula to Tenochtitlan, all the travelers, every night They have to hold a grand firework show and launch fireworks bombs into the night sky to show their invincible power and deter the tribes of Mexico, lest they have a different heart and dare to talk and move in front of the army.

Generally speaking, this series of fireworks shows is still very effective. At least all the nearby Indian tribes know that there are gods and men in the Hongxiutizgan Kingdom to help them, and they must not offend them.It's just that the effect is a bit too good - because the corn harvest season is over, and it is now the slack season, many dandies who are too idle to watch the fun, actually brought their cronies and servants to follow the expeditionary army's ass all the way In the back, he acts as a middleman during the day, helping the expeditionary army dump various modern industrial products, and at night, acts as a spectator, admiring the gorgeous fireworks that he has never seen in his life.

And behind the buttocks of these idlers, some chiefs and elders who hold real local power also quietly visited the camps of Wen Desi and other traversers.In front of the stunned traversers, they almost openly stated that they wanted to take the opportunity to form a military alliance, and they elected the Honxiutizgan Kingdom as the leader, and together they defeated the Aztecs and broke away from the rule of this brutal empire... …

It turned out that with the protracted civil strife in the Aztec Empire, the authority of Emperor Montezuma had also declined greatly.The opposition force that had been dormant for a long time was suppressed by the Aztec army, and as the imperial army was paralyzed, they saw an opportunity to revolt... A big uprising that swept across the entire Valley of Mexico has long been a climax and is about to break out. There is still a lack of a suitable fuse for the time being, and it's just that we can't recommend a leader who can convince the crowd!

In another history, Cortez's expedition team happened to fill this role, and in this time and space, the time traveler took his part.

However, Wang Qiu and the others were cautiously conservative about whether to take the opportunity to pull up a coalition army and directly conquer the Aztec Empire.

According to the experience of the modern U.S. military in the Middle East, even Wang Qiu, a second-rate college student, knows very well that it is easy to incapacitate a country but difficult to occupy a country when he has the advantage of force that can crush his opponents. It is even more difficult to rule a country.

What's more, in the hands of the current traversers, there is no "force advantage that can crush the opponent" at all!

——Those local tribes who came to fool them into attacking Tenochtitlan recently are all immoral idiots. It’s no problem to follow behind to pick up cheap ones. Once you fight the Aztecs hard If you come, you can't count on it at all.However, the expeditionary force of the Hongxiutizgan Kingdom had only [-] real soldiers, and more than [-] of them were female soldiers.Even equipped with protective clothing, rubber-tapping knives, watermelon knives, hatchets and javelins made of steel bars, it is difficult to say that they are sure to defeat more than [-] well-trained Aztec warriors.

As for those rpg rocket launchers modified from civilian "Drilling Monkey" firecrackers, they look mighty, but in fact they are more frightening. If there is no broken lead wire to enhance the lethality, as long as it is not a direct hit, I am afraid that even a cat will not be killed.

Historically, Cortes led a Spanish expedition of hundreds of people and conquered the Aztec Empire in more than two years. The process seemed easy and pleasant, and the opponent was vulnerable.But in fact, his life was hanging by a thread several times before and after, and he was only one step away from being buried in a foreign country. It was entirely because of the good luck of the heavens that his character broke out again and again, so he kept turning dangers into safety, and finally became the conqueror of Central America. great cause.

Although the hero's legendary achievements are desirable, the thrilling period is also staggering.

Although people like Wang Qiu have the support of the entire modern society behind them, and their material conditions are far superior to those of Cortez's gang of blind Spanish gangsters, but in terms of psychological quality, they are still just a group of small citizens in a peaceful era, and it is difficult to immediately Complete the condition conversion, truly achieve the so-called "killing and decisive", and even more unwilling to risk your life to gamble on your character - since you can make a fortune without gambling your life, why bother to gamble?

Therefore, although they are not kind and selfless strictly speaking, they have never done things like buying low and selling high as profiteers, but to slaughter and plunder undisguisedly like the Spaniards, psychologically Still very stressful.

What's more, it's different from those "mainstream time-traveling protagonists" who don't have to think about the consequences of doing anything in a different world and only need to be responsible for themselves.Wang Qiu and the others are organized and led... so we must pay attention to the influence on certain things.

However, it is a good thing to be able to attract more people to strengthen their momentum, at least it can scare the Aztecs more effectively.

It happened that there was still a lot of food left over from the city of Cholula, and the flour purchased and hoarded from modern society was not finished.Therefore, under the instigation of Wang Qiu and the others, Wen Desi vaguely perfunctory the alliance requirements of the chiefs, while inviting them to bring tribal warriors and go to Tenochtitlan with him, and expressed his willingness Provide food for anyone who goes along with it... The result is that the entire team snowballs and rapidly expands!

It turned out that the severe drought this year led to a large reduction in corn production across Central America. The poor farmers on the Mexican plateau had no choice but to tighten their belts and count grains for meals.But at this juncture when everyone is hungry, I heard that there is a team willing to give everyone food for free, without fighting and working hard, as long as they walk together to fill the scene... That scene really echoed everyone, every village and every town There are countless idlers flocking here, just like a Chinese countryside opening a flowing water banquet.

Finally, when the Expeditionary Army of the Kingdom of Hongxiutizgan finally arrived at the outskirts of Tenochtitlan, there were so many soy sauce crowd behind their buttocks, and they had reached as many as 10,000+ people!

Although these are completely vulnerable mobs, at least in terms of momentum, they are absolutely terrifying.

At the very least, the Aztecs, who are currently in a state of civil strife, are clearly intimidated by this bluff.

——The Hongxiutizgan Kingdom Expeditionary Force had just returned to the shore of Lake Texcoco when they met Kuohtmok again.In a gesture of extreme humility and obsequiousness, the future emperor offered generous gifts and invited all the distinguished "men of god" to enter the city for hospitality.