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85. The Resentment of the Spaniards

Also intimidated by the 10,000+ "mighty army" were the Spaniards in Cortez's expedition.

If it is said that when they were roughly treated by the Chinese, these Spaniards were still full of resentment, and vaguely wanted to wait for an opportunity to retaliate and "teach these heretics a lesson".Well, after seeing the traversers easily pull up a mighty 10,000+ army in the blink of an eye, most Spaniards have only infinite awe left in their hearts, and no longer dare to do anything excessive Delusional.

What made them dare not act rashly was that the Spanish expedition team, which was already very poor, had once again lost a lot of people during the conflict in Cholula—although in the initial confrontation, Less than [-] Spaniards were killed in battle, but during the ensuing trip, more and more Spaniards began to have fever, coma, redness, and festering wounds, until they died of illness in a foreign country.

——Europeans in this era don't know what bacteria are, and they don't have the concept of disinfection at all. Soldiers are very prone to infection and festering after being wounded. Most of the soldiers who died of serious injuries in the war did not die directly from their injuries, but died Subsequent wound bacterial infection.In order to increase the lethality of the "Drilling Monkey", Mr. Wen's rpg women's army also tied thin lead wires to the rockets. Once they explode, lead shavings will be scattered all over the place.

The small wounds poked by these broken lead wires seem to be inconspicuous, but if they are left alone, then whether it is bacterial infection or lead poisoning, it is a very serious problem for the ancients of this era.What's more terrible is that Europeans seldom take a bath these days, they are covered in dirt, and there are a lot of bacteria on the body surface. Nine out of ten wounded will have wound infections, and a series of related inflammations will be caused due to the decline of body resistance.

Fortunately, the traversers think that these Spanish wanted criminals are still useful. Even if they don't need to disturb the situation of the Aztec Empire, they can also be used as bargaining chips for negotiations with the Spanish colonial government... so it is finally pinching their noses. Some anti-inflammatory ointments and oral antibiotic tablets, especially Rufloxacin capsules, which are quite effective against various bacterial infections in this era, were provided, which allowed 150 Spaniards to survive.

By the way, that respectable and hateful missionary in black, an activist who destroys ancient cultural relics in America, was first burned and infected by a firework bomb in the Temple of the Feathered Serpent, and later refused to take the "demon potion of heathens" "...the result was that he died of illness on the way.

At this point, most of the Spanish adventurers who saved their lives were completely discouraged. Seeing that the Chinese treated them indifferently and rudely, it was still reasonable, and everyone also received a lot of oriental specialties, so I plan to leave it to the mercy of these Chinese people.

Only the tenacious and stubborn Commander-in-Chief Cortes is still persevering in his dream of being a conqueror of the New World, thinking all day about how to defeat the Chinese and the Aztecs at the same time, so as to seize the "grand plan and grand strategy" of the whole of Mexico. ".It's a pity that, except for his brainless loyal confidant Alvarado, no one is willing to listen to his nonsense...

——In the impression of many people, modern white Europeans have an almost pathological sense of superiority, with arrogance and prejudice in their bones. They always feel that only Europeans are the best race in the world. People all dismissed it and regarded it as ants and monkeys.

But this kind of extremely proud mentality, in fact, will not become more common until the middle and late stages of the Great Discovery Age, when Westerners achieved great success in global conquest, at least after North and South America were easily conquered by a small group of Spanish explorers .

In 1519, the Age of Discovery had just begun, and the Spaniards had not yet taken their first substantial step in conquering the New World. The Turks were about to attack the outskirts of Vienna from the east (in 1453, Constantine Dinburgh fell, the Eastern Roman Empire perished; in 1480, the Turkish army crossed the sea to expedition to Italy; in 1529, the first battle of Vienna broke out) - the thousand-year glory of the Eastern Roman Empire, the great achievements of the previous Crusades, have already been in the Turkish cavalry The scimitar disappeared, and the battlefield between Christians and Muslims has retreated from Jerusalem in West Asia to Austria and Hungary in the hinterland of Central Europe. The entire Christian world is at a critical juncture...

In this tragic situation that can almost be said to be "saving the nation and surviving", the Europeans have no capital for bursting with self-confidence.

In addition, for Europeans of this era, the memory of Mongolian cavalry sweeping Eastern Europe is not far away, and the so-called "yellow peril" has not yet become a historical term. At this time, the Mia Khanate is still standing in the wilderness of Russia, and from time to time, a terrible Tatar storm will be set off, and the saber will be chopped at the poor Christians who are trembling in the west...

Therefore, in 1519, the vast majority of normal-thinking Europeans did not think that they had much capital to look down on the world and overlook all living beings. At best, they could only show their superiority to the American Indians and African blacks.And the emperor who ruled China, in their impression, was a supreme existence that could make the whole of Europe tremble, let alone the Kingdom of Spain, which was only a corner of Southwest Europe.

However, Hernán Cortés is definitely not included in the above-mentioned "most normal-thinking Europeans".

As the saying goes, there is only one step between a genius and a lunatic. Perhaps, those who can achieve great things in history have their own maverick, even maddened side.At least Cortez is such an extremely crazy gambler: normal people who are wanted by the government, most of them either take their property and hide in Xizang, or find ways to clear up the relationship. Fighting for the country, fooling a group of people to cross the sea and expedition to Mexico... And this guy really has the ability to rebel and explore at the same time!

Other famous conquerors throughout history, such as Alexander the Great and Caesar, could still count on the support of their own country, but Cortez was conquering the Aztec Empire in front while fighting against the crusading army of the Spanish Kingdom behind him!And he actually won them all!

Especially in the legendary battle of Otunba, Cortez led 15 cavalry to perform in front of the crowd, marching straight into the tens of thousands of Aztec troops, beheading the coach and Return... No matter how you look at it, this guy has already opened the Wushuang plug-in, and the god of war is possessed.

For such a darling of the times who set the template for the protagonist of Long Aotian, the son of destiny who changed the world, and the first-class family of the goddess of luck, the envoys of the Chinese emperor and the "yellow peril" sweeping the world are all in Cortez's eyes. It is an existence that is not worth fearing at all. At most, it is just the next opponent to challenge, or the prey that needs to be pondered before it can be shot.As for the way he was beaten up by the Chinese first, and then treated coldly, it filled him with resentment—although Cortez is not a narrow-minded person who must be punished, he has never been beaten. Since the conflict in Cholula City, the magnanimous man who gave his left cheek to his right cheek has always been obsessed with wanting to get back his place.

Helplessly, Cortez's subordinates are not as powerful as him. They were frightened by the gorgeous rocket bombardment for a while, and then they got a lot of "valuable" silk, spices and porcelain. wealth, and began to daydream about the life of a rich man after returning to China...so all of them cherished their lives very much, and refused to fight against the strong Chinese.And Cortez couldn't think of any clever plan to break through a hundred at the moment, so he could only swallow his breath and pour all his energy into the pen, intending to record as much as possible what he saw and heard during this period, and write a book no less than "" Marco Polo's Travels" is a best-selling book in the European market, and it will be used as the basis for reporting to the King of Spain in the future.