Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 1039 Does the Truth Really Matter?

Chapter 1047 Does The Truth Really Matter?
Wang Ding hesitated for a moment and said, "Actually, the navigator on our ship failed as early as 27 days ago!"

"What?" Meng En was taken aback when he heard this: "Could it be...?"

"That's right!" Wang Ding said: "As early as 27 days ago, we passed by a piece of sea area. At that time, the "Pioneer" hit the rocks and fell silent. At that time, we included the "Intrepid" that had sunk. All the navigators on the ship have failed. In order to avoid causing panic, I ordered that this news be concealed."

Meng En said, "It's been a long time since we left the route?"

Wang Ding nodded: "Before setting sail, Your Majesty once explained to me that America is to the east of our country of Wei, and as long as we head east all the way, we can always reach America."

"That's true, but now we don't even know where we are going. How can we reach America?" Meng En said, "Although we still have three ships, they are all damaged to varying degrees. The main rudder of the "Challenger" There was a crack on the starboard front side. One of the secondary masts of the "Follower" was broken by the wind, and there was a crack at the tail. The most damaged was the "Warrior". Although the crack has been urgently reinforced, you know that this can only treat the symptoms, but not the root cause, and all three of our ships urgently need to stop in port for overhaul!"

"I know all these things!" Wang Ding said, "Judging from the time when our navigator failed and our speed, our current position, I think we are already approaching the waters of Alaska." After hesitating for a while, Wang Ding still said made his own guesses.

Wang Ding also knew that his fleet had actually deviated too far from the original route, and such an error could not be caused by one or two hurricanes, but because of his own mistakes.No matter what excuses I make up, I can't forgive myself.

Meng En said: "Alaska, didn't your majesty say that this Alaska is America? After all, there is no unparalleled road. Now we only need to choose a place to land, and it is possible to complete your majesty's mission!"

However, neither Wang Ding nor Meng En realized that they actually started to deviate from the route not 27 days ago, but three months ago. Although they were approaching America at this time, But it is not the Gulf of Alaska, but the Gulf of California for later generations.It is good to use Chinese idioms to describe Wang Ding and the others.

American culture was almost destroyed due to the crazy destruction of Western colonial robbers.At this time in the Americas, the Aztec civilization, the Inca civilization, and the Mayan civilization were called the three major civilizations in Central and South America.At this time, the Aztec civilization had established a slavery state.Among them, Teotihuacan, located in central Mexico, has begun to grow stronger.

(This article is not a historical professional article. Cheng Zhi’s ability is limited, and no relevant detailed information can be found. Please don’t check the number or take it seriously.) The Americas are different from the Asian continent. The Asian continent is the most densely populated continent in the world. For thousands of years In order to fight for the right to survive, various countries and ministries launched fierce wars.However, the American continent is different. The climate here is humid and the products are rich. People don’t need to worry about survival at all. Therefore, among the three major American civilizations, none of them are famous for their military strength. Therefore, in the process of facing foreign aggression, they resist Very weak.

Located in Teotihuacan, the capital of the Aztecs (located between the slopes of the Popocateper and Istasihuatl volcanoes in Mexico, 40 kilometers away from Mexico City), it is a veritable city of the gods , built countless palaces and temples here, dedicated to the sun god, moon god, Feathered Serpent Temple, and rain god Tlaloc.In the Aztec country Tlaloc rain god also has the power to manage the country.

However, there is no monarchy here, only theocracy.Each generation of monarchs is a new leader produced by a democratic election system similar to the ancient Chinese period, and each leader is called Tlaloc.The Aztecs were the first civilization in the Americas to enter the city-state system. As early as the first year of AD to 150 AD, the Aztecs established a city with a population of 5. After entering 300 years, Special Olympics Tehuacan entered a period of rapid development, at which time the population had reached 20.

Although a city with a population of 20 is basically equivalent to a state city or county city in Wei State, even so, there are less than 20 cities in Wei State with a population of more than [-].In America, it is undoubtedly the largest city.

In fact, American civilizations all have one thing in common, they all like living sacrifices.Whether it is the ancestors they believe in or various gods, they all use living sacrifices. Under this traditional custom, it is very barbaric and bloody, but it has created a very bad situation. The population here cannot be large. Increase.When the harvest is good, the Aztecs will sacrifice the living to Tlaloc, and they will also sacrifice the living to Tlaloc in disasters. This kind of sacrifice is not only for prisoners of war and slaves, but also considered an automatic sacrifice. It will be loyal, Pious performance.

On the west coast of the Aztec country, several small boats of the Aztecs were fishing in the sea. Suddenly, a fisherman shouted in panic, "Look, what is that?"

"The boat, it's actually a boat!"

"My God, why is this ship so big, it really looks like the legendary Tlaloc's ship!"

At this time, the shipbuilding technology of the Aztecs was still very backward. They could manufacture small boats that could accommodate dozens of people at most. Wei Guo, who had a scale of nearly [-] tons in later generations, simply terrified their nerves.With the news of the "ghost ship" appearing on the beach, it spread more and more widely.Mularoc in Teotihuacan also heard the news.

Tlaloc hurriedly summoned the priests of the sun god, the moon god, and the feathered snake god. Tlaloc and the three major priests constituted the management system of the entire Aztec Empire. Harvest and rain, and the worship of the Feathered Serpent God also takes into account the work of taxation and expenditure, which is equivalent to the combination of the Chinese Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Rites.The sun god means protection, which is equivalent to the combination of the Huaxia Ministry of War and the Ministry of Punishment.The moon god is in charge of tombs and rituals, taking into account the calendar.

Tlaloc said: "As for the rumored ghost ship legend, what do you think?"

The sun god priest said: "We are the closest servants of the gods, and none of us has ever seen the gods appear, so this so-called Tlaloc ship is completely nonsense."

The Moon God Priest said: "Perhaps our neighbors have come to visit us from the sea. I just don't know if this neighbor is a good neighbor or a bad neighbor!"

You must not have the heart to harm others, and you must not have the heart to guard against others.Tlaloc said: "Send orders to all ports and pay close attention to the arrival of the mysterious fleet. Once the mysterious fleet arrives, you must give them the warmest hospitality!"

Tlaloc knew very well that the Aztec Empire had more than 30 city-states and a population of nearly 200 million, but this country did not have a strong military force.If the Han people had such a large population, it is very possible to maintain an army of tens of thousands, although not hundreds of thousands of troops.Moreover, the Aztecs began to grow high-yield crops such as corn and sweet potatoes more than 1000 years ago, so their cost of feeding the army was far less than that of the Han people.But the Aztec Empire had less than 3000 troops. Except for the capital Teotihuacan, which had an army of [-], the other cities had only [-] to [-] troops.

Not to mention resisting foreign enemies, these armies may easily capture their cities with slightly larger bandits in the Central Plains.Although he knew very well that the military force of the Aztec Empire was not outstanding, he was not a person who was waiting to die. While welcoming the mysterious fleet enthusiastically, Tlaloc still sent more than a thousand troops to support the port.

This thousand troops included [-] cavalry, [-]/[-] of all the cavalry of the entire Aztec Empire, [-] archers, and more than [-] spear and shield soldiers.This can be said to be the elite of the entire Aztec Empire.

At this time, Wang Ding had roughly sailed nearly a thousand miles in the Gulf of California, and now Wang Ding could confirm that what they were facing was not an island, but a continent.At least he has never seen an island that is thousands of miles long. If it is a big island like Taizhou (the original Yizhou, Taiwan), Wang Ding also decided to take a good rest here. There is no way, including the "Challenger" The expedition fleet can no longer hold on.

"It seems to be a port on the opposite side! We have finally arrived in America!" The tired sailors on the deck began to cheer.

Wang Ding also showed a smile on his face, and he ordered excitedly: "Everyone, I think we should have arrived at our destination. There are people to welcome us at the port. Don't lose the prestige of our Great Wei!"

Meng En volunteered to take a small boat and sail to the port.Wang Ding said: "Raise the dragon flag of our Great Wei to show our identities, we are not pirates, we are the Royal Expedition Team of Great Wei!"

The only remaining centipede ship of the entire expedition was put into the water, and the Wei Guolong flag was raised at the bow.Under the leadership of Meng En, twenty soldiers sailed slowly towards the port.

The distance to the port was getting closer and closer. At this time, Meng En exclaimed through the telescope, "The people on the other side are so strange!"

The leader of the expedition guard said: "Why is it so strange?"

"The people on the opposite side are not black like the Kunlun slaves, nor white like the Roman Empire, nor half-black like the Gupta Empire, nor like the Lanmu people of the Persian Empire, but they are like us, the same Yellow skin, black eyes, and black hair." Meng En said: "It seems that they are stronger than us Han people, and they are taller than us!"

At this moment, the people at the port also noticed the Wei Guolong flag raised by this small boat.You must know that almost all Central American peoples believe in the feathered snake god. According to legend, the feathered snake god dominates the morning star, invented books, made legislation, and brought corn to mankind. The feathered snake god also represents death and rebirth, and is a priest. their patron saint.As far as its image is concerned, it is somewhat similar to the dragon with the bull's head and antlers, the snake's body and fish scales, the tiger's claws and long beards, and the dragon that can ride the clouds and fog invented by the Chinese.At least in the basic combination of the main body of the snake and the momentum of taking off (the feathers of the feathered snake), they are consistent.

So when the Wei Guolong flag appeared in the port, an accident happened, and all the hundreds of Aztecs who appeared in the port worshiped the Wei Guolong flag devoutly.This made Meng En a little overwhelmed.Even though he was a seasoned person, he didn't know how to deal with this matter for a while. The two sides couldn't understand each other, but he let the Wei State expedition team approach the port.

As Wang Ding led three scarred ships to the port of the Aztec Empire, he finally let out a long sigh.Despite the language barrier between the two sides, the products of Wei State are fatally attractive to everyone in the world.As the expedition team did not have much silk (mainly concentrated on the Challenger), but when the Aztec army with copper spears and six-pointed star shields appeared around the expedition team, Wang Ding and Meng En His face started to look bad.

The expedition guard smiled contemptuously: "With an army like them, I can wipe them all out with a single charge!"

Meng En said: "Don't be presumptuous, don't forget our mission, this time we are not here to be robbers, but to bring the friendship of our country of Wei."

"That's true. Although we still have more than 600 people, there are only 130 people who can fight. We are in the enemy's den. Even if they have [-] pigs, they are enough to trample us all to death."

Wang Ding said: "Bring the gift I prepared, I'm going to meet the highest official here!"

"But none of us can speak their words!" Meng En said, "We can't communicate with them."

"This is not a problem. I think when I led the fleet to Boni (now Kalimantan), no one could speak their local language, but we still started doing business with them, and gradually some people would have said their word."

Wang Ding was full of confidence and led four followers, as well as a child as thin as a monkey.This person who looks like a child is named Ye Wuji, but in fact he is a language genius that Wang Ding wins over. Ye Wuji is a native of Ye Tiao country. Although he is only in his thirties now, he can speak more than a dozen indigenous languages ​​of Nanyang. Especially the Greek spoken by the Romans, he could barely communicate in just twenty days.

When Wang Ding and his party left the camp, they were stopped by Aztec soldiers guarding outside, but Ye Wuji stepped forward to talk and gesture with these soldiers, and finally let these soldiers take them to meet the port ancestor priest .

At the same time, Teotiba Canterlotoch, the capital of the Aztec Empire, also received further news from the mysterious fleet. Tlaloc said: "You read that right, they really hang the banner of the Feathered Serpent?"

"Absolutely!" said the chief priest of the Feathered Serpent God, "But they are not called Feathered Serpent Gods, but dragons."

"Dragon," Tlaloc said. "Why do they call it such a strange name?"

"That's not clear. Their words are different from ours. None of us understand their words, but their appearance is similar to ours. Maybe some tribe came from afar?"

"I hope so!" said Tlaloc.

At this moment, the chief priest of Feathered Serpent took out a box of tea and handed it to Tlaloc.

Tlaloc said, "What is this?"

The Priest of the Feathered Serpent God said: "Listen to them, this is called tea, and it is something to drink. After talking about it, the Priest of the Feathered Serpent God asked someone to bring a clay pot filled with boiling water, and then poured some tea leaves into the pot. Then he poured the tea into a bowl and handed it to Tlaloc. When he took the first sip, Tlaloc frowned a little, obviously because he couldn't get used to the taste of tea immediately. But then, his brows gradually relaxed There was even an expression of enjoyment on his face.

Just before Wang Ding had time to start the situation in America, the war broke out between the Wei State and the Heda people. There was no reason to fight, just fight!When a country is strong enough, it can do whatever it wants.It doesn't matter if you call it a bandit or an invasion.Force will be the guarantee of it all!

At this time, regardless of Dawan or Kangju, these vassal states during the Han Dynasty were all enslaved by the Heda Khanate.When the Anxi army marched west and entered the territory of Dawan, the Heda people did not show up.There was no other way. At this time, the main force of the Heda Khanate’s army was fighting against the two empires in the northern part of the Gupta Empire and the eastern part of the Sassanid Empire. Therefore, when the Anxi Army of the State of Wei entered the territory of Dawan, the Heda Khanate was only in Dawan. Leaving the [-] troops who usually suppress Dawan, this army is naturally enough to suppress Dawan, but to fight against Wei Guoan's Western Army, they can only send food.Therefore, the Heda Khanate decided to exchange strategic space for time. Therefore, after Dawan was occupied by the Wei State, the Heda people did not respond. When the Anxi Army entered the territory of Kangju, the Heda people still did not resist due to insufficient troop strength. It is to continue to let Wei Guoan's Western Army advance westward.

As far as the Heda Khanate is concerned, it is actually a very powerful empire, but because it has no writing and no towns, there are not many historical records. However, in its heyday, its territory stretched from Congling to Tianshan South Road in the east, to the Kurgan River in the Caspian Sea.Forcing the Wei of the Northern Dynasty to send envoys to the Liang Dynasty of the Southern Dynasty in 516 to avoid the enemy.According to the historical process, they will completely defeat the Persian Sasanian Dynasty 80 years later, and then force the Persians to pay tribute.And Heda is recognized as the main source of the Turkic people.

For this empire that has been expanding outwards since its establishment, they have always been the only ones who beat others, and no one beats them, so when they gathered enough strength, they showed their minions to Wei Guo.

In the forest of nations in the world, things are selected by nature, and the strong survive. The rise of a nation is destined to step on the bones of other nations. This is an unchanging law, a law that will never change.

The Heda people seized Kangju and Dawan countries by force, and infiltrated their power to the south of Tianshan Mountain. Now it is Wei's turn to take back the Western Regions from the Heda people by force.

(End of this chapter)