What appeared before the conquerors of the Norman Empire was a declining empire. It would definitely exceed 50 million people in its heyday. Now there are less than 10 million people left. And people are panic. The most terrifying thing is that during this period of time, external enemies invaded them.

In the north of Central America, on the endless American plains, the Chichimeks and Apaches formed a huge army and launched an attack on the territory of the Aztecs. Their soldiers used brown-red dyes to spread their bodies. They wore animal skins or thatched clothes, and feathers as decorations. They were equipped with stone spears, battle axes and bows. Some of the elite soldiers were equipped with simple armor woven by rattan.

Although these people were simple and undisciplined, they were too numerous to count. According to the Aztec border sentry, the thousands of tribes of the Chichimeks and Apaches, a total of more than 200,000 troops went south, burning, killing and looting, and were almost unstoppable.

This made General Walter very strange. No matter how nice it sounds in the future, the primitive tribe is a primitive tribe. Even if it belongs to the same clan, it will kill each other. The system of the primitive tribe is more backward than the feudal system, and the weak cohesion and mobilization ability are almost negligible. Under such circumstances, the other party can gather thousands of tribes and hundreds of thousands of troops. What a thing? It's simply unimaginable.

For the ill-fated Aztec Empire, the attacks of the northern barbarians were not the most deadly - the most deadly was the rebellion of the south of the empire, the nation that was once conquered and replaced by the empire.

The Mayans, a powerful nation that once gained Central American hegemony, raised flags of rebellion when the Aztecs were weakest. They armed at the fastest speed, rebuilt their cities, fortresses and temples, expelled the officials of the Aztec Empire, and killed all the Aztec troops stationed in the local area. Because their location was remote, they were not attacked by the plague so high. This ensured their manpower.

A total of 50,000 elite Mayan troops equipped with obsidian war sticks, obsidian spears, spears and bows, and heavy cotton armor began to march towards the north. Their target was the capital of the Aztecs, the mega-city of Tenochitiran, a population of more than half a million people in its heyday.

In this way, the internal plagues and rebellions were suffered, while the external savages were invaded by a large number of barbarians (for the relatively civilized Aztecs who entered the slave empire era, the Chichimeks and Apaches who were still in the primitive tribal era were indeed barbarians). In such a critical situation, the Aztec Emperor Montesuma II was old and stupid and bedridden.

In such a situation, no matter how you look at it, the Aztec Empire was dead. Kuytravak, who now holds the real power of the Aztec, is as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. Because the high-pressure rule of the Aztec Empire is usually fine. But when something really happened, the residents of various regions were unwilling to continue to be loyal to them. Only the residents of Tenochitilan, the vested interests, are reliable.

He sent envoys, striving to lobby the residents of other cities, hoping that they could provide him with troops and supplies. But in the end, there were very few people. At this moment, the vast majority of the Aztec nobles were in a semi-natural state, sitting and watching the emperor who had once been pressed on their heads, and Tenochitilan, were in danger, regardless of their life or death.

So, in the end, Kuytriaguk obtained only an army of less than 30,000 men. Although he equipped his army with the best equipment he could - the steel axes, swords and bows obtained through trade with the Normans. But facing Mayan troops nearly twice his number, he still did not necessarily win. In the face of hundreds of thousands of northern natives, he did not even have the courage to fight.

At this moment, the Normans came. Originally, Kuytravak did not want to deal with these guys who were pretending to be magic. He was not as unsuspecting to the Normans as his stupid uncle. On the contrary, he was not only alert to these people. He even regarded these people as the greatest enemies of the empire to some extent. He often said to his subordinates and friends: "If one day the Aztecs really cannot survive. Then the reason must be because of the Normans."

In a sense, what he said was indeed correct - without the arrival of the Normans, there would be no great plague. The strength of the Aztecs would not be weakened. The Mayans would not initiate rebellions, and the barbarians in the north would be crushed by the empire's army.

Of course, the indigenous people did not know these things. He was no different from the Aztecs in this era. He usually linked vicious infectious diseases and heavenly punishments. He could not imagine the relationship between the Normans and this plague. The low-level sailors and sailors among the Normans naturally did not understand them. Even if they knew about it, they would never tell these poor Aztecs.

So Kuytravak is not very intelligent and prescient. He is just very keen and accurate intuition.

I heard that at such an urgent moment, the Normans still ran here slowly to do business. Kuytravak felt very angry. He had just waited for his subordinates to ignore them. But he heard another sentence from the subordinate. He really paid attention to this matter - the subordinates said. This time, not only the Norman merchants came to the empire, but also a large number of warriors. Those who went to inquire about the news said that the number of these warriors was tens of thousands, and they were riding hundreds of warships respectively.

After hearing about this, Kuytravak was surprised. Then he continued to ask: "What do these Norman warriors want to do here? Do they want to be our enemies, too?!"

Although he was wary of the Normans, he also knew that these Normans did have some skills that were like gods to them. Those huge warships that looked like fortresses, and those steel weapons that were incomparable to the most perfect obsidian swords. There were also those full-body armor that could be called invulnerable swords, as well as creatures that were much faster than humans and called "horse" by the Normans. Especially the ones that could explode, almost blow up the palace in an instant...

Although he did not want to admit it, Kuytravak knew that the Normans had extremely strong combat power. Even the sailors, pirate crew members and caravan guards were organized, they were much stronger than the Jaguar Warriors troops he was proud of. Not to mention what they said, they had conquered countless cities, national professional troops, and the terrifying army of Emperor Egil.

So, although intelligence shows that these Norman armies are smaller than those of the barbarians and rebellious Mayans in the north. But Kuytriajuk doesn't want to underestimate them.

"Send the envoys right away and ask what they want to do? Remember to be friendly and don't anger them!"

Soon, the crown prince of the Aztec Empire issued an order. The messenger ran away and presented a large number of feathers, the most exquisite cotton textiles and gold and silver utensils as gifts. He was then summoned by General Walter.

After seeing General Walter, a kind-looking person, the messenger still did not dare to be careless. He respectfully asked General Walter about his purpose.

General Walter is worthy of being a top talent that was adjusted by the system. After a moment, he laughed and said the thing he had just thought was the same as the truth: "It was because the Lord heard that the situation in your country was unstable. So he was worried that there would be problems with the plantation in the empire here. Therefore, he sent me to lead the army to protect our industry."

The plantation that General Walter mentioned was the Daxing Manor run by the Normans and produced by the Aztec mansion. There was a large amount of sugar, spices and cocoa produced and transported back to the empire. The Aztecs could also see the Normans attached importance to these manors. Therefore, General Walter's reason sounded very reasonable.

After getting such an answer, the messenger politely said a few more words and then went back to report the situation. After hearing about this, Kuytravak thought for a little while. Indeed, after the empire fell into chaos, the Normans were responsible for the security of several plantations in the coastal area. With their few troops, they repelled many mob attacks. However, the next opponent was likely to be the Mayans with regular professional troops. The informal armed forces of these Normans were not necessarily enough. It is understandable that they sent troops to come.

Although he said that, Kuytravak still felt that this matter was strange. But the current situation was not enough for him to think about it. So he ordered his subordinates: "Continue to pay attention to the movements of these Normans. Report to me immediately if there is any situation." After that, he went to work on other things. Recently, several cities in the north have lost their lives. The barbarians are getting closer and closer to Tenochitilan... Whether to take the initiative to fight or hold on to the city, people are still arguing. There are many things to be busy.

This is a reason that can be said, and another reason that cannot be said - that is, even if Kuytriagu wants to deal with the Normans, it is impossible. A broken Aztec empire cannot provide enough power at all...!~!
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