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Chapter 53 Civilization or Barbarism

Although the number of people was not much different. Moreover, the Aztec army had a complex composition and its combat effectiveness was a little worse than that of the Mayans. However, with the efforts of the Aztec troops equipped with steel weapons trained by Marshal Walter, the Aztec troops still persisted for about four hours.

They endured dozens of fierce attacks by Mayan soldiers, as well as hail-like stones, spears and feather arrows. With nearly 20% of the casualties, the Aztecs remained at their posts. There was no sign of collapse...

This made the Mayans feel depressed. After such a long battle, they also lost nearly half of their army. More importantly, these Mayans began to feel tired.

Seeing that his opponent's morale and physical strength were worn out a lot. Marshal Walter made a quick decision when he made a decision in Chapter 53 Civilization or barbarism. He led his Norman army out of the flank rainforest. The Marshal, led the Hussar and the Norman Knights as the guide, deployed Norman assault infantry on both wings. He launched a fierce charge with a cluster of broad fronts. Just one assault, he rushed the Mayan array into a big hole!

How could those Mayan natives who had never seen war horses resist the charge of the world's most powerful cavalry kingdom, the Norman Empire's ace cavalry?! How could the wooden stick and stone axe break through the defense of the stainless steel plate armor?! How could the cotton cloth armor defend against the cavalry and the gun battle axe?!

With just one charge, the Mayans collapsed. The coalition of the Normans and the Aztecs immediately started to hunt them down. However, because the terrain of the tropical rainforest was too complicated, the speed of the Hussars was also limited. Therefore, although the coalition forces chased for nearly two days in a row, many Mayans finally escaped.

"Sure enough, it is impossible to complete expansion in such a place by relying solely on force." After that, Marshal Walter sighed like this - this battle destroyed more than half of the Mayan army. However, 30,000 Mayan soldiers still escaped. If they changed their tactics and did not fight them head-on, instead using the harassment tactics of the Civilization or the Barbarian Team, it would probably be very difficult to completely defeat the Mayans.

After this, Marshal Walter interrogated some Mayan prisoners and learned that the Mayans were in several hidden cities nearby. In the following days, they swept through these places and completely wiped out the main forces of the Mayans.

However, Marshal Walter knew that this was just the beginning. Sure enough, in the next few days, they were ambushed by a large number of pieces of Mayan troops on their way back to the city in the peninsula.

Although most of these ambush and surprise attacks were cracked by Marshal Walter, who had been prepared for a long time, there were still a small number of clever attacks, causing some damage to the coalition forces.

Such annoyance slightly diluted the joy of the Great Victory Mayans, and at the same time deepened Marshal Walter's boredom.

And when Marshal Walter returned to his territory and thought carefully and distributed the prisoners of war and the trophy fairly, a bigger trouble appeared.

The Aztecs who lived in the governor's jurisdiction felt that they could abandon the old emperors and their countries and re-establish a new country on this peninsula. They found Marshal Walter and claimed that they were willing to let Marshal Walter be their king.

Facing these enthusiastic Aztecs, Marshal Walter was a little at a loss - he agreed to it absolutely could not. Because he had already sworn allegiance to his emperor. However, if he refused, it would disappoint these Aztecs.

In the end, Marshal Walter made a compromise decision. He promised the Aztecs to establish a new country. At the same time, he rejected the Aztecs' desire to elect him as emperor. He managed the country as the governor and consul.

At the same time, he sent an envoy to return to Norman on the fastest battleship. He told his emperor everything that happened here. In addition to repeatedly showing his loyalty, he also hoped that the emperor would give him a name and let him better manage this new territory.

In his letters he wrote, he highlighted the difficulties today. It was difficult for him to control these envelopes as a Christian. Whether it was cultural, religious, or lifestyle, these people were completely different from the Normans. If he did not act carefully, his efforts here for more than half a year would be ruined.

Of course, without obtaining the permission of Emperor Norman, he did not give up on his life. Instead, he set out to create his country - or to describe it as feudal territory.

He repeatedly showed to these Aztecs that he could not be an emperor because he was a subject of the Norman emperor on the other side of the world. When he came to Central America, he was also ordered by the emperor.

Although the Aztecs still didn't understand, things continued. Marshal Walter's governor's territory expanded to half of Central America, and was close to a kingdom in Europe, or the size of a Norman province.

Marshal Walter acted according to Norman's law and fully respected the traditions of the Aztecs on this basis. At the same time, he did his best to persuade them to abolish tortures such as cannibalism, dismemberment, and skinning. Of course, the most important sacrifice was that Marshal Walter dared not abolish it. He could only let the Aztec priests kill those sacrifices in a more civilized way.

The Normans' power in Central America was constantly increasing. However, at the same time, Marshal Walter gradually felt a little overwhelmed - because he did not consider the reasons thoroughly before the expedition. This time, all the soldiers and baggage came with Marshal Walter.

There were no officials who were skilled in management. He could take care of his territory when his territory was only part of the Yucatan Peninsula. However, now, his management scope has expanded by more than ten times. The population and the number of slaves have also increased to millions. It would be too much for him to do it alone.

After all, his profession was a marshal, a commander, not an administrative officer. Marshal Walter knew that the Aztec nobles were actually not reliable. However, he had no one else to use it. The army could provide some officers and temporarily serve as local chiefs. But Marshal Walter was afraid that such behavior would encourage warlordism and affect the combat effectiveness of his Norman army.

After all, although the Aztecs regarded him as their leader at this moment, the army under his command also expanded to 100,000. The fundamental thing he could rely on was the 10,000 Norman army.
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