Chapter 24: Sun King (5)
It is very laborious to lift such a huge throne. Especially after entering the mountains, the trees in the forest were blocking the throne's progress all the time. The leopard warriors drank their blood, strengthened their bodies with magic, and cleaned the trees along the way in front, so that the throne could move forward. But soon, the fences and other obstacles set up by Ella blocked the Sun King's carriage. As a last resort, the Sun King had no choice but to order the Throne to be put down outside the Black Spring Tribe.
There are several huge pillars standing at the bottom of the throne. These pillars ensure that the throne can still be higher than the ground after being put down. In this way, hundreds of slaves under the throne can climb out safely and climb back to the bottom of the throne when they need to lift the throne.
"Will it be inconvenient to use such a turban?
Ella couldn't help asking this. The land of the Aztland Empire is not a plain, but a mountainous mountain. The small carts built by Ella are difficult to walk inside, let alone such a large "stretcher".
"It is not for convenience, but for people to fear me."
The Sun King walked down the golden steps step by step. His body was so burly and tall that he was one head taller than Tssosomok. The petite Ella could not even reach his chest.
"Similarly, wielding the whip is not to drive away the slaves, but to shock those who have not yet become slaves."
He looked down at Ella and said:
"If one day your Sweden becomes an empire as great as Aztlan, you will understand my words."
With the opening of several leopard warriors, the Sun King walked into the Black Spring Tribe with great strides. The tribes only knew that Ella was going to ambush the enemy, and did not know who the enemy was, so they were not panicked. But the leader of the tribe knew all this. Seeing that the Sun King appeared in front of the tribe, he almost ordered the water curtain to be supported in front of the tribe's gate. Fortunately, Tessosomok and Ella kept winking next to the Sun King, so he stopped in time and welcomed the Sun King into the Black Spring Tribe.
"This time the enemy came from the land that Aztlan was unfamiliar to, holding weapons that Aztlans were unfamiliar to, and using magic and tactics that Aztlans were unfamiliar to."
After sitting in the seat, the Sun King raised his eyes to ask Ella who was still standing, and there was no intention of letting her sit down together:
"Since you are the ally Tsosomok is looking for on the other side of the sea, can you understand these enemies? In your speculation, what tactics will they use and where will they attack Aztland?"
Ella didn't know how to answer for a moment. She couldn't reveal Hestein's information in front of the Sun King. But if she didn't say anything, she might even arouse the Sun King's suspicion.
Tessomok, who had already sat down, laughed a few times in time and helped Ella to clear the siege: "Sun King, you are a little embarrassed for her. When she first arrived in Aztland, she didn't even know our military deployment. How could she infer the direction of the enemy's attack?"
The Sun King snorted and threw a roll of paper in the direction of Ella.
"My main force is here now, and as for other troops, the deployment is as shown in the figure."
Ella squatted down, picked up the roll of paper, and spread it out. This was a map, but it was extremely rough, and it seemed that it was drawn by a child in half a day. Ella vaguely identified the coastline like the sea in the east, and tried hard to find the logo that was probably the western mountain range. Between the two, there was a series of symbols representing the Aztlan army stronghold, densely packed, connecting into a long dragon, like a long rope pulled apart on the plain.
"The tribes on the plains seem to be more inclined to the enemy, so I can only arrange them like this. As long as the lines advance together, they can make up for the shortcomings in intelligence." said the Sun King, "I heard from Nesawarkoyotel that he found the enemy near the Black Springs Tribe. I led the main force back, and these troops were stationed and waiting in place."
Ella silently rolled the map back. She still remembered that when Ragna attacked Hestein, Hestein took advantage of Ragna's troops not being assembled, and broke through them and won more than twenty times in a row. Now the Sun King has taken the initiative to separate his troops. This stupid arrangement almost feeds a piece of meat to Hestein's mouth.
"So, how many soldiers did Aztland dispatch this time?" Ella asked.
"The main force of our trilateral alliance, plus the reinforcements from each state, is about 150,000."
"What did you say?"
Ella was shocked. She thought the Sun King was deliberately exaggerating and couldn't help but look at Tessosomok for confirmation, but Tessosomok also looked calm, as if the number was very ordinary.
If the Sun King hadn't said this, Ella wouldn't have thought that a civilization that was still using stone tools could form such a huge empire.
"Although I know the other person, I am not the other person after all, so please allow me to go back and think about it." Ella handed the drawing back and replied, "Tomorrow, I will tell you my speculation tomorrow."
The Sun King nodded, but did not accept the following drawings.
"You keep the drawings tonight, think about the possible actions opposite you." He looked at Ella and said meaningfully, "I just hope to be calm tonight. Because I hate being disturbed during rest."
Ella took the drawings with a serious look.
That night, Tesosomok and Ella secretly met.
"God envoy, what do you think?" asked Tessomok, "Do you think the Sun King really believe in us?"
"I'm afraid there isn't."
Ella lifted up the map given to him by the Sun King. The small map seemed to have a huge weight.
In fact, Ella does not need this map. For such a simple map, Ella can close her eyes and draw all the contents in the map with just a glance. Moreover, Ella has no way to submit this map to Hestein.
And Mokutsoma gave Ella such an important map for her to keep for the night, and it was obvious that she was testing Ella - the Sun King, who was still full of suspicion about Ella.
"It is better to be able to align the caliber with the lords of the states." Ella said, "Ordinary soldiers don't know who we are going to ambush, but these lords and their confidants, I'm worried that they will reveal the ambush of the Sun King."
Tessomok sighed in a little annoyed: "It would be great if I could go out directly at that time. It's all my subordinates who are as timid as mice, making us scared now!"
"Fortunately, we have the same interests as those city-state lords. It is not good for them to report us." Ella said, "But we still have to give them some confidence as soon as possible. If they think you give up against the Sun King, it will be troublesome."
"The interests are consistent, and I am afraid of those who are as timid as mice cannot resist the threat." Tessosomok pointed one by one, "The lord of Kaunawark and the lord of Vakostipek are famously timid. Before I came here, I had already sent someone to take care of them. There are also some people I don't feel comfortable with, they have to take care of them one by one..."
Before he finished speaking, an Aztlan soldier suddenly rushed into the tent.
Chapter completed!