Black Corporation: Joseon

Chapter 764

Episode 764: Encounter (9)

Funny enough, it was his father Itzcoatl and Montezuma I himself who made the Aztec authorities enthusiastic about human sacrifice.

It is not that human sacrifice had never occurred before then.

Only the royal family or warriors of the losing side in the war were sacrificed, or the royal family harmed themselves and became sacrifices.

However, during the reign of Itzcoatl and Montezuma I, the scale of human sacrifices increased.

In order to justify large-scale human sacrifice, they even condemned the previously believed doctrines as heretics and established new doctrines.

And in order to obtain this sacrifice, they attacked the colonial tribes and pressured the vassal states.

Through this process, it was intended to weaken the forces that could rebel against Aztec rule.

It was because of the sword of the stranger that Montezuma I set out to meet the stranger in person.

-They are armed with much more powerful weapons than our warriors. It would be dangerous if you rashly touch them and a war breaks out!

The danger that Montezuma I thought was not defeat or the destruction of the country.

-This is the area we govern. There can be no defeat.

-But you can incur big losses.

-If the empire loses a lot of its warriors, surrounding vassal states, colonial tribes, or commoners may take action.

What Montezuma I was worried about was that he would be overthrown by an internal enemy while he had exhausted his strength in dealing with external enemies.

-If the Tlatoani themselves take the initiative and create a conciliatory atmosphere, the nobles will have no choice. Then you can avoid unnecessary power consumption.

This was the reason why Montezuma I decided to meet the stranger in person.

* * *

Imperial army landing site.

“I’m tired of waiting aimlessly.”

Admiral Ahn Sang-soo, who was observing the situation while sitting in the commander’s tent, muttered with a face full of embarrassment.

Almost fifteen days had passed since the beachhead was established on the coast in question.

There was no contact during that time, and the soldiers grew tired of boredom.

For the first few days after landing, the soldiers were on high alert and looking around in all directions, but as each day passed without anything happening, the tension became dull.

Therefore, Admiral Ahn Sang-soo replaced the sailors who had been selected as riflemen with the sailors who remained on the ship.

The idea was to maintain morale and maintain a certain level of tension by alternating between those who had to live on a stuffy ship with all sides tightly packed and those who spent time on land on a vacation rather than a vacation.

To prevent the soldiers from relaxing, Admiral Ahn Sang-soo used another method.

“As it is, there is a shortage of drinking water. Find a source of drinking water nearby. However, it is limited to a half-day distance from the beachhead.”

“How many people would you like to allocate?”

“The minimum unit is a group (25 people). Dividing it below that is strictly prohibited.”

“yes!”

According to Admiral Ahn Sang-soo’s orders, a group of 125 people left the beachhead every day and searched the surrounding area.

As they searched the surrounding area every day, the detection range of the imperial army increased from half a day’s distance to half a day’s distance.

In the meantime, solving the drinking water problem by finding good spring water was a bonus. In addition, we were able to carry out the surveying work in detail, which we had not been able to do properly last time.

The imperial officers, who had gained some confidence as they searched around the beachhead, reported to Admiral Ahn Sang-soo.

“Wouldn’t it be better if we went inside first?”

Admiral Ahn Sang-soo shook his head at the officers’ suggestion.

“Not possible. We currently have no information about this area. “It would be self-destructive to move in such a situation.”

“I think it is possible because we have enough equipment.”

“Enough equipment? The weapons out there are for war, not exploration. “The logging island is the only one equipped for exploration.”

“Don’t you have a compass? “If you have a compass, you won’t have to worry about losing your direction, so wouldn’t it be okay?”

When the young officer mentioned the compass, Admiral Ahn Sang-soo glared at the officer in question.

“Have you ever been in the jungle?”

“doesn’t exist.”

“It’s really hard.”

“Should I just hit it?”

“And then you want to become a sacrifice?”

“Can’t we just say they attacked first?”

When impure words began to spread among the low-level warriors who became unbearable, a messenger brought news.

-Tlatoani himself is coming!

Upon hearing the news that Montezuma I himself was coming, the eagle warriors and jaguar warriors began to strictly manage the lower-level warriors, and the lower-level warriors had to hide their impure intentions.

* * *

When there was only one day left until withdrawal.

Soldiers who had gone on an expedition into the jungle rushed out of the jungle and rushed to the beachhead.

“emergency! emergency!”

“The natives are coming!”

Returning to the beachhead, the imperial soldiers shouted at the top of their lungs to announce the approach of the Aztec warriors.

Ding ding ding!

In response to the soldiers’ cries, bells signaling an emergency rang here and there on the bridgehead, and the soldiers who were taking a break hurriedly grabbed their weapons and ran to their area of responsibility.

Admiral Ahn Sang-soo, who was resting in the tent, rushed out to check the situation.

“Report!”

The commander of Yeo, who went on an expedition under the admiral’s orders, reported to the admiral.

“A large number of natives are approaching this place!”

“What is the scale?”

“At least a thousand units!”

Admiral Ahn Sang-soo, who received the report, gave an order to his adjutant.

“Shoot the new weapon!”

“yes!”

A moment later, a single Shingijeon rose into the sky and exploded.

pop!

When the signal signal, which meant ‘enemy approaching’, exploded, the signals rose into the sky from ships anchored at sea. This meant that the shooting mechanism at the bridgehead had been confirmed, and busy movements began to be seen even on the anchored ships.

* * *

Meanwhile, Montezuma I and the Aztec warriors, who had almost arrived at the beach, stopped when they saw the new war.

“what?”

“How do we do it?”

The Aztecs, who had no means of producing similar effects, all came up with similar ideas.

‘They have a very good shaman!’

The Aztecs thought so and took a more cautious approach.

It would have been a big deal if an outstanding shaman who could create flames and smoke in the sky like that had placed a curse.

The curse itself was a problem, but it was also because they might have to go to war or become sacrifices to get a sacrifice to break the curse.

Moving cautiously, the Aztec warriors escaped the jungle and headed toward the beachhead.

At the forefront was the palanquin carrying Montezuma I.

Montezuma I, sitting in the palanquin, looked at the camp of strangers in front of him.

Just as the jaguar warrior who first reported contact said, stranger warriors holding long wooden sticks were glaring at them.

‘Who is the commander? ‘Is he their king?’

While Montezuma I was looking for the leader of the foreigners, Ahn Sang-su was also looking for the head of the natives.

Ahn Sang-su, who was examining the camp of Aztec warriors through a telescope, soon found Montezuma I riding in a palanquin.

‘Could it be that the king himself came?’