Chapter 386 Rebellion, Battle of Kuramo City

The flames burned in front of the temple, and the smoke drifted in the city. The fierce fighting had lasted for two days and two nights. The rebellious militia occupied most of the city, and thousands of civilians had fled. On the city wall, the flags of the Three Gods and the Purple Grass Family were erected, just like the era of the Tarasco Kingdom. When the sun rose again, all the colors in the city of Kuramo were revealed. At this moment, this pearl on the shore of Lake Atoyak has been dyed red in the fierce battle.

In the center of the city, blood flowed from the more than ten-meter-high Akata Pyramid and gathered into a shallow stream. Veteran Etalik, wearing heavy armor, sat in the main temple at the top of the pyramid. He looked calm, holding a tortilla in his hand, chewing it slowly.

The main temple was rebuilt not long ago, and the remaining murals of the Three Gods can be vaguely seen. However, the symbol of the hummingbird sun stood in the middle, and the supreme main god suppressed all the remnants of the old gods. Under the sign of the Lord, a Mexica war priest was holding the Ali Sutra in his hand, chanting chapters of the holy war loudly to encourage the morale of the warriors.

The generals were calm and confident, and the priests were pious and fearless. Under their influence, the more than 500 Mexica warriors on the pyramid settled down. They relied on the sturdy pyramid and were divided into three layers for defense.

The outermost layer was 400 warriors holding shields and spears, forming a battle formation suitable for defense, guarding the middle of the pyramid. Further up were more than 100 archers holding longbows, three or five groups, occupying a good shooting position, accurately shooting the warriors among the enemies. The incident happened suddenly, and the archers did not have enough bows and arrows, so they could not shoot at will.

At the top, there were 40 elite warriors wearing heavy cloth armor, each holding a big axe, and they were recuperating. When one side of the pyramid was attacked by the enemy's elite and the situation was critical, they would rush down from above and kill the enemy with irresistible power!

The sun was rising, but after a moment of silence, the sound of fighting began again. The burning smoke rose from under the pyramid, blackening the warriors on both sides, but effectively blocking the archers' sight.

Five or six hundred Kurama militiamen, led by hundreds of purple grass warriors, climbed up from the south and made a difficult assault on the pyramid. They raised their heads and stabbed out their spears, but were easily blocked by the Mexica warriors. Then, the copper spears from high above stabbed down, penetrating the heads and necks of the militiamen, bringing up a large amount of bright red!

"Swish, swish!"

A large group of Kurama slingers approached the pyramid and threw stones from below, hitting the cotton armor and shields of the Mexica warriors, occasionally hitting the warriors' cheeks, which hurt people. The warriors were very annoyed, but they always obeyed the orders of the generals, firmly guarding the pyramid, and did not attack.

"Swoosh, swoosh!"

The Mexica archers watched for a moment, and shot dozens of sporadic feather arrows through the smoke. More than a dozen purple grass warriors hidden in the militia wailed, fell to the ground with serious injuries or died. Precious arrows cannot be consumed on the weed-like Kuramo slingers.

Hundreds of lives were sacrificed in front of the main temple, and the stream on the pyramid was replenished again, flowing slowly down the stone steps, making the climb more difficult. The attack of the Purple Grass Family lasted for a quarter of an hour, but it was never able to form a breakthrough, and only left corpses.

In the blood and fire fight, the veteran Etalik finished eating the cake. He stood up, looked down, looked at the battle situation on the south side of the pyramid, and nodded. The front line is stable, and it is not time to use heavy armored warriors.

The production of copper armor in the kingdom is gradually becoming rich, and each major general has a group of heavy armored guards, with a number of about dozens. These elite armored warriors protect the generals on the one hand and are used for key assaults on the other. As a veteran of the alliance, Etalik received fifty sets of expensive bronze armor, but lost ten sets in the recent attack.

Thinking of this, veteran Etalik was extremely angry.

Two days ago, he was attacked by an assassin from the Purple Grass family. After the other party lied that he was a minor noble, he presented three letters from the generals of Prepecha plotting rebellion. After reading them, he felt that the words in these letters were vague and mixed with various Tarasco graphics and texts, so he summoned the other party for detailed inquiries.

Who knew that the other party seemed cowardly, but was actually fierce and stubborn. He suddenly attacked, and a guard was scratched on the arm and died of poisoning on the spot. Fortunately, Etalik was wearing heavy arm armor and skilled in martial arts. He directly pulled out the bronze sword and killed the other party in a few strokes. Afterwards, he looked at the dots of blue frog poison on the cloth armor and felt palpitations.

"The rebellion of the Purple Grass Family has been planned for a long time! May the Lord God bless you, may the ancestors bless you, may nothing happen to your Highness!"

Etalik looked to the north and prayed devoutly for a moment.

Soon after the assassin's attack, thousands of rebel militiamen and warriors appeared in the city of Kuramo, and with the help of an insider, they raided Etalik's military camp.

At least half of the two hundred newly recruited Purpecha warriors in the camp participated in the rebellion. They shouted the slogan "The Mexica Barbarian King was assassinated, and the Tarasco royal family is about to be restored" and surrounded them from all directions. Many residents in the city of Kuramo also participated, some showed the way for the rebels, some provided food, and some even participated in the battle.

Thinking of this, Etalik's eyes were filled with anger and some regret.

"After disbanding the militia, I shouldn't have recruited two hundred Purepezha warriors! The enemies that have infiltrated the city are the most dangerous. The city of Curamo is full of rebels! When the king's army arrives, I will make a suggestion to Your Highness: all the rebels in the city should either be sacrificed or reduced to slavery!"

The southern Zicao County survived the Western Expedition, with its towns and villages largely intact. There are too many remaining noble forces, and the spread of faith is slow. The people have never seen the power of the Mexican Legion, and they still have illusions about the old Tarasco dynasty. The rule of the kingdom is not stable here, which is why Etalik suggested that His Majesty go south for consolidation.

A camp of one thousand Mexica warriors was attacked by the rebellious Zicao family, with more than 300 casualties on the spot, and was surrounded by rebellious militiamen and residents. Veteran Etalik made a quick decision and led the remaining more than 600 warriors in a desperate attack, defeating the enemies besieging the main temple and occupying the pyramid in the center of the city.

The main temple has food and water that can sustain everyone for three days, and more than fifty temple guards are joining in. Although these temple guards are from Prepecha, they are extremely loyal to the Alliance. This kind of loyalty is not only due to religious belief, but also because the fate of the temple guards has long been bound to the temple. Once the rebels who believe in the three gods capture the city, they will only die!

"Only Prepecha warriors who devoutly believe in the Lord God are good warriors worthy of trust."

Etalik muttered. The spread of faith is crucial to the stability of the kingdom's rule.

Under his command, more than six hundred Mexica warriors and temple guards relied on the favorable location to defend the pyramid. Once freed from surprise attacks and melees, the Mexican warriors' combat power can be fully unleashed. In the two days of fighting, the samurai suffered only a little over a hundred casualties, but killed more than five hundred enemies. By now, the rebellious Lithospermum family has lost its vitality, and the elites are probably almost destroyed. The warriors are firmly entrenched in the temple, and the biggest threat is that they are about to run out of food and water.

"The leader of the Zicao family, the leader of the rebels, Gulamo."

Veteran Etalik looked at the bottom of the pyramid with a solemn expression.

The banner of House Purple Grass was erected beyond the range of the longbow. Beside the flag, a handsome warrior leader wearing bronze armor was looking at the defenders on the pyramid. Then, he gave a few instructions to the surrounding guards, and more than a thousand Kuramo militiamen gathered again on the east, west, and north of the pyramid. To the south where the warrior leader stood, nine bronze-armored elites led more than 300 leather-armored warriors in the final mobilization.

"Haha! Gulamo, the warriors don't have enough food and water, but you are so impatient that you overwhelm all the elites."

Etalik ignored the incoming attack and a smile appeared on his lips.

"Praise the Lord God! It seems that His Highness is safe and sound, and reinforcements are about to arrive!"