The King's Western Tour: Apa Plain, A Thousand Miles of Fertile Land

The sunlight of the dry season was always bright, and the sacred wind flew through the sky. After the thirteen days of the Month of Wind came the Month of the Eagle (Cuauhtli), which symbolized spirituality; this was the month of control, the month of motion, and the month of fortune. Since the southern campaign began, every plan and every effort had reached the time of repayment.

A valiant Purepecha Warrior carried the head of a Tecos noble chief into the military city of Apa, and conveyed the king's decree: within three days, open the city and surrender, and there would be no slaughter. After three days, the whole army would storm the city and exterminate everyone!

Their southwestern allies had already been destroyed, and Apa City was now a lone city, with no life left in it. The defenders in the city lost their last breath of spirit, their faces withering day after day. Under the terrifying bombardment of the Copper Beasts, most of the nobles had their minds utterly shattered. They quarreled fiercely for two days, even breaking into small-scale fighting, before they finally reached an outcome.

At noon on the third day, the gates of Apa City finally swung wide open. The surviving Palm clansmen laid down their weapons and came out of the city to surrender to the royal army. They knelt in a sheet outside the gate, letting the Imperial Guard warriors bind their hands and feet, placing life and death in another's hands.

After that, Bertad led three thousand Imperial Guards into the city to make an inventory.

The military city was not large, and its population was not great, but its stored grain was extremely abundant. The royal army captured six thousand able-bodied Militia, four thousand women and children, ten thousand rebel subjects