"Boom, boom, boom!"
Fierce war drums thundered outside Shuigu City, accompanied by the shouts of the Mexica Legion, announcing an even crueler siege!
Soon, over a thousand Tecos tribal warriors bent low and pushed two hundred heavy Wooden Shield Carts, slowly pressing toward the outside of the southern wall. These Tecos warriors were surrendered troops incorporated during the kingdom's southern campaign. They wore Rattan Hats on their heads, carried Short Spears on their backs, tied Loincloths at their waists, and the most valuable equipment on their bodies was the cheap Paper Armor they wore. The cost of forming them was astonishingly low.
"Creak, creak."
The heavy Wooden Shield Carts rolled over earth trampled hard, gradually nearing the southern wall of Shuigu City and closing within eighty paces. At this range, the elite Longbowmen defending the city could already hit the shield carts accurately.
"May the God of the Hunt bless us! Shoot the enemies dead!"
On the southern wall, the gaps left by the dead were quickly filled. The hereditary nobles leading the troops gripped their longbows and let out savage shouts.
"...Hum!"
Hearing the order, the dense ranks of Tlaxcalan warriors and Militia all raised their longbows, Short Bows, and Hunting Bows, nocked Copper Arrows, Bone Arrows, and even Stone Arrows on reed Shafts, and fired down at the city's base in succession!
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!... Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"
Great sheets of Feathered Arrows came shooting in like rushing windblown sand, wild and disorderly. Dozens of Tecos warriors instantly screamed in agony, arrows striking their heads and faces, and toppled slantwise to the ground, leaving only fresh streaks of blood behind.
The Tlaxcalans worshiped Mixcoatl, the God of the Hunt, and called themselves descendants of the "Cloud Snake." In myth, the weapon of the God of the Hunt was