Battle Damage and Enemy Kills

Spring sunlight fell through the crown of the great tent, illuminating the plain interior. The king sat cross-legged at the head, a smile on his face. Black Wolf stood in the center, high-spirited and proud. Then the light dimmed slightly as it fell behind the king. Captain of Warriors Bertad looked calm, while Chief Attendant Nashu kept a low profile and said nothing.

Behind Black Wolf, along the slightly dim edge of the great tent, stood the burly "Feather Goose" Mihoti, the plump "Flower Tree" Huochiku, and the lean "Coiled Python" Moyahualo, one after another.

The seven people in the tent were the ones who controlled the Southern Route Army's six legions, a great army of fifty thousand. Xolotl personally led six thousand of the Royal Legion; Bertad was responsible for seven thousand of the Imperial Guard Legion; Black Wolf commanded eight thousand of the Dog-kin Legion, plus five thousand surrendered Tecos troops. These twenty-six thousand men were Xolotl's direct forces, which he could fully command and mobilize. As for the remaining twenty-four thousand, they belonged to three eight-thousand-man corps from the southern city-states.

The "Feather Goose" Legion came from the largest, Latzico State, and had five thousand warriors and three thousand militia. The "Flower Tree" Legion came from the wealthy Xalco State, with four thousand warriors and four thousand militia, some of whom had changed over to bronze weapons. The "Coiled Python" Legion came from the nearest Huaxtepec State, the front line that had fought repeated bloody battles with the Tlaxcalan for decades, and its city-state was relatively battered and ruined. They had only two thousand warriors and six thousand militia, but their hatred for the enemy ran deepest, and their will to fight was the firmest.

"...In the three months of the Eastern Expedition, the Guachichil Legion served