"May the Main God shelter us! Etalic, my loyal family general... You need not worry about the Alliance's situation. Continue with the original plan and open the southeastern sea route! The first goal before us is to pacify the Tepanec's Wind Plain City, occupy the six hundred li of coastline from Sea Woman City to Wind Plain City, and force Bee City in the mountains to submit and surrender..."
Xolotl sat cross-legged before the low table, looking at the southern map spread out before him as he wrote his reply to the old general Etalic.
"The Tepanec's Bee City lies in the mountains south of the Talsas River. The terrain is extremely perilous, and the roads are unclear... But according to the scouts' intelligence, from the middle reaches of the long Talsas River, passing through Bee City to Wind Plain City, there is a waterway formed by a tributary that enters the sea, which can serve as a route for marching troops... This is also the waterway used by Tepanec merchants, linking the long river and the great sea..."
"The various Tepanec tribes number about two to three hundred thousand people. In order to conquer them... Etalic, my loyal family general, I permit you to draw on the grain supply of Purple Grass County, replenish equipment from the smelting foundries of the Royal Capital and Black Rock Mountain, and expand the Purple Grass Legion as much as possible! Whether Tlaxcalan warriors, Tecos warriors, or even Tepanec warriors... all may be recruited into the legion to fight for the kingdom!"
At this point, Xolotl stopped his brush and pondered for a while, then clearly wrote out the next arrangements.
"After the Eastern Expedition is completely over, I will return to the Lake Capital to take part in the victorious Grand Festival...