"May the Chief Divine protect us! March to the Northeast! Warriors of the Legion, warriors of the Alliance, advance towards Tehuantepec, advance into the heart of the Coastal Zapotecs!"
"March! Yāōquiz! Yāōquiz!"
The sun at the seaside hung high in the sky, the surging waves glistening with gold bronze. After leaving a thousand legion troops to guard Leopard Hill City, Divine King Avit once again led the grand army, advancing towards the northeastern Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
After continuous conquests of the city-states, wear and tear on the march, and leaving garrisons, the main force of Divine King's expeditionary army was now reduced to just three thousand conscripted militia, five thousand royal legion, and four thousand tonsured guards. The twelve-thousand-man legion also marked the supply limit that the Alliance and the Kingdom could sustain in this wild Zapotecs land.
