The Inca Lesson (Fiction) "The Demolition of the Inca Empire" (Volume 2) Zhang Baotong

September 8th is another memorable day for the Spanish Expeditionary Force. Under the leadership of their commander, nearly 500 soldiers began to march towards Cusco from noon in high spirits along the royal road.

Walking in the front were more than 60 cavalrymen from Captain Soto's team. They lined up in an orderly marching team, starting from Plaza Amas, walked out of the barracks, and then sang the "Cusco in a Dream" they wrote and sang, and entered the spacious royal avenue. Then General Almagro led more than 100 cavalry and more than 100 infantrymen, following about hundreds of distances. Then there were more than 100 infantrymen led by Commander Pizarro, protecting the Inca king Topalka, Chalkuccima and his royal officials slowly walked forward.

Pizarro rode a tall horse, and Antonio, Martin and three royal officials were also riding horses in front of the infantry team. Behind him, the Inca king Topalca and Quito's army, sat in a sedan chair carried by four people. They were surrounded by a large group of princes, ministers and attendants, and the grand momentum and pomp of the marching was like they had real royal power. 2

Finally, the cavalry of Captain Juan's team who left the square. They followed the entire team without haste to cover the cover. The golden dream inspired their fighting spirit, so they sang the song very loudly and excitedly, and almost everyone in the town of Kajamaca could hear their singing.

"Cusco in the dream,

The golden paradise on earth,

Whether in temples or in palaces,

There are warehouses full of gold and silver everywhere.

Cusco in the dream,

It's the place I yearn for,

No matter how many difficulties and dangers have gone through,

I'm going to fill up the gold, too."

The entire Armas Square was surrounded by Indians watching, who showed neither excitement nor surprise, but regarded them as a strange team passing by their village, and kept watching them far away to the end of the road.

The sun was bright and soft at noon, but not very hot, which made the soldiers marching very happy. However, they had stopped singing because it would consume their energy too much. When the avenue entered the valley, the scenery became beautiful.

The Andes in early September are very quiet and beautiful, with the sky so blue and the clouds so white. Bright golden light shines warmly on the ancient peaks and mountains. The white clouds sometimes drift soothingly and affectionately, and sometimes surround the mountains with affection. At the foot of the gentle and low mountain, red, purple and yellow flowers flutter in the breeze in the breeze and cool mountain breeze. Streams and springs gather in the green mountains along the ditch and the ridges. The cool breeze blows slowly from the grass and the edges of the streams, making the soldiers intoxicated and excited, completely forgetting that this was a arduous march, and it felt more like a collective outdoor tour.

But soon, they discovered many scenes that surprised and surprised them. When they entered Bambamaka the next day at noon, Captain Soto wanted to take the team to a larger village to rest so that the soldiers could have a good meal. Because he had stayed here a few days ago, the villagers not only boiled water and cooked for them, but also gave up their houses to provide them with overnight stays. However, after only a few days, the village was gone, and all they could see was a burned wall and collapsed rubble, but they could not see a surviving house or a villager.

Soto walked around the burned village, and the stone walls were burned black by the fire and broken wood that had not been burned, as well as other items that were burned by the fire and debris that had not been taken away by the people. What he saw was a chaotic situation. This made Soto feel very sad and puzzled, wondering if this was done by the Inca soldiers stationed in Bambamaka. However, he felt that it was not like that, because the Inca garrison was still very far away from here, and it was impossible to come here to burn the houses here.

Soto wanted to find a local person to learn about the situation, but there was a valley near the village, with some corn fields on the hillside and gentle areas. However, when I looked up, I saw that there was not even a single figure in the wilderness. So Soto had to urge the troops to continue the march so that I could rest in the village ahead.

They walked more than ten miles to another larger village along the way. However, this village burned even worse than the village just now, and almost no tiles left. Soto asked the team to stop and rest in a flat threshing ground next to the village, and then sent a few cavalry to follow a path to find a villager in the mountains to find out who burned the villages.

About twenty minutes later, several cavalrymen who went out to perform the mission returned and brought a middle-aged man. Soto asked him in local language. The man understood Soto's words and said that these villages were not burned by the Inca army, but some villagers from other villages burned the village in order to rob gold or rape women.

Logically speaking, Indians are very obedient and law-abiding. There are almost no people in the whole society who violated the law and did not abide by the rules, because the laws of the Inca Empire were very strict, and any minor violations could be sentenced to hang. Therefore, Indians were very obedient, and no one intentionally or unintentionally violated the law. But why did these Indians who were obedient and simple and regular inclined to do such extreme activities and illegal acts? This not only made Soto unable to understand, but even all the Spanish were incredible.

The Indian told Soto that this was because after the Inca king was executed, some people felt that no one would control them anymore. Therefore, the true nature of the wild nature was revealed, so they gathered a group of people, smashed, robbed, burned, and raped women. When they learned that the Spaniards regarded gold as treasures, they began to rob temples and palaces, gathered the stolen gold and silver, and hid them in the mountains and forests.

When Soto heard this, he was extremely angry and asked the robbers where they were now, and they wanted to send people to catch them all and sentence them to hang them. However, the villager just shook his head and said that they had heard that the Spanish army was coming and had already hidden deep in the mountains. Soto had no choice but to look at the mountains and sigh, because he had more important tasks to be carried out.
Chapter completed!