118. The situation is pessimistic and desperate
"The Inca Lesson" and "The Demolition of the Inca Empire" Volume 2 Zhang Baotong
Tarapaca is the niece of the village chief. She is only fifteen or sixteen years old this year. She has a very upright and pretty face. Not only does her skin look white, but her face is slightly red, so it always makes people feel a sense of spring. Her eyes look like smiles and expectation, and always flashes with dreamy confusion. Her figure is light and healthy, with soft and thin waists, and straight. But the cutest thing about the girl is her precocious and warm temperament. Maybe she was born in the deep mountains and far away from the capital, and she did not have that kind of concept of fear and fear for the Inca king, so she just regarded the Inca king in front of her as a lover, boldly showing off her ** and showing off her charm. Therefore, the young Inca king was obsessed with and obsessed with for several days.
So, the two slept until afternoon before getting up. After getting up, Okoro and Tarapaca brought the food to the restaurant. Although they were the Inca kings, Manco's dietary customs were no longer the same as those of the Inca kings. In the past, the Inca kings did not eat at the same time as those of anyone. Moreover, when the Inca kings were eating, the concubines around them had to wash their hands, hold the leftovers of the Inca kings in their hands, and even picked up the things that the Inca fell to the ground, put them in a box and put them carefully, and then transported them to a special place in the capital of Cusco. Because Manco had lived in Spanish military camps for a long time and was deeply influenced by the Spanish.
A plate of wolf meat and a plate of rabbit meat, as well as several plates of vegetables and corn were placed on the table. He and two concubines sat at the table and started dining. Because Manco and Okoro used knife and fork and spoon when eating, Taparaka didn't use these tableware, it looked clumsy. Seeing Taparaka holding the fork with his hands and forked a piece of rabbit meat, and forked for a long time but didn't hold it, Manco smiled and taught her. The girl said she was smart and clever. Under Manco's advice, she tried it a few times and learned it.
Besides, the Indians usually drink after meals, while Manco and Okoro were eating dishes while drinking, not drinking too much. But Taparaka was a little uncomfortable. She felt that drinking and eating dishes was not satisfying at all. She always wanted to drink one cup after another until she was drunk. However, when she looked at the gentle appearance of the king and Okoro when drinking, she had to learn.
So, Taparaka boldly said to Manco, "The king is not like the king of the Incas, he is simply a white Spanish man." Manco was not angry when he heard this, and said, "Although I rode the Spanish horse and held the Spanish spear, I am still the Indian king." Then, Manco forked a piece of wolf meat with a fork and sent it to his mouth, saying, "Why can the Spanish defeat us is because of their advanced weapons and tactics.
The long swords and spears are more advanced than our short swords and axes, and their mezzanines are more advanced than our javelins and short arrows. Even the clothes and shoes they wear are more convenient and beautiful than ours. Moreover, you have never seen their boats, which are bigger than our yards, and can sit more than a hundred people at once. There are two or three sails on the boat, and they run very quickly with the wind. It is not like our small woodcutters, which can only ride two or three or four or five people at a time, and it is very unstable."
Taparaka listened to this and asked curiously, "Are the Spanish women better than our Incas?" Manco said, "Of course. Almagro's troops had several young officers from Guatemala, and they all brought their wives with their wives. They were beautiful, white in skin, tall in size, beautiful clothes, and very cute." Taparaka said, "When will the king make a Spanish woman to be a princess." Manco shook his head and said, "It's good that Spanish women are good, they are too arrogant, too arrogant, and not gentle at all. To be a princess like this, it's not that she wants to listen to me, but that I want to listen to her." Taparaka said, "It's better for us Inca women to say this." Manco said, "Yes!" Both Okoro and Taparaka laughed.
Just after dinner, the prince in front of the door came to report, "Dignity, the village chief is coming to meet the king." Manco was waiting for the news that the village chief was out, so when he heard that the village chief was coming, he said, "Please."
The village chief entered the house, knelt down to the Inca king, and said, "According to the command of the king, I have assigned some people to go deep into various places, contact the people and recruit soldiers." The Inca king hurriedly asked, "What's the situation?" The village chief still knelt on the ground and replied, "The situation is very bad." When the Inca king heard it, he asked, "How is it not good?" The village chief said, "The farmers in the nearby mountainous areas are very poor. Because of years of war, there are almost no men and labor in many villages. Moreover, due to the years of grain collection, the farmers' surplus grain at home is very small, which is only enough for their own food. Therefore, this time, the recruitment and raising grain was of little effect."
The Inca king frowned and asked with a calm face, "How could such a result be?" The village chief said with a puzzled look, "Since the siege of Lima and Cusco, the farmers heard that the Inca king was defeated by the Spaniards and seemed to have lost their confidence in fighting the Spaniards. Therefore, although we brought the king's knot rope letters to recruit and mobilize, there were not many people who responded. Because the farmers did not want to make such futile and meaningless sacrifices." King Manco listened to this,
Jin became angry and shouted loudly, "Why not take compulsory measures?" The village chief was so scared that he trembled and said tremblingly, "I heard that we came to recruit and raise grain, so the village chief recruited the farmers together, but the farmers seemed very cold. Perhaps the king had already known that because the king fled and the court was lost, most administrative officials in various places fled to death. Therefore, many local people and bandits rose up everywhere, and the security was in chaos. The mayors and village chiefs in various places were also panicked and protected themselves. How could they dare to force farmers to join the army and raise grain?"
Manco sat on the chair without saying a word for a long time. In this silence and disappointment, the more than 100,000 troops besieged the city for several months but could not conquer it. The most fatal thing was that Kunzu led an army of 80,000 to besiege Lima. Not only did he not capture the city, he was almost wiped out by the Spaniards, which seriously damaged the spirit of the Inca army. Since then, the Inca army besieged Cusco was separated due to the busy farming period. The Spaniards took the opportunity to attack the Palace of Tanbo.
When he fled from the Palace of Tambo, the closest and most trusted Prince Uramaha who was the Prince of Uramaha who was abandoning him in his most dangerous times, all flashed in front of his eyes like a dream. Yes, he led an army of more than 200,000 but failed to defeat the Spanish army of hundreds, but was chased by the Spanish all the way to the mountains in the remote mountains. With this, why would the people of the Inca Empire believe him and count on him?
Chapter completed!