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

Pizarro and his large team arrived at Haoha at noon on the third day after Captain Soto led a cavalry team to capture the Chalkuccima military camp. Haoha is the central area of ​​a flat canyon in the deep mountains of Cordillera. The Mantaro River leading to the seashore flows quietly from north to south from the side of the town. There are many passes in the valley, which lead to the depths of the mountains on all sides. The streams in the mountains on all sides also gather in the valley along the canals and flow into the Mantaro River. This is the place where the mountain people in the deep mountains come out and the place where the mountain people gather in all sides, so it is also a dense place where the Indians gather.

When the Spanish cavalry and infantry lined up in an orderly manner to the main road in Haoha Town, thousands of local Haoha people stood on both sides of the road to watch. They had simple and simple smiles, and some men and women even sang and danced along the road, showing a cheerful look.

This somewhat confused and puzzled the Spanish. Because everywhere they went, people were almost wary of them and even regarded them as invaders or robbers. Only the people here in Haoha were so kind and friendly to them. Therefore, they waved to them with a very friendly and kind smile. Because he had no idea that this place was once a large alien tribe of Indians and had always lived a peaceful and free life, but later it was occupied and conquered by the Inca king and tens of thousands of troops. Although the army was withdrawn, the Inca officials had been ruling them harshly and paid a lot of tribute and tax rent to the Sun God and the Inca king every year.

Later, the Quito defeated the Incas. People expected that the Quito would be better to them than the Incas. However, they found that the Quito was more fierce and harsh than the Incas. Therefore, they hated all the Incas. When they saw the Spaniards defeating the Incas, they felt that they were heavenly soldiers and generals sent by the gods, and were relieving their anger and gratifying for them. Therefore, they were happy and full of expectations for the arrival of the Spaniards.

Pizarro was deeply moved by the friendly and enthusiastic expression of the Hoha people towards the Spaniards, so he asked all the soldiers to gather on the playground of the Inca barracks early the next morning. When the Spanish military horn was sounded for the first time in the Hoha Canyon, many locals ran to the Inca barracks to watch the fun. In the past, the Inca barracks were absolutely not allowed to approach.

After the soldiers gathered on the playground, Pizarro walked to the soldiers in a neat military uniform, with a grim expression behind his hands, and began to speak in a very solemn and serious tone. He said, "The officers and soldiers of the Spanish Expeditionary Force, today we occupied the central central city of Hoha. This is a key step for us to march into the capital of Cusco. However, this was once the base camp of the Quito army of Chalkuccima, and there must be many Inca troops around us, so we must be vigilant and wait for the sudden attack of the Inca army."

Then he said, "The local Haoha people are very friendly to us. We must respect them, love them, and maintain good relations with them. For this reason, I require every officer and soldier to strictly abide by military discipline, not to invade the people, and not to rape women or plunder property. Those who dare to offend will be severely punished by military law."

After Pizarro finished speaking, he asked the troops to train on the playground. Almagro's soldiers were divided into two teams, a team of more than 100 cavalrymen performing impact training, and Almagro himself commanded. With the sound of the military horn, the cavalry rushed towards the other side of the training ground with long swords. Suddenly, the dust from the galloping cavalry swept across the huge Indian barracks like a hurricane, filling half of the sky. The cavalry team rushed to the end of the playground by the river before stopping.

More and more Indians came to watch, and they felt inexplicably surprised and awe at this tall and galloping animal. Because of excessive hunting or other reasons, wild horses in the Indian territory have long been extinct, so Indians have never seen such tall and mighty animals. However, similar animals often appear in their divine metaphors. The legend of animals such as Contic riding a pegasus jumping up from the sea, flying in the clouds and fog, and harming people is almost known to everyone, and is known to both women and children. This is also the active reason why they have a deified awe of such animals as horses.

On the other side of the Inca Barracks Square, nearly 200 Spanish infantry lined up in a row, holding a message gun, shouting horns, and walking back and forth in the square under the command of a captain. However, their training was much inferior to that of the cavalry, and there were very few people watching.

After a while, Commander Pizarro, accompanied by Secretary Antonio and Martin, came to the Indians who were watching the soldiers' training on the sidelines, greeted them and asked some questions. Martin kept translating the commander and the locals. The Indians felt that the tall white commander was kind and approachable, and surrounded him and saluted him.

An old Indian man asked, "Are you a tall white Contic flying from the sea on a white horse?" Pizarro smiled and asked Martin, "Who is Contic?" Martin said, "This is a god in Indian mythology. Sometimes he rides on a big ship, sometimes he rides on a white horse, and can spit flames and cast lightning. He specifically punishes those who have sinned or have faults."

Pizarro nodded and smiled and said to the Indians, "We are the gods who oppress the people." The old man immediately shouted at everyone when he heard this, and then people cheered at Pizarro and the others with joy.

Then, the older man with long white beard hugged his hands and said to Pizarro, "Please sit in the humble house." Pizarro hesitated for a moment, nodded and agreed, and led Antonio and Martin, surrounded by the Indians, followed the path next to the Indian military camp toward the village.

When they walked along the river path to the square where the cavalry returned, they saw some of the soldiers riding horses and some leading horses, and when they passed by them, they seemed a little scared. Pizarro said to them, "Don't be afraid, our war horses will not hurt you." In order to confirm the words of the Marquis to the locals, Antonio even brought a red horse from a soldier to see. However, before the horse was led over, people were already scared to disperse. To reassure everyone, Pizarro held a boy of three or four years old from an Indian woman, and held the boy on the back and rode.

The boy was ignorant and sat on the horse's back and looked laughing. This surprised and excited by other Indians, and they were no longer afraid of the horse. So others surrounded the horse one after another. The first one was a young man who wanted to put his hand on the horse and touched it, but he was still a little timid. He stood far away from the horse and touched the horse. Seeing that the horse had no reaction, he dared to put his hand completely on the horse's body and touched it for a while. However, when the young Indian was touching the horse's butt with his hands, the horse suddenly neighed, scaring the young man sobbing that he turned around and ran, running for a mile or two before turning around. Seeing that the horse was still standing still, he squatted on the ground and gasped. This made people laugh at him.

(Please pay attention to Zhang Baotong's contracted work "Poetic Emotion", including short essays, life essays and short and medium-stories. Today, the novella "Women in the Mountain" (6. The Desire of Love)
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