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

Two or three kilometers away from the Bambamaka Inca garrison, the garrison's castle was clearly visible, and the surroundings were quiet and silent. This made Soto feel a little strange, so he asked the troops to stop and stand by on standby. Then, he sent two soldiers to dress up as local farmers and walked to the castle to reconnaissance the enemy situation.

About half an hour later, the two soldiers came back and reported that the entire castle was empty. The locals said that all the soldiers had withdrawn two days ago, as if they were heading towards Haoha. Because Haoha was the base camp of the Chalkukchima army. Soto and his soldiers easily occupied the castle, and then informed the troops behind to come and camp.

The next morning, the troops began to go south along the Royal Avenue. The Royal Avenue was a very wide road. On the gentle road, the cavalry was very smooth, and there were no harassment or attacks from Inca soldiers along the way. However, when the troops entered the mountainous areas, they encountered many troubles. These troubles were almost the same as the difficulties encountered by Hernando and his soldiers on the way to Haoha.

Although the entire royal road has the same width, it is still difficult to walk when encountering high mountain slopes and valley rapids. On this day, the soldiers marched along the royal road next to a stream. The stream kept blocking the road, sometimes even shattering the road, making people unable to cross the horses, so the soldiers had to dismount, wading water, and pulling horses across the river. However, not long after, the stream turned into a prominent cliff bottom. The cliff wall above the head was very low, so people could only bow their bodies and slowly move forward like drilling a cave, while the horses could only swim in the cold stream. However, the real test of soldiers and horses climbed over a mountain called Hawapaka, which was about 5,000 meters above sea level.

Hawapaca Peak is not only steep and steep, but also towering into the clouds. It is a very high mountain in the Cordillera Mountains. The road up the mountain is full of stone steps, rough and hard. It is rough and hard. It is not only difficult for people to walk up, but it is especially worn out with horse hooves. Therefore, the cavalry all lead horses and come to the top of the peak. The peak is even more dangerous and difficult. There is a section of the road that is almost vertically upward. Although there are guardrails on both sides, it still makes people dare not look down, because there is a deep abyss under the peak and the sea of ​​fog is vast. At first glance, you will feel a sense of fear and dizziness as you fall. Therefore, when climbing the mountain, people must climb forward, and the horse must be pushed and pulled forward step by step by step.

The troops started to go up the mountain at noon, and when they crossed the peak, it was already dusk. At this time, the cold wind suddenly rose and the temperature dropped sharply. In the gray sky, the strong wind and large snowflakes began to hit the soldiers. However, before crossing the mountain, in order to get into battle lightly, the soldiers had already thrown all their extra luggage and tents on the way. Because they never expected that there would be cold wind and heavy snow in this sunny September.

The biting cold mountain wind quickly penetrated the clothes of the Spanish soldiers. Although these soldiers had already put on thick clothes before going up the mountain, these clothes could not stop the strong wind, cold and snow in the sky of the mountains. After a while, their whole bodies were trembling with coldness, and their hands holding the horse were frozen to no sense of consciousness. Especially those Indians, because they were very close to the equator and lived in a dry and hot climate all year round, they only wore them.

Wearing very few clothes, I couldn't stand the sudden cold wind and snowfall. Some Indian soldiers' hands and feet were quickly frozen and swollen. In order not to be frozen by the cold wood, they kept running and jumping, fighting with their extremely tenacious will. However, even the tenacious will was so weak and helpless in the cold wind and snow. Not long after, two or three weak Indians fell on the hard stone steps.

In the dark night, the cold wind and heavy snow made the road down the mountain particularly difficult. The soldiers led their horses, stepped on the snow, and moved towards the mountain step by step, and they couldn't even see how far the road down the mountain was, and how long the cold night would last. However, at this time, many horse hooves had been worn out by the rough and hard stone steps. The soldiers took off their clothes and wrapped them around. Because it was not easy for these war horses to come from Spain, they could be said to be the magic weapon for the Spaniards to defeat the Inca army. Therefore, every Spanish cavalry regarded war horses as something second only to their lives.

Finally, they rushed to the foot of the mountain before the wind and snow stopped. Otherwise, the soldiers' disaster would have lasted until after. Because at this time, the other Indian soldiers were almost dying, and the hands, feet and limbs of most Spanish soldiers were already stiff and unable to move.

Fortunately, there was a larger inn at the foot of the mountain, with two large stone houses in the inn. This inn is a place where the Incas conveyed messages and valuables to the Inca kings. It was also a camp for the Inca nobles and army to rest along the way. Soto led two soldiers into the house near the roadside, and saw two Indian inns sleeping on the bed in the dark room. Soto knocked on the door vigorously, and the two inns suddenly woke up from their dreams. At this time, a soldier had already lit a torch, illuminating the entire house.

Seeing that the two postmen were trembling with fear, Soto asked the postmen to get up in an orderly to open all the rooms. The two postmen were so scared that they hurriedly put on their clothes and keys to go out to open the door for the soldiers. However, the soldiers did not care about going into the house to sleep, but hurriedly grew a large pile of firewood in the open space in front of the house to keep warm. However, the fire was not enough, and the soldiers led four or five bonfires to gather together to heat the frozen hands, feet and bodies.

Soto asked the two postmen to set up fires for the soldiers to cook. The two postmen opened a large warehouse, which was filled with corn, potatoes, air-dried venison, and many tableware. The postmen used a large basket of corn to fill a basket of corn, and then went to a large kitchen to start cooking.

The corn porridge was ready, and the postmen put the corn into pottery pots. The soldiers hadn't eaten hot meals for two days in a row. They picked up the pottery pots and ate them with air-dried venison, which tasted delicious. Indian corn is produced almost every season, and the corn produced in different seasons has different sweetness and hardness. The corn produced in the main season is softer and has a lot of moisture. The corn porridge made tastes sweet and fragrant.

The soldiers ate corn porridge with big mouthfuls of pottery. After one pot was eaten, they didn't feel full, so they wanted a second pot. However, a large pot of porridge had been eaten. So Soto asked the postmen to make another pot. It was not until three pots of porridge were made in a row that the soldiers were full and went into the house to sleep with their stomachs.
Chapter completed!