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

The soldiers stayed in the inn between the two peaks for two days, but the troops behind still did not see the troops following him. So Soto left a few soldiers here, waiting to greet Almagro's troops behind. Because Soto knew that going south would be closer to the troops stationed by Charkuchima, he might encounter the Inca army at any time. In order to prevent accidents, he felt that he had to keep a close distance from the troops behind so that he could get reinforcements in times of crisis.

I climbed over another mountain and went to the bottom of the mountain and saw a river that was not very wide. The river was very deep and the water flowed rapidly. There was a cable bridge woven with willow trees on the river. This cable bridge was not wide and could only pass by one person, about fifty meters long. Under the blowing of the mountain wind, it kept shaking and swinging. Obviously, this cable bridge could only pass by people, but not horses could pass by. Because horse hooves would not only break the bridge surface of the cable bridge, but also easily cause the entire cable bridge to collapse.

However, the Indians in the army immediately gave Captain Soto an idea, asking the soldiers to cut down the trees by the river, cut off the branches, and then wove the willow branches into ropes, tie the trunks together, and then form a raft. In this way, the soldiers could ride the raft and lead the war horses across the river. Soto thought this method was good, so he followed this method and asked the soldiers to start cutting trees, weaving ropes, and then tie the trunks tightly with wicker ropes.

So, a raft that could carry more than ten people at the same time was ready. Soto first asked seven or eight soldiers to get on the raft, and the Indian soldiers inserted it into the water with a long pole, and rode the raft to the opposite bank while not allowing the raft to be washed away by the rapids. The war horses led by the soldiers swam hard in the river. Although the water flowed the war horses farther and farther, the soldiers pulled the reins tightly, so the war horses quickly swam to the opposite bank of the river.

The first group of soldiers and war horses crossed the river, and the second group of soldiers and war horses lived a smoother life. Within an hour, the soldiers and war horses crossed the river smoothly. Finally, the Indian soldiers paddled the rafts across the river bank and tied them to the big trees on the shore for the troops behind to use, and crossed the river from the willow rope bridge.

After crossing the river, I reached another mountain. However, the mountain was not very high, and the peak was not very cold. When the soldiers stood at the top and looked down, they saw the golden sunshine, lush and pleasant colors in the canyon. A river flowed gently from the canyon. Aside from the river was a very flat and open valley, covered with large tracts of houses, which looked like a large village, or even a town.

Since leaving Cajamaca, the Spanish troops have been trekking through the sparsely populated Cordillera Mountains, and have never seen such a large village or town. Therefore, when they saw the canyon green space covered with houses at the foot of the mountain, it was like they finally saw the dawn in the long night. Many people even regarded the place in front of them as the gold-filled Cusco Capital. So, the soldiers cheered and felt that their journey had finally come to an end and their dreams were about to come true, so they jumped all the way, singing and laughing, and rushed to the bottom of the mountain.

When they were about to go down to the foot of the mountain, they suddenly saw black smoke rising from the village at the foot of the mountain. Then, the black smoke turned into a raging fire and rolling smoke. Although the soldiers saw this scene from time to time along the way, they were all done by a few robbers. However, these fires are rising from many different places at the same time, and the fire is very large and the range is very wide. At first glance, it is not the kind of thieves who steal chickens and dogs.

So, although the soldiers were tired after marching all day, they still had enough strength to run towards the fire.

When they ran to the village, the fire had turned many houses into ashes, rubble and broken walls. However, the soldiers still saw the group of arsonists. The group of arsonists were wearing Quito Inca uniforms, holding javelins and short axes. When they saw Spanish soldiers chasing them on horseback, they whistled and soon disappeared from the smoke-filled village street corner and disappeared.

Spanish soldiers crossed the sea of ​​fire and smoke to the streets and the village entrance, but only saw no one everywhere. They could only see a group of scattered people running unhurriedly towards the mountain pass, floating in the sky like a group of ghosts. This was the first time they had seen Indian soldiers since their departure. Obviously, these Indian soldiers had known their arrival and were deliberately harassing them and sabotaging them to prevent them from entering the capital of Cusco.

The cavalry lieutenant Santos, with more than a dozen cavalrymen, slapped the horse and chased him quickly, stirring up a flying dust on the royal avenue. The Indian soldiers soon discovered the pursuers behind, but they did not seem very panic, but still jogged slowly towards the mountain pass. But just as the cavalry was about to chase the mountain pass, the soldiers suddenly disappeared like magic. Santos led the cavalry into the mountain pass and saw that the front of the royal avenue was blocked by a large river. There was a cable bridge on the river surface, and the Indian soldiers had already reached the cable bridge and were walking in the middle of the cable bridge. Although the cable bridge was swaying a large amplitude, the Indian soldiers were extremely light and free to walk on it.

So Santos and the others came to the bridge and rode on horseback and shot with guns. However, perhaps because the distance was too far and the target was shaking, they fired a few shots, but did not hurt the Indians at all. The Indians soon walked to the other side of the river, stood on the shore and laughed at the Spanish soldiers with slander and laughed, making strange images, as if they were trying to indignate them.

After a while, thick smoke broke out from the bridgehead, and a fire was set off, and the willow-woven cable bridge was burned. Santos and the others could not get on the bridge, so they could only watch the cable bridge connecting the north and south roads broke into the river under the burning of the fire, and were washed away by the river to a far distance.
Chapter completed!