The Fall of the Golden Empire (Novel) (Volume 1) "Bloody Sunset" by Zhang Baotong
It seems that the Quito army is about to enter the city and completely surround the city. Suddenly, a burst of charging horn horns came from the city, and the horns sounded together, very loud. Atahualpa thought that some herald had passed the wrong order, and he couldn't help but feel a little angry, so he asked the herald, "Who is blowing the trumpet? Immediate execution without mercy."
However, before the herald could reply, the troops at the front suddenly stopped marching as if they had discovered something strange, and began to become somewhat scattered. As countless Inca soldiers came out of the city, they were wearing yellow military uniforms, their flags covered the sun, and their killing sounds were loud.
Soon, tens of thousands of soldiers from both armies wearing yellow and red military uniforms crowded into the grassland of the small suburban wilderness like a large dense swarm of ants. They fought in a melee, with the clash of swords and guns and the screams of the soldiers. The sound became one.
Maybe it was a counter-attack, or maybe the opponent's force had a clear advantage. Some Quito soldiers in red uniforms retreated. It was just a few people at first, but soon there were many people, and then the entire army began to retreat.
King Atahualpa ordered the palace guards to lead nearly a thousand palace guards to supervise the battle behind them carrying swords and axes. They rushed forward and cut down a group of soldiers who were retreating. When the soldiers in Quito saw the palace guards coming to supervise the battle, they had no choice but to turn around and charge forward desperately. However, later on, I saw that the Inca soldiers became more and more courageous and fought more and more, charging towards this side in a black mass, and the small wilderness in front of me was already littered with corpses, and blood flowed into rivers. The soldiers had already Unintentionally fighting, they began to flee in large areas, just like the flood that broke the embankment and could not be stopped. Seeing that the Inca soldiers were about to rush over, in order to save their lives, the palace guards supervising the battle also began to flee with the defeated army.
Atahualpa never even thought about the decline and misery before him. In all his impressions and imaginations, Quito's army was always brave and adept at fighting, invincible, invincible, and invincible. The army in the south is a group of old soldiers who are pampered, poor in quality, show off their skills and are vulnerable to a single blow. I didn't expect that these veteran soldiers who had not fought in many years would have such fighting power, beating their elite troops to pieces and scattering them in all directions. Moreover, it also puzzled him that Chief Chamuul only brought 40,000 troops, so he only brought 40,000 soldiers, but why would my 40,000 troops be defeated by his 40,000 troops? Subordinates?
Perhaps his troops had just arrived after a long journey, while the southern army had arrived here the day before and had rested for a whole day. It could be said that they were fully prepared for battle and ready to work. However, apart from that, all other advantages should be on his side. Therefore, no matter how hard it is, he cannot be defeated by Chamul, not to mention that he personally leads the army in this battle. From this thought, he felt that the reason for the retreat of the troops should be a counter-surprise attack. The soldiers were frightened by the momentum and surprise attack of the Inca soldiers and had not yet recovered. So, he yelled at the officers and guards beside him, "Block them, and kill anyone who retreats." After saying that, he grabbed a short ax from one of the guards and led his men quickly along the way. Run quickly down the high slope.
Descending to the high slope and walking to the middle of the road, facing the soldiers who were retreating this way, King Atahualpa raised his short ax high and shouted, "Those who retreat will kill the nine tribes." Nearly a thousand soldiers from the royal palace The guards and other officers also stood beside the king fiercely and majestically with weapons in hand, blocking the entire retreat.
At this time, several Quito horn players stood on a high slope and blew their horns loudly. Atahualpa raised his short axe, stepped forward and chopped down several retreating soldiers with the axe. Then, with the palace guards around him, he forced the soldiers to charge forward.
The soldiers were frightened by this formation and situation and did not dare to retreat any further. Most of them had fought with King Atahualpa for many years and were well aware of the majesty and ferocity of King Atahualpa. Therefore, when they saw the king holding a hatchet and bringing the palace guards to supervise the battle, they were afraid of being chopped down by their own king. With his head turned, he turned around to face the Inca soldiers and resisted desperately. In this way, the retreating formation immediately stabilized its corners and gradually turned into an effective counterattack. As a result, soldiers from both armies began to fight desperately on the narrow slopes of grass.
After all, the Quito soldiers had been fighting for many years and were well-trained. Although they were unprepared for the Inca army's counterattack, and the formations were temporarily disrupted and fled in all directions, but under the personal supervision and reorganization of King Atahualpa, they were soon able to A new combat formation and formation soon formed, and they began to fight with the fierce Inca soldiers. Although the Inca army adopted the anti-sneak attack tactic of waiting for work, they seized the opportunity and advantage, and the offensive was fierce, catching the Quito soldiers by surprise, and almost defeating the Quito people. However, they did not expect that the Quito people would soon He woke up, stabilized his position and morale, and began to fight them to the death.
Tens of thousands of soldiers from both armies were scattered on the narrow wilderness grassland, shouting at the top of their lungs, and fighting desperately with swords, axes and spears. Under the setting sun in the afternoon, the flashes of swords and axes stung people's eyes, and the splattering blood and tragic wails were terrifying and terrifying to watch. Time seemed to be frightened to death by this cruel scene of human beings slaughtering each other, while the soldiers on both sides were fighting the most tenaciously with extreme fatigue and incomparable tenacity. Because soldiers on both sides know that whoever persists to the end will win, and the winner is the master of the loser's fate.
Just when the two armies were fighting in a daze and it was difficult to determine the outcome, suddenly, a large force composed of 20,000 to 30,000 people suddenly appeared on the back of the Quito army, and slowly came from the mountain pass. People were crowding this way on the road. The sudden appearance of this force made Atahualpa not sure whether to be surprised or happy. He hoped that this force would be reinforcements, so that the balance of victory and defeat would be reversed in an instant. However, he felt that this could not be reinforcements, because General Kuta Chica's troops had already detoured back to the town of Yehe. Even if they came at this time, they would only appear behind the Incas, not in front of them. the rear side. Could it be reinforcements sent from Quito? It seems unlikely, because without his order, Chiskis and Chalkuchma would not be able to use Quito's army, not to mention that they have no idea about the current war situation. There is no way to know. Could this be the southern troops? But he quickly rejected this conclusion because the south could not have so many troops. The 40,000 troops led by Chamul this time can be said to be almost all of Huascar's wealth. So, who sent this force?
Soon, someone saw someone in the army holding the flag of the Kingdom of Quito. Next to the flag of the Kingdom of Quito, there was a handsome flag fluttering in the wind. Judging from the mark on the flag, it looked like General Kutachka. The troops he led. Atahualpa looked at the military flag over there again and again, and finally confirmed that it must be General Kutachka's troops. However, what puzzled him was why this force did not detour back to the town of Yehe as he wanted, but suddenly appeared behind the Quito force. This made him a little irritable and annoyed: If General Cutacica could really follow his will and go back to the back of the Inca army, and suddenly appear behind the Incas at this moment, then the Incas would be doomed. . However, he can't blame General Kuta Chica yet, because at this moment, whether General Kuta Chica appears behind the Incas or behind the Quitos, it will give the Quito army a passive disadvantage. With great encouragement and reinforcement.
So, he asked the trumpeter to blow a new round of marching horns, and asked the signal soldiers to use the small flags in their hands to signal General Kutachka's army. However, the enemy on the other side seemed to ignore King Quida's intention and neither replied nor blew the trumpet. The troops continued to rush along the mountain pass, and then spread out to both sides in an orderly manner, heading towards Hao Hao down the slope in a fan-shaped manner. They came in force and soon surrounded King Atahualpa and the palace guards.
King Atahualpa saw that the situation was not right, so he asked the messenger to send a signal to General Kuta Chika's troops to stop. However, General Kutachka's troops ignored them and continued to surround them. Seeing that the situation was not good, the palace guards took the guards to protect the king and break out from the side. However, they could not break through the fan-shaped encirclement formed by tens of thousands of people. Therefore, the palace guards led people to protect the royal family and ran and fought in the direction of the melee between the two armies, so as to clear a bloody path and protect King Quida escapes and breaks out.
However, as soon as the palace guards rushed into the melee, they saw the troops behind them rushing over with a murderous sound. Nearly a thousand palace guards surrounded the king in the middle, fighting desperately with the soldiers surrounding them on both sides. They wielded their swords and tried their best to cut down one area, but more and more people were swarming toward them, becoming unstoppable and making them feel as if they were being drowned by huge waves.
Atahualpa saw that the soldiers guarding him had been killed to the death, and that the besiegers on both sides were increasing in number. Knowing that the general trend was the general trend, and that any further resistance would be a dead end, he ordered the soldiers to stop resisting. So the soldiers of Quito put down their axes and spears, raised their hands and knelt down and surrendered. When the other soldiers saw that the king had surrendered, they quickly put down their weapons and knelt down to surrender.
Thus, the entire Tumebamba war ended.
