The Fall of the Golden Empire (Novel) (Volume 1) "Bloody Sunset" by Zhang Baotong
Seeing that the command tent of the Quito army was about to be breached, the entire Quito army was about to be destroyed. At this time, I heard a very sudden and loud horn horn sound behind me, and then there was the deafening sound of war drums. Kiskis knew as soon as he heard that reinforcements had arrived.
Immediately, the high priest of Chalkuchma was seen riding on a very tall camel and standing on a low hillside behind, waving a spear in his hand leisurely. More than 30,000 soldiers in red uniforms poured in from both sides of the mountain behind. Seeing that the reinforcements had arrived, the Quito soldiers immediately cheered up and became more and more courageous as they fought. However, the Cusco people were overwhelmed by the unexpected troops falling from the sky in front of them and could only fight bravely.
However, these unlucky Incas encountered the Liwa Legion. The Liwa people are a very ferocious and barbaric tribe in the north of Quito. After Emperor Kabapa conquered the Liwa tribe, he recruited all the young and strong men of the tribe into the army and gathered them into one unit. After training, they became elite soldiers. Main force. Therefore, the Liwa people have the strongest combat effectiveness among all Inca troops and are also the least afraid of death. Therefore, throughout the Inca Empire, whenever there was a battle with the Lihuas, they would feel terrified.
The Liwa people who were rushed in front rushed down the slope, and the Incas retreated from the halfway slope to the gentle slope. As a result, the two armies started fighting to the death again on the grassland that was already littered with corpses. Although the Incas were quite numerous, apart from the 40,000 regular main force brought by Chamul from Cusco, after the Battle of Tucheng, only 20,000 to 30,000 were left, and then there were the 20,000 people led by General Kuta Chica. , 20,000 soldiers rushed from Kipchak Province and 10,000 people who had just been temporarily recruited from the area near Tumebamba City. These Incas either had little actual combat experience or were new recruits who had never experienced actual combat. Therefore, they could not be compared with the Lihuas who had experienced hundreds of battles, were well-trained and ferocious.
The two armies fought hard again. The exhausted and demoralized Incas were no match for the Quito soldiers. As soon as they fought, they were killed and defeated. More than 30,000 people were chopped down by the skilled and powerful axes and knives of the ferocious and powerful Quito soldiers. They let out shrill and desperate screams and fell down piece by piece like cutting leeks.
Chief Chamul saw that the situation was not good and quickly ordered a retreat. Under the protection of nearly a thousand guards, he fled in panic with some officers around him. The Incas, who were frightened by the massacre-like momentum of the Quito people, could not resist at all. As soon as they saw their commander fleeing, they dropped their weapons and ran for their lives.
Liwa soldiers, who are barbaric by nature, have always regarded death as death and regard killing as joy. Therefore, like lions coming out of their caves, they rushed into the Inca soldiers, wielding spears and short axes, slashing left and right, as if they were entering an uninhabited land. At this time, the Incas were already exhausted and frightened. They gave up resistance and fled towards the south of the plains in panic. The northern army, which had been hiding in a valley behind the mountain as a reserve force, was resting and waiting, with high morale and invincible, killing the Inca until there was no way to escape. Seeing that the Quito soldiers were coming in overwhelming numbers, the Incas were unstoppable and ran away desperately. However, they could no longer run and were cut down to the ground by the Quito soldiers who were chasing behind them. Therefore, the plain area at this time became a massacre field.
The southern commander, Chief Chamul, rode a camel and was guarded by thousands of loyal guards. While making desperate resistance, he retreated along the marching road. Soon, the fleeing Inca soldiers poured into the marching road and blocked the marching road, which was only more than ten meters wide, blocking the rapid pursuit of the Quito soldiers. Chief Chamul led a group of officers and The Guards were able to escape.
They ran for more than twenty miles and entered the gate of Gualanda City. Then, the guards were ordered to retreat according to the city gate to cover the troops, blocking the Quidos' pursuit. He took some guards and officers and continued to retreat south. Because there were many hills and mountains on both sides of the marching road, the retreating Inca resisted based on the narrow road, which hindered the pursuit of the Quito soldiers. But they still came like a tide, chasing the Incas. It was not until the fleeing Incas poured into the gates of Gualanda and sealed them that Quito ordered the pursuit to stop.
It was dusk when calm returned to Chimborazo Pass. The cold evening wind blew through the broad and flat slopes at the foot of the mountain, scattering the thick blood among the boundless mountains. King Atahualpa of Quito, who came from the outskirts of Riobamba after hearing the news, rode a sedan carried by eighty people to the command tent in front of the Quito military camp, and slowly got off the sedan.
He was wearing a rich ribbon and red tassels. The three-meter-long thick red cloak that symbolized the king was dragged by two male servants one by one. Prince Kiskis, High Priest Chalkuchma and Prince Ruminawi, along with many officers and soldiers behind them, lay on the ground and knelt down together. The king waved his hand and asked everyone to stand up. Then, he stood on the high slope in front of the Quito army's camp and looked for a long time towards the battlefield that had just calmed down under the sunset.
When the sun sets under the mountains, it casts a large cold shadow on the tragic battlefield. Under the shadows were dead bodies everywhere, bloodstains almost dyed the entire vast open grassland red, and there were waves of ghostly cries in the evening wind. This scene is horrific to see and horrifying to hear. Once upon a time, my grandfather, who was the king of Quit, and my father, who was the king of the Incas, fought here to decide the outcome. Now, history seems to be repeating itself, but with him and his half-brother as the protagonists. This couldn't help but make him sigh deeply: Who is close to whom in this world? Although brothers, sisters, and even parents and uncles are very close, once they compete for power and gain, they become sworn enemies and mortal enemies.
"Have you caught that shameless traitor?" he asked suddenly, because this was the thing he wanted to know most.
Prince Kiskis was startled at first, then immediately asked, "Your Majesty, are you talking about Kutachka?"
The king said, "Yes, I want you to capture him alive. I want to ask him why he betrayed me."
All the ministers and officials did not dare to say a word.
Seeing that no one answered, the king said, "If he runs, let him run, but he will always be caught." Then, he asked, "My Commander Chalkuchma, when do you plan to chase Chalkuch?" Chief Moore?”
Commander Chalkuchma said, "I want the troops to rest in Riobamba for two or three days, and then lead 30,000 elite troops to pursue him. Even if Chamul escapes back to the capital city of Cusco, I will capture him." .”
The king said, "Don't let the tiger go back to the mountains. Don't rest. You will lead 30,000 Quito elite soldiers to pursue the victory tomorrow morning and wipe out all the Incas and rebels in Tumebamba City."
Chalkuchma said quickly, "Yes, my king."
"Also," the king said very coldly, "the place you are going to tomorrow belongs to my Kingdom of Quito, but they betrayed me in this battle. You should let them clearly know that Quito How will many people punish those who betray and rebel against the King of Quito? There was a rebel rebellion in Caranque Province back then, how did Emperor Huayna Capac punish them?"
Chalkuchma replied, "Behead them all and throw them into Lake Yabarcocha. At that time, the entire water of Lake Yabarcocha was dyed red."
The king said, "Yes, probably those Tumebamba and Cañaris people have forgotten this lesson. They should be sober and remember firmly that those who betray me, King Quito, will have to pay a heavy price." At a price.”
Chalkuchma replied repeatedly, "Yes, my great king."
The king then said to Prince Kiskis, "My prince, I will give you three days to lead your remaining troops to Tumebamba City for rest and recuperation. I will ask Luminawi to mobilize 20,000 elite troops to supplement your troops." Troops, as soon as the 20,000 people arrive, you and Chalkuchma will go straight to the city of Cusco in two groups."
Having said this, the king said in an emphatic tone, "I expect that Huascar will seize the time to recruit soldiers. But we can't let him have too much time. Therefore, our army must pursue the victory, and the faster the better. .”
Kiskis and Chalkuchma immediately replied, "Your Majesty is wise."
Unconsciously, the vast twilight has fallen in the mountains, and the cold evening wind blows on the gentle slopes under the open Chimborazo Mountains. King Atahualpa once again looked at the extremely cruel and tragic battlefield in front of him for a while, waved to the ministers and officials around him, and walked towards the sedan chair.
At this time, it was already dark, and the guards guarding the king had lit torches. The bearers lifted up the sedan, and under the escort of two thousand guards, they walked step by step towards the marching party down the slope on the road covered with dead bodies. Walk along the main road.
In the next battle on Chimborazo Mountain, the Incas were so frightened that they fled. The marching road leading to the city of Gualanda was piled with corpses of soldiers, and the blood stained the entire road red. After a night of calm on the marching road, early the next morning, the northern army commander High Priest Chalcuchima led an army of 30,000 people and marched toward the city of Gualanda, stepping on the corpses of Incas all over the ground. .
Originally, the gate of Gualanda was a natural moat that blocked the pursuit of the Quito army by the Incas yesterday evening. However, today, when the officers and soldiers guarding the city saw the Quito army coming all the way majestic, they hurriedly opened the gate and knelt down. On the ground, invite the army of Quito to enter the city. Originally, these rebel officers and soldiers were to be beheaded and exterminated. However, Chalkuchma regarded them as surrendered officers and soldiers rather than rebel officers and soldiers, and did not order their execution. Because the Incas have always been relatively tolerant of surrenderers, but killed rebel officers and soldiers.
As the news spread, the officers and soldiers guarding the city along the way opened the city gates and surrendered to the Quito army. Therefore, Quito's army had a smooth journey and went straight to the city of Tumebamba without stopping.
