The Fall of the Golden Empire (Novel) (Volume 1) "Bloody Sunset" by Zhang Baotong
The Quito army did not encounter any resistance, and went smoothly from the city of Riobamba to the city of Gualanda through the marching road, and then from the city of Gualanda to the city of Tumebamba. Originally, they thought that Chamul would gather the remnants in Tumebamba City and fight stubbornly. However, when the Quito army arrived in Tumebamba City, they found that Chief Chamuul had already led some officers and guards to attack. Just ran away without a trace.
Although Quito's soldiers no longer have to fight with the remnants of Chamul's troops, they still have something to do. They were following orders from the King of Quito to exact devastating vengeance on the Tumebamba and Caginhas people. This kind of thing is very consistent with the ferocious and violent nature of the Liwa people. They came in groups, holding a tomahawk in one hand and a torch in the other, regardless of gender, old or young, and killed everyone they saw; no matter whose home they lived, they burned the house they saw. For a time, the entire city of Tumebamba was filled with smoke and blood flowed into rivers.
On the second day after Chalkuchma led his army to the city of Tumebamba, King Atahualpa of Quito also came to the city of Tumebamba along with the army of Prince Chiskis. If he came here half a month ago because he liked this city and wanted to have fun and inspect the troops in this city. However, this time he came to take revenge on the city with extreme hatred. He had given this city a lot of trust and favor, but they betrayed him and stabbed him in the back at the critical moment. Therefore, he wants people here to know the consequences and price of betrayal.
This morning, after breakfast, King Atahualpa decided to visit the city, so he came out of the military camp tent with a palace guard of 200 people and an open sedan lifted by 80 people. Go to the main street of Tucheng to see how his soldiers took revenge on the Tumebambas and Caginhas who betrayed him.
He led the guards along the city's main road and inspected the soldiers setting fire to houses and massacring people. Seeing those ferocious and violent Liwa people, men, women, old and young, killing everyone they saw and killing with red eyes, he felt an indescribable joy and exhilaration in his heart. The whole city was filled with murderous intent, and the streets were filled with fear. He felt that this kind of murderous intent and fear would make the betrayer have a deeper memory. Seeing the entire city burning and smoking, with corpses hacked to death by soldiers everywhere, he felt a sense of satisfaction in revenge. He did not want a Tumebamba and Kaginiyas people who were full of hatred to live. Their existence was a hazard and a scourge.
When he reached the intersection of a main street where a fire was burning, he was blocked by a group of young children and beautiful young women lining up holding green branches and palm leaves that symbolized welcome and reverence. This is what the Incas often did when meeting their great king. The procession stopped in front of the crowd, and King Quida raised his head and looked at the group of people. There were very young children in the crowd, and the women were very young and beautiful. They lay all over the ground, with their faces on the ground, crying, unable to make a sound, and their whole bodies were shaking violently like leaves swaying in the cold wind.
The king of Quito knew that these Inca people were trying to appease his anger, so that he could treat them with dignity and let them survive. If they were his beloved subjects, he would stop and lift the children up, and add the women to his harem. However, they are the descendants and women of those betrayers.
King Quida stopped the sedan chair and asked the guards in front to disperse to both sides. The king sat on the sedan chair and shouted impatiently, "What's wrong?"
The women and children cried and begged in unison, "Dear King of Quita, please be merciful and generous, regardless of past grievances, forgive and spare our whole village! Please have mercy, King of eternal grace."
The King of Funds smiled coldly and said, "You are my people, but when I was fighting the Incas, instead of helping me, you betrayed me and stabbed me in the back. If I hadn't never After narrowly escaping from prison, Huascar has become a death row prisoner long ago. Do you think I can forgive you?"
The women and children knelt down again and again, and their cries became more pitiful and heartbreaking, and they continued to plead, "That is Kutachka who is betraying the king, not us common people. Please understand right from wrong and forgive us poor people." People!"
King Quito made a serious face and said, "In this case, then hand over Kutachka to me."
The woman and children said, "I heard that Kutachka has fled to Cusco with Chamul."
The king snorted and said angrily, "If you can't catch Kutachka, then I will punish you." Then he asked, "I believe you should know what kind of punishment you will suffer for betraying me, King Quito? I cannot warn the world without severely punishing those of you who betrayed me. I want all the people of the Kingdom of Quito to know that betraying me, King Atahualpa, means paying a heavy price."
The children and women fell on the ground again and begged the King of Quito, "Your Majesty, please have mercy, Your Majesty, please have mercy. Your punishment is already known to the whole world, and the people of Quito already know the consequences of betraying the King."
King Quida saw that these children and women were crying so much that he could not speak. He couldn't help but feel moved, and still said to the order-delivery soldiers around him, "Pass my order, except women and children, all men must Let me kill them all."
The messenger replied, "Yes, my great king."
Hearing this, the women and children burst out crying in despair. However, King Atahualpa waved his hand and yelled at the woman and child kneeling on the ground, "Get out of the way!" The woman and child wanted to continue to beg the king. However, several Quito soldiers who were opening the road in front stabbed with spears and chopped with tomahawks the women and children kneeling in the middle of the road. Immediately, several women and children fell in a pool of blood. Others scurried to get out of the way.
King Atahualpa continued walking along the street, and the houses on both sides were completely engulfed in flames. The men on the street could no longer hide in their houses, so they ran outside. When they were seen by Quito soldiers, they chased and killed them with knives and axes. The men were so frightened that they screamed and ran away. The women and children, who were frightened to death, lay beside the dead men and cried bitterly.
However, to the King of Quito, who was full of a strong sense of revenge, these scenes seemed to be more exciting and wonderful than the drunken feeling of drinking too much. Because revenge itself is the most exciting and wonderful brew. For King Quida, who was extremely noble and considered himself high, these people could only comply and obey at the moment, and could not show any disobedience or offense, let alone betrayal and resistance. Therefore, he felt that the more severe the punishment, the more profound the lesson would be. If these women and children had not knelt down and begged for mercy, he would not have let them go.
According to later Tumebamba people, after the massacre of the city by Quito soldiers, it was difficult to see men in Tucheng for many years. Even forty or fifty years later, the ratio of men to women is only 1:16, or even less. Therefore, whenever people in Tumebamba hear the name of Atahualpa, they will feel frightened. They even shouted "Here comes Atahualpa" when the children were disobedient to make the children feel scared and obedient.
When King Atahualpa came to an open space outside the street, he saw that the splendid summer palace and castle built by his father in Tumebamba were still intact, so he asked a guard to take away an officer standing in front of the palace. He called over and asked with a stern face and a frown, "Why aren't these palaces and castles burned?"
The officer was frightened and confused and said, "These are the former king's palaces. Where will the king live if they are burned down?"
Atahualpa angrily yelled, "Burn these palaces and castles right away, the brighter the better." Because he didn't want to see these palaces and castles anymore. The sight of them made him feel shameful and unhappy. He would never come to this damn place again, and even if he came again, he would never stay here. The city has recorded much of his shame and irritation.
The officer got up from the ground, ran and yelled at the soldiers. Then I saw many soldiers starting to transport firewood from other places to the palace. After a while, the large pile of firewood was ignited. Although the palace is very tall and sturdy, the roof of the palace is made of haystacks. Therefore, the entire palace quickly burned.
Although there are countless treasures and belongings in the palace, once it is burned by fire, it will be regarded as an unlucky place and sealed away forever. And the Incas would never go inside again.
Seeing that the entire castle and palace were in thick smoke and fire, the king breathed a long sigh of relief and waved the guards to continue moving forward. After walking out of the street, we came to the outskirts of the city. From here, looking towards the very familiar flat slope of the wilderness, we could also see dead bodies all over the mountains and plains. This kind of scene is a very real record of history and reality, and it cannot be avoided or erased with luck. This made his noble heart, which ignored all the arrogance, be hurt and hurt again. He felt that even burning the city to nothing could not eliminate his anger and annoyance. He even regretted letting go of the women and children who had begged him for forgiveness. Because those women will hate him forever, and those children may seek revenge in the future.
At this time, he led the guards to a large village, and saw that the entire village was burning, and all the men, women, and children in the village were held in an open and spacious grain field beside the village. Nearly a thousand soldiers surrounded hundreds of villagers tightly. Because the strong men have been recruited as soldiers, almost all the remaining people in the village are women, old people and children. Their men were forced to serve as soldiers, and once their men lost the battle, they would either lose their lives or be captured and killed, and their family members and relatives would also suffer brutal revenge. Therefore, two to three hundred of them crowded together, waiting for the judgment of fate with very frightened faces.
Seeing the king's arrival, a Quito general hurriedly knelt before him and said, "Long live the king!"
King Atahualpa asked directly, "These are the families of the rebels. How do you plan to deal with them?"
The general replied loudly, "According to the king's order, all men between the ages of fourteen and fifty will be killed."
The king said in a stern tone, "Not the men between fourteen and fifty years old, but kill them all, leaving no one alive. Do you hear that?"
Before the general could answer, all the villagers present knelt on the ground and cried loudly, "Your Majesty, please forgive us."
However, this time the king was not as merciful as before. Instead, he gritted his teeth and said to the general, "Kill them all." After saying that, he waved the guards to get up in the sedan and leave. As soon as his sedan chair left the sidelines, he heard the general shouting an order, "The king has an order, kill them all, kill them all!"
Immediately afterwards, the screams and whines of the villagers were heard as they were killed by the soldiers. After the screams and whines, rows of people were seen being chopped down to the ground with hatchets and daggers, and bright red blood sprayed everywhere, dyeing the ground red. The women and children standing nearby were so frightened that they held their heads and cried, and some even fainted from fright.
