The Fall of the Golden Empire (Novel) (Volume 1) "Bloody Sunset" by Zhang Baotong
King Atahualpa of Quite has been waiting for news of the decisive battle between the two sides in his palace in Cajamarca. The waiting time is always very long. Therefore, King Quito was playing back-to-back with Queen Anna Maya and several concubines in the courtyard of the palace. The way to play this kind of four-piece chess is to use two chess pieces to surround one of the opponent's pieces, which is equivalent to capturing one of the opponent's pieces. Until all four of the opponent's pieces are eaten, it is considered a win.
King Quida often plays chess with his concubines, but he just can't beat Queen Anna, so the five or six beloved concubines around him are helping him as advisers. Before the game of chess was finished, Prince Ukamayaka, the chief of Capastasa Province who came from Cusco, ran into the yard from the outside with great joy and shouted, "Your Majesty, congratulations! I’m going to be the king of the Inca Kingdom.”
Upon hearing this, King Quida was startled and asked, "What's wrong?"
The chief of Japastaza Province was lying on the ground and said happily, "Report to the king that Huascar was captured alive by Commander Chalkuchma."
Atahualpa said seriously, "Is this serious?"
"It's absolutely true," said the chief. "I even said a few words to Huascar."
Atahualpa immediately became excited and said, "Great, it's finally time for me to say this." However, this immediately reminded him of the incident when he was captured alive by the Incas. Originally, he thought that he must be dead, but he found a way to bribe the jailer guarding the cell and escaped from death, and survived the catastrophe, and he was where he is today. Therefore, he thought that this kind of thing could never happen to Huascar.
He thought for a while and then said to Chief Ukamayaka, "You should return to Cusco immediately and tell Commander Chalkuchma and Prince Quischis that I will reward them heavily. However, I want them to keep a close eye on Huascar and not let him escape. If anyone fails to watch carefully and lets him escape, I will destroy all nine of his tribes."
The chief said, "Yes, my lord."
But King Quita was still worried and said, "You go to the royal kitchen to have some food first. I will send someone to call the princes of Kalamachi, Togmanita and Puchanichila. I have something to say." Let me tell you all." After saying that, he asked a concubine to take Prince Uka Mayaka to the royal kitchen for a meal, and asked Haya to send someone to summon the three princes to meet the king.
Because something happened, the chess game couldn't be played. So, Queen Anna Maya entered the queen's bedroom from outside the courtyard. Her dormitory is next to the king's dormitory. In addition to a bed, there are two boxes in the room for storing clothes. She sat blankly on the edge of the bed, frowning, feeling very heavy and sad, because the thing that worried and worried her finally happened. She felt very frightened and uneasy when she saw Atahualpa's stern and cold expression when he heard that Huascar had been captured alive. However, she didn't want Atahualpa to see her expression, because Atahualpa had been saying that she only had Huascar in her heart.
After a while, King Atahualpa came into the house and said to her excitedly, "Get ready. We will go to the small town of Haoha early tomorrow morning. It is very close to Cusco. Maybe we You can go there and have a look.”
Queen Anna Maya nodded, but she couldn't help but ask, "What do you plan to do with King Huascar? He is your biological brother after all."
King Quida asked maliciously, "Then what do you think I should do with your brother Huascar?"
Queen Anna thought for a while and said, "I don't know either. Otherwise, you can let him serve as the governor of a certain province or an important minister."
King Quida smiled contemptuously and said, "If you let him serve as a provincial governor or minister, how can he not go out and raise his voice, and then call tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people to rise up and rebel against me? Isn't that like letting the tiger go back to the mountain? ?”
Queen Anna said, "Huascar is not that kind of ungrateful person."
However, King Quito still shook his head and said, "You don't have to worry. I won't be like him. When he is unhappy, he will send people with 40,000 troops to attack me. I will treat him in the most polite and benevolent way." his."
Queen Anna's eyes lit up and she said, "Are you serious about what you say?"
King Atahualpa patted the Queen on the shoulder and said, "Of course I will mean what I say. Otherwise, just wait and see."
Anna stood up and couldn't help but feel a little emotional and said, "Although what he did was wrong, he is now your prisoner. You should treat him well and don't wrong him. Because he is not only your brother, He is also my biological brother."
King Ji said impatiently, "I know what to do."
After a while, Haya reported outside, "Your Majesty, the four princes are waiting for you in the council room."
King Quida responded and walked towards the meeting room. Entering the meeting room, King Quida saw that the four princes were already bending down to obey orders. As soon as he closed the door, his expression immediately became serious. When the four princes saw that the king had closed the door of the house, they knew that they had something important to tell them.
King Quida sat on a chair and said to the princes, "You are the four princes I trust most. Today I have a very important task for you to do, which is to keep Huascar in my eyes." , there can’t be any mistakes or mistakes. If Huascar dares to do anything, I will chop off the heads of the four of you."
When the princes heard this, they were so frightened that they broke into a cold sweat and said quickly, "Please don't worry, Your Majesty."
King Quida added, "The four of you are in charge of all matters concerning Huascar. Everything about him must be decided and agreed upon by the four of you before it can be implemented. If one person disagrees, no If you know, you can't do this. I want you to bring 200 soldiers from my guard. These guards are dedicated to guarding Huascar and are completely mobilized and commanded by the four of you. Do you understand what I mean? ?”
The four princes replied in unison, "Yes, my great king."
After the king finished speaking, he took out a knotted rope and handed it to Prince Ukamayaka. He said, "This knotted rope is my order to Chalkuchma and Kiskis. I want them to guard Hua." Skar will obey your decision."
The princes said, "Yes, my great king."
King Quida got down from his chair and said, "Okay, you go find Usaka. He has prepared 200 guards for you. You can leave now. You have to get to Kusi quickly." Co, take over the task of guarding Huascar."
The princes said, "Yes, Your Majesty." Then they stood up, opened the door, and left the council room.
At this time, the palace guard Usaka had brought two hundred palace guards to the palace courtyard. Seeing the king and the princes coming out of the meeting room, Usaka said to the king, "Report to the king, two hundred guards We are ready and obey the king’s instructions.”
King Quida nodded, walked in front of the soldiers, and said to them in a very majestic tone, "Huascar has been captured alive by Commander Chalkuchma. Now, I want to send you to execute a very important mission." My mission is to keep a good watch on Huascar and not let him escape from your hands. If he escapes from your hands, then I will be rude to you. Not only will I Cutting off the heads of these four princes will also cut off your heads. If you can watch Huascar and prevent him from escaping, I will not only reward the four princes, but also reward you. So, You must obey the orders of these four princes. In other words, any action taken against Huascar must be unanimously agreed by these four princes. If one of them disagrees or does not know, this task It shall not be carried out.”
The soldiers responded in unison, "As you command, my lord."
The king nodded with satisfaction and said, "In order to prevent accidents, I order you to rush to Cusco as quickly as possible now."
The soldiers said, "Yes, my great king."
The king said to the four princes, "You can go on your way now. I am waiting for news from you."
The four princes replied, "Yes, my supreme king." Then they said to the soldiers, "On your way."
More than two hundred palace guards followed the four princes and walked out of the king's palace with neat steps.
After breakfast the next day, under the protection of more than 10,000 soldiers, the King of Quito headed south in the direction of Cusco. Originally, after the king led 80,000 troops to Cuscu under the two commanders Chiskis and Chalkuchma, he left only more than 2,000 soldiers as guards. However, this team that was transferred from Quito to Puna Island to encircle and suppress the Kuta Chica rebels completed the mission of clearing up the rebels in the first two days, and then came to Cajamarca to act as the king's bodyguard.
In fact, the mission of clearing out the Incas on Puna Island was not completely completed. It was just that the main force of the Incas was eliminated after the large force was cleared, but a small number of Incas were still allowed to escape. The remnants of the escaped Inca troops were not large and could no longer pose a threat to the Quito people. Therefore, the palace guard Usaka, who directed the suppression mission, handed over the task of continuing the suppression to the administrator of Tumbes, Kula. Card. He rushed to Cajamarca with his army to protect the safety of the king going south.
