The Fall of the Golden Empire (Novel) (Volume 1) "Bloody Sunset" by Zhang Baotong
After Robert and Queen Anna left, it caused quite a shock and repercussions in the Spanish military camp, but a series of things that happened subsequently made people forget about their departure soon.
At noon on the third day of their departure, Almagro arrived in Cajamarca with more than 150 infantry and more than 50 cavalry. This team was obviously stronger than Pizarro's team in terms of weapons, equipment and combat capabilities. Each infantryman is equipped with a new type of matchlock gun, which not only reloads quickly, but also has a long range and powerful firepower. The cavalrymen carry rifles on their shoulders and long swords on their waists, and their war horses are all European horse breeds. In addition, there are seven or eight artillery pieces in the army. All ammo is abundant. Therefore, for the arrival of this army, Marquis Pizarro arranged a very grand welcome ceremony and held a grand luncheon to entertain this team, which took more than three months of twists and turns to arrive in Cajamarca.
Almagro was Pizarro's partner in the adventure business. The two of them went through life and death together many times and broke into the hinterland of South America to conquer and kill the local Indians. Injured and blinded. Their other partner is Luke, a pastor. Mainly to provide them with funding. But the pastor has passed away due to illness.
When Pizarro led his troops to the colonial stronghold of San Miguel near the seaport of Tumbes, he heard that there was a powerful Inca Empire in the hinterland of the New World, and there was countless gold in the palaces and temples there. Therefore, he has been sending people to Panama to request General Almagro's assistance. However, after waiting for several months, they did not receive reinforcements, so they carefully went deep into Cajamarca. What they did not expect was that they easily defeated the Inca army, captured the Inca King alive, and used the Inca King to Large amounts of gold and silver were obtained.
However, Pizarro was not satisfied with this. He also decided to lead his soldiers into Cusco to obtain more gold. However, he felt that his troops were insufficient, so he kept writing letters asking for help. For this reason, many officers and soldiers in the army did not understand and thought that inviting Almagro and others would divide the fruits of their labor. Among them, his elder brother Hernando and his younger brothers Juan and Gonzalo were the most vocal in their opposition. However, Pizarro kept persuading them that Almagro was a frank and careless man. He only used Almagro to guard the gold for them and guard the Inca king, but he would not distribute the gold to them. Even if you have great power, you won't let them take charge.
In fact, Almagro was very aware of Pizarro's cunning and cunning, so when he led his troops to San Miguel, he had already begun to make plans for his future. However, his idea was leaked by his secretary Perez. The secretary sent a secret note to Pizarro, saying that Almagro had not come to cooperate with him, but to establish an independent government.
But Pizarro was so in need of reinforcements that he felt he could persuade his partners to come together to exploit the country's vast wealth and resources. So he wrote again inviting the partner to Cajamarca. Almagro accepted Pizarro's invitation and secretly executed Perez, the secretary who had delivered Pizarro's letter.
When the team arrived at the gate of the military camp, the Marquis of Pizarro came out to greet them with many officers and soldiers. Soldiers from the two armies were able to meet each other far away from home, and were extraordinarily affectionate, greeting each other and embracing each other warmly. As soon as he saw Almagro, Pizarro shouted loudly, "Oh, my old friends, my old comrades-in-arms, I have been waiting for you to come." After saying that, he went over to talk to Almagro warmly. Hug each other tightly. From the warm embrace between the two of them, it seemed that all the previous rifts between the two had vanished and vanished. Mutual support and cooperation were needed to start the glorious achievements of conquering an empire that lay before them.
Almagro also said excitedly, "I heard that you are not easy. You defeated seven or eighty thousand Inca troops, killed seven or eight thousand Indians, and captured the Inca King alive. Now the whole Spanish people are spreading the word The Legend of Francisco Pizarro.”
Pizarro said modestly, "Thank you very much." With that, he took Almagro's hand and took him to his headquarters office. A small table of wine and food has been set up in the headquarters office, and the aroma of food and wine is steaming. Hernando Pizarro was sitting at the table, carefully playing with and playing with a very delicate gold plate.
Pizarro enthusiastically pulled Almagro in front of Hernando and said, "Captain, this is General Almagro, my partner and old comrade-in-arms."
Hernando slowly turned his head and saw a short, unattractive one-eyed warrior who was blind in one eye. He looked at the one-eyed general with very contempt and cold eyes, and then said, " If I were you, I would carve out a world for myself."
These words not only shocked Almagro, but also the Marquis of Pizarro. He did not expect that his brother could be so ungrateful and rude, and behave so arrogant and rude to his old colleagues and comrades-in-arms. Moreover, he did this intentionally not to give him the face of the Spanish commander.
He was immediately furious and said in a reprimanding tone, "Captain Hernando, don't misunderstand this person. This is my old friend, comrade-in-arms and investment partner for many years. You must treat him like a human being." My superiors and commanders are so respectful and polite."
However, Hernando sneered and said, "It's better not to have such a partner who gets something for nothing. Besides, no one invited him to come here." With that, he rubbed his neck and turned around and walked out the door.
After all, Hernando was his brother. Marquis Pizarro could only sigh and said to Almagro, "I can't help it, my brother has this kind of virtue, but I will teach him a lesson. "
Almagro seemed very displeased and said to Pizarro, "You also know that I want to take my people and start a new business, but you keep writing letters asking me to come and join forces with you, so I think twice about it. It doesn't matter if we work in partnership, after all, we are still partners, so we came with a team. I didn't expect your humanity to think that we are here to rob you of the fruits of your labor." Then, Almagro added, "Actually, Even if I don’t tell you, you should also know that according to the contract and agreement between the three of us, no matter how much income we have, I will get one-third of it."
Pizarro patted his old comrade on the shoulder and said, "We are all old comrades. Isn't it a little too external to say these words?" After saying that, he poured a glass of wine and handed it to Almagro. .
After nearly three months of arduous wandering and trekking, it is simply an incomparable luxury and enjoyment to see such a small table of food and wine. However, Almagro took the glass and did not drink it. He just said, "I'm tired after walking for a long time. I want to take a rest." After saying that, he stood up and left the headquarters. .
The banquet on the table was still steaming, but the guests had left. This made Pizarro very angry. Originally, Almagro's men and soldiers heard that they captured the Inca King and obtained a large amount of gold and silver treasures through the agreement. They were extremely jealous and were dreaming of getting rich. For this reason, Almagro felt that his troops were strong and ready to establish an independent government in the Inca Kingdom. However, Pizarro kept writing letters urging him to come to Cajamarca so that they could work together to capture the Inca capital Cusco. He also said that Cusco was full of gold and had countless treasures, and asked him to come quickly and cooperate. , work together to obtain this golden treasure house.
In this regard, Almagro's subordinates and soldiers expressed their disapproval of cooperation with Pizarro, but Almagro himself could not help but be tempted and hesitant, and wanted to go to Cajamarca, because there was what he should have obtained. one-third of the wealth. If he hadn't gone, Pizarro might have kept the gold alone. For this reason, he suppressed the objections of his subordinates and soldiers and came here with a large group of troops. It can be said that it was not easy for Almagro to come here, and it was Pizarro who took great pains to call them here.
However, when Pizarro overcame all objections and summoned Almagro, first his brother was so rude to Almagro that Almagro left in dismay without even eating the banquet. He summoned Almagro not to share the spoils with them, but to put them under his leadership to protect the treasury and guard the Inca king together, and then attack the capital Cusco together. Because he knew that without Almagro's assistance, there was nothing he could do except wait here in Cajamarca.
His brother really gave him a headache and annoyance in many ways, and he couldn't even talk about it. However, this time he had to teach Hernando a lesson, to make him understand his intentions and learn to obey him, and he could not always play against himself. So, he calmed down for a while and wanted everyone to calm down. He waited until dark before someone called Hernando to his headquarters office.
As soon as Hernando sat down, Marquis Pizarro exhaled a big puff of smoke and said in a very stern and forceful tone, "I say, Mr. Captain, the arrogance and rudeness you treated Almagro at noon today." This attitude is very harmful to our cooperation and our conquest, that is to say, it is also very harmful to the national interests of the Kingdom of Spain."
Hernando raised his head and said disapprovingly, "It's not that serious, is it, Mr. Marquis?"
Pizarro said, "That's because you are short-sighted and can't see the seriousness of it." As he said that, Pizarro finished smoking a cigarette, immediately rolled up another cigarette, lit it, and said, " Let me ask you, without Almagro’s reinforcements, can we attack the capital city of Cusco with just over 160 people? If we don’t capture the capital city of Cusco, can we count as occupying the entire Inca Kingdom?”
Hernando said, "Without Almagro's assistance, we would have defeated the Inca army, captured the Inca king alive, and obtained so much gold. I don't believe that without him Almagro, we would have been Nothing can be done."
Pizarro said, "Then are we going to stay in Cajamarca forever? Don't do anything?"
Hernando said, "Isn't it just to capture Cusco?"
Pizarro said, "Not to mention capturing Quito and Chile, even Cusco is not something we can capture. Let alone capturing Cusco, even if we continue to stay in Cajamarca, it is very unsafe. . Just imagine, the Inca army has not come to attack us now. Once their tens of thousands of troops come towards us, what do you think we should do? You don’t know how difficult it is to be a master. Our current treasury contains more than 10,000 pounds of gold. And the Inca King is imprisoned in that small temple. If the Incas come to hijack it, it will be very easy. It can be said that because we have the Inca King as a trump card, there does not seem to be any problem with our safety. But can we continue like this? That house will soon be filled with gold shipped from all over the world. By then, will we let King Inca go? Let him go and we will let the tiger go back to the mountain; if we don't let him go, , that means we are not keeping our word. What will the Incas do to us? I think this should be conceivable."
