The Fall of the Golden Empire (Novel) (Volume 1) "Bloody Sunset" by Zhang Baotong
After the Inca King Atahualpa was captured, he was imprisoned in a very strong room in the Spanish military camp. The cell had three doors, each door was locked, and was guarded day and night by more than 60 soldiers. After the Inca King signed an agreement with the Spanish Marquis to exchange gold for freedom, Atahualpa asked the Spanish to provide him with a larger residential environment, and asked that his concubines and children be brought to live with him, and He should also be provided with a room where he can summon princes and ministers. In response, Marquis Pizarro asked Lieutenant Petea to drive away all the people in the Cajamarca Temple so that the Inca King could be placed in the small courtyard.
That morning, Petya, a second lieutenant of the Spanish Expeditionary Force, brought more than a dozen soldiers to the temple in Cajamarca. There are four houses in the temple, and the house in the front row is the main hall where the priests worship. The other houses are for residential use. There are walls as high as two people around the courtyard. There is a courtyard gate directly in front of the wall. The soldiers entered the yard and fired a shot first, which shocked the people in the yard and they all ran out of the house to see what happened.
Lieutenant Petya shouted to the people coming out of the house, "You all come out and come quickly to gather."
Martin shouted to the people in the courtyard in Indian, "The Spanish ensign has ordered that all the people in the temple gather in front of the courtyard." Hearing the shout, the men and women in the courtyard came out of the house in fear and came to Gather in front of the courtyard.
There were more than thirty people gathered in front of the courtyard gate. These people were the priests of the temple and their women and children. Priests were a tool used by the Inca Empire to rule the people. They were the privileged class of the Inca Empire. Their land was cultivated and harvested by farmers, and what they did was pray and predict for the princes, nobles and common people. . There are many ways to pray, but it is mainly to pray for someone's health, while prediction is to predict people's birth, old age, illness, death, good and bad luck based on celestial phenomena and omens. Priests were a profession that the Inca people revered very much, and no one dared to offend the priests at will. To offend the priest is to offend the god. Although they are members of the clergy, they can marry women and have children.
Petya said to the men, women, and children in front of him, "The Inca King is moving to live with you, so you must leave here immediately." Hearing that he wanted them to leave here immediately, many people started crying, and some were pleading. Said, "We have lived here for generations. If you ask us to leave here, where can we move to?"
Petera refused to listen and said very impatiently, "The Inca King wants to live here, and you still dare not to get out of the way? If the Inca King finds out, he will chop off your heads."
After hearing this, the people in the temple had no choice but to go back to their rooms and start packing their things. There was nothing extra in the Incas' house. After a while, they wrapped a roll in a big cloth, took the woman and child, and left the temple, going somewhere unknown. Within half a day, everyone in the temple left. So, Petera called some Inca soldiers to start cleaning and cleaning the room. Then, he moved some bedding and items from the Inca warehouse and placed them in each room, which was almost done. Because there are still some things that need to be sorted out and arranged by the concubines and maids of the Inca King. By dusk, the entire courtyard had been cleaned and tidied.
The house facing the main entrance of the small courtyard has three rooms. The sacrificial hall in the middle is the largest room, with an area of about 20 square meters. It can be used as the living room where the Inca king summoned princes and ministers. There was only one chair and a small wooden table inside. There are two smaller rooms on both sides, one is the king's kitchen and the other is the king's bedroom. There is a stone pot stove, a large water tank, a large iron stove and some other cooking utensils in the kitchen. These were brought from Inca warehouses. The Inca King's bedroom only had a large bed and several large wooden boxes. There were some blankets and felts on the bed. The two houses next to it, each with three rooms, are the residences of the queen and concubines. There is also a house with six rooms at the back, which can accommodate some of the concubines and maids. The queen's room only had a small bed and a wooden box. There were some blankets and felts on the bed, and some clothes in the wooden box. The other concubines' rooms were equipped with two small beds and wooden boxes. The bedding on the beds and the clothes in the wooden boxes were exactly the same as those of the queen.
After everything was arranged, Petya reported to the commander. Pizarro asked Petya to lead people to tightly guard the temple. In addition to the arrangement of more than 20 sentries in front of the small courtyard, there were also mobile sentries patrolling the temple constantly. To ensure that the Inca King is infallible.
After dark, a small detachment of Spanish soldiers came to take over from Petea's squad to guard the temple. Petya handed over his shift and was ready to go home with the soldiers. At this time, the Marquis came to notify him and asked him to take a small group of soldiers back to the military camp and stand by. Peterya took a team of more than 20 soldiers to the military camp on the edge of the square. He asked the soldiers to wait in the barracks and went to the Spanish headquarters office. The office was filled with smoke and a room full of people. Peterya knew at a glance what urgent task he had to do.
Seeing Petya enter the house, Marquis Pizarro said to him, "I have seen the sentries and patrol units over the temple, they are not bad. Now you take your team and follow Captain Hernando to take down the Inca The king was secretly escorted to the temple. Moreover, in order to strengthen security, your team and another team will have to strengthen security at the temple tonight, just in case."
Petya had been on guard duty all day and wanted to go home. However, the Marquis asked them to stay on guard duty at night again. Naturally, he was very unhappy and said, "Sixty people are required to stand guard in one night. Isn't it necessary?"
The Marquis said non-negotiably, "What is necessary or not? Starting tomorrow, King Inca will send people out to collect gold. If we don't strengthen our vigilance, if his subjects bring a large army to rescue him, do we still want to let him go?" Did you help us find gold?"
Petya didn't say anything anymore. At this time, Captain Hernando said to him, "You take the team to the door of King Inca's cell and wait for me. Wait for me to check the sentries and patrols from the cell to the temple. Once, come and take King Inca there.”
Petya responded, left the office, came to the edge of the military camp square, and said to the soldiers in the team, "There is a major task tonight. You are all ready. Now come with me to the cell of the Inca King." The soldiers said They lined up and followed him into the military camp, and the cell where the Inca King was held was in the military camp.
(Please pay attention to Zhang Baotong's signed work "Poetic Emotions", which includes short prose, life essays and short stories. Today's release is the story of great love in the world "The Apple Tree")
