The Fall of the Golden Empire (Novel) (Volume 1) "Bloody Sunset" by Zhang Baotong
Shortly after Captain Soto led more than 20 cavalrymen on the road to Bambamarca, the Spanish bugle sounded loudly in the Plaza de Armas. Because it had been a long time since they heard the assembly call, many soldiers really thought that an Inca army was coming. Therefore, they put on their military uniforms, held guns, and quickly ran to the square to assemble.
After all the teams were assembled and closed, Pizarro walked to the front of the team and preached in a very loud voice, "Fellow officers and soldiers, I have gathered you today to announce two things to you. One is because of the distribution of the ransom. The plan has been fully implemented, so from now on, we must completely suspend the Inca King's obligation to continue to pay ransom to the Spanish army. In other words, the Inca King has no obligation to pay ransom to the Spanish army from today on. And the Spanish army also No longer accept any ransom from him. The second reason is that there has been a lot of news recently, saying that Luminawi, the commander of the Quito garrison, has gathered 100,000 Inca soldiers and 30,000 Caribbean cannibal soldiers north to leave the Chimborazo Pass. Fighting all the way towards Cajamarca, there are also a large number of soldiers gathering in Bambamarca, ready to kill us at any time. Therefore, in order to consider the safety of the Spanish army, it was decided to continue to imprison the Inca king until Until more Spanish reinforcements arrive.”
At this point, he took a breath and continued to preach, "It can be said that the recent situation and situation are very serious and urgent. Therefore, I ordered that the Inca King be taken to the treasury stone house and held alone, and ordered all soldiers to be in It is a state of high alert. You are not allowed to go out during the day, and you must stay alert at night. Every officer and soldier must strictly implement my orders, and violators will be severely punished."
After speaking, he asked officers above the rank of lieutenant to go to the headquarters for a meeting, and then announced the disbandment. However, the soldiers who had just been dismissed suddenly gathered around Pizarro and surrounded him. They loudly asked him questions and suggestions: "Since the Inca army from Quito is coming to rescue the Inca king, why not Kill the Inca King quickly?" "We strongly demand that the Inca King be killed quickly to avoid future troubles." "When will the Marquis deal with the Inca King?"
Pizarro was very annoyed as the soldiers crowded and shouted. He wanted to find out who was taking the lead in making trouble here, but he hardly knew these soldiers because they were all soldiers brought by Almagro.
Of course, Pizarro knew the thoughts and purposes of these soldiers. They were just dissatisfied with the meager wealth they received and wanted to leave here early so that they could make a fortune in Cusco. In addition, because these soldiers did not participate in the process of capturing the Inca King alive and defeating the Inca army, they did not have any gratitude and recognition for the benefits of the Inca King like the soldiers he led.
He waved his hand towards the soldiers and said, "I can't answer this for you now, but I will give you a more satisfactory answer soon."
The soldiers shouted, "Those Indians are hiding gold. If you keep delaying like this, I'm afraid I won't even be able to find any gold in Cusco."
Pizarro continued to wave his hands to let everyone disperse and said, "Don't worry, there is a lot of gold in Cusco. It will be up to you whether you can carry it all."
The soldiers said, "Well, we'll just wait for news from the Marquis." After that, a soldier waved to everyone and said, "Guys, let's go. We'll come back to ask the Marquis tomorrow." So, everyone They immediately dispersed and left the square.
Before Pizarro could enter the headquarters meeting place, the treasurer Mr. Riquelme and two other members of the Spanish royal family stopped him outside the door. Mr. Riquelme, the treasurer, asked bluntly, "Mr. Marquis, when will you deal with the Inca King?"
Pizarro asked, "What do you think, sir?"
The treasurer said, "According to the interests of the Spanish royal family and the country, I ask you to execute the Inca King immediately, the sooner the better, even if it is today."
Pizarro frowned at first, then smiled, "Are you a little too impatient, sir? No matter how fast it is, there must be a procedure and process. You can't just say that a king is to be executed for no reason. "
The treasurer said, "Tell me, what's the fastest time?"
Pizarro thought for a while and said, "Three to five days, maybe?"
The treasurer said, "Then three days."
Pizarro said, "Okay."
After seeing off the treasurer and the others, Pizarro entered the venue. By this time, everyone had already sat down and was waiting for him. He walked to the large table, feeling very heavy. He slowly breathed a sigh of relief, raised his head and glanced at everyone, then cleared his throat and said, "Lieutenants, you may also have heard that Quito garrison commander Ruminawi is leading one hundred thousand Inca soldiers and Thirty thousand Caribbean cannibal soldiers are coming towards us, and there are also rumors that a large army is gathering in Bambamaka. It can be said that our current situation is quite dangerous."
He took a breath and added, "Just now, you have also seen that the soldiers and the Spanish royal family are also strongly demanding that I execute the Inca King as soon as possible. Regarding this matter, I think it is better to leave it to everyone to discuss and make a decision. .”
As soon as he finished speaking, Petya stood up and asked, "Does the agreement we made with the King of Inca still count?" Then Letomundo also expressed his disagreement, saying, "We cannot break promises and be ungrateful. Right? King Inca has collected enough gold for us, but instead of letting him go, we have to execute him. Isn't this a little unfair and inhumane?"
But Pizarro said to Petea and Letomundo in an explaining tone, "When I was speaking in the square just now, I announced that I would no longer let the King of Inca fulfill his obligation to pay gold, which means that he would no longer give us gold. The gold has been paid. So, that means the agreement we made with him in the past is no longer in effect."
However, his explanation was obviously unreasonable. Therefore, not only were the two lieutenants not convinced, they felt that his words were full of evil reasoning and tyranny. Letomundo said, "Mr. Marquis, do I think your approach is too arrogant and overbearing? How can there be any reason to ask others to fulfill their promises and ignore their own promises? What's more, others have already fulfilled their promises, but we have not Not only did you not fulfill your promise, but you declared that others’ fulfillment was invalid?”
But Pizarro still said to the opponents in a arrogant and domineering tone, "Don't tell me any axioms. Who doesn't know axioms yet?" As he said that, he threw the cigarette in his hand to the ground and said angrily, "What is justice? What is profitable to us is justice. If we only talk about fairness and justice, but ignore our goals and interests, then why don't we stay in our own country and travel thousands of miles away? Why did the earth come here? So what we are talking about now is not justice and axioms, but the winner is the king and the loser is the slave. And the Inca king is our slave and prisoner. As long as it is beneficial to us, what do we want? Treat him how you want to be treated.”
(Please pay attention to Zhang Baotong's signed work "Poetic Emotions", which includes short prose, life essays and short and medium-length novels. Today's release is the novella "Love Ladder" (continued. Unparalleled Love))
