Inca Elegy (Novel) "The Fall of the Inca Empire" (Volume 2) by Zhang Baotong
Before Almagro was sent to attack Alvarado, Pizarro made an alliance with him, and after the new capital was built, he gave Almagro the Inca capital Cusco. Therefore, he appointed Almagro as the supreme military governor of Cusco.
When Almagro, who served as the top military governor of Cusco, returned to the city of Cusco at noon, all military and political officials and members of the Inca royal family, including the mayors of Cusco, Juan and Gonzalo, came to the square to greet him. Several bugles sounded the welcome music loudly, and Indians lined up in groups at the intersections of the square, singing and dancing. Tens of thousands of Indians from the city surrounded the entire square. The whole welcoming scene was very warm and spectacular.
Almagro led a well-equipped team of more than 600 people and more than 3,000 soldiers of the Indian auxiliary troops to the Inca Plaza and accepted a warm welcome from the people. He brought the troops neatly to the middle of the square and stopped in front of the municipal officials. Then, he shook hands with Juan, Gonzalo and other military and political officials.
He stood in front of the people and began to speak. He said, "I only brought about a hundred people when I left Cusco, but do you see how many people I have brought back now? More than 600 people, and more than 3,000 Indian soldiers. This shows that I Al Magro has military talent and leadership ability."
Then, he added, "Now that I serve as the highest military commander in Cusco, I require all Cusco military and political personnel, soldiers and citizens to obey my commands and orders and strictly abide by Cusco's regulations. For example Anyone who violates the order will be severely punished.”
After speaking, he asked Juan, "Have the barracks and dormitories for these new soldiers been arranged?" Juan replied, "Report to the general, they have been arranged."
Almagro asked his adjutant Saavedra to lead the troops to follow Juan to arrange accommodation, and he hurried back to his home. As soon as he entered his big house, the Indian man who guarded the door shouted as if announcing good news, "The master is back!" Then, after hearing the news, all the family members and servants in the yard came over and gathered around the master to ask questions, but Alma Grotto just answered a few words with them casually, and then went into the room where he lived.
At this time, a woman named Kuta and a woman named Maka were standing at the door waiting for him. These two women were very young, and they were twin sisters. They were the beloved concubines of Atahualpa who had been with him since he moved thousands of miles from Puna Island. Gina once told Tutula that after the execution of Atahualpa, the two sisters were so sad that they followed the king to the sun god to rest in peace. In fact, it was not Kuta and Maka who hanged themselves in front of the temple, but two other concubines. The night before Atahualpa was executed, Coota and Maca were taken away from the temple courtyard by Pizarro's men and given to Almagro. Almagro's barracks and Pizarro's barracks were not together. Therefore, what Gina said to Tutula was just a guess.
The two sisters leaned forward and saluted him, "Master is back?" Almagro didn't care about the fatigue along the way, so he hugged Kuta and Maca one by one, hugged him on the bed, kept kissing him, and said, " My little sweetheart, my little beauty, I miss you so much." After saying that, he started to undress the two little beauties.
As soon as he took off his clothes and got into bed, there was a knock on the door. Almagro couldn't help but feel a little annoyed and asked, "What's the matter? Are you in such a hurry? Could it be that Quiskis is calling again?" In fact, Kiskis had his men killed.
The guard outside the door reported, "Captain Francis and the others do not want to live in the barracks and require a separate and spacious private residence for them."
When Almagro heard this, he became even more angry, thinking: These people started asking for this and that as soon as they arrived in Cusco. They are simply not satisfied. However, he also felt that this group of people had just defected from Alvarado's army and their hearts were unstable, so it would be a bad idea not to satisfy them. So, holding back his anger, he replied, "Let Juan arrange a private residence for them." Because many residences in Cusco are managed by Juan.
Almagro hugged his beloved and slept until noon the next day before getting up. After getting up, he ate some food casually and then came to the office. His office was located in the palace of Emperor Huayna Kabak, separated by a wall from Pizarro's office.
There is a big table and a few chairs in the office, as well as some pens, ink, papers and the like. When he entered the office, Secretary Huelva quickly made him a cup of tea and asked him what he wanted. He thought for a while and said, "Call Saavedra and the others, as well as Francis, and tell me that I want to have a meeting." Huelva said, "Yes" and went out. .
After a while, seven or eight of his subordinate captains came to the office and sat on several chairs, waiting for the meeting. Almagro lit a cigarette and said calmly, "Today is my first meeting after returning to Cusco. At this meeting, I solemnly declare that I am the top leader of the city of Cusco." Military commander, and this Cusco is my place, I am the highest commander here, and I do not recognize anyone as my superior, because Pizarro and I are partners, not superiors and subordinates, so the two of us The status and positions between people should be equal.”
Then, he said, "As the top military commander of Cusco, what I want to consider is the security and stability of Cusco. However, as your military commander, my first consideration is your interests and status. Only you Only when my interests and status are satisfied and protected can my interests and status be more stable. You can all clearly see that Pizarro has been using this power to seek personal gain for his brothers and subordinates. I have no brothers. , but you are my brothers and subordinates, and I will do my best to seek benefits for you. Therefore, I ask you to unite more closely around me, and to unite the soldiers more closely around us. around. In this way, we can form a stronger force."
After he finished speaking, everyone applauded warmly. Then, Francis asked, "Although we have a spacious house, we don't even have a woman or a servant. How does this look like a home?" This made everyone laugh. But instead of laughing, Almagro felt very unhappy. He felt that these people were really dissatisfied. They arranged a house for him yesterday, and today they asked him for women and servants. Moreover, women and servants were not something he could provide. . Although his face looked a little gloomy, his tone was still very calm and he said, "I don't have women or servants here. You have to figure this out yourself." After saying that, he took several captain officers to the recruit barracks. Inspection.
The so-called recruits refer to those soldiers who returned from Alvarado's army. Their barracks were located in the main hall of the Villacocha Palace next to the square. However, when I got here, I saw only a few soldiers standing guard, and almost all the dormitories had their doors closed or locked, so no one was seen. This made Almagro feel very strange, so he asked Captain Francis next to him, "What are all your soldiers doing? Why are there so few people in this big barracks?" Francis saw Almagro's face. Feeling displeased, he explained, "They have just arrived in Cusco, so they may be curious about the scenery and customs here, and want to walk around and see it." Almagro didn't pay attention after hearing this. There are no enemies or threats.
Seeing this situation, Almagro no longer wanted to continue patrolling. He felt that as long as the soldiers could stay here safely and nothing would happen, it would be good, so he led the officers towards the palace hall. Walk outside.
As soon as they reached the entrance of the palace hall, the guard came and said, "Report to the commander, Second Lieutenant Selivia has returned from Spain and said he has something urgent to report." When Almagro heard this, he asked, "Where is he now? "The guard said, "Waiting for you in the headquarters office." Almagro waved to everyone and followed the guard towards the headquarters office quickly.
Lieutenant Selivia was the representative sent by Almagro to follow Hernando back to Spain to meet the king. Because he was worried about Hernando and Pizarro, he asked Selivia to participate in some activities when Hernando met with the king, and to have the right to supplement and make suggestions for all documents and reports.
Entering his office, he saw Second Lieutenant Sevilla sitting on a chair. He had long hair and a gray face. He was so thin that there was only a handful of bones left. The military uniform on his body could no longer be distinguished. What color is it. When he saw him suddenly, he didn't realize that this person was really Selivia for a long time. Sevilla stood up and saluted, "Report to the commander, Lieutenant Sevilla has returned from Spain to report for duty."
Almagro was busy moving forward, holding the hands of his subordinates tightly, and said deeply, "Journey of thousands of miles, hard work all the way!" Sevilla said, "It is a great honor to serve the king and the commander." Almagro Gro immediately asked Sevilla to sit down and asked the guards to make tea for Sevilla.
Seville took a sip of hot tea and said, "This time I returned to the country to meet with His Majesty the King. His Majesty the King was very happy and granted General Pizarro the title of Marquis of Ataveros, a Spanish nobleman, and the Governor of Peru; General Pizarro, he was granted the title of Marquis of Ataveros. The rank of Governor of Chile and Marshal of the Spanish Expeditionary Force. He also made Hernando the Knight of Santiago and Vicente de Valverde the Bishop of Cusco." Then, Seville listed some of the activities of the audience with the king and Hernando. The situation was reported to Almagro in detail. Almagro seemed very happy to hear it, but he wanted to see these written documents with his own eyes, because only what is confirmed on the documents is the most convincing and has the most real effect.
But Sevilla said, "All the documents are with Hernando, but he is still in Panama and will have at least a month to return to Cusco. After I met with the king, I traveled day and night. I rushed back to report to you." Almagro said to Seville very politely, "You have made great contributions when you return to the country to meet the king. I will appoint you as the captain of the second cavalry squad." As he said, Then let Sevilla go home and rest.
