Inca Elegy (Novel) "The Fall of the Inca Empire" (Volume 2) by Zhang Baotong
The Spanish soldier named Cervantes disguised himself as a local Indian and came to the small town of Vilkas to lurk, trying to persuade and win over the officers and soldiers who had been Pizarro's men. However, there are very obvious differences between Spaniards and Indians, not to mention different languages, but also different bodies and clothes. Although Cervantes wore Indian costumes, an eagle feather crown on his head, fluffy cloth shoes on his feet, and a shawl and tapestry with Indian national characteristics. However, his figure and appearance, as well as his skin color and demeanor, could easily reveal his identity. Because the Spaniards belong to the European race, while the Indians belong to the Chinese race, with yellow skin, black hair, spade-shaped incisors, and a flatter face. Therefore, I don’t know which reason caused his identity to be exposed.
That afternoon, Cervantes was preparing to meet with another cavalry lieutenant in the woods next to the town. As he was walking on the street of the town, he collided head-on with several heavily armed soldiers. He wanted to hide away at that time, but because they were too close, he could no longer hide away, so he lowered his head and tried to walk past them.
At this time, a soldier may have drunk too much and wanted to cause trouble, so he cursed at him, "You Indian pig dog."
Cervantes immediately stepped aside and tried to pass him. However, another soldier shouted to him, "Did you hear that he was calling you an Indian pig or dog?"
Cervantes just raised his head and glanced at the soldier, but did not reply because he could not speak Spanish, and his Indian language was not very authentic.
However, just because he raised his head, someone immediately shouted to him, "Stop."
Cervantes was startled and stopped. The soldier walked up to him, looked at him carefully, and then said to his companions next to him, "Look, this man is not an Indian, he is a Spaniard." As he said that, he put the hat on his head. The eagle feather crown fell to the ground, revealing golden hair.
The accomplices immediately drew their swords, surrounded Cervantes, and asked, "Who are you and why are you dressing up as an Indian?"
Cervantes did not answer, but someone immediately shouted, "He is a secret agent, a secret agent."
So they took him to the headquarters in the middle of the town. Entering the headquarters, they saw Captain Juan de Herada sitting in the headquarters smoking a cigarette, and they reported, "Mr. Captain, we caught an agent on the street."
Because the light in the room was dim, Captain Elada saw the soldiers bringing a man in Indian clothing and said, "How do you know he is a spy?"
The reporting soldier said, "He is a Spaniard, but he is dressed in Indian clothes."
Upon hearing this, Captain Elada immediately walked up to Cervantes, looked at him carefully, and then asked, "What is your name?"
But Cervantes still refused to answer. This made Captain Elada a little unhappy. He said to Cervantes, "It seems that you are really a secret agent. However, it doesn't matter if you don't speak. I will find a way to make you speak." He shouted He said, "Here comes someone."
An adjutant came in from outside and said, "Mr. Captain, what's the matter?"
Captain Elada pointed at Cervantes and said to the adjutant, "This gentleman refuses to speak. You and others should treat this gentleman well so that he must confess truthfully."
The adjutant said, "Yes, Mr. Captain." Then he said to the soldiers beside him, "Tie him up and take him to the room next to him." So the soldiers found a rope and tied Cervantes up. He got up and was taken to a small room nearby and locked up.
After a while, the adjutant entered the house with several soldiers armed with whips and wooden sticks. Seeing Cervantes sitting on the ground, he pointed his whip at him and said, "Name?"
Cervantes said, "Alvarado de Cervantes."
The adjutant asked, "Occupation?"
"soldier."
"Which unit are you in?"
"In Captain Alonso Alvarado's unit."
"Why dress up as an Indian?"
"Under the order of Mr. Governor Baca de Castro, I came to your camp disguised as an Indian to scout." He didn't want them to know that he was here to persuade and persuade some people to leave Almagro's camp.
The adjutant said, "Tell me what you have detected and what else you plan to detect?"
Cervantes was a little unable to answer, because he was not here to investigate the military situation.
Seeing that he refused to answer, the adjutant said to the soldier, "This gentleman refuses to answer. You must use a whip to force him to answer."
The two soldiers picked up their whips and struck Cervantes on the body. After a while, the beating was so severe that Cervantes could no longer hold on, and he cried, "Stop it, I say."
The adjutant asked the soldiers to stop and said to Cervantes, "Okay, you said it."
Cervantes said, "I have detected that your army has more than 500 people, including more than 100 cavalry, 400 infantry, and more than ten artillery pieces."
The adjutant shook his head and said, "Isn't that all?"
"That's all I know," Cervantes said.
The adjutant said, "It seems that you still refuse to tell the truth."
"I told the truth," Cervantes said.
At this time, Almagro came over with Captain Herrada and Lieutenant Torres. The adjutant gave them a brief report on the results of the interrogation. When Elada heard this, she said to the adjutant, "The governor sent him to spy on our military situation? Isn't that right? It seems that this gentleman still didn't tell the truth."
Cervantes immediately said, "I told the truth."
Captain Elada sneered and said, "That governor doesn't understand military affairs at all. He must be sending you out to perform a more important mission than to inquire about military intelligence."
These words immediately left Cervantes speechless.
Captain Elada said to the adjutant, "You have to find a way to get this gentleman to tell the truth."
The adjutant said, "Yes, Mr. Captain. I will make him tell the truth." Then he said to the soldier, "Hit me harder."
But before the soldier could start to raise his whip, Cervantes said to Captain Herrada, "Don't hit me, I'm telling the truth."
The adjutant said, "Very well, you can say it, but it must be the truth."
Cervantes said, "The governor sent me here to instigate rebellion. He asked me to persuade the officers and soldiers under Pizarro to be loyal to the king and the country, to fight back, and to break away from Almagro's army."
When Almagro heard this, he was shocked and asked Cervantes, "Who have you instigated rebellion?"
Cervantes said, "There was Second Lieutenant Karens de Foramigue, and Second Lieutenant Pedro De Candia, and a cavalryman named McEnroe De Tonica."
Almagro said, "That's it?"
Cervantes said, "Yes, that's all."
Almagro asked again, "How did they answer?"
Cervantes said, "Second Lieutenant Karens de Foramigue said he would see how the situation develops. Second Lieutenant Pedro Decandia said he would think about it. McEnroe Detonica said he would At the call of the Governor. And the second lieutenant of the Dallemani cavalry, I have not seen him yet."
Almagro had Cervantes sign the confession. Cervantes signed the confession record. Almagro and Herrada returned to headquarters and began to discuss what to do with Cervantes and those who had been incited to rebel. Lieutenant Torres said, "Cervantes should be executed immediately, and Second Lieutenants Karens de Foramig, Second Lieutenant Pedro Decandia and McEnroe Detonica should be arrested immediately."
Almagro shook his head and said, "Cervantes is the emissary sent by the governor and cannot be killed easily. Killing the governor's emissary is tantamount to a complete break with the governor. Karens Defolami Second Lieutenant Ge, Second Lieutenant Pedro Decandia and McEnroe Detonica cannot be arrested immediately because there is no concrete evidence that they have defected."
Elada also said, “Currently, the war is intensifying. If we arrest Second Lieutenant Karens de Foramigue, Second Lieutenant Pedro Decandia and McEnroe Detonica, it will cause disunity in the military. Stabilize the situation. Especially those officers and soldiers under Pizarro will feel that everyone is in danger. If they cause a rebellion before the war, it will give the governor an opportunity. He is looking forward to the appearance of freedom in our army. Chaos, so that we can defeat ourselves without attacking. Moreover, many officers and soldiers in the army turned out to be Pizarro's men."
At this time, someone sent a personal letter from Governor Vaca de Castro to Almagro. Almagro opened the letter and frowned immediately. The letter was harshly worded, not only asking him to disarm, but also asking him to hand over the murderers and key criminals who assassinated the Marquis of Pizarro, and even asked Juan de Herrada, Lucas Torres, Melicho Sobri A total of 13 people, including Novo and Martin Lopez, were included in the list of assassinations of Pizarro and armed rebellion. But these 13 people are the most loyal and trustworthy people around Almagro.
Almagro handed the letter to Elada, who looked at it and said angrily, "This damn governor seems to be targeting us and wants to take advantage of us." Then he handed the letter to Torres. After Torres finished, he threw the ball on the table and said, "He wants us to die. It's not that easy. We have to fight him to the death. We will live or die."
Just as he was talking about this, Sobrino came in from outside. Seeing the three people in the room with angry eyes, he asked, "Who are you angry at?"
Torres held the letter on the table and said, "You will know after you read it."
When Sobrino read the letter, he also got angry and said, "A few days ago we sent people to negotiate with the governor. The governor only said that he would hand over the murderer of Pizarro. Unexpectedly, the murderer he mentioned was us. .Isn’t this forcing us to fight him to the death?”
Torres said, “Let’s just fight, it’s not necessarily who will win or who will lose, who will die and who will live.”
Elada said, "This battle must be fought, but he used this forceful and coercive method to play tricks on us, making us unable to swallow this breath."
Torres said, "He makes us feel uncomfortable, and we make it difficult for him. Otherwise, we will kill the spy and let the governor see our determination."
Sobrino said, "Kill the agent."
Ellada said to Almagro, "Yes, kill the spy. We will rush to Guamanga tomorrow so that we can meet the governor who knows the heights and heights of the world."
Almagro hesitated for a while and said, "Then kill the spy, march to Guamanga, and completely defeat the arrogant governor." But he immediately said, "Kill the spy, but those who were instigated by him will rebel." What should the officers and soldiers do?”
Ellada pondered for a moment and said, "We don't want to alert the snake, and we don't want those officers and soldiers under Pizarro to be aware of it, as if nothing happened. But we have to put someone beside them to supervise them. , to see if they have betrayed or rebelled during the war. As soon as they are found to have such suspicious behavior, they will be executed immediately."
Everyone thinks this is a good idea. So, everyone started to act separately.
Half an hour later, with a rally call, a team of more than 500 people gathered on the street in front of the headquarters. At this time, Almagro took the autographed letter written by the governor and read it to the officers and soldiers. As soon as the letter was read, the troops immediately started talking like a frying pan. At this time, Elada walked to the front of the army, waved her hand to quiet the soldiers, and then said in a very stern and angry tone, "Officers and soldiers, you all heard it, right? That Mr. Judge abused the king's order. , we must liquidate and severely punish the person who executed the Pizarro bully. Obviously, he has completely sided with that bully, but we are not just at the mercy of others. Therefore, we must pay tribute to that bully. The judge expressed our indignation and determination to fight back against him with the strongest weapons we have."
Before he finished speaking, the soldiers were already excited and furious, shouting that they would fight the judge to the bitter end.
Ellada silenced the soldiers and continued, "In order to show our indignation and anger to that judge, we now hang one of his emissaries, and now execute it."
As soon as he finished his words, he saw several soldiers throwing a rope on the tree by the roadside, and then, a Spaniard wearing Indian clothes was escorted out of the house. He was blindfolded and his mouth was gagged with a wad of cloth. When he was escorted under the tree by the soldiers, someone put a noose around his neck. Following the commander's order, the soldiers pulled the rope hard, and his whole body was slowly pulled from the tree. Hanging from the tree.
