The Spaniards occupy only three locations in…
October 1533 CE
The Spaniards occupy only three locations in Peru when the armies move from Cuzco to Quito.
One is the city of Cuzco itself, the second is the town of Jauja, entrusted to the treasurer Riquelme, and the third is the recent settlement of San Miguel, which ensures the flow of reinforcements by sea.
Quizquiz attacks Cusco first, but Pizarro sends Almagro and fifty men to confront the attack.
The Spaniards "killed and wounded many of them."
Quizquiz then decides to attack the garrison of Jauja, on the road to Quito, but is "unable to prevail against the Spaniards" here as well.
The rainy season has swelled rivers and is sufficient to demolish the bridges on the most tumultuous rivers to secure the rear from the arrival of Cuzco followers.
The clash ensues between the army of Quito and fifty Spanish in Jauja backed by thousands of indigenous allies.
Quizquiz has developed strategies that work against the Spanish, but he still has to learn to deal with the cavalry.
His men carry out a pincer movement, but the impetus of the horses sweeps their ranks.
The day, however, is not an easy one for the Spanish troops.
Riquelme is himself wounded in the head and falls into the river, where he is rescued by a group of archers.
One Spaniard is killed and almost all other report injuries as their auxiliary native troops are decimated by those of Quito.
Northern troops still manage to pass Jauja, while regretting that they cannot conquer the city, which is defended by a small garrison.
Quizquiz had learned from the experience and, retreating to a ravine, he fortifies the slopes of the passage so that horses can not maneuver; he then bides his time.
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