Tom Holland
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So it's only a faction of the Incas?
It is, but there's maybe 30,000 of them.
They've got the southern Incas and they've got the wanker.
Yeah, well, they've got native support.
That's absolutely crucial.
So this isn't Spanish versus Incas.
It's Spanish and half of the Inca Empire against the other half.
That's one thing.
I think you're dead right.
And then the other thing is the horses.
All the accounts say...
that a handful of horsemen would, even in quite hilly terrain, could see off hundreds, even thousands of Incas.
And the Spanish start to get this reputation for really awe-inspiring invincibility.
You know, at this point, I think no Spaniard has been killed, which is incredible.
That is incredible, isn't it?
Yeah.
But I suppose if they haven't got pikes and they haven't got bows and arrows...
How do you stop a horse?
Right.
You've got a kind of club or something.