擒敵先擒王 - 古德明

擒敵先擒王 - 古德明

ThebattleofOtumbain1520wasapivotaleventinSpain'sconquestofMexico.TheAztecsfieldedavastarmyontheplainofOtumbaagainsttheSpaniardsunderHermanCortes.Cortessawinthemiddleofthethronganimportant-lookingpersonagewhoheknewmustbethecommanderoftheAztecs,andimmediatelymadeforhimwithseveralofhishorsemen,chargingthroughtheranksofAztecwarriors.Inafewminutestheywereinthepresenceofthecommanderandkilledhim:hisguard,overpoweredbythesuddennessoftheonset,madelittleresistance.Cortesthenraisedthecapturedbattlestandard,whichtheAztecsbelievedhousedtheirGod.ThelossofthestandardsignalledtotheAztecsthatthebattlestandardflownbytheSpaniardshousedastrongerGod.Filledwithconsternation,theynowthoughtonlyofescape,andtrampledononeanother,theirnumbersaugmentingtheirconfusion.
一五二○年奧登巴之役,是西班牙征服墨西哥旋亁轉坤的一戰。阿茲特克族人派出大軍來到奧登巴平原,迎戰埃爾南.科爾特斯率領的西班牙人。科爾特斯在人群中見到一個看來很重要的人物,知道一定是敵軍統帥,馬上帶着幾名騎兵向他衝去,突破阿茲特克戰陣,不過幾分鐘,就來到那統帥跟前,把他格殺:由於襲擊太過突然,他的衞士手足無措,沒有怎樣反抗。科爾特斯奪得敵軍戰旗,高高舉起。阿茲特克人認為他們的神附在戰旗上,戰旗被奪,顯示西班牙戰旗上的神法力更大。他們滿心驚恐,只想逃跑,互相踐踏,由於人多,更添混亂。