Ngalolo suku ekuseni uMctezuma Xocoyotzin wavuka ngokwesaba.
Izithombe ze-comet kanye nemililo ebonakalayo yemvelo yamathempeli e-Xiuhtecuhtli nase-Huitzilopochtli, kanye neminye imicimbi engajwayelekile eyenzeke edolobheni nasezindaweni ezizungezile, ukulondolozwa, ngokusho kwezihlakaniphi, izikhathi ezinzima, kwakulawula ingqondo yenkosi uTenochca. . Efuna ukususa leyo micabango ekhanda lakhe, uMoctezuma washiya amakamelo esigodlo sakhe sasebukhosini wazilungiselela ukuhamba nenkantolo yakhe ehlathini laseChapultepec, eduze nenhloko-dolobha.
Ngesikhathi sohambo, i-tlatoani yabona ukuthi ukhozi lundizela phezulu, futhi yakhumbula ngokushesha ukuthi eminyakeni eminingi eyedlule, okhokho bayo, beholwa ngumfundisi uTenoch, babesungule iTenochtitlan khona lapho bathola khona inyoni efanayo, ekhombisa abokufika. ukuphela kohambo lwakhe kanye nokuqala komlando wempi ohlaba umxhwele ozovumela abantu baseMexico ukuthi bazuze ubukhulu bangempela bombuso, yena, uMoctezuma, manje owayengummeli wawo ophakeme kunabo bonke. Ntambama, ebuyela esigodlweni sakhe, utlatoani waziswa futhi ngobukhona bezindlu ezintantayo eziyinqaba ezazibukeka njengeziqhingi, ezazidlula olwandle lolwandle olusempumalanga, eduze kwaseChalchihuicueyecan, esifundeni esakhiwe. kubantu baseTotonac. Emangele, umbusi walalela izindaba zezithunywa zakhe, ezathi zivula iphepha lokuzijabulisa phansi, zamkhombisa ukuzilibazisa okungokomfanekiso kwalezi "ziqhingi" eziyinqaba ezihlala amadoda anesikhumba esimhlophe, ayesondela ezwekazini. Lapho izithunywa zihoxa, abapristi benza uMoctezuma abone ukuthi lesi ngesinye sezibikezelo ezimbi ezamemezela ukuphela kokubusa kwakhe kanye nokubhujiswa ngokuphelele kombuso waseMexico. Ngokushesha lezo zindaba ezimbi zasakazeka kuwo wonke umbuso.
Ngokwabo, imikhumbi ebanjwe nguHernán Cortés ime ogwini lwaseVeracruz, lapho baqala khona ukuxhumana nabantu baseTotonacapan, abatshela uCortés namadoda akhe izindaba ezimangazayo ngeMexico-Tenochtitlan, bevusa abantu baseYurophu umqondo ukungena ensimini befuna ingcebo enhle abachazelwe yona. Ngesikhathi sohambo olulandelwa ngumkhankaso, ukaputeni waseSpain wahlangana nabantu bomdabu ababemelana nokuhlaselwa kwamasosha akhe amabi, kepha amaTlaxcalans namaHuexotzincas, kunalokho, banquma ukujoyina, bafuna ngalo mfelandawonye ukususa ijoka lensimbi lelo Umqhele waseMexico wawubeke bobabili abantu.
Ngokudlula ezintabeni eziphakeme zezintaba-mlilo, amasosha aseSpain nabalingani bawo bomdabu badlulela ngaseTenochtitlan, bema isikhashana eTlamacas, indawo manje eyaziwa ngokuthi yi "Paso de Cortés", lapho babona khona isithombe sedolobha buqamama- isiqhingi kubo bonke ubukhazikhazi nobukhazikhazi baso. Uhambo olude lwamabutho ahlangene lwafinyelela emvuthwandaba ngoNovemba 8, 1519, lapho uMoctezuma ebamukela futhi ebafaka esigodlweni sikayise, u-Axayácatl; Lapho, ngokusho kwezazi-mlando, abokufika babona ukuthi ngemuva kodonga lwamanga kwakufihlwe umcebo ongenakubalwa womndeni wasebukhosini wama-Aztec, manje osungowaseMoctezuma.
Kodwa akuyona yonke into eyadlula ngokuthula: wasebenzisa iqiniso lokuthi uCortés kwakudingeka abuyele emaphethelweni aseVeracruz ukuze abhekane nohambo lokujezisa iPánfilo de Narváez, uPedro de Alvarado wavimbezela izikhulu zaseMexico ebiyelwe ngodonga lweMeya yaseTemplo, ngaphakathi kohlaka imikhosi yendabuko yenyanga yeTóxcatl, futhi yabulala inani elikhulu lamaqhawe angahlomile.
I-die yaphonswa. UCortés, ekubuyeni kwakhe, wazama ukuphinda alawule imicimbi, kepha isenzo sakhe sakhubazeka ngenxa yokuhlaselwa okwakuholwa iqhawe elincane uCuitláhuac, owahlala esihlalweni sobukhosi saseMexico isikhashana ngemuva kokushona okungajabulisi kweMoctezuma.
Ebalekela iTenochtitlan, uCortés waya eTlaxcala futhi lapho wahlela kabusha abaphathi bakhe, ukuze aqhubekele phambili eTexcoco, lapho alungiselela khona ukuhlaselwa kokugcina, ngomhlaba nangamanzi, edolobheni laseHuitzilopochtli. Amabutho aseMexico, manje aholwa yiCuauhtémoc enesibindi, iTlatoani Mexica entsha, ahlulwa ngemuva kokumelana namaqhawe okwagcina kuthathwe futhi kwabhujiswa iTenochtitlan newele layo iTlatelolco. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho abaseSpain bashisa khona amathempeli aseTláloc naseHuitzilopochtli, banciphisa inkazimulo eyayiyiMexico yaba umlotha. Imizamo emangazayo kaCortés namadoda akhe yokwenza iphupho lokunqoba iMexico lifezeke umgomo wabo, futhi kwase kuyisikhathi manje sokwakha idolobha elisha sha emanxiweni anegazi ayezoba inhlokodolobha yaseNew Spain. Lolo khozi uMoctezuma alubona lunqamula isibhakabhaka esingapheli, lapho eselimele kanzima, wayengasakwazi ukundiza.
Umthombo: Izindima Zomlando No. 1 The Kingdom of Moctezuma / Agasti 2000
