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After defeating De Narváez in a minor battle, Cortez persuaded most of the governor's expeditionary force to join him as reinforcements.
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“defeats him in a minor battle,”
“and again the diplomacy wins over the entire expeditionary force that the governor had dispatched. He tells them, my friends, why are we fighting? We have...”
“The empire at my disposal joined with me and we can share in the riches.”
“So he wins over the vast majority of this new force. It becomes effectively reinforcements.”Play from 15:15Report a misattribution
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