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The Spanish besieged in Cusco might have been wiped out, but the city's open courtyards and plazas favored their cavalry, and they still had horses.
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“they would have been wiped out except for two reasons. One,”
“The open courtyards and plazas of Cusco are good terrain for cavalry and they still have their horses.”38:49Report a misattribution
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