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Manco Inca rallied his forces, besieged Cusco, captured Saxahuaman, and tasked his general Cuizo Yupanqui with intercepting coastal reinforcements.
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“He rallies his people,”
“he lays siege to Cuzco, he takes Saxahuaman,”
“and he has one of his generals,”
“Cuizo Yupanqui,”
“cut off reinforcements arriving from the coast.”Play from 37:24Report a misattribution
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