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 Narvaez thought he was invincible, ordered a notary, a chaplain and four armed men to agree on the surrender at Veracruz under the command of Sandoval, who in turn sent them to Tenochtitlan. Cortés dazzled them with the city, which at that time was still standing and sent them back loaded with gold, as accomplices to subvert the capture expedition and that later will join his side because of the gold offered and promises of endless profit. The mission was successfully accomplished. We insist, to understand history, it must be understood that the spaniards were not trained and disciplined soldiers. They were outcasts in search of fortune and all the atrocities and betrayals, made against indigenous peoples and among themselves; it only demonstrated their human quality, moral and ethics, which guided all their actions in the conquest and the colony.

''"Surprise, in fact, was only for Narvaez: when Cortes finally attacked Cempuala in a stormy night, although a sentinel advised on their arrival, the Velasquez people barely burned a little gunpowder to save appearances, celebrating the day after their defeat with such a fife cheek and drums that even the winners felt upset." (Jose Luis Guerrero. 1990)   	   ''

The hispanic history says that Cortes came out of Tenochtitlan and left Alvarado in command of the men who stayed in the city of Tenochtitlan. This is to wash the conqueror hands of blood and criminal stupidity, as according to this version, it is stated that when Cortés was in Veracruz, the mexica nobility asked Alvarado permission, for a holiday in the Major Temple of Tenochtitlan. In the afternoon arrived more than five thousand women and men, the ruling class, richly dressed with gold and totally unarmed, to dance at the great plaza. The spaniards on seeing this, closed the four gates of the walled square and with knives killed men and women to strip them of their jewelry.