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Fig. 19.
Chimalpopoca ("He-smokes-like-a-shield"). (Tovar 97; courtesy of the
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rival of the Tepanecs again. Ten years after the conquest of Itztapallocan near the end of Huitzilihhuitl's reign, the Tepanec army attacked Huexotla and fought the Tetzcoco army for many days, going by canoe each day and returning at night before finally being repulsed.
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These Tepanec incursions were inconclusive, but decisive conquest was not the object. The purpose was to reduce the Tetzcoco's military capability and, even more importantly, to reduce support among Ixtlilxochitl's allies by chipping away at his domain and by demonstrating the Tepanecs' capacity to defeat him militarily. This strategy was apparently successful: there were many Tepanec sympathizers among the Acolhua cities, and Ixtlilxochitl was unable to consolidate his internal support. Thus, while his army fought the Tepanecs, Ixtlilxochitl remained in Tetzcoco for fear of treachery on the field and domestic intrigue in his absence.39 |
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Three years later at Chiucnauhtlan, the Tepanecs again fought the Tetzcocas. The battle lasted many days, and Ecatepec and Acol- |
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