168 Spanish soldiers captured an Inca emperor commanding an army of thousands

At Cajamarca in 1532, Francisco Pizarro's small force ambushed Atahualpa's unarmed escort during a supposedly peaceful meeting, using cannon, cavalry and steel weapons the Inca had never encountered. They captured the emperor within minutes and later executed him after collecting a ransom room filled with gold and silver.

— John Hemming, The Conquest of the Incas — Harcourt Brace, 1970
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