By making desertion near impossible, cortes was able to create an environment in which his followers understood conquest as a necessity for returning to normal life.

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Hernan cortes was famous for leading the Spanish Invasion toward the Aztec Empire. By this action, cortes conveyed that in order to fully return to their hometown with pride, they need to at lest present something for the kingdom and they decide that thing would be the Aztec's region