 Spanish forces in the New World would make extensive use of the crossbow, even after it had largely fallen out of use in Europe.Crossbowmen participated in Hernán Cortés' conquest of Mexico and accompanied Francisco Pizarro on his initial expedition to Peru, though by the time of the conquest of Peru in 1532-1523 he would have only a dozen such men remaining in his service.The Chinese crossbow had a longer power stroke, around or so, compared to the early medieval European crossbow, which typically sat around only .