Battle of Covadonga

WI: The Asturians lose to the Muslims? Could they later re-group or is their attempt at reorganization and independence doomed as a result?
 
I think they likely could regroup and battle another day. This particular conflict was, at best, the end of the beginning re the Reconquest rather than the beginning of the end of the Moorish Occupation.
However; I think the official account of the battle re 31 Asturians vs. 400 THOUSAND Moors and the Asturians somehow winning is a bit of an exaggeration. I mean, if nothing else how could they have fit that many Moors in that tiny valley and why would they have gone there in such huge numbers to a rather remote spot?
 
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