The Rise of the European Emperor

Far away in Northwest Africa, Marrakech, the old capital of Morocco. The famous Spanish general Gonzalo de Cordoba stood at the head of the city with a worried look on his face.

It has been several months since the Spanish army captured Marrakech, but the Moroccan Vatas dynasty has not perished and is still active on Moroccan land.

This war has been fought for a year, but it is far from over. The reason is that Marin's original suggestion of guerrilla warfare worked.

At the beginning, Marin secretly passed through Venice and France, and sent Abu Abdullah Burtukali Ibn Muhammad, the Sultan of the Watas dynasty of Morocco, and Abu Abdullah, the leader of the Saad tribe dominated by southern Arabs, respectively. La Kaim made a suggestion, suggesting that they temporarily put aside their prejudices and deal with the Spaniards together.

However, the two sides were not really united. The Sultan of the Wattas Dynasty, Abu Abdullah Burtukali Ibn Muhammad, was not willing to adopt the disgraceful tactics of guerrilla warfare, but chose to be tough. The leader of the Saad tribe, Abu Abdullah Kaim, did not want to help the Watas dynasty, after all, they dreamed of replacing the Watass dynasty.

Of course, Abu Abdullah Qaim was not stupid. He knew that if the Spaniards annexed Morocco forcefully and wiped out the Huatas dynasty, they would be next. Because the French envoy told him that the Spaniards must promote Catholicism in Morocco, and the heretics were either killed or expelled.

Therefore, Abu Abdullah Kaim promised that he would never stab the Watas dynasty in the back this time. Unless, they beat the Spaniards.

In this way, the Vatas dynasty, which was very weak at this time, did not perish immediately.

Although the reckless Sultan of the Watas dynasty, Abu Abdullah Burtukali Ibn Muhammad, rejected the suggestion of guerrilla warfare, he agreed with the tactics of attacking the food roads of the Spanish army.

The Spanish army is dominated by infantry and is very large in size. Therefore, the transportation of grain and grass for the Spanish army must be very important.

Therefore, Abu Abdullah Burtukali Ibn Muhammad dispatched the last 8,000 regular cavalry and gathered tens of thousands of ordinary Berber herdsmen cavalry to attack the Spanish army's grain transport team together.

At the beginning, because of the surprise, the Spanish army was indeed caught off guard, and a lot of food was burned and robbed, causing the frontline troops to almost run out of food.

But the famous Spanish general Gonzalo de Cordoba, who was leading an army to Marrakech, made a decisive decision, set up a bait, and got a fake grain transport team, which seemed to be very large in scale, in order to attract Moroccans to rob sweep. But in fact, Gonzalo de Cordoba's army is ambushing nearby...

The cavalry of the Watass Dynasty in Morocco was really fooled and rushed to the grain transport team in a valley. But to their horror, a large number of Spanish troops suddenly appeared on the valley...

In this way, Gonzalo de Cordoba relied on this attack to severely damage the Moroccan Watas dynasty and wiped out more than 4,000 Moroccan cavalry.

The rest of the Moroccan cavalry fled back to Marrakech like bereaved dogs...

Fortunately, most of the more than 4,000 Moroccan cavalry that were wiped out were herdsmen cavalry from various tribes gathered by the Watas dynasty. As for the regular cavalry of the Vatas Dynasty, less than a thousand people were lost. The reason why the Spaniards could not destroy the Moroccan army was because the Moroccans ran fast on horseback. The Spanish army is mainly infantry, which is not easy to chase. However, the number of cavalry is too small, and they will deliver food if they catch up.

This time, Abu Abdullah Burtukali ibn Muhammad, the sultan of the Watas dynasty, became completely honest, and began to use guerrilla tactics against the Spaniards according to the suggestion of the Venetian envoy.

Then, the Spaniards got unlucky...

After adopting a flexible and maneuverable strategy, the Moroccan cavalry of the Wattas Dynasty no longer sought to confront the Spanish transport troops head-on, but started elusive guerrilla tactics.

Relying on the method of one man with two horses or even three horses, the Moroccan cavalry maneuvered throughout the entire

on the land of Morocco.

However, they, who had suffered a lot, never entered the city or the valley, and only picked areas in the plains where it was difficult to ambush. Moreover, their movements became more hasty and neat.

For example, when the Moroccan cavalry is harassing the Spanish food transport team, they don't leave any ink on them. They burn the food when they come up, and run away after setting the fire, without giving the Spaniards a chance to reinforce.

Generally, their tactic is to quickly pour sheep oil on the grain bags after attacking the guards of the grain transport team. Then, light the fire directly with the torch. After lighting the fire, seeing that the fire was difficult to put out, he ran away directly. When the Spanish reinforcements arrived, the opponent had already fled...

As for the supplies of the Moroccan army? They don't need grain, just cheese. Whether it's sheep's milk or mare's milk cheese, they can eat it. As for cheese, there are plenty of it in Morocco, where the livestock industry dominates. At the same time, Moroccan horses are more resistant to rough feeding. After all, they were raised in free range and can live on grass.

Although it is not as resistant to rough feeding as Mongolian horses, the frequency of eating grain is very low. Unlike war horses in Europe, they always need to eat food. Even if they really need to eat food, the big deal is to loot the Spanish army's food delivery team and let the horses open to eat a little...

Therefore, although there are still more than 10,000 cavalry, the cost of raising cavalry in the Watas Dynasty is not too much. Unlike the Spanish army, if there is no food for a day, it will be very difficult.

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Under the almost rogue harassment of Morocco, the Spanish army suffered a lot. In the end, the commander-in-chief of the Spanish army, Gonzalo de Cordoba, decided to put all his eggs in one basket and quickly sent troops to besiege the last stronghold of Morocco - the old capital Marrakech...

In the eyes of the Spaniards, as long as the last capital of the Moroccans is broken, the Moroccans basically lose their roots. According to common sense, the Moroccan Vatas Dynasty, which lost all its new and old capitals, is basically tantamount to perishing...

However, what Gonzalo de Cordoba did not expect was that the Moroccans did not choose to defend the city and fight the Spanish army.

After learning that the Spanish army and food and grass troops were about to arrive in Marrakech, after a fierce ideological struggle, Abu Abdullah Burtukali Ibn Muhammad, the Sultan of the Watas dynasty of Morocco, finally decided to abandon Marrakech. ...

Before the arrival of the Spanish army, Abu Abdullah Burtukali ibn Muhammad finally made up his mind and retreated into the Atlas Mountains with the surviving army, treasures and food.

Therefore, although Gonzalo de Cordoba captured Marrakech, the old capital of Morocco, he gained nothing. After all, Marrakech was almost emptied.

Moreover, after occupying Marrakech, the Spanish army's front line was stretched longer. And the supply line is longer and more dangerous.

The Sultan of the Watas Dynasty, Abu Abdullah Burtukali Ibn Muhammad, after hiding food and treasures in the Atlas Mountains, sent troops to attack the Spanish food transport team.

In this way, Gonzalo de Cordoba was surprised to find that after he captured Marrakech, he lost more initiative.

It is not that the Spanish army has never chased and killed the cavalry of the Huatas Dynasty, but most of the Spanish army is infantry, and it is basically impossible to catch up. And there are only a few cavalry, the number is too small, and it may be over if they rush to catch up. Therefore, Gonzalo de Cordoba discovered that he had nothing to do with those rogue Moroccan cavalry. That's why Gonzalo de Cordoba stood on the top of the city frowning.

Because the financial pressure brought by successive wars to Spain is too great. The food consumption alone is an astronomical figure. And the price of food in Spain is one of the most expensive regions in Europe. It is too unlucky for Spain to fight a protracted war...

Therefore, Gonzalo de Cordoba is now caught in a dilemma-he wants to clean up the remnants of the Moroccan Vatas dynasty, but he can't catch up. But if the remnants of the opponent are not eliminated, it will be difficult to control the old southern capital of Marrakech. In particular, the other party kept harassing the grain transport team heading to Marrakech along the northern coast, causing difficulties in Marrakech's food supply...

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