The Rise of the European Emperor

Early in the morning, Gonzalo de Cordoba ignored the rest and directly commanded the soldiers on the spot to place various obstacles on the street. At the same time, obstacles were also set up in the alleys where the soldiers were ambushed.

However, in order to prevent the enemy from seeing the problem, the obstacles on the street must be set up reasonably, so that people cannot feel that they are obstacles at a glance.

After all, he wanted to send all the enemy troops into the city to beat them up. If the enemy's vanguard sees something wrong as soon as they enter the city, the enemies behind will definitely not enter the city foolishly.

After thinking about it, Alba, the musketeer commander who practiced the ambush on the roof, gave a suggestion:

"My lord, you can hide all the obstacles on the roof first. After the enemy troops enter the city and you give the signal, we will throw the obstacles from the roof. At the same time, we can also hurt the enemy!"

Morocco is relatively dry with little precipitation. Therefore, most of the houses here have flat roofs rather than sloping roofs. Only exquisite buildings such as mosques have round spires. Many of the houses of ordinary people are flat-roofed houses, which are very suitable for ambushes of musketeers and some infantry. It is also more convenient to throw obstacles from the roof.

Gonzalo de Cordoba adopted this suggestion. On South Avenue, instead of setting up barriers, they hid all the barriers on the rooftops where there were ambushes, and threw them all at the command of the ambush. to the street.

However, the invisible alleys and the streets leading from the city's central mosque to the other three city gates were still firmly barricaded. Because, Gonzalo de Cordoba was also afraid of the sudden collapse of his own army. When the time comes, let the enemy's cavalry charge up, that is to be slaughtered.

Moreover, the other three city gates were guarded by Italian mercenaries, and Gonzalo did not trust them very much. If those ferocious Moroccan cavalry rushed over, those Italian mercenaries might be frightened.

Therefore, he had people block the roads leading to the remaining three city gates. In this way, even if the enemy rushed into the center of the city, because the rest of the roads were blocked, they could only be closed and beaten.

Even if the enemy dismounted and ran around in the alley, he was not afraid. The scimitar cavalry without horses can only be abused in front of a few spearmen. Gonzalo de Cordoba was not worried about the enemy's stubborn resistance, but that they would flee away on horseback. In this way, his men and horses will not be able to catch up with the enemy. And if the enemy stays in the city, sooner or later his troops will find out and kill him.

In addition, arranging musketeers on the roof is a successful case that Marin has used many times in street fighting. According to Marin's experience, the musketeers ambushing on the roof, because of their good viewing angle, can easily spot the "big brother" among the enemies. As long as you see it, just give it a shot.

Moreover, Marin once talked about a wicked way. That is - when the enemy's cavalry enters the ambush street,

The musketeers on the roof do not shoot the enemy, but shoot the enemy's ass. After the war horse is shot in the buttocks, it is easy to be frightened and go crazy, and then gallops and neighs...

At that time, the rampant war horse will become the enemy's reminder...

Of course, it is not necessary to use muskets, but bows and crossbows are also acceptable. For example, Gonzalo de Cordoba borrowed 500 crossbows from Italian mercenaries to shoot the enemy's horse PP. Regardless of whether it is shot in the butt or an arrow, the horse is bound to be hurt and frightened. The war horse that went crazy, but even the friendly army also bumped into it. Once this happens, the enemy formation will definitely be in chaos...

At the beginning, Marin spent an afternoon discussing this wretched scene of setting up an ambush in the city with Gonzalo de Cordoba. Unexpectedly, now Gonzalo de Cordoba is actually used...

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In addition to these wretched arrangements, Gonzalo de Cordoba also ordered the soldiers to conduct street fighting exercises on the street, lest the soldiers suddenly become unable to adapt to this style of play.

After the exercise, Gonzalo de Cordoba discovered that if there were horses running wildly after being shot in the buttocks on the street, it was best for his own infantry not to stand on the street. Otherwise, it is easy to be trampled to death...

Therefore, in this ambush, it is best for the ambush soldiers to stab spears into the street from the alley on the side of the street. Just make sure the enemies are stuck on the streets.

In addition, the enemy must not be allowed to break through the barriers and go to the other three city gates. At the same time, the south gate must be blocked at critical moments to prevent the enemy from withdrawing...

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On this day, the weather was calm and the enemy did not come. It's no wonder, after all, the enemy is far away, and even if you hurry up, it will take two or three days to arrive. After all, riding a horse can only travel one or two hundred miles a day, not as fast as a car.

And taking advantage of this gap in time, Gonzalo de Cordoba led the Spanish soldiers to practice street fighting hard, improving the level and adaptability of street fighting.

Three days later, the 20,000 coalition forces of the Vatas dynasty and the Saad tribe finally arrived...

They dared to come here after receiving the news that Gonzalo de Cordoba had left with 10,000 horses. After all, Gonzalo de Cordoba was too famous. With him around, neither of the two families would dare to mess around. According to intelligence, Gonzalo not only left this time, but also took away 10,000 main forces, which is equivalent to weakening the guarding force in the city.

Moreover, Gonzalo de Cordoba deliberately released news before, saying that he left a large amount of food and various supplies in Fes, including a lot of weapons and armor...

For the remnants of the Watas dynasty and the Saad tribe who lost their ruling power, food supplies and weapons and armor are exactly what they need most, even more important than gold and silver. Because they can grab gold and silver, and a large amount of food supplies and weapons and armor are the scarcest and hardest thing for them to get.

Therefore, this time, in order to ensure that the old capital of Fes can be conquered, Abu Abdullah Burtukali Ibn Mohammed, the last sultan of the Wattas Dynasty, specially invited the Saad tribe , Let’s storm the city of Fes together, and strive to win the large amount of food supplies and weapons and armor left by the Spaniards in Fes...

Arriving outside the city of Fes, the leaders of the two armies were surprised to find that the south gate of Fes was actually open...

How could they let go of such a good opportunity? So, with an order, 20,000 scimitar cavalry rushed into the city of Fes from the south gate at an extremely fast speed...

Seeing that the road was unimpeded, the leading Moroccan cavalry leader showed joy. But when the army passed the mosque in the center of the city and attacked the other three city gates, they were shocked to find that the street seemed to be blocked by a lot of debris...

The commanders in the other two directions did not notice the danger, only Aziz, the cavalry officer of the Watas dynasty who rushed towards the north gate, noticed something was wrong. So, he yelled and reminded the friendly troops behind to pay attention to the danger...

Obviously, Gonzalo de Cordoba on the top of the tall building in the distance also heard his call. Knowing Arabic, he changed his face, and immediately pulled the trigger of the matchlock gun in his hand as a flare gun...

Upon hearing the signal, the Spanish soldiers who had been lying on the gate tower of the south gate immediately pushed down the old and tall stone piles that had been built on the inner side of the gate tower. Then, stones fell like raindrops, instantly blocking the way out of the south gate. By the way, dozens of Moroccan cavalrymen who were blocking the inside of the door were also smashed to death...

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!"

The attacked Moroccan cavalry shouted nervously, but they were greeted by more stones like raindrops.

Moroccan cavalry tried to dismount, and then climbed the stairs to the gate tower of the South Gate to eliminate the stone-throwing enemy troops above. But they were dumbfounded when they got to the stairs—the Spaniards had expected this trick a long time ago, and they blocked the stairs leading to the gatehouse in advance...

In this way, only the Spaniards above the city gate smashed them, and they could not fight back...

As more and more bricks and debris were thrown down, the South City Gate was suddenly blocked and it was impossible to leave. And when many Moroccan cavalrymen tried to get off their horses to clean up the debris, many musketeers and crossbowmen suddenly appeared on the roofs on both sides of the street...

Then, the Moroccan soldiers who tried to approach the city gate were all beaten into a sieve. At the same time, those Spanish musketeers and crossbowmen who came out of their heads, while shooting the enemies who tried to approach the city gate, also pointed their guns and arrows at the buttocks of the Moroccan horses...