In the distant northwest Africa, the old capital of Morocco, the Spanish famous Spanish general Gonzalo de Cordoba stood at the top of the city, his face full of worry.
It has been several months since the Spanish army captured Marrakech, but the Vatas dynasty in Morocco has not yet 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 suggestion for guerrilla warfare worked.
At the beginning, Marin secretly made suggestions to Abdullah Abdullah Burtukali Ibn Mohammed, the leader of the Saad tribe, mainly Arabs in the south, through Venice and France, respectively, suggesting that they temporarily put aside their prejudices and deal with the Spaniards together.
However, the two sides did not really unite. The Sultan of the Vatas Dynasty, Abdullah, Burtukali, Ibn Mohammed, was unhappy with the indecent tactics of guerrilla warfare, but chose to fight hard. The leader of the Saad tribe, Abdullah, Kaim, did not want to help the Vatas Dynasty, after all, they dreamed of replacing the Vatas Dynasty.
Of course, Abu Abdullah Kaim was not stupid. He knew that if the Spaniards strongly annexed Morocco and destroyed the Vatas dynasty, they would be the next one. Because, the French envoy told him that the Spaniards would definitely promote Catholicism in Morocco, and pagans were either killed or expelled.
So, Abu Abdullah Kaim promised that he would never stab the Vatas dynasty in the back this time unless, they defeated the Spaniards.
In this way, the very weak Vatas Dynasty did not perish immediately.
Although the reckless Vatas sultan Abu Abdullah Burtukali Ibn Mohammed refused the suggestion of fighting guerrilla, he agreed with the tactics of attacking the Spanish army's food routes.
The Spanish army is mainly infantry and is very large in scale. Therefore, the transportation of food and grass by the Spanish army is definitely very important.
So, Abdullah, Burtukali, Ibn Mohammed sent the last 8,000 regular cavalry and gathered tens of thousands of herders and cavalry from ordinary Berbers to attack the Spanish army's grain transport team.
At the beginning, because of unexpected surprise, the Spanish army was indeed caught off guard, burned and robbed a lot of food, which almost cut off food in the front line.
But the famous Spanish general Gonzalo de Cordoba, who was leading his army to march towards Marrakech, made a quick decision, set up a bait, and got a fake grain transport team, which seemed to be very large in scale to attract Moroccans to rob. But in fact, Gonzalo de Cordoba's army was ambushing nearby...
The cavalry of the Vatas dynasty of Morocco was indeed deceived and rushed towards the grain transport team in a valley. What frightened them was that 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 Vatas dynasty of Morocco and eliminated more than 4,000 Moroccan cavalry.
The remaining Moroccan cavalry fled back to Marrakech like a stray dog...
Fortunately, the more than 4,000 Moroccan cavalry that were destroyed were mostly herders and cavalry of various tribes gathered by the Vatas dynasty. As for the regular cavalry of the Vatas dynasty, only less than a thousand people were lost. The reason why the Spaniards could not destroy the Moroccan army was because the Moroccans rode fast on horseback. The Spanish army was mainly infantry and was difficult to chase. The number of cavalry was too small, so it was a delivery for chasing them.
At this moment, the Sultan of the Vatas Dynasty, Abdullah, Burtukali, Ibn Mohammed, became completely honest and began to use guerrilla tactics to deal with the Spaniards according to the advice of the Venetian envoy.
Then, the Spaniards were in trouble...
After adopting flexible and maneuvering strategies, the Moroccan cavalry of the Vatas Dynasty no longer sought to confront the Spanish transport troops head-on, but began an elusive guerrilla tactic.
By relying on the method of one man, two horses or even three horses, the Moroccan cavalry moved across the entire Moroccan land. However, they had suffered losses and would never go to the city or valleys, and would only take advantage of the ambush areas in plains. Moreover, their movements became more quickly and neat.
For example, when the Moroccan cavalry is harassing the Spanish grain transport team, they will never be in a mess. They will burn food when they come up and run away after setting the fire, and will not give the Spanish a chance to reinforce.
Generally, their tactic is to quickly pour the sheep oil onto the bag of food loading after attacking the guards of the grain transport team. Then, they directly ignite the fire with a torch. After igniting the fire, they saw that the fire was difficult to extinguish, so they ran away. When the Spanish reinforcements arrived, the other party had already escaped...
As for the supplies of the Moroccan army? They do not need food, they only need cheese. Whether it is goat's milk or horse milk, they can eat it. Cheese is a thing that is dominant in Morocco, which dominates the animal husbandry industry. At the same time, Moroccan horses are also relatively resistant to rough feeding. After all, they grow up free-range and can survive even if they eat grass.
Although it is not as resistant to rough feeding as Mongolian horses, the frequency of eating food is very low. Unlike European war horses, they always need to eat food. Even if they really have to eat food, at most they can rob the Spanish army's grain transport team and let the horses eat a little...
Therefore, although there are more than 10,000 cavalry, the Vatas Dynasty did not spend too much money on raising cavalry. Unlike the Spanish army, it would probably be difficult if there was no food for a day.
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Under the almost rogue attacks of Morocco, the Spanish army suffered a lot. In the end, the Spanish army commander Gonzalo de Cordoba decided to take a desperate bet and quickly sent troops to siege Morocco's last base, the old capital Marrakech...
In the eyes of the Spaniards, as long as the last capital of the Moroccans was broken, the Moroccans basically lost their fundamentals. According to common sense, the loss of all the new and old capitals of the Moroccan Vatas dynasty was basically equivalent to destruction...
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! However, what Gonzalo de Cordoba did not expect was that the Moroccans did not choose to defend the city and fought against the Spanish army.
When I learned that the Spanish army and food and grass troops were about to arrive in Marrakech, after fierce ideological struggle, the Sultan of the Vatas dynasty of Morocco, Abdullah Burtukali Ibn Mohammed, finally decided to give up Marrakech...
Before the Spanish army arrived, Abu Abdullah Burtukali Ibn Mohammed finally made up his mind to retreat into the Atlas Mountains with his surviving army and treasures.
Therefore, although Gonzalo de Cordoba conquered Marrakech, the old capital of Morocco, he had no gains. After all, Marrakech was almost emptied.
Moreover, after occupying Marrakech, the Spanish army's front line was longer, and the supply line was longer and more dangerous.
After hiding food and treasures in the Atlas Mountains, Sultan Abu Abdullah Burtukali Ibn Mohammed of the Vatas dynasty, he sent troops to attack Spain's grain transport team.
In this way, Gonzalo de Cordoba was surprised to find that after he captured Marrakech, he lost more initiative.
The Spanish army had not chased the cavalry of the Vatas dynasty, but most of the Spanish army were infantry and could not catch up. The only cavalry was too small, and it might be a waste if they chased after them rashly. Therefore, Gonzalo de Cordova discovered that he had no choice but to take advantage of those rogue Moroccan cavalry. Therefore, Gonzalo de Cordova stood on the top of the city and frowned.
Because the financial pressure brought to Spain by successive wars is too great. The consumption of food alone is an astronomical figure. Spain's food prices are one of the most expensive regions in Europe. Fighting a protracted war is too unlucky for Spain...
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