After all, Gonzalo de Cordoba was a famous general. After discovering that it was difficult to eliminate the enemy and was stationed in Marrakech to make up his mind to send people to apply to Juan III and Ferdinand II to evacuate Marrakech and at the same time, destroy the ancient city of Marrakech.
Marrakech is located in the inland area of ​​southern Morocco, at the foot of the Atlas Mountains, and is an important ancient city in Morocco. But the problem is that Marrakech is far away from the sea and is located in the south far from Spain. Spain wants to control Marrakech at a high cost. If the main force of the Vatas Dynasty was eliminated, it would be okay to send troops to garrison here. But the problem is that the Vatas Dynasty still has more than 10,000 cavalry not eliminated. Not only that, these cavalry also used high mobility to fight guerrillas, which gave the Spanish a headache.
If Gonzalo wants to pursue the opponent, the infantry cannot catch up with him, and there are too few cavalrymen, and if you chase him, you will die. Therefore, the shameless tactics of large-scale cavalry guerrillas such as the Vatas Dynasty stumped a generation of famous generals Gonzalo de Cordoba.
In the end, Gonzalo de Cordoba decided to give up control of Marrakech and temporarily evacuate southern Morocco.
In addition to the difficulty of supply, Spain is not yet capable of taking into account the southern region, which is also an important reason. After all, Morocco is not much smaller than Spain. It is too difficult to control all regions of Morocco.
Therefore, Gonzalo de Cordoba's opinion is to concentrate existing forces and first complete the control and digestion of the northern region of Morocco, centered on the capital Fez. After all, the northern region of Morocco is close to the mainland of Spain, and it is also very convenient for Spain to send troops to control it. Unlike southern Morocco, the journey is too far and it is difficult to control.
After completing the control of the northern part of Morocco, we will use the northern part of Morocco as the rear and then move south again to completely clean up the remnants of the Vatas dynasty.
Gonzalo de Cordoba believes that after losing the important agricultural areas in the north (the southern part of Morocco is relatively drought, and the grain-producing areas are mainly along the northern rivers), it was difficult for the Vatas dynasty to maintain the scale of more than 10,000 cavalry for a long time. After all, war horses require food and the cost of feeding is not low.
Although the Arabs and Berbers are both nomadic peoples, and the cypress horses they raise mainly eat grass. However, once they are on a mission, they also need to feed essence. The main reason is that once the cavalry attacks, the war horses carry the soldiers and run wildly, and their physical energy is very consumed. After all, the cavalry and weapons and armor weigh more than 100 kilograms. Fully armed soldiers carrying the hundred or tens of kilograms will run wildly, and they will definitely not be able to withstand it without feeding the essence. Even Mongolian horses, such as rough-feeding, can usually eat grass, but in order to ensure physical fitness, they have to feed fried soybeans. Even old oxes that are more resistant to thick silk than horses must be added when plowing the land, otherwise they will not be able to withstand it.
Therefore, Gonzalo de Cordoba felt that after losing the northern grain-producing area, it would be difficult for the Vatas dynasty to maintain a cavalry team of tens of thousands of people for a long time. Then, it became poorer and poorer until it could not afford to support so many cavalry. At that time, it would be easier for Spain to send troops to encircle and suppress the enemy.
At the same time, Gonzalo de Cordoba proposed that while digesting the territory in northern Morocco, the scale of light cavalry should be expanded. If you want to completely eliminate the guerrilla cavalry of the guerrilla cavalry of the Vatas dynasty in Morocco, you must also prepare large-scale light cavalry, because the heavy cavalry could not catch up with the opponent.
After Spain trained a light cavalry team of at least seven or eight thousand people, the remnants of the Vatas dynasty in Morocco were probably too poor to support too many regular cavalry. At this time, the Spanish light cavalry team could easily encircle and suppress the remnants of the Vatas dynasty and completely complete control of the entire territory of Morocco...
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Gonzalo de Cordoba's suggestion is still very pertinent, because Spain is indeed unable to eliminate more than 10,000 Moroccan scimitar cavalry who are fighting guerrillas. The main reason is that they really can't catch up...
Ferdinand II and Juan III, the father and son, finally agreed to the suggestion of Gonzalo de Cordoba, allowing him to take his army to retreat to the northern capital Fes. As for the ancient capital of Marrakech, it will naturally be destroyed, so as not to become the old nest of the Vatas dynasty...
In this way, before evacuation, Gonzalo de Cordoba made the 40,000 to 50,000 people who were accompanying the army carry out vigorous demolition in the ancient city of Marrakech...
The city of this era was not big, and with enough Spanish labor, the forced demolition of the ancient capital of Marrakech was soon implemented. The old royal palace in Marrakech and the ancient Kutubiya mosque in Marrakech were all demolished by the Spanish.
While forcibly demolishing, Gonzalo de Cordoba also robbed the whole city, robbed all the valuable things in the city. Moreover, it also set fire to the ignited house and furniture...
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When the Spanish army withdrew, the Vatas dynasty Sultan Abu Abdullah Burtukali Ibn Muhammad excitedly led his army into the city, hoping to take back the ancient capital. But after entering the city, the Vatas dynasty Sultan Abu Abdullah Burtukali Ibn Muhammad discovered in horror that the entire city had been ruined...
In this way, even if you take over Marrakech, this destroyed city will not be used. Want to re-activate it? Yes, take out a lot of money...
But after losing the royal capital and the northern agricultural area, the Vatas Dynasty lost its main source of wealth and had no money to rebuild Marrakesh. Therefore, Marrakesh was abandoned...
In this way, after losing the southern political and economic centers like Marrakesh, the chance of turning around the Vattas sultan Abdullah Burtukali Ibn Muhammad was even lower. Without the economic support of the prosperous cities, the Vattas sultan Abdullah Burtukali Ibn Muhammad was actually no different from the chiefs of the nomadic tribes in Morocco. After losing money, Abdullah Burtukali Ibn Muhammad's strength will only become weaker and weaker, and eventually become a similar product to those ordinary nomadic tribe chiefs...
When Abu Abdullah, Burtukali, Ibn Mohammed's strength dropped to the same level as that of ordinary nomadic tribe chiefs, the tribes in southern Morocco may not be willing to listen to his orders anymore. After all, everyone's strength is almost the same, why should I listen to you?
The Sultan of the Vatas Dynasty had no noble bloodline like the Hashem family and had no huge influence. Moreover, the Vatas Dynasty was also usurped the throne from the Marin dynasty before, and it had only been 37 years of usurping the throne, which was not widely accepted in the hearts of the Moroccan people. As long as its strength declined, it would be difficult to gain universal recognition.
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After the Spanish army withdrew to the north, it began to control and clean up the northern part of Morocco. Originally, according to Gonzalo de Cordoba's idea, it should have adopted a policy of gentleness to the locals and first won the hearts of the people.
However, at this critical moment, the Spanish Inquisition suddenly jumped out and demanded to take charge of religious affairs in northern Morocco...
Chapter completed!