Early in the morning, Gonzalo de Cordoba did not have time to rest and directly commanded the soldiers on the spot, directing the soldiers to place various obstacles on the street. At the same time, obstacles were also set up in the alleys where the ambush soldiers were ambushing the soldiers.
However, in order to prevent the enemy from seeing the problem, the obstacles on the street should be set up very reasonably, and it should not be seen at a glance that it is an obstacle.
After all, he wanted to put all the enemy troops into the city and beat them up. If the enemy's vanguard troops saw something wrong as soon as they entered the city, the enemy behind would definitely not enter the city stupidly.
After thinking about it, Alba, the leader of the musketeer who was ambushing the roof, gave a suggestion:
"Sir, you can hide all the obstacles on the roof first. When the enemy's large army enters the city and you send a signal, we will throw the obstacles off the roof. At the same time, it can also hurt the enemy!"
Morocco is relatively arid and has less precipitation. Therefore, most of the houses here are flat roofs, rather than tilted roofs. Only exquisite buildings such as mosques have round spires. Many of the houses of ordinary people are flat roofs, which are very suitable for musketeers and some infantry ambushing. It is also more convenient to throw obstacles off the roof.
Gonzalo de Cordoba adopted this suggestion and did not set up obstacles on the South Street, but hid all obstacles on the roof with ambushers. He just waited for a command and threw them all on the street.
However, there were still solid roadblocks on the invisible alleys and the streets leading to the other three gates of the mosque in the central city. Because Gonzalo de Cordoba was also afraid that his army would suddenly collapse. At that time, if the enemy's cavalry rushed up, they would be massacred.
Moreover, the other three gates were guarded by Italian mercenaries, and Gonzalo did not trust them very much. If they were rushed over by the vicious Moroccan cavalry, the Italian mercenaries might be scared.
Therefore, he blocked the road leading to the other three gates. In this way, even if the enemy rushed into the center of the city, because the other roads were blocked, they could only be closed and beaten.
Even if the enemy dismounted and ran into the alley, he was not afraid. Without the horses, the cavalrymen were only to be abused in front of several spearmen. Gonzalo de Cordoba was not worried that the enemy would resist stubbornly, but they were afraid that they would ride a horse and flee. In this way, his men and horses would not be able to catch up with the enemy. If the enemy stayed in the city, sooner or later they would be found and killed by his men.
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 the roof are easy to find the "Brother of the General" in the enemy because of their good perspective. As long as they see it, just give a shot.
Moreover, Marin once talked about an unethical method. That is, when the enemy cavalry enters the ambushing street, the musketeers on the roof do not shoot the enemy, but specifically shoot the enemy's butts. After being shot in the butt of the war horse, they are easily frightened and then run and neigh...
At that time, the war horses that rush around will become the enemy's death talisman...
Of course, it is not necessary to use muskets, and crossbows are also possible. For example, Gonzalo de Cordoba borrowed 500 crossbows from Italian mercenaries, specifically used to shoot the enemy's war horse PP. Whether it is a gun or an arrow, it is certain that the horse is in pain and frightened. The crazy war horses are hit by even friendly forces. Once this happens, the enemy's formation will definitely be in chaos...
At that time, Marin spent an afternoon discussing the vulgar scene of setting up an ambush in the city with Gonzalo de Cordova. Unexpectedly, Gonzalo de Cordova is actually used...
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In addition to these vulgar arrangements, Gonzalo de Cordoba also ordered the soldiers to conduct street fighting exercises on the streets to prevent the soldiers from being unable to adapt to this style of fighting at that time.
After the exercise, Gonzalo de Cordoba discovered that if there were horses running wildly on the street, it would be better not to stand on the street without standing on the street. Otherwise, it would be easy to be trampled to death...
Therefore, in this ambush, it is best to have ambush spears from the alleys on the edge of the street and stab the spears into the street. Just make sure that the enemy is trapped on the street.
Also, the enemy must not be allowed to break through the obstacles 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 wind was calm and the enemy did not come. It was no wonder, after all, the enemy was far away, and it would take two or three days to reach even if it was whipped up. After all, riding a horse can only travel one or two hundred miles a day, not as fast as a car.
Taking advantage of this time, Gonzalo de Cordoba led the Spanish soldiers to practice street fighting hard to improve their level and adaptability.
Three days later, the 20,000 coalition forces of the Vatas Dynasty and the Saad tribe finally arrived...
They dared to come after receiving the news that Gonzalo de Cordova had left with 10,000 troops. After all, Gonzalo de Cordova was too famous. With him, neither family dared to do anything randomly. According to the information, Gonzalo not only left this time, but also took away 10,000 main forces, which was equivalent to weakening the guarding power in the city.
Moreover, Gonzalo de Cordoba had deliberately released news before, saying that he had left a large amount of food and various supplies in the city of Fes, including many weapons and armor...
For the remnants of the Vatas dynasty and the Saad tribe who lost their dominance, food supplies and weapons and armor are exactly what they need most, and are even much more important than gold and silver. Because they can grab gold and silver, and a large amount of food and weapons and armor are the most scarce and difficult to obtain.
Therefore, this time, in order to ensure that the old capital of Fes, the last Sultan of the Vatas dynasty, Abdullah Burtukali Ibn Mohammed, specially invited the Saad tribe's troops to attack Fes, and strive to win a large amount of food supplies and weapons and armor left by the Spanish in Fes...
When they arrived outside the city of Fes, the leaders of the two armies were surprised to find that the gate in the south of Fes was actually open...
How could they let go of such a good opportunity? So, with a command, 20,000 scimitar cavalry rushed into Fes City at an extremely fast speed from the southern gate...
Seeing the road was unobstructed, the leading Moroccan cavalry leader showed joy. But when the army passed by the mosque in the center of the city and launched an attack on the other three 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, a cavalry officer of the Vatas Dynasty who rushed to the north gate, found something wrong. So he shouted and reminded the friendly troops behind to pay attention to the danger...
Obviously, Gonzalo de Cordoba on the roof of a high building in the distance also heard his shout. He was familiar with Arabic and changed his face and immediately pulled the trigger of the mesh gun as a signal gun in his hand...
Hearing the signal, the Spanish soldiers who were originally lying on the south gate gate tower immediately pushed down the old tall pile of stones that had long been built inside the city gate tower. Then, the stones smashed down like rain, instantly blocking the way out of the south gate. By the way, dozens of Moroccan cavalry blocked the inside of the door were killed...
"Enemy attack!"
"Enemy attack!"
The attacked Moroccan cavalry shouted nervously, but more raindrops were greeted.
The Moroccan cavalry tried to dismount, and then climbed the south gate gate tower from the stairs to eliminate the enemy who threw stones on it. But when they arrived at the stairs, they were stunned - the Spanish had long expected this move, and they blocked the entrance of the stairs that had climbed to the city gate tower in advance...
In this way, only the Spanish on the city gate tower smashed them, and they could not fight back...
As more and more bricks and debris were thrown down, the south city gate was blocked so that it could not leave. When many Moroccan cavalry tried to dismount and clear the debris, many musketeers and crossbowmen suddenly appeared on the roofs on both sides of the street...
Chapter completed!