Chapter 1078: Morocco situation

When he came, Marin's army was all on the sea. Mainly because Marin did not want people to be informed of his troops. After all, it is difficult to find the vast sea as long as it is far from the coastline and main routes.

But when I went back, it was different. At this time, the Siena War was over, and Marin had no need to hide. Therefore, the Mountain Infantry Corps simply chose to return home by land this time. However, Marin left three thousand soldiers as guards and debt collectors of the Siena Bank. The remaining 11,000 people (thousands of people were lost in this war) followed Marin by land and returned home.

It was the Fourth Army of Saqqara because he had to go back to England. Anyway, he had to take a boat. He simply went back to Newcastle. In addition, Marin sent a fleet to deliver the treasure.

The capture of the Republic of Siena this time, although the millions of gold coins robbed from the Siena Bank were sent back, but because of the hundreds of years of treasures of Siena ’s dozen financial families, they also won a lot. The bumper harvest actually benefited more than 1.5 million gold coins (including more than 100,000 distributed to soldiers). In addition, in important cities such as Grosseto and Radicofani in the important cities of the Republic of Siena, relying on the method of searching for the secret room taught by Marin, Marin ’s army raided gold worth 500,000 coins Silver and various valuables. No way, the Republic of Siena has not fought for hundreds of years and is a famous commercial country. It is normal to accumulate so much wealth. If Marin now captures the Republic of Venice, it is estimated that more than ten million gold coins of wealth can be snatched. After all, the annual revenue of the Republic of Venice has one to hundreds of thousands of gold coins, which is stronger than that of France.

The reason why I chose to ship gold and silver goods back to my country by ship is not only convenient but also afraid of being too eye-catching. You know, the wealth of two million gold coins is absolutely eye-catching in Europe. Even the richest Venetian republic has a year's fiscal revenue that is a bit worse than this.

Think about it, China ’s financial income for the future generations will be more than a trillion yuan a year ... If escorting so much money through the market, would n’t it make people jealous and even crazy? Not to mention that escorting more than a trillion trillion moves over the market, even carrying a sack of money, it will be very dazzling ...

So, after thinking about it, Marin made people go back home quickly, and mobilized a trustworthy fleet to transport the money, instead of letting the Mountain Infantry Corps hold boxes of gold and silver treasures on the land.

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To be honest, when he sent troops south to help the Papal State to attack Siena, Marin did not think about making a profit. This was because he wanted to make a profit from the colonial authorization of the Americas. But unexpectedly, Siena, who had not fought for hundreds of years, had hidden so much wealth. This was the training to find the secret room on a whim, and it had achieved such great results. If you don't turn over the secret rooms that have been hidden for hundreds of years, Marin can find up to more than 300,000 gold coins, which is almost the same as the estimate before sending troops. Then there are all kinds of large-scale properties and artworks worth hundreds of thousands of gold coins.

However, in order to get a good impression in the Holy See, Marin donated all the stolen artworks, leaving only non-art objects. Mainly, these artworks are very popular and sought after in Italy, but in Germany, these artworks are not valued at all. Because, Germans prefer simple and practical things.

I don't know why, the Italians have been obsessed with extravagant life and art since the late Roman Empire. Then, the once brave and powerful Roman Empire began to degenerate, and the combat effectiveness began to become garbage. After the later generations, although they are descendants of the Roman Warriors, the Italians have degenerated into obsessed with art and craving for enjoyment. The poor and simple Germans have become representatives of European combat power.

Speaking, the Ming Dynasty is similar. After the country had a good writing, the Ming Dynasty, which overthrew the Mengyuan Empire, also became a synonym for weak chicken. It seems that the literary youth is not suitable for fighting. Because, in the literary and artistic youth, the bravery (or barbarism) of the soldiers is lacking.

Therefore, Marin liked to choose the simple and honest mountain soldiers as soldiers in the mountains of southern Germany. Because these mountain people do not know how to play tricks, they are more likely to follow orders. Coupled with long-term mountain trails, the ability to endure hardships and hardships is definitely a master. The Swiss are also a group of mountain people, strong and powerful.

But what Marin can't understand is that Italy is also mountainous. There are mountain people everywhere. Why can't it be a good soldier? Isn't it too good for the literary mountain people? Marin didn't understand ...

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Going north from the Principality of Milan and passing the Graubünden region in southeastern Switzerland, Maximilian I suddenly wanted to ask Marin for help, leading troops to raid the Resistance in western Switzerland, but Marin refused.

Just kidding, where is the Swiss Resistance Army in Western Switzerland? It is clearly a coalition of Swiss and French. Even the number of French troops still prevails.

Marin is not afraid of offending the Swiss, but he is afraid of offending the French. If this resistance army was destroyed, it would be an offense to kill France. Therefore, Marin rejected the invitation of Maximilian I, hurriedly passed the Swiss area and continued northward ...

Helpless Maximilian I had to save his own power. Anyway, he now has 30,000 gold coins selling Luxembourg iron ore and 300,000 gold coins loaned from the bank of Siena, enough to consume with France.

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Just as Marin was busy taking the army back north, the Spaniards in Morocco also made significant progress-the army of Gonzalo finally broke through the capital of Fes, Morocco, and achieved a major stage victory.

Fes and Marrakech are two famous capitals of Morocco. As for the later capital Rabat, this is still a small place in the country.

However, in this siege war, the Sultan Abu Abdullah Burtukali Ibn Mohammed of the Vatas dynasty in Morocco took the eighth elite cavalry out of the north gate at night and then fled south to the old capital Marrakech went. Spain needs time to wipe out Morocco.

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After the Spanish autumn harvest ended, Gonzalo took 30,000 Spanish troops and 40,000 to 50,000 people to cross the sea, and merged with the 20,000 German mercenaries who had originally crossed the sea.

But Gonzalo did not rush forward, but surrounded Tetouan, a major town in northern Morocco. The reason for this is that Gonzalo wants to encircle for help.

The tactic of "reinforcement around the fence" was once mentioned by Marin when he taught Gonzalo's "Marin Phalanx" (Spanish Phalanx). Gonzalo was very interested in it. It happened that Gonzalo was worried about how to deal with the highly mobile Moroccan scimitar cavalry, so he simply surrounded Tetouan and waited for the rescue of the Moroccan army of the Vatas dynasty , Take the opportunity to fight against it ......

The origin of Tetuan city is actually very much related to the Spaniards. In 1492, the twin kings of Spain (Ferdinand II and Isabella I) jointly wiped out the country of God, Granada, on the Iberian Peninsula.

After the country was destroyed, the God Moors on the Iberian Peninsula fled to Morocco. These people are called Andalusian Moors. After they arrived in northern Morocco, they gathered near Tetouan and rebuilt this once-abandoned city and built it into a fortress city. The Andalusian Moors who had fled to Morocco from southern Spain were basically gathered near Tetouan.

After Gonzalo took the 50,000-strong army to siege, the Vatas dynasty of Fez quickly gathered the nation's soldiers and horses, and gathered 60,000 scimitar cavalrymen, killing them aggressively.

But Gonzalo had already prepared himself. He had 30,000 Spanish soldiers form multiple "Marin Phalanx" (Spanish Phalanx) to resist the impact of Moroccan scimitar cavalry.

At the same time, 20,000 German mercenaries were placed on both wings. After the 30,000 Spanish troops of the Chinese army withstood several rounds of charge of the Moroccan scimitar cavalry, Gonzalo suddenly commanded two 20,000 German mercenaries on both wings, and thousands of Spanish cavalry killed from both sides, storming the Moroccan battle ... …

Moroccan rushed several times to no avail, and morale fell sharply. Suddenly struck by the savage German mercenaries and the Spanish cavalry, the formation immediately became chaotic and fleeed.

But unfortunately, the main body of the Moroccan army is cavalry, and even if they flee, they will not lose much. More than 60,000 scimitar cavalry, and the number of people who fled back reached 50,000. It can be said that the loss is small. Moreover, I know that the Spanish army outside Tetouan is not easy to provoke ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ The Fethiye vassal dynasty simply did not send troops to rescue.

In desperation, after earnestly conquering Tetouan, Gonzalo again swept south and surrounded Fez, the capital of the Vatas dynasty. At this time, the Vatas dynasty had no retreat and could only fight hard with Spain.

Relying on the tall and strong wall, the Vatas dynasty resisted for several months. But the walls of Moroccans are not strong enough, mainly because the wall-building technology is not at home. After months of strong attacks, the Spaniards finally broke through Fes.

Originally, Gonzalo had the opportunity to settle the battle with one battle. However, because the Spanish army and the hired German mercenaries did not cooperate well. As a result, the Sultans of the Vatas dynasty found their weaknesses, and rushed out of the north gate with the tens of thousands of the most elite royal cavalry overnight, and rushed to the junction of the Spanish army and the German mercenaries.

Although two thousand elite cavalry were lost, Abu Abdullah Burtukali Ibn Mohammed finally escaped with eight thousand elite scimitar cavalry and fled south to Marrakech, the old capital There continued to organize resistance. Gonzalo wanted to destroy the Ouattas dynasty in Morocco. He had to continue south and break through Marrakech. Moreover, he must catch or kill the Sultan Abu Abdullah Burtukali Ibn Mohammed of the Vatas dynasty, otherwise the Sudanese will not stop the Moroccan resistance ...