Chapter 28: Buy Ayoun
Recently, Marin's luck seems to have been very good. No, shortly after Columbus returned, Draka also returned from the Canary Islands and brought back good news.
Since Arben arrived in the Canary Islands, he stuffed the Canary Islands controller Baron Sandro with a bag of gold coins, so Baron Sandro was very concerned about this matter.
However, Baron Sandro did not contact the Vatas dynasty in Fez. Because, the Vatas dynasty completely lost control of the Moroccan region in the southern Atlas Mountains.
Now, it is the Saad tribe that controls the area south of the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. The Ayoun area is also one of the vassals of the Saad tribe.
Therefore, it is better to talk to the Saad tribe that dominated the south than to talk to the Fes court who lost control. So Baron Sandro sent someone to contact the chief of the Saad tribe, Abu Abdullah Kaim, to discuss the purchase of the Ayoun area.
Abu Abdullah Kaim (that is, the founder of the Saad dynasty) was very puzzled, not knowing why Marin bought Ayune, a small oasis. Moreover, Marin's name shocked Abu Abdullah Kaim. Because, the Vatas dynasty in Morocco is now notified, but it is a branch of the Marin dynasty. Of course, it was a shock. After all, Marin is European and has nothing to do with the Berbers.
When secretly negotiating, Draka naturally followed the "playbook" designed by Marin and said nonsensely that he wanted to buy a batch of Arabian horses and stocked them here, intending to build a horse breeding base.
Abu Abdullah Kaim is a little funny, he knows the situation of Ayoun. There is only a long strip of oasis lake, and only the edge of the oasis lake, there is a pasture, suitable for grazing. More than 10 kilometers away from Oasis Lake, it is a desert area. Strictly speaking, the Ayoun Oasis is separated from the main control area of the Saad tribe by the desert.
Therefore, Abu Abdullah Kaim is not very important to Ayoun. In fact, the Ayoun tribe is not a branch of the Saad tribe, but a small tribe attached to them. This tribe, with a population of more than 4,000 and about 1,000 cavalry, is not strong but not weak. Moreover, they do n’t offer much money every year to the Saad family, only dozens of sheep.
When Draka carefully proposed to buy 10,000 gold coins to buy Ayoun, Abu Abdullah Kaim immediately moved ...
That night, Abu Abdullah Kaim and the religious leader of the Saad tribe (Sheriff) Muhammad Ibn Abdul Rahman held discussions.
It just happens that the Saad tribe is now gathering strength and wants to create a counterattack to the Vatas dynasty. So, they finally agreed to Draka ’s offer.
However, they also put forward an additional condition-that is, every year, Marin will sell them a large number of iron ingots in private ...
Obviously, this iron ingot was used by the Saad tribe to build weapons. In North Africa, iron is also very precious. Because, no iron is produced locally. Even if there is iron, it is also in the hands of the Watas dynasty.
Arabian cavalry is very simple, as long as a warhorse, a white robe, and a scimitar can play. For them, the Arab Scimitar is the weapon. However, it is necessary to build a machete. The Saad tribe is located in a barren land in the south of Morocco. Only the Sousse River Basin is relatively rich. Therefore, they also lack iron. If Marin agreed to sell their iron every year, they agreed ...
So, Draka hurriedly boarded the ship and returned, asked Marin ...
In addition, Abu Abdullah Kaim also told Draka that the Ayoun tribe is only their vassal tribe, not their men. Therefore, although the Saad tribe sold Ayoun to Marin. However, Marin needs to send his own troops to conquer this tribe ...
Marin scolded in his heart, but he didn't feel much. After all, a small tribe of 4,000 people would be too frustrated if they couldn't figure it out. Moreover, this tribe, a tribe in the desert, has no place to escape. Because, after leaving the oasis lake of Ayun, they are all thirsty to death ... Moreover, the Saad people who sold them to the north are deserts to the south and east. Even if you escape, it's a dead end ...
Moreover, it happened that Marin suspected that the output of his steel plant was too high, and there was nowhere to sell it. Since the people of the Saad tribe want to buy it, sell it.
As for the Saad people, will they turn over and recapture Ayoun? Marin said he completely ignored it. Because, after obtaining the Ayoun area, he would send people to build a strong town with reinforced concrete in Ayoun, not afraid of the Moroccans to attack. Moreover, because this area is located by the sea, Marin can still send ships to support at any time, and it will be no problem for how long to support ...
, Marin also wanted to test the combat effectiveness of the cavalry who had been training in Teutonic for several months. Therefore, Marin intends to take the 1,000-cavalry cavalry to Ayoun and fight with the opponent's 1,000-clan cavalry.
If you win, you are naturally happy. If even third-rate troops like tribal cavalry can't win ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ then it means that the training of the cavalry and wall charge failed ...
As for the problem of the dead, Marin did not consider it. Big deal, pay a little pension. Moreover, these wandering knights recruited from the Teutonic Kingdom are actually the bad luck of being kicked out of their homes. Even if Marin wants to pay his pension, he still doesn't know who to pay ...
So, Marin quickly settled down and agreed to the conditions proposed by the Saad tribe. Then, he began to prepare soldiers and horses, and sent ships to the Teutonic Kingdom to marry soldiers to the Canary Islands. Then, land in Ayoun and kill the Ayoun tribe on the shore of Ayoun Oasis Lake.
Even, in order to give the opponent a chance to respond, Marin intends to allow the enemy cavalry to gather, and then let the cavalry launch a wall charge. He wants to see if the wall-mounted charge is as good as the Internet says ...
However, arranging soldiers to fight in Ayoun is a very complicated matter. Because, if you want to station troops in the Canary Islands, you must obtain the consent of the Spanish royal family.
To this end, Marin had to send someone to apply for this matter to the Spanish kings. Also, it takes a lot of ships to transport 1,000 cavalry and their war horses to the Canary Islands, and transport them to land on Ayoun ...
In short, there are still a lot of preparations. After the preparations were completed, Marin decided to personally lead the soldiers and horses to conquer this small tribe.
In order to ensure safety, Marin decided to bring 1,000 infantry with him. In this way, even if the Lancers failed, he could retreat under the protection of the infantry and calmly retreat onto the warship and leave ...
However, this is unlikely. Because, the probability of the Lancer winning is very high. Moreover, he decided to bring veterans of 1,000 infantry with him to protect. As long as the opponent dares to charge, his infantry can defeat the opponent. After all, the opponent is only a tribal cavalry of the militia nature, not a regular cavalry ...
