As soon as he returned to Aurich, Marin had not yet sat down when news came that Gonzalo had led a large army to break through Fez, the capital of the Vatas dynasty in Morocco.

"What? How can it be so fast? Moroccans are too useless, right? Receiving the information from Kohler, Marin was depressed.

After carefully reading the information, Ma Lin's brows wrinkled directly into Sichuan characters:

"This Abu. Abdullah. Burtucali. Ibn . Was Muhammad kicked in the head by a donkey? With more than 60,000 scimitar cavalry in hand, he actually chose to fight positional warfare and urban offensive and defensive battles with the Spaniards, which is a waste of cavalry mobility......"

Morocco has a small population, about five or six hundred thousand people. However, Moroccans are mostly nomadic people, and men are mostly able to ride horses and are good at using scimitars. Therefore, although it had a population of only a few hundred thousand, the Vattasi dynasty was able to gather more than 60,000 main cavalry.

Of course, these more than 60,000 cavalry, and more than 10,000 cavalry of the Sudanese Forbidden Army, belong to the main cavalry. The other 50,000 men were mostly tribal cavalry with temporary signs. But even so, the main cavalry of more than 60,000 was enough to defeat the armies of most European countries.

Therefore, although separated by only one Strait of Gibraltar, Spain and Portugal were never able to defeat Morocco, so they could only build strong fortresses along the coast and rely on them for defense to seek a foothold. This is because, in the case of field battles, the Spanish and Portuguese armies were no match for the tens of thousands of Moroccan scimitar cavalry.

That was, of course, before. In the past, Spain and Portugal could gather at most 10,000 or 20,000 troops, and could not compete with tens of thousands of Moroccan cavalry. But since Spain had obtained the nautical charts of Marin and the spice trade in Calicut in southern India, their pockets had swelled. In addition, the Spaniards learned Marin's "Marin phalanx" (Spanish phalanx) and defeated the French army. In addition, Margaret of Austria also helped hire 20,000 German mercenaries, and together with 30,000 Spanish troops who knew how to use the "Marin phalanx", Spain was finally sure to defeat Morocco.

In Gonzalo. Morality. Under the leadership of the famous general Córdoba, the Spanish army of 50,000 first surrounded the point to send reinforcements, frustrating the spirit of the Moroccans, and then attacked the enemy and besieged Fez, the capital of the Wattas Dynasty, and really defeated the Moroccans. Today, the Moroccan Vattas Dynasty, which originally had more than 60,000 scimitar cavalry, has only 8,000 main cavalry with the help of Sultan Abu. Abdullah. Burtucali. Ibn . Muhammad fled to the old capital, Marrakech.

But Marin knew that if Abu. Abdullah. Burtucali. Ibn . If Muhammad still had the foolish idea of defending Marrakech, it was only a matter of time before Gonzalo was eliminated.

But the problem is that Marin bewitched Spain to attack Morocco, digging a hole for Spain, not giving Spain territory......

Moreover, the defeat of the Moroccans, purely incompetent commanders, led to such a crushing defeat.

If Marin had been replaced to command the more than 60,000 scimitar cavalry of the Vattasi dynasty in Morocco, he would never have chosen to go head-to-head with Gonzalo's 50,000 troops.

Unless Gonzalo's 50,000-strong army was confined to the coast for supplies from the sea. Otherwise, once the Spanish army penetrated inland, the Moroccan curved cavalry had the opportunity to use movement warfare and sabotage warfare to attack the supply lines of the Spanish army.

In order to destroy Morocco this time, Spain mobilized 50,000 troops and nearly 50,000 people, adding up to nearly 100,000 people. With so many people, the need for food is enormous. If the Moroccans lure the Spanish army deep inland, then use large cavalry to cut off supplies. Well, the Spanish army had only one option - to retreat to the seashore. Otherwise, just the consumption of supplies will be able to drag itself down.

As for the protection of supply lines, that is also unrealistic. Because, the Spanish army, together with the German mercenaries, and the cavalry combined, were only five or six thousand people. Moreover, most of the 2,000 German cavalry were still heavy cavalry. As long as the Moroccan scimitar cavalry chose to fight, the Spaniards' cavalry was no match at all.

However, Marin really overestimated the Sultan of the Wattas dynasty of Morocco. Abdullah. Burtucali. Ibn . The level of command of Muhammad. Obviously, there are more than 60,000 highly mobile light cavalry, but they want to go head-on with the Spaniards. After the defeat under the city of Tetouan, he actually retreated directly back to the city of Fez, and when the Spanish army marched into Fez, he did not send people to harass the supply lines of the Spaniards......

In short, in Marin's eyes, Abu. Abdullah. Burtucali. Ibn . Muhammad's military prowess is estimated to be about the same as that of a pig.

Now, Abu. Abdullah. Burtucali. Ibn . Muhammad had only 8000 regular cavalry left. In addition, more than 10,000 tribal cavalry can probably be recruited from various tribes.

In addition, it is important to note that the Wattas dynasty, including the Marin dynasty before it, was a Berber regime. And the Arabs, who are better than the Berbers, are currently only a minority in the Moroccan population. However, their combat effectiveness must not be overlooked.

For example, the Arabs of the Saad tribal alliance in the southern part of Morocco are definitely an armed force that cannot be ignored.

The Saadians are currently located in the relatively arid and barren southern part of Morocco, and the population is also small. However, they were very strong and were able to put together more than 10,000 Arab scimitar cavalry.

These Arab scimitar cavalry are more powerful than the Berber scimitar cavalry who copycat them. How powerful were the scimitar cavalry of the Saads? Originally, around 1554, the Arab scimitar cavalry of the Saad Dynasty defeated the combined force of the Berber cavalry and the Ottoman Turkish cavalry of the Wattas Dynasty at that time, and directly eliminated the Wattas Dynasty. They then defeated the Turkish intervention forces and took full control of Morocco.

Turkey in 1554 was at its peak, when the Turkish Sultan was the famous Suleiman I, the man known as the Great. In this way, the Moroccan Arab cavalry of the Saad Dynasty still stubbornly beat the Turks back, which shows the strength of the Arab cavalry of the Saad Dynasty.

Of course, that was the Saad dynasty decades after the original history. Today's Saads have turned against it. However, the strength is still not enough, only more than 10,000 cavalry. Moreover, most of them were ordinary herdsmen's cavalry, and not all regular cavalry. But on the whole, the Arab cavalry of the Saadians was more powerful than the Berber herdsmen's cavalry of the same grade. Even it was not much worse than the regular Putas Praetorian Cavalry.

Marin didn't really care about the combat effectiveness of the Arab cavalry of the Saad tribal alliance, but he was worried that the Saad, who had already rebelled at this time, would stupidly stab the Vatas dynasty in the back. Historically, the Saadians rebelled around 1511. Now, they're almost ready to rebel. Once retreating to the south, the remnants of the Vatas dynasty in Marrakech clashed with the Saads, who had long been opposed. Well, the Spaniards will probably die of laughter.

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Therefore, Marin now wishes to send an emissary to remind the Sultan of the Wattas dynasty, Abu Abu. Abdullah. Burtucali. Ibn . Muhammad told him to beware of the Saadites stabbing them in the back. If necessary, it would be better to convince the Saadians to deal with the Spaniards first with him.

As for the Spaniards co-opting the Saadians against the Wattas dynasty, Marin was never worried. Why? Because Spain is a fanatical Christian country, there are terrible fanatical religious institutions such as the Inquisition. Therefore, it is unlikely that the Spaniards will join forces with the pagan Saadians.

Of course, Marin did not expect the Wattas dynasty and the Saadians to join forces sincerely. As long as he was at this critical time, it was enough for the Saads to sneak up on the Vattas dynasty behind their backs.

As for the participation of the Wattas Dynasty, there are still 8,000 main cavalry, and they can recruit thousands to more than 10,000 herdsmen cavalry. With such strength, as long as you don't go head-on with the Spaniards without being stupid, you can still hold out for a long time. The premise is that someone needs to remind Abu. Abdullah. Burtucali. Ibn . Muhammad this fool......

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To this end, Marin sent two groups of men and horses to meet the Sultan of the Wattas Dynasty, Abu Abu. Abdullah. Burtucali. Ibn . Muhammad, and the leader of the Saadis, Abu Abu. Abdullah. Qaim.

Send for Abu. Abdullah. Burtucali. Ibn . Muhammad, naturally, reminded of the use of the mobility advantage of the scimitar cavalry to strike at the supply lines of the Spaniards and disrupt the Spaniards' plans to occupy all of Morocco.

Although the Vatas dynasty did not have many cavalry now, the number of people used to fight the supply lines of the Spaniards was barely enough. After all, the Spaniards did not have much cavalry either. As long as the Wattas dynasty began to use the advantage of cavalry to fight guerrilla warfare with the Spaniards, the Spaniards, who were mainly infantry, would definitely have a headache.

As for going to Abu Abu, the leader of the Saadites. Abdullah. Naturally, Kaim persuaded him to at least be neutral in this war. If possible, it is better to be able to pull the Ab. Abdullah. Burtucali. Ibn . A handful of Muhammad. After all, if the Wattas dynasty was over, the Saadians would not be able to escape.

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It's just that to do this kind of stabbing thing in the back, Marin never wants to be known that he did it. Therefore, Marin specially asked Kohler to order the Paris branch of the North Sea Chamber of Commerce to hire the French to go to the south of Morocco to ask for a meeting with Abu. Abdullah. Burtucali. Ibn . Muhammad and Abu. Abdullah. Qaim. In this way, even if the Spaniards find it, it will be the French who will find it in the end. Anyway, France and Spain were already enemies, and they had fought to the death in Italy before. This basin is buckled on the heads of the French, and the Spaniards will definitely be convinced. Even, the French, who were the sworn enemies of Spain, would happily take this basin after learning about it. Because, what can make the enemy unlucky, the French will definitely be very happy......

The Spaniards, who were overjoyed to capture the city of Fez, could not have imagined that their "close friend" Marin was planning to stab them in the back. And King Louis XII, who was busy deceiving the Holy See, didn't expect that Marin was planning to detain him from the basin......