Chapter 1486： Two-pronged approach

In fact, the Venetians not only funded the implementation of the French countermeasures in Spain, but also began to consider funding the remnants of the Vatas dynasty in Venice, and the Saad tribe in southern Morocco, supporting them to take advantage of the attack on northern Morocco Lost ground.

At this time, the Spaniards transferred most of their troops to confrontation between Italy and France. At this time, the troops in northern Morocco that were originally shot down were empty. Although later more than 10,000 Italian mercenaries were introduced to guard, but because of the need to guard multiple cities, the troops were scattered. Even in the city with the largest number of troops, the number does not exceed 4,000. Moreover, these Italian mercenaries are basically infantry.

On the other hand, the remnants of the Vatas dynasty and the Saad tribe are all Arab scimitar cavalrymen, all of whom ride on Bobma. It is naturally difficult to attack those cities. However, sweeping the wild is no problem.

At the beginning, because the Vatas dynasty actively retreated to the Atlas Mountains, the main force of the eight thousand scimitar cavalry was retained. Although in many conflicts later, the Vatas dynasty lost another three thousand scimitar cavalry, the Sultan Abu Abdullah Burtukali Ibn Mohammed of the Kovatas dynasty went The Berber herdsmen recruited tens of thousands of clan cavalry. In this way, the remaining power of the Vatas dynasty still has the strong strength of 15,000 cavalry. Although the fighting strength of those tribal cavalry is average, they may not be able to fight against the main Spanish troops. However, if it is against the Italian mercenary infantry in the wild, it is still very certain.

The Saad tribe south of the Atlas Mountains was originally of average strength. However, after the Vatas dynasty was destroyed by the Spaniards, it quickly grew and became the spiritual pillar of the Arab herdsmen in Morocco, and was unanimously supported by the Arab herdsmen in southern Morocco.

Although Morocco in this era was still dominated by Berbers, there were also many Arabs. The Arab ministries led by Saad can also gather more than 10,000 tribal cavalry.

Originally, the Saad tribe was lifted up in 1511. In the name of chasing out pagans from Spain and Portugal, it launched a jihad and carried its own troops to seize its own power. By 1553, the declining Vatas dynasty had been eliminated, and the Saad dynasty, with Arabs as the ruling class, was established.

At this time, although the Arab tribe cavalry of the Saad tribe is not as powerful as the remaining troops of the Vatas dynasty, it can be considered very strong. After all, the quantity is there.

Moreover, under the lobbying of the Venetians and the French, in order to jointly fight against the pagan Spain, the two major forces joined forces.

This time, the Venetians planned to transport a large amount of weapons and armor in the past to equip the cavalry and Saad cavalry of the Vatas dynasty.

Of course, the Venetians could not provide them with European-style weapon armor. Because, it's easy to reveal. If they angered Spain, the Venetians did not feel the strength to fight Spain on land.

Therefore, the Venetian intends to purchase a large number of Egyptian-style scimitars and Middle Eastern-style armor from the Mamluk dynasty in Egypt (mainly chain mail and Zhajia). Then, give it to the Vatas dynasty and Saad tribe. In this way, even if the Spaniard knows afterwards, as long as there is no evidence, it is not easy to trouble Venice. Because the Venetians can make excuses that the Mamluk dynasty shipped them to Morocco from camels.

This reason is very valid. After all, the Mamluk dynasty in Egypt and Morocco are in the north of the African continent. It is reasonable to use camels to transport a batch of weapons from the land. Moreover, the Spanish and Portuguese blocked the Indian route, not only offended Venice, the Mamluk dynasty also hated the Spanish. They provided weapons to the Spaniard ’s dead enemy, which was very reasonable ...

In addition, the Venetian learned from maritime reconnaissance-because of the war with the French, at this time Spain's original fleet stationed in the Strait of Gibraltar was sent to block off the southern coast of France. Vessels in Venice, while taking advantage of the night, can completely avoid the small number of Spanish warships left behind in the Strait of Gibraltar, and transport armor to the southern coast of Morocco, and then send it to the Vatas dynasty and the Saad tribe.

The Venice headquarters also recommended the most suitable tactic for the remnants of the Vatas dynasty and the Saad tribe-to go north to grab food!

Grabbing food here is not about looting the granaries in those cities. After all, the scimitar cavalry is only suitable for field operations, not very suitable for siege. Therefore, the Venetian's suggestion was to take advantage of the upcoming autumn harvest, and let the Berber and Arab scimitar cavalry rush to the north to grab wheat and compete with the Spaniards for food.

In recent years, after Spain occupied the most elite northern region of Morocco, a large amount of arable land was cultivated on both banks of several important rivers, mainly barley. What, you ask why not grow more expensive wheat? Let me tell you-because Morocco lacks water ...

Although Morocco is the wettest region in North Africa, it is still an arid region. If wheat is grown, the output is far less stable than barley in the absence of modern irrigation tools. Because, barley is a drought-resistant variety. Moreover, the Spanish do not know how to fertilize. By the harvest, barley is more reliable than wheat.

At present, the agricultural characteristics of Europe are that rye and oats are mainly cultivated in the northern region and eastern Europe, and wheat is rarely cultivated; while in the Mediterranean region, barley is mainly cultivated and wheat is rarely cultivated. Only the Golden Basin of Sicily ~ www.novelhall.com ~ because of the fertile land and the Italians have more advanced irrigation technology, dare to grow Duran wheat.

For Morocco, where the land is not fertile, the Spaniards obviously did not dare to grow wheat with large fluctuations, but chose to grow barley, which is as worry-free as rye and relatively drought-tolerant.

In addition, it should be pointed out that-barley can not only be used as food for humans, but also loved to be eaten by animals, as a concentrate for horses. During the Naha War, the standard feed for French warhorse was barley, and each warhorse supplied 4.8 kg of barley per day ...

Therefore, the cavalry of the Vatas dynasty and the cavalry of the Saad tribe attacked the northern Spanish-occupied area and seized local barley, which was very beneficial. With these barley, the Berbers of the Vatas dynasty and the Arabs of the Saad tribe can not only choose to use them for pasta, but also give war horses as a concentrated feed ...

what? You say that Italian mercenaries stationed in northern Morocco will come out to stop? They dare not, because Italian mercenaries have no confidence in the field to defeat more than 20,000 Moroccan scimitar cavalry. Therefore, they could only watch the cavalry of the Vatas dynasty and the cavalry of the Saad dynasty **** barley from the city ...

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Therefore, when the Venetian messengers arrived in southern Morocco, they quickly reached a secret agreement with the two forces. The two agreed to send cavalry to go north to grab the barley of the Spanish colonists, and divided each other's plundered territory-the Vatas dynasty was responsible for food grabbing in the eastern part of northern Morocco;

As a result, under the influence of the two-pronged approach of France and the Venetians, it was very difficult for the Spaniards to avoid unlucky ...

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