Vol 7 Chapter 208: 1503: Battle of Europa (6) Opportunity for kingship

If the fall of the Governor’s Palace in Seville means the failure of the rebellion of the Andalusian nobles, then the death of Duke Buharan, Duke of Buharanse, puts a rest on the subsequent unrest that this rebellion may bring.
At least Gonzalo thinks so.
In fact, before that, Gonzalo did not think of opening the net and letting the rebels escape.
Keeping your own weight is not a new method. Since ancient times, how many officials have been sealed in Xinjiang, and the generals who hold heavy soldiers all rely on this method to maintain their own power.
However, the presence of the Sicilian army changed his mind.
In his view, the Sicilian army did come at a very good time, just when he hesitated to suppress the rebellion directly or to give himself an excuse to continue to show power in the south, their appearance was simply a gift from God to him.
What's more, Gonzalo knows very clearly that the Sicilian army is very different from the rebels. If the rebels cannot be eliminated as soon as possible, the situation in Andalusia may change unexpectedly.
So when he heard that Don Bavi was killed by his servant, Gonzalo did not show any emotion, but immediately ordered people to spread the news throughout the city of Seville.
He had to put an end to the rebellion as soon as possible. Although Seville had been captured, it would take some time to recover the entire Andalusia, but he could not wait.
And he also knew that the Sicilian could not give him this time.
What surprised Gonzalo was that the Sicilians did not seem to be in a hurry to seize Seville, and their army launched an offensive towards the city south of the Guadalville River, but their advancement was not fast.
This made Gonzalo somewhat strange, because the south of the city was not the main defense of the rebels, so the resistance of the rebels was not so violent, but even so, the Sicilians still slowly moved forward, which made He thinks this kind of behavior is even weirder.
Gonzalo ordered the army to be on alert. As the rebels everywhere in the city were either annihilated or surrendered, the enemies of the Castilian army gradually became the Sicilian army on the other side.
At the same time, another spot in Seville attracted Gonzalo's attention.
Although it has been known that the rebels have made breakthroughs before, everyone's attention has been focused on the major event of capturing the Governor's Mansion.
Now they were able to set their sights on the Guadalville River, and only then found that the fighting there was unexpectedly fierce.
In order to escape, the Andalusian nobles displayed an extraordinary fighting power. At this time, all nobles already knew that if they could not take the Sicilians’ time to occupy the entire South City and open the road to the South in time, they would be Surrounded by the Guadalville River.
By this time, the rebel nobles who had completely killed their red eyes gave up their intrigues and no longer saved their strength. They took their respective armies and stubbornly resisted the kings who heard from all directions and tried to surround them. Attacked violently again and again, trying to break through the Catalan defense line.
The artillery in the auxiliary castles on both sides of the Grand Knight Castle is still stubbornly pointed in the direction of the upper and lower reaches of the Guadalville River.
Although some people have suggested to Thiegos more than once that they should move their gun positions as soon as possible to shell the rebels who attempted to break through the Guadalville River Bridge, but Thiegos refused.
He just ordered the mercenaries to use the fortifications I built on the side of the bridge to resist the rebels' attacks, and at the same time he would tell him to watch the movements on the river from time to time.
The fierce character of the Catalans was fully revealed at this moment. With the convenience of hiding behind the simple but useful fortifications, they used the rebels who tried to cross the bridge or venture across the river. The crossbow shoots at the enemy.
However, when the rebels sometimes had to temporarily retreat because of the large losses, some Catalans simply jumped out of the fort and challenged the enemy.
They waved axe in their bare upper body and their unique kind of short but extremely thick and wide Kura short machete made various humiliating actions to the fleeing enemies, some even rushed to the bridge to hack and kill There were no wounded soldiers who had time to escape.
"It seems that there is no problem for the time being." Thiego said to the captain of the mercenary next to him. "As long as the Castilians do not attack, we are still safe."
The captain nodded and nodded. He knew that although the two sides were Castilian, the army commanded by Gonzalo was not the same as these escaped rebels.
Looking at the Wang Jun who seemed to be approaching at the end of the street in the distance, the captain lowered his voice and said to Tiego "Do you think the Sicilian will help us when necessary?"
Seeing the captain's worry, Thiego also whispered comfort: "Relax, everything is in the plan, believe me, the queen's expectation of you is beyond your own expectations."
Gonzalo finally realized that the situation was different, because as it took longer and longer to hear reports and orders from various troops, he found his king army too scattered.
In order to compete with the Sicilians to seize the north of the city as quickly as possible, the Castilian army sent all troops except the model army.
Their results were also very glorious. Almost a day, the north of Seville fell completely.
The price that can be paid is that Wang Jun’s army is spread throughout the north of the city and cannot be refocused for a while.
Gonzalo realized the crisis.
There are 2,500 of his model army.
To his knowledge, the Royal Grenadier Regiment regarded by the Queen of Sicily as elite was around 2,000.
The gap in strength between the two sides is not very large.
However, because the Sicilians did not rush to attack the south of the city, most of their troops were still assembled.
It used to seem like a loss, but now it seems that it seems to be prepared for the next battle in advance.
And unlike other generals who value the occupation site very much, Gonzalo vaguely guessed that the pair of brothers and sisters across seemed to hope to achieve their goal by destroying their main force.
"Once the enemy's living power is eliminated, the enemy's territory, castles and resources are naturally within reach."
Ruosha stood at the table and explained to the Sicilian generals who seemed to be complaining: "Don't think that you have suffered now and defeated the opposite Gonzalo. The entire Seville is your spoils."
The generals looked at each other and someone shrugged helplessly.
They actually understood that the Queen was right, but it was irritating to watch the Castilians on the other side of the river crazily plunder the war gifts.
In addition, some of them believed that the queen should be encouraged by her brother to prohibit the army from looting and occupying various parts of the city as soon as possible.
After all, since the Duke of Rome Thesia has declared that he is the legal heir of Castile, naturally he will not see "his territory" damaged by foreign troops.
It's just that everyone knows that the feelings of the Queen's brothers and sisters are quite good, so no one has publicly expressed dissatisfaction.
It's just that Ruosha has seen the clues from their looks.
In fact, these contradictions are as early as Alexander and her prediction. The enmity and grievances between the three countries of the Iberian Peninsula, even after a few centuries, are still entangled.
As for now, Castile and Aragon have not even unified.
"My brother has promised that after occupying Andalusia, he will bear all the military expenses of the Sicilian army in Castilla."
Ruosha's words made the generals immediately excited. Although few of them knew exactly how much money it was, they could guess that it should be a big number.
The huge consumption required by expeditions abroad is terrible. The ancient army would use plundering supplies from enemy countries to supplement itself.
But this does not apply to the Sicilian army.
Neither Castile nor Aragon is an enemy country in the clear sense, which makes plunder no longer legal and reasonable. Even if it is too tyrannical, it may be reprimanded or even punished.
But if the Duke, who is the future master of Castile, opens his mouth, the meaning is naturally different.
Although the Duke took the initiative to take over the supply of the army, it might not be able to reap enough benefits as it plundered itself, but it should not be too bad.
With this thought, the Sicilian generals are no longer so entangled, and they can also feel that as the Queen's authority becomes more obvious, her opponents become more and more severe.
Watching the generals leave, Ruosha's mouth slightly evoked an imperceptible arc, but when she heard the footsteps, she immediately made herself look expressionless again.
It wasn't until I saw Alexander who walked in that there was a strange smile.
"Why are you so happy," Alexander said as he walked over to Rusha. His eyes looked at the map on the table, and he asked, "Have you heard, Don Bavi?"
"I've heard that," Ruosha's mood became slightly agitated. "We are going to fight Gonzalo directly."
"Yes."
Alexander just responded and didn't speak again. His eyes never left the map, and his expression looked very serious.
Ruosha did not disturb Alexander, she knew that he should have a lot of thoughts at this time.
Unlike the Sicilians, and even her, Alexandria has to think more about the Andalusian rebels and the King of Castilla.
If she only had to think about how to destroy the opponent in front of her, then Alexander wanted to think about the consequences after such a war.
Because of these concerns, they have to work out a more appropriate plan.
"There are reports that some Andalusian nobles have expressed their surrender to us, especially those in the south of Seville."
Hearing Ruosha's words, Alexander frowned slightly, and he knew what it was not appropriate to publicly order at this time, but this did not prevent him from speaking his actual thoughts in private.
"Andalusians..."
Although Alexander only said such a sentence, he did not continue, but the strange expression in his tone still made a hint of light flash in Ruosha's eyes.
She quickly experienced something from the short words, which made the small baton held in her hand slightly tight.
"The nobles of Castile are too conservative, they don't see any changes, or they don't want to admit these changes," Alexander looked at Ruosha. "Perhaps a gonzaloch can make them more brilliant than ever, but Eventually they will lose the opportunity God has given them because of their stupidity."
Ruosha listened incomprehensiblely. She knew that sometimes the Alexander meeting said something that even she could not understand at one time, but the experience of the past few years had given her almost blind trust in Alexander.
She believes that his inexplicable words will always have a cause, and will eventually prove to be correct.
For example, the sugar cane plantation in Crete has become a giant who governs the entire European table. With the nearly monopoly sugar cane business, they can say that they are inhaling huge wealth every day, and the richness of their profits is unimaginable.
"The future of Europe is destined to belong to the monarchs, and the power of the nobles in the territory will be weakened," Alexander looked at Rusha. "We are the pioneers who promote the authority of the monarchs, so the nobles must give up their rights."
Luo Sha nodded thoughtfully, she was the monarch herself, and naturally understood what Alexander meant.
Although there are many wise princes who established a temporary kingship with personal charm and authority in history, the result is that with the death of these emperors, the kingship has once again declined and the power of the nobility is once again strong.
This is because those people only achieved the purpose of demonstrating authority by their own power. With their death and the incompetence of their heirs, this kind of rule that has not formed a solid system will eventually inevitably collapse.
"What we need to build is a kingdom with the king as the sole ruling authority, not a country where the king and nobles rule together," Alexander said to Ruosha. "So nobles must give up their rights."
Ruosha nodded her head slightly, her eyes fell on the map, which is an ancient map of Seville.
Such a map does not make much sense, but some important places are still clearly marked. Among them, the Grand Knight Castle facing the north of the city across the Guadalville River Bridge is marked as a striking castle.
"Send someone to tell Tiego that we can't give him enough help now," Alexander said softly, staring at the castle of the Grand Knight. "But I want him to turn this castle into the of the Andalusian nobles."
Luo Sha nodded silently, she already knew Alexander's intention at this time.
Andalusian nobles rebelled because they did not want to give up their rights.
This is intolerable for Ferdinand or Alexandria.
At this time, if you directly engage with the Castilian army, you may be able to get rid of the desperate Andalusian nobles, but in the long run, there is no benefit in doing so.
Any new order is built on the ruins of the old order, and with the establishment of the new order, the maintainers of the old order will inevitably be willing to give up because they refuse to give in.
The noble traditions of the Iberian Peninsula are too long, and the deep-rooted traditions of the centuries have formed an unshakable group.
However, this tradition has not been unscathed. The Moors in history have almost completely disintegrated the Christian world in Iberia.
The movement to recover the lost land caused the pagan social structure that had been formed for centuries to be completely destroyed again under the influence of the Moors.
It was through this chaos that the Isabella husband and wife established the first real monarchy and authority in modern European history.
But even so, because of various reasons, Spain still suffered a great deal of resistance from the aristocracy for a long time.
Even in the centuries that followed, the decline of the Spanish Empire and the strength of the nobility were inextricably linked.
Alexander did not want to be restrained by the old forces when he built his empire, so he had to do more thoroughly than the historical Isabella couple.
"Tiego may be facing an unprecedented test, I hope he can persevere."
Ruosha whispered a little, regretting her tone a little bit. After all, the fierce fighting that was going to happen was to be faced by the Catalans of Tiego alone.
And they are likely to be attacked by the Castilla and the noble rebels at the same time.
But there was an excited light in her eyes, and Alexander's ambition made her excited.
At this moment she secretly vowed: "No matter what happens in the future, she will never give up her brother to other women, even in the name of her sister!"
Several shabbyly dressed Castilian soldiers sneakingly carried a huge sack and walked forward along the shadow of the corridor eaves protruding from the street-side house.
Although some people noticed them occasionally and speculated that they might have grabbed something terrible, but because of their large crowd, no one would be willing to provoke them.
And these soldiers will hide very carefully if they see the army of the brigade, so they move very slowly, and when it gets dark, they finally arrive at a place near the river that seems to be used to dock to the nearby market. Before the stairs of the vegetable boat.
After some confusion, these people pulled a boat out of the bridge hole under the steps.
They put the sack on the boat, and several people used their hands and feet to draw the boat across the bank.
Although it was getting late, UU read the book www.uukanshu.com, but their behavior attracted the attention of a pair of passing soldiers.
After the loud inquiry was not answered, Wang Jun soldiers started shooting arrows at the boat.
It was just that night fell and the distance became farther and farther away. Looking at the small boat that was steadily bumping on the river, the captain Wang Jun who led the team could only whisper in a whisper, and then left helplessly.
The small boat drifted the Guadavier River until it was discovered by a Sicilian army on the other side, which had entered the south of Seville.
When these people and the sack, which had already opened, were tossed and brought in front of Alexander, looking at the dizzy auxiliary bishop, Alexander couldn't help but chuckle softly.
"Master Bishop, someone is waiting for you." Alexander said to the assistant bishop who had just been lifted out of the sack. "Please go here, Master."
The assistant bishop followed Alexander with a dazed face, and then when he saw Alexander VI appearing in front of him, the assistant bishop's legs softened and he slumped on the ground.
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