Chapter 754: The autumn of 1489 AD, the fall of Barcelona, and the sunset in the west
Outside Basa Mountain City, there were thunderous cheers! With the appearance of Queen Yinsabella, there seemed to be a magical power that suddenly inspired tens of thousands of depressed and beleaguered jihadi soldiers from top to bottom!
"Praise the Lord! Praise the pious and fearless Queen!"
This was the praise of hundreds of Castilian lords. Their postures were respectful, and they had sincere smiles on their faces, but they were sincere as they had never been in front of King Fernando.
"The queen is here! The queen is actually here! For the queen, we must continue the holy war!"
This was the cheers of thousands of Castilian knights. Their eyes were full of respect. They bowed their heads to the queen and saluted, all the decadence in their bodies was swept away, and they regained their courage to fight.
"Ah! Holy Queen! She is the Virgin Mary, the incarnation of the Virgin Mary! Praise the Virgin!"
The loudest cheers came from the tens of thousands of soldiers in the camp. They prayed devoutly and worshiped from the bottom of their hearts, as if they really regarded the queen in front of them as the incarnation of the Virgin Mary.
Seeing this scene of great welcome, King Fernando, who was at the front of the team, took a deep breath, feeling uncontrollable envy in his heart. He knew that in his whole life, he would never be able to get anything like Queen Ysabella.
The subjects revere her so much. Because this is not only a matter of prestige and ability, but also the unique advantage of the queen!
When people of later generations describe this medieval era, they always talk about the fashion of knights and the worship of women. However, the women respected by knights have nothing to do with ordinary civilian women. The objects of their worship are female feudal lords with respected status.
The monarch or mistress is a noble woman with virtues. In fact, this is an extension of the worship of the Virgin and the glory given by faith. The object of worship also needs to be as close as possible to the virtues required by Catholicism.
King Fernando pursed his lips and silently counted in his heart the aura of virtue attached to his wife. Innocence and purity are unique to women, while holiness and piety are recognized by the church and honest people, and bravery and fearlessness are choices when facing danger.
...Unfortunately, he has none of these six virtues. What he can barely pretend to have is piety and courage.
King Fernando counted his characteristics with a wry smile on his face. In the traditional Catholic understanding, it is difficult to say whether these are advantages or disadvantages, but they are certainly not virtues. Therefore, even as the king of Aragon, it is difficult for him to
Superimpose the prestige of religious morality on yourself.
It is for this reason that among the two kings, Queen Isabella's status is firmly higher than that of King Fernando. This is not only because Castile's army is stronger, but more importantly, King Fernando
Without the moral prestige of religion, it is impossible to truly convince the knights and vassals to be loyal and convinced!
In this era when medieval traditions are still strong, in the traditional Kingdom of Castile, King Fernando can win, but the glory must go to the Queen!
Accompanied by Cardinal Mendoza, Queen Isabella walked steadily and strode forward. She raised her scepter and greeted the cheering knights and sergeants, and then received even greater cheers.
In this way, she came to King Fernando amidst continuous cheers and expressed her determination in concise and firm words.
"Fernando! The Lord calls me, here I come! You welcome me, here I come!"
Queen Yinsabella said this. She looked at Justice Thomas, bowed her head and saluted, and the other party returned the salute respectfully.
"The Lord has promised! We will take this mountain city!"
Having said this, Queen Ysabella raised her head and looked at the mountain city of Bassa a few miles away. The cheers of the Crusaders had already alarmed the Moors guarding the city. At this moment, on the walls, spiers, and roofs of the mountain city,
They all cast their eyes with attention, worried and uneasy.
With the arrival of the Queen, the morale of the besieging army rose, and an inexplicable depression suddenly filled the mountain city. The morale of both sides in the war always waxed and waned, but the power of rational thinking would, on the contrary, at critical moments,
Giving way to the ethereal spirit makes people's hearts shake.
"When I get here, I won't leave, no matter what happens! We will continue to surround this place until the Moors send an envoy to declare surrender!"
This is what Queen Yinzabella said, and she also did this. The queen brought most of the Castilian court with her caravan. This firm performance and decisive action made all the Kasbahs who wanted to withdraw their troops
The great nobles of Styria were unable to speak. They could not retreat around the queen, otherwise they would completely lose all their reputation. And in the Christian world at this time, the consequences of losing reputation would be disastrous.
The autumn wind was bleak, day after day. The black smoke of burning death still rose equally inside and outside the mountain city. Queen Yinsabella was not afraid, and even took risks. Under the protection of the guards, she stood ten meters away.
A few steps away, I visited the sick soldiers.
After the Queen arrived, more supply carriages also arrived at the camp. The Queen even held an open-air banquet to meet the nobles in front of the mountain city, and they enjoyed expensive and cherished spices...cured meat.
Seeing such a situation, the will of the Barcelona defenders was finally shaken. They did not know that many of the supply carriages were actually empty boxes. They also did not know that the plague in the siege camp had already killed more than a dozen carders.
The nobles of Styria died. In the face of the plague, which treated everyone equally, the Castilians outside the city actually just had one more breath and skin to fight than them.
More than ten days later, the lord of Bassa Mountain City, the elderly Moorish nobleman Ben Hassan, finally sent a negotiator, the Moorish warrior Cidi Yahye, to discuss the surrender.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Queen Yinzabella personally participated in the negotiations and agreed to all Yahya's requests. That was the first step in the entire Granada Holy War from the beginning to the end.
In the end, for a whole ten years, the Catholic side never gave Kang's conditions:
The Moorish army in the city of Barcelona can evacuate from the city, and God will not pursue it. The Moors in the city can take away all their wealth and leave with the army, or they can stay in their hometown and keep all their belongings. All the Moors left behind can
People will become subjects of Castile, they only need to pay tribute on time, and they can even retain their original religious beliefs!
Hearing such kind terms of surrender, the Moorish lord Hassan was in disbelief and was speechless in surprise. However, Queen Yinsabella made a promise in the name of the Lord and signed a written agreement, sealing the
Own king's seal.
The Moorish lord Hassan received the agreement document and read it three times before he sincerely praised the queen's kindness and signed it with his seal. He will evacuate with the army and take away all his savings to the southern seaport. There.
, there will be Moorish ships to meet him and retreat to the other side of the strait, which is also the Moorish Kingdom of Watas. And the navy of the Aragon Kingdom blockade will follow the agreement and let his ship go.
The autumn sky is high and clear, and the retreating team of Moors raises pieces of smoke and dust. Half of the Moors in the city chose to leave, while the other half were reluctant to leave their houses and chose to stay. A card rose from the top of the mountain city of Basa
The flag of the Kingdom of Styria symbolizes the end of the Moorish dynasty and the end of the Granada War. After losing the barrier to the northeast, the last Granada was an isolated city and could not hold on for long.
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For the Moors who chose to stay, the queen's agreement was real and valid, and even the Spanish Inquisition would not violate it. They could still live in the Barcelona area for more than ten years until the queen's death, and the gate of the Inquisition was closed.
Only then will it be opened to them!
"Praise the Lord! Insabella, the mountain city of Bassa, belongs to us from now on!"
King Fernando had a complicated expression. He looked at the queen beside him who was dressed in rich clothes and riding a war horse, as if looking at the shining sun. He tilted his head slightly unnaturally and warned.
"The macula plague is still spreading inside and outside Barcelona. No matter how isolated it is, it cannot be stopped! Even the nobles of the kingdom are dying. Of ten people who get it, four will often die..."
"God bless us! Let's clean up as soon as possible, leave a group of garrisons, and bring the main force of the kingdom's army back to the north!"
"Okay! Fernando, I promise you. However, there is one thing I haven't done before leaving!"
After hearing her husband's words, Queen Ysabella showed a confident and bright smile on her face. She clamped her strong legs on the horse's belly and rode forward, heading towards the mountain city high above.
"Let's go! Come with me and let me take a good look at this new mountain city. This is my mountain city that the Lord promised me!!"
The sun sets in the west, the sky reflects the glow, and new flags are hung on the mountain city. The black smoke of death has never dispersed, and the pace of war will never stop. After the mountain city of Barcelona, there is Granada. And Granada
What will happen next for Nada?
The sun did not answer. It just continued to go west until it fell into the mountains of the west and submerged into the sea and sky of the west. That was the unknown west of the European continent.
