It actually only took three years for Morocco to capture Ceuta. During these three years, Morocco was actually always on tenterhooks, fearing that the Portuguese would come back.
Even if they are not Portuguese, there will be Spaniards who will come back. After all, Spain is spying on this place for more than a day or two.
But Morocco's bet is that the Spanish and Portuguese are now restrained by the Tatars and unable to go south.
The people of the Kingdom of Morocco are not uncivilized natives of central and southern Africa. In fact, Morocco has been ruled by West Asians for a long time, and has fought many wars with the Portuguese and Spanish.
In addition, maritime trade has been booming in recent years, and Morocco is a coastal country. Whether it is on the Atlantic coast or the Mediterranean coast, they have several good ports, and there are quite a few Spanish and Portuguese ships going back and forth. Well,
More pirates.
In recent years, ships from the Tang Dynasty have also begun to enter and leave Moroccan ports for supplies and trade.
Therefore, they still have some contact with the outside world and have a certain understanding.
They also know that in today's European continent, the Tatars have almost become a threat to the entire European continent!
Or to be more precise, it was a threat to almost the entire European aristocracy.
This threat does not mean just territorial gains or killing a few nobles, but the Tatars are completely eradicating the feudal system of European nobles in Europe.
When the Tatars fought all the way from Central Asia to Eastern Europe, they destroyed Russia, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and countless principalities and kingdoms of the Holy Roman Empire.
It currently occupies most of the Kingdom of Denmark and part of France.
In the south, they occupy most of Austria and part of the Balkan Peninsula controlled by the Ottomans. In this direction, the Ottomans, Austria, the Italian Peninsula headed by Naples, Venice and other countries can only rely on the mountainous terrain in the south to resist the Tatars.
of the southward attack.
It is worth mentioning that the Netherlands is still in good condition. The Tatars have not invaded this country. This is because the Dutch are a group of businessmen and have donated a lot of gold and jewelry to save their lives, and this is not
It's not important. What's important is that the Tatars also need to obtain some resources from the Netherlands.
Therefore, the Netherlands has become a transit station. The Tatars have obtained many supplies through the Netherlands, and they have also exported a lot of supplies through the Netherlands.
Interestingly, many of the merchant ships that went to the Netherlands for trade were from the Tang Dynasty. The Spanish, English, Portuguese and even the French also traded through the Netherlands and the Tatars.
After all, wars have to be fought, but business still has to be done and money has to be made.
After the Tatars occupied many of the above-mentioned places in Europe with an almost sweeping attitude, although the front was stretched and they were currently fighting on multiple fronts, which led to a slowdown in their westward and southward march, no one dared.
Look down on the Tatars.
Especially the European nobles were even more frightened.
The source of their fear was not just the conquest of the Tatars, but the Tatars' desire to establish a county system in the newly conquered areas. In order to establish a county system and avoid the influence of the backward model of nobles and serfs, the Tatars
People will simply kill all the nobles they can meet.
That's why the European nobles were so afraid and resisted desperately. Moreover, it was rare in thousands of years that many European countries united to fight against the Tatars.
As for ordinary people in Europe, the Tatars are actually not scary, they are even very good!
The Tatars don't just kill and kill when they get to a place. In fact, they don't engage in any massacres now.
On the contrary, after conquering an area, the Tatars would organize the local people and resume production.
But in this process, they usually killed all the local nobles, abolished the local serfdom and other messy systems, and established the administrative system of provincial and state capitals in the local area.
This kind of measure is naturally fatal and unacceptable to the European aristocracy, but for ordinary local people, they actually welcome these Tatar policies.
Because the Tatars came, all those noble nobles who used to be superior were killed. Then the Tatars would generously distribute the land to the local farmers for free and restore their freedom.
This kind of behavior had a huge impact on the medieval European society where serfs were still rampant!
To put it bluntly, what the Tatars' Jin Kingdom did in Europe was actually to copy the practices of traditional eastern feudal countries.
It is not their traditional nomadic political system, nor is it the feudal system of Europeans, but the county and county system that China has had for thousands of years, and it was the county and county system that was reformed by the Tang Dynasty.
To a certain extent, the Tatars are now trying to establish a traditional feudal country with a rich oriental flavor in Europe, an oriental feudal country where imperial power is supreme, and a European version of the Tang Dynasty.
In this kind of political system, there is no need for countless chaotic princes, kings, and other nobles.
And this is actually the fundamental reason why European countries are so afraid!
If the Tatars simply conquered the local area and continued to rule through the local nobles, then many European nobles would not actually resist much. After all, it would be too difficult to resist. If they surrender and be loyal, they can keep their current status.
status, they will do it without hesitation.
It is a pity that the Tatars do not want this. What they want is a centralized feudal state. What they need is territory, population and other resources, but they do not need local nobles.
This made the European aristocrats jump on their feet!
We must resist! All serfs must resist until all the serfs die!
Coupled with the subsequent help of the Tang Empire, this has led to the current situation in Europe. Almost all of Europe is at war with the Tatars.
Even though their territory was still in the rear and they had no contact with the Tatars, the Spanish and Portuguese did not hesitate to form a large army and go to the French front to participate in the war, and contributed a lot.
Today's France actually relies on the support of these two companies to prevent it from falling.
The situation in Europe is so tense that Portugal and Spain have no energy to take care of Morocco in North Africa. Even if Ceuta was captured by the Moroccans, the Portuguese only launched a small-scale counterattack. When the counterattack failed, they simply ignored it.
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How can a small city like Ceuta be compared to the survival of the entire Europe?
This is why the Moroccans were able to capture Ceuta and hold it.
But today, they saw people from the Tang Dynasty!
In fact, the Moroccans never thought that one day the Tang Dynasty would come over and beat them.
Morocco was very obedient to Datang. Datang said that it wanted ports for supply and trade. Without saying a word, they directly stated that all ports in Morocco welcomed Datang ships. Not only merchant ships, but also warships could enter and exit.
People from the Tang Dynasty said that the situation in Europe is tense now, and France is having a hard time supporting it, so it needs some assistance from other countries. Morocco, like England, Scotland, Ireland and other countries, directly chipped in money and sent it there.
There is no way, everyone now knows that Datang is awesome, and most of the guns and guns in the teams on the European continent are provided by Datang people.
Their steam steel battleships spread throughout Europe. In the past few years, every time they visited a port, some people would even exclaim "Devil."
Of course, there are also people called God.
No matter what they were called, in order for these natives to fully realize the power of the Imperial Navy, visiting warships would often conduct exercises in the local ports, and bombarding the wasteland at the port was a must.
After the bombardment was over, the diplomats began to perform on stage.
This is very effective, at least now the entire European continent knows that the Tang Dynasty from the far east is too awesome and cannot be messed with.
And when they found out that the Tatars who were suppressing the whole of Europe were beaten by the Tang Dynasty all the way from the east to Europe, they were even more speechless.
Even the Tatars were defeated by the Tang Dynasty and fled from the East to Europe like lost dogs, not to mention these European countries.
Therefore, in fact, current European countries, including North African countries, basically have no intention of being hostile to the Tang Dynasty.
Don't even think about it!
Of course it doesn’t exist in Morocco!
But they did not expect that a huge fleet would appear in Ceuta today, led by a battleship and carrying a large number of ships.
What are they going to do?
The local Moroccans quickly dispatched a small boat and carefully asked the distinguished guests from the Tang Dynasty, are you passing by, or are you coming to Ceuta for business?
When Rear Admiral Ren Zian looked at the respectful and polite Moroccan envoy, he didn't know what to say.
The Moroccan envoy was very polite and sincere, saying that Ceuta had prepared a large amount of supplies for the distinguished guests of the Tang Dynasty, and ships could enter the port at any time for supplies.
They say don’t hit someone with a smiling face!
But the Moroccan envoy in front of him didn’t just smile, he knelt down and licked him!
As a member of the Tang Dynasty and a descendant of China, Ren Zian also wanted to lose face, so he canceled his plan to bombard the port of Ceuta and then slowly disembark. This was really damaging to the face of the Tang Dynasty.
So Ren Zian temporarily changed his plan. Instead, he said that it was not convenient for the Tang Dynasty fleet to enter and exit the Mediterranean. He planned to establish a supply port and military base in Ceuta, hoping that Morocco would provide convenience.
This is actually a very direct request for territory.
But what Ren Zian didn't expect was that the envoy came back in less than half an hour, and brought a reply that made Ren Zian particularly speechless: "It is an honor for us in Morocco that the noble Tang Dynasty can like Ceuta. Although
Take it, you’re welcome!”
After replying, they also asked whether you have enough manpower and materials to build ports and forts. Although we in Morocco are small and weak, we will try our best to provide them.
Distinguished guest of Datang, please don’t refuse in a hurry. This is all free of charge. It is just a little bit of kindness from our Morocco. Please accept it from Datang, otherwise Morocco will be uneasy.
This left Ren Zian, who was preparing for a battle, completely speechless!
Is it so easy to claim territory these days?
Not only did the other party take the initiative to give them territory, but they also offered to provide labor and materials to help them repair ports and other facilities!
The world has changed, and Ren Zian suddenly can’t understand it anymore!