If the fall of the Governor's House of Seville means the failure of the Andalusian noble rebellion, then the death of Don Bavi, Duke of Buhalanth, is to put a halt on the follow-up of the turmoil that this rebellion may have.

At least that's what Gonzalo thinks.

In fact, before, Gonzalo had thought of letting the rebels escape.

Raising bandits and self-respecting is not a new method. Since ancient times, many chief officials and generals holding heavy troops have used this method to safeguard their own power.

However, the appearance of the Sicilian army changed his mind.

In his opinion, the Sicilian army came at a very time. Just when he was hesitating whether to directly eliminate the rebellion or leave himself an excuse to continue to show his strength in the south, their appearance was simply a gift from God to him.

What's more, Gonzalo is very self-aware that the Sicilian army is completely different from the rebels. If the rebels cannot be wiped out as soon as possible, the situation in Andalusia may undergo unexpected changes.

So when he heard that Don Bavi was killed by his servant, Gonzalo did not show any emotion, but immediately ordered someone to send this news throughout the city of Seville.

He had to quell the rebellion as soon as possible. Although Sevilla had already captured it, it would take some time to recover the entire Andalicia, but he could no longer wait.

And he also knew that the Sicilians could not give him this time.

What surprised Gonzalo was that the Sicilians did not seem to be in a hurry to occupy Seville, and their troops launched an attack on the city south of the Guadavile River, but their advancement was not fast.

This made Gonzalo a little strange. It was precisely because the south of the city was not the main defense of the rebels, so the rebels' resistance was not so fierce. But even so, the Sicilians still slowly advanced forward, which made him feel that this behavior was even more strange.

Gonzalo ordered the army to be kept on guard. As the rebels in the city were either annihilated or surrendered, the enemy of the Castile army gradually became the Sicilian army on the other side.

Meanwhile, another highly-watched place in the city of Seville caught the attention of Gonzalo.

Although we had known that the rebels broke through one after another, everyone's attention was focused on the major event of capturing the Governor's Office.

Now they were able to turn their eyes toward the Guadavile River, and then they realized that the battle there was unexpectedly intense.

In order to escape, the Andalusian nobles showed extraordinary combat power. At this time, all nobles knew that if they could not take advantage of the Sicilians not having time to occupy the entire southern city and open up the road to the south in time, they would be surrounded by the Guadalvier River.

At this time, the rebel nobles who were completely red-eyed gave up their intrigue and no longer preserved their strength. They led their respective armies to resist the royal army who came from all directions to try to surround them, while organizing fierce attacks again and again to try to break through the Catalan defense line.

The artillery in the auxiliary castle on both sides of the Great Knight Castle is still stubbornly aiming at the upstream and downstream of the Guadavile River.

Although some people have suggested to Tiego more than once that the artillery position should be moved as soon as possible to bombard the rebels who broke through the Guadavier River Bridge, Tiego refused.

He just ordered the mercenaries to use the fortifications I had built on the side of the bridge to resist the rebels' attacks. At the same time, he would give orders from time to time and keep a close eye on the movements on the river.

The fierce and stubborn character of the Catalans was fully revealed at this moment. With the convenience of hiding in a simple but useful fortification, they kept shooting enemies with crossbows to the rebels who tried to rush across the bridge or venture across the river.

However, when the rebels sometimes had to retreat temporarily because of the great losses, some Catalans simply jumped out from behind the fortifications to challenge the enemy.

They waved the axe naked and their unique short, but extremely thick and wide Kura machete made various humiliating actions at the escaped enemy, and some even couldn't wait to run to the bridge to cut off the wounded soldiers who had not had time to escape.

"It seems there is no problem for the time being." Tiego said to the mercenary captain next to him. "As long as the Castiles don't attack, we will still be safe."

The captain didn't speak but nodded. He knew that although both sides were Castile, the army commanded by Gonzalo was still different from these rebels who were only concerned about escaping.

Looking at Wang Jun, who seemed to be approaching at the end of the street in the distance, the captain lowered his voice and said to Diego, "Do you think the Sicilians will help us when necessary?"

Seeing the captain's worried look, Diego also whispered to comfort: "Don't worry, everything is in the plan. Believe me, the Queen's expectations for you are beyond your own expectations."

Gonzalo finally realized that the situation was different, because as it took him to hear reports and orders from various troops, he found that his royal army was too dispersed.

In order to compete with the Sicilians to seize the north of the city as soon as possible, the Castilian army sent all troops except the Model Army.

Their results were also very brilliant. In almost one day, the north of Seville fell completely.

But the price paid is that the Wang army is spread throughout the north of the city and cannot be reconcentrated for a while.

Gonzalo realized the crisis.

His model army has 2,500 people.

As far as he knows, the Royal Grenadiers, regarded as the elite by the Queen of Sicily, had about 2,000 people.

The gap between the two sides in terms of military strength is not very big.

However, because the Sicilians were not in a hurry to launch an attack on the south of the city, most of their troops were still gathered together.

I seemed to suffer a loss when I did this before, but now it seems that no matter how I look at it, it seems to be preparing for the next battle in advance.

And unlike other generals who value occupying territory, Gonzalo vaguely guessed that the brother and sister on the opposite side seemed to hope to achieve their goals by destroying their main force.

"Once the enemy's living power is eliminated, the enemy's territory, castles and resources are naturally available."

Ruosha stood at the table and explained to the Sicilian generals who seemed to be complaining: "Don't think that you have suffered a loss now and defeated Gonzalo on the opposite side. The whole of Seville is your spoil."

The generals looked at each other, and some shrugged helplessly.

They actually understood very well what the Queen said, but they couldn't help feeling itchy when they looked at the Castilians on the other side of the river crazy plundering war gifts.

In addition, some of them believed that the queen should have been instigated by her brother, so she prohibited the army from plundering and occupying various areas in the south of the city as soon as possible.

After all, since the Duke of Romanthesia has declared himself the legal heir to Castilla, he naturally will not watch "his territory" be destroyed by foreign troops.

But everyone knows that the relationship between the queen and sister is quite good, so no one publicly expresses dissatisfaction.

But Ruosha had already seen the clues from their expressions.

In fact, these contradictions were long under Alexander and her expectations. The grievances and grievances between the three kingdoms on the Iberian Peninsula were still entangled even after several centuries.

As for now, Castilla and Aragon have not even been unified.

"My brother has promised that after occupying Andalusia, he will bear all the military expenditures of the Sicilian army in Castilla."

Ruosha's words immediately made the generals excited. Although few of them knew exactly how much money it was, they could guess it should be a big number.

The huge consumption required for expeditions to foreign countries is terrible. Ancient troops would plunder materials from enemy countries by fighting and raising war to replenish themselves.

But this does not apply to the Sicilian army.

Neither Castilla nor Aragon are enemies in the clear sense, which makes plundering no longer legal and reasonable, and may even be criticized or even punished if it is too tyrannical.

But if the Duke, the future master of Castilla, spoke, the meaning will naturally be different.

Although the Duke took the initiative to bear the military supplies, he might not be able to gain enough benefits like he plundered himself, but I think it would not be much worse.

Thinking of this, the Sicilian generals were no longer so entangled, and they could feel that as the queen's authority became increasingly obvious, she became more and more strict with her subordinates.

Seeing the generals leaving one after another, Ruosha's mouth slightly curled up an undetectable arc, but when she heard the footsteps, she immediately made herself look expressionless again.

It was not until I saw Alexander walking in that I showed that strange smile.

"Why are you so happy?" Alexander said as he walked to Ruosha, looking at the map on the table, and asked "Have you heard of it, Don Bavi?"

"I've heard of it," Ruosha's emotions suddenly became a little excited. "We are going to fight Gonzalo head-on."

"Yes."

Alexander just responded and didn't speak again. His eyes never left the map, and his expression seemed extremely serious.

Ruosha did not disturb Alexander. She knew that he should have a lot of worries at this time.

Unlike the Sicilians, or even her, Alexander had to consider more about the Andalusian rebels and the Castile royal army.

If she only needs to think about how to destroy the opponent in front of her, then what Alexander has to think about is what consequences will be caused after such a battle.

Because of these concerns, they have to develop a more appropriate plan.

"There are reports that some Andalusian nobles have expressed surrender to us, especially those in the south of Seville."

Hearing Ruosha's words, Alexander frowned slightly. He knew that it was not appropriate to give any instructions publicly at this time, but this did not prevent him from expressing his actual thoughts in private.

"Andalusians..."

Although Alexander said only one sentence and did not continue, the strange expression in his tone still made a glimmer of light flash in Ruosha's eyes.

She quickly realized something from these short words, which made the little baton she held in her hand tighten slightly.

"The nobles of Castile are too conservative. They can't see any changes, or they don't want to admit them," Alexander looked at Ruosha. "Maybe a Gonzalo can make them more brilliant than before, but in the end they will ruin the opportunity God gave them because of their stupidity."

Ruosha listened halfway or not. She knew that sometimes Alexander would say something she couldn't understand for a while, but the experience over the past few years has given her almost blind trust in Alexander.

She believed that his inexplicable words had a reason and would eventually be proven to be correct.

For example, the sugar cane garden in Crete has become a giant who ruled the entire European dining table. With the nearly monopoly sugar business, they can say that they are inhaling huge wealth every day, and the profits are unimaginable.

"The future Europe is destined to belong to the monarchs, and the power of the territorial nobles will be weakened," Alexander looked at Ruosha. "We are the pioneers in promoting the authority of the monarch, so the nobles must give up their rights."

Ruosha nodded thoughtfully. She herself was the monarch, so she naturally understood what Alexander meant.

Although there are many wise monarchs in history who have established temporary royal power with their personal charm and authority, the result is often the death of these emperors, the royal power declines again and the aristocratic power becomes stronger again.

This is because those people only achieved the purpose of demonstrating their authority by their own personal power. With their death and the incompetence of their successors, this rule that did not form a stable system will inevitably collapse.

"What we need to build is a kingdom with the only ruling authority, not a country where the king and the nobles co-govern it," Alexander told Rusha, "so the nobles must give up their rights."

Ruosha nodded slightly, and her eyes fell on the map, which was an ancient map of Seville.

Such a map is of course not very meaningful, but some important places have been marked with obvious signs. Among them, the Great Knights Castle, which confronts the Guadavile River Bridge in the north of the city, is marked with a very eye-catching castle appearance.

"Send someone to tell Tyergo that we cannot give him enough help now," Alexander whispered at the Great Knights Castle, "but I want him to turn this castle into a hell for those Andalusian nobles."

Ruosha nodded silently. She already knew Alexander's intention at this time.

The reason why the Andalusian nobles rebelled was because they did not want to give up their rights.

This is intolerable for both Ferdinand and Alexander.

If you fight directly with the Castile army at this time, you may be able to surrender to the desperate Andalusian nobles, but in the long run, there is no benefit to do so.
To be continued...