About half a month ago, in an inconspicuous house in Seville, a brother and sister who had just experienced a "furious battle" had an equally fierce debate while resting.

At that time, Ruosha expressed strong opposition to Alexander's trip to the north with an annoyance, even a stern tone that had never been seen before.

In Ruosha's view, such adventure is both unwise and completely unnecessary.

"We have a strong enough army, and look at Gonzalo. Although he retreated to Cordoba, he did not make any positive moves. This is enough to prove the strange attitude of his current attitude, so we may just send someone to convince him. Why do we still have to take risks if this is the case?"

Ruosha tried to dissuade Alexander, but she didn't stop when she knew he was going to the north alone.

Whether in front of others or in private, she always wanted to convince Alexander to change her mind. Especially when the two had a secret meeting, Ruosha even used some special techniques she had learned from Mrs. Orgala in order to dissuade Alexander.

But this time Alexander was as stubborn as before, which made Ruosha extremely angry.

Seeing that it was because of the intense activity just now or the anger that her skin was stained with a rose-like "beautiful scenery", Alexander was almost ready to fight again.

However, looking at Ruosha's serious expression, he knew that if he could not convince this stubborn sister, his trip to the north would definitely not be realized.

And his answer to Ruosha was, "I don't have that much time to waste on Ferdinand."

The Battle of Seville proved the strong combat effectiveness of the Sicilian army.

All arguments are pale in the face of huge strength.

The Queen of Sicily supported the Duke of Rometheia to become the King of Castilla, and the powerful army she had became her greatest reliance.

But this is enough to make many people look at Alexander differently.

This is also one of the main reasons why he thinks he can take this trip.

But as he said, he didn't have so much time to deal with Ferdinand in this southwest corner of Europe

Many things have happened in history this year, but because of the emergence of Alexander, the world has become even more exciting.

The completely different results of the Ottomans on both sea and land caused an extremely strange situation in the eastern Mediterranean.

At sea, the Ottoman Navy has almost swept across the eastern Mediterranean. If you want, the forwards of their fleet can even break into the Adriatic Sea and rage.

But on land, the failure after the Battle of Bucharest forced them to change their strategies. Now the main targets of the Ottomans are Poland and the Russians who rose on the vast grasslands in the east.

As for the Balkans and Austria, they still cannot threaten there for the time being because they have not escaped from Bucharest's failure.

This is a truly rare opportunity for Alexander.

He didn't want to fight with the Ottomans for centuries as he had in history.

His goal is the New World.

And because of this goal, he could not fight on the Iberian Peninsula, so that even if he wins in the end, it will lead to the devastation and huge losses in the future Spain by a long civil war.

It was precisely because of this idea that Alexander decided to go north.

He wanted to solve a civil war that could cause huge losses to the country through better ways.

And he knew very well that a long civil war would likely lead to foreign forces’ opportunities to intervene, which he would never want to see.

French, Portuguese, and even Austrians.

He will not forget the impact of the Spanish War on the Throne in history, nor will he forget that he is now in the period of the Italian War that lasted for a long time.

If this war really continues like this, it may have been more than half a century.

This is not a good thing for Alexander.

Therefore, he must use the most effective method to resolve the dispute over the throne in Iberia as soon as possible. In this way, it is obviously impossible to rely solely on victory on the battlefield.

Because of this, Alexander decided to go north despite Ruosha's strong opposition.

However, he was not so arrogant that he thought that as long as he ran to someone else's territory to reveal his identity, the other party would obey and bow down to him.

He was waiting until Gonzalo finally showed his attitude.

Gonzalo would agree to go north with him secretly, which actually wouldn't reassure Ruosha.

Although if he goes back on his word as Gonzalo, he will become the biggest stain in his life, Ruosha does not think this is enough to ensure that he will not betray him.

There is only one reason why Ruosha believes that he will not betray him - he takes his family relatives in Cordoba as hostages.

The Cordoba family has a small manor in Montinia, not far from the city of Cordoba. Gonzalo was born here a few years ago.

When he heard that Gonzalo agreed to go north with Alexander, Ruosha did not object anymore, but instead sent troops across the Genir River and occupied Montinia, located southwest of Cordoba and the south bank of the Guadavile River.

The Queen of Sicily was very clear. Either this time the north ended successfully, or even if she failed, Gonzalo would send her baby brother back safely, otherwise she would attack the Cordoba family in Montinia without hesitation.

This is actually a bit rogue, even a hooligan, but Ruosha doesn't care what others say about her.

Of course, Alexander would not have sent himself to the hands of others just because of a promise, although he thought that Gonzalo had no reason to betray him.

Gonzalo in history lived a leisurely and peaceful life in the last few years of his life.

He stayed away from the vortex of power and the battlefield full of smoke, and quietly spent the last and most comfortable days of his life in his hometown.

In fact, if you think about it, you will find that Ferdinand is the ultimate righteousness of Gonzalo.

After Isabella's death, facing pressure from all sides, Ferdinand racked his brains to maintain his rule while trying every means to regain power from the unruly nobles.

Among them, Gonzalo is undoubtedly the representative of those powerful Castile nobles.

He holds military power and has a prominent background. He is the most favored general of the former queen and the current queen's entrusted minister.

But these are enough to make Gonzalo a thorn in others' eyes.

What's more, his unruly character made him humiliate Ferdinand in person more than once.

But even so, Ferdinand's punishment for him was only deprived of his power and allowed him to stay wherever he was cool.

Sometimes Alexander thought about it and felt that if he had changed himself, he might not have the same tolerance as Ferdinand.

But he also knew that this seemingly tolerant punishment and a comfortable and peaceful life were exactly the most unbearable for Gonzalo.

After being deprived of military power in history, Gonzalo died of depression in his hometown within a few years.

Although the fever seemed to be the culprit in the war to conquer Italy, Alexander knew that what really killed his life was the life that seemed peaceful and peaceful, but was actually consuming his life invisibly.

Gonzalo de Cordoba was born to belong to the battlefield.

When he was forced to stay away from the battlefield and had to live a peaceful life in a thousand pieces, the vitality of his life gradually disappeared until he left this world one day.

Alexander felt that he needed to save this true war genius and master.

Compared with Gonzalo or Rusha, Alexander felt that he was actually very mediocre.

At least in the Battle of Seville, he found that as the scale of the war expanded, he was gradually unable to grasp the situation on the battlefield.

Perhaps on a higher strategy, Alexander could boast that no one could understand what to do better than him, but on the specific battlefield, as the number of troops invested by both sides became more and more and more battles became larger and larger, Alexander knew that this was beyond his ability.

He needs more capable subordinates.

Ruosha is indeed a rare and good helper, but she is the Queen of Sicily first.

This identity destined that she could become the future "Alexander Empire", rather than Castia or Roman Thesia's commander.

Alexander hopes someone can become his Gompati or Ofulei in Castilla.

Whether it is reputation or military talent, Gonzalo de Cordoba is the best candidate.

"Gonzalo de Cordoba." Alexander sat in the garden and looked at the night sky and laughed, "Let me see if you deserve to be so respectful to you."

The Tagus River in June and July is a strict and kind mother to those living on the Meseta Plateau.

After entering the month, most parts of the Iberian Peninsula will usher in a long drought period.

This period of time is very difficult. Whether in cities or rural areas, people have to fight for that little water source.

Even many years ago, Castilla and Aragon had more than once wars in order to compete for water.

Even now, whenever the drought period enters, various conflicts break out due to water competition will still occur in various places.

This period is very tormenting for people living near the largest river on the Iberian Peninsula, and for people elsewhere it is the most difficult time of the year.

But for some people, the drought period in the Tagus River has become a good time for them to get rich.

Because inland river transportation was suspended with the arrival of the drought, many merchants had to rely on shipping to deliver goods to the north and south by sea. In this way, it was almost located in the center of the Iberian Peninsula, and the Tagus River, which was eventually injected into the Atlantic Ocean, became the busiest river with shipping at this time.

And because the Tagus River will flow into Portugal, trade between merchants from both countries becomes more frequent.

War did not stop merchants from making money. On the contrary, the war caused the shortage of various items, which allowed merchants with fast-witted mobile phones to see a rare opportunity.

Those businessmen took risks to travel between the two countries. Although doing so may lose all their money, once they succeed, the rewards will be amazing.

However, the docks on the Tagus River were not very friendly to merchants on this day, and many merchant ships had to be forced to stay on the docks because an army was about to pass by.

The Samanares River is not very long, and in such a season, it has become one of the most difficult rivers on the Meseta Plateau because of its low water level.

Although it is not very far from Madrid to Toledo, traveling in this season is undoubtedly much more comfortable to walk by water than by land, and it is also faster.

Several riverboats with the same flags flew upstream with difficulty, filled with large numbers of soldiers and their war horses.

The scorching sun above the head and the steam steam above the feet made the people on the boat miserable.

Traveling in such a season is a very bad experience. If it is a marching, even if it is a river transportation, it will be enough to make people collapse.

A man with a naked upper body and wearing a pair of wide pants underneath leaned against the stern deck of a pergola made of a few wooden boards.

Sweat flowed down his head with the wine that had just been used to wash, but when the sun shone, the hot breath did not make him feel a little cool.
To be continued...