novelMediterranean Ocean Problem
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Chapter 851 - Mediterranean Ocean Problem
The 4th month was the time when the spring sun was the brightest and the flowers bloomed.
Shanhai City was similarly filled with life, and flowers were present everywhere - in the garden, beside the patio, and on the bridges; there were many people there to enjoy the flowers.
A week had passed since the coronation ceremony and Shanhai City had slowly returned to normal. However, life still changed, and one would occasionally see people with titles passing by on the streets, enjoying the envious eyes of civilians around them.
Titles became a hot topic in the mouths of the civilians. In life, apart from health and riches, there was a higher and new pursuit.
Living beneath the prince of heaven added a new bunch of pride and prestige to the people; such ambition was the spirit needed to start up a new world.
The Great Xia Dynasty was still progressing forwards.
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Xia Palace, Imperial Reading Room
After a period of adapting, the Imperial Court slowly walked onto the right path.
However, as the highest ruler of the Great Xia Dynasty, Ouyang Shuo could not help but frown. The reason was a letter in front of him. The letter was from Vic City Lord Henry, and it brought with it bad news.
A day ago, Vic City was forced by the higher ups of Silver Hand to finally back out of the Mediterranean Alliance and also stop the supply of Jidian City at the same time.
The cooperation between the two was coming to an end.
Yesterday, Vic City gave the last batch of resources to Jidian City, and it was only enough to last them for half a month. Without the resources, Jidian City would be in a shaky situation.
In the letter, Henry expressed his apologies and regrets over being unable to continue the cooperation. Despite that, he was really resolute in his decision to stop the contract.
It was obvious that the pressure caused by Silver Hand was one he could not break away from.
"What would come would come in the end!"
Luckily, Henry had a little conscience and told Ouyang Shuo early. If not, Jidian City would be in a horrendous situation.
Henry's actions revealed the contradiction in his heart. First, Vic City had no way to go against the organization. Secondly, Henry did not want to totally make enemies with the Great Xia Dynasty.
Such a thought process was probably really common in Silver Hand. Group and personal conflict of interest was not a fresh topic
And along with Vic City backing out of the Mediterranean Alliance, the shaky and weak alliance was on the verge of collapse. Although there was Kalia holding it off, Ouyang Shuo could not just sit around and do nothing.
Who knows how big the storm in the Mediterranean would get this time.
Atlantis City was the most reliable ally of the Great Xia Dynasty in the Mediterranean Ocean. Protecting the interests of Atlantis City would in turn be protecting the interests of the Great Xia Dynasty.
There was nothing conflicting about the two.
Towards this point, Ouyang Shuo saw through it really clearly.
Thinking about this, Ouyang Shuo came to the window. He looked out at the horizon and towards the ocean, thinking to himself, 'It's time to make a trip there!'
At this very moment, the court lady came to report, "King, Mr Jiang and Mr Kou are here!"
The cabinet office was not within the Xia Palace and was not far away from the Imperial Reading Room. After looking at Henry's letter and making his decision, the first people Ouyang Shuo summoned were these two cabinet elders.
Before leaving, there were many things that Ouyang Shuo needed to arrange. After all, the Dynasty was just established; the foundations were not stable, and he could not let anything go wrong.
Ouyang Shuo turned around, "Let them enter!"
"Yes my king!"
After a short while, Jiang Shang and Kou Zhun walked into the Imperial Reading Room, bowing, "My King!"
Ouyang Shuo waved his hand, "Men, bring in seats!"
"Take a look at this!"
Ouyang Shuo said, passing the letter from Henry over. Jiang Shang took the letter and carefully read it. His expression did not change as he passed it over to Kou Zhun.
After Kou Zhun read the letter, Ouyang Shuo asked, "How should we deal with it?"
The two of them exchanged glances with one another; they did not know when to start. Nothing need to be said about Kou Zhun, who had just arrived and familiarized with the workings of the Imperial Court. He also did not have a clear understanding of the overseas operations of the Dynasty. Naturally, it was not good for him to speak.
Even Jiang Shang did not have a great understanding because he had been working in Xinan University. For them to give their views now was asking too much of them.
There was one thing that they were certain about.
Jidian City was an important point on the Xia Dynasty trade route. Ocean trade was also a really important source of financial income for the dynasty, so its strategic importance was invaluable.
Hence, it was not easy for them to come to a conclusion.
The two of them took a long at one another and Jiang Shang said, "My king, please make the decision!"
Ouyang Shuo smiled and said, "The Mediterranean has many waves; it concerns the dynasty and needs to be solved. In my eyes, we can start to attack Morocco."
Jiang Shang was astonished, and he immediately thought about the reason why the king had summoned them. It was not to ask for their views but for another reason. Jiang Shang asked probingly, "The king is planning to go personally?"
Ouyang Shuo looked at Jiang Shang with an impressed eye. As expected, he found the root of the issue.
"That's right." Ouyang Shuo did not deny it and nodded, "The Mediterranean situation is complicated. If I do not go over, it will not be enough to settle the situation."
Jiang Shang agreed in silence. Although he was not willing, he could not find a reason to retort.
Ouyang Shuo took the time to say, "While I'm away, the dynasty matters will be left to you two!"
Jiang Shang exchanged glances with Kou Zhun. He knew that the king had already made up his mind, and they had no way to stop it. They could only stand up in unison and bow, "Yes my king!"
Ouyang Shuo did not purposely want to walk away from the responsibility but seeing that the system was formed, even if Ouyang Shuo was away from awhile, all the administrative processes would run normally.
In comparison, the Mediterranean problem could not be delayed.
After sending them away, Ouyang Shuo started to prepare for his expedition. This was the first expedition since he ascended, and it had great meaning.
First was to choose who to bring along.
He naturally needed to bring Tsing Yi and Jia Xu along. Next would be the Divine Martial Guards led by Xu Chu.
The newly appointed head of the court lady Zisu would choose two high ranked court ladies and four of the most caring palace maids to be in charge of Ouyang Shuo's dining.
There were others things like transport and the like.
Ouyang Shuo naturally did not need to worry about this. What he needed to consider was which troops to move for the battle at Morocco. He wanted it to be easy for him to give orders to the Privy Court to make preparations.
Ouyang Shuo had some knowledge about Morocco.
After turning their sights to overseas, the Black Snake Guards had placed a lot of effort in investigating Morocco, doing the preparatory work for their attack.
They had information that most of the Moroccan cities were on the northwest coast, including their capital Rabat, garden city Casa Blanca, port city Tangier, Agadier, and the like.
The key was still their player numbers, which was estimated at around 2. 5 million.
This meant that the Great Xia Army would face at least 250 thousand imperial city guards, 300 thousand combat occupation players, and around 200 thousand Lord troops.
Hence, compared to the Singapore that he had destroyed, Morocco was not as easy to take down. To take it down, Great Xia needed to at least use 300 to 400 thousand of their elite troops.
Apart from that, they still needed to consider the help from Mediterranean countries like Spain, Portugal, France, and the like.
To make matters worse, the expedition force only had Jidian City, such a small sentry base. Not mentioning others, but could it fit such a huge army?
As for logistical provisions, that was an even bigger problem.
If they failed, hundreds of thousands of troops would die overseas.
Hence, Ouyang Shuo needed to bring the Divine Martial Guards over to do some early preparations. They needed to wait for the right time to send out their army.
As for the troops to send, in terms of the army, Ouyang Shuo selected the 2nd and 3rd legions of the Guards Legion Corps, and the 1st and 5th legions of the Dragon Legion Corps.
Based on the principles that Ouyang Shuo had set down, after establishing the country, he could not randomly move the 1st Guards Legion that was housed in the imperial city as well as the City Protection Legion housed outside.
Hence, although the Boulder Army was good at sieging, Ouyang Shuo could not use them.
Out of the three War Fighting Legions, the five legions of the Tiger Legion had strong enemies around; the Leopard Legion Corps needed to defend the Satellite City and thus could not be moved.
At most, he could only move out the 4th legion of the Leopard Legion Corps.
Ouyang Shuo thought about it and only the Dragon Legion could be moved. At the current stage, only Yunnan Province was in a good state, and its borders were really stable and did not need many troops there.
The Guards Legion was easy as they could be directly teleported from Shanhai City. ??
The 1st legion of the Dragon Legion Corps was housed outside Consonance City and could teleport over to Jidian City using the Consonance City teleportation formation. As for the 5th legion, it needed to first reach Shanhai City before teleporting.
As for the navy, they could only rely on the Mediterranean Squadron. Even the Xingzhou Squadron that was nearby would take too long to assist.
Ouyang Shuo hoped that Alvaro's Mediterranean Squadron would not disappoint him.
After settling on that, Ouyang Shuo left the remaining matters to the Privy Court to settle. 4th month, 27th day, Ouyang Shuo brought the Divine Martial Guards along with him and sneakily left Shanhai City.
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