The eight dynasties that sent envoys to congratulate them had eight different intentions.
The most insincere was the Shu Han Dynasty. After the envoys handed over the letter of credence, they left without hesitation. Both parties were like fire and water, and there was really nothing to act.
The most sincere was the Sui Dynasty. The envoy was personally led by Crown Prince Yang Yong. Not only did they bring the letter of credence, but they also brought the Nine Provinces Cauldrons as gifts to Great Xia unconditionally.
Emperor Sui's goodwill was already very obvious.
Ouyang Shuo smiled. Since the Sui Dynasty was so sincere, as long as they could accept being idle kings in Great Xia, Ouyang Shuo didn't want to wield the butcher's knife and kill them all.
However, he didn't know how the dispute between Yang Yong and Yang Guang would end.
The hardest to guess was the Qing Dynasty. Logically speaking, the Qing Dynasty was also a mortal enemy of Great Xia, but the envoy behaved as if they were friends of Great Xia, which was creepy.
However, the envoy did not mention anything about the Nine Provinces Cauldrons, which made people confused.
The Song and Ming Dynasties were the most straightforward. Both envoys expressed that as long as Great Xia promised not to summon their imperial guards, they were willing to hand over the Nine Provinces Cauldrons.
Both dynasties were located in the territory of Great Zhou. As the saying went, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend". Regardless of whether it was Zhao Kuangyin or Zhu Yuanzhang, they didn't want to incur hatred with Great Xia.
Furthermore, they had the friendship from the battle map, so it was logical for them to cooperate.
Zhao Kuangyin and Zhu Yuanzhang were afraid that while they were dealing with the Great Zhou Dynasty, Ouyang Shuo would suddenly use his supreme authority to summon 100,000 imperial guards.
Ouyang Shuo naturally agreed readily to this.
The envoys of Great Qin and Tang Dynasty also expressed that they were willing to hand over the Nine Provinces Cauldrons if certain conditions were met. As for the specific conditions, both parties had to send representatives to discuss further.
No matter what, there was still hope.
On the other hand, the burly man who dominated the Central Plains didn't mention anything about the Nine Provinces Cauldrons.
Emperor Wu of Han had conquered the Central Plains and had troops and land. Presumably, he wouldn't be willing to compromise easily. Naturally, he didn't have the intention to hand over the Nine Provinces Cauldrons.
Ouyang Shuo only smiled and didn't say anything.
As the envoys left one by one, although the whole mission had made great progress, it was still a mystery. The main problem was the two Jiuzhou Cauldrons of the Qing Dynasty and the Han Dynasty.
If there was really no other choice, Ouyang Shuo could only resort to violent means.
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As soon as the envoys of the Eight Great Empires left, Feng Qiuhuang sent an envoy to congratulate them. Although the two empires had changed from an alliance to a respectful and subservient relationship, it did not affect their iron-blooded friendship.
Then, the Tufan Dynasty and the Xixia Country also sent envoys to congratulate them.
The envoys of the two dynasties were very interesting. The Tubo Dynasty hoped to marry a princess of the Xia Dynasty in order to establish a long-term friendship. The Xixia Dynasty was willing to marry a princess into the royal family of the Xia Dynasty.
Marriage alliance was a magic weapon in ancient times.
Unfortunately, some people were ignorant and narrow-minded, misjudging the situation in the wilderness.
Ouyang Shuo was thoroughly angered by the diplomatic mission of the Tubo Dynasty. Although he didn't get angry on the spot, when he met with the ministers in private, he didn't show any mercy. "I'm afraid that someone hasn't woken up yet. Does he really think that Great Xia is the weak Tang Dynasty? It's time to wake them up. "
Ouyang Shuo's words were practically the prelude to Great Xia's declaration of war against Tubo. It was precisely because of the need to keep it a secret before the war that Ouyang Shuo forcefully restrained his anger and didn't flare up on the spot when he received the diplomatic mission.
This time, the Tubo Dynasty was too smart for its own good.
The diplomatic mission of the Great Zhou Dynasty only arrived on the last day of the deadline. After reluctantly handing over the letter of credence, they left in a hurry with no expression on their faces.
In the end, Di Chen still didn't have the courage to go to war with Great Xia and refused to come.
The Mongolian Empire and the Western Turkic Khaganate didn't send any diplomatic mission before the deadline. Their unruly intentions were clear. Perhaps in the eyes of Genghis Khan, no one could be above him.
The first challenger for the position of the supreme had already emerged.
It was already the end of December, and the northern land had once again entered winter. It was impossible to go to war with the Mongolian Empire. Everything would have to wait until next year's spring before making any further plans.
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While Ouyang Shuo was receiving the diplomatic mission of the various dynasties, the diplomatic mission sent by Great Xia to the Indian Empire finally returned to Shanhai City before New Year's Day, bringing with it the letter of credence from the Indian Empire.
The two dynasties had officially formed an alliance.
This diplomatic mission not only signaled the official opening of the South American trade route, but also gave a positive response to Great Xia's request to occupy a port base in the South American continent.
When the time was right, both parties would cooperate in South America and take down a small country.
At this point, before the arrival of Gaia's sixth year, all the arrangements that Ouyang Shuo had made to deal with the sudden appearance of CPP had been implemented and stabilized Great Xia's maritime trade.
Although Great Xia still faced many challenges in the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean against the encirclement of a few core members of CPP, it was fortunate that they had taken the first step in confronting CPP.
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27th of December, Shanhai City.
While Ouyang Shuo was busy receiving the diplomatic mission of the various major powers, the statistics of the battle of Luzon had also come to an end. For this reason, Ouyang Shuo once again convened a military conference to discuss the disposition of the prisoners of war.
According to the statistics, in this battle, the Great Xia army had lost a total of nearly 200,000 soldiers, and the Hanoi army alone had lost more than 60,000 soldiers. In order to successfully lure the enemy out of Iligan City, the Hanoi army had indeed paid a huge price.
Apart from that, the biggest casualties were in the battle of City M.
It was impossible for a million-strong army to flatten the enemy's five defensive lines without paying a certain price.
Just the post-war compensation expenses alone were an astronomical figure.
Fortunately, after successively conquering Australia and Luzon, they had plundered tens of millions of gold coins and a large number of weapons and equipment from the treasury of the two royal cities, which was basically enough to fill the hole.
If the consumption of rations and supplies, as well as the reconstruction and support work for the provinces of Australia and Luzon were taken into account, the imperial treasury would have to spend at least four million gold coins.
Of course, the number of prisoners of war in this battle was also very shocking.
In the battlefield of Australia, including the raid on the allied forces in Melbourne and the confrontation with the imperial guards in Canberra, a total of 230,000 prisoners of war were captured in these two battles.
In the battle of MLL Island, the enemy mobilized 450,000 allied forces. Apart from those who died in battle, the remaining 320,000 surrendered and became prisoners of war.
Then there was the most difficult battle of City M.
The 800,000 imperial guards in Luzon and the 100,000 territorial troops, apart from those who died in battle, the remaining 510,000 surrendered and became Great Xia's prisoners of war.
The three parties added up to a total of 1.06 million prisoners of war.
After deducting the replenishment of the losses, and excluding the wounded and unqualified soldiers, there were still 750,000 prisoners of war waiting to be reorganized. There were still some left over after reorganizing the two army groups.
Reorganizing this huge number of prisoners of war became the most important thing for the Great Xia army before the end of the year.
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