For Great Xia, giving up the Moroca Province or not was a completely different situation.
Choosing to fight to the death with the enemy in Moroca was not only a waste of energy, but also a huge risk. If it was not handled properly, it could lead to a collapse.
After Zhang Liang's analysis, Ouyang Shuo even suspected that this was the real purpose of the Silver Hand.
Voluntarily giving up would give them a sense of freedom.
"There are many things we can do while attracting the enemy's attention in Moroca. Java, Johor, and Piao are all good targets to attack," Zhang Liang suggested.
The Grand Council would naturally decide on the specific deployment.
"Just a reminder, if you don't want Somaliland to follow in the footsteps of Moroca Province, you have to act fast," Zhang Liang concluded.
Don't forget that Somaliland was across the sea from the Arab Empire.
Based on the above judgment, the Grand Council held a secret discussion for a day and a night before finalizing the final battle plan. Early the next morning, the Great Xia soldiers scattered all over the country received military orders and began to take action.
A huge battle was about to break out.
…
Handan City, the palace.
Di Chen was in a very good mood for the next few days. After Algeria officially declared war on Great Xia, Di Chen smiled and said, "Great, winter is finally over."
Unmatched Elegance also smiled and understood Di Chen's mood very well.
"This time, we won't be greedy. Let's take down Great Xia's Beijiang Province and Liaojin Province!" Di Chen was very confident. With Great Xia pinned down, he naturally didn't care about the Beijiang Army.
Unmatched Elegance nodded. Di Chen didn't get too excited and knew his limits. Even if Great Xia was besieged, it was still a lion that couldn't be easily challenged.
To Great Zhou, it was already a great harvest to be able to successfully take down two big provinces.
In the future, if the Silver Hand continued to pressure Great Xia, they could naturally take down Yingzhou Province. In that case, Great Zhou's predicament would be completely resolved. From then on, they would be free to do whatever they wanted.
"Old fox, let's see how long you can be arrogant for," Di Chen muttered to himself.
…
Year 6 of Gaia, 5th of March.
The Chamberlain of Honglu of Great Xia responded positively to Algeria's claim of assisting the Moroccan royal family in restoring their country. They declared, "The idea of restoring the country is too ridiculous. The Moroccan province is part of Great Xia's territory and cannot be violated."
In line with the remarks of the Chamberlain of Dependencies, the first and second corps of Great Xia's West African Army began to assemble at the eastern border. This move was naturally interpreted by the outside world as, "In the face of the Silver Hand's provocation, Great Xia has responded!"
The moment the news came out, the entire world was in an uproar.
After the exposure of the Silver Hand, players all over the world only felt waves of fear; the subsequent exposure of the Azure Badge made ordinary players feel despair, bluntly saying, "This is not the world I am familiar with!"
How could they have imagined that the world was so dark?
Under such circumstances, the Great Xia Dynasty, which had always been at odds with the Silver Hand, coupled with Ouyang Shuo's background as a commoner, suddenly became a beacon of light in the darkness of ordinary players.
When the Atlantic Fleet was "treacherously" crushed by the Silver Hand, the players were worried.
Algeria's declaration of war pushed the global situation to a new peak. The players were waiting to see how Great Xia would respond. Would it be war or peace?
The players were conflicted.
On one hand, they hoped that Great Xia would not be afraid and go against the Silver Hand; on the other hand, they were worried that Great Xia would not be strong enough and be destroyed by the Silver Hand. In that case, they would have no hope.
Great Xia's response naturally caused a lot of discussion among the players.
…
Over the next few days, the various armies of Great Xia began to mobilize frequently and gather at the cities with teleportation portals. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Great Xia was preparing to go to war and defend the integrity of its territory to the death.
This was very much in line with Great Xia's usual style.
When the Silver Hand received the news, they finally felt relieved and no longer had any scruples.
"In the end, they are still young. They can't stand the provocation and explode at the slightest touch." Number One was in a good mood.
After confirming that Great Xia was really going to go all out, under the organization of the Silver Hand, the Mediterranean Allied Forces accelerated their gathering in Argi City, and a huge amount of supplies followed to the front line.
The Spanish Invincible Fleet, the Portuguese Fleet, and the Gallic Fleet took on the heavy responsibility of blocking the western waters of Morocco. Originally, they even wanted to block the Strait of Gibraltar, but with the intervention of Atlantis, they finally gave up and did not go too far.
Fortunately, as long as the west coast was blocked, Morocco Province could do nothing at sea.
It had to be said that Great Xia owed Atlantis a huge favor this time. If not for Kalia's intervention, Great Xia's next plan might not have been implemented so smoothly.
As they stepped up their preparations for the battle of Morocco, the Silver Hand also instructed Java, Johor, and Piao not to take the initiative to attack. This was to prevent Great Xia from having scruples and not daring to fully invest in the battlefield in Morocco.
Just as Ouyang Shuo had speculated, the real purpose of the Silver Hand attacking Morocco Province was to start a war of attrition with Great Xia and bring it down.
In history, there were superpowers that were brought down by this method.
"The show is about to begin!"
…
7th of March, night, Strait of Gibraltar.
Under the cover of the dark night, more than a hundred merchant ships shuttled between Base City and Tangier City, which were across the strait. Under the unified control of the governor's office, a large amount of supplies and precious property were quietly transferred to Base City.
They could lose Morocco Province, but they had to protect Base City.
Base City was surrounded by mountains on three sides and the sea on one side. Not only did it have insanely dense fortifications, but it also had two combat marionettes unique to the Atlantean civilization.
Even the port of Gibraltar was guarded by the remnants of the Atlantic Fleet. When the Atlantic Fleet went out to sea for an inspection, they left half of the fleet here to guard the port and became the only survivor.
Furthermore, after that cruel sea battle, the Atlantic Fleet's designation was revoked, and the magic-powered submarines that survived the battle were quietly transferred to the port of Gibraltar.
Under the faint moonlight, a giant stone sculpture of a human head was gradually taking shape on the cliff to the west of Base City. It would be completed in another week.
That was Alvaro's stone sculpture.
Alvaro's death was Great Xia's greatest loss, and it made Ouyang Shuo grieve. This foreign general had finally chosen to live and die with Great Xia, and he was the soul of the Great Xia army.
That was why Ouyang Shuo instructed Base City to carve such a stone sculpture to commemorate Alvaro's merits and deeds and encourage the Great Xia army to continue moving forward.
Faced with a war fortress like Base City that had no blind spots and a teleportation array that was connected to the interior of the dynasty, it would be even more difficult to capture it than to capture Morocco Province.
This strengthened Ouyang Shuo's determination to protect Base City.
In order to store enough war resources for Base City, Ouyang Shuo personally contacted Kalia and asked him to intervene with the enemy fleet so that they could withdraw from the Strait of Gibraltar.
It could be said that he had put in a lot of effort.
In Ouyang Shuo's words, "Just treat it as keeping a spark in the Mediterranean Sea. Sooner or later, we will kill our way back."
A debt of blood could only be paid with blood.
While the resources were being transported to Base City, the Third Corps of the West African Army was also stationed in Base City.
…
At the Tangier Pier in the night.
A young lady, surrounded by a group of officials, was looking at the busy pier in a daze. With the dim lights of the pier, one could clearly feel that the lady's figure was a little desolate.
"Sir, are we really going to give up?"
Some Moroccan officials still couldn't understand the imperial court's decision.
The young lady was the newly promoted Duchess of Great Xia and the Governor of Morocco, Mulan Yue. Her feelings for Morocco were deeper than her feelings for the officials, but she didn't have any complaints.
"The imperial court's decision is right. Morocco is isolated overseas and doesn't have enough resources. It can't stop the enemy's attack at all. Rather than that, it's better to give up. "Mulan Yue's voice was calm, and no one could tell what she was thinking.
"Sir, you've put in a lot of effort to make Morocco prosperous today. It's really a pity to give up just like that." The official only felt that it was a pity for the governor.
Mulan Yue smiled faintly and didn't say anything.
As the first player governor of Great Xia, Mulan Yue knew how to make choices. She also knew how to put aside her personal feelings and look at things from the perspective of the imperial court.
"Go back!"
Mulan Yue took one last look at the ships in the distance and turned to leave.
"There are still things in Morocco that she can't give up, such as the countless citizens of the province …"
Only officials, high-level craftsmen, and other rare talents were qualified to use the teleportation formation to return to Shanhai City.
The remaining ordinary citizens could only fend for themselves.
Mulan Yue had to rush back to Rabat City as soon as possible and hold her post until the last moment of the battle.
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