While wiping out the army of the Dawson Dynasty, the Brasilia Dynasty also stopped attacking the eastern front of the Indian Empire. The frontline troops turned from offense to defense, consolidating the fruits of victory.
This made the Indian King, Juárez, heave a sigh of relief.
Juárez was ready to attack the eastern front and recover the lost land after conquering the Argentine region.
In addition, the Great Xia had conquered the Colombian region, and the troublesome Dawson Dynasty was forced to retreat from the South American continent. The spring of the Indian Empire seemed to be coming soon.
As it turned out, Juárez was happy a little too early.
On the 15th of June, the 300,000 troops of the Brasilia Dynasty suddenly moved south.
The vast army conquered the entire territory of Uruguay in just four days. Then, the army crossed the Rio de la Plata and went straight to Buino City.
Uruguay had been destroyed by the Spanish Dynasty and became a part of the Argentine region. This time, it changed hands again. The other region, Paraguay, had fallen into the hands of the Indian Empire.
With the Brasilia Dynasty's army approaching the city, the governor of Argentina, Alexander, was really under pressure.
There were pursuers in front and tigers and wolves behind.
The Brasilia Dynasty's army was not polite. The next day, they launched an attack on Buino City.
This time, the Spanish army immediately fell into a predicament. Alexander had no choice but to request the kingdom to give up the Argentine region in order to protect the army.
After a series of battles, the 200,000 Spanish soldiers were reduced to 120,000.
If they continued to fight, they might be completely wiped out.
After receiving the report, although Casillas didn't want to do so, all he could do was curse the Dawson Dynasty while agreeing to Alexander's request to withdraw.
In fact, as early as the moment the Dawson Dynasty prepared to withdraw from the eastern front of the Indian Empire, the Argentine region was destined to be lost.
As the Dawson Dynasty lost the whole of Colombia, Casillas completely lost hope.
Although it was the last resort to withdraw now, it was the only choice.
"Fine, let the Indian Empire and the Brasilia Dynasty fight each other. I don't want to play anymore!" Casillas could only comfort himself in this way.
Of course, if Casillas knew that the Brasilia Dynasty had secretly submitted to the Great Xia, he might not think so.
On the 22nd of June, the 80,000 Spanish troops stationed in Buino City teleported away. As for the 40,000 troops left at the front, Alexander had no confidence to protect them, so he could only abandon them.
In the afternoon of the same day, the army of the Brasilia Dynasty seized the opportunity to capture Buino City. Following Ouyang Shuo's instructions, they stopped after sweeping the counties around Buino City.
The remaining territory would be given to the Indian Empire.
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Indian Empire, Cusco City.
For the past few days, Juarez's mood had been like a roller coaster, up and down.
As soon as they saw a glimmer of light, they received news that Brasilia's army was heading south. Before they could react, Uruguay had already fallen into the hands of Brasilia's army.
Juarez immediately realized that the Brasilia Dynasty was trying to reap the fruits of their labor. He immediately ordered his army to speed up and advance towards Buino City. Even if they were to run into the Brasilia Dynasty's army, they would not hesitate to fight.
But before the army was mobilized, the Spaniards had already retreated without a backbone, which gave the Brasilia army a great advantage. They took down Buino City without any effort.
This made Juarez so angry that he almost vomited blood.
"What's wrong? We fought for so long and paid a heavy price, but in the end, the fattest piece of meat was taken away by our enemy?" Juarez felt like a cooked duck had flown away.
Juarez immediately ordered his army to continue advancing into Buino City. He wanted to take back Buino City from the hands of the Brasilia Dynasty. Anyway, the two dynasties were mortal enemies, so there was no need to be polite.
At this time, on the 24th of June, the Brasilia Dynasty officially announced that they would submit to Great Xia.
"F * ck!"
Juarez was so sullen that he was about to explode. He finally understood who was behind this.
"I treated you as an ally, but you played dirty behind my back."
Juarez felt like he had been played, and for the first time, he felt a trace of dissatisfaction towards Great Xia. The relationship between the two parties was already not very harmonious, and now there was another crack.
But even though he was angry, Juarez did not dare to act rashly. He urgently ordered the frontline troops to stop advancing towards Buino City and turn to sweep the other regions of Argentina.
The Brasilia Dynasty, which had the support of Great Xia, and the Brasilia Dynasty, which fought alone, were two completely different concepts. Juarez was not confident enough to go to war with Great Xia.
If that was the case, the Indian Empire would really be isolated.
After the appearance of the Dark Night Empire, it was not only Great Xia that was affected, but also the Indian Empire. In the Land of Mother, there were also many enemies that were destroyed by Juarez.
Moreover, the Land of Mother was closer to South America, so it was a greater threat to the Indian Empire.
During this period, if it was not for the Pacific Fleet of Great Xia, the western coast of the Indian Empire would be in chaos because of the Dark Night Fleet.
Because of this, Juarez did not dare to fall out with Great Xia.
Just when Juarez was unable to vent his anger, someone suddenly came to report that a delegation from the Honglu Temple of Great Xia had arrived in Cusco City and requested an audience.
Juarez took a deep breath and tried his best to suppress the evil fire in his heart. Then, he said, "Invite the delegation to wait in the main hall, I will be there soon."
"Yes!"
In the main hall of the palace, Juarez received the delegation from Great Xia.
…
At four o 'clock in the afternoon, after sending off the delegation from Great Xia, Juarez had a complicated expression on his face.
The delegation that Great Xia sent was to discuss South American affairs, and the conditions that they offered were impossible for Juarez to refuse.
First, Great Xia's ambition for the Argentina region was limited to the land that they currently occupied. They had no improper thoughts for the remaining vast areas of Argentina.
This was to dispel Juarez's concerns and show that Great Xia was not a pushover.
Second, after taking over the Brasilia Dynasty, Great Xia was willing to unconditionally return more than ten cities on the eastern front, and at the same time, release the captives of the Indian Empire.
This was a genuine show of goodwill.
In the early stages, the 600,000 allied forces attacked the eastern front of the Indian Empire, causing a heavy blow to the Indian Empire. This time, Great Xia took the initiative to return the cities, which was a great favor.
Just these two points were enough to eliminate Juarez's resentment.
The conditions that Great Xia offered were not only limited to this, but also included assisting the Indian Empire in rebuilding the industrial system. The Great Xia Bank was willing to provide a low-interest loan of up to 20 million gold coins for the post-war reconstruction work of the Indian Empire.
This was also a real benefit.
After a series of wars, the Indian Empire was riddled with holes and urgently needed to recuperate. However, this all required money. Unfortunately, the two arms orders had basically emptied the Indian Empire's treasury.
The loan provided by the Great Xia Bank was truly a timely help.
Of course, this was also the first time that the Great Xia Bank had launched an international financial business, and they could use this opportunity to enter the financial market of the Indian Empire.
A loan of 20 million gold coins could be considered a stepping stone.
Neither side suffered a loss.
As for reaffirming the alliance between the two sides and strengthening trade cooperation, these were all part of the plan.
After this combination, Juarez completely lost his temper. He could only obediently stand in the Great Xia's camp and wave the flag for Great Xia to establish global hegemony.
At this point, the situation in the South American continent had basically stabilized.
After this battle, not only did Great Xia control another key sea route and strengthen its maritime hegemony, but it also established its dominance in the South American continent. At the same time, it obtained a relatively stable overseas territory.
With this as a bargaining chip, Great Xia had a certain say in the affairs of the entire Americas in the future, and they could create obstacles for the Dawson Dynasty at any time.
Next, it was time to properly manage this fertile territory.
As for annexing the Indian Empire and unifying the South American continent, Ouyang Shuo had no intention of doing so. After the world entered industrialization, it wasn't that the more territory one occupied, the more powerful one would be.
The key was geographical location and resources.
Their current territory was already enough to support Great Xia's global strategy. There was no need to be greedy and think about the territory of their allies.
Even if they did take it, putting aside the price they would have to pay, how to manage it was a huge problem.
Given Juarez's management of the Indian Empire over the years, the concept of Indian supremacy had long since permeated the entire dynasty. The common people were extremely stubborn.
Just thinking about taming such a dynasty gave Ouyang Shuo a headache.
Thus, rather than paying a huge price to annex the Indian Empire, it was better to maintain the status quo and achieve a win-win situation. After all, as long as the South American continent was stable, Great Xia would profit.
This was also the reason why Ouyang Shuo was willing to make huge concessions in order to quickly eliminate Juarez's resentment.
Time was money.
The value of a stable South America to Great Xia was immeasurable.
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