Just as Ouyang Shuo had expected, Ashoka gladly accepted the olive branch extended by Great Xia.
After some discussion, the two sides finally agreed that the Ashoka Dynasty would pay a ransom of 30 million gold coins for all the captives.
It had to be said that the Ashoka Dynasty was truly rich.
The agreement had, to a certain extent, eased the tense atmosphere between the two dynasties. King Ashoka even took the initiative to suggest that limited trade could be carried out at the border.
The internal war must have put the Ashoka Dynasty's material reserves to the test.
Although Ouyang Shuo didn't refuse, he wasn't very enthusiastic about it. The Ashoka Dynasty couldn't afford to pay the high cost of transporting the materials from the Central Plains to the border of Xikang Province.
The symbolic meaning of trade was greater than the practical meaning.
Of course, Great Xia could also use the name of trade to more conveniently infiltrate the Ashoka Dynasty.
In the next month, under the organization of the Privy Council, the one million captives were sent back to the Ashoka Dynasty in an orderly and secret manner.
After receiving the captives, it would take at least a month for the Ashoka Dynasty to recover. This also meant that these captives couldn't solve the Ashoka Dynasty's urgent problem.
In the next two months, the Ashoka Dynasty would still have to resist.
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In the blink of an eye, it was already October.
After two months of fierce fighting, the global battlefield finally changed.
The first to break the stalemate was the North American battlefield.
Although they had purchased firearms and the help of Great Xia's mercenaries, the Maple Dynasty was still being beaten back by the Dawson Dynasty's crazy attack.
In the end, the Dawson Dynasty invested millions of soldiers in the Maple Dynasty's battlefield.
In order to destroy the Maple Dynasty, the Dawson Dynasty didn't even hesitate to shrink their defensive line in Africa. They wanted to get rid of this hidden danger in one fell swoop.
Otherwise, the Dawson Dynasty would never be able to break out.
Jack was anxious. Aside from wanting to solve the terrible situation of the Dawson Dynasty, there was another reason. The stalemate in Europe was very disadvantageous to the Silver Hand.
As the banner of the Silver Hand, the Dawson Dynasty had to contribute to the European battlefield.
Before that, they had to completely destroy the Maple Dynasty at all costs so that they wouldn't fall into the predicament of fighting on multiple fronts.
For this reason, Jack showed his resolute side.
On the 10th of October, under the fierce attack of the Dawson Dynasty's army, the capital of the Maple Dynasty, Quebec City, finally fell. This basically announced the fall of the Maple Dynasty.
Prior to this, the capital city of the Canada region, Ottawa, had already been conquered by the Dawson Dynasty.
At the last moment, the rest of the Great Xia Mercenary First Army covered the royal family members and the core ministers of the Maple Leaf Dynasty and boarded the warships of the Atlantic Fleet, successfully escaping from the Maple Leaf Dynasty.
They would disembark at the Columbia Province under the Great Xia Protectorate of America, and then be teleported to the capital to accept the protection of Great Xia, which was also the only lord dynasty in the world to seek protection.
Of course, 'protection' was just a euphemism. No matter if it was the royal family of the Maple Leaf Dynasty or Ouyang Shuo, they would never mention rebuilding the Maple Leaf Dynasty again.
That was unrealistic.
After conquering the Maple Leaf Dynasty, the Dawson Dynasty had essentially unified North America.
October 11th, the day after the Dawson Dynasty conquered the Maple Dynasty, a system announcement spread throughout the world, greatly boosting the morale of the Silver Hand's camp.
"World Announcement: Congratulations to player Jack of the American server for successfully transforming the Dawson Dynasty into the Dawson Empire, becoming the second Lord in the entire world to ascend to the throne. Special reward: 2 Homo sapiens, 6,000,000 gold coins and a mysterious gift!"
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One year and ten months after the Great Xia became a Dynasty, the second Dynasty finally appeared in the world, establishing the status and influence of the Dawson Empire in the entire world.
The one who felt the most was Ouyang Shuo.
After the Dawson Dynasty became a Dynasty, Ouyang Shuo discovered to his astonishment that the Dawson Empire would very likely surpass the Dawson Dynasty and become the first Imperial Dynasty in the world.
Condition 1: Unify the American server.
This condition had been fulfilled long ago in the Dawson Dynasty.
Condition 2: Become the hegemon of the Northern American server.
Once the Dawson Dynasty unified North America, it would naturally become the hegemon.
Condition 3: Gain the recognition of the dynasties all over the world.
As the flag of the Silver Hand, compared to the Great Xia, the Dawson Dynasty had a natural advantage in terms of global influence. It was easier for them to gain the recognition of the dynasties all over the world.
How could Ouyang Shuo not feel a sense of urgency?
Right now, the Great Xia Dynasty hadn't even fulfilled the second condition.
The Dawson Dynasty, which was consolidating its own backyard, would no longer keep a low profile and provoke the Great Xia to expand its global influence.
Ouyang Shuo's prediction soon became reality.
On October 15th, the Dawson Dynasty, which had just become a Dynasty, immediately declared war on the Mayan Dynasty. They even said that sooner or later, they would take back the Panama Canal and compete with the Great Xia.
The situation in the American server had changed.
It could be predicted that now that the Dawson Dynasty had broken away from the war in both the north and the south, the Mayan Dynasty, which had a poor geographical location and didn't have many resources, would face many challenges.
Because of this, Ouyang Shuo didn't hesitate at all. He immediately ordered the mercenary corps in the Colombia province to immediately head to the Mayan Dynasty and continue to fight against the overbearing Dawson Dynasty.
The Mayan Dynasty, which was in deep crisis, needed a force like this.
The two sides hit it off!
Ouyang Shuo's strategy was to delay the Dawson Dynasty as much as possible, so that they wouldn't have the energy to intervene in the European battlefield. The longer the war dragged on, the more advantageous it would be for the Great Xia.
In the end, Ouyang Shuo didn't fear the Dawson Dynasty at all.
The Maple Dynasty had delayed the Dawson Dynasty for nearly a year, causing the Dawson Dynasty to suffer a huge blow. If they were to reappear in the Mayan battlefield, Ouyang Shuo wanted to see what the Dawson Dynasty would use to fight against the Great Xia.
Deep down, Ouyang Shuo no longer viewed the Dawson Dynasty as an opponent on the same level as him.
In the entire world, only the Silver Hand could truly fight against the Great Xia. Even the Azure Emblem was already declining and couldn't stand on equal footing with the Great Xia.
The loss of the Maple Dynasty was a heavy blow to the Azure Emblem's global strategy.
If the Mayan Dynasty fell into the hands of the Dawson Dynasty, then in the entire world, the Azure Emblem only had the Germanic Dynasty, the Banto Dynasty, and the Gudor Dynasty in the Indian Region.
This was very embarrassing.
Because of this, the Azure Emblem had to adopt a more proactive strategy. In addition to actively cooperating with the Great Xia in the Mayan battlefield, they also created waves in the African continent.
October 16th, the day after the Dawson Dynasty declared war on the Mayan Dynasty, the Banto Dynasty changed their previous defensive strategy and went north to attack the Dawson Dynasty's Central African territory.
The African continent, which had been peaceful for a while, was once again filled with smoke.
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