Chapter 1348 – Silver Hand Losing Shine

“What did you say?” William asked.

Annie took a look at William and carefully said, “We should admit defeat to Ouyang Shuo.”

“….”

William fell silent; he found this hard to accept.

“If we admit defeat now, we still have the ability to negotiate. Once the enemy takes down Avic Fort, we will have nothing.” Although Annie could not bear to, she had to make things clear.

“We have heard that Great Xia treats Lords that surrender really well. Even a sworn enemy like Xiong Ba became the Xijiang Governor-General. Brother, you are no worse than them.”

“We have no choice!” William took a deep breath and said, “I admit defeat! For the House of Tudor and the family, perhaps this is the best outcome, and no one should be afraid.”

“Brother, you have to hold on.” Annie was a little worried.

The House of Tudor’s defeat sucked away all of William’s energy; he had completely lost his fighting spirit.

William waved his hand, unwilling to talk about it anymore.

When Annie saw that, she could only take her leave.

…

Gaia 10th year, 4th month, for the European continent, this was a tumultuous time.

First, Great Xia suddenly invaded the House of Tudor. Subsequently, it was revealed that the Gaule Dynasty had submitted to the Ottoman Dynasty. At the same time, they seized the Spain army and the House of Tudor army, stunning everyone.

4th month, 7th day, news of the House of Tudor surrendering to Great Xia spread.

Shocking news came out one after another. In the blink of an eye, the flames of war raged in Europe. They welcomed a huge reshuffling and a brand new landscape.

Not only that, but in the 4th month, 10th day, the Gaule Dynasty that had just merged with the Ottoman Dynasty immediately launched an attack on the invading Romanov Dynasty. They wanted to reclaim their lost land.

The Romanov Dynasty was famous for their ferocity, so how could they give up the meat that was already in their mouths?

Of course, Pushkin was not a rash. He tried to negotiate with the Ottoman Dynasty to use the current battlefront as the territory line to coexist peacefully.

However, how could Ottoman King Manstein be willing to accept that?

One must know that the Romanov Dynasty had invaded the most fertile land in Ottoman Dynasty territory.

Hence, Manstein demanded the Romanov Dynasty to return all the land. Without that, peace talks could not begin. Such demanding conditions were unacceptable to Pushkin.

First, Pushkin could not bear to. More importantly, if the Romanov Dynasty backed out to the border, the Ottoman Dynasty would attack them after resting up given their current strength,.

Pushkin treated St Petersburg’s strategic safety with greater importance than anything else.

Between the two dynasties, an unsolvable conflict of interest existed. Since they could not come an agreement, they could only solve things through war.

Meanwhile, the Caesar Dynasty was on the side. They witnessed Gaule Dynasty’s surrender and the House of Tudor’s destruction. Along with the Spain Dynasty that was already destroyed, Silver Hand’s power in Europe waned.

Along with the destruction of the two dynasties, Silver Hand’s strength in Europe was hit. If one considered the Persian Empire that was in danger, Silver Hand went from their peak of ten to four.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Caesar withdrew his troops from the frontlines and placed them at the border.

Looking at the current scene, Caesar was not prepared to fight and was ready to sit on the fence and be a bystander. He would bet on whichever side won.

As for the Gaule Dynasty matter, Caesar did not feel any pressure.

Seeing Caesar act like that, unwilling to help the Romanov Dynasty take up some of the pressure, Pushkin was immediately furious. He openly scolded Caesar for being cowardly and selfish, abandoning the organization.

Was Caesar so easy to bully? He immediately returned the favor.

The war of words between the two slowly left the inner circle and appeared on the outside, becoming a massive farce.

In truth, Silver Hand’s power in Europe was already falling apart and unable to form a combined strength. It truly pained Jack’s heart, but there was nothing that he could do.

Jack had his own problems to deal with.

After merging with the Gaule Dynasty, the Ottoman Dynasty started to gather up the territories of the few dynasties in Africa. They chased away the Caesar Dynasty army and placed the entirety of West Africa under Ottoman Dynasty rule.

With that, the Ottoman Dynasty could work with the Bantu Dynasty in the south to pincer the Dawson Dynasty’s Central Africa territory.

Looking at the situation, Azure Badge was planning to chase the Dawson Dynasty out of Africa.

After stabilizing the European situation, Azure Badge’s ambitions swelled. They were unsatisfied with just one base in Europe and wanted new land in Africa.

If Central Africa was truly taken down by them, they would have the ability to go up against Great Xia in Africa.

This was something that Ouyang Shuo was unwilling to see.

With that, the Africa continent that had just calmed down would become a new battle between the three powers. This battle was not restricted to war on the surface. In fact, it was mostly fought in the dark.

The flames of war in Africa would be hard to stop for a while.

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4th month, 15th day, Imperial Capital.

Silver Hand suffered a loss and was close to disbanding, making Ouyang Shuo’s mood excellent. At the same time, Azure Badge’s sudden rise made Ouyang Shuo raise his guard.

The global situation was far from becoming clear.

The part that made Ouyang Shuo happy was that the Gaule Dynasty submitting to the Ottoman Dynasty showed that the organization’s power on their members was not as strong as he had imagined, particularly before survival.

Everything depended on power.

This provided Great Xia with the foundations to destroy the two organizations.

That morning, the Imperial Court’s plan for the House of Tudor was revealed.

The Imperial Court decided to make the whole House of Tudor into the House of Tudor Province. They would appoint former Jingdu Provincial Governor and one of the Empire’s long serving Provincial Governors, Wang Shouren, as the Provincial Governor. He would help the Empire defend this strategic zone.

Since the province was alone in the ocean, it was not easy for the Imperial Court to manage it. The Imperial Court also decided to set up the House of Tudor Jiedushi House to represent the Imperial Court in leading military matters in the House of Tudor region.

Under the authorization of the Imperial Court, the Jiedushi House had military powers.

The difference was that the House of Tudor ruling city was Avic Fort and the Jiedushi House was in the original England imperial city of London. This arrangement was to greatly reduce the interference of the Jiedushi on the Provincial Governor.

Original House of Tudor King William became the first House of Tudor Jiedushi. This arrangement was a compensation for his surrender and a way to calm the people.

It was not easy to make the people accept eastern rule, especially the prideful players. They needed to proceed in an orderly manner.

If it were not for Ouyang Shuo agreeing to go to Planet Hope, the House of Tudor players would have probably clamored.

Apart from internal administration arrangements, there were also military arrangements.

The Specter legion corps along with the surrendered House of Tudor army would be listed as the West Europe legion corps. They would be placed under the jurisdiction of the House of Tudor Jiedushi. The remaining soldiers were arranged to retire or were listed under the reserve forces.

Original Specter legion corps marshal Zeng Guofan would continue to act as the marshal of the West Europe legion corps. William’s sister, original House of Tudor princess Annie, was appointed as the 1st legion Legion General.

With that, the two most powerful people in the House of Tudor were arranged appropriately.

After taking over the House of Tudor, Great Xia sent an envoy to the Ottoman Dynasty to ask them to return the 120 thousand House of Tudor army.

The reason Great Xia gave was sufficient. Since the House of Tudor had surrendered to Great Xia, Great Xia had the duty to bring them back home.

“At most a month. If you do not return them by then, we can only meet on the battlefield.” Ouyang Shuo’s tone was very firm.

He did this to buy the hearts of the House of Tudor people.

The House of Tudor civilians had glass hearts and played the role of the weak in Europe. Former House of Tudor King William had never shown strength in front of the European dynasties, which caused the House of Tudor civilians to feel a lot of pent up frustration.

Now, Great Xia showed their strength right after they took over, helping them vent their anger. Naturally, this move was effective at buying their hearts. It allowed them to see the good aspects of surrendering to Great Xia.

Secondly, Ouyang Shuo wanted to use this chance to wake up the Ottoman Dynasty.

Ouyang Shuo found out that after merging with the Gaule Dynasty, the Ottoman Dynasty had been acting like they were the big boss of Europe. They were not so respectful in their treatment of Great Xia anymore.

This was something that Ouyang Shuo could not allow it.

Ouyang Shuo wanted to use this matter to wake the Ottoman Dynasty up and make them see who the boss was. He had reason to believe that the Ottoman Dynasty did not have the courage to go head-to-head against Great Xia.

Even without mentioning other factors, if Great Xia broke the Ottoman Dynasty’s trade route, it would create big problems for them.

Hence, the Ottoman Dynasty had no choice but to return the 120 thousand The House of Tudor troops.

Ouyang Shuo was looking forward to seeing Manstein’s reaction when he met the Great Xia envoy.

Once the Ottoman Dynasty returned the locked up troops, the whole world would have a new recognition of the European situation. This was also greatly beneficial to Great Xia’s strategy.

Apart from the army, the Imperial Court also had plans for the Emperor Squadron.

In their naval battle against the Atlantic Squadron, only two divisions were destroyed. The other three were out at sea and did not make it back in time.

If not, the outcome of the naval battle might have been totally different.

After the House of Tudor surrendered, the Emperor Squadron was naturally awaiting reorganization.

Ouyang Shuo did not treat them badly.

Imperial decree, the elites from the squadron would be selected to form two divisions. Great Xia planned to remove all the Man O’ war type warships and would equip them with iron armored warships instead.

At the same time, the squadron was renamed the Mediterranean Squadron.

As the name implied, the Mediterranean Squadron would focus on patrolling the Mediterranean, reducing the pressure on the Atlantic Squadron and making up for the shortfall.

The Mediterranean Squadron belonged to the Africa warzone. Original Emperor Squadron commander Nelson, the most famous navy general in British history, would take up the role of Mediterranean Squadron Fleet Admiral.

This could be considered letting everyone display their talents.