922 The World is Changing (1/2)
Chapter 922 – The World is Changing
The moment Somalia was destroyed, the world was stunned.
In America, which was connected to the Atlantic Ocean, Jack stood at the highest point on the Free City city wall. He looked into the distance, not saying any words. He wished that Free City was the one with such command and might throughout the entire world.
”Soon!”
Jack muttered as his eyes emitted a certain glow.
Free City had smoothly upgraded to Capital City. Not long later, he would establish the 2nd dynasty. The day he established the country would be the day Free City started their conquest.
Country wars would not be a solo by the Great Xia Dynasty.
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Jack, William, Pushkin, Honda Keisuke, Durava, Park Wins, Henry...
Within the world, every ambitious Lord was motivated by the Great Xia Dynasty, and all of them quickened their steps to upgrade to duke.
The world stage had a place for them.
Along with the 5th year of Gaia drawing to a close, a more open and chaotic world was arriving. Lord who missed this chance would lose the opportunity to control the world stage.
Similarly, in front of Great Xia, there were many difficult opponents.
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Gaia 4th year, 8th month, 5th day, Somalia.
Ouyang Shuo led the three thousand Divine Martial Guards and arrived at Mogadishu.
Yesterday, the post-war matters of Somalia went really well, and they did not even need to use the Boulder Army. The six player Lords were teleported away. Without their Lord, the troops also surrendered.
Along with the Somalia King being fished out by the dragon blood war cavalry, the uncertain Somalia guards surrendered.
The war was over, and the peace was restored. The people slowly returned to welcome their new Lord.
Di Qing ordered the troops to open the granary and distribute some of the grain to the people. Looking at the mountains of flour, the civilians all forgot about their old king.
”So vicious! So much grain, yet he actually made us starve.”
The furious crowd clamored for the execution of the old king. Obviously, Di Qing would not give in to their wishes, as only the king could decide the punishment.
The actions of the Somalia King made it really easy for the Great Xia King to raise the people's sentiment.
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Along with Ouyang Shuo, there was the Privy Court training department director Gao Shun and the old Xingzhou Governor, Pei Ju. He was called here because he had received a new appointment.
The Imperial Court decreed that the Somalia Province would be set up, and the governing area Mogadishu would have four prefectures. Pei Mo would be the Provincial Governor, and Friendship City Mayor Gu Xiuwen would become the Xingzhou Governor.
Pei Ju had taken charge of Xingzhou Prefecture for 15 months, defending the Malacca Straits. He greatly improved the trade in Xingzhou Prefecture and maintained the relationships with the ASEAN states.
Morocco Province and Xingzhou Prefecture had similar strategic positions and surroundings. The only difference was that it had more land and faced more enemies.
Hence, moving Pei Ju over to become the Somalia Provincial Governor was a good choice.
As for Gu Xiuwen, since Beihai Village to Beihai City to Friendship City, he had always been in charge of a city next to the ocean.
Ouyang Shuo had high hopes for these young officials that had been with him all the way.
As for Gao Shun, he was in charge of the military reorganization. Gao Shun was good at training troops. Since he was appointed, he had remodeled the reserve forces and the Garrison Division.
Regretfully, as Friendship City was too far away, he did not get the chance to remodel the Garrison Division here.
As a result, they performed so badly during the pirate attack. Ouyang Shuo was really disappointed and even sacked the Major General in charge.
Gao Shun was also one of Du Ruhui's main helpers during the past few military reorganizations.
This time, it would be his first time taking charge, and this showed that he had earned the trust of Ouyang Shuo.
Ouyang Shuo had three reasons for this.
First, the number of war prisoners here was relatively less.
Based on Di Qing's report, there were a total of 120 thousand prisoners in Somalia. Out of these, 15 thousand were random natives, 65 thousand were guards, and 35 thousand were the territory troops.
Compared to the 300 thousand in Morocco, the number was much less. This was mainly due to the lack of population in Somalia and not their strategy.
If one really wanted to calculate, there were not many fights in the Battle of Somalia, apart from the ones at the two wings. Hence, neither side suffered that many casualties.