Gaia 10, March 5.

Surprisingly, the first major battle of the decade in Gaia did not take place in Europe, but in Asia.

On that day, Bactria officially declared war on the Persian Empire.

The Persian Empire was a vast empire with a total of around 30 million players, and after the Mongol Empire's westward conquest, the total strength of the empire remained at 2 million.

Coupled with its entrenchment in the Persian Gulf, it was once regarded as an emerging empire in Asia.

In addition, except for a war with the Mongol Empire, the Persian Empire rarely participated in foreign wars, with internal stability, prosperous economy and trade, and relatively developed industry, and was the last important opponent of Bactria in Asia.

Before attacking Tianzhu, Ouyang Shuo had not thought about whether to start a war against the Persian Empire.

The smooth progress of the Battle of Tianzhu not only won another heavyweight capital protection area for Great Xia, but also saved a million elite divisions, giving Ouyang Shuo the confidence to start a war against Persia.

The identity of the Asian hegemon also has a certain blessing for this war.

In order to take down the Persian Empire as soon as possible, Ouyang Shuo was not ambiguous at all this time, and dispatched three armies, totaling thirty-one legions and 1.55 million troops.

The Upper Route Army, which was served by the four corps of the Fengxiang Army under the North Asian Theater, marched from Beitaguan in the western Xinjiang province; The Fengxiang Army commanded Guo Ziyi, the general of the expedition to the north, and served as the commander of the Upper Route Army.

The Central Route Army, consisting of four corps of the Flying Bear Army and three corps of the West Asian Army belonging to the West Asia Theater, with a total of 350,000 troops, marched from Nanchengguan in Western Xinjiang Province.

The god general Wang Jian served as the commander of the Middle Route Army.

The Lower Route Army, consisting of the First Army of South Asia to the Fourth Army, totaling one million troops, was also the main force of this expedition to the Persian Empire, marching from Ayuk Province.

The god general Li Jing personally took command of the expedition.

In addition to this, the Indian Ocean Fleet will launch an offensive from the sea on the coast of the Persian Empire.

Lay down an enemy, use that country's forces, and then attack the next objective.

This kind of practice is very similar to the "meat grinder plan" proposed by Jia Xu on the Tubo battlefield, and it can be regarded as creating a kind of Great Xia model.

If things go well, the model will continue to work.

The basis of the operation was thanks to the success of Great Xia on the battlefield of Tianzhu, and it was with the help of unconventional tactics such as "The Emperor is Death" that the Great Xia army was able to win easily.

If you keep going head-to-head with the Ashoka Dynasty, I'm afraid it will only be a crushing victory in the end.

The sudden declaration of war in Bactria was undoubtedly an unacceptable disaster for the Persian Empire. Don't look at the Persian Empire, which has an army of two million, but in the face of the three-way Great Xia army, it is difficult to find a chance to win.

The internal stability of the Persian Empire was both an advantage and a great disadvantage.

More than half of the 2 million troops were formed by the Praetorian Guards of various countries, and they had basically never experienced any wars, and their actual combat capability was really worrisome.

Otherwise, the Mongol Empire's westward expedition would not have beaten the Persian Empire to a bruised face.

Compared with the Mongolian iron cavalry, the Great Xia army is more than a step stronger.

One and a half million Great Xia troops, if you want to make a conversion of combat power, are at least worth the Persian Empire's three million, or even a larger number of troops.

The Persian Empire, how can it win?

The only way to do this is to ask your allies for help.

Bordering the Persian Empire and belonging to the Silver Hand camp, there were three major dynasties, namely the Arab Empire, the Caesar Dynasty, and the Romanov Dynasty.

Both the Caesar dynasty and the Romanov dynasty were trapped in the European theater and were counting on reinforcements from the Persian Empire, so it was impossible to have the energy to support the Persian Empire in turn.

The Romanov dynasty, in particular, was busy conquering cities in the Germanic dynasty, bordering the Persian Empire, and the sparsely populated Far East, with little support.

Most likely, it is estimated that it will be the Arab Empire.

The two empires came from the same origin, but because of different beliefs, they were cut into two empires, and the relationship at that time was not very friendly, and it is really unknown whether the Arab empire could lend a helping hand.

Not to mention, the Arab Empire also faced a direct threat from the Bactrian African theater of operations.

After all, the Persian Empire could only fight alone.

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Bactria declared war on Persia like a nuclear bomb that stirred up a calm global situation.

Not only the victim of the Persian Empire, but others did not expect that Daxia, which was deeply trapped in the whirlpool of public opinion, would continue to do business as usual, and did not forget to expand externally and continue the road of hegemony in the game world.

It seems that the destruction of Hope City did not have any impact on Great Xia's strategic decision-making.

This naturally became a reason for the Silver Hand to attack Great Xia.

The problem is that the silver hand and the blue badge are shaping Ouyang Shuo's image of "great light", and if he stands up and accuses Ouyang Shuo at this time, he will not be able to do so long ago.

So, they can only remain silent, knock out their teeth and swallow blood.

"I have to suspect that Ouyang Shuo saw this delicate opportunity, so he launched the war unscrupulously." Jack, who was on the other side of the ocean, couldn't help but sigh like this.

Jack was not unaware of the strategic position of the Persian Empire, nor was he unaware of the preciousness of the oil and gas resources of the Persian Gulf, but in the face of the Persian Empire's request for help, the Dawson dynasty was really helpless.

After taking Tianzhu, the strategic depth of Great Xia is terrifying, and the overall strength has reached a new level, which is really not something that the Dawson Dynasty can compete with.

This is also one of the reasons why the Silver Hand is eager to send Ouyang Shuo, the "plague god", away.

Although it is rumored that Ouyang Shuo is making every effort to cultivate a successor, Jack is still very confident in dealing with Ouyang Bing, a "little girl".

Great Xia's declaration of war also made the temporary cooldown a global battlefield that was activated again.

Ordinary players can't understand the inner mystery of Great Xia's declaration of war, but the lords are clear.

In a sense, with the fall of Hope City and the blockage of human settlement in Hope Star, the status of the game world has risen instead of falling, becoming a veritable second world.

For the foreseeable future, most of humanity will continue to live in the gaming world.

Therefore, the battle for dominance of the game world has actually become more important than before, once exceeding the previous competition for three places.

This is a cake-sharing operation, and I don't want to be left behind.

It was precisely in this way that Ouyang Shuo was able to ignore the public opinion of the outside world and brazenly declare war on the Persian Empire not long after the Battle of Tianzhu subsided.

This is where the inner logic comes from.

If the Persian Empire can be defeated and the oil and gas resources of the Persian Gulf can be completely controlled, Bactria will basically be invincible in the future wave of industrialization competition.

At this time, Ouyang Shuo, like a father who is about to leave far away, always wants to do things as well as possible before leaving, leaving a solid family business for his successor Bing'er.

Otherwise, you won't feel at ease when you leave.