Because of the advent of the era of world trade, almost all countries, one by one, have joined this vigorous wave of world trade. Goods and specialties from all over the world are transported to various regions through sailing ships.

The rapid circulation of the commodity economy has activated the world's economy in both active and passive ways. European goods are sold in Asia and the New World, and the goods and specialties of the same regions are also sold to the above regions. The amount of goods and money that circulate each year alone is an astronomical amount! The Suez Canal and the Strait of Gibraltar are two strategic areas that provide access to the Mediterranean Sea and from the Red Sea to Asia.

More than 10,000 sailing ships enter and leave these two places every year!

The cargo and money also carried by these sea-going ships are a huge enough to numb the amount. The abundance of taxes paid has kept the Tang people rich for hundreds of years. Even now, the country has become decaying and extravagant, but its naval fleet and overseas colonies are still a huge number and scale.

Similarly, the huge profits it receives every year have made countless people jealous.

In the previous chaotic era of the Tang people, the European continent countries did not have a partition banquet. It's just that that joint action did not completely win the country. At the very least, the coalition forces of the European continents, although they had the advantage at the beginning. However, neither the army nor the navy dealt a heavy blow to the Tang. On the contrary, in this chaotic era, a group of outstanding officers who have emerged in the Tang people because of the war have been in internal chaos and their command has been constrained. He still managed to maintain the stability of the country, and through the subsequent war, he avoided the situation of the country being divided by other countries.

In addition, the appearance of the Protector Divine Beast once again awakened the fear in the hearts of Europeans.

They had no confidence in defeating a giant dragon with a body length of more than a kilometer, a wingspan that covered the sky and the sun, and two hideous heads. It is also because although there was chaos within the Tang people, the upper echelons began to decay. However, the middle and lower classes at that time still maintained a fairly strong vitality. Whether it's their army or navy, the strength is still there.

Therefore, a joint partition operation against the Tang people at that time did not allow the countries to obtain the benefits they wanted.

And the Tang people also became more reluctant to make progress because of the protection of the country. And gradually, this idea gradually polluted the middle class, who also went with the flow, sucking the interests and blood of the state and strengthening themselves. Because, in just a few hundred years, the bourgeoisie, led by merchants, has grown rapidly in an astonishing situation.

The wealth they amassed was staggering, and through Gibraltar, Suez was staggering. Now, their voice in the country of the Tang people is gradually increasing. The wealthy and powerful bourgeoisie also began to seek further privileges, such as political participation or control of the country's important foreign trade.

Therefore, in such a special environment, the speed of corrosion of the Tang people is amazing.

With the passage of time, today's Tang people are no longer talking about the navy, and even the army has basically lost all its combat effectiveness. Every class does not want to forge ahead, and is thinking about seeking benefits for themselves, resulting in the strong, brilliant, prosperous and prosperous Tang people hundreds of years ago. After hundreds of years, it gradually became a second-rate country, although the country was still rich. However, what the Tang envoys who had been sent to the Tang Dynasty for more than a thousand years saw, heard, and recorded in the book "The Essentials of the Tang Dynasty" have gradually become legends.

The Tang people also gradually shifted from exploiting the outside to the inside, and in a very short period of time, the once wealthy peasants have gradually become impoverished.

The European countries, which were always observing the every move of the Tang society, saw the weakness and lack of progress of the Tang people, and they united again. A new round of carving-up banquets for the Tang people has started again.

Britain, France, Spain, the Ottomans, Austria and even the Italian states joined in, as well as the small Nordic states. Their forces began to build, both in the army and in the navy, and secretly assembled. And the Tang people still know nothing! The upper class is still living a drunken life and death, and they are no longer governing the country, and the internal infrastructure is still built by the monarchs hundreds of years ago. It has been used until now, but it is also facing the danger of disrepair, and even the infrastructure construction in some areas has become useless.

Although still large, the Tang people took all the regions of Upper and Lower Egypt, guarded the passage into and out of the Red Sea, and mastered a series of islands along the way. The amount of money collected by guarding the main transportation routes from Europe to Asia, the annual tariffs on the canals, and the amount of money collected in and out of the canals are staggering. These could have been transformed into profound and incomparably powerful strengths, making the already powerful Tang people even stronger. However, since the expulsion of the wizards, the whole kingdom has gradually weakened.

If it weren't for the actual existence of the Protector Divine Beast, it would prove the legitimate dominance of the Divine Descendant Family, which was originally known as the European continent. I am afraid that by now, the rule of this family has been overthrown long ago.

Now, a new round of coalition forces has been formed.

For those seafaring powers, colonial powers, which had great interests in the Far East and Asia. Gibraltar under the control of the Tang people, the Upper and Lower Egypt regions, as well as the tariffs set for each country, and the annual quota limit for merchant ships from various countries to Asia. They are all stuck in the necks of the European countries, making them extremely uncomfortable, watching the huge profits generated by trade every year being continuously divided by the Tang people who sit back and enjoy the profits.

The countries of the European continent, eager to change this situation, are determined to completely change this situation through another joint action. They did not seek to overthrow the rule of the Tang people, nor did they try to control Upper and Lower Egypt, because this land standing in the desert has already lived in millions of Tang people. However, the control of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal, or manipulation, was imperative for the continental powers.

Taking 10,000 steps back, even if they cannot control Gibraltar and the Suez Canal, the European continent countries will have to seek duty-free access to their own goods or free travel between these two regions.

They still have a fear of the Tang people in their hearts.

Although the continuous crackdown has already begun, the impact of the previous joint operation still haunts them to this day. Even if the countries have surpassed the Tang people in terms of strength, they are also worried that another joint action and persecution will wake up this decaying country.

Thus awaken the absolute hegemonic state of a thousand years ago!

However, as the huge army began to assemble, the worries of the European countries gradually faded. They have no worries about winning a kingdom that has been decaying for hundreds of years, and the only thing they should worry about is the dragon that lurks in the vast Mediterranean, somewhere under the sea. Once this sleeping dragon is awakened by the fierce war, then I am afraid that at that time, their joint actions will still not be able to obtain the benefits they want. There is a precedent for this.

In the last joint operation, the awakening and appearance of the dragon in the later stage made the panicked Tang people instantly feel at ease. Therefore, although the European countries achieved some of the benefits they wanted through a war, they were still not satisfied. Now, this time in a joint operation, the countries of the European continent have made up their minds to fight a quick battle, and win the war completely before the dragon awakens. So at the negotiating table, seek their long-awaited interests!

The huge combined fleet set out one after another, forming a huge combined fleet on the wide sea, and then the combined army of various countries also began to assemble in Spain, and then after the departure of the navy, the army also rushed to the province of Gibraltar of the Tang people.

In addition, there is also a part of the army, which is transported by ships to Morocco in North Africa, and they are going to attack the part of Morocco occupied by the Tang people that is across the sea from Gibraltar!