Chapter 859 Cape Castle

On May 19th, Rabat, the royal city of Morocco.

The winding and undulating Bougareg River originates from the Middle Atlas Mountains in north-central Morocco, flows south of Rabat, passes through the calm and waveless Rabat harbor, and finally flows into the vast and boundless Atlantic Ocean.

South of the port of Rabat, there is a long and narrow strip of land that plunges straight into the Atlantic Ocean, like a cape. There is a military fortress built on the cape, which is the famous Udaya Castle.

The towering city walls, tall city gates and tall raised watchtowers together constitute the first circle of fortifications of the castle. The magnificent main hall in the castle, as well as various palaces are well arranged, and there is a garden in the middle, full of exotic flowers and plants. Gaspard near the castle is the place where the castle is deployed.

The majestic Citadel of Udaya constitutes a maritime defensive outpost for the royal city of Rabat. Any enemy army wishing to attack Rabat from the sea must first pass through the castle of Udaya.

The current King Mohammed VI of Morocco has 50,000 guards stationed in the castle.

Looking beyond Udaya Castle, adjacent to the south bank of the Brygreg River, is the main city of Rabat, the royal city. In this way, there are natural barriers to the north and west of Wangcheng, which can be described as strategically important places.

To the east of Rabat City is a satellite city that has just been refreshed, guarded by the largest guild in Morocco and guarded by the only entrance to the underground world.

At this time, the satellite city is more lively than the main city, attracting more than half of the adventure players. Therefore, the people who are really living in Wangcheng at this moment are mainly life players and leisure players.

In Arabic, "Rabat" means "bundle". At first glance, it is surprising. Why does the royal city of a country use such an unlucky name?

According to legend, a long time ago, Rabat was just a small village on the Atlantic Ocean. The king at that time tied up the prisoners and war criminals who had been captured with ropes, and ordered the soldiers to escort them here to do hard labor. As more and more people were sent, the village gradually expanded to form a city, which got a strange name - Rabat.

The city of Rabat in the game is a typical Arab city with red walls, many ancient Arab buildings and mosques in the city, the market is prosperous, the streets are lined with trees, and gardens abound.

Whether it is the solemn Rabat Palace or the solemn Hassan Mosque, they are all typical Christian style buildings. Compared with the steep and majestic Western Gothic architecture, or the Indian architecture with strong religious overtones, the Chinese architecture is full of whimsy, solemn and varied, majestic yet elegant.

Just like the dome of the Hassan Mosque, it looks rough but full of charm.

The streets and alleys of the city are full of various handicraft workshops, and the residents' life and production methods still retain a strong medieval style.

In the early morning, a round of red sun slowly rises from the sea outside the city, heralding the arrival of a new day.

The sun shines on the dome of the mosque, bathing the entire temple in golden light, making it even more sacred. The city of Rabat, which fell asleep all night, gradually woke up with the rising sun on the sea.

The workshop, which had just stopped overnight, re-emerged the familiar sound of hard work.

In the streets and alleys, the early-rising residents walked out of the exquisite houses with Arabic national style, and gradually gathered together, either dining, working, or going to school, to start their own brand new day.

For the people in the city, this is just an extremely ordinary day.

The whole city is filled with a warm style of Arabian style, which makes people intoxicated.

The port outside the city is equally bustling.

There is the fishing boat that gets up early in the dark and has returned with a full load at this moment. Summer is the most active season for tuna, and boxes of tuna are randomly placed on both sides of the wet road at the pier for buyers in the city to choose.

In addition to tuna, there are also a variety of seafood.

Under the sun, the faces of the fishermen who were happy because of the harvest became warmer and warmer at this moment.

The Udaya Castle guarding the cape was also bathed in golden light, and the soldiers on the night watch on the city wall ushered in another shift. The soldiers who had watched all night yawned and dragged their exhausted bodies down the city wall.

The energetic new soldiers took over the sentry posts and started their routine inspections against the rising sun.

The expressions of the soldiers were not very nervous. For Morocco, a country located in the corner of the African continent and adjacent to the ocean, war seems to be far away from them.

Especially for the people of Wangcheng, they don't even know what war is.

The only three remaining lords in Morocco are currently in peace, each guarding a share, and no one can annex the other, and naturally they do not have the strength to attack the royal city.

Compared with China, where wars are frequent and warlords vie for hegemony, this place is truly a paradise.

At about 7 o'clock in the morning, tall sails suddenly appeared on the distant horizon. In the blink of an eye, the sails became higher and higher, and their numbers also increased.

"what is that?"

The soldiers on the watchtower of Udaya Castle were the first to notice the anomaly in the sea.

A soldier took out his binoculars and finally saw clearly the Mediterranean Fleet that had crossed the horizon, and murmured, "That's a warship, not a merchant ship."

"Battleship? Can you see which country's warship it is?"

"It's the Mediterranean Fleet of the Great Xia Dynasty."

In the Atlantic Ocean, the flag of the Chinese Dragon of the Mediterranean Fleet is unique and easy to distinguish. In the past six months, when the Mediterranean Fleet went to the Atlantic to eliminate pirates, it occasionally went to Rabat for temporary supplies.

Therefore, the soldiers of Udaya Castle were no strangers to the Mediterranean Fleet.

"That's no wonder. According to the general, the Mediterranean Fleet recently wiped out pirates in the Atlantic Ocean. Not long ago, they blocked the nearby waters. It is estimated that they are returning from the suppression of pirates and come to us for supplies."

By this time, the soldiers were still unaware of the disaster.

When the alarm was lifted, the soldiers were aroused to talk about sex, and the conversation was naturally about the Mediterranean Fleet that appeared right now. A soldier said with a smile: "I heard that the Great Xia Dynasty was not doing well in the Mediterranean recently. The alliance disintegrated, and the allies parted ways. They became the target of public criticism in the Mediterranean."

"That's right, so now we can only show off in the Atlantic Ocean."

"A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Even if the Great Xia Dynasty's Mediterranean fleet loses its command over the Mediterranean Sea, we can't provoke it. Don't forget, there is a dynasty behind them."

"That's true. I heard that the territory of the Great Xia Dynasty is larger than our entire Morocco. It has millions of armored troops under its command, and it is even richer in the world."

"Didn't you see the Eastern merchants who came and went to the dynasty? All of them are rich."

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While the soldiers were chatting, the merchants of Wangcheng who had been doing business at the pier all year round also discovered the Mediterranean Fleet. At this moment, the eyes of the merchants immediately became extremely bright, and the light of gold coins shone in their eyes.

"The big fish is coming!"

"Big deal, big deal!"

The merchants rubbed their hands unconsciously, not hiding the greed in their eyes.

When the first fleet and the second fleet of the Mediterranean Fleet entered the port of Rabat, while the merchants were waiting eagerly, preparing to sell the materials hoarded in their hands, an accident occurred.

I saw that the first formation driving at the forefront did not stop at the port at all, but continued to go upstream along the Brygreg River. More than forty warships lined up one after another, which is truly spectacular.

"what happened?"

Seeing this, the businessmen were a little puzzled.

As usual, every time the Great Xia Dynasty's Mediterranean Fleet stops here for supplies, it needs to purchase a large amount of food and grass materials. Just like this, the merchants are very eager for the warships to come here to berth for supplies.

The strange thing is that the Mediterranean fleet usually only stays in the port and will not go up the river.

"Could it be that they found out that our asking price is too high?" The merchants were a little worried.

In addition to the main pier of the port in the royal city of Rabat, there is also an inland wharf on the south bank of the Brygreg River, close to the main urban area, which can also be docked for supplies.

Although the two wharves are less than ten miles apart, the commodity prices are different. Merchants often bully foreigners who don't understand the market and raise prices at the main wharf in order to make huge profits.

"This time I miscalculated!"

Seeing the warship headed firmly to the upstream pier, the merchants were very annoyed.

Of course, the annoyance of businessmen is just superfluous after all.

Because the outbreak of war is often in an instant.

Just after eight o'clock, after the Mediterranean Fleet was in place, it stopped suddenly. Before people could react, huge shells were thrown from the muzzle of the battleship.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Whether it is the Udaya Castle standing on the cape or the northern city wall of Rabat, they are all within the range of artillery fire. The continuous artillery fire shook the entire city of Rabat.

"What's going on, why did you fire?"

Many people didn't turn the corner and didn't know what happened.

"It was the Mediterranean Fleet of the Great Xia Dynasty, and they fired the cannon." Someone was terrified.

"My God, what's going on, is there a war?"

People living in peaceful times simply cannot adapt to this sudden change.

The first to react was the defenders of Udaya Castle.

The defender's face turned black, and he gritted his teeth and said: "These wolves, the white-eyed wolves, shamelessly took advantage of our trust in them and declared war openly, shameless!!!"

"Quick, shoot back."

There are also cannons on the castle, but because of the shortage of funds, the entire castle only has 20 cannons, which are their only reliance now.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The two sides began the first round of bombardment, and more and more violent artillery fire broke out.

Udaya Castle was built on a promontory, almost surrounded by the sea on all sides. Under the intentional arrangement of the Mediterranean fleet, the walls on all sides were under artillery fire.

The modified P1 artillery is not a vegetarian. In a blink of an eye, the watchtowers and city gates of the castle were "cared for" by the artillery, and they were crumbling. It was only a matter of time before they collapsed.