Chapter 857 Cape Castle
On May 19, the royal city of Rabat, Morocco.
The winding and rolling Breigreig River originates from the Central Atlas Mountains in northern central Morocco, flows south of Rabat, passes through the calm Rabat Harbour, and finally injects into the vast Atlantic Ocean.
There is a long and narrow land south of the Port of Rabat, which penetrates straight into the Atlantic Ocean, like a cape. A military fortress is built at the cape, which is the famous Udaya Castle.
The towering city walls, tall gates and high raised observation posts together form the first circle of fortifications of the castle. The magnificent main hall in the castle and various palaces are arranged in an orderly manner, and in the middle is a garden with many strange flowers and plants. Gaspa near the castle is the place where the castle is soldiered.
The majestic Udaya Castle forms the maritime defense outpost of the royal city of Rabat. Any enemy who wants to attack Rabat from the sea must first pass the Udaya Castle.
The current King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, stationed 50,000 imperial guards in the castle.
The sight crosses Udaya Castle and is adjacent to the south bank of the Breigrege River, which is the main urban area of the royal city Rabat. In this way, there are natural barriers to the north and west of the royal city, which can be regarded as a strategic location.
On the east side of Rabat City is the newly renovated satellite city, guarded by the largest guild in Morocco, the only underground world entrance.
At this time, the satellite city was more lively than the main urban area, attracting more than half of the adventurers. Therefore, the ones who really live in the royal city are mainly living players and casual players.
In Arabic, "Rabat" means "binding", which is surprising at first glance. Why does a country's royal city use such a name that doesn't sound auspicious?
According to legend, a long time ago, Rabat was just a small village on the Atlantic Ocean. At that time, the king tied up arrested prisoners and captured war criminals with ropes and ordered soldiers to escort them here to engage in heavy labor. As more and more people were sent, the village gradually expanded to form a city, thus obtaining a strange name - Rabat.
The Rabat City in the game is a typical Arab city with red walls. There are many ancient Arab buildings and mosques in the city. The market is prosperous, with green trees on both sides of the streets and gardens in the streets abound.
Whether it is the solemn Rabat Palace or the solemn Hassan Mosque, they are typical Islamic buildings. Compared with the steep and vigorous Western Gothic buildings or the Indian buildings with too rich religious colors, Islamic architecture is a whim, solemn and varied, vigorous and elegant.
It is like the dome of the Hassan Mosque, which seems rough but has a lot of charm.
The streets and alleys in the city are filled with various handicraft workshops, and the residents' life and production methods still retain a strong medieval style.
In the early morning, a red sun slowly rose from the sea outside the city, declaring the arrival of a new day.
The sun shines on the dome of the mosque, making the entire temple bathe in golden light, making it look more sacred. The city of Rabat, which has been sleeping for a night, gradually wakes up with the rising sun on the sea.
The workshop that had just stopped for a night, the familiar sound of hard work sounded again.
In the streets and alleys, early residents walked out of exquisite Arab-style houses and gradually gathered together, either eating, working, or going to school, starting their own new day.
For the people in the city, this is just an extremely ordinary day.
The entire city is filled with a warm Arabic style, which makes people intoxicated.
The port outside the city is also very lively.
There are fishing boats that get up early in the dark and are now full of loads. Summer is the most active season for tuna. Frames of tuna are placed casually on both sides of the wet roads on the dock for selection by buyers in the city.
In addition to tuna, there are also various seafood, which are dazzling.
In the sun, the faces of the fishermen who looked joyful because of the harvest became warmer at this moment.
The Udaya Castle, which guards the cape, is also bathed in golden light. The soldiers patrolling the city walls welcome another handover. The soldiers who guarded all night yawned and dragged their tired bodies down the city walls.
The energetic new soldiers took the post and began routine inspections facing the rising sun.
The soldiers were not very nervous. For a country like Morocco, which is located in a corner of the African continent and adjacent to the ocean, war seemed to be far away from them.
Especially for the people in the royal city, they don’t know what war is.
The only three remaining lords in Morocco are currently in peace and security, each guarding one place, and no one can merge with each other, so naturally they have no strength to attack the royal city.
Compared with the frequent wars and heroes in China, this place can be regarded as a paradise.
At about 7 o'clock in the morning, a tall sail suddenly appeared on the distant sea level. In just a blink of an eye, the sails became higher and higher and larger.
"What is that?"
The soldiers on the lookout stands of Udaya Castle were the first to discover anomalies on the sea.
A soldier took out his telescope and finally saw the Mediterranean fleet that had crossed the sea level, murmured: "That's a warship, not a merchant ship."
"Battleship? Can you see which country's warship it is?"
"It is the Mediterranean Fleet of the Great Xia Dynasty."
On the Atlantic Ocean, the Chinese dragon flag of the Mediterranean Fleet is unique and easy to distinguish. In the past six months, when the Mediterranean Fleet went to the Atlantic to wipe out pirates, it occasionally went to Rabat City to temporarily provide temporary supplies.
Therefore, the soldiers of Udaya Castle are no strangers to the Mediterranean Fleet.
"No wonder. I heard from the general that the Mediterranean Fleet recently wiped out pirates in the Atlantic Ocean. They blocked the nearby waters not long ago. I guess they are returning from the pirates, so let's take our supplies."
At this time, the soldiers still did not realize the disaster.
The alarm was lifted, and the soldiers were called to talk about it. The conversation was naturally the Mediterranean fleet that was now appearing. A soldier smiled and said, "I heard that the Great Xia Dynasty was not proud of the Mediterranean recently. The alliance disintegrated and the allies parted ways, and suddenly became the target of the Mediterranean."
"That's right, so now I can only show off my might in the Atlantic Ocean."
"A lean camel is bigger than a horse. Even if the Mediterranean fleet of the Great Xia Dynasty loses the Mediterranean sea control power, we cannot provoke it. Don't forget that there is a dynasty behind them."
"That's right. I have heard that the territory of the Great Xia Dynasty is larger than that of our entire Morocco. It has millions of iron armored troops under its command, and it is even more prosperous in the world."
"Didn't you see the Eastern merchants who come and go to the dynasties? They are all rich and rich."
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While the soldiers were chatting, the merchants of the royal city who had been doing business at the dock all year round also discovered the Mediterranean Fleet. At this moment, the merchants' eyes immediately became shiny, and the light of gold coins flashed in their eyes.
"The big fish is here!"
"Big deal, big deal!"
The merchants unconsciously rub their hands without hiding the greed in their eyes.
When the first and second formations of the Mediterranean Fleet entered the Port of Rabat, the incident happened when the merchants were looking forward to taking over the materials they had stockpiled.
I saw that the first formation that was driving in the front did not stop at the port at all, but continued upstream along the Breigreag River. More than 40 warships lined up one by one, which was spectacular.
"What's going on?"
When the merchants saw this, they were a little confused.
According to the law, every time the Mediterranean fleet of the Great Xia Dynasty came here to dock and replenish supplies, the amount of food and supplies needed to be purchased was huge. This is why merchants were very eager for warships to come here to dock and replenish supplies.
Strangely, the Mediterranean fleet usually only stays at ports and does not go upstream.
"Did they find that we are asking for a higher price?" The merchants were a little nervous.
In addition to the main port terminal, the royal city of Rabat is located on the south bank of the Breigreag River, near the main urban area, and there is also an inland river terminal that can also be docked for replenishment.
Although the two major wharfs are less than ten miles apart, the prices of goods are different. Many times, merchants bully outsiders without understanding the market and raise prices at the main wharf to make huge profits.
"This time I miscalculated it!"
Seeing the warship firmly heading towards the upstream dock, the merchants were very upset.
Of course, the businessmen's annoyance is only redundant after all.
Because the outbreak of war often occurs in a moment.
Just after eight o'clock, the Mediterranean fleet suddenly stopped after taking its seat. Before people could react, huge shells were shot out from the muzzles on the warships.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Whether it is Udaya Castle standing in the cape or the northern wall of Rabat City, they are all within the range of artillery fire. The continuous artillery fire shocked the entire Rabat City.
"What's going on? Why did you fire?"
Many people have not turned around and do not know what happened.
"It was the Mediterranean fleet of the Great Xia Dynasty, and they fired the gun." Someone was frightened.
"Oh my God, what's wrong? Is it going to fight?"
People living in peaceful times cannot adapt to this sudden change.
The first thing I realized was the Udaya Castle defenders.
The defending general turned black and gritted his teeth and said, "This group of evil wolves and white-eyed wolves shamelessly used our trust in them to openly declare war, shameless!!!"
"Come on fire, fire back."
There are also artillery artillery arranged on the castle, but because of the shortage of funds, the entire castle only has twenty artillery artillery, which is their only reliance now.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The two sides began the first round of bombardment, and the sound of artillery fire broke out.
The Udaya Castle was built on the promontory and surrounded by the sea almost all over the world. Under the intentional arrangement of the Mediterranean fleet, all the city walls on all sides were under fire.
Chapter completed!