Based on the new country rules Gaia released, during the period of the country war, teleportation between territories and imperial cities were prohibited.
Gaia made this rule to reduce the country war difficulty. Without the restriction, countries with more players could just teleport around and defend with sheer numbers.
If that happened, the country war would lose its meaning.
In the battle planning room, Ouyang Shuo announced the final arrangements.
Baiqi would lead the Dragon Legion Corps 1st and 5th legion to take down imperial city Rabat. Lu Bu would lead the Guards Legion Corps 3rd legion as a reserve to be in charge of dealing the final hit.
Huo Qubing would lead the 2nd legion of the Guards Legion Corps; they would be in charge of intercepting enemies between Casa Blanca and Rabat. If nothing went wrong, the three territories would first teleport to Casa Blanca to assist Rabat.
The five divisions of the Mediterranean Squadron had all returned to Jidian City. The 5th division was in charge of defending against the Spanish.
The 1st and 2nd divisions were in charge of attacking Rabat. The 3rd division would intercept the navy from Tangier whilst forming a second layer of defense against the Gibraltar Straits.
The 4th division would be in charge of transporting the army and reinforcing the other divisions.
The entire squadron was being pushed to its limits, appearing to be lacking in numbers.
As they had a limited number of troops, for them to take down Morocco would require a good strategy. Jia Xu's plan obtained Ouyang Shuo's recognition.
In the battle preparation room, Ouyang Shuo did not rush for Jia Xu to describe his plan. He was waiting for an important piece of intel that would affect whether the plan could work or not.
At this very moment, Black Snake finally arrived.
"King, I've gotten the item."
Black Snake took out the map that he obtained from the inn and passed it over.
Ouyang Shuo took a look and nodded at Jia Xu, signaling to him that he could describe his plan to them.
Jia Xu said, "Rabat has 250 thousand guard troops and 200 thousand players. If they all decide to just defend the walls and go all out, there will be nothing we can do. If we forcefully attack, we will have to pay a heavy price."
Baiqi and Huo Qubing were really solemn, agreeing with Jia Xu's analysis. These two God Generals had been really tense since their return, as this battle's difficulty had far exceeded their expectations.
According to Baiqi's estimation, the Dragon Legion Corps with the Guards Legion Corps might not even manage to take it down.
There was no imperial city in the game that was weak. The expedition army wanted to use half their strength to take it down. If it were not for the king's confident appearance, Baiqi would suspect the matter to be a joke.
Jia Xu continued, "The most stable castles are often broken from the inside. A day ago, the Black Snake Guards received an important piece of intel - Rabat has three huge alchemical fire oil storages. As for the specifics, Black Snake can introduce it."
Black Snake nodded, standing up, "The three storages are located in the north, south, and west. Only the east side where the palace is located does not have one. In the storage are huge amounts of alchemical fire oil, as it is one of their main exports. Just now, I obtained the specific map and patrolling arrangements of the three storages. The Black Snake Guards are confident about coordinating with the army to burn these three storages."
When all the generals heard this news, they were shocked.
All of them were familiar with alchemical fire oil, as it had now become one of the standard items in the Great Xia Dynasty army.
Obviously, if all three places went up into flames at the same time, the entire Rabat would be on fire.
Jia Xu looked around at the generals and said expressionlessly, "When the storages explode, the Flying Squads will coordinate and throw down more burning bullets to help spread it and cause more chaos."
When Baiqi heard that, a light flashed across his eyes. He did not expect the polite strategist to actually be so cold and ruthless; Jia Xu was even one level worse than him.
If this fire strategy went as planned, Rabat would be an empty shell even if they took down.
The crucial part was the people inside. Once the fire spread, how many of them would die?
"Vicious!" Baiqi evaluated.
Even so, Baiqi did not oppose the plan, "Enemies dying is better than our soldiers dying."
Whist the generals digested this information, Jia Xu continued, "Rabat is still an imperial city, so just a fire is not enough. The fire can only cause chaos but whether or not we can take it down will be through real battle."
The generals nodded. After all, none of them were rookies. Even Ma Chao, Lu Bu, and other generals that were born in the Three Kingdoms Period had been through multiple battles and were really experienced.
After Jia Xu finished, Ouyang Shuo made a conclusion, "The situation is as such. After this, whilst the troops gather, you must brief your own generals. The map that the Black Snake Guards have toiled to get must at least be given to the unit level. The Battle of Rabat is different from the others; it is not a normal siege, and the battlefield is a fiery one."
"I do not hope for the troops to lose their way and die in the fire. The enemy can panic but we cannot. If needed, we can do some small drills and rehearsals. If we prepare well, less of us will die."
"Yes my king!"
Not fighting wars that he was not confident in was Ouyang Shuo's ideal. Since the start of his conquest, the battles that Ouyang Shuo had been through were no less than any general, and he too had gained a lot of experience.
If one pushed forward all the battle preparations and did it well, you would have won half of the fight before it even began.