Chapter 2697 Heavy Burden

One day later, the imperial capital.

The news of the fall of the Houtu Realm has spread to the imperial city. The bleak and cruel annihilation of the Houtu garrison has cast a bloody haze on the festive imperial city. The new king has just ascended the throne, and in front of the whole world In front of him, he uttered bold words to crusade against the rebels, and then he was about to face the double attack of the rebels of the four major families and the members of the Holy League. This is simply a black joke.

Before the remnants of wine at the banquet were cold, an urgent and top-secret military discussion was in full swing. Apart from Xinjun, the participants were Li Yao, Lei Chenghu, Li Linghai, Boss Bai, Jin Yuyan, Long Yangjun, Quan Wang et al.

These few may not be the most powerful people in the empire at the moment, including the Expeditionary Army system and the Imperial Forest Army system, there are a large number of grand masters with grand titles and powerful strength, who have a power that can rival them.

But they are the only people Xinjun truly trusts and can rely on.

"The offensive of the Holy League started about two to three days ago. They must have made careful preparations for this attack. Before the battle started, they blocked all the signals transmitted from the Thick Earth Realm and forged a large number of signals. Send it out to simulate the illusion of calm in the thick soil world, and win the most critical day."

With a pale face, Lei Chenghu leaned against a huge three-dimensional light curtain, and explained to Li Yao and others, "The military strength of the expeditionary army was not considered strong in the first place. Among the ten thousand waterways, a large number of troops were drawn back to participate in the battle between the reformists and the four major families. The deployment of troops was even more stretched. Less than one-third of the forty-eight divisions of the Houtu Garrison were They were full, and the number of members of the Holy League exceeded them by dozens of times. They were crushed with a thunderous force. They had tried their best, but they could only kill themselves.

"Originally, we would not know the news of the fall of the Thick Earth Realm until later. In that case, the nearby Great Thousand Worlds that were not vigilant may also fall one after another. Fortunately, the Thick Earth Garrison has a small remnant soldier— ——Part of the soldiers of a grassroots special warfare reconnaissance company miraculously grabbed a super-high-speed shuttle, and miraculously escaped the aerial interception of the Holy League, and escaped with a narrow escape.

"Not only did they bring the news of the comeback of the Holy League, but they even brought very clear first-hand information, allowing us to see the secret of the Holy League's ability to jump to the main star of the Thick Earth Realm so accurately, everyone, please read—"

On the light curtain behind Lei Chenghu, a series of wobbly battle videos appeared, and the camera was aimed at the secret base of the Holy League, which was like a super teleportation array, which was filmed by the soldiers of the Blade Company.

"This is--"

Everyone was attracted by the magic weapon that looked like a steeple in the picture, and was even disgusted by the hibernating chambers of the Holy League members who were surrounded by insect nests, making their scalp numb.

Li Yao is the most powerful craftsman among the participants, so it is his duty to be the first to speak. He squinted his eyes and studied for a long time before saying, "It seems to be some kind of super teleportation array, or a powerful signal source. Judging from the refining style, it has a taste of primitive simplicity in the prehistoric era.

"Analyzing from the engraved runes around it and the flashing state of the electric arc, it is trying to tear apart the three-dimensional space, creating small wormholes one by one, and then... sending a special beacon to other places.

"In other words, it can replace part of the starry sky gate, and it is even a very advanced and hidden starry sky gate, which can summon the main force of the holy alliance thousands of light years away!"

"How can this be?"

Xinjun—Li Yao still prefers to call him Li Jialing—couldn't believe it, "How could the starry sky gate be built in the atmosphere, its coordinate signal will be extremely distorted when it passes through the atmosphere!"

"Well, maybe the Holy League people have unearthed some new technology of the prehistoric era and improved their starry sky gate, or when they retreated, they hid a dormant star in the vast star field of the Thick Earth Realm. The door, just use this ground facility to activate."

Li Yao spread his hands and said, "There are many ways, but the only problem is that no matter what method you use to open the star gate, it will release strong space ripples and spiritual energy fluctuations. The defenders should be able to detect and eliminate them immediately. Why are you so thick?" How could the response of the Turkish garrison be so slow?"

"because--"

Lei Chenghu paused for a moment, his face turned blue to purple, and purple to black, "The thick soil garrison just carried out a screening and review work code-named 'absolute loyalty' some time ago, and dug out a large number of people lurking in the The remnants of the four major families in the army and the traitors who opposed innovation, unfortunately, the commanders of the low-earth orbit defense fleet and the space detection force there are all members of the four major families, so they were naturally suppressed mercilessly , So, there was a little trouble, and there was a mistake in the handover."

Li Yao didn't say a word, his eyes gradually protruded, staring at Lei Chenghu.

Lei Chenghu was a little afraid to face his burning gaze, and turned his head very rarely.

"No?"

However, Li Yao refused to let him go, and said with gritted teeth, "When is this? You know that members of the Holy League will show up at any time, yet you are still cleaning up the crucial front line?"

"What can I do?"

The veins on Lei Chenghu's neck protruded, leading to his temples. He pounded the table and roared, "Since the failure of the Battle of the Seven Seas and the Battle of the Imperial Capital, the Expeditionary Army has become the target of the four major families. They also know When he was about to die, he spared no expense in spending real money, trying to win back all the officers and soldiers belonging to the four major families in the expeditionary army, and even incited the entire expeditionary army to rebel!

"No one wants to treat their comrades in arms so cruelly, and I am even more unwilling to let those grassroots veterans who were born to die and experienced die in vain at the hands of their own people, but screening, review and loyalty education are essential, otherwise, it will be Wait until you wake up, and the whole expeditionary force raises the rebellious flag of 'Emperor Chengwu' again!

"Yes, the garrisons in each world of the Expeditionary Army have their own screening and review methods, many of which are very radical, but what can I do? I can also become tens of millions and invest in countless troops in hundreds of worlds Go here, like a kindergarten teacher supervises children, how do you supervise them to conduct censorship?

"Don't say our methods are cruel—the correction must be too much! Otherwise, how can we guarantee the loyalty of the expeditionary army to the new king, the innovation, and the new empire? Is it possible to rely on you, a cultivator, to speak out the truth? Play a short video for the entire expeditionary force again?"

"you--"

Li Yao was angry, "How could you do this!"

"Okay, my two lovers..."

It was also the first time Li Jialing became emperor, he was a beginner and he was practicing, and he performed well at the enthronement ceremony just now, but now he was caught off guard, he didn't care about the demeanor of a ninety-five ruler, but he said dryly, "This is the end of the matter. No matter how much you quarrel, it will be of no avail. You should come up with a solution! Marquis Liao Hai, what is the situation in the other worlds besides the Houtu Realm? Have you found any traces of the Holy League?"

"not yet."

Lei Chenghu took a deep breath and managed to calm down. On the light curtain behind him, the star field map and waterway map of the newly recovered area were displayed, and he said in a hoarse voice, "However, the loss of the Thick Earth Realm alone is very serious. , It’s deadly enough! Please see, Houtujie is located in the center of many waterways in the Xinguangfu area, and the density of jumping points is extremely high. It is the hub between the various frontline theaters, so a large amount of materials have been piled up there.

"The fall of the Thick Earth Realm not only caused our army to lose a large amount of valuable supplies, but also caused the phenomenon of 'intestinal obstruction' between the various supply lines on the front line-dozens of worlds used to rely on the Thick Soil Realm as a 'springboard' ', to rest and resupply in the middle, if you reset the supply line, the fuel and resources consumed along the way will increase by at least 20%, and the resupply time will also be delayed to varying degrees.

"More importantly, the Holy League's occupation of the Thick Earth Realm is equivalent to smashing a nail in the core of our newly restored area. They can use this springboard to launch attacks on all the surrounding Great Thousand Worlds as they wish."

Having said that, Lei Chenghu clenched his fists tightly.

"I tried to clarify to the Senate a year ago that the previous period of battle was really smooth, and the main force of the Holy League was not wiped out at all, but our expeditionary force continued to be deployed on more planets and more shipping lanes , in the almost endless sea of ​​stars, while gaining superficial victory, they lost the most important mobility!"

Lei Chenghu said coldly, "Now, the main force of the Holy League has condensed into one fist, and we can smash it wherever we want, but we have to divide our troops to defend. Nearly a hundred Great Thousand Worlds want to defend it. In the end, only one I can't keep it!"

"So--"

Li Yao naturally asked, "Can you give up some of the newly recovered areas, and also shrink your troops, wait for the opportunity to find the main force of the Holy League for a decisive battle, and at least hold the most important strategic locations?"

"It's very difficult. At this time and at that time, such a strategy was correct a year ago, but it is impossible to do it now. The problem is not military, but political."

Lei Chenghu shook his head and said, "We are different from the Holy League people. The Holy League people are a bunch of lunatics, a group of machines, and they don't care about any influence at all. They can give up dozens of great worlds without hesitation, or bury themselves deeply. We have been underground for several years or even decades, regardless of the casualty rate of long-term hibernation, and finally broke through the ground like bugs—but we can't do it. We are the upright Imperial Army, the patron saint of all mankind, and the representative of mankind. The glorious road of civilization!

"Now that the new king has just ascended the throne, the empire is about to usher in its most glorious era. As a result, we will take the initiative to withdraw from dozens of Great Thousand Worlds and let these worlds sink into darkness again?

"If we do this, what will be the face of the new monarch, what will be the dignity of the empire, how will we explain to all the citizens, and how will the gang of rebels from the four major families seize their sore feet, make a big fuss, and even incite the expeditionary army to defect again?"