In the main hall of the imperial palace, Zhu Zhaoyuan and the little emperor are on the throne.

After listening to the Minister of War's nervous statement, the Queen Mother could not see the slightest look of panic on her face, on the contrary, there was a faint smile in her eyes.

In her opinion, the Emperor of the Starlight Empire was simply a madman! I had just fought with the coalition of the six great families, and in less than a month, I actually dared to come to fight the idea of the Shuofeng Empire!

Yes, it only took a few years for this lucky guy to have his current great foundation from the beginning of the incident, and both his ability and luck are so good that people are jealous! In the face of the superior coalition of the six great families, he was still able to defeat it neatly, which shows that his luck is really not ordinarily strong!

If this guy can work steadily and carefully manage the foundation that has been laid, after ten or twenty years, he may really have the strength to break his wrist a little with the Shuofeng Empire. But now, his little capital is really not enough in front of an old superpower!

Originally, he still wanted to let the family continue to fight with him, but the shrewd and abnormal family owners were no longer willing to take risks again after suffering a big loss, but this guy became more and more bold, and he came directly to the door!

In this way, let you, a guy who doesn't know the height of the sky, appreciate the strength of the superpowers! The history of the Starlight Empire still has to be ended by the main palace, and when the time comes, more than 700 star fields will all be included in the empire's territory, and with this great martial arts, his position will no longer be shakable! Even those ambitious family heads had to look at the face of the main palace to act!

After thinking about it for a while, she opened her mouth and asked Zhu Xinlong: "How many troops do you have to give you, are you sure that you can defeat the attacking enemy army within three months?" ”

Zhu Xinlong's skin tightened, and he hurriedly responded: "Back to the Queen Mother, the Starlight Empire is menacing, and if you want to repel the other party in a short period of time, I am afraid that the military strength required cannot be too small!" At least about half of the Empire's standing fleet must be mobilized before it can be completed! ”

"Half of the Empire's military power?" Zhu Zhaoyuan frowned and said, "That's nearly four million warships, how many fleets did the other side send?" You're going to use so much military power to fight it? ”

Han Zining, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, said lukewarmly: "The Starlight Empire has just ended a big war, although it won by luck, but its own casualties are also extremely heavy, how many fleets can still be intact?" Is it worth such a big battle? ”

After the end of the last war, for the sake of face, the heads of the family said that the casualties of the Starlight Empire were not much less than those of the family alliance. Based on the long-term plan, Yun Haoyu Junchen unexpectedly kept a low profile, and did not make a big deal about the details of the battle, which can be regarded as acquiescing to the statements of the family masters. Coupled with the careful operation of the intelligence system, Zhu Zhaoyuan actually believed it!

Zhu Xinlong didn't think that the Starlight Empire could still use much strength to attack now, in his opinion, the other party's approach was just a bold temptation, testing the reality of the empire's military strength, and grabbing dozens of star fields by the way. As long as the young emperor hadn't completely lost his mind, it would be impossible for him to really fight the Empire!

However, he, the Minister of War, really didn't know how many troops the other side had dispatched, and the urgent military report sent from the front did not make it clear. But if you answer truthfully, it will definitely make the Queen Mother unhappy.

After hesitating for a moment, he stubbornly said: "According to the military information sent back from the front line, they have dispatched a total of about one million fleets this time, and they are currently entrenched in the area of the Shaou Star Domain, and our troops in that area are insufficient, I'm afraid we won't be able to stop them!" So ......"

"Millions of warships?" Zhu Zhaoyuan groaned:

"They have just experienced such a large number of casualties, and they are still able to come up with so many fleets with good combat strength? Isn't it going to be the last bit of money to move out? It's crazy! ”

Zhu Bin, Minister of Imperial Security, said: "Queen Mother, since they dare to take such risks, then as long as we find a way to thwart their attempts and eat their last living force, this empire will be almost over, and ...... then."

Zhu Zhaoyuan's eyes lit up, he pondered for a moment, and bowed slightly:

"Makes sense! So be it! Zhu Xinlong, this palace allows you to mobilize the fleets of all the war zones in the Yunmeng galaxy at will, and then transfer 500,000 warships and 30 ability legions from the elite legions near the imperial capital to you, such a military force should be enough, right? ”

"Enough, enough!" Zhu Xinlong's face was overjoyed, and he hurriedly promised:

"Please rest assured, the queen mother will definitely go out as soon as possible to defeat the enemy army and destroy the Starlight Empire! Expand the territory of the empire! ”

Zhu Zhaoyuan smiled slightly, looked at the other courtiers in the hall, and asked casually, "Do you have anything else to say?" ”

The ministers expressed their positions one after another: "The Queen Mother is Shengming, and the ministers have no objections!" ”

In today's court, it is basically the world of Zhu Zhaoyuan and the heads of the family, and those who dare to speak out have all died, so naturally no one will come forward at this time and contradict the Queen Mother.

Yun Hongchang looked at all this expressionlessly, closed his lips and was silent, but a casual mockery flashed in his eyes. Several other family heads also acted in a calm manner, and Zhou Junyi even squinted slightly and dozed.

I don't know how that young man is going, he must have rushed into the territory of the empire at this time, right? I don't know how much territory will be left in the Yunmeng Galaxy when Zhu Xinlong rushes over! Don't come back as a bare-bones commander! He gloated.

Now that the edict has been decided, the empire's war machine immediately began to operate, selecting legions, mobilizing military supplies, formulating marching routes and battle plans, Zhu Xinlong handed over the other affairs at hand to his deputy, and moved to the military base near the imperial capital to personally supervise all preparations.

For such a big country, military plans of different scales, the assembly and transfer of a large number of fleets, all have corresponding mature plans, and once the command is issued, the following departments only need to implement it step by step!

As for the various materials needed for the expedition, there are a large number of reserves in the base, which are enough to ensure the consumption in the early stage of the war, and the rest can be deployed from the major military regions and sent in batches to meet near the waterway through which the army passes, everything is extremely convenient and fast!

By the next evening, all the preparations were in place, and the lovely Minister of War had finally set off! Of course, before that, he did not forget to issue an order to put the fleet of the entire Yunmeng galaxy into a state of imminent battle, except for leaving the necessary garrison forces, all mobile fleets moved closer to the designated star field, and then discussed the battle after he arrived.

And at this time, the fleet of the Starlight Empire had already broken through the Nanfeng Star Domain, broken through the second hastily organized blockade line of the local fleet, and was already more than 3,000 light-years away from the border line, and was rushing all the way along the main channel, rushing towards the deep hinterland of the Yunmeng Galaxy! The star defense fortresses along the way, the garrison fleet can't stop this tiger and wolf division at all!

The scale of the expedition fleet is not about one million at all as Zhu Xinlong thinks, but a full 2.3 million! The battleship that has been modified by Yuangu Technology is forty percent faster than the elite Praetorian Guard Legion of the Shuofeng Empire!

What's even worse is that even the more than ten interstellar fortresses were brought over by the expeditionary fleet at this moment, and it did not affect the speed of the march at all! When encountering a stubborn Star Defense Fortress, you can completely shake it head-on!

Moreover, due to Zhu Zhaoyuan's various unpopular actions after coming to power, especially the large-scale purge of military generals, many officers and soldiers have been resentful, plus Gurlons and many former senior imperial generals have come forward to surrender, since breaking through the border star defense, the imperial fleet has not encountered too fierce resistance on the way! Many officers and soldiers either fled or surrendered in formation! It went well beyond expected estimates!

By the third day, the Imperial fleet had finally encountered a decent battle.

The Dongtai Star Domain is the command hub of the Southwest Military Region of the Yunmeng Galaxy, where a full 600,000 more elite fleets are stationed, all of which are the commander of the Military Region. Heltrop urgently ordered to be summoned from his own jurisdiction!

Moreover, there is a complete star defense system here, and the large interstellar fortresses that defend the wormhole are all built according to the highest standards, as long as there is a corresponding number of fleets to cooperate, the attacking side does not pay a huge price, and there is no hope of making a breakthrough!

The forward fleet led by Girard tried to attack once, but was beaten back by the opponent's fortress main guns and fleet salvo, and lost tens of thousands of warships!

A few hours later, the emperor's palace "Tengyuan" arrived near the battlefield surrounded by a large number of warships, and after learning of the situation on the other side of the wormhole, Yun Haoyu ordered the offensive to be suspended and held a military meeting in front of the emperor.

In the conference room, on the huge projection star map, all the military deployments of the Dongtai Star Domain appeared, and it can be seen from the above that the defense on the opposite side is extremely tight, and Messina has pulled all the four mobile interstellar fortresses at hand in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, plus three fixed fortresses, hundreds of thousands of warships, and the entire wormhole is surrounded by water!

"Messina's ability is still good! He has served in the Imperial Army for decades and has fought many battles," Luo Hanxing explained:

"His family is related to the queen mother's family by marriage, so the purge in the army did not affect him, and he is one of the few generals in the current imperial army who can still hold the stage! We want to win at a lower cost, and at the moment it seems that there is little hope! ”

Yun Haoyu asked: "In other words, it is no longer feasible to persuade us to surrender, and we can only attack?" ”

"Your Majesty, with the technical means we have now, it is not very difficult to break through the defenses on the opposite side!" Tian Xuanhao said:

"I think we should attack as soon as possible! As long as this battle is fought, then the resistance of the entire Southwestern Military Region will all collapse! Dozens of star fields within a radius will become undefended areas! Then we can continue our rapid march and annihilate the opposing fleet before they can assemble! In this way, the initiative will continue to be in our hands! ”

For the current Starlight Empire, the most important thing is time, only to clear the obstacles on the march route as soon as possible, race against time to advance, so that the other party has no time to organize enough forces to counterattack, is the most reasonable choice!

Gurlons said: "General Tian's opinion, the minister has no objection!" ”

Yun Haoyu pondered for a moment, and finally agreed: "Okay then! In the opinion of the people! It is said that in order to win such a big country, bitter battles are inevitable after all, and it is impossible to always take tricks! ”