On October 16, 7,937 in the interstellar calendar, a superpower located at the northern end of the Star Sea, a major event happened again in the Shuofeng Empire - Marshal Xue Chunfeng, the former important minister of the empire and a first-class marquis, finally announced the establishment of the country, and the twelve provinces of southern Xinjiang were officially separated from the imperial territory!

Since the empress's accident, although this former military veteran of the empire has been secretly making small moves, at least he has maintained a superficial submission posture to the imperial capital! Now that more than half a year has passed, the internal integration and digestion of the Southern Xinjiang Army has been completed, and all the key positions have been placed with their own henchmen and cronies! In addition, the political situation in the capital of God continued to be turbulent, and he felt that the time was ripe, so he finally tore off the coat of the imperial vassals and established himself as emperor!

When the news spread, Zhu Zhaoyuan was furious, and he was about to order the mobilization of heavy troops to quell the rebellion! However, it was dissuaded by the heads of the six major families, on the grounds that the domestic political situation had not yet stabilized, and the military after the Great Purge no longer had many outstanding commanders available, and the morale was low, so it was really not suitable to launch a large-scale war at this time!

These reasons are of course true, but the real reason is that they are about to launch, and the entire empire will soon become their private property, so they are unwilling to let Zhu Zhaoyuan send troops!

If the rebellion is really quelled under the auspices of this woman, then she, who originally had a very bad reputation, may rely on this merit to recreate a positive image for herself, and her position will naturally be more stable, which is obviously not good for them!

Their wishful thinking is to send troops in the name of the six great families after usurping the imperial artifact, so that the merits of quelling the rebellion and maintaining the unity of the empire have become an important bargaining chip for the six great families to win people's hearts and stabilize their position!

Of course, the calculations of the upper echelons of the empire could not affect the Starlight Kingdom that was more than ten thousand light years away! The high-level officials of the kingdom, who had already learned the news in advance, had begun to prepare without a trace as early as a week ago!

The kingdom's military strength has increased dramatically now compared to nine months ago! The number of warships has already exceeded two million! Among them are more than 500,000 warships of the former Imperial Praetorian Guard Legion and ten elite ability legions, which are still led by Wu Yangang, the former commander of the Praetorian Guard!

Then there is the 300,000 Kingdom Praetorian Guard Fleet directly under his control, and six Alien Legions! There are also more than 1.5 million warships, and the twenty-five Ability Legions are in charge of Tian Xuanhao and several other henchmen!

Finally, there is the foreign aid of the Cangling Organization, which is also twenty fully equipped Ability Legions, each with a standard establishment of 60,000 people, and a total of 1.2 million elite Ability Members! In addition, the other party also sent fifteen powerhouses above the demigod level, including two peak masters of the fifteenth order!

Compared to the strength at hand of Xue Chunfeng, the kingdom was indeed at a disadvantage. But in terms of high-ranking generals, the kingdom side can be described as a strong lineup, and the Southern Frontier Legion has no second general with enough prestige and talent except for Xue Chunfeng himself!

What's more, since the founding of the country, Yun Haoyu has always won more with less, and with the hole cards in his hand, he can completely win the opponent in a short period of time and take the entire Shangyu galaxy into his pocket!

At the military meeting, Feng Lanxi gave a detailed explanation to the ministers present on the three-dimensional projection star map of the twelve provinces of southern Xinjiang:

"Most of the generals present at the meeting have come out of the Imperial Legion before, and have also participated in the war with the Federation, so it can be said that together with Your Majesty, they snatched this galaxy from the hands of the Federation Legion! Therefore, for the battle mode of the Imperial Legion, the various terrains of this galaxy, there is a more detailed understanding ......"

Her words are right, when the war with the Federation began, the fleet was headed by Xue Chunfeng, and the Ability Legion was controlled by Yun Haoyu, and the generals of all departments cooperated seamlessly, and through a series of hard battles, they won this galaxy for the empire!

It's just that after a few years, the robes in one camp are now going to meet each other in battle, fighting for the life and death of their respective camps! The impermanence of the world is truly amazing!

"Of course, the difficulty of the war will not be much reduced because of this! What I would like to remind you generals is that the opponents facing the Kingdom Fleet this time are no longer the unpopular forces of the past, but the elite main army of the superpowers, and they are also commanded by famous generals! ”

"As for us, with all due respect, the kingdom's fleet has not experienced a bitter battle in the true sense of the word since the founding of the kingdom! Even in the face of an enemy several times our size, we can win at a relatively small cost by virtue of certain advantages! ”

"But now, in the face of millions of the Empire's elite main army, the battle we are about to face will never be as easy as before! One of the most important points is that there are many mobile interstellar fortresses in the Imperial Legion, and the advantage in firepower is obvious! ”

"There are also those star fields that originally belonged to the Federation, all of which have a complete star defense system, and all kinds of defense facilities are extremely advanced! At the beginning, we had the entire empire as our backing, and there was no shortage of means to deal with it, and it still took a lot of effort to defeat the Federation Legion! This time it was our own, and the pressure was so great! ”

"Therefore, I would like to advise you not to take this war lightly! This is a major event in whether the kingdom can really rise, and it is the key to whether the kingdom can be successfully upgraded to an empire! If it succeeds, it will have capital to plot against the Shuofeng Empire in the future; If we fail, our previous efforts will be in vain! ”

Feng Lanxi's words were as cold and plain as ever, without a hint of emotion! Point out the biggest drawback of the kingdom fleet at the moment!

Without experiencing real hard battles, the combat level and psychological quality of the officers and men cannot be compared with the elite of the Imperial Legion. Without a mobile interstellar fortress, it means that it is inferior to the opponent in terms of firepower, and it is inevitable that it will suffer losses when attacking fortifications!

Gurlons smiled: "What His Highness said is not unreasonable! It's just that Lao Chen has worked with Xue Chunfeng for many years, and he knows his personality very well, and he also knows his command style and habitual strategies well! So in this battle, please allow your majesty to let the old minister take command! ”

"As long as we make targeted deployment in advance, we can minimize our disadvantages as much as possible! Crush the other side at a relatively small cost! ”

Yun Haoyu immediately nodded: "That's very good!" This time, the commander-in-chief will be presided over by Gurung Siqing, and Tian Xuanhao will be your deputy! ”

After a brief discussion, the personnel arrangements were thus decided. Next, the details of the specific battle plan are discussed! Out of trust in Gurungs, the battle plan was basically made according to his proposal!

There are still more than ten star fields between the current border of the kingdom and the southern frontier, and the distance is less than three thousand light years, and the army can directly rush over it, without caring about the reaction of those small forces! Of course, for the sake of insurance, Yun Haoyu still decided to send a fleet to wipe out all the small forces existing in this small star area! So as not to cause complications at that time!

Gurungs' battle plan was "Win with the right and win with the odd!" "Positive and strange complement each other, and the virtual and the real are combined!" ”

Xue Chunfeng set his capital in the Zhiyuan Star Domain, which was once the most important high-tech heavy industry center of the former Federation in the Shangyu Galaxy! With a large population and a thriving economy, it was perfect to use as the capital of a new empire!

In response to this situation, combined with the terrain characteristics of the major star fields along the way, Gurone decided to personally lead the main army of the kingdom to face Xue Chunfeng head-on; Then send Cameron to lead a detachment of divisions to sneak into the heart of the opponent through a secret channel selected in advance, and suddenly launch it when the time is right! to contain the power of the other party!

Given that the other party has more than ten large mobile interstellar fortresses, although the Starlight Kingdom does not have the equivalent equipment to deal with it, it is not unthinkable! The 100,000 "Qianyuan"-class warships under Wu Yankun's command are first-class weapons! Whether it is the rate of fire, the range, the speed of charging, and the destructive power are extremely powerful!

It would be nice for them to contain the actions of the Star Fortress! Other than that, there's nothing to worry about!

This time, the Starlight Kingdom can be said to have dispatched an all-conquering army! Except for the 300,000 fleet, which was left in the capital and Yang Wentao was in charge of guarding the house, almost all the warships that could be mobilized were collected!

According to the established plan, except for Cameron, who will lead a fleet of 200,000 and secretly infiltrate the hinterland of the Southern Star Domain to stand by, all the remaining military forces will be temporarily under the command of Gurlons! The number is about fifty percent of the Southern Xinjiang Army!

There has never been a fleet of such a large scale in the history of the kingdom! It is an extremely severe test for logistics, communications, and life support! Yun Haoyu has already ordered Zhong Mingrui's brothers and sisters to put down all the work at hand for the time being, and work with the entire Wise Regiment to make overall arrangements for the dispatch and preparation of various military supplies!

As the head of the logistics department, Bernard is busy until late at night! He's really tired enough these days!

But he didn't complain, the impact of the war on the kingdom was significant! If his mistakes lead to the failure of the whole battle, then he is a sinner!

The fleet of warships sent out for the expedition was almost 2 million warships, but the transport fleet that provided logistical support for it reached more than twice that number! And it's all the kind of high-tonnage high-speed transport ships purchased from the Empire!

Meng Xuan calculated that with such a huge military operation, the total consumption of various materials every day would not be less than five billion source crystals, which can be described as spending money like running water! Changing to an ordinary kingdom, it is simply unimaginable to use troops on such a scale! ――

In the Southern Xinjiang Star Domain, Xue Chunfeng, who had just become emperor, was discussing the future strategic trends of his empire with several henchmen and generals!

"In view of the dual pressure from the north and south of the empire, in order to improve this unfavorable strategic situation, I have decided to choose a direction to use troops to achieve the goal of improving the geopolitical security situation of the empire and expanding the space for survival and development!" He declared, "What do you have in mind? Speak up! ”