In the void, a huge fleet is advancing at cruising speed.

The strength of the rebels is not insignificant, the Praetorian Guard Legion under the orders of the Empress, the private army of the Xiao family, and all the noble private armies loyal to their faction, some of the regular fleets of the empire, etc., add up to more than three million. It's just that Yu Xinzhe's five-million-strong fleet did not participate in the war, so the strength is a little thin compared to Randall's six-million-strong fleet.

The combined military strength of the two is already a huge military force close to 10 million! In the past, a force of this magnitude would have been enough to destroy the regime of an ordinary superpower! And now, in order to compete for the dominance of the strongest empire in the Star Sea, both sides have taken out all their capital and invested in this unprecedented gamble!

In the main control room of the "Zeus" interstellar fortress, the senior generals of the two sides sat together, working closely together for a common goal.

On the huge stereoscopic star map, Marshal Yang Wentao's corps has been shown with eye-catching red markers.

"Your Excellency General Wu Yangang, I don't know what chance we have of winning this battle?" Admiral Tifar of Randall's faction asked with a smile to the former Janissary Commander on the other side.

Wu Yankun, who was sitting next to Xiao Wuji, replied lightly: "Half and half!" Yang Wentao's ability, you don't know it, if you want to win from him, you can't do it without paying some decent price! ”

Beside Randall, Duke Wilbert, who looked a little nervous, said: "But they only have less than four million fleets now, and there are still our people among them, and they can completely turn against each other if necessary, with such a big advantage, it shouldn't be difficult to win!" ”

Wu Yangang smiled disdainfully: "Your Royal Highness, when you were in the Prison Soul Star Sea, you had much more troops at hand than the army of the Tiroa Empire, why haven't you fought a few decent victories?" ”

The faces of the two dukes of Wilbert and Baudelaire suddenly looked a little ugly, at the beginning, the alliance of five forces failed to stop the legion of Emperor Phylosis with all their resources, and later they still relied on Yun Haoyu to lead the army into the Prison Soul Star Sea, which can be regarded as relieving their siege, this matter is not all their responsibility, there are many factions and many politics, of course, they can't compete with the iron fist stretched out by the superpowers, but it is really embarrassing to say it!

Randall smiled disappreliantly: "Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, when General Wu Yangang was in the Prison Soul Star Sea, wasn't he also gray-headed by the strange snake of the Yanwei tribe?" Why bother talking about the past? ”

Wu Yangang glanced at him with disdain, and didn't say anything, he looked down on this politician in his heart, but now the two sides are in the same camp, so he can only be patient for a while.

Xiao Wuji coughed and said:

"Okay guys, the big war is coming, we should work together, no matter what, we have to deal with the enemy on the other side before we can talk about other things! In this battle, I propose that General Wu Yangang be in charge of full command, how about it? ”

Another admiral next to Randall, Lu Ce, said indiscriminately:

"Is he sure? Don't lose all our money! Yang Wentao is not a soft persimmon, it is almost the same to replace it with your Yu Xinzhe, but it's a pity that people don't buy your account! ”

The faces of everyone in the Xiao family's faction were a little unsightly, and Yu Xinzhe disapproved of the Xiao family's approach very much in this action. After the persuasion failed, he refused to send troops to the war, not to mention the intention of protecting his life, and refused to hand over the command of the fleet.

This made Xiao Wuji very annoyed, and even had the idea of assassinating him to snatch military power, but it was a pity that the other party's generals were not his own people, even if he did so, it would be useless, plus the other party was still nominally on his side after all, and he began to tear down the bridge before he crossed the river, and the reputation was too ugly, which would make those officials who were attached to him have the idea of being sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox.

Therefore, the strength of the Xiao family this time is far inferior to Randall's side, and the reserve fleet stationed outside the major wormholes is mostly from the other party's faction. Both quantity and quality have no small advantages.

Randall said indifferently:

"You can command if you want! It's better to do this, we will hand over half of the fleet to you, and the remaining half, we can avoid Yang Wentao's army and go to surround the Imperial Palace!" Their main forces have been concentrated here, the defense of the Imperial Palace is bound to be weak, it is easy to take it, as long as the demon coffin is controlled, this operation will be considered a great success! ”

"What if you fall into the other party's plan?" Xiao Wenyue frowned.

Tifar sneered: "With these forces in total, no matter how tightly defended the Imperial Palace is, can the enemy be able to attack with the combined force of three million fleets?" ”

"Yes, as long as the imperial palace falls, the psychological defense line of the royalists will completely collapse, and at that time, no matter how powerful Yang Wentao is, when the army is unstable, he will not want to do anything more! It's called a draw from the bottom of the kettle! Randall smiled mildly, "Let's each send out a fleet of three million to meet Yang Wentao, in fact, we don't need to win, as long as we can hold off the other party, and when the operation on the Imperial Palace's side is successful, the overall situation will be laid, which is the least expensive method for both of us, isn't it?" ”

Wu Yankun had a bad intuition in his heart, and with his many years of experience in leading troops, he was very unimpressed with the self-righteous strategy that this politician came up with. If Yang Wentao was so good, he would not have gotten into today's position.

According to his plan, it should be to concentrate all the forces of both sides, and first make every effort to solve the main force of the other party, even if it is worth paying some more costs, after achieving the goal, Feng Lanxi and the others understand that the general trend has gone, and they will naturally make the wisest choice.

However, once the troops are divided, their own military strength does not have an absolute advantage, and they belong to different factions, it is normal for the command to lag behind in response and poor scheduling, and it is inevitable that the famous general will take advantage of it, and the risk of defeat will be greatly increased.

Moreover, even if it was the army that attacked the Imperial Palace, it could not be said that it was foolproof, with Feng Lanxi's mind, how could there be no backhand? Maybe they're hoping you're doing that, and they've set a trap over there waiting for you to step into!

Xiao Wuji pondered for a long time, and said slowly: "I think the idea of dividing troops to attack is feasible, since Your Excellency Randall has the heart, then let's do it!" Yang Wentao's legion, we will deal with it, but you have to move quickly, if it drags on for a long time, the casualties will be difficult to control! ”

Since the heads of the families on both sides have nodded, even if the generals below have disputes, they can only hold it in their hearts. A moment later, the huge fleet split into two, and the larger one still rushed towards Yang Wentao's side. The rest of the route was led by Randall himself, and he made a big circle and headed for the third planet where the Imperial Palace was located.

Seeing that fleet disappear into the void in the distance, Wu Yankun finally couldn't help it, and quietly explained his thoughts to Xiao Wuji.

"General don't worry," Xiao Wuji smiled meaningfully, "How could I not know that there might be a trap on the other side of the Imperial Palace?" But he is willing to rush over to his death and pave the way for us with his own legions, so why should we stop him? Wouldn't it be better for us to have more deaths on his side? ”

Wu Yangang smiled bitterly in his heart, this master's idea seems to be clever, but in fact, it is at the level of fifty steps and a hundred steps of laughter with that Randall, at least now, there are grasshoppers on a rope on both sides, and at this time, they want to tear each other down, and in the end, I am afraid that no one will end well!

Suddenly, he regretted the decision he had made.

After more than half an hour, the main forces of the fleets of the two sides finally met.

Yang Wentao's strength is only half of the opponent's, and there are only seventeen mobile interstellar fortresses, while the rebel side has more than forty fortresses combined, and there is nearly double the strength advantage, Xiao Wuji feels that he should be sure to defeat the other party, and he can fight a tie at worst, after all, Wu Yangang's ability is by no means bad.

As soon as the two sides exchanged fire, Yang Wentao adopted the method of concentrating elite troops on an all-out attack, attacking from the center, and approaching the core of the rebels. Wu Yankun immediately reacted, ordering the fleet under his command to fortify layer by layer with multiple dense defensive formations, delaying the opponent's advance as much as possible, and at the same time began to prepare countermeasures.

After the first wave of exploratory artillery fire was issued, the fleets on both sides began to attack back and forth, and after dozens of rounds, the losses were roughly the same, and the rebel side relied on the advantage of troops, especially the numerical advantage of the interstellar fortress, causing a lot of casualties to Yang Wentao's side.

The marshal immediately took measures to concentrate firepower on the fleet belonging to Randall's side, and in just a moment, their losses rose sharply, and their actions could not help but be a little hesitant, Tifar was puzzled in his heart, and he didn't understand why his side always suffered, and he subconsciously slowed down half a beat to the offensive and defensive maneuver command issued by Wu Yankun, trying to see the situation clearly, but he didn't want to make his side more passive!

After barely holding on for nearly an hour, Tifar finally couldn't bear it anymore and planned to evacuate the battlefield for a short rest, which was naturally not allowed by Wu Yankun, and the two quarreled in the video, and finally broke up unhappily!

Yang Wentao saw that the time was almost up, and immediately adjusted the order.

Hundreds of gigantic battleships with a radiant body and awe-inspiring power moved silently into the battlefield from the rear, and the main guns of a larger caliber than the active warships were turned on and charged one after another, and then aimed at the rebels' interstellar fortresses in a salvo! In the blink of an eye, five mobile interstellar fortresses were hit, and they exploded and caught fire!

"Damn, it's Huang Yuwei!" Wu Yangang said bitterly.

In the great battle a few months ago, this group of warships of unknown origin but comparable to the power of the Star Fortress played a vital role, and now the surviving more than 900 warships are all commanded by Yang Wentao, which is undoubtedly terrible news for the rebels!

He had to immediately order the entire fleet to retreat in a changing formation, and then order all the star-fortresses to concentrate their firepower against this group of deadly threats.

After several rounds, with more than half of the starships destroyed, the fleet's casualties rose dramatically, and Tifal, who had suffered heavy losses, finally decided not to hold on and led his own fleet out of the battlefield without permission.