Chapter 894: The End of the Empire (Part II)
No matter how Ulionov IV vented his anger, the forces of the Starlight Empire had already broken through the Ankanazzi defense line with a thunderous force, and when Yegor led his army to surrender, there was no longer a second decent strategic force in the vast area between the defense line and the mainland of the Gnaslok Empire!
In other words, the army of the Starlight Empire can drive straight into the empire itself!
"Your Majesty, according to the situation of the traffic routes in this area, we have drawn up a number of marching routes, and with the advance speed of the Imperial Legion, it will take about fifteen days or so to break through the Imperial Border Defense Line!"
In the palace, Yang Wentao said to Yun Haoyu.
"Well, so be it!" The emperor nodded, and said to Yegor, who was standing aside:
"Do you have any additional comments on the next step of the march?"
Yegor hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, such a plan is quite perfect, and there is nothing to amend!" At the speed of the Imperial Death Star ship, it wouldn't even take fifteen days if the journey went well! ”
"That's great!" Yun Haoyu nodded with satisfaction.
The newly surrendered marshal sighed softly in his heart and said nothing more.
The distance of tens of thousands of light years is not short, with his past experience in commanding troops, and with the marching speed of the standard warships of the Gnaslok Empire, this voyage cannot be won in less than two months, and it is still possible under the premise of no accidents!
But after he really saw the legions of the Starlight Empire, he realized how amazing the difference in the performance of the main battle equipment between the two countries was! Although there had been a brief secret cooperation between the two countries more than a year ago, the Starlight Empire had sold them a small amount of equipment. But that's a simplified version that deliberately weakens performance.
It is only when he confronts the imperial army face to face that he can truly feel the huge impact of the opponent's irresistible force, even if he has two or three times more military power in his hands, he will never be the opponent of this army!
When he announced the surrender of the entire army, and then took his cronies and subordinates to enter the Death Star Ship for the first time and go to meet His Majesty the Emperor, he personally faced the most powerful strategic weapon in the entire Star Sea World, and the trace of unwillingness in his heart disappeared in an instant!
It is not for nothing that the empire has been defeated repeatedly, and even the elites of several major alien civilizations have been crushed in front of the army of the Starlight Empire! This empire does have the qualifications to unify the sea of stars!
Moreover, His Majesty the Emperor is easy-going and generous, and does not even deliberately avoid him when discussing such confidential matters, which is much easier to deal with than his original tyrannical and suspicious king, and there is nothing unacceptable about following such a new master.
The monarchs and ministers deliberated on the details of the march for a while, and then they retreated and dispersed.
In the end, Yun Haoyu said to him: "You said that the envoys of those big families in the imperial capital are going to come to see me today, they should all be here at this moment, right?" ”
"Yes, Your Majesty! They are all waiting outside at this time, whether they see it or not, just waiting for His Majesty's will! Yegor replied.
"Then let them in!" Yun Haoyu said with a smile, "I think they are also quite curious about me, it's not easy to come all the way here, I can't let them down!" ”
Shuang Yan walked out, and a moment later, dozens of middle-aged men and women dressed in luxurious clothes and looking apprehensive were ushered in by her, and then, at her signal, saluted His Majesty the Emperor on the throne.
These people are all envoys sent by the major families, military bosses, and chaebol forces who plan to defect to the Starlight Empire, except for the forces that are still loyal to the royal family, almost all of the families that are ranked number one have sent people to participate.
And observing the bearing, demeanor and demeanor of these people, it can be concluded that they are not ordinary characters, they should all be important members of their respective families with considerable status, which shows the importance that those high-level executives of wealthy families attach to this meeting.
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the talks between the two sides got to the point, led by the Duke of Brogarenen's family envoy, and everyone raised their concerns to His Majesty the Emperor.
The content of the talks is nothing more than what kind of policy the empire will pursue in this territory after the unification of the human world, and whether it will be treated differently from the empire itself; Whether the interests of many families will be effectively protected, as long as they are sincerely attached to the royal family, whether the members of the family will have the opportunity to enter the imperial political system and so on!
The result was even better than the envoys had imagined, and the emperor's temperament and style of affairs were very different from those of Ulyanov IV, who, despite being at his peak, had no contempt for them, and would receive patient and meticulous answers to any questions asked.
And Yun Haoyu's attitude is also very fair, if there are people who are not satisfied with the expected benefits of their family, as long as they can make more contributions, then the benefit distribution plan is not impossible to modify! Everything is an equivalent exchange, and you need to pay as much as you want!
Therefore, many family envoys promised on the spot that they would take more active actions to promote the collapse of the power of the Gnaslock Empire as soon as possible, and ensure that after the war is over, the high-level of the Starlight Empire will not face any resistance to the reception and control of all parts of the empire!
After the talks, Yun Haoyu specially hosted a banquet to entertain this group of envoys, and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.
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Time passed, the army of the Starlight Empire was steadily advancing, everything was as expected by the imperial monarchs, two weeks later, the "Tengyuan" Death Star ship arrived at the Kubas star field on the border of the empire as scheduled, and the local defenders announced the surrender of the entire army without firing a single shot!
The next battle was smooth sailing, and as the Imperial Army progressed, more and more families secretly stood on the side of the Starlight Empire, ventilating messages for the Imperial Legion, secretly giving various logistical support, plotting against a large number of defending generals along the way, assassinating local military and political officials loyal to the royal family, and so on!
Even if there is a fortress star defense that needs to be attacked hard, it is basically a cup under the cross-attack of the main guns of multiple Death Star ships! The Gnaslock Empire, which has been fighting for many years and has exhausted its elites, no longer has any means to fight against this kind of mass murder!
At the other end of the sea of stars, Yu Xinzhe's department is also going well, since Susnov's suicide, the hinterland of the empire has never been able to compete with his famous general, the commander of the provincial garrison of Fort Tenome, Admiral Golonevsky, listened to his friend's advice before his death, and chose to surrender to the Imperial Legion, so the large rich star fields around the province all fell into the hands of the Starlight Empire.
The desperate Ulyanov IV finally ordered that all the fleets participating in the war, if there were any more people who dared to surrender, from the generals of the unified army to ordinary soldiers, all their immediate family members would be executed!
This kind of cruel and irrational order was naturally unanimously protested and resisted by the whole army, and many fleets simply passively avoided the battle and no longer paid attention to the orders of the imperial capital!
At the end of August 7,943 in the interstellar calendar, Yu Xinzhe's department finally broke through many passes and star defenses, and the forward approached the Aster Star Domain near the imperial capital of Skria, at this time, Yun Haoyu's department was still thousands of light years away from the imperial capital.
Fearing that the imperial family might abandon the city and flee when the situation was bad, Yun Haoyu ordered Yu Xinzhe to immediately block all the wormhole star gates in and out of the imperial capital, and sent heavy troops to guard each main channel, and not a single mosquito could escape! Such an action has been supported by many wealthy families who have already defected to the empire!
Five days later, His Majesty the Emperor's imperial camp finally arrived around the Skria Star Domain and successfully joined forces with the Southwest Star Sea Attack Cluster!
From a distance, the dark void was already filled with pitch-black giant warships, and the overwhelming steel figures once obscured the starry sky! Hundreds of new-type mobile interstellar fortresses constitute the many control nodes of this huge killing array!
The ship formation marched in an orderly manner, and in the dense group of ships like dark clouds, you could clearly see the silhouettes of seven behemoths like mountains!
On the observation platform on the interstellar fortress, the helmsmen of many wealthy families who had already evacuated first, looked at the extremely shocking scene in front of them, their faces were pale, and they were speechless for a long time.
They have been in power for a long time, and they are not rednecks who have never seen the world, but the huge lineup displayed by the Imperial Legion is really shocking to them! Even in the heyday of the former Genaslok Empire, the military power it possessed was far inferior to the Starlight Empire in front of it!
"Guys, we have nothing to worry about!" Duke Brogarenen swallowed his spit and said in a dry tone to the people around him:
"Three days at most, and the history of the empire will end! A new era in the human world will come, and we will witness the beginning of this great era! ”
Everyone bowed their heads, convinced of his views.
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In the Imperial Palace, it was already a mess, and around the high platform where the throne was located, almost all the luxurious furnishings that could be moved were smashed by His Majesty the Emperor who was furious!
At this moment, the mad demon king was wielding a thick whip, whipping a group of poor women on the ground like crazy, and his mouth was still sickly laughing:
"Bastard thing, shameless and nasty bastards, liars, pigs...... How dare you rob me of my inheritance...... Lao Tzu pumped you to death...... Pump you to death! See how dare you rebel......"
"What kind of thing are you Yun Haoyu? What is it...... I am the supreme master of this star sea world, and I am the only emperor...... Whoever dares to disobey will die...... All of them have to die! ”
The desperate and helpless cries and screams of the girls echoed in the empty hall, and his perverted pleasure was aroused even more!
Sharoko hid in the shadows behind the tall throne, silently looking at His Majesty the Emperor, who had fallen into a state of madness, with a blank expression.
This is the master who has been taken care of from childhood to adulthood and served for decades? He did not inherit the advantages of his ancestors who were stoic, optimistic, cheerful, and hard-working, but inherited many shortcomings such as tyranny, perverted, cruel, suspicious, and rudeness, and even carried them forward!
is such a madman, with the help of outsiders, killed his father and brother, and relied on large-scale killing to ascend to the throne! Then he can't wait to expand the armament war in a vain attempt to dominate the sea of stars! Such a guy with a fatal flaw in personality even wants to achieve unprecedented greatness?
"Emperor Xian, the old minister is sorry for you! I knew that today, I should have ...... in the first place," Sharoko felt remorse in his heart for the first time.
Ulionov IV vented for a while, dropped the bloodstained whip, and suddenly roared: "Sharoko, where is your old thing!" ”
"Your Majesty, the minister is here!" The head of the inner court walked out slowly, bowed slightly and greeted.
He glared viciously at the old man who had followed him for many years, and gritted his teeth and said:
"Now that those bastards have begun to besiege the city, there will definitely be many people who want to defect to the enemy! Go and pass on my orders, and let all the courtiers send their wives and children, old and young, to the palace! As long as anyone dares to disobey, they will be regarded as traitors to the party and will be executed! ”
Sharoko's facial muscles twitched violently a few times, and finally he still said in a muffled voice: "Yes, Your Majesty!" The old minister will do it! ”
"Alright, get out! I can't wait! The Emperor snarled as he patted the armrest of his seat.
He took one last look at the demon king, who had lost his mind, and turned around and walked out of the palace gate without looking back.