Chapter 232: The Sacred Presence Sacrifice Ceremony
Imperial Marshal Shi Yanlong is also from an ancient family in the empire, and his ancestors even have a history of marriage with the royal family, and his identity is not illustrious. Although it is not as good as the six major families, it is also a first-class family!
This family has always been close to the royal family, and Shi Yanlong is no exception, and this time he actually accepted the benefits of the Yun family, which is really contrary to common sense in the eyes of outsiders.
Only he understands what he is for!
His qualifications are undoubtedly quite good, but as a demigod-level powerhouse, he has basically reached the peak of cultivation, and if he doesn't have a great adventure, he will never make any progress in this life!
At this height, his greatest wishes are two: one is to be able to go to the next level, and the other is to be able to own an artifact!
The first one aside, the second is what he is most worried about.
That Zhenguo artifact, he has been thinking about it for a long time! With a fairly good personal relationship with His Majesty the Emperor, he once asked His Majesty to give him this sword, but His Majesty sternly refused!
The tradition of the empire is that it is possible to obtain an artifact from the royal family for those courtiers who are extremely powerful, have outstanding military achievements, and are loyal enough to the royal family! Of course, this gift is not permanent, but only the period of time during the lifetime of the courtier who received the gift. Once the courtier dies, this artifact will still be returned to the royal family!
Just like Yun Haoyu, as long as he is alive, the right to use this Haolan sword belongs to him, and once he dies, this artifact will be taken back by the royal family!
As a demigod-level powerhouse, the empire's meritorious minister, but he didn't have the opportunity to be an artifact. I have to say it's a big pity! If this is not a big deal, after all, artifacts are hard to find, and there are more strong people with similar experiences, and he doesn't feel particularly uncomfortable.
However, he never expected that His Majesty the Emperor would give that artifact symbolizing the royal family to a hairy boy who was unknown before! It is said that he has done a lot of credit, and it is said that his talent is excellent, but so what?
He has served the royal family for hundreds of years, how much he has contributed to the empire, and he has not been able to get the honor, so that a hairy boy who is nothing in his eyes can go, how can he be embarrassed?
Although with his experience and city government for so many years, he also vaguely guessed that His Majesty might have other deep meanings, but he is a little bad person, everything is a tendon, and he attaches too much importance to certain things! Originally, he didn't have any prejudice against Yun Haoyu, on the contrary, he had some appreciation, but as a result, how did he see him now and how unpleasant!
In fact, not only him, but also the government and the opposition are now paying attention to this young lieutenant general because of the emperor's actions! There are those who envy, those who are jealous, those who regret, and those who gloat...... All kinds of criticism, very loud!
The Yun family appeared at this time, he naturally understood the other party's thoughts, and he didn't know what kind of trouble he would cause to himself by being involved with them at this time, but he still agreed with a hint of luck! In fact, he knew in his heart that his own selfish desires were the key to facilitating this!
In fact, the battlefield is extremely dangerous, and anything can happen. Even a demigod-level powerhouse doesn't dare to guarantee that he is safe and sound, that kid is only a saint rank now, and he may not be able to have an accident! Perhaps, he doesn't have to do anything at all, he can achieve his wish, and he can also give an account to the Yun family! Why not?
The marshal thought like this, and his mood became better and better, the big war was imminent, and he actually had the leisure to drink coffee, of course, in the eyes of outsiders, this was the embodiment of the marshal's good mind and not being surprised!
The fleet remained silent and cautiously moved along a secret route that had been finalized in advance! Because the selected wormhole was too remote and secret, and it didn't attract the attention of the Borostos, it was not a long distance, but it took more than ten hours to complete!
After arriving at the predetermined star field, the fleet chose a hidden meteorite zone to hide for the time being, and then released a large number of probes to reconnoiter the movements of the Borosto camp.
The results were not long in coming! On this side of the wormhole, that group of devils has encircled several nearby star fields and carried out large-scale transformations, and those once prosperous administrative planets are all dense as ant nest bases!
As for the underground, needless to say, there must be their sacrificial shrines too!
"Now we're going to have to think about it!" The marshal looked at the surrounding circle of senior generals and said slowly: "Judging from the information that has been mastered, there are as many as two hundred planets within the ten-hour voyage of our fleet, and most of them have their bases!" ”
"We now have two options! First, choose the nearest planet and destroy their base with all your might, causing as many results as possible before the opponent reacts! ”
"The second is to find the location of their command center and carry out the decapitation operation! If you can kill their higher-ups, the purpose of this operation will be achieved! Of course, this road is more risky, and one careless mistake may cost the entire fleet of troops! ”
"I wonder what you think?"
The generals pondered for a while, and each expressed his opinion, and said that most of them were in favor of Article 2. After all, just destroying a few bases will not help to change the current situation, and only by taking dangerous moves and killing their high-level leaders can it really play a role in turning the situation around!
"Then it's settled! Send more probes to find out! The marshal ordered, "The fleet is always on standby, waiting for the opportunity to act!" ”
In the next few hours, countless nanodetectors, hyperspace scanners were dropped. All kinds of image data are constantly fed back, and since this star field is originally the territory of human beings, it is relatively easy to find out!
"If my instincts are correct, their home base should be here!" Marshal Shi Yanlong's hand pointed to the light screen, marked as a star system with more than ten planets.
In that area, there are fifteen war fortresses anchored near different planetary synchronous orbits, and the asteroid closest to the star is the fortress of the Grand Lord! Millions of warships cruise around the star system!
The faces of the generals present have changed, so many war fortresses are gathered together, this bone is not as easy to gnaw as imagined, and even if you take the whole fleet, you can't even think of rubbing it to the side of the commander!
"It seems that it is a little difficult to kill their command center without knowing it!" Franz frowned and said, "It's not advisable to attack hard, maybe, we should try other methods!" ”
"What's the solution?" The marshal asked.
"Use the first plan, attack their bases on the periphery, but control the strength, try to attract a small number of their troops at a time, and then choose a place to annihilate them!"
"Is that so? Wouldn't it be a bit risky? After all, we only have 30,000 warships, and if they come out too many troops at one time, the pressure on us will be too great! ”
"Fighting a war is always risky! At least, the risk of this plan will not be greater than that of the decapitation plan, this time we have brought the elite of the emperor, and we should be competent! Franz said.
"It's just that in this way, it will be difficult to achieve the set goals! Even if you get some results, it's useless! "The marshal was not very impressed by this proposal.
"Your Excellency, if this is not the case, we will only return in vain! I went back with two hands empty, but I couldn't explain it to the top! Franz said.
"The decapitation operation is too risky, and it is basically impossible to succeed, so there is only a retreat!" Zhou Junyi also said.
The marshal pondered for a moment, then asked the opinions of the other generals, most of whom were in favor of changing the established strategy to focus on destroying their living forces, and then deciding whether to take new action or not, depending on the situation!
The plan was decided, and the fleet immediately turned around and slowly circled to the periphery of the Borostons. From there, the plan is to attack and destroy all the bases on the planets that are discovered.
The first to bear the brunt is the Abundance Thorn Star in the Hongzawa Star Field, this planet has an atmosphere, the environment on the surface of the planet is not bad, and it was once a second-level administrative planet of the Federation. Today, there are hundreds of bases of different purposes of the Borosto people.
"There are less than 20,000 warships left, it's no problem to eat them!" Fleet Commander Tian Xuanhao said. It was only under Wei Dongyang's strong recommendation that he had the opportunity to command the most advanced fleet of the empire!
"Well, turn on the fleet's mirror stealth system, keep the communication silent, and launch an attack as soon as it enters the firing range!" The marshal ordered.
Although there are many bases on the surface of the planet, there are not many signs of enemy activity, and they are lifeless! Only about half of the nearly 20,000 warships are cruising in low-earth orbit, and the remaining half are lying on their stomachs in the mooring base of the spaceport!
Suddenly, tens of thousands of blue and faint beams of destruction pierced the void and bombarded with lightning speed! In a few breaths, more than 3,000 battleships were smashed to pieces!
"Turn on all missile launchers, carpet strike them! Each unit's main cannon takes turns to charge and alternately cover attacks, and they must not be allowed to slow down! Tian Xuanhao adjusted the attack coordinates while nervously issuing Dao Dao orders, striving to exchange low casualties for the greatest results!
Soon, the Borosto fleet on the planet was completely annihilated, followed by the major bases on the planet's surface. Without the protection of the fleet, they are like lambs waiting to be slaughtered, unable to organize a decent resistance!
After more than ten minutes, the surface of the planet was completely devastated, and all the bases that could be seen had turned into a sea of fire!
"It's strange, even if it's a sneak attack, their resistance seems to be too weak!" Yun Haoyu said suspiciously.
Tian Xuanhao also agreed with him: "And the number of enemies in the base is very small, it seems to be about the same as the empty city!" ”
"And where have they gone?" The marshal asked lightly tapping on the table.
"The biggest possibility is still underground!" Yun Haoyu is sure to be authentic.
"All cats in their underground sacrificial temple?" The marshal frowned and said with some annoyance: "It's difficult for our instruments to find out the specific location of those temples!" Unless, let's bombard the entire planet's surface? ”
"Not really!" Zhou Junyi pointed at Yun Haoyu and said, "This general's spiritual power cultivation is extraordinary, and he can probe the whereabouts of those damn bases!" This time, he will still be in charge of attacking and guiding? ”
"You? Can you take on this task? The marshal asked him cautiously.
"Good! I'll go! He simply agreed.
"Okay, give you a team of people, pay attention to safety when you go down!" The marshal admonished, a faint glimmer of sharpness flashed in his eyes.