Not a single person in the entire fortress knew about the diversion of the New American diplomatic mission. And [Sakura] was also discovered from some of the captured data when she was wandering around the Internet.

The diplomatic mission that had originally sailed from New America to the Unicorn Fortress suddenly changed its route to the south when it was about to approach the Unicorn Fortress, entered the Cologne Merchant Alliance, and once again changed to the Cologne Merchant Alliance's spaceship to enter the Chutang Empire. In this way, they could bypass the Unicorn Fortress and enter the territory of Chu Tang directly.

Yun Yi rubbed his forehead and asked [Sakura], "Do you know why they changed their course?" ”

"How can I know that I'm just an artificial intelligence, and I don't know anything like mind detection. Even if you could use their newsletters to analyze it, how long do you think it would take to track down a piece of data from as far away as Cologne Business Alliance and New America? ”

Seeing this line of words, Yun Yi couldn't help but smile bitterly.

In fact, without the tracking and analysis of [Sakura], he can guess that someone in Chu Tang is a ghost, and the biggest possibility is Cai Hongzhang and Chu Xiuling, who are far away in Chang'an.

Linking the fact that they sent them to demand the free release of the New American captives this time, Yun Yi was basically sure what Cai Hongzhang was doing.

"Bang!"

Yun Yi, who was interrupted by a loud noise, raised his head and saw a general with a face full of anger slamming his palm on the table in front of him, staring at the rostrum with two flamed eyes. Yun Yi couldn't help but be stunned, this officer was too bold, didn't he dare to slap the table in front of so many senior officers?

Could it be that the Imperial Marshal sitting on the rostrum could no longer suppress them?

Raising his head, Yun Yi realized that he didn't know when someone had been replaced on the rostrum. Lin Jiaoyang did not sit on the rostrum, but sat in the first row below, looking at the rostrum with a calm face. And the person on the stage is a fat man that Yun Yi doesn't know.

This man was white and chubby, weighing at least 200 kilograms, and standing on the platform was like a mountain of meat. The fat on his face squeezed his eyes into a small slit, and those fat lips were like two large sausages. Seeing this honor, Yun Yi immediately understood who was on the stage. If I am not mistaken, this is only the case with the nobles who have always flaunted their traditional nobility in the capitals of the Empire. It is said that in order to maintain the purity of the bloodline, these nobles are extremely opposed to making changes in themselves. They believe that a person's birth is predestined by God, and the modification of the day after tomorrow is dissatisfaction with God and blasphemy against God. And some of them are lacking in exercise, lazy to eat, and unwilling to use medical equipment to change, so they have produced this kind of creature that looks like stupid pigs.

And in the unicorn fortress, which is made up of purely military personnel, there is not a single such person at all. The Chu and Tang Empire is extremely strict with the management of the army, no matter who it is, even if it is a prince at the top of the nobility, if you want to join the army, the first requirement is to be in good shape. If you can't meet the requirements, you can do it, and the military has the equipment to adjust the body shape. Whether it is looped legs and flat feet, or myopic glaucoma, even if you are missing arms and legs, you can adjust to a standard body shape. In this way, except for the difference in height and appearance, all the troops are the most standard figures, and there are absolutely no fat or thin ones, giants or dwarfs. On the one hand, this is to improve combat effectiveness, and on the other hand, it will be much easier to formulate combat equipment or personal equipment.

Therefore, if such a person suddenly appears in the fortress, his identity can already be revealed.

"The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs?" Yun Yi looked at the fat man on the rostrum, who had come to read out the royal decree, demanding that the fortress release all the captured New American officers and soldiers, including the deputy commander-in-chief with the rank of general.

Chu Tang's Ministry of Internal Affairs did not have any rights, to put it bluntly, it was a department equivalent to the grand butler of the palace. Usually deal with the flowers and plants in the palace area, birds and animals, prepare clothing, food, transportation, accommodation for the royal family personnel, etc., and the education of the children of the royal family, etc., of course, also convey his will for the emperor. Although there is a long-distance information transmission system such as interstellar communication, in order to show the majesty of the royal family, some of the more important decrees are sent by the Ministry of the Interior to transmit them.

Hearing this loud noise, the fat man squinted his small eyes at the general who was slapping the table, first looked carefully, and then his two fat lips clicked, and said in an extremely arrogant tone: "Who are you and what is the matter?" ”

The general's cold and unyielding voice resounded throughout the conference room: "Qin Yan, Deputy Commander of the Seventeenth Fleet of the Empire. I just want to ask the Steward, which country are you? ”

The fat man raised his head, glanced at him with disdain, and said in a loud voice: "Of course, this lord is from Chu and Tang, a thousand years ago, when the Chu and Tang Empire was not established, the ancestor was already an officer under Taizu and was given the title of earl. It can be said that from the blood veins to the skin, every cell belongs to the Chu and Tang Empire! ”

"Hmph." Qin Yan snorted coldly, and said in a mocking tone: "How do I think you look like a human, but like those hybrid creatures in the biochemical madman's laboratory three hundred years ago!" ”

Suddenly, the whole venue erupted in laughter, and even Lin Jiaoyang couldn't help laughing, looking at the fat on the stage and shaking his head.

"You...... How do you talk! The fat man trembled angrily, and the clumps of fat couldn't stop trembling, "It's so rude, it's so rude!" You hillbilly, I must sue you, you are insulting an earl, I swear, I will make you worse than dead! ”

At this time, Lin Jiaoyang stood up and said, "Lord Steward, General Qin is just joking." ”

"Joke!" The fat man screamed: "Lin Jiaoyang, look at what kind of people your subordinates are, all of them are vulgar, I really doubt the authenticity of your battle, with such a rude general, what combat effectiveness can those soldiers have?" Hah, I see, you're not going to grab a bunch of refugees and claim to be the New American Army. ”

Others can accuse these soldiers of being rude, but no one can doubt the authenticity of this battle.

Lin Jiaoyang originally wanted to ease the atmosphere and didn't want the situation to become too stiff. But after hearing this, he was furious.

"You're calling a prince by name!" Lin Jiaoyang shouted: "Come on, give me a palm, let the fat pig sober up!" ”

The fat man was stunned for a moment, and he suddenly remembered that the one in front of him was not only the marshal of Chu Tang, but also a top nobleman with the title of prince. The entire Chu and Tang Dynasty have the title of prince, except for part of the royal blood of the Chu surname, and the prince with a different surname is only Lin Jiaoyang. And as an earl, he should be able to guess what the consequences will be if he calls a prince by his name, even if he doesn't know.

Immediately, two burly soldiers walked beside them. These soldiers had long looked at him unpleasantly, but because of military discipline, they could only curse fiercely in their hearts.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

A series of crisp voices rang out on the face of the fat man, who was being held tightly by a fighter. The soldier who executed him was not polite to this fat man at all, and the momentum in his hand was particularly violent, on the one hand, because of the resentment in his heart, seeing that the enemy who had risked his life to defeat the captured New American fleet was asked to leave by this guy in front of him, how could he not hate? On the other hand, it was because the fat man was an earl. To be able to slap an earl as a commoner, I'm afraid ninety-nine percent of people will never have it once in their lives. finally seized the opportunity, how could he be polite?

Even if this warrior didn't infuse his hands with internal breath, but with the defense power that this fat man had cultivated from pampering, his entire face was already covered in blood in less than ten strokes. The fat man had been blinded, and he couldn't even say a word, only his face was full of pain, and his eyes were full of small golden stars.

"That's enough."

After about a minute, Lin Jiaoyang's faint voice sounded. As soon as the soldier's hand was released, the fat man collapsed on the ground like a lump of mud, and his eyes were dazzled, and it seemed that he had been beaten and was about to faint.

"Drag him down for me." Lin Jiaoyang glanced at it in disgust and waved his hand casually. After the fat man was dragged away, Lin Jiaoyang stood up, and didn't go to the rostrum, so he turned around and said: "Colleagues, I want to ask everyone, as a soldier, what is the purpose of getting up early and training in the dark every day, and fighting the enemy desperately?" ”

"To protect our homeland."

"To protect the family."

"For the good of the Empire."

"For the people to live in peace and stability."

Listening to everyone's speeches, Lin Jiaoyang nodded and said, "Everyone is right, the mission of soldiers is to protect their families and defend the country." But! His voice suddenly became stern: "The empire we have sacrificed our lives to protect, but his owner has done something to harm us!" In this battle, our luck was good, but we also lost 9,426 warships, and a total of 3,271,092 officers and men died on the battlefield, including a lieutenant general and deputy commander and three rear admiral squadron captains. It was these warriors who traded their lives for our victory......"

"But now!" Lin Jiaoyang's voice was filled with anger: "Those loveliest warriors, who exchanged their lives for the fruits of victory, but because of a person who did not participate in the battle at all, and did not even provide us with the support of a ship or a person, they want to return it to those enemies who launched an aggressive attack on us......"

"It's an enemy!"

Lin Jiaoyang finally began to roar: "You can imagine that the most powerful fleet group of New America has completely annihilated here, what is left in their country? Without the fleet, with the manufacturing capacity of the new United States, it would be possible to build another 200,000 warships in less than a year. But what about people? As a Space Fleet officer, I think everyone knows very well how much time it takes to train a qualified space battleship operator......"

“…… If these captives were in our hands, the new Americana would not be able to resist our army at all for at least five years! At least for twenty years, there will be no ability to launch an attack on our country! There will be no possibility of defeating us for at least thirty years! Lin Jiaoyang regained his composure, and he said in a deep voice: "However, if these captives are returned, with these people as instructors, and the new America launches a national mobilization, in five years at most, they will once again have the strength to compete with our country!" At that time, we don't know how many lovely warriors will be buried in this vast starry sky......"

While Lin Jiaoyang was talking, Yun Yi was also listening carefully. Soon, he keenly discovered that in Lin Jiaoyang's words, the word "Chu Tang" was no longer there, but was replaced by "my country". Moreover, he successfully used this release of the captives to provoke the anger of these officers and their dissatisfaction with the Chu and Tang royal families.

In Yun Yi's heart, he has begun to feel a little excited, and some expectations.

Lin Jiaoyang continued, he talked a lot about the struggles and sacrifices made by the army for the empire, and talked about everything that the Chu and Tang royal families had done after Chu Tianyun's death. Especially in this unicorn fortress defense battle, even Qin Shou, who had been determined to have betrayed the empire, could send two fleets to support, while the Chu Tang royal family, which was not in any danger, had the strongest four main fleets, but they didn't even send a single battleship, not even a word of support and condolences.

The officers sitting below, with the exception of a few treacherous and cunning fellows, were all angry and clenched with their fists clenched. In fact, they are not stupid, they can sit on the throne of commander or deputy commander, how many people are stupid? Perhaps in most people's hearts, they have already guessed what Lin Jiaoyang wants to do. But they didn't say it, on the one hand, because Lin Jiaoyang's prestige was there. He dedicated himself and his entire family to Chu Tang all his life, and was considered to be the most loyal to Chu Tang, but he was wanted by the Chu Tang royal family in the end, although it was revoked in the end, but these people are very clear about what kind of grievances Lin Jiaoyang has suffered. Respect, admiration, admiration, and sympathy have made these officers have long since classified themselves into the ranks of the other arrogant sun. On the other hand, these people all know very well what the current division of power in Chu Tang is. There is no doubt that Lin Jiaoyang, who has twenty main fleets and five and a half star domains, is already the most powerful force in this Chu Tang Empire, and can even be said to be the most powerful force in the entire Southern Universe.

People go to higher places, and water flows to lower places.

If Lin Jiaoyang had a conflict with the Chu Tang royal family or Qin Shou, even if the other two forces were united, they would definitely not be Lin Jiaoyang's opponents. If you want money, there are people, you want ships and ships, you want the territory to have a chassis, with Lin Jiaoyang's current strength, who can still be his opponent in the entire Chu Tang? Moreover, Lin Jiaoyang is famous, and the rulers of the several vassal states of Chu and Tang around him, if they are not fools and idiots, should also understand what they should and should not do in this situation.

And more importantly, if Lin Jiaoyang really has that plan, those of them who have followed Lin Jiaoyang from the beginning will inevitably be the founding fathers of the country at that time, if Lin Jiaoyang has no brains to establish a democratic regime, most of these officers who are from the grassroots can also get a title that is definitely not low, and officially become a respected nobleman.

In this way, driven by anger, interests and power, Lin Jiaoyang is getting closer and closer to his goal.