Him and their stars.

Chapter 1785: Nantianmen Falls

In this way, at the age of 26, Jaeger Sobek became the commander of the Imperial Fleet, which was equivalent to controlling a relatively independent strategic mobile force. He could be officially called an "admiral" and could hire his own troops and staff. If his connections in the Sky Realm were strong enough, he could even have his own garrison.

In another timeline, it would take him at least twenty years of hard work to reach his current position.

Yu Lian felt neither sad nor happy when he knew this scene, but could only feel a kind of absurd surrealism.

Therefore, the fate of a person really depends on the progress of the times! A pacifist like Jaeger Sobek can become the fleet commander in the Empire, the most aggressive military group in the universe. He is less than 30 years old and has no family background. Isn't this the treatment of a protagonist?
But then again, is this guy really suitable for this position?
I assure the Spirit of the Universe that I really have no ill feelings towards Brother Sobek. Although this guy did serve as the governor of the Earth Occupation Zone and the commander of the garrison fleet in his previous life, he really did not do any evil. To be fair, apart from his poor means of fighting, this guy can even be regarded as a policy maker with active thinking and strong action, and he also has a tolerant and generous side.

It is definitely impossible for him to be honest, otherwise he would not have been fooled by Teacher Yang and Old Tan.

Of course, as the creator of "Yuan", Yu Lian reminded himself that he must observe people and things in a developmental and dialectical way. Who dares to say that Sobaike, an old friend of the earth people in the previous life, can't become a famous general in this life?
Even Yu Lian himself, who was an ordinary office worker in his previous life, an interstellar ranger in his previous life, and a great commander, bah, a senior professional military officer in this life, are obviously still himself, but their thoughts and demands are completely different.

Yu Lian felt that he still couldn't take it lightly.

After all, there were four dreadnoughts, more than a dozen battlecruisers, and an equal number of large aircraft carriers, and nearly a thousand warships of various types, charging at him. The scene was truly one of gongs and drums, with dragon flags waving. The Outer Fleet of the Community was only this size during its heyday.

Such a military group, even if there is a dog tied to the commander's position, can still be a powerful force that can destroy a country.

"Look at this huge mobilization just to deal with our second-hand boat and the 6,000 soldiers on board?" Yu Lian shrugged.

"There are also four dragons and five hundred Imperial prisoners who are willing to cooperate," Feifei added.

"Yes, there are still four dragons and five hundred prisoners of the Empire who are willing to cooperate. It is said that the profiteers of the alliance have unlimited treasury, but I think the richest ones are clearly the Dragon Kings on the opposite side. Isn't such a waste of energy and materials a mockery of the working people struggling on the line of survival?" Yu Lian sighed: "Sad, sad, this is the sadness of the times! Shame, shame, this is the shame of human civilization!"

Isn't this the result you want to see most? The soldiers around who heard this couldn't help but look sideways.

Perhaps everyone was shocked by the commander's pretentious and law-abiding behavior, and of course they no longer had any fear of the massive pursuers behind them.

Feifei smiled and said, "Of course they are all coming for you. It takes a hundred thousand soldiers to capture the Monkey King, and a million is not too much to capture a hero like Yu'er. Haha, this is certainly a shame for the empire, but isn't this your glory? Isn't this what you want to hear?"

Yu Lian raised his head and said proudly: "A real man should be like this."

He knew that he was getting a little too proud of himself, but considering that the main force of the remaining fleet had almost escaped danger, his strategy was half successful. The good mood that had disappeared because of the worsening situation at Nantianmen suddenly returned.

Yu Lian felt that people always had to learn to adjust themselves. Especially for a desperate person like him who was flying around the world with a second-hand boat and more than a thousand enemy ships, the pressure was still very high, so he needed to adjust himself.

Of course, in addition to the dynamic war reports that the situation is (temporarily) very good, the Fuxi also sent orders from Earth.

This time, it was jointly signed by the National Defense Council and the Military Command Headquarters.

"Do you want to see it?" Feifei asked.

"I'm so busy that I don't have time to look at it... Since this is the military headquarters, what about Marshal Paris?"

"He is not on Earth right now. He has been traveling back and forth between the various star systems on Earth, trying to find a way to get some fleets out."

Yu Lian felt guilty. It was a heart-wrenching scene that an old man who was almost 100 years old had to travel around. However, how could the mainland squeeze out a fleet now?

However, he is not on Earth now after all, which may be the best news.

Thinking of this, Yu Lian said seriously: "Whether the massage robot can be used or not, it still needs more debugging. I have to try their craftsmanship myself."

"Indeed, you have put a lot of effort into the big bath and the massage robot. Since you have such high expectations for this, you should set an example yourself. You are the strongest person on the ship and the most suitable person to be this test subject." Feifei blinked.

This is really the truth. Yu Lian is still looking forward to the massage robot he designed himself. He even hopes to promote it step by step throughout the universe after the war.

Of course, he still had some doubts about Feifei's narrative style.

At this time, Feifei added: "Also, this is the fourth one."

Yu Lian felt that this count was filled with some unspeakable malice, but he had no evidence after all.

The Pilgrimage finally arrived at Xinshuntian, the capital of the Far Shore Star Region, on June 6. Because Yu Lian deliberately slowed down, the nearest imperial pursuers were less than three days away.

However, even though the imperial army was almost at the gates of the city, this largest settled planet on the Far Shore, with more than a billion people, seemed very peaceful. Or rather, it was a kind of numbness without any fluctuations.

There was indeed an atmosphere of pessimism and panic over the city, but overall life was still in order. The police and municipal departments were even working as usual, so most businesses and enterprises were also open as usual.

The port was of course also very busy, with ships carrying well-connected passengers on their way to refuge. But compared to the imagined scene of everyone fleeing with their families like it was the end of the world, it was still much more peaceful.

At least the order of ships entering and exiting was not completely out of control.

All in all, it is a feeling of pure peace in the world.

In fact, the planet was already like this when Yu Lian came to Xin Shuntian last time.

As for the invasion of the empire, after experiencing several ups and downs in their mood, the citizens of Xinshuntian naturally entered a sage state of taking things as they come.

Yu Lian did not greet the star district government, nor did he land the ship in a show. They ignored each other's existence, thus avoiding many embarrassing situations. This is probably the emotional intelligence and wisdom of adults. He just circled the sky over Xinshuntian for a while with the Xunli, making sure that the shipyard, arsenal and robot factory had been demolished and destroyed, and not leaving a screwdriver for the imperial occupation forces, and then left.

Just as Mr. Qi said, the citizens and all the bureaucrats here are ready to welcome the imperial rule. Of course, there is no need for us to stay.

Anne Romanova proposed to destroy all the famous facilities such as Xinshuntian's grain storage, water supply and power supply. In this way, even if the imperial occupation forces occupied the planet, the first thing to solve was the livelihood of more than one billion citizens.

Of course, Yu Lian stopped him.

Feifei explained to her: "The Empire has no obligation to these citizens. There is no need for them to give up their combat missions because of this humanitarianism. They can just not land on Xinshuntian, not occupy it, and just watch from the sidelines. They don't need to solve the problem of public security and people's livelihood on the planet."

Yu Lian nodded: "In the end, we have only created a humanitarian tragedy with our own hands, and we have only destroyed our own legitimacy."

Annie was surprised and said, "But you have done this kind of thing when you were in Kaitai, and you have done it more than a hundred times."

"That's because the Empire has an obligation to the Kaitai people. Since they have been accepted as dogs, no, as house cats, they have to consider their livelihood. After all, the Kingdom of Kaitai has shed blood for the great cause of the Dragon Kings. If we ignore it, the legitimacy of the Dawn Royal Family's rule over half of the universe will begin to crumble." Yu Lian looked at the new Shuntian under the porthole. This planet was silently bidding him farewell and silently welcoming the new conqueror.

"The people are not born to follow us. Even those evil and anti-human feudal lords in the empire understand this truth. If we are not as good as them, we should lay down our arms and surrender as soon as possible." Yu Lian said.

"Let history witness their choice." Feifei said.

6◇9◇Book◇Bar

On June 6, the Imperial Midbeshi Fleet arrived at Xinshuntian. With the full cooperation of the original star district government, everything went very smoothly.

After all, even the city government and district government buildings, and most of the roads in the urban area were built during the period of imperial rule, so it was only natural that the imperial occupation forces got the hang of things quickly.

In this way, after escaping from the Empire's rule for sixty years, New Shuntian returned to the Empire's embrace. Of course, to use the Empire's propaganda, this was the return of the fallen rebellious land to the glorious embrace of the Galactic Empire, and from then on it would be bathed in the sacred glory of the Dragon of the Dawn, and the favor would be repaid by generations.

What a sad statement. Anyway, the head of the Xinshuntian Administration was very moved when he heard this scene, and even cried.

Afterwards, the Pilgrimage was still heading towards the South Gate of Heaven. However, on the 15th, they suddenly turned on the main channel and headed for a remote star region in the star zone. At this time, the Pilgrimage received good news, bad news, and a piece of news that was hard to describe.

The good news is that Gibraltar was eventually lost. Or, considering that more and more imperial troops were entering the Nantian Gate, Marshal Bonaparte finally made a choice that went against his own will.

He led the main force of the Outer Fleet to abandon the galaxy and flee towards the open sea.

However, since the Gibraltar Fortress was not only a military facility but also the largest space city in the entire community and even in the third arm of the Milky Way, Marshal Bonaparte was not cruel enough to completely destroy it.

The reason why it was good news was that after all, it was an active retreat, and the fleet was still quite intact. Three Independence-class old dreadnoughts, six battlecruisers, and most of the aircraft carriers successfully evacuated the battlefield.

This is certainly good news. You know, Yu Lian really considered the possibility of the outer ring fleet being wiped out. Now they are still alive, this is the best outcome.

The reason why they were heading towards the high seas was because of the bad news.

King Brunhild of Suliuca defeated Marshal Ferragu's home fleet and occupied the New Baghdad system, the most important transportation node in the community's homeland, on June 6th.

...Well, this is not surprising at all. When Yu received this news, he felt relieved and sighed.

Yu Lian said that he had no ill will towards Marshal Ferragu, and even had some respect for the cheerful and generous elder, even though the latter was actually a close friend promoted by Mao Yuanzuo. But if you expect Marshal Ferragu to defeat Brunhilde, you might as well study how Benboerba really eliminated Tang Monk and his disciples.

The truly frightening news was that Brunhilde was waiting for her reinforcements in New Baghdad. As a result, the imperial fleet arrived from the rear every day, and by June 6, the fleet under her command had exceeded 15 ships.

This still cannot be considered a super-large fleet. It is far inferior to the cluster of Said and the cluster that is currently confronting Femo and the Alliance. It is even smaller than the size of the army under Marshal Farrell that has just occupied Gibraltar.

However, this of course meant that the traffic between the Terra Sector and the Outer Ring, the Cantilever Arm, and even New Asia was cut off, and the passage for the Outer Ring Fleet to return to Earth no longer existed.

If Marshal Bonaparte really wanted to attack New Baghdad, there was a high possibility that he would be attacked from both sides and completely destroyed.

Fortunately, he finally chose to move to the open sea. I hope everything goes well and he can get supplies.

As a result, most of Brunhildt's fleet used to launch a surprise attack on Katun of the Circe Kingdom has entered the territory of the Blue Star Community.

Even Yu Lian was quite puzzled at first: "Prince Su's deployment of troops is indeed like a storm and raging fire, but by deploying troops in this way, does he really not even plan to retreat?"

"General Lian can just call her 'Brin'. Don't you think it's too obvious to call her king now?" Because it was a report, Feifei referred to her by her title.

"Well, this is indeed unlike Brin's operation. She is brave but not reckless. She is decisive but will definitely make arrangements for retreat and backup plans. But I don't understand what is happening now. Didn't they say that the eighteen Circe princes are all ready to rebel?"

"There is no Eighteen Route, and you really shouted it out?" Feifei glared at Yu Lian in annoyance.

"Adjutant Fei, please answer the question."

Feifei stood at attention and saluted, "As you command, General Lian. The 18-way coalition of the Circassian princes you mentioned has been completely destroyed."

"..."

"It's not particularly appropriate to say that they were completely wiped out, but their joint army was indeed defeated by the red-haired lady. A marshal and three generals died on the battlefield, and the rest all surrendered. From today on, the various warlords in Cherke will no longer have the courage to unite and resist the empire." Feifei spread out her hands, revealing a regretful expression.