The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2435 Battle Situation (Part )

2436: Battle Situation (Part )

Now that the fighting in the North and Fangduo has stopped, General Grievous dare not take any radical actions. Because the Galactic Empire has more mobile forces deployed to the East, he does not need to offend the Galactic Empire at this time.

In fact, in the East, General Grievous was only a military adviser. The ones who were really fighting the war in the East were the Hutts, or more precisely, the Gorenthra family.

After the Hutts announced the establishment of a unified Hutt regime in Oruba-Gorensla and appointed himself as the supreme leader of the Hutts, the political situation in the Hutt space has been in turmoil.

He rebuilt the Hutt Grand Council and reorganized it into a Council of Elders, which was also composed of five people, representing the five major families. However, this Council of Elders would only have the power of suggestion, not decision-making, and the decision-making power would still be in the hands of the Gorensla family.

However, among these five major families, the Besadi family and the Desiligic family led by Gadula Besadi supported by him and Ziro Desiligic had long been scattered, and now they are just two empty shells with the names of legendary families.

The remaining two families are the Kunnarak family, headed by Malo Kunnarak, and the Angeliak family, headed by Zieta Angeliak. After the decline of the Besadi and Desiligic families, these two families have expanded rapidly and have now become the most powerful families after the Gorensla family in power.

In other words, the current Hutt space is actually a situation where three giants coexist.

In order to become the commander-in-chief, Oruba Gorensla actually made a lot of political compromises. While gaining the support of the Kunalak and Angelik families, he also made these two families too powerful to be controlled, hindering them in many issues.

For example, when it comes to the war against the Galactic Empire, Marlowe and Zieta are firmly opposed. How firmly? Marlowe even publicly declared that if Oruba Gorensla dares to control the Desiligi and Besadi families, form a three-to-two majority in the Council of Elders, and force the war agenda through, then the Kunalak family will immediately withdraw from the Council of Elders.

Qieta also said that the two puppet families' affairs were just for show, but now on this critical issue of war, we should not play these games. Our three major families can just settle the matter ourselves.

Because in fact, among the three major families, Kunalak is actually a very traditional gangster family. Their family businesses include spice smuggling, slave trade, illegal mining, etc., but they do not have any industrial system and have no interest in war.

The same is true for the Angelica family. They run a black port and engage in usury, gambling, smuggling, assassination, kidnapping, underground intelligence networks, etc., which also have nothing to do with war.

In fact, let's not talk about them. Among all the Hutt families in the entire Hutt space, only the Gorensla family has a certain industrial foundation. After all, they have developed rapidly by relying on the Kingdom of Dawn. One of their means of making a fortune is to establish their own pirate plundering fleet and forcibly expand their smuggling business everywhere. Therefore, their basic base is closely related to industry, so the Gorensla family is able to support a large number of pirate plundering fleets.

This allowed the Gorensla family to step up and quickly take control of the situation with their powerful fleet when the Desiligic and Besadi families were both suffering losses, but at the same time, it also made them incompatible with the other Hutt families.

Therefore, Oruba Gorensla could never get more support from Hutt Space.

Come to think of it, it makes sense. After all, the Hutts have been engaged in underground crime for tens of thousands of years, and they have been living a pretty good life with the connivance of the Galactic Republic. The emperor is far away, and no one dares to catch him if he commits a crime. Isn't it good to be a local emperor here? The civil war between the Desilijic family and the Besadi family also showed all the Hutts the consequences of intervening in external affairs - that is, spending countless wealth and countless lives in vain, but getting nothing in the end. With this money, it is better to buy more slaves and enjoy more.

So now, when it comes to going to war with the Galactic Empire, no matter how many benefits Oruba Gorensla tells them, they just won't listen. No one is willing to accompany the Gorensla family to participate in this war that the Hutts are not good at at all!

Therefore, although Oruba-Gorensla forcibly joined the war, in order to give an explanation to the Hutts, he also proposed the name of a volunteer army. Under the banner of protecting the commercial interests of the Hutts, he assembled a fleet and handed it over to General Grievous.

This is why, although General Grievous had the support of Oruba-Gorensla, in the end he could only fight guerrilla warfare with the Galactic Empire's 12th Army - because the only one who supported him in fighting was the Gorensla family.

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Finally, there is the northeastern border of the Milky Way.

During the Clone Wars, this area was completely on the fringe of the war, with no strategic value, economic value, or political significance.

But in fact, if we go back four thousand years, this area can be said to be the most terrifying red area in the Milky Way.

Among them, there are three names that can be called nightmares - Dathomir, Korriban, and... Mandalore!

Here is the birthplace and core area of ​​the two biggest enemies of the Galactic Republic - the Mandalorian Crusaders and the Sith Empire. These are also terrible enemies that the Galactic Republic spent tens of thousands of years to finally defeat.

Now, this area has become a place that both warring parties avoid, but also miss. This area is now collectively called the Mandalore Sector.

The Mandalore Sector is a broad concept and does not have any political, economic or cultural significance. It is just a name given by the Galactic Empire and the Kingdom of Dawn for convenience.

Now the Mandalore sector has fallen into complete chaos. The thousands of races and galaxies here all refuse to obey any orders from the Galactic Empire and the Kingdom of Dawn. All they want is autonomy.

But forget about autonomy. Whenever there is a problem, these planets will always jump out and ask the Galactic Empire and the Kingdom of Dawn for assistance. If they are not given assistance, they will declare that they will join the other side.

In addition, interstellar pirates are extremely rampant here, and the hyperspace routes are very complicated. What is most worrying is that the planet Mandalore has ended its previous division and declared autonomy!