This old Duke was no ordinary person. He was the uncle of Flaubert, the right-hand bodyguard of Emperor Louis XIII, Rouen Curitave. It was because of Flaubert that he was awarded the title of Duke.
Louis XIII had two bodyguards, Hugo, the left bodyguard, and Flaubert, the right bodyguard, both of whom were deeply trusted by Louis XIII. The reasons why they won the trust of Louis XIII are also very simple. First, they have served loyally for many years, and second, they have no direct descendants.
Among the two points, the second point may be more important. Without direct descendants, people will not have messy ambitions, let alone various complex and changeable social relationships, and it will be easier to serve Louis XIII wholeheartedly.
In order to make up for his two loyal subordinates, Louis XIII generously rewarded their relatives and was not stingy at all.
It was against this background that Rouen Curitave started as a commoner, gradually climbed up the ranks, and finally became an enviable duke.
Kabasi Empire-Trantor Star (Capital Star)-Lisbon Palace.
It was cloudless today and the sky was blue. Under the influence of the weather, Louis XIII was in a good mood. He stood on the small square in front of the Saint's Palace and looked into the distance. His sight was the high-rise buildings among the green mountains and green waters and the sky. The various magnetic levitation vehicles and ships that come and go are so bustling and fascinating.
Louis XIII said happily: "Haha, Flaubert, how do you think the empire under my governance compares to 5,000 years ago?"
A smile immediately appeared on Flaubert's rich face: "Hey, Your Majesty, your rule of inaction is the most effective method among the previous monarchs of the empire, so that the empire's strength will soar and it will never be bullied by the Federation again. Got it!"
Louis XIII was very helpful: "Haha, Flaubert, you are an old guy who can lie to me with nice words. Has the empire really made such great progress?" He pondered for a moment and then said: "Well, one thing is true. , the Federation no longer dares to underestimate our empire. Those two people have made great contributions to the empire, and I know this as well as Ming Jing'er!" After speaking, he turned his head and glanced in the other direction.
As the right-hand guard, Flaubert had no idea what Louis XIII was thinking. At this moment, the place Louis XIII was looking at was the residence of Duke Pat and Count Donald.
However, Flaubert did not dare to pick up on Louis XIII's words. Even though he was Louis XIII's right-hand guard, he could not understand the complicated relationship between Louis XIII's Tompart and Donald.
There was a time when Flaubert really couldn't stand the powerful Pat and Donald, so he fanned the flames in front of Louis XIII, slandering Pat and Donald as powerful officials of the empire. According to historical experience, such powerful officials are likely to rebel. Suspicious experience suggested that Louis XIII should replace Pat and Donald and appoint more capable people.
At first, Louis XIII just slightly criticized Flaubert for not making irresponsible remarks about the important ministers of the empire. But when Flaubert actually proposed to replace Pat and Donald, Louis XIII became furious and ordered Flaubert was thrown into imperial prison and imprisoned for more than a year. This incident made everyone in the imperial official circles aware of it, and it also made Pat and Donald hate Flaubert.
However, after Flaubert was released from prison, Louis XIII still asked Flaubert to stay at the Lisbon Palace. Decades later, he slowly promoted Flaubert to the right-hand bodyguard. There was nothing wrong with Flaubert. With great merit, Flaubert's uncle Rouen Curitafe was promoted to Duke.
Outsiders did not pay much attention to this mysterious operation, and Flaubert did not understand it. However, Flaubert knew that without a clear statement from Louis XIII, it would be better not to provoke Pat and Donald.
At this moment, Flaubert's communicator beeped for the first time. When he saw that it was his uncle Rouen Curitave, he didn't shy away and answered it directly.
Rouen Curitave didn't have any scheming. He directly told Flaubert the news about the occupation of the planet Guillot that he saw in the federal news, and he was anxious to confirm the authenticity from Flaubert. , completely unaware that Louis XIII was standing not far from Flaubert.
Louis XIII's face, which had been smiling just now, immediately became clouded after hearing Rouen Curitave's words.
This is a naked slap in the face. Louis XIII had just told Flaubert that the Federation did not dare to underestimate the Empire, and then there was news that the Empire's Guiot star was occupied by the Federation. Louis XIII could only continue to be happy. What a ghost.
Louis XIII ignored the call between Rouen Curitave and Flaubert. Instead, he waved to a servant waiting at the door of the Saint's Palace to bring an optical brain device and connected it to the cosmic holographic network on the spot. Check out what Rouen Curitave said.
Ordinary subjects of the empire are not qualified to access the cosmic holographic network outside the empire, but Louis XIII is not among the restrictions. Naturally, he can freely swim on the cosmic holographic network in alien worlds!
Seeing Louis XIII's performance, Flaubert had no time to chat with his uncle Rouen Curitave. He hung up the communicator and ran over to replace the servant. He took the optical brain equipment and accompanied Louis. The Thirteenth View the content of the message.
When the two of them stared at the content about the Guiot planet published by the federal "St. John's Post" displayed on the holographic screen, they all confirmed that the news was true.
The news was very detailed, with not only text, pictures, but also video content, recording the process of the Federation fleet destroying the X-type frigate group and the Guiot star garrison fleet.
In addition, Louis XIII and Flaubert were very familiar with the "St. John Post". When they learned about the enemy Confederation, they liked to use the news reports in the "St. John Post" as a reference. They knew the "St. John Post" It is an authoritative and regular media in the Federation, not a gossip tabloid that likes to make up random things all day long.
After reading this, Louis XIII was furious. He snatched the optical brain equipment from Flaubert's hand and threw it on the ground of the small square paved with crystal stones. It crackled and turned into countless small parts. .
Flaubert persuaded: "Your Majesty, calm down. Even if the despicable Federation occupies our planet Guiot without declaring war, they will not be able to hold on for long. The brave imperial army will soon take back planet Guiot. It’s all the fault of the federation’s shameless sneak attack!”
Louis XIII calmed down a little and remembered the 'Special Military Operation of Justice Trial' mentioned in the St. John's Post. He cursed unhappily: "Bullshit special military operation, this is naked aggression. Just telling lies with your eyes open, the Fuluo Federation, which is worthy of being degenerate and unnecessary, is so shameless!"
Flaubert took the opportunity and said: "Your majesty is wise and can see the nature of the enemy at a glance. In fact, our army is stationed in the Tyrannosaurus galaxy of the empire. I think they must be sending fleets to encircle and suppress the invading enemies. It won't be long before we There will be good news!”
When Louis XIII heard the word "big army", he seemed to have thought of something. A strange light flashed in his eyes, and he said to Flaubert: "You should contact Duke Pat and Count Donner immediately. I have something to share with you." The two of you discuss it!”
Duke Pat's residence is some distance away from the Lisbon Royal Palace. At this moment, in an underground base of the Duke's residence, Duke Pat, Earl Donald and a group of subordinates are busy in a huge command room.
There are many people in the command room, nearly a thousand people, and everyone is busy. In the middle of the command room is a military-style round tactical table. Above the tactical table floats a holographic starry sky map of the universe. In the star map, The centerpiece of the display is the Federation's planet Komos.
Pat, Donald and others gathered around the tactical table and stared at the contents. They could clearly see that in the holographic starry sky map of the universe, one side was a large blue light group representing the empire, hiding behind the asteroid belt. On one side is a red light group representing the Federation, which is gradually approaching the Komos star. The blue light group is several times larger than the red light group.
Earl Donald's eyes widened and he said solemnly: "The plan is going very well. In a short while, our Guards 2 and 7th Fleet will be able to make dumplings of the Federation's 'Nevada Special Mobile Fleet' and attack from both inside and outside." , destroying a standard fleet of the Federation in one fell swoop!”
Count Parr smiled and said: "Haha, the 'Nevada Special Mobile Fleet' is a completely unexpected gain. We originally wanted to use the Komos rebellion incident to complete the handover of items without anyone noticing. Now in the universe God helps the empire to destroy a standard fleet of the Federation, we are more than happy!"
Donald asked in a low voice: "Old man, I received the battleship drawings of the Nevada Special Mobile Fleet, which records the weaknesses of each battleship. Should I give them to Marshall and Omar immediately so that they can be annihilated in a short time?" Dahua Special Mobile Fleet'!"
After hearing this, Pat couldn't help frowning and whispered: "Donald, try to communicate as little as possible through the cosmic holographic network in the future, and don't expose that person, otherwise our thousands of years of waiting will be in vain. Besides, if it weren't for We don’t have to worry about safety issues, so we can hand over the items without having to go through the Komos rebellion incident!”
Donald was startled, and because he saw that after thousands of years of waiting, he was about to achieve his goal, he relaxed a little. Pat's reminder reminded him that the closer to the final stage, the more cautious he must be.
Pat thought for a while and said: "There is no need to pass on the battleship drawings of the 'Nevada Special Mobile Fleet' to Marshall and Omar for the time being. We can just test the combat effectiveness of the Guards Fleet. After all, the Guards Fleet has been We haven’t really experienced it on the battlefield! This time we are in the dark, and our strength is far greater than the opponent. We don’t need the battleship blueprints of the 'Nevada Special Mobile Fleet', we can still kill the opponent!"
Suddenly, Pat and Donald's communicators rang at the same time. When they saw that the person applying for access was Flaubert, they looked at each other and left the command room together with a tacit understanding, and came to an antique room. During the break, I pressed the answer button.
The holographic figure of Louis XIII suddenly appeared in front of the two of them. He was not surprised at all that Pat and Donald were together. He asked angrily: "Pat, Donald, what did you do? I asked you to mobilize your forces and prepare to attack the Federation. Declared war, now not only have you not declared war on the empire, but you have also lost the Guiot star to me!"
As soon as Pat and Donald heard the news, they understood that Louis XIII had known about the occupation of Guiot by the Federation, and secretly screamed that something was not good. The two of them had received the report a long time ago, and they specifically instructed everyone not to report the news to Louis XIII without authorization. The two of them would go to the Lisbon Palace to report the matter in person.
This is also the plan of the two empire bosses. The Federation has captured Guiot. In order to prevent the empire from counterattack, the main military forces of the Nevada system will be transferred to the front line defense of the Interstellar Rift Valley. That way, the forces in other directions of the Nevada system will The Federation's strength will be weakened and it will be unable to withstand the attack of the 2nd and 7th Imperial Guard Fleets, which will just prompt the Federation's Komos planet to rebel and complete their strategic goals.
When Louis XIII saw the hesitant expressions on the two men's faces, he knew that Pat and Donald had known about this for a long time. He couldn't help but shouted angrily: "Huh, since the whole empire is full of losers, then I am the only one, Louis XIII." The Third Emperor has personally taken command of the army, and I will personally command the Imperial Guard Corps to drive out the federal invading Imperial Army!"
Pat and Donald looked at each other and immediately understood the true purpose of Louis XIII.
Louis XIII wanted to deprive them of the control of the ten Royal Guard fleets. The command of the 8th Guards Fleet had been cleverly taken away by Louis XIII a few months ago and given to the Kemal faction. Pat and Donald can actually only control 9 Guards fleets now.
Pat and Donald made mistakes again and again this time. The two had held great power for many years and never concealed anything from Louis XIII on national affairs, but this time they deliberately deceived Louis XIII. If they do not give Louis XIII an explanation and want to reject Louis XIII's current reasonable demands, it will be a violation of historical promises.
At this moment, Louis XIII revealed an imperceptible proud smile, thinking to himself: "Hmph, exchanging a notorious sinful planet for the command of the Royal Guards Corps is a very good deal!"
Pat gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the fall of Guiot Star is my plan. The purpose is to occupy the Federation's Komos Star and accumulate experience to establish a comprehensive offensive empire! I promise, there will be an empire in 20 minutes." The news of the occupation of Komos will not allow the Federation to succeed in the cosmic holographic network world."
Louis XIII would not believe that Pat and Donald had the ability to occupy the Federation's Komos planet within 20 minutes. He believed that this was a delay in Pat and Donald's unwillingness to hand over control of the Royal Guards Corps. However, Louis XIII was not afraid of the two playing tricks. The promise of history was there. After a while, Pat and Donald could not find a reasonable reason and had to hand over control of the Royal Guards Corps.
"Very good, then I will trust you again. But you know as well as me that if there is no reasonable explanation by then, don't blame me for taking back control of the Guards Corps!" Louis XIII Tuqiongdagger See, staring at Pat and Donald with amusement on their faces.
Pat and Donald nodded at the same time, agreeing to Louis XIII's request, and then immediately returned to the command room.
"Donald, immediately synchronize the battleship drawings of the 'Nevada Special Mobile Fleet' you have to the 2nd and 7th Guards Fleets!" Pat ordered, and then sent an encrypted message to a mysterious number.
Fulo Federation-Planet Nevada-Planet Komos.
At this time, the 20,000 warships of the "Nevada Special Mobile Fleet" were already approaching the planet Komos. There were two federal police spacecrafts near the flagship "Stellar Spear", and they were preparing to go to the planet Komos together. Arrest Medrop.
Aijun Aludi was sitting on the command chair in the bridge room of the Stellar Spear. He saw the Komos star getting bigger and bigger through the porthole. He said somewhat depressedly: "It's really boring. Medrop is really a You are a coward, you just surrendered and were captured, how can we get rewarded for our meritorious service! Gore, Medrop said he was wrongly accused, do you believe it or not!"
Gore clenched his fists tightly at this moment, as if he was trying to restrain something. When he heard Aijun Aludi's question to him, he said perfunctorily: "Commander, who can say this clearly? Wait until the federal police If the Ministry arrests Medrop, everything will be revealed!"
At the same time, the office of the leader of Planet Komos has now become a control center, surrounded by a group of his absolute confidants. There is a holographic starry sky map floating in the air, with the number 2 of the Imperial Guard clearly marked on it. The position of the 7th Fleet is also standardized, as are the positions of the 'Nevada Special Mobile Fleet' and the Komos Local Guard Fleet, as well as some other defense force status conditions.
Medrop's face was very calm, and he had no fear of being arrested by the federation. He believed that when he cooperated with the empire to attack from inside and outside and eliminate the 'Nevada Special Mobile Fleet', the empire would definitely grant him the title of Earl and Marquis. A class of nobles.
Although the 'Nevada Special Mobile Fleet' was getting closer and closer to the planet Comos, Medrop couldn't help but smile on his face, as if he would become an imperial noble the next moment.
Suddenly, Medrop received a message asking him to immediately declare Komos to secede from the Federation and join the Empire. He wanted to refuse but thought of the identity of the person behind the message, so he could only execute it immediately.
The traveling 'Stellar Spear' suddenly received a clear broadcast message:
"I, Medrop, the captain of the Komos planet, now solemnly announce to the entire universe that the Komos planet has broken away from the decadent, chaotic and dark Fulo Federation and joined the great Kabas Empire. From this moment on, Komo Star Star is a living planet of the Kabasi Empire! The Kabasi Empire will be immortal!"
After hearing the broadcast, Aijun Aludi shouted excitedly:
"Wow haha, okay, great! I was worried that there was no reason to attack Komos, and now the stupid Medrop has given me an opportunity! All the warships of the 'Nevada Special Mobile Fleet' obeyed the order and immediately attacked Planet Komos, destroy all resistance forces in front of you!"
Medrop's broadcast spread very quickly, and soon everyone on the distant stars Nord (capital star) and Trantor (capital star) received it, and they were all shocked.
The most shocked person on Nord Star (Capital Star) was Yu Zhong. He realized that Komos Star would rebel, but he did not expect it to happen at this time. At this moment, the 82nd and 101st elite reinforced fleets of the Federation are arresting the top executives of the 'Heart of Panhua' on the planet Guiot. The main fleets of the Nevada system are all stationed in the border area of the Interstellar Rift Valley, and there is no spare force to send forces there. Attack the planet Komos.
Something unexpected happened to Louis XIII on Trantor (Capital Star). He thought that Pat and Donald were looking for a reason to delay handing over control of the Royal Guards Corps, but now he received news that Komos surrendered to the Empire. , which represented a failure in forcing Pat and Donald to hand over control of the Royal Guards. Although Louis XIII was unwilling, he had to accept the reality.
In the outer space of the Komos planet, the 'Nevada Special Mobile Fleet' received the order from Commander Aijun Aludi, and immediately charged the naval gun, the missile launch module opened the launch port, and the Naboo M1 space fighter broke away from the fighter and flew roaringly. Entering space, preparing to deal a devastating blow to the defense forces of Komos.
However, things suddenly changed. As many as 80,000 imperial warships suddenly appeared in the asteroid belt to the right of the 'Nevada Special Mobile Fleet'. The moment those warships appeared, they opened fire without hesitation.
In an instant, energy beams, kinetic energy bombs, missiles, and space fighters rushed straight towards the Nevada Special Mobile Fleet, which frightened the Nevada Special Mobile Fleet into losing its formation.
At the same time, the local guard fleet of Komos, Medrop's private fleet and rail guns also opened fire in cooperation with the imperial fleet, attacking the 'Nevada Special Mobile Fleet' from both inside and outside.
The "Nevada Special Mobile Fleet" that originally adopted a spherical formation suddenly became in disarray and was busy dealing with attacks from all sides.
The attack from the direction of Komos was already much weaker than the 2nd and 7th Imperial Guard Fleets, but the 'Nevada Special Mobile Fleet' could resist it.
However, the attacks from the Empire's 2nd and 7th fleets dealt a devastating blow to the 'Nevada Special Mobile Fleet'. Each battleship could not hold out for long before its protective cover was defeated, its armor was penetrated, and it exploded in the air. .
This made Aijun Aludi shocked and angry, and he kept ordering the warships of the "Nevada Special Mobile Fleet" to fight with all their strength, and they must not be perfunctory, otherwise military law will be imposed. How did he know that the quality of the warships in his fleet was not up to par? In addition, the empire had obtained the manufacturing blueprints of these warships and knew the weaknesses of these warships clearly. The longer it persisted, the greater the losses.
Just over 20 minutes later, the 'Nevada Special Mobile Fleet' lost more than 10,000 warships, while the Empire's 2nd and 7th Guards Fleets only sunk more than 300 ships. The losses on both sides were completely disproportionate.
Seeing this scene, many warships in the 'Nevada Special Mobile Fleet', who still had the courage to accept the challenge, fled without obeying the command. Some even accelerated and tried to escape by space jump, regardless of being too close to the planet.
After dozens of minutes of fighting, Aijun Aludi finally came to his senses. The warships of his 'Nevada Special Mobile Fleet' were destroyed, injured, and ran away. Only the remaining ones who could really fight on the battlefield were More than 2,000 ships. He had no choice but to order:
"All battleships obey the order and retreat freely!"
Watching other warships evacuate one by one, in the bridge room of the Stellar Spear, Aijun Aludi roared at the pilot: "What did you do? Didn't you hear my order to retreat?"
The pilot actually ignored Aijun Aludi, but looked at communications staff Gore.
Gore suddenly pulled out a SIGp226 magnetic handgun from his waist, stepped forward and put it on Aijun Aludi's head, and at the same time shouted: "Act now!"
Following this order, the door to the bridge room of the Stellar Spear was sealed. Dozens of people stood up from their seats at the same time, pointing their guns at others and shooting coldly and decisively.
A few seconds later, all the hundreds of people in the bridge room were killed, and the only ones left were the man with the gun and Aijun Aludi.
Aijun Aludi wanted to ask what was going on, but Gore knocked him unconscious with a wave of his hand and the butt of his gun, and then ordered the driver: "Send Z223 quantum wave", and then those who attacked the star The Spear's imperial warship immediately stopped and turned to chase other federal warships.
In the bridge room of the Empire's Sovereign, the adjutant walked into Aliwu and said: "Sir, according to your order, we discovered that Z223 quantum waves were emitted from the enemy's flagship, the Stellar Spear!"
Aliu nodded: "Connect the 'Stellar Spear'!"
After the two flagships communicated, the protective shield on the Stellar Spear was quickly removed, and the ship's weapons were completely locked and unable to be launched. The Empire sent Space Marines into the Stellar Spear and completely captured the Federation ship. flagship.
Soon after, Gore brought more than a dozen companions to the bridge room of the "Sovereign", and Akeem also came here at this moment.
Gore looked at the two young officers opposite who were wearing imperial major general uniforms and asked: "Are they Major Generals Aliu and Akeem?" As he spoke, he stared at the two men with his eyes.
Aliu and Akeem looked at each other, performed an imperial military salute at the same time, and said loudly: "The empire is immortal!"
Not only was Gore not surprised by the two men's answers, but he also repeated the same actions as Aliu and Akeem.
The secret codes of both parties are correct!
At this time, Gore stopped talking and started to do business. He took out a small box from his arms with both hands. In the small box was a ring that shone with a faint cold light.
Aliu took the small box and put it into his underwear pocket, nodded to Akeem, and the two of them gave a military salute to Gore at the same time. Gore returned the salute, and the handover was completed.
During the whole process, the companions who came with Gore remained silent and looked solemn. When Gore led them towards the outside of the bridge, he turned back to Aliu and Akeem and said, "Two major generals." , we conveniently captured Aijun Aludi. He is the son of Gabriel Aludi, the commander-in-chief of the Federal Southern War Zone. He may be of some help to the empire. You can take him away!" After saying this, he did not look back. left the bridge room.
Soon a small landing ship left the Sovereign. It was the one that carried Gore and others. However, not long after the small landing ship flew out, it exploded in space.
Aliwu and Akeem saw the fate of the small landing ship through the port window of the "Sovereign". Their faces were calm, as if they had known all this for a long time, and they murmured at the same time: "The mission is finally completed!"
At the same time, on the planet Guiot, after some resistance, all the high-level officials of the Heart of Panhua were captured by the Federation's Space Marines and put on board the 'Group Model'! '
Since then, the Empire and the Federation have each dispatched their most elite fleets, and both have achieved their respective goals.
Kabasi Empire - Virgo Galaxy - Arcturus.
In the outer space of Arcturus, a round spaceship suddenly burst out of a star gate. The side of the ship had 'Jq-YqbFh-2045' written on it. It was the prisoner escort ship carrying Yi Chen.
In a daze, Yi Chen woke up from his seat. Just as he was about to move, he felt that his whole body was fixed. When he opened his eyes, he found that he was tied tightly.
Thinking of the two police officers from the Fulcrum Star Intermediate Military Prison who beat him before he fell into coma, Yi Chen couldn't help shouting: "You two, get out of here, where are you going to lock me up?"
After shouting several times, no one paid any attention to Yi Chen. Finally, an old voice came from behind: "Nian Qiren, please stop shouting. How can a prisoner escort ship with this number be able to imprison us?" Go, it must be some slave planet, I guess you and I will never get out!"
