At the border of Lanhe River, the Li Tang fleet that was thrown out of the wormhole was scattered in an area with a diameter of hundreds or even thousands of astronomical units. Then these scattered warships had to go through a series of necessary activation, detection, and contact , assembly and other procedures, it will be a long hour and a half before the fleet completes the formation again.
At this time, the fleet that came to greet Lanzhou Governor's Mansion had almost arrived. The escort fleet of 5,000 warships decelerated and formed an array thirty astronomical units away in accordance with the empire's military regulations. Only the spacecraft carrying the Governor of Lanzhou continued forward and entered the protective circle of the Guard Fleet. , requesting an audience in the name of Zonggong Lanzhou Protector.
The request for a visit was submitted and quickly approved.
This was something Governor Lanzhou could not have expected. Although he personally came to greet him, and the imperial title of the Protector-General gave him the qualification to worship, Governor Lanzhou still had some doubts about him. Countless people, he never dared to think that he could really be summoned. This is a great honor. There are hundreds of frontier governors in the empire, and dozens of them have been awarded the title of Protector. Only a few people have been summoned in the past dynasties, not to mention that they are summoned alone. It is not an exaggeration to honor one's ancestors and benefit future generations. The governor was very excited because of this, and he was as high as the clouds, but soon he became nervous because the atmosphere was solemn and unusual.
Perhaps because he was on a trip, the person responsible for introducing the governor was Admiral Yu himself from the Zonggong Guards Fleet. In fact, we are acquaintances with General Yu and Governor Lanbei. Back then at the Imperial Military University, the Governor and now Admiral Yu were at the same level several colleges apart, and could barely be considered classmates. While walking on the road, the governor deliberately made acquaintance with the general, talked about his old friendship with his old classmates, and then inquired about it. However, Admiral Yu kept a stern face all the way, and his expression was very serious. The Governor did not dare to act rashly, and he could not help but feel more uneasy and worried about gains and losses.
Announcements sounded on both sides of the steps. The governor lowered his head and followed Admiral Yu's footsteps into the palace. He was immediately aroused by the chill in the palace and got goosebumps. The battle-hardened governor subconsciously raised his eyes to peek, and at a quick glance he saw many palace guards in mechas and fleet staff gathered nervously in front of the star map. Admiral Yu was standing there. After he was brought in, he also joined them, as if he had entered his own combat headquarters. But Mingzhu, the chief attendant of the imperial palace, was in the palace, expressionlessly dictating orders to the subordinate officials standing beside her. The time for peeping was very limited, and what he could see was even more limited. The governor was so nervous that he glanced at the curtain behind the chief chamberlain, and hurriedly bowed his head in worship.
"The Protector of Lanzhou," the voice of the Mingzhu Attendant came from under his head, directly calling his clan official, "Order the entire fleet of the Lanzhou Protectorate to enter the Lanhe border. Within thirty-six hours, Complete strategic deployment."
The governor's hair stood on end, and he had a clue - the main battle fleet under the Lanzhou Protectorate alone was as high as 40,000, and the total number of other battlefield auxiliary fleets exceeded 100,000!
The governor immediately ruled out the possibility of exercises and escorts. A hundred thousand warships crossing the Lan River would be tantamount to a direct military conquest, which would be enough to clear up the entire Lan River border that Wenyang had restricted for hundreds of years. !
And it hasn’t declared war yet!
The Weiyang Palace did not declare the war in the form of an imperial edict, and the Ministry of National Defense and the Supreme Headquarters did not require any military orders to prepare for and fight the war. So, is this a battle of destiny directly issued by the Zong Palace?
The emperor has lost his way? Are the princes of New Chang'an and Taige now rebellious? Is the Tang Dynasty going to fall? !
The governor raised his head with sweat on his back, but the chief attendant Mingzhu had already thrown him aside and continued to let his subordinate officials write and issue orders.
"Let the main force of the Imperial Guard fleet speed up its turn. Your Lordship's ship cannot stay within Justin's jurisdiction for a long time. Order them to escort the ship back to New Chang'an immediately."
"Order the left and right Leopard Cavalry fleets to divide into two wings and advance into the Black Canyon area to set up defenses. The Yi Guards will guard the ancestral temple and guard the Taiji, Weiyang, Yong'an, Jianzhang, and Shangyang palaces, as well as each platform, pavilion, and courtyard. The rest of the guards strictly guard the station and guard the ancestral sacrifices."
She named more than a dozen provinces in one breath, all of which were important military towns on the border, and ordered: "Instruct the governors and envoys of each town to pay homage to the ancestral palace, pay homage to the prison, and present the guards as guards."
The staff officers in front of the star map seemed to have obtained some kind of result and quickly presented it to the chief attendant.
The chief attendant only glanced at it and urged them to continue calculating.
"Find out the complete scope," she ordered. "The strategic limits of the military operation can be determined later, but the technical limits of the operation must be confirmed today. What is needed? Just ask the cabinet and let them Send the person here directly."
This reminded herself again, and she then said: "The front line still needs a commander. Currently, the marshal with the highest ranking in the Privy Council is Wei Yuan. Let the Yulin Army escort him immediately."
The aide-de-camp came forward and reported a communication from the cabinet palace. The signatures were very scary. The chief attendant sneered while listening, and then instructed the adjutant to resume the interview: "Since the cabinet believes that war should be declared, then of course the empire can declare war. The conduct of state affairs, diplomatic strategies, the responsibility of the cabinet, and the emperor's leadership have never been the responsibility of our clan. ? Can interfere. The emperor and the cabinet ministers should consider the reason for declaring war properly. As for the imperial palace, it is for Xia Shou sacrifice. 'The most important thing for the country is to sacrifice to the army. ' The destiny of the country and the territory are protected by the emperor. '. The border patrol is a grand ceremony of the clan, and the "Zong's Code" is followed by the Lord of the clan. The formal edict will be issued later. Please prepare properly for your majesty and the ministers, and be sure not to make any omissions. "
"The shock in the imperial palace is of course the emperor's lack of virtue, so the law of heaven is a warning. The emperor should fast and offer sacrifices, go to the Tai Chi Palace to salute, and realize the will of heaven. During this period, major national affairs, since the East Palace is empty, should be taken by the queen. Taige Ask me for my advice, and this is my advice. The government has the power to do this, and they don’t have to listen. The only thing the clan is concerned about is that the country cannot live without a king for a day."
The aide-de-camps recorded the instructions given by the chief attendant in detail and made them into formal imperial edicts one by one. The imperial palace rarely issued so many orders at once, which made the attendants and adjutants in charge more or less overwhelmed.
Mingzhu stopped and forced herself to take a sip of the nutritional solution brought by the palace servant, and then she remembered the Governor of Lanbei who had just been summoned.
"On the way back from the Styx River to the Lanbei border," she looked at the governor and told him, "My lord fell through the wormhole."
The order to mobilize the Lanbei Protectorate Fleet happened to be completed. The adjutant held it in a cymbal gold tray with nine chapters of mysterious patterns and held it in front of the governor. The edict is in the shape of a tiger talisman and is specially used to mobilize troops. On the tiger talisman, there are faint energy ripples of Zonggong Tai Chi. In the middle, Li Shen's own emblem is clearly spread out. The decoration is so vivid that people dare not look directly at it with its brilliance.
The governor felt that the blood all over his body had gone cold. He was so numb that he took the tiger talisman, bowed his head and bowed down.
After meeting up with the fleet guarding the Lanbei Governor's Mansion, the fleet quickly set off. The wormhole has completely collapsed. After the relevant detection is completed, there is no need to stay here. Mingzhu needs a suitable planet as its residence for a long period of time and the base camp for all operations, as well as the place for the hunting and sacrificial ceremony that is about to take place. Under the advice of the Lanzhou Governor's Mansion and the Guards, Mingzhu designated Jinlun Star, which is twenty-three light-years away, as the current temporary base camp.
When they arrived at the Golden Wheel, the people and equipment urgently transferred from the Imperial Academy of Sciences had already arrived in advance, and a supercomputing center had been established. Soon, Li Shen's missing area was locked as a gift to welcome the arrival of the chief attendant. It is an irregular area that is 800 light years long, 550 light years wide, and about 370 light years thick. The center is about 710 light years away from the boundary of the Lanhe River. Of course, within the Black Canyon of the isolation zone, communications and transportation are completely cut off, and all hardware facilities in the interstellar era are zero.
Mingzhu must be satisfied, showing her only smile since the incident. The smile is very shallow, and the smile often stops.
"Very good," she said, "let's officially promulgate the edict. The summer hunting ceremony on the Lanhe border is scheduled for three days later. Even if we dig three feet into the ground, the entire Lanhe border will be reduced to rubble and demolished. Remove all the isolation belts, and let the light shine into the Black Canyon, so that the adults can be welcomed back."
The order was executed as quickly as possible, and now Mingzhu finally has some free time to deal with some chores that she couldn't take care of before.
The stewards came to ask for instructions on what to do with the people on the Queen Isabella. Yes, they were caught. The ship failed to seize the opportunity of chaos at the beginning to escape and ascend to heaven, so unfortunately it was surrounded by the pursuing Tang army warships, and eventually all of them were captured. Neither of the two high-level ability users on the boat resisted—in fact, even if they abandoned the boat and escaped, they would never be able to escape in the starry sky at the border of the Lan River. They knew enough to surrender, choosing to live and die with their ship and its crew. And after being captured, they also actively applied, hoping to contribute to the search and rescue. After all, their master was also lost in the black canyon of the folded space.
Mingzhu now has no interest in meeting the rangers who can write epic legends. When the attendant deacon asked if they would be interrogated and tortured, she waved her hand ruthlessly and ordered them to be thrown into a dark cell with other prisoners with their energy fields sealed. But she was going to meet the Mochi son of a bitch.
Monique was then lifted up by the guards. He had obviously been thoroughly searched and carried over like a shaved kitten by the guards. Others were like little kittens, squealing and kicking their arms and legs, shouting about his identity, his father, grinning and making all kinds of threats that were all childish and laughable. , obviously the limited body search failed to make him recognize the identity.
Mingzhu took notice of this bastard who needed a spanking, but she didn't really spank him. But Monique was so horrified by her look that she subconsciously closed her mouth, and then he couldn't help but shirk and escape: "It wasn't me, I didn't think about it, this was all their idea?——"
The adjutant took the medals that had not yet been used and were forcibly searched from him. They were contained in special cymbal gold black boxes. They were arranged one by one and glowed. There were at least a dozen of them. - I have to say, this bitch is really rich! Except for the used Faith Medal and Savior Medal, all the medals belonging to the Holy Knight Mochi of the Earth Temple are here. Even the Medal of the Flag, which he had only awarded in a short period of time and on a very small scale, was included.
Mingzhu played with the precious flag medal for a while and then threw it back into the box.
"I know who your father is," she said to Monique in a very amiable manner, "but I have no plans to educate the children for your father. You don't have to worry about corporal punishment - you can look forward to it? What's the letter from Acropolis?" ?The time has come?"
After saying that, she waved her hand and ordered the guards to take him away.
"Put him in solitary confinement," she ordered.
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In Mulan Palace, Deputy Attendant Lajia hurriedly rushed into the office of Attendant Chang Jiang.
"Have you heard any news about Monique?"
"Is that so?" Jiang responded, nodding to the attendant who was reporting to him.
So the attendant took a step forward and reported: "I just discovered that there are two medals opened beside the young master. One is the medal of faith and the other is the savior. But the specific location is not clear yet, and the technology The Ministry is still trying to figure out how to investigate."
"Then check it quickly!" said Lajia, she seemed very happy, "Thank God, there is finally good news!"
"It may not be good news," Jiang Prajia said coldly. "If it wasn't for a critical situation, he wouldn't have opened the medal. Moreover, it seems that the position where he opened it is very strange. It doesn't look like a civilized place."
But Raja was very determined: "If there's news, that's good news!"
This good mood infected Jiang, and he couldn't help but smile, but he still warned Lajia: "It's better to hide this matter from your lord for the time being, and wait until the news is confirmed before talking about it."
