Just as His Majesty the Emperor and Her Majesty the Queen Mother of the new empire were deeply shocked by the news of a certain earth-shattering news, and could hardly control the trembling of their facial nerves and hands, the Huanglong Realm, the capital of the Song family, which was far away from the imperial capital, was also the so-called "old city".
The presence of His Majesty Emperor Chengwu of the Empire, in the low-Earth orbit of the main star, in a starship as majestic as a sword unsheathed, there were also people sighing, troubled by the complicated and dark situation in front of them.
That is "Song Bugui", the last mobile force of the four Elector families, the supreme commander of the combined fleet, and the deputy commander of the imperial army.
After two consecutive disastrous defeats in the battle between the Seven Seas Star Territory and the Imperial Capital, the originally stable situation suddenly collapsed.
More than half of the country was lost.
It was a complete defeat.
From a sure chance of victory to a precarious situation, the four Electoral Prince families finally took out a peanut-sized piece.
Ding Dian "Sincere Unity" "In the spirit of ", both sides agree that today, when the "King Kong Fleet" and the "Ace Fleet" have collapsed and even turned against each other, the weak and defeated soldiers of each are scattered in the island-like territory, and they will only be destroyed.
The powerful reformists were defeated one by one and eliminated one by one.
The only way out is to gather the few remaining cutting-edge warships together to defend "the majesty of His Majesty Emperor Chengwu and the four electors."
From this, the combined fleet was born.
From the name of the fleet given by His Majesty Emperor Chengwu, and the word "Huitian", it can be seen that the "old empire" attaches great importance to this last fleet.
But Song Bugui, the supreme commander of the "Kaitian Fleet", is not a popular commander-in-chief.
Even he himself knows very well that he is just a "barely make do" due to power struggles, mutual compromises and desperation. result.
Among the shining stars of the Imperial Army, Song Bugui, who is 184 years old this year, is not a shining star.
He has nothing to do with adjectives such as bravery, courage, and resourcefulness.
During his long life, In a military career of more than 150 years, despite dozens of bloody and fierce battles, large and small, no matter how the conditions were relaxed, there could not be found a classic battle example that could be included in textbooks, let alone the kind of "fighting with a small number of people" The magnificent record of "Victory Many, Thousands of Miles Raid".
He is a very mediocre general with no personal style or the temperament of a famous general.
Rather than being a general on the battlefield, he is more like a civil servant who follows the rules.
In the first half of his military career, he often served as a staff officer or deputy.
His face appears, and he waits until he is able to stand alone through qualifications.
After becoming a sideman, he often went to station in desolate and barren worlds, or was responsible for tasks such as logistical escort.
He once spent more than ten years in the military command department and the imperial fleet's education director, and was inexplicably promoted to a certain front army.
Commander, just to take a blame that no one wants to take.
In dozens of bloody battles and fierce battles, his performance can only be said to be barely passing - he has been defeated, but not completely defeated, and in the worst circumstances, he can still carry 70 to 80% of the remaining soldiers safely.
He had won battles during the evacuation, but he had missed opportunities because of his indecision.
He had missed a good opportunity to expand his results and get promoted and make a fortune.
Overall, this is an unremarkable general that no one would think of, but if you really think about it, he doesn't have many shortcomings.
As an immortal cultivator, Song Bugui may not have had no ambitions when he was young, but after more than a hundred years of hard work, paying the price of countless blood and tears, and wandering around the gate of hell dozens of times, Song Bugui is getting older.
Gui is very clear that he is just a mediocre person and does not have the ability to realize his ambitions.
Before the four major families launched a fierce attack on the Seven Seas Star Territory, he once again failed in the family struggle and was kicked back to the bench as the education director of the Imperial Fleet and the reserve commander of the Song family.
By this time, he was already disheartened. , just waiting to sit on this cold bench until death, but never expected that in just six months, he would become the last elite commander of the four major families, one of the best "big warriors" in the imperial army. guy".
Of course, Song Bugui was self-aware and knew what was going on - surrender and death, taking away his talented and shining colleagues one by one.
Yun Xuefeng and Song Yushi were in the Seven Seas Star Territory, and Countless commanders at all levels with real talents and deep connections in the four ace fleets either died in battle or fell into the hands of the reformists and met a very dishonorable end.
In this way, the top executives of the four major families who had fled finally managed to stabilize their position.
When they looked around hesitantly, they were surprised to find that they could not choose a fleet commander with both prestige and commanding skills!
And because the main forces of the four major families are now defeated, there is an urgent need to mobilize a large number of reserves and recruits to replenish the fleet.
Song Bugui, who has served as the Education Director of the Imperial Fleet and the reserve commander of the Song family for many years, has become the only one that can be recognized by all parties.
Candidate.
Song Bugui became the supreme commander of the Kaitian Fleet in this way, and was also given the nondescript military rank of "Second Marshal" - this was a newly established military rank after the new emperor ascended the throne.
Originally, the empire only had generals and marshals. , the supreme command of the combined fleet of the four major families Officer, it is not an exaggeration to grant him the rank of marshal in any case, just like Lei Chenghu "opposite", but I am afraid that even Song Bugui himself thinks that granting him the rank of marshal is too ridiculous, too much, and too sorry for the past few years.
He has been the marshal of the empire for hundreds of years, so the second-in-command should be the second-in-command!
At least, Song Bugui looked at the rank of second commander on his shoulder and thought that these two words were like his current situation, which was neither embarrassing nor embarrassing, and couldn't be more appropriate.
Although he became the supreme commander of the Kaitian Fleet and the theoretical "military boss", Song Bugui had no sense of dictatorship at all - he knew very well that he, as the supreme commander, was nothing more than Ji Xiang on the stage.
At most, they have professional command and advice rights, but the Kaiten Fleet is not a united fleet at all.
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Its control is still firmly in the hands of the bosses of each family.
Without the approval of the Elector, he even Even the Song family's own fleet cannot be commanded.
The control under his hands is extremely weak, and there are dozens of "mother-in-laws" pressing on his head.
As the saying goes, a dog can't change its habit of eating shit.
If the nobles of the four major families do not fight for power, it is better than a dog that can't eat shit.
It is even more impossible that even in the early stages of the great defeat, the four families were still able to unite sincerely and form a Kaitian fleet, but they have just gained a firm foothold.
Afterwards, their selfish nature was inevitably revealed.
Especially after the new emperor Chengwu came to the throne, those "ministers of Conglong" who had recommended meritorious services did not hide their desire for power and ambition, sold their official positions, and awarded lavish rewards. , fighting openly and secretly, taking advantage of the opportunity to gain power, and other things are common, emerge in endlessly, and become more and more intense!
Thinking about it, the imperial court controlled by the four major families has been ruined to such an extent that even the imperial capital has been lost.
The only way to win people's hearts again is to lavish rewards.
As for the King Kong Fleet and the Ace Fleet's defeat, countless generals and marquises fell one after another, and a lot of positions were vacant at the right time.
If we don't send out official titles at this time, when will we wait?
Song Bugui originally didn't care about these dirty and messy things - just the thought of him facing off against Liaohai Hou Lei Chenghu, known as the "God of War", was enough to make people tremble and make their eyes black!
More than fifty years ago, Song Bugui worked with Lei Chenghu for a period of time.
At that time, he knew clearly what a "famous general" was and how far there was between himself and a real famous general.
Song Bugui estimated that he had two options, either he would be defeated by Lei Chenghu on the battlefield like a melon and a vegetable, and the flagship would be blown up to pieces; or he would be completely defeated and return to the line in disgrace, obediently carrying this mouthful of blood on his back.
A big and heavy scapegoat, accepting the anger of Emperor Chengwu and the sanctions of military law.
If it wasn't so dangerous, how could the throne of "Commander of the Kaitian Fleet" stick to his butt, and he couldn't shake it off no matter how hard he tried?
Song Bugui originally didn't want to care about the bad things in the court.
But they couldn't stand up to the new monarch or the four electorate princes.
In order to gather people's hearts, they assigned a large number of official positions, which greatly expanded the entire imperial court and military bureaucracy.
In addition to the Military Command Department, there was the Military and Political Department, and above the Military and Political Department, there was also the General Staff and General Staff.
A headquarters was set up next to the staff department, and all this messy structure was "coordinated" by a base camp.
Above the base camp, another damn military committee was set up.
Meetings, this department, that battalion, dozens of ministers, chiefs, deputy chiefs and committee chairmen, all can intervene in the battle preparation and command of the Kaiten Fleet; each of them has thrown out countless "ingenious tricks", and can easily, The one who defeated the "God of War" Lei Chenghu in one fell swoop; everyone stared at Song Bugui with extremely vigilant eyes, almost poking their fingers on the tip of his nose, scolding him for fearing the enemy like a tiger and even secretly colluding with the rebels.
If not for secretly colluding with the rebel party, how could the revolutionary rebel party's fleet plunder the territory of the Song family, show off their power, and even defeat several reinforcement fleets and supply fleets in succession?
He, the commander with the strongest force of the four major families, , Still standing still, afraid to move forward?
Generally speaking, Song Buhui could deal with general chiefs, deputy chiefs, ministers, etc. with a "hem haha" sound.
But faced with the questioning of Song Lixing, the "Chairman of the Supreme Military Council of the Real Human Empire", Song Bugui could not just deal with it.
Not only because Song Lixing was his immediate superior in the military system, not only because Song Lixing made great contributions in supporting the new emperor to ascend the throne, "the holy family is prosperous", but also because Song Lixing was one of the four electorate princes.
First, the eldest son of the head of the Song family, the next elector and the most promising successor to the head of the Song family, naturally devoured Song Bugui to death in every aspect!