Warhammer: My Brother Is the Emperor.

Chapter 178 Locating the Blackstone Fortress
So far, the No.11 Black Expedition has ended. Compared with the original history, the casualties of this "skull collection" are much smaller.

Aside from a Forge World rebellion, several hives were destroyed, and a thousand Constituents died, with few other casualties.

However, Abaddon still achieved his goal and was one step closer to the Blackstone Fortress. Once he obtained the Blackstone Fortress, he would have a chance to break Cadia's forbidden area.

Therefore, there is bound to be another big battle in the Sabai star cluster in the future. In order to gain an advantage before the war, Said conducts a purification expedition to the Sabai star cluster.

It just so happened that Chagatai Khan's term of office ended, Said appointed Ryan, who was more proficient in this field, as the commander of the theater, and Chagatai Khan became the commander of the extreme theater because of his outstanding military exploits.

Compared with other theaters, the extreme theater has a larger area, more complex situations, more command troops, higher influence, and a higher status of the theater commander.

Khan is very satisfied with this appointment. In his eyes, the Extreme War Zone is a vast battlefield where the White Scars can gallop and play freely.

Ryan was originally the deputy commander of the Obscure War Zone, in charge of the Gothic Star Sector. Due to the strong defense line of Cadia, the Obscure War Zone was extremely boring.

The Gothic sector is full of sporadic pirates and small rebellions, and there are no strong enough enemies. Ryan guards the Blackstone Fortress, feeling like he is old.

On the other hand, Fernus, the Iron Hand, is much happier. He is in charge of the Calixis sector, with all kinds of ghosts and monsters, Chaos space warriors, green-skinned bandits, worms and other three evils.

For most Primarchs, war is not only a duty, but also a manifestation of personal value, and it is the purpose of the Emperor's design for them.

They were born for war, and they naturally live for war. In the Primarch, this group is called the main war faction, and it is also the stronghold of the pure faction.

The whole galaxy knows that the empire has fought three wars in the Taiping star field, two alien wars and one chaotic war. Judging from the situation, there will be great wars in the future.

Therefore, the commander of the Pacific Theater is particularly critical.

Said appointed Ryan as the commander of the war zone, and he was targeting the four Blackstone Fortresses in his hands.

Said's Blackstone Fortress will guard Cadia and the Maelstrom. If Abaddon takes the seventh Blackstone Fortress, Ryan Blackstone Fortress will be needed as the last insurance.

After Ryan listened to Said's narration, he immediately assured:
"His Royal Highness, rest assured, the loyal First Legion promises to clear the Taiping Starfield and find the seventh Blackstone Fortress to destroy any invading enemies."

Said instructed: "The summary is in place, but these three points are just means. The ultimate goal is to prevent the Blackstone Fortress from falling into the enemy's hands."

"The ultimate goal has the highest priority. At critical times, you can act on your own. Even if you destroy the seventh fortress, you must prevent the fortress from falling into the enemy's hands, you know?"

Saeed was worried that Ryan lacked an overall view and could not understand the primary and secondary goals, which led to the fall of the Blackstone Fortress into Abaddon's hands.

Ryan nodded: "Understood, Your Royal Highness, I will never let the Blackstone Fortress fall into the enemy's hands!"

After Ryan took office, he immediately cooperated with the scientific research ship to launch a purification expedition, clearing up one imperial world after another, ensuring that these imperial worlds are in a pure state when the war begins.

Half a month later, Said received the report, and he couldn't help feeling that the three pests are like weeds, the fire can't burn out, and the wind can grow.

Less than a hundred years since the last purification, [-]% of the world in the Taiping Starfield has green skins, [-]% of the world has chicken thieves, [-]% of the world has chaotic cults, and a few have been infiltrated by the Tau.

In addition to the above-mentioned main enemies of the empire, almost all worlds have various strange-looking aliens, and most of them are extremely harmful.

They will come to the territory of the empire due to various reasons, some follow the merchant fleet, some deliberately infiltrate, some are thrown directly by the subspace, and some are thrown by the turbulent flow of the universe...

In short, they are taking root and sprouting in various imperial worlds, spreading quietly. Although they have not become a climate, the future harm cannot be underestimated.

Said was shocked to see it, and thought: "Sure enough, the greatest enemy of human beings is themselves. No matter which world, it is a wise saying that we must first settle down when fighting against the outside world."

"This is the case in the Taiping Starfield, what will happen to other imperial worlds, so the normalization of the purification expedition must not be shaken!"

So, he immediately authorized Ryan to purify the pollution. In an instant, countless worlds were caught in the flames of war, and no evil or pollution could be hidden.

The Inquisition went straight into the nooks and corners of the worlds, uncovered the filth, purified it with loyal chainswords and bolt guns, and restored the Emperor's authority as countless heads fell.

With the cleansing of the worlds in the Pacific Starfield, Ryan turned his attention to the large void among the stars.

In the unnamed meteorite belt and the universe full of hulks, there are all kinds of pirates, including the Dark Eldar, the Green Orcs, and even the Chaos Warband.

The Imperial Merchant Fleet among the galaxies was plagued by it, while the Imperial Navy fought on its own without a unified action, resulting in unsatisfactory results every time it was suppressed.

Therefore, in the era of Chagatai Khan, the Imperial Fleet in the Taiping Theater organized multiple encirclement and suppression campaigns, relying on the White Scars Corps for mobility, and achieved considerable results.

But each time it quickly resurfaced.

The universe is really vast, and there are too many places where people can hide. The green-skinned pirates can easily dig out a meteorite, and they can live in the base camp.

No matter how many imperial reconnaissance ships there are, they can't cover surveillance, not to mention that rogue pirates are usually cunning and don't stay in one place for too long.

Therefore, Ryan focused his efforts on intelligence warfare, and he called a special group - Rogue Traders.

The rogue trader travels all over the world, known as the Empire Columbus, has dealt with all kinds of alien pirates all year round, and naturally knows a lot of pirate information.

These are the skills of eating, ordinary people are not capable of asking, but the dark angel not only has no secrets for himself, but also for others.

Through the unique skill of the Dark Angel, the Rogue Trader immediately knew everything and told everything he knew, and Ryan got the complete pirate information.

So a fleet was immediately sent out to suppress them, and hundreds of pirate strongholds were blown up within a few days. Countless three evils died one after another, and the Taiping Starfield route was instantly emptied.

As the interrogation deepened, the Dark Angel learned a piece of information from the Werewolf Trader:
The Tau aliens recovered from the toxin, and instead of becoming weaker, it was a blessing in disguise. The clan members became stronger, and even the Fire clan specialized in melee combat appeared.

At the same time, the tau became more belligerent and tougher.

When the Rogue Traders came into contact with them, the Tau strongly demanded that the Empire convert to the Higher Good. After being rejected by the Rogue Traders, they immediately organized a fleet to prepare for an expedition to the Empire.

After Said learned about it, he immediately questioned the rogue trader in person, trying to learn more information about the Tau tribe. After the inquiry was over, he couldn't help sighing:

"The luck of the Tau people is really good!"

After the Tau tribe was infected with the plague, the whole tribe weakened for a period of time, and then under the excellent leadership of the ether, the whole nation united as one, successfully defeated the virus and gained physical fitness.

What surprised Saeed even more was that Nurgle did nothing to corrupt the Tau!

The reason may be that the epidemic is short-lived, or it may be that there are not many projections in the subspace of the souls of the Tau tribe, so that the Tau tribe resolved the crisis before Nurgle noticed it.

But whatever the reason, the Tau are in good luck, and they are preparing to exact revenge on the Imperium.

According to the account of the Rogue Trader, when he fled the Tau Empire, a new batch of fleets had already set off, heading towards the territory of the empire.

If it weren't for the slow speed of the Tau race at super-light speed, the Rogue Traders wouldn't be able to escape at all.

After understanding the situation clearly, Saeed put aside the information. The Tau tribe has been severely damaged since the last war, and the ground troops are almost completely damaged.

Even if the main force of the fleet is still there, its strength is not as strong as that of the empire. The threat of the Tau tribe at this time is not as good as a green skin waaagh in the empire.

Not to mention that the commander is still Leon Johnson who has four Blackstone Fortresses.

Meanwhile, the abyss of despair.

A Tau fleet of a thousand warships was sailing, the largest of which rivaled Imperial battlecruisers.

It is not difficult to imagine that since the Battle of Dauisi, the Tau have once again exploded with a wave of navy.

On the flagship Anwa, Vision knocked on the door and asked:

"Teacher Qingxi, why do you agree with Ether's plan to send troops? With our current strength, we can't beat humans at all! You didn't let me say it when I questioned it just now, you can say it now!"

Qing Xi coughed a few times, compared to the last time when he was full of vigor, now he is older and haggard, with more wrinkles on his face.

It is not difficult to imagine that the previous virus has done a lot of harm to his body, causing his body to become weak. He said tiredly:

"Ether knows the strength of human beings. The mission of this fleet appears to be revenge, but it is actually to gain the power to fight against human beings!"

Farsighted wondered: "The power to fight against humans? What is that?"

Qing Xi said calmly: "300 years ago, the ancestors found a coordinate from the ancient ruins, and the coordinates stored the artifacts of a powerful ancient civilization."

"If we have it, the Tau race will have the strength to compete with humans! Even if we can't compete, humans will use their weapons when they conquer us."

Yuan Jian asked curiously: "Teacher, what kind of artifact is that? Can it make up for the gap in strength in an instant?"

Qingxi said mysteriously: "You will know when the time comes, and this is why the ethers let the human exploration ships go and let them go back to report the news?

It is to involve the main force of human beings in New Hope, so that we can win the real goal! "

Yuan Jian rejoiced and said: "So that's how it is, the teacher is wise, long live the ether, for the sake of the best way!"

Qingxi intends to use false news to lure the main force of the empire, and make a fuss, but she doesn't know that the empire doesn't pay attention to them at all, and she doesn't know that the strength of the Taiping star field alone is beyond their imagination.

In the eyes of the Tau tribe, the strength of Damocles' expedition was already the majority of the empire's strength, but they didn't know that it was just a mixed army.

And there are hundreds of such legions in the Taiping star field alone, and a troop of the size of the Tau tribe is only a medium-scale greenskin invasion in the eyes of the empire, and the star area defense legion is enough to digest it by itself.

It can be said that the Tau tribe is like a arrogant Yelang at this moment, a blind man who touches an elephant.

They crossed the Abyss of Despair, avoided New Hope, entered from the other side of the Sabai constellation, and soon saw an imperial world.

Sensing the fleet's attack, the galaxy immediately organized defenses, the galaxy fortresses and turrets were in full swing, the ship's muscles and minefields were dispatched, and the galaxy fleet sailed out of the dock.

But despite this, these defenses are still not enough in front of the Tau fleet. If they fight at all costs, humans will lose.

Therefore, the Tau tribe sent diplomats in an attempt to take down this galaxy without bloodshed, but humans directly returned the heads of the diplomats.

The purification expedition had just ended, and the tragedy was still vivid in my mind. The Emperor's authority was at its peak, and no one dared to show disloyalty at this time.

Qing Xi ordered the attack, but Yuan Jian disagreed: "Teacher, why are we wasting time here? Can't we just go get the artifact?"

Qing Xi shook her head and said: "The jump engine needs to be replenished, otherwise it won't be able to drive back at all, and you don't know what you will encounter ahead, so you must go in the best condition."

"If the natives hand over their arms and fuel, let them go, but they didn't expect to be so loyal to civilization and race. Since they don't accept the gift of the best way, accept the punishment of the best way!"

After speaking, he ordered the whole army to open fire. A large number of ion cannons and railguns focused their fire on the galaxy battery, and the defenders responded with countless light spears.

In the space between the two sides, a large number of carrier-based aircraft are fighting each other, and void mines are swimming like sharks.

Behind the defensive fortress, light cruisers act as mobile batteries, unleashing carrier aircraft and lances.

As the distance drew closer, the Imperial macroguns joined in and the Tau advanced more slowly.

Although the long-range firepower of the Tau spaceship and the carrier-based aircraft are top-notch, the defenders have a defense width bonus and can deploy more spears and turrets to forcibly withstand the Tau attack.

Qingxi's face was serious, she was surprised by the tight defense of human beings, for the Tau Empire, such defenses consume a huge amount of resources.

To consume the same resources, it is better to build more warships.

However, it doesn't know that the galaxy fleet is limited in size and can only pile up resources on fortifications. Moreover, the empire has a vast land and abundant resources, and the precious resources in the eyes of the Tau are worthless in the eyes of the empire.

During the advance, the Tau encountered unprecedented resistance. It took a whole day and lost a third of their warships before they broke through the outer defenses and entered the interior of the galaxy.

However, at this time, they were attacked by more void mines and swarms of carrier-based aircraft, and the galaxy forces fought hard to resist, which greatly slowed down the advancing speed of the Tau.

According to the prince of the empire, it is very simple to let the people fight bravely, that is, let them fear you more than death!
The Purification Crusade has terrorized all galaxies, and they must resist desperately and prove their loyalty in order to protect their families, power, and status.

Finally, their insistence was answered. At Mandeville point, four Blackstone Fortresses jumped out of the void, like mighty kings, and crashed into the Tau fleet in an instant.

In an instant, a large number of Tau fleets were destroyed, and Qingxi immediately ordered to focus fire, but the Blackstone Fortress could not be damaged at all.

Immediately afterwards, a large number of small black spots appeared around the Blackstone Fortress, instantly generating a huge amount of gravitational force, sucking in a whole bunch of Tau ships.

When the black spots disappeared, only the extremely compressed iron remained in place.

Said hit the Void Claw on the Blackstone Fortress, and the Eldar artifact combined with the Golden Age weapon made the Blackstone Fortress even more powerful, and wiped out the Tau fleet in an instant.

Only Qingxi and Yuanjian escaped in the escape boat the moment they appeared in the Blackstone Fortress, successfully escaping the catastrophe.

Yuan Jian asked worriedly: "Teacher, what if humans find the information in the wreckage and find the artifact?"

Qing Xi said calmly: "Don't worry, the ship has been destroyed, they won't be able to find it."

However, when preparing for the battlefield, a scientific research ship swept through the wreckage and successfully found clues from the logbook and a diary.

"Well... this is the end of the voyage, and the diary of the vision, which mentions the artifact, it can't be..."

With its powerful information reading and integration capabilities, the empire successfully obtained the coordinates of the Blackstone Fortress.

　The double update of the king's restoration of loyalty~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)