Him and their stars

If she was just the queen of the Elor people, she would be completely ignored. However, she is now the great khan of the entire predators, although this position is more like a loose warlord leader and the chairman of a listed company, rather than an absolute king who sticks to his word. However, the Great Khan is the Great Khan, and he still has to fulfill some obligations.

So, after a moment of hesitation, Miss Khan said: "I understand. Use the cipher text to send a message to General Huitan, inform us of our location, and ask him to come over and meet us. You must tell him, at most I will only Wait for him 48 hours."

It's too long. Just as the old palace minister was about to say this, he saw the queen whom he had brought up and said: "Tell General Huitan that we are waiting for him in the Gray Wind 7 system. Inform the entire fleet to set sail immediately and rush to the Nymeria system to stand by! "

You really don't do anything that the palace prime minister wants to do with people!

In this way, if General Huitan can get rid of the enemy and reach the rendezvous point within 48 hours, Miss Khan can also inform him where to go next. But if he really delays for too long and can't get rid of the enemy, it can also serve as a bait.

"This is General Huitan's choice. If he chooses the lion's den, he will have to bear the consequences." The female Khan sighed irritably, and could only put her beloved peach wine behind her and strode towards the bridge. go.

"Get my medicine ready."

"Sweat..." The old palace minister hesitated to speak.

"I know what you mean. But, old man, I know that my body can still be ruined for decades more." Miss Great Khan said.

"I know, and you are an adult and you are responsible for your own body. However, it is going to be ruined anyway. Can you get married and have a few heirs first? There are not a few left in the Masegetai family. What will happen if there are no heirs? ?”

Let’s not mention how the female Khan discussed her life events with the old palace minister who watched her grow up. Now, the leader of the long-bearded demon warlord whom she intended to use as bait, General Huitan, who had just retreated from the Asti Star Territory, suffered a humiliating defeat, but his current mentality was relatively stable.

At that time, when he saw that the situation was not right, he made a prompt decision to move to another place. The flagship Scarlet Throne did not suffer much damage. In addition, he gathered some defeated troops and had more than a hundred warships under his command. Finally, he felt a little safer.

However, when he knew that another group of imperial fleets were rushing toward him, the good mood he had regained suddenly disappeared, and he quickly ordered to prepare to retreat.

However, this order was opposed by the temporary second-in-command of the defeated fleet, Captain Nilgda. The young troll captain explained it this way: "Where can we retreat now? The ammunition on the ship is not enough to fight two battles, and the energy source cannot last two months. The food supply has been reduced to half of the previous one, and We can hold on until next week at most. But this Modan galaxy... all the way is the Lion's Den and the direction of Asti. All the way is the Gate of Glory."

Naturally, I won’t mention the Lion’s Den and the direction of Asti. This is where everyone lost.

As for the Gate of Glory, as the name suggests, it is one of the "Heaven Gates" on the border of the empire. It maintains a huge strategic group with heavy troops all year round. There are four Titan ships in the pipeline. The first pair of bonus sticks among the elected emperors King Sreen personally leads.

Of course, the conceptual opposite of the Gate of Glory in "space" is the New World, and the opposite in the "physical" sense is the isolation buffer zone between the two camps, a place called the "Crossroad Star Territory". It was an area with more than a dozen independent political systems and a very complicated political situation.

In addition, right next to the "Forked Road Star Field" is one of the most complex astronomical conditions in the entire galaxy, the legendary Abyss Nebula. It was a vast star field with a radius of thousands of light-years, but it was also an area where smugglers, pirates and gangs were rampant.

But in theory, this can be regarded as the defense area of ​​the Glory Gate Empire fleet. It is of course their duty to keep the black hands of these outlaws out of the empire.

From this point of view, it is naturally necessary to maintain a huge and heavily armed group at the Gate of Glory. But because of this, King Slenn's troops were very wealthy.

Huitan certainly knows that the second most powerful faction among the major tribes of predators, the troll warrior king Vito, is fighting against the empire near the Gate of Glory, but it is hard to say how much attention he can attract. .

All in all, the Imperial Army can allocate a fleet at any time and "go north" to the extreme frontier to encircle itself.

"Return to the center of the world... or make peace with the Great Khan?" General Huitan asked humbly. He must respect the second boss's opinion. Although the other party was young and sounded like just a captain, the "Fury" he commanded was the only dreadnought in this remnant fleet.

The Troll Captain pondered for a moment, shook his head and said: "If we rush over to make peace at this time, we will just be taken in as homeless dogs. What right to speak will we have?"

"...Good nephew! You don't want to go deep into the hinterland of the empire to grab a handful, do you?" Huitan couldn't help but said helplessly: "The nearest inhabited planet to us is Salvin, but there are only a few people there. There are tens of millions of people, all the previous factories are closed, and the warehouses are empty, and there are not many things to grab. Moreover, Khan’s deep space fleet also sent a message just now, saying that there is another group of people in the Linxian galaxy directly in front of us. An imperial fleet is rushing towards us. My dear nephew, the empire is too deep for us to grasp. Heed my uncle’s advice, let’s stop wandering, okay?”

The reason why he is called the wise nephew is because this young troll captain is the son of General Lange. Yes, that's the troll warlord leader who was stuck in the Lion's Den Galaxy and didn't escape.

Compared with his foolhardy father, this young Captain Nilgda is a very rare academic among the Trolls - he has attended the recording and broadcast of the online courses of the Alliance Military Academy bought with a lot of money, and Also took mock exams. According to General Huitan of the True Academy, if Nilgda's nephew went to a serious alliance military academy, he would definitely graduate among the top ten.

In addition, this young second-generation warlord is said to have taken online courses in psychology and state relations, and his grades were also good. He is definitely the college tyrant among the trolls.

Since they are both academics, the relationship between the two is of course very good, at least on the surface. It is reasonable to call them uncle and nephew.

"I have a group of good slaves in my hands." The troll captain suddenly said.

General Huitan was slightly startled, not quite understanding why the other party changed the topic so abruptly.

But I heard the other party continue to explain: "Didn't some slaves escape before? When we took the fortress, they were hiding in the Far Country Star and shivering. The slaves who can escape from the Galactic Center are not ordinary people. , I checked and found that many of them were skilled workers, technical team leaders and engineers. Haha, there were even a few people doing space hydroponics. It would be a pity to kill them all, so I killed them all. We’ve caught up with the ship. I’ve packed up all the technicians who also cultivate spices in the Empire’s remote planet and sent them on board.”

Captain Nilgda scratched his scalp and said in a deep voice: "I also know a little bit about the Great Khan's plan from my father. She needs manpower. As long as these are brought over, she will be very happy."

"But, when did you..." Everyone was beaten and ran away, so there was no reason why he had time to pack up the loot!

"Hey, I did this when I first arrived at the Lion's Den." The young troll fearless captain said sheepishly: "I think it is unrealistic to occupy the Lion's Den for a long time. It is better to pack the valuable loot in advance. "

It turns out that you, a troll with thick eyebrows and big eyes, are actually a defeatist! The long-bearded demon general pointed at the other party and was speechless. He thought to himself that you were really wronged by being born a troll.

"However, this little manpower is not enough. Now, the whole universe knows that we were defeated in Asti by a twenty-year-old girl with half our strength! In the world of predators, prestige is also strength . If we can't find a way to save some face, we will be annexed by other military leaders sooner or later. Even if we really have to completely surrender to the Great Khan, everyone hopes to continue to be the station commander and captain, right?"

All the military leaders present felt that what he said made sense, and even the long-bearded demon general who had decided to hug the long legs of the Great Khan was moved.

"So, what do you mean?"

"The imperial fleet approaching us has the same strength as ours. We..."

"Destroy them! Avenge the shame! Fight back to the lion's den and rescue the general!" A chapter leader, who was the burliest man among the trolls, jumped up and howled like a bull that was about to spit fire from its nose.

Nilgoda glanced at this man and pursed his lips, then two more troll guards jumped up, pushed this very brave man to the ground, and beat him until he squatted with his head in his hands, shivering and no longer dared to After speaking, he gave up.

"It's a small victory, and then we'll move on!" Nilgoda said.

"What's the difference between this and running away?" the long-bearded demon general said helplessly.

"Of course it's different. Now that we are leaving, we are just rats with broken bones and fear of the enemy like tigers! But if we win a little bit and move on, it means that the strategy has changed! It sounds much better." Nilgoda said.

It turns out it just sounds good! Huitan's long beard twitched a few times, and he said listlessly: "Then what if we lose again?"

"Then it's better to fight and then withdraw, than to not even withdraw! At least, we can still show the universe the unyielding power of our people of the Silver Heart!" The Troll Captain patted his chest: "Don't worry, everyone. They are all scarred and defeated armies, with similar strength, and the core of their tactics are two Dreadnoughts. As long as we deal with it carefully, we can't tell the winner. The enemy fleet's flagship has been seriously injured, and many main ships have also been damaged. Seriously, theoretically, their morale will not be too high. The reason why they attack us is because they see us as remnants and want to take advantage. But if they find that we are not easy to deal with, they will just accept it as soon as they get along. "

Huitan was startled, and then remembered that this wise nephew had studied psychology.

"Is this psychological analysis?"

"No, this is human nature! Uncle Huitan."

"Yes, you can be a defeatist at one moment and a typical Mysander at the next. Human nature is really divided."

"We are not split. We are attacking with great strides now so that we can retreat with peace of mind! I have never been a typical Maishan person." The troll laughed and said: "Of course, if the judgment is wrong, we also need to stay behind. The troops dispersed and retreated. So, take half of the slaves on my ship."

General Huitan probably felt that his nephew was a very particular person, so he finally agreed to his plan. So, the two men commanded the fleet to form a formation, preparing for another battle. Of course, they all had a tacit agreement not to mention the good brother and good father trapped in the Lion's Den Fortress, General Lange.

They were busy arranging their troops, but of course they didn't notice that in the Modan galaxy where they were, an Imperial Clear Sky-class cruiser, the Buran, was hiding behind a gas giant planet in this galaxy, carefully observing everything in secret.

The story of the Blizzard during this period is very thrilling. It followed the predator's immigration ship for a while, and before it had time to report the situation to the Grand Marshal's Palace, it was almost flanked by a steady stream of predator fleets heading towards the Abyss Nebula. In a galaxy in a corner.

Fortunately, Captain Hongsha is indeed an excellent old captain, and the Snowstorm is indeed a perfect cruiser. He hid and escaped, and finally escaped.

Now, the Buran has been hiding in the Modan system for four days. Compared to the predators who retreated here only 24 hours ago, they have already figured out the basic situation of this remote galaxy with no habitable planets - there are no habitable planets, only two icy planets, and one A gas giant planet and a lava planet. There is no space station, only two automatic gas wells and two mining plants. There was a team of more than a dozen workers responsible for maintenance, but as early as the fall of the Lion's Den, they got on the only transport ship and ran away with buckets.

However, although the workers have left, the robots in the mine are still working conscientiously, and the warehouse at the rail freight station is more than half filled.

The high-energy gas collected on the gaseous planet can be easily compressed into chemical fuel, and the minerals mined on the lava planet are important products of high explosives.

Thinking that it was coming anyway, the Imperial cruiser simply ran directly to the cargo terminal and replenished the following energy and water.

Because the freight station is also a dormitory for workers, their food and water supplies are naturally stored here. A week's worth of food for a dozen people is probably not enough to feed that many soldiers on the cruiser, but it's still better than nothing.

The only astral knight and imperial nobleman on the ship, Colonel Yeager Soback, watched with great admiration as the mechanics on the ship used the few tools at the cargo station to compress the high-energy gas packets into chemical fuel and poured it into the ship. in the vessel's second backup engine.

"I thought chemical engines were obsolete!" he exclaimed.

"It has indeed been eliminated. Whether it is efficiency or endurance, it is far worse than the current sublight energy engine. Now only some small countries, third-rate freight companies with no money, and the ships of gangsters still use chemical engines. . However, this thing actually has another advantage. It has a simple structure, so it is durable and durable. Sometimes, even if the sublight engine and jump engine are down, this thing can still be used. At critical times, it may save lives. . We old shipwrights, no matter how advanced the warships we get, will always change the second backup engine to a chemical one." Captain Hongsha sighed: "However, this is just for old-fashioned people like me. Now Young captains who have graduated from universities will only think that we are doing unnecessary things and wasting national fees."

Soback felt that the experience of these old-timers was very insightful. Watching them making fuel and refilling the chemical engine, so busy, it always reminded him of the way the evil star who must not even be named led everyone to work in the factory at the God of War Festival...

Anyway, the Clear Sky-class cruiser has been undergoing repairs here for a while. At this time, they already knew the victory of the Battle of Asti Star Territory, and their mentality suddenly relaxed.

Of course, they never expected that before everyone could decide where to explore next or return to the lion's den to report, they discovered that the remaining fleet of the predators had retreated here.