"Why haven't you attacked yet?"
On the 3D light beam, Song Lixing stared at Song Bugui gloomily. His eyes, which were full of thorns and barbs, were almost piercing all the way from the surface of the planet to the orbit and whipping Song Bugui's spine brutally. "Vice Commander Song, His Majesty and my father are both concerned that the reformists' army has intruded into the heartland of the Song family for such a long time. They are even occupying the Jade Tripod Sector, our most important resource and heavy industrial base. The entire Jade Tripod Sector is about to be destroyed!
"At such a critical moment of life and death, why are you not reinforcing the Jade Tripod Sector and fighting the reformists' army with the most powerful fleet of the Imperium in your hands? What are you hesitating for? What are you scared of?"
Song Lixing looked handsome, and his voice was as loud as a bell. Even when he was glaring at Song Bugui, there was still a hint of loyalty and fury in his voice.
But Song Bugui was very clear that his future leader was an out-and-out idiot who looked good on the outside but was actually rotten on the inside. He was even a shameless scoundrel who said, "I'll take the credit, and you can get yourself killed".
He was the kind of person who was born to regard himself as a chess player and other people as pigs. He believed that the whole world revolved around him naturally.
Unfortunately, because of his powerful background, his idea was not wrong most of the time.
He did not have any military talents, and the few battles that he commanded in person were all idiotic. Other than marching forward with his head lowered, he did not have any other tactics. He was always advocating 'long live His Majesty', 'sacrifice', and 'long live His Majesty', claiming credit, eliminating dissidents, shirking responsibilities, and trapping his subordinates and comrades. But he was a self-taught genius.
Relying on the blood and corpses of countless people, together with the brilliance of his father, he built his own path of advancement step by step. Song Bugui had seen his comrades being sent to hell by him multiple times. He himself was almost blown away by him like a cannonball and did not even know how he died.
It was hilarious that the guy thought that everybody in the world was blind and did not know or had forgotten his misdeeds. He often bragged that it was he who promoted Song Bugui to the position of the highest commander of the Heaven Returning Fleet and the vice commander of the Imperium and asked Song Bugui to remember him day and night!
Although he was filled with frustration and disdain, Song Bugui still pretended to be prudent and sluggish on the surface. He said obsequiously, "Chairman, the Heaven Returning Fleet is still being drilled. You know that, although our fleet is equipped with a lot of new warships, they are the … remnants and reserves of the four families. Their cooperation in the battle is not perfect yet. The morale of the soldiers is not high, either. The reformists, on the other hand, have won two battles in a row. After marching into our heartland, they have been unstoppable all the way. It is the moment when their morale is soaring and unstoppable.
"In my opinion, now that the enemy is in high spirits, we might as well avoid them. There is no need to launch a final battle recklessly. Let's just defend the Yellow Dragon Sector with the Heaven Returning Fleet and the reserves that have come from other places and even fight the enemy in the Yellow Dragon Sector. The Yellow Dragon Sector is the core that the Song family has been working on for hundreds of years. It will not be conquered so easily. If the reformists really dare to come, we will turn the Yellow Dragon Sector into an asura slaughterhouse where they will die without a burial!"
Song Lixing was not satisfied with the seemingly bold but actually prudent words at all. The future leader of the Song family bulged his eyes as big as bells and eyed Song Bugui up and down for a long time. It was not until then that he finally said, "What are you talking about? The reformists are unstoppable. Isn't that your problem? Why didn't you stop the enemy in time and annihilate them the moment they marched into the Song family's territory?
"Now, you are so scared that you do not even have the courage to go out and fight when the enemy is too powerful?
"Hehe. Assuming a stance in the Yellow Dragon Sector and waiting for the reformists to attack? What a great idea! Let me ask you. What about the Jade Tripod Sector? Are we going to abandon the most precious resources of the Song family, the heavy industry base, and the shipyards? Also, the Yellow Dragon Realm is where the Son of Heaven is patrolling. His Majesty's palace is located here. Are you going to watch the rebels conquer the Yellow Dragon Realm and use its resources to expand their strength? Then they'll march straight in and kill their way to His Majesty and the court? What is this? Is this how the Song family guards His Majesty and the court? "
Song Bugui was of a mind to say that when Lei Chenghu and Bai Xingjian marched into the heartland of the Song family, he had just become the unlucky highest commander of the Heaven Returning Fleet. It was exactly because nobody in the four families was bold enough to challenge Lei Chenghu that he, as an unlucky guy, was forced to make up the number as a scapegoat. It was already a great miracle that he had trained the defeated soldiers of the four families and the underdeveloped reserves into 'elites' after only one month. Why was he being blamed for Lei Chenghu's march?
Taking a deep breath, he secretly warned himself not to burst into fury. He had been thinking hard about how to deal with Lei Chenghu, and his soul was extremely weak. If he burst into fury, he might be mentally deranged. Therefore, he explained patiently, "Chairman, the Jade Tripod Sector will not fall so easily. Right now, the garrison of the Jade Tripod Sector has been wiped out. But the Jade Tripod Sector and a few resource planets are still under the control of the garrison on the ground. As a heavy industry base, the Jade Tripod Sector also has a very complete defense system on the ground and below. As long as the Song army does not act recklessly and waits for reinforcements, it will not be a problem for the planet to last for three to five years.
"On the other hand, our Heaven Returning Fleet is not necessarily a match for the reformists on the head-on battlefield …"
"Are you implying that we are no match for the reformists?"
Song Lixing narrowed his eyes and asked coldly.
"No, no. What I'm saying is that the threat may be greater when the saber is not unsheathed. There is no need for the Heaven Returning Fleet to compete with the reformists head-on. As long as we lurk in the Yellow Dragon Sector and do nothing, it will be the greatest deterrence for the reformists!"
Song Bugui said. "With the Heaven Returning Fleet lurking in the darkness, it is impossible for the reformists to devote 100% of their soldiers to the Jade Tripod Sector and the resource planets. Then, we will be at each other's throats, and our defense line will be impregnable.
"The reformists seem to have all the advantages on the battlefield, but their disadvantages are obvious, too, which is that they are on their own and lack of supplies. It is impossible for them to turn their advantages into victories. As long as they fail to win the battle for a long time, their morale will be low, and their rear will be in turmoil. By then, our army will launch a thunderous strike, and we will definitely be able to win the battle!"
"Hehe …"
Song Lixing's face was still filled with gloom. He gave no comment on Song Bugui's proposal.
"Chairman, I think that it is the safest way in military terms."
Song Bugui made up his mind and simply said, "I am not scared of the enemy. However, it is a fact that Lei Chenghu is much better than me in terms of strategies, tactics, prestige, and so on. Now that we have a chance to wait for him to come out, why do we have to attack recklessly?"
"Vice Commander Song, are you suggesting that you know military affairs, but I don't?"
Song Lixing bulged his eyes even wider than a moment ago, and his nostrils were even wider than his eyes. He said coldly, "You and I both know military affairs, but I know politics better than you do!
"I don't care how I view the situation in military terms, but politically, the Jade Tripod Sector must be taken back, and the fire of war must not spread to the Yellow Dragon Sector!
"Firstly, the Jade Tripod Sector is the most important resource and heavy industrial base of the Song family. It is the greatest leverage for the Song family to contend for the universe. We cannot watch the fire of war spread to the ground and below the ground of the Jade Tripod Sector and burn our greatest leverage to the ground! That is what my father means, and so am I. I believe that you, as a member of the Song family, are of the same mind, too, aren't you?
"Secondly, a lot of noises in the court believe that the rebels are marching in unstoppably and are likely to threaten His Majesty's safety. Therefore, they want to move the emperor's palace from the Song family to the territories of the other families. Hehe. Those shortsighted pigs and dogs are playing the game of 'commanding the vassals through narrowing the emperor' when the fire is on their eyebrows. Do you think that we can give up the Yellow Dragon Sector so easily after we finally elected a new emperor?"
"Well …"
Song Bugui bulged his eyes. He did not see it coming, or rather, he did not have the time to think about it.
It was obvious that whichever family the emperor was in was the dominator of the four Kurfürsten. They were basically the ones who had the final say in the court.
But it did not mean that the other three families were unable to compete with the dominator when they joined hands.
Right now, the Song family was the leader of the four families. Naturally, it had become the target for the other three families to resist together.
Song Bugui did not think so. At this critical moment, the other three families really wanted to get Emperor Chengwu in their hands. Obviously, the rebels would attack whoever had the emperor. Except for the Song family, which family could stand Lei Chenghu, a ferocious god, sneaking into their heart and turning the world upside down?
However, it was a regular operation among the noble families to play games with the Song family and exploit more benefits by suggesting that the emperor's palace should be moved out of concern for His Majesty's safety.
"Father is under a lot of pressure in the imperial court. He has promised His Majesty and all the civil and military officials in the imperial court that he will never allow the rebel army to invade any part of the Yellow Dragon Realm. He will annihilate the enemy in the Jade Tripod Realm!"
Song Lixing declared resolutely. "Vice Marshal Song, with everything coming to this point, what do you think?"
Song Bugui opened his mouth, only to feel that he was at a loss, but he did not know what to say.
"Guiren …"
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