"Oh?"
Song Lixing asked, "What suggestion?"
"I think that you should think of a way to gather all the senior officials of the four major families' military system, military command department, military and political department, headquarters, National Defense Commission, and Military Commission, and bring them to the front line," Song Bugui said.
"You should know that these guys are very serious interference with the Heaven-Returning Fleet, especially the branch fleets that belong to the other three major families. They are not under our control at all.
"If these guys stay in the Yellow Dragon Realm or simply enter the flagship of their own branch fleets, I can't do anything if they don't listen to my orders on the battlefield!
"Therefore, in order to ensure the victory of the Battle of Jade Tripod, we must lure these people to my flagship. Only in this way can we 'drive the tiger to devour the wolf' and let the last elites of the other three major families fight to the death with Lei Chenghu's remaining soldiers, and the Song family will reap the final rewards."
"Hmm …"
Song Lixing narrowed his eyes, and there was a greedy light in the depths of his eyes.
"They may not agree to it if I ask them. Therefore, I still need you to come out and board my flagship with them. As for the reason, let's just say that it's … a joint command," Song Bugui said.
Song Bugui said, "Chairman, don't worry. Even if our flagship jumps to the Jade Tripod Realm, it will definitely be at the core of the battle formation. It won't be in any danger when facing Lei Chenghu who is in a mess.
"Once you achieve a complete victory, you will be able to say that you, the chairman, 'personally took the risk and defeated the God of War'. This kind of supreme glory is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. At that time, the chairman will even become the first person in our Song family in hundreds of years!"
"Well …"
Song Lixing hummed a few times, but the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily. He looked deeply at Song Bugui and said, "Why? Don't you want to defeat the God of War personally and enjoy this glory alone?"
"I know myself well, and I know who brought all of this to me."
Song Bugui lowered his head deeply to prevent his superior from seeing the mysterious light in his eyes. He said humbly, "Chairman is all of my hope and my greatest support. When Chairman seizes the peerless martial arts, I can also share a share of the glory. That is enough.
"After all, Chairman, you are the most valiant general in the rightful government of the Imperium of True Human Beings. Without your support, I wouldn't have dared, truly wouldn't, to challenge Lei Chenghu."
"Alright, I understand what you mean. Don't worry, since you are so loyal to the family, the family will not treat you unfairly."
Song Lixing still wanted to put on airs, but his curled and shivering lips betrayed him deeply. He waved his hand and said with a smile, "I know what to do. I'll deal with the pigs and dogs in the court. Your mission is to ask the Heaven Returning Fleet to prepare for an ambush in twenty-four hours. The rise and fall of the Imperium will depend on this battle. Carry out the order!"
"Yes!"
Song Bugui closed his legs and straightened his back, making the most solemn salute that he had ever made in his life.
The light beam dimmed again. The dark mirror was like a dark swamp, reflecting the face of the commander of the Heaven Returning Fleet.
However, compared to the confusion and distress a moment ago, his face was calm, calm, and mysterious at this moment.
Song Bugui scratched his nose softly and pondered for a long time. Then, he summoned his eldest son, who was working as a communication officer on the starship.
"Jun Cai, how many soldiers do we have in the entire Heaven Returning Fleet? At least above the high level of the Building Foundation Stage?"
Song Bugui asked in a low voice, his eyes half closed. His fingers were still on his nose, covering half of his face.
"Us?"
His eldest son was somewhat confused. He said carefully, "Father, more than one third of the soldiers in the Heaven Returning Fleet belong to the Song family. You know that, don't you?"
"Of course!"
Coldness leaked out of Song Bugui's eyes through the gaps of his fingers. He stared at his eldest son in fury. "I'm not asking the Song family; I'm asking us!"
"Aren't we … the Song family?"
The eldest son blinked his eyes. It was not that he was slow to react, but all along, Song Bugui had left an impression on the family as a cautious, submissive and mediocre person. Even the eldest son often complained that the old man was sometimes too honest, so for a while, he did not sense the sharpness in Song Bugui's words.
"The Song family is the Song family, and we are us!"
Song Bugui stressed. The fury that he did not vent on Song Lixing a moment ago was all directed to his eldest son. "Is your father the leader of the Song family? Is your father a Kurfürst? Can your father's words carry weight in the entire Song family? "
Dazed, his eldest son took a deep breath. Finally sensing the killing intent flowing out of Song Bugui's fingers, he shuddered and realized what was going on.
"The real blood relatives of our family, together with the old generals who have been with us for more than a hundred years, can probably gather five hundred warriors who will not hesitate to die."
Pausing for a moment, his eldest son added, "They are all trained by me in person. The warriors who dare to risk their lives and stab a hole in the sky are not just in the high level of the Building Foundation Stage. Many of them are in the Core Formation Stage. Also, there are a few Yuanying who are unknown to outsiders …"
"Enough. There's no need to elaborate. I'll give you twelve hours. Whatever methods and excuses you use, summon them to the general flagship. No. Five hundred are too many. So many people are not needed for great things. Pick the three hundred with the highest loyalty," Song Bugui said.
"Feed them until they are full. Also, select the Crystal Suit and the weapons carefully. Give each of them a Cosmos Ring with marrow crystals and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. Tell them that they will be rewarded ten times more after the job is done. Ask them to wait!
"Of course, they are the common warriors. As for Jin Dan and Yuanying, bring them here. I'll talk to them in person."
"Yes, Father. No. Father …"
His eldest son's nose was burning, as if he had only known his father for the first time. He stammered, "What — what are you doing?"
"Nothing much. Just in case," Song Bugui said casually.
"Listen. In twenty-four hours, the Return Fleet will finish the final preparations and march to the Jade Tripod Sector. According to reliable sources, Bai Xingjian, Lei Chenghu's deputy general, has mutinied and defected. Lei Chenghu's fleet is mired in total chaos and collapsing without a fight.
"In that case, we will fight a decisive battle and shatter the reputation of the 'God of War'. We will become the greatest heroes of the rightful government of the Imperium of True Human Beings!
"If that's the case, we don't need the three hundred men of sacrifice anymore. We can let them protect us and our lords for now. After all, hehe. If my guess is correct, our flagship will be very lively in a moment. Many lords will come to 'command together'."
"What? Lei Chenghu's deputy general defected? I — I get it now! "
His eldest son did not really understand it yet. Chewing on his father's words carefully, he frowned and said, "Father, you seem to be implying something. You said that we will do as you said. Is — is there a second possibility?"
"Whether or not there is a second possibility, we must take precautions. Otherwise, we will be used as tools for nothing, and we won't even know how we are killed in the end!"
Song Bugui said stiffly. "Do you hear me? If you do, go and do it now!"
"… No."
Nobody knew a father better than his son. In a short moment, thousands of thoughts flashed in the eldest son's head, and he gradually understood what was going on. With excitement, fear, and concern mixed together, he said in a trembling voice, "But … But … Father, mother, grandfather, so many of my brothers and sisters, my wife and children, including so many of your grandsons and great-grandsons, thousands of people in our bloodline are still in the house of Huang Longxing and under the control of the family. What about them?"
"I know, I know. I was planning to retire from the position of education director of the fleet of the Imperium. If I had a choice, who would want to be the commander of the Heaven Returning Fleet and face the pigs and dogs in the rear and the gods of war in the front?"
After a moment of silence, Song Bugui said, "Juncai, do you think that I have been too kind and easy to bully, that anybody can ride on my neck and roll my head like it is dough?"
"Well …"
Naturally, it was not easy for the eldest son to answer the question.
"Hehe. Yun Xuefeng, Song Yushi … So many brilliant and cunning Immortal Cultivators have perished, but I have been standing for a hundred years. Do you really think that I, Song Bugui, am a kind man who prays to Buddha?"
Song Bugui finally removed the hand that was covering half of his face. Clenching his fist, he smashed it into the control panel in front of him, raising a deafening noise and smoke.
Without the cover of the shadow, his eyes that were as red as blood, as well as the brutality deep inside them that was more intense than blood, were exposed in front of his first son.
"The arrow has been nocked on the string, and it has to be released. If you hesitate, you will only suffer. Everything that I did was because I was forced to do. After all, my entire family will be executed. So, I might as well take a gamble. Whether or not my family on the Yellow Dragon Planet can survive will depend on their luck!
"Go now, Juncai. Trust your father this time. This may be the only way to save your family!"
"Yes!"
The bloody brilliance in Song Bugui's eyes burned the first son like a fire. The first son also felt that his eyes and brain were burning furiously like a volcano eruption. He saluted Song Bugui and left in a hurry.
Watching the first son disappear into the darkness of the pathway, Song Bugui sat back on the commander's seat again. While licking the blood that splashed out when he smashed the control panel, he summoned the staff and the other members of the bridge while he pondered expressionlessly.
Before the bridge team and the commanders of the fleet arrived, the seasoned general of the Imperium, the commander of the Heaven Returning Fleet, and one of the few Immortal Cultivators who had a slight strategic brain left in the coalition army of the four Kurfürst families, smiled bitterly and said to himself in a voice that was as feeble as dust,
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