The admiral is the position of commanding the gendarmerie in the military department, and the Beifu Legion is already a public and private army in name, so it is a bit nondescript to appoint such a person, and this general is actually a god general.
Although Zhao Junhong introduced that the other party's name was Lin Wu, Zhao Jundu had already remembered the identity of this person. Not long ago, he was Fang Qingkong, the right envoy of the Supervisory Department of the Cabinet. Both the Beifu Legion and Fang Qingkong are Lin Xitang's former troops, since Zhao Jundu has already remembered the connection, he will not ask any more questions.
Both Zhao Jundu and Lin Wu looked indifferent, and politely gave each other a military salute.
Zhao clan, military area, and Beifu are the top military forces of the empire on the west land. Now that the principals are all here, Zhao Ruqin quickly explained the existing information in detail.
At present, it seems that the target of the sudden appearance of the non-native Duke of Darkness fleet is the rebel province, and it has also been detected that the fleet has dropped offensive troops there. It has only been two hours since the launch, so the specific battle situation on the ground has not yet been sent back.
However, the empire could not understand the intention of this fleet at all.
Although the rebel provinces are nominally at war with the empire and the dark races, in fact, the number of armed conflicts between them and the empire and the dark races is far less than that between the empire and the dark races. In contrast, gray trade exchanges are much closer.
Both Younan and Wubei provinces have no special natural resources, and their prosperity comes from camp smuggling. Moreover, the rebel army does not have a strong general at the level of a general, and the head of the Egret Legion only claims to be at the Tianguan.
Therefore, it is completely meaningless for the Eternal Night Council to dispatch duke-level powerhouses. The dark race should be very clear that the empire will not sit back and watch Eternal Night annex those two provinces.
After Zhao Ruqin finished speaking, Zhao Junhong said thoughtfully: "The Duke's fleet is all battleships, and there are no troop carriers, which means that the total military strength will not exceed 20,000."
Zhao Ruqin nodded and said, "Yes, the ground troops they deployed are only about 10,000 by visual estimation."
"Regardless of the quality of the military force, it is impossible for this number of people to occupy the province." Zhao Junhong pondered for a moment, and said: "The action of beheading is very appropriate..."
Zhao Ruqin was at a loss, "Who will be beheaded? Is it the leader of the rebel army? Up to now, there is no news of ground troops being dispatched from the Dark Territory. If it is a beheading operation, what is the purpose?"
At this moment, there was a small commotion under the turret, and someone rushed up with heavy steps.
After the man stood still, he gasped for breath and shouted at the same time: "General, please send troops to support Younan! The dark race, the dark race is slaughtering the city over there!"
Zhao Ruqin was taken aback, and looked intently, the person who broke in suddenly was his subordinate, Qi Ming, the deputy commander of the city guard. "What's going on, where's the scout? Tell the scout to report directly!"
Qi Ming suddenly paused, and said: "The scouts haven't come back yet..."
At this time, Lin Wu suddenly said with a dark voice: "The Zhao Clan really has a lot of capable people, and the news stationed in the pass is more well-informed than the secret spies sent abroad."
As soon as he spoke, both Zhao Jundu and Zhao Junhong turned their eyes to Lin Wu.
When Lin Wu was in the Supervision Department, he had a reputation for being harsh, but countless facts have proved that he never created something out of nothing, and he would never target without purpose. Here and now, Lin Wu uttered such a sentence, which contained a lot of profound meaning.
However, Zhao Ruqin didn't care what Lin Wu was saying. In front of the two brothers of the Zhao family, his subordinates violated the cordon and reported such nonsense news. At that time, this fault will be recorded on him. The one on the head couldn't help saying angrily: "Then how did you know that!"
Qi Ming murmured: "Someone from Younan Province has escaped and came to us..."
Zhao Ruqin frowned. There are a lot of problems behind this question and answer, but now is not the time to argue with Qi Ming, so he can only use the most direct method first, saying: "Go and call someone up!"
Qi Ming immediately turned around and ran down.
At this time, Lin Wu said again: "General Zhao also knows about this special period, the city defense should be more cautious, don't be tempted to open and close the door."
Zhao Ruqin was speechless for a while, but he couldn't refute. In the past, it really happened that the human race in the rebel provinces used the pretext of fleeing to cover up the dark race's attack on the Zhao Clan's territory. It's just that this kind of trick is difficult to use in an important military town like Youtong Pass, where there are high-level generals sitting in the town.
Although Zhao Jundu and Zhao Junhong brothers did not make a sound from the beginning to the end, they exchanged several winks with each other. Both of them felt Lin Wuruoyou's hostility. He seemed to know some secrets, and those things might not be good for the Zhao Clan.
Qi Ming quickly left and returned, bringing with him a middle-aged man with a flustered expression.
Upon questioning, the man was a businessman who happened to be sending a batch of goods to Fucheng, where the rebel armed Egret Legion was located, just in time for the dark race to kill in the city.
The businessman couldn't tell more details. He turned around and fled at the gate of the city, and the transport vehicle happened to be a small airship, otherwise it would be impossible to escape to Youtong Pass so quickly.
There are only a few things that are certain, one is that the city gate was still open for traffic at that time, and there was no wartime alert. Obviously, this attack did not have any warning. When the soldiers were running on the streets, they killed people completely indiscriminately, because there were some mixed races living there, whose appearance was more similar to the dark race, but those fighters didn't make any distinctions at all, and cut down all the people they saw. Fourth, on the way to escape to Youtong Pass, he passed by other big cities, and vaguely saw wars in the city.
After hearing this, everyone had different expressions.
Zhao Ruqin waved his hand and asked Qi Ming to take him down first. However, Qi Ming sent people to the stairs, turned back and called for a fight again.
Zhao Ruqin frowned deeply, this matter is not that easy, let alone that the news brought by the merchant is only one-sided, even if it is all true, how the Zhao Clan sends troops still needs to be considered.
If you pass by the ground, you may be attacked by rebel cities along the route. If they pass through the air, they will enter the defense range of the Duke's fleet in the outer void, that is to say, they will be preparing for a real battle.
Qi Mingming was very anxious. He knew Zhao Jundu and Zhao Junhong brothers, and he also knew from Lin Wu's clothes that he was a big man at the general level, so after the first recklessness, he didn't dare to speak too loudly, but just kept talking to Zhao Ruqin. whisper persuasion.
Zhao Ruqin interrupted him, saying: "Go and see if the scouts are back..." He couldn't just listen to the words of a businessman with such a serious military situation.
Qi Ming wanted to say something else, but Lin Wu suddenly jumped down from the city wall, and after a while, he came back with the merchant who came to report.
Without saying a word, Lin Wu cut open the merchant's coat with his palm like a knife, revealing the vest-like blue and white soft armor inside.
This is the standard equipment for elite soldiers, the basic armor worn in the military uniform, and the blue and white color is the main color of the Egret Army uniform. Apparently the time was too short, this man changed the outer uniform, but he didn't have time to remove the inner armor.
The man was already trembling with fright, and Qi Ming's expression changed drastically.
Zhao Ruqin's complexion turned black, and he glared fiercely at Qi Ming.
Since the businessman came directly to Youtong Pass, he was able to see Qi Ming at the first time, and made Qi Ming believe his words. Obviously, the two were acquaintances. No one has said anything about this before, because although the rebel province is at war with the empire, in fact, both sides are human races, and it is impossible for the people to have no contact with each other.
However, the dignified Deputy Commander of the guards of the Zhao Clan City, who made friends with an ordinary businessman in a rebel province, or a real member of the rebel army, this is a world of difference.
At this time, seeing that he couldn't hide it, Qi Ming hastily explained that the man was the quartermaster of the Egret Corps. Apart from his identity, what he said was the truth. This also explained how a businessman could have such judgment and action .
Zhao Ruqin had just called his own soldiers over to detain the quartermaster of the Egret Corps first, before he had time to deal with Qi Ming. Everyone had sensed it, and they all looked in the direction of Younan Province.
Even from such a long distance, the sky can be seen as if a boundless curtain, a corner was lifted by an invisible big hand, and then jumped out of a city in the sky!
And Zhao Jundu and Lin Wu who were farther away could even vaguely see the figures of dark race fighters in the city. At the same time, those black dots on the sky around Sky City are actually more than a dozen warships.
At this time, the monitoring post in the outer void also sent an urgent report, and the Duke's fleet descended and entered the near-ground airspace of Younan Province.
Zhao Ruqin said in surprise, "What is that?"
Qi Ming shouted: "General, look, I'm not wrong, this is an invasion!"
Lin Wu suddenly said: "Even if it is an invasion, it is also an invasion of Younan, what does it have to do with you?"
Qi Ming turned his head suddenly, his eyes were red, he didn't care who Lin Wu was, "You Nan is also a human race!"
Lin Wu said coldly: "Younan is only a human race, if it is not an empire, why should the empire send troops?"
Zhao Jundu and Zhao Junhong frowned at the same time, there was obviously a language trap in Lin Wu's words, and Qi Ming had obviously been caught in it.
Before anyone could speak to stop their conversation, Qi Ming clenched his fists and shouted: "Even if there are rebels there, there are more civilians!"
Lin was expressionless, looked him indifferently from head to toe, and said, "I'm afraid it's not just the civilians, but your family as well, right?"
As soon as this sentence came out, even Zhao Ruqin, who had been a little bit unable to react, changed his expression greatly, knowing that it was not good.
Sure enough, Qi Ming said in a deep voice: "That's right, my wife is in Fucheng, and she just gave birth to a son for me three months ago. War is war, and women and children are innocent. What's more, we are both human races, how can we face Yong Ye?" Can you watch and help each other!"
At the same time that Lin Wu sneered, Zhao Ruqin directly knocked Qi Ming unconscious, and summoned his own soldiers to drag him away.
Lin Wu said lightly: "There are quite a few people who communicate with each other on both sides, but they just set up their homes there. I don't know why."
Zhao Ruqin was completely speechless, Zhao Junhong coughed lightly and said, "Admiral Lin has been in the imperial capital for a long time, so he is no stranger to the situation in Westland."
Lin Wudao: "A few days ago, there were rumors that the emperor's teacher Lin Gong was not killed in the battle in the southern city of Fu. It spread to the Yanxi province in one day, traveled to Xiji City, and arrived at the imperial capital, Zhegui Palace, in the morning of the next day. Scattered in several places in Tianqi after midnight. Today I finally know how this efficiency comes from.”
Lin Wu's words were not euphemistic at all, they were so straightforward that people couldn't pretend they didn't understand, even Zhao Junhong's face changed color, and Zhao Ruqin wished he could suddenly become deaf.
Only Zhao Jundu took a deep look at Lin Wu, and said calmly, "I will give an explanation to Admiral Lin later on."
He pointed to the floating city under the sky in front of him, "That floating city looks like a demiplane weapon recorded in the data, what does Admiral Lin think about the current situation?"
Lin Wudao: "The void vibration that King Beiyue felt should be a sign that this floating city is about to jump over."
Zhao Jundu frowned slightly, and said, "Can we only rely on the Heavenly King's induction?"
Lin Wudao: "I'm afraid it is. All the outer void detection machines that our current technology can manufacture cannot guarantee the degree of recognition. In fact, there is no moment in the outer void that is calm. It may be a void storm, it may be a planetary orbit, or it may be The rainbow is turbulent."
Zhao Jundu nodded and said, "I'll go and have a look."
Lin Wudao: "It's best not to. It is recorded in the data that the attack range of this type of super weapon can cover a province and has the power to destroy all ground buildings. Since it reappeared after a thousand years, it should not only deter us No, but it will actually launch. Wait for it to hit a blow, and then deal with it according to the situation."
Zhao Jundu repeated, "Destroy all ground buildings..."
Everyone was silent for a while. If the historical data is not exaggerated, everyone knows what it means.
Lin Wudao: "According to the weapon level of the empire, it is at least a king-level offensive weapon. However, until we get at least one data, it is best not to let the old prince pass."
The silence was longer this time, and no one mentioned the possibility of supporting Younan Province. Whether a trap for the Empire lies ahead, or simply a victim, all gray areas serve only as buffers against the threat of all-out war. To put it more clearly, it is to accumulate data for new weapons.
A voice suddenly fell from the top of the head, "The King of Beiyue wants to sit in Xiji City."
A figure slowly landed in front of everyone, wearing a marshal's military uniform without badges or logos, standing tall and straight like all soldiers, except for that, there were no obvious features.