Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 413

Chapter 412: Jinguan changes dramatically

Eagle Horse Star Region, Eagle Horse II Galaxy, the main force of the Pegasus Fleet is sailing here.

Ye Lixia looked at the planet outside the bridge, with some impatience between her eyebrows.

It has been more than six years since she left the Pegasus Star Region and participated in the war against the Iron Tooth Clan. This is a much longer time than she expected, and the long-term battles have also left some traces on her body.

Although, like many powerful people in the empire, she has undergone a rejuvenation operation. This operation can greatly reduce the speed of aging, and people will only age rapidly and die at the end of their lifespan. With the life extension operation, the powerful people in the empire can still obtain a long and high-quality life.

A package of a rejuvenation operation plus a life extension operation can extend a person’s normal lifespan from 70 to 80 years to about 150 years, and two times can make a person over 200 years old. Some people’s physical conditions can even support three or four operations. However, the later it is, the more difficult the two operations are, and the lower the success rate. At present, the highest record of mortals is six life extension operations, living to 450 years old.

Compared with the real immortals and the Space Marines who have not aged to death as long as they don’t die in battle, there is still a big gap, but this is also a great technology.

Although it can only be applied to a very small number of people.

But even so, the operation can only keep her body in a young state as much as possible, but it can’t make her energetic.

Several years of war and long-term huge pressure have made her skin dark and tired.

Now, she just wants to return home early, relax and have a good rest for a while.

But it doesn’t work.

When sailing to the Eagle Horse Star Region, the fleet began to slow down. When asked, it was said that the leader of the Eagle Horse Star Region and many dignitaries in the star region cordially invited the Pegasus Fleet, which has made outstanding achievements, to stop at the capital of the star region, that is, Eagle Horse II, to attend this banquet.

Ye Lishia was a little unhappy.

During interstellar navigation, if the fleet can really fly all the time without stopping in the middle, the speed will be faster and faster, and the time spent on high-speed flight in the middle will not be particularly long; the time spent on jumps in the star tunnel will not be particularly long. But it is the process of accelerating and decelerating the fleet that takes time.

After this stop, it will take a week or two to return to the Pegasus Star Region.

This is what Ye Licia hates the most.

But she also knows that this is unavoidable.

They fought in the Golden Pass Star Region first, and then entered the Silver Pass Star Region. Behind these two star regions, the nearest place that has not been involved in the war is Eagle Horse.

This can be regarded as the base camp of this military operation. A large amount of supplies were allocated from all over the star region through imperial taxes or other means, and distributed from the Eagle Horse Star Region.

The local star region government was ordered to take on the responsibility of distributing these supplies to the front battlefield.

It is of course necessary to build a good relationship with them.

On the one hand, they have helped a lot in the past six years of war, and even gave priority to the distribution of some supplies needed by the fleet. Now we need to thank them.

On the other hand, the war is not completely over yet. It has only achieved the goals of the first stage. There will be more battles later. When that time comes, the Pegasus Fleet will definitely come again. It is important to continue to maintain a good relationship.

Given these two reasons, and the fact that they took the initiative to invite her in the name of rewarding loyal imperial warriors, it was really hard not to come.

Even if it meant delaying the trip, there was nothing she could do.

Although this was the decision of Fleet Commander General Tillemans, in fact, if Ye Lishia was in the same position, he would have to make the same decision.

Although Ye Lishia was irritable and unhappy, and couldn’t wait to go home, she was still able to be patient and do what she should do.

The time was almost up, she changed into a new set of clothes, dressed neatly in the uniform of a rear admiral, and wore all kinds of medals. She boarded the spaceship and headed to the starport of the planet in front of her to attend the dinner.

During the dinner, she put on a smiling mask and communicated with the local star district officials in a decent, elegant, but enthusiastic manner.

She enjoyed the praise of the local officials, and humbly responded that this was what she should do, and it was also inseparable from the support of the local officials.

No matter how much hypocrisy there was, at least it seemed that the atmosphere of the entire dinner was very harmonious, and it could be said that both the host and the guests were happy.

The dinner soon reached its climax.

Vice Admiral Tillemans, as the fleet commander, was invited to the stage to give a speech.

The general also integrated well into the current environment. He made a few humorous jokes, and the guests in the audience also laughed in cooperation.

People listened to him talk about the fleet’s exploits and the previous victory. At the same time, they listened to him looking forward to the future, declaring that the Pegasus Fleet was not only the star sea defense force of the Pegasus Star Region, but also the actions of the Pegasus Fleet would maintain the safety of the surrounding star regions, especially the Eagle Horse Star Region.

Just when everything was in a good atmosphere, a naval adjutant, regardless of the general’s speech, hurried to the stage and whispered something in Vice Admiral Tillemans’ ear.

This was of course very rude. Even if there was something very important, couldn’t he wait until he finished speaking and stepped down?

But thinking about it, he would rather do this than waste another twenty minutes, which also proved how important this matter was.

Ye Lixia could see that Vice Admiral Tillemans’s face had a very dramatic change on the stage. From the high spirits just now, it became ashen as death in an instant.

What happened?

Ye Lixia’s doubts did not last long.

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw her own adjutant rushing over.

The adjutant came to her side and whispered in her ear: “General, something big has happened! A new chieftain is suspected to have appeared among the iron-toothed greenskins. From the depths of the occupied area, the greenskin fleet suddenly swarmed out, and the number was much larger than what we had previously estimated! Shuiwu Star and Yinguan II have been lost. After the Northern Fleet was defeated, it regrouped at Yinguan III and is now under siege. The Star Region Naval Command ordered us to return immediately, go to the Jinguan Star Region to deploy defenses, and meet the Yunluo Fleet. The Yunluo Fleet has already gone ahead of us to rescue the Northern Fleet.”

Ye Lixia’s face darkened.

The coalition forces of all parties in the Dragon Eagle Star Region actually achieved two major results: First, the Jinguan, which was a conflict star region, was pacified. Second, in the Yinguan Star Region, which was a fallen area, four star systems were captured, namely Shuiwu Star, Baiwu Star, Yinguan II, and Yinguan III.

It took six years to achieve such results, but in the blink of an eye, two of the four planets were lost.

However, what was most worrying was not the loss of results, but the emergence of a “great chief” in the Iron Tooth Clan, which gave the Iron Tooth Clan a unified leader again after decades.

After many years of war with the orcs, Ye Lishia fully understood that the orcs’ performance in war would be completely different if they had a strong leader or not.

However, it also depends on the level of the so-called “great chief”. The last great chief of Iron Teeth caused a huge waaagh, which led to the fall of three or four star regions, laying the foundation for the power of the Iron Teeth Empire today. His troops were aimed at the heart of the Dragon Eagle Star Region until he died unexpectedly in the war, which ended the expansion of the Iron Teeth Clan.

The last great chief was relatively ordinary, and he could only barely restrain the fragmented Iron Teeth Clan. His prestige was far from good, but even so, he ended the ability of humans to recapture the four fallen star regions, and caused the six star regions surrounding the fallen regions to fall into years of war.

A few years ago, the Dragon Eagle Star Region was about to start a war to retake the occupied areas because the Irontooth Chieftain was challenged and killed in the cruel internal struggle of the Greenskin Orcs. However, the challenger also lacked prestige and died soon. Then the Irontooth Clan, which could only barely maintain unity, fell into civil strife again.

Isn’t this a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?

But unexpectedly, the Greenskin Orcs decided on a new chieftain so quickly.

Ye Lixia even suspected that the war action in the Dragon Eagle Star Region had a catalytic effect on this.

As for the current situation, we can only hope that the new Iron Teeth Chieftain, like his predecessor, is a reluctant leader who cannot truly be loyal to all the military leaders of the Iron Teeth Clan.

But in any case, Ye Lixia and others’ plan to return for repair has been ruined.

Even though the entire fleet is not in good condition, many ships have been damaged in the previous war and need to be repaired, but now there is no way, they can only drag their injuries and turn around to go to the front battlefield again.

A banquet that originally had a good atmosphere ended just like that.

The Pegasus fleet hurriedly went in the direction they came from.

On the way, Ye Lixia seized the time and used the Star Language Tower on the ship to contact Gu Hang. She told Gu Hang the latest situation on the front line and reminded Gu Hang to pay attention to this matter.

Gu Hang asked, “Will they fight to the Pegasus Star Region?”

Ye Lixia smiled and said, “That shouldn’t happen.”

Gu Hang understood what she meant, after all, there were two star regions in between. From Yinguan in the occupied area to Tianma, there is a Jinguan star region and a Yingma star region in the middle.

However, we can think of the best, but we should prepare for the worst.

“I know, I will make some preparations.”

“Well. Although the probability of attacking Tianma is not high, the war in the star field is tight. We may find the leaders and governors of various places to discuss what to do. There may be apportionments and loans. You really have to make some preparations in advance.”

Gu Hang frowned instinctively.

Apportionment, loans… It doesn’t sound good.

However, if the war really deteriorates to that point, it seems inevitable.

What else can we do? Watch the situation in the two neighboring star regions deteriorate?

Impossible.

The lips and teeth are cold.

The green-skinned orcs have almost no possibility of negotiation. If the situation really deteriorates, there is no reason to let Tianma star region go without attacking.

However, compared to apportioning the family property that the alliance has accumulated with great difficulty to the star field government, or even handing over the troops, Gu Hang is still unwilling to accept it. If it really comes to that, the situation is inevitable, then he would rather lead the alliance to directly participate in the war.

At least the command power and the autonomy of action are in his hands.

Gu Hang instinctively does not trust all other commanders from outside.

When he is free, he reads some battle examples, materials, and reports of the empire. He always feels that the generals and judges of the empire are not afraid of manpower when fighting. As long as they can achieve their goals, the death of many people seems to be an acceptable price.

Objectively speaking, it may be true.

There are millions of empires in the world, and the population of the empire is incalculable. No matter what is lacking, there is no shortage of people.

Your green-skinned orcs die one less, and my 50 good brothers are endless.

However, Gu Hang himself really doesn’t like that.

Human resources have always been the most important resource in his heart. The wealth that a living person can generate in his lifetime is much higher than sending them to the battlefield to die easily.

Of course, he also understands that many times, sacrifice, even large-scale sacrifice, is inevitable. But because of this, this kind of sacrifice must be respected.

Kindness is not good for commanding an army. When it is time to be cold and hard, regardless of the cost of casualties, of course you have to do so; but when it is not so necessary, even if one more person dies, you are not happy.

For this reason, Gu Hang does not like to hand over his subordinates to other imperial forces for command. Others do not have his mentality and will not feel sorry for his soldiers.

“I understand. Maybe next, we may meet on the battlefield against the Iron Tooth Clan.”

Ye Lixia smiled and said seriously: “Then I really don’t want that. You’d better wish me to win the battle and return triumphantly…”

Gu Hang followed the topic and continued: “Return triumphantly and marry me?”

“…Pfft.” Ye Lixia turned her face away slightly, then turned back, “If that’s the case, wouldn’t it be the best?”

“Indeed. But…you still have to be careful and take care of yourself.”

“I will.”

…

After talking with her fiancé, although they didn’t talk about much, Ye Lixia’s mood was still much better.

She felt that she had the strength to deal with the ups and downs in the future.

But at this time, she had not yet realized the seriousness of the problem.

The order they received was to deploy defenses in the Jinguan Star Region to support the Yunluo Fleet and the Northern Fleet.

The latter was blocked in Yinguan III, and the former was trying to rescue them, which required a support force.

It was also a precautionary measure.

Once the war in front changes, all the results won in the Yinguan Star Region will have to be spit out, and the defense line established by their Tianma Fleet will pull the green-skinned orc fleet to the Jinguan Star Region. The situation on both sides is likely to return to the situation before the war started six years ago.

This is almost the worst plan.

However, when they really entered the Jinguan Star Region, they found that the situation was even worse than that.

(End of this chapter)