Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 418

Chapter 417, Do you still want to collect imperial taxes on behalf of others?

Is Gu Hang using the war to expand the influence of the alliance?

Objectively speaking, yes;

subjectively, he does have this idea.

However, he has a clear conscience about this.

In this matter, he believes that he is doing the “right thing”.

With the situation in the star field deteriorating and even the Yunluo star field itself in danger, the Seven Horses cannot count on external reinforcements at least in the short term.

If the situation in the star field gets bad to a certain extent, the threat of the Iron Tooth Clan will definitely be greatly increased by the Empire. By then, it may not even be just the troops from the Eastern Universe Domain that will come. The Empire may even directly form an expeditionary force to quell the disaster in the Dragon Eagle Star Field.

However, that will require a long wait.

With Gu Hang’s understanding of the Empire’s reaction speed, he is very pessimistic that the Empire can quickly gather enough forces to suppress the threat when things just break out.

He believed that with the huge size and endless military force of the empire, the Iron Tooth Clan seemed to be a disaster in the star region and star field, but for the empire, this matter was not too big. As long as the empire wanted, it could settle the matter with a slap.

However, similar disasters always happen in thousands of star fields within the empire.

By the time the empire reacts and gathers its forces, I am afraid that the entire star field has been destroyed.

Not to mention the central empire, even when the reinforcements from the Eastern Space Field will arrive, Gu Hang feels quite uncertain.

By then, the support forces from the Space Field or the central empire arrive, but the Seven Horses have been destroyed, what is the point for Gu Hang?

He did not seek to solve the Iron Tooth Clan by himself, this depends on the subsequent development of the war. However, to defend his own homeland and the results of these years of struggle, it is necessary to integrate the forces of several surrounding star fields.

Some people contribute people and some people contribute strength, so that it is more likely to stop those greenskins.

The alliance will expand its influence in this process, and that is all incidental.

As for what Gu Hang said to the leaders and governors of other star regions, that he had obtained the authorization of the star region government and had the power to allocate resources from the surrounding star regions to fight this war, he was not lying. It

was just that he did not tell the whole story.

This matter originated from a call between Gu Hang and Yunluo Star.

Since the orc wave swept across the star region, it has become very difficult to contact Yunluo Star, the capital of the star region in the west, from the eastern part of the Dragon Eagle Star Region.

Ordinary astropaths just feel that the “phone” cannot be dialed, but Gu Hang’s perception is clearer.

When conducting astropathic communication, he can clearly perceive that the subspace where information is transmitted is abnormally surging. All he sees is a manic green, which is a very violent psychic power that is stirring the entire subspace.

Is this the so-called waaagh?

Waaagh is the name of many things among the green-skinned orcs, originally derived from their war cry. Happiness can be waagh, anger can be waagh, sadness can be… oh, greenskins may not be sad.

The Iron Tooth Clan launched a grand waaagh, and this waaagh energy spread across many star regions as they traveled.

The subspace became more violent and unpredictable, and a large amount of subspace energy turned into a green tide, which made star communication extremely difficult.

According to Gu Hang’s ability, he had even used a very ordinary star language tower to directly contact Holy Terra.

It should be easy to contact Yunluo Star.

But now, it is difficult.

The green tide energy that is churning in the subspace has great malice towards other energies. It is really difficult to break through the layers of obstacles and contact other places.

Because of this, when Gu Hang finally got through the star language communication and contacted Yunluo Star, the other side was also very surprised, and immediately alarmed many people.

Several bigwigs of the star region government immediately connected Gu Hang’s star region communication to their offices, and such a unique meeting was launched.

The Dragon Eagle Star Region Head Tan Jiuyi, the Minister of the Interior Lao Yisi, the Minister of Law Xu Dechen, and the Dragon Eagle Corps General Michelle Oliqi were all present.

They were also eager to know what was happening in the eastern part of the star region, which had been out of contact for two months.

In fact, before Gu Hang contacted them, they had even made the worst plan, thinking that the eastern part of the star region had collapsed completely.

Tan Jiuyi told Gu Hang very clearly:

“Your call is the only good news I have heard recently.”

Then, the two sides exchanged a wave of information.

The situation in the eastern part of the star region is like this. The focus is on the Battle of Steel Wing Star. The battle is still going on, and Gu Hang will lead the team to the Eagle Horse Star Region in the near future.

The situation in the central and western parts of the star region is even worse than that in the east.

More than a dozen star regions are all caught in the flames of war. Most of the star regions have been rapidly invaded by the Iron Tooth Clan. The greenskin orcs spread their greenskin troops one after another to various planets like sowing seeds, and fought with the local human army, and tried to build their own greenskin ecosystem.

But these can only be regarded as “small problems”.

The bigger problem is the main force of the greenskins led by the Irontooth Chieftain Titus.

At present, it seems that they have about 600 warships, among which Titus’s own largest warship has exceeded the flagship of the Yunluo Fleet, the “Dragon Eagle” battlecruiser.

Counting the more than 400 warships in the east of the star field, the star field government can’t figure out how these greenskins have gathered so many ships in the four star regions they originally occupied.

If they were all garbage ships and rotten ships, that would be fine, but the key is that there is also that super-powerful flagship!

Could it be that the Irontooth Clan has been dormant and holding back for big moves in the past few decades?

This does not fit the character of the greenskin orcs!

Before, they didn’t even have a unified chieftain. When they fought each other, the warships might not be enough to cover the losses in the civil war. How could they have so many?

The Star Region Government has not yet figured out the reason.

But this does not prevent them from trying to deal with the current crisis for the time being.

The biggest effort made by the Star Region Government was to reach an agreement with the Casting General of Jindi Star, the senior leader of the Mingyang Sect.

The two sides had a very close cooperation. Jindi Star and Yunluo Star Region were directly connected by a star tunnel. The two sides also hit it off in the goal of fighting against the green-skinned orcs.

At Tan Jiuyi’s personal request, the Ming Yang Sect’s guards and fleet set out. They had a brief battle with the vanguard of the greenskin fleet.

The Mingyang Sect had invested a lot of money. The lifeblood of Jindi Star, a “mechanical ark”, was directly sent to the battle.

They defeated the vanguard of the greenskin fleet and resolved the dilemma of the Yunluo Fleet being chased.

At this point, the Yunluo Fleet was finally able to turn around and gather the team.

Multiple scattered fleets were reunited.

After counting, the size of the Yunluo Fleet was only about 30% of the original size.

Fortunately, the flagship “Dragon Eagle” battlecruiser still existed, and there were also four cruisers and two light cruisers.

Counting the “mechanical ark” of the Mingyang Sect, the human navy finally regrouped.

But the pressure is still great.

Titus’s main force has received the news.

The greenskin main fleet led by him has entered the Snow Eagle Star Zone from the Curse Bone Star Zone.

From the Snow Eagle Star Zone, there are two roads that can enter the Steel Fire Dragon Star Zone where Jindi Star is located, and the star region capital Yunluo Star Zone.

Now, it is still unknown what the terrible beast will choose.

But no matter which option it is, it is destined to be a fierce battle.

The Mingyang Sect’s fleet of protecting the religion and the Yunluo fleet, a total of 400 ships, are probably still no match for the main fleet of the greenskins.

Tan Jiuyi asked Gu Hang a question: Is it possible for the Tianma Fleet and the naval force gathered by the alliance to rush to the Yunluo Star Region as soon as possible to help in the battle?

He even “thoughtfully” helped Gu Hang think of their route of advance.

It is definitely unrealistic to come directly from the Iron Tooth Clan’s route of advance, but the Iron Tooth Clan’s troops have not yet reached the southernmost circle of the Dragon Eagle Star Region.

You can walk from the Kenma Star Region to the Black Bone Ridge. There are traces of greenskins appearing in the Black Bone Ridge Star Region, and many planets have been invaded, but the strength of the greenskin fleet should not be strong. As long as you pass through the Black Bone Ridge, and then go to the White Eagle and Fire Eagle, you can directly reach the southern part of the Yunluo Star Region and enter it relatively safely.

Hearing this suggestion, Gu Hang suddenly increased the signal strength of the star communication and showed his face in front of these senior officials of the star domain. He kept a polite smile on his face, and did not say whether he agreed or not, but stared at everyone.

It was not until Tan Jiuyi coughed twice and skipped the topic unnaturally that Gu Hang’s stare ended.

I don’t know how this head of the star domain came up with such an outrageous suggestion.

Is your mind confused under pressure?

Lao Yisi hurried out to smooth things over.

“Lieutenant General Tillemans has done a good job. It would be great if we can hold on to Steel Wing Star. Gu Hang, you must also fully cooperate with the Pegasus fleet and the defense operations of the Eagle Horse Star Region. If you can attract as many enemies as possible in the eastern part of the star field, it will be a great achievement.”

Gu Hang was still smiling: “Of course, I will do so. In fact, I have promised that I will personally lead my army, the more than 200 ships I have collected, and the hundreds of millions of army soldiers of the alliance to go to Steel Wing Star to participate in the war.”

When he said this, he deliberately skipped the so-called “cooperation”.

Then, some of his requests further revealed his goals: “However, to protect the eastern part of the star field and attract the attention of the Iron Tooth Clan as much as possible, this task is by no means the responsibility of the Alliance alone, but the responsibility of the entire star field. Right now, due to the invasion of the green-skinned aliens, most of the star field has been plunged into war, and the east and west parts of the star field are isolated, making communication very difficult.”

“Because of this, I hope to gain greater autonomy in the eastern part of the star field.”

“In the many worlds and star regions in the eastern part of the star field, I want to establish a unified front against the greenskins, sign an agreement, be integrated, and help each other. All planetary defense forces, all planetary governments, star region governments, and ships owned by caravans of all levels will operate under unified deployment to fight against the Iron Tooth Clan.”

“The imperial tax in the eastern part of the star field has been cut off and it is impossible to send it to the capital of the star field. I want to temporarily replace the star field tax department to collect imperial taxes in the Qima area and all the occupied areas in the star field. All the taxes collected will be used for this war. The relevant accounts will be fully prepared and there will be no misappropriation.”

After Gu Hang finished speaking, the bigwigs of the star field government fell silent.

At the beginning, when Gu Hang talked about autonomy, they could still continue to listen, but the following two “I want”s were more excessive than the other.

Unified agreement… Ambitious Gu Hang, is he finally going to expand his alliance beyond the Tianma star region?

This matter has always been a voice in the star field government.

When the Zhou domain government inexplicably approved a multi-star political union “Alliance”, many officials in the star field government would have some murmurs.

After all, although it is not without precedent, it is a bit unconventional.

And as the scale of the alliance expands, even until it occupies the entire Tianma star region, it will not only be murmurs, but serious vigilance.

Many star field officials have carefully studied the history of the alliance and believe that this union with a very tight internal structure cannot be expanded, otherwise it will affect the authority of the entire star field and become a potential threat that cannot be eliminated.

However, the alliance has been very honest over the years.

Now, it finally takes advantage of the war to show its fangs and take advantage of the fire to rob?

Your so-called “mutual unity and mutual assistance” is not just a copy of your alliance?

Gu Hang’s heart is known to everyone!

Under normal circumstances, this is impossible to agree.

But at this extraordinary moment, Gu Hang’s words make sense.

The star field government has the help of the Mechanicus, but it is not sure whether it can stop the green tide, let alone the scattered star regions in the eastern part of the star field. In the case of poor communication between the two sides, only Gu Hang, a top psychic, occasionally has the opportunity to penetrate the obstacles in the middle to communicate in star language. If these star regions in the eastern part of the star field are not allowed to unite under a strong leader, how can they fight?

If the so-called “Seven Horses Agreement” is still a special move that can be tolerated under special circumstances, then the imperial tax involved later is something that is even more difficult to accept.

Who are you to dare to say such a thing as collecting imperial taxes?

(End of this chapter)