Chapter 2906 Back to Heaven Fleet
Just when His Majesty the Emperor and His Highness of the New Empire were deeply shocked by the news that the sky and the earth were broken, and could hardly control the trembling of their facial nerves and hands. Huanglong Realm, the capital of the Song family, which is far away from the imperial capital, is the so-called "old empire" of His Majesty Chengwu. On the near-Earth orbit of the main star, inside a starship that was as majestic as a sword was unsheathed, some people sighed and were worried about the complex and dark situation in front of them.
That is the last mobile force of the four major electoral families, the highest commander of the joint fleet, and the second commander of the imperial army, "Song Bugui".
Two consecutive defeats in the Battle of the Seven Star Field and the Imperial Capital caused the situation that was originally almost certain to collapse instantly. It was not only a loss of half of the country, but it was simply a defeat. From being sure to being in danger, the four electoral families finally took out the spirit of "integrity and unity" in the size of peanuts, and they all agreed that today, when the "King Kong Fleet" and "Ace Fleet" failed one after another, the weak defeated soldiers and defeated each other, and then scattered in the isolated island-like territory, they would only be defeated and destroyed one by one by one by one by the powerful reformists.
Only by gathering the few new warships left together and defending the "majesty of His Majesty Emperor Chengwu and the four major electoral emperors" is the only way out.
This is why this joint fleet was born.
From the fleet name given by Emperor Chengwu and the word "return to heaven", we can see the importance of the "Old Empire" on the "old empire" to this last fleet.
But Song Bugui, the highest commander of the "Return Fleet", was not considered a commander whom everyone expected. Even he himself knew very well that he was just a result of a power struggle, mutual compromise and helplessness, "barely make do with it".
In the sequence of the Imperial Army with the shining stars, Song Bugui, 184 years old this year, is not considered a shining famous general, and has nothing to do with adjectives such as bravery, courageous and resourcefulness. In his more than 150 years of military career, despite dozens of bloody and fierce battles, no matter how relaxed the conditions, he could not find a classic battle example that could be included in textbooks, let alone the gorgeous record of "winning with less and raiding with thousands of miles".
He is an ordinary general who has no personal style or the temperament of a famous general. He is not a general on the battlefield, but rather a step-by-step civil servant. In the first half of his military career, he often appears as a staff officer or deputy. When he is able to stand alone, he often goes to guard the deserted and barren world, or is responsible for logistics escorts and other tasks. He has been in the idle position of the Military Command and the Imperial Fleet Education Director for more than ten years, and was inexplicably promoted to the commander-in-chief of a certain front army, just to take a blame that no one wants to take.
In dozens of bloody and fierce battles, his performance can only be said to be barely passing - he has lost, but he is not defeated in a mess. In the worst cases, he can also take 70% to 80% of the remaining soldiers to evacuate safely. He has won the battle, but he missed the opportunity because of hesitation, and missed the opportunity to expand the results of the battle and get rich in vain.
Overall, this is a general who is inconspicuous and no one would think of it, but if you really care about it, you don’t have much shortcomings.
As an immortal cultivator, Song Bugui may not have no ambition when he was young, but after more than a hundred years of hard work and spending countless blood and tears, and after wandering around at the gate of the Ghost for dozens of times, Song Bugui, who gradually grew older, knew very well that he was just a mediocre person and did not have the ability to realize his ambition.
Before the four major families launched a fierce attack on the Seven Star Fields, he once again failed in the family struggle and was kicked back to the bench of the Imperial Fleet Education Director and the Commander of the Song Family Reserve. At this time, he was already disheartened and was waiting to sit on the bench until he died. However, he never expected that in just half a year, he would become the last elite commander of the four major families and one of the top "big bosses" in the Imperial Army.
Of course, Song Bugui knew himself and knew what was going on - surrender and death, and took away his talented and brilliant comrades one by one. Yun Xuefeng and Song Yushi were in the Seven Star Field, and there were countless commanders at all levels with real materials and deep relationships in the four ace fleets. They either died in battle or fell into the hands of the reformists and ended up with extremely unreputable endings.
In this way, the senior executives of the four major families who fled in panic finally settled their positions. When they were wandering around, they were very surprised to find that they could not choose a fleet commander with both prestige and command art!
Also, because the main forces of the four major families are now in a defeat, they urgently need to draw a large number of reserves and new recruits to enrich the fleet. Song Bugui, who has served as the education director of the Imperial Fleet and the commander of the Song Family Reserve, has become the only candidate that all parties can recognize.
Song Bugui became the supreme commander of the Huitian Fleet in a daze, and was awarded an inappropriate military rank of "Second Commander" - this was a newly established rank after the new emperor ascended the throne. Originally, the empire had only the difference between the general and the marshal. For the supreme commander of the joint fleet of the four major families, it was not an exaggeration to grant the rank of marshal, just like Lei Chenghu on the "opposite", but even Song Bugui himself thought that it was too ridiculous and too much to give him the rank of marshal. He was too sorry for the imperial marshal in the past few hundred years, so, the second commander is second commander!
At least, Song Bugui looked at the rank of the second-ranking commander on his shoulders and thought that these two words were like his current situation and were no longer appropriate.
Although he became the supreme commander of the Huitian Fleet and a theoretical "military boss", Song Bugui did not have the awareness of autocracy at all. He knew very well that his supreme commander was just a mascot on the table and had at most professional command and advice. However, the Huitian Fleet was not a united fleet at all, and its control was still firmly in the hands of the bosses of various families. Without the recognition of the electoral emperor, he could not even command the Song family's own fleet.
Not to mention that the control under his hands is extremely weak, there are still dozens of "mother-in-laws" pressing on his head. As the saying goes, dogs cannot change their shit. It is even more impossible for the nobles of the four major families to not compete for power and profit. Even in the early stage of the great defeat, the four families were able to unite and form the Huitian Fleet, but after gaining a foothold, they inevitably revealed their selfish nature. Especially after the new king Chengwu ascended the throne, those "members of the dragon" who recommended meritoriously did not hide their power and ambitions, selling official positions, rewards, fighting openly and secretly, and taking the opportunity to take the throne, etc., are common, emerging one after another, becoming more and more intense!
Thinking about it, the court controlled by the four major families was so devastated that even the imperial capital was thrown away. If you want to gather people's hearts again, you can only give up a large reward.
The great defeat of the King Kong Fleet and the Ace Fleet, countless generals and marquis fell one after another, and a large number of positions were vacant. At this time, no official hats were sent, so when will we wait?
Song Bugui didn't care about these heart-wrenching and messy things - just thinking of him against the Liaohai Hou Lei Chenghu, who is known as the "God of War", is enough to make people tremble and their eyes turn black!
More than fifty years ago, Song Bugui worked with Lei Chenghu for a while. At that time, he knew clearly what a "famous general" was and how much gap there was between himself and a real famous general.
Song Bugui probably had only two ways. He was either defeated by Lei Chenghu chopping melons and vegetables on the battlefield, and was blown to ashes with his flagship; or he was defeated and returned to the roadside in a mess, obediently taking this big and heavy blame, accepting Emperor Chengwu's anger and military sanctions.
If it weren't for this danger, how could the throne of "Chief of Huitian Fleet" be stuck to his butt and not even able to shake it off?
Song Bugui didn't want to care about the bad things in the court.
But he couldn't stand the new king or the four electoral emperors in order to gather people's hearts, and the bureaucracy of the entire court and the military was expanded. There was also the Ministry of Military Affairs outside the Military Affairs Department, and there was the General Staff Department above the General Staff Department. The command department was established next to the General Staff Department. All these messy structures were "coordinated" by a base camp. Above the base camp, a damn military committee was established. This department, that battalion, dozens of ministers, chiefs, deputy chiefs and chairman, each of them could interfere in the combat readiness and command of the Huitian Fleet; each of them had countless "strange plans" and could defeat the "God of War" Lei Chenghu without any effort; each stared at Song Bugui with extremely vigilant eyes, almost poking his fingers to the tip of his nose, scolding him for being afraid of the enemy like a tiger or even secretly rebelling against the party.
If it weren't for the secret communication with the rebels, how could the fleet that reformed the rebels plundered and showed off its might in the Song family territory, and even defeated several reinforcement fleets and supply fleets in succession, so he, the commander who controlled the strongest force of the four major families, still remained silent and fearless?
For general general managers, subordinates, ministers, etc., Song Bugui can deal with it with "huh haha".
But in the face of the doubts of Song Lixing, the "Chairman of the Supreme Military Commission of the Real Human Empire", Song Bugui couldn't do anything perfunctory.
Chapter completed!