Clive's actions left Li Xin and his generals a little confused for a moment.
Li Xin said: "Although I don't know what the enemy's plan is, but what they want to do is what we can't let them do!"
"Seal them in Xilin Block, which is our strategic plan."
"Last time they wanted to break through, we had a battle. This time they want to take a detour, so let's do it again."
Weng Hua said, "Since they chose to take a detour and relax their defenses against Xilin, let's send our outpost fleet forward to Xilin to provoke them."
Li Xin thought about it and felt that it was okay.
Stationed in the C-22 fleet are Weng Hua, Liu Yang, Lei Yong, Zhu Zhuang, Ba Yuan, and Zheng Gang.
The fleet totaled more than 17,000 ships, if Adams' 9,000 ships were added.
The strength of this fleet is similar to the strength left by the enemy in the Sky Fortress of Xilin.
Li Xin thought for a moment and said, "I'm still a little unsure of the enemy's intentions. Order the outpost fleet to sail towards Xilinzuo."
"There's no need for the army to actually go in. Let's first send a reconnaissance fleet in to take a look."
Weng Hua nodded and said, "Yes, Marshal, I know what to do."
Looking at the analysis and speculation on the star map.
Li Xin thought to himself, "Could it be that Clive is really stupid?"
After the fleet was arranged, the fleet originally in C-22 moved forward and approached Xilin.
Li Xin originally wanted to wait in Tianlu, but after thinking about it, he led the fleet forward and arrived at the position of C-22.
Nearly 10,000 ships of Ahmed, Fu Hongyang, Yan Shuang, and Luo Hongyu were left in the defense line of the Tianlu Tower Fortress.
At this point, the Galaxy Defense Group's fleet was divided into three parts, each one closer to the Xilin constellation.
The fleets of Weng Hua, Liu Yang, and Adams gradually approached Xilin.
The reconnaissance system of the Dreadnought flagship was fully activated, and there was also a reconnaissance team in the fleet, which was directly deployed to scout the situation in nearby galaxies.
However, this reconnaissance is also difficult because the Sky Fortress of Xilin is equipped with a subspace traction device.
From the outer distance, the reconnaissance did not obtain much intelligence, but the approximate number of enemy ships could be roughly seen.
Senior military generals such as Weng Hua and Liu Yang contacted each other in a timely manner to communicate their views.
At the same time, he also sent a message to Li Xin in the rear: "Grand Marshal, within Xilin, there are indeed only as many fleets as reported in the intelligence."
"The current defensive capabilities don't look strong."
"What should we do next?"
"What we discussed was to have a fight and see."
After thinking for a moment, Li Xin said, "I'm not sure what Clive is thinking."
"However, even if Clive thinks hard, it's useless in the face of absolute power."
"Since he has revealed his weakness, let's exploit it."
So, Li Xin began to mobilize the fleet, the Fearless Defense Strike Group, and five task force defense battle groups.
Li Chengxi and Li Chengjin’s fifth and sixth security and defense battle groups.
The huge fleet began to head towards Xilin.
During the waiting process, Weng Hua and Liu Yang would occasionally arrange the fleet to enter the defense line of Xilinzuo, gather some intelligence, and then withdraw.
At the same time, Owen and Adams also sent over the information about the Xilin Sky Fortress before the warp storm.
The current Xilin Tower Fortress was built by Duncan after the warp storm.
But the defense line of this super-large defensive fortress arranged within the galaxy is definitely similar to that of the past.
This part of the information was distributed to each fleet, so that all ships could be prepared.
Along the way, Li Xin did not conceal the signal of his fleet at all, just to let Clive receive the news that he was going to attack Xilinzuo.
At the same time, on the way he was closely following the news of the fleet sent out by Owen and Clive to pursue.
Owen's fleet began to gather, and Clive's dispatched fleet stopped pursuing and seemed to be planning to turn back.
Clive in Xilin Constellation was a little confused. He never thought that so many fleets could come out from Tianlu Constellation.
The fleet that was originally hidden behind the Xilin Seat no longer cared about ambush and was directly called back to strengthen the defense.
Not only that, Moli, who had already flown a long way away, also began to rush back.
Inside the Sky Fortress headquarters, Clive asked, "Now tell me, how many ships does the enemy have?!"
The officer in charge of the Sky Fortress's reconnaissance department said, "Sir, based on the data we have observed so far, there are approximately 26,000 ships near the Xilin constellation."
"But from the C-22 star field, a similar number of warships are heading towards Xilin constellation."
Clive wondered, "That's not right. Why would the Galaxy Defense Group deploy so many warships?"
"Don't they need to leave a defensive fleet in Fornax?"
"Or is it that the fleet Owen sent out was fake? Just like us?"
A senior officer said, "Lord Clive, regardless of the authenticity of the other fleets, the fleet now heading straight for Xilin is definitely the real one."
"How should we deal with this next?!"
Clive pondered for a moment and said, "We can't let the Galaxy Defense Group's forces gather so easily!"
"Order the fleet to attack, attack their vanguard fleet first, mobilize all forces!"
"The whole army is mobilized?"
"Yes, attack with all your strength!"
Clive was terrified at this moment, and the 30,000 main battleships under his command jumped into the subspace and headed straight for Weng Hua, Liu Yang, and Adams.
But at this time, Liu Yang, Weng Hua and others did not fight with Clive at all.
The fleet retreated quickly and began to meet up with Li Xin's attacking fleet.
Clive saw that he could not catch up in a short time. By the time he really caught up, the two fleets of the Galaxy Defense Group had almost met up.
Now, he had no choice but to return to Xilin with his fleet.
Here, he deployed all the ships that could be incorporated into the army into the defense line.
Clive and Duncan said, "I don't believe it. The attacking fleet this time is composed entirely of veterans of the Galaxy Defense Group."
"Relying on our defense, we still have hope of winning!"
Duncan added, "I think so too. At least the fleet they expanded in Fornax must be a fleet of new recruits. They have quantity but low quality."
"Perhaps the fleet coming this time also includes Owen's fleet."
Both of them were encouraging each other, worried that the other would sneak away halfway.
In this atmosphere, the two fleets of the Galaxy Defense Group successfully reunited and headed straight for the Xilin Sky Fortress.
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