Chapter 911: Ten Years Passed
Gu Hang didn't want to have any conflict with the imperial guards on Terra at all.
The strength of the Imperial Guards is one thing, but going against them has many disadvantages.
But the most crucial thing is that the political significance of the Imperial Guards is too great.
There are many things in the empire that have great political significance. For others, this statement may be more like a description or an emphasis. But for the Imperial Guards, it is a reality.
They are indeed very isolated and generally do not ask about the affairs of the outside world. However, their status is quite high. According to Imperial law, when the Emperor, any of the Children of God, or the First Chancellor are not present, the Grand Marshal of the Guards has the power to represent the Emperor with full authority.
In the current empire, the emperor has ascended, the son of god is dead or missing, only the word "prime minister" can be discussed, but unfortunately, in the highest decree of the empire, it is clearly written as the first prime minister. This position refers specifically to the prime minister when the emperor is still on earth, not the prime minister of the empire who is the leader of the high lord council later. There is a difference between the two.
Of course, among the later prime ministers of the empire, some were actually strong and wanted to change the status quo, but none of them succeeded, and some even died at the hands of the Imperial Guards.
This reflects another point: rules and laws are not inherently coercive, but need something to protect them. In the empire, the power of the empire is the guarantee for the passage of the empire's laws. And the imperial guards themselves are the guarantee that the empire's laws will not be tampered with by the high officials of the empire.
The Imperial Guards may not care about worldly affairs, but they have enough strength, forces under the surface, and their allies to enforce their will.
And under the power and legitimacy represented by laws, the position of the Marshal of the Imperial Guards is by no means an empty title, but has real significance.
He can even override the High Lords Council and issue orders.
They stayed in the palace and didn't care about the outside world. This was their choice. But if they knew that Gu Hang was outside and built his own imperial guards, they would probably have another choice.
Keep it confidential, use the unusual shapes brought by the transformation of Space Marines and Primaris as excuses, disguise as a unique chapter, perform highly confidential work, and pay attention to recovering every corpse...
This should be enough to fool people for a while.
As for the future...
If time could be delayed until Gu Hang had trained thousands or even tens of thousands of imperial guards.
Or if it is delayed until the Dark Side Crusade has taken over half of the empire, then what is there to be afraid of?
Imperial law? The Imperial Guards are a violent means of ensuring the enforcement of the law?
I'm sorry, the Alliance possesses the real means of violence, and the Alliance should have the final say on imperial laws.
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More than a decade has passed.
The situation in the empire has changed greatly again.
First of all, the most important event - the resurrection of the Son of God, has now spread almost throughout the universe.
Of course, "spreading" is just an adjective. Those worlds that are in relatively good condition and can still communicate with the outside world can easily get the news and be excited. Those imperial worlds that got the news are all looking forward to the salvation of the Son of God.
But if there are well-informed worlds, there are naturally places that are not so well-informed. These worlds definitely don't know about the resurrection of the Son of God. However, even if it is bad, it is not worse than before, and it continues to remain the same.
Among the places that received the news, there was one that was particularly large and special.
That is the area covered by the Alliance's Dark Side Crusade.
The people of the Empire, or the Alliance, in these regions were of course happy to hear that the Son of God had resurrected. They often used this as a topic of conversation, talking about history, mythology, and the changes to the current status of the Empire...
We talk about everything, but we don’t really talk about how it will benefit us or how it will change the world we live in.
What is there to talk about? They have been liberated, and they are living the same life as before, or even more promising than before, so there is no need to bother the Son of God to come again.
As for the difference between the Alliance and the Empire, how will Gu Hang, who is called the 'Dark Archon', and even in some unofficial scenes, private chats, and some bold tabloids and radio stations, who is called the 'Dark Prince', coexist with the Son of God in the Empire in the future...
In fact, we have discussed this matter in detail in private.
But this falls into the category of "keyboard politics". Moreover, the population under the rule of the alliance has now reached a very terrifying astronomical level, and it is impossible for everyone to think the same way. The forest is big, and there are all kinds of things to talk about, and no matter how perverted or crazy the thoughts are, they will exist.
However, there is always a main trend of thought.
The main trend of the Alliance's thoughts on the Son of God is: It's great that you can come back, it's even better that you can save the empire, and it would be the best if you don't come to the Alliance. Everyone lives their own life, the Son of God is great, Gu Hang is also great, we are living a good life now, the Dark Side Expedition is also going well, everyone relies on their own abilities, and saves the empire together.
With this mentality, when the Alliance heard that the Son of God had completed the integration of its own forces and officially launched the Terra expedition, they supported it.
In addition, the Alliance also announced that the Western Expeditionary Force had officially begun operations to cooperate with the Children of God to launch a campaign to liberate Holy Terra.
The alliance members are even more supportive of this.
This is in line with the current mainstream thought.
However, when the Terra Expedition was first promoted, it was quite a big deal, but after that wave of enthusiasm passed, it seemed to have just passed.
It is said that the Son of God led his expedition fleet, using an ancient interstellar navigation technology that was popular only ten thousand years ago, and plunged into the vast universe, heading towards Holy Terra.
For almost ten years, no news came out, and people gradually stopped paying attention.
After all, although most of the human world is not a so-called "information society", it at least has newspapers, radio stations and the like. And in the Alliance, there are still many things worth reporting.
In the end, people care most about things that are most relevant to them. What happened in their town, neighborhood, or city? Have prices changed? Who is the new manager? Adjustments to job grades, benefits, and allowances? Announcements of job promotions? New jobs?
These are the most important things.
If we look further ahead, what major policy changes have taken place in the world we live in? Are there any new changes in the conscription policy? Have the official prices of the Alliance been adjusted? What are the main numbers of the troops formed by the soldiers conscripted from our world? What direction are they fighting in? What results have they achieved in that direction?
Everyone is also paying attention to these. Although they are also some "cosmic trends", after all, these trends are closely related to oneself. Maybe someone's relatives, friends, or even sons, fathers, and husbands are serving in the troops in that direction.
A lot of news was updated in newspapers and on the radio. After a long time of no news about the Terra expedition, everyone gradually forgot about it.
When it comes to the Dark Side Expedition itself, there is a lot of good news.
As the founding chapter, the Blood Angels announced their joining of the Dark Side Crusade. Immediately afterwards, the Alliance announced the establishment of a new expeditionary front, named the Angel Front.
Independent of the Southern Front and the Eastern Front, and located between the two.
Now, the Alliance's Dark Side Expedition, starting from the Spider Web and Eastern Spaces, has basically reached the end of its journey westwards, encountering the Scarlet Scar in the west. After the Western Front Expeditionary Force crossed the Scarlet Scar and was reinforced by the Saints, it began to forcefully fight towards the Holy Border of the Empire. So far, it is said that it has recovered half of the space, and is also working hard to open a channel to Holy Terra.
This is a strategy that combines steady progress with full-speed advance.
The Western Front Expeditionary Force was responsible for the steady and cautious progress. They adopted the old strategy of the Alliance in the Dark Side Expedition: conquer one world and manage one world at a time.
If the latter cannot be achieved, then either an extermination order is issued, or if after evaluation it is determined that there is still hope, the old rule is adopted - the safe zone strategy.
In general, it is a matter of not being reckless.
The Terra Expedition - Alliance Vanguard, led by Raymond Weiss, used eight regiments as its core force and worked hard to fight towards Holy Terra.
As the Chapter Master of the Saints, Raymond Vess gladly accepted this glorious crusade mission to Holy Terra, the absolute holy land of the Empire. The Saints were naturally the core of this force. After reinforcement by the Alliance, they were fully staffed. More than three companies were new recruits who had undergone Primaris transformation. Among them, there was also a special company, the Glory Guard of the Blessed Sons. One hundred absolutely elite soldiers, as Raymond Vess's guards, accompanied him through the most difficult battles.
Among the other seven regiments, four are daughter regiments of the Saints.
The other three, two are from the Infinity Warriors' sub-groups, and a group called the Scorched Earthbringers is a sub-group of the Punishers.
In addition to the eight regiments and their regimental fleets, the commander of the Western Front Expeditionary Force, Marshal Yan Fangxu, also equipped them with a very powerful expeditionary fleet and a large number of army troops.
Their overall strength is very strong.
They don't need to be responsible for the operation and maintenance along the way. They just need to fight there, make sure the place is safe and can be used as a subsequent supply station, and then they can continue to fight forward.
These conquered worlds formed a passage to Holy Terra on the star map. Yan Fangxu would dispatch follow-up troops to guard this passage and expand it as needed.
The most important goal of this channel is to ensure that the Jihad Vanguard led by Raymond Weiss can advance quickly without any worries, continuously provide them with supplies, rotate out the troops that have been fighting on the front line for too long, and replenish them with new troops, fleets, and supplies.
Raymond Weiss, who has no worries and is determined to make progress, is now in high spirits.
Although it was hard to fight one battle after another, he and his fellow fighters enjoyed it.
They have lofty goals and are fighting for them without any other constraints. The allied army represented by Yan Fangxu is their strongest backing and will almost always respond to his requests.
This kind of battle is so exciting to fight!
And Yan Fangxu was actually very happy too.
Raymond Weiss just kept going forward, chewing the toughest bones one by one. He followed behind and expanded the passage into a surface, or even a large area, which made the battle much easier and faster.
They are all military achievements!
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Compared to the Western Expeditionary Force which was actually fighting westwards, on the dark side of the Empire, whether it was the Southern Front or the Eastern Front, or the newly established Angel Front, they were essentially fighting southwards.
However, the Southern Front Army fought along the westernmost scarlet scar in the alliance, all the way south. Their offensive area and direction basically took over the responsibilities of the Western Front Expeditionary Force. They have now entered the central territory, another Weierzuo territory on the dark side.
The Eastern Front, on the other hand, followed the easternmost part of the Alliance's territory, sticking to the Dark Outer Realm, and fought all the way south. They had now entered the Karlolia region, which was the southeasternmost region in the Eastern Territory. After completing the capture of Karlolia, they would enter the Empire's newest territory, the huge region named Solaria, which was conquered by the Sun Expedition and named after the Lord of the Sun.
The Blood Angels and their successors, who were ready to set out and had basically recovered their strength, assembled more than 30,000 Blood Angels and 10,000 Space Marines of other bloodlines. Under the command of the legendary hero Dante of the Empire, they were fighting southwards between the eastern and southern fronts.
Their main target now is the Mailiang Space Region. This is the most southwestern space region in the eastern border of the empire. At the same time, they also have three detachments, led by three different battle groups, which have entered the Dingyuan Space Region in the southern border of the empire.
Although it is the newest front, the descendants of the Blood Angels have shown great power after their bloody rebirth. They are now the one that has fought the farthest in the Dark Side Expedition.
(End of this chapter)
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