The Harv Empire is about 37 light years away from the edge of the Lost Star Field where the Earth is located. Its territory borders the Orion Alliance, the Principality of Rank, the Nok Merchant Alliance and several first-level civilizations.

The Harv Empire is an old second-level civilization. It governs 9 living planets, 43 mineral stars, and countless desolate planets. Due to various reasons, the Harv Empire is not strong. Its military strength is even that of the Orion Alliance, which has just been promoted to the second-level civilization.

Much stronger than that.

The capital star of the Hafu Empire is Yunweixing. The royal palace is located on the western continent of Yunweixing. The entire palace covers an area of ​​more than 300 hectares, which is larger than the principal palace of the Principality of Rank.

Just when the Chinese Empire was considering its next major arms sales target, the Harf Empire fell into unprecedented trouble.

In Yun Weixing's palace, Miankang, the general of the Harv Empire, quickly walked into the office of the current emperor Harv IX, the Hall of Glory.[

"Your Majesty, General Miankang is here."

The valet stepped forward cautiously and asked for instructions from His Majesty the Emperor, who was worried about the virtual image.

"Quickly, please bring in General Miankang."

Harv IX couldn't help but feel happy when he heard this, and his mood suddenly improved a lot.

The valet couldn't help but cursed in his heart when he heard this. Now that the war is not going well, the emperor, who usually only cares about eating, drinking and having fun, is also anxious. This fatuous emperor, who usually only sees fat and thin women from all walks of life, now also knows how to value the general of the empire.

Already.

"General Miankang, Your Majesty, please come in."

Compared to the emperor who only had eyes for women, the aides-de-camp respected this general. The 105-year-old General Miankang was an old man even in the Hafu Empire, where the average life expectancy was 125 years old. His hair was gray, but his energy was still high.

Very hale and hearty.

"There is Lord Rauma."

General Miankang strode into the Hall of Glory. He really couldn't wait to see the saint in person.

The battle report he just received gave him a shocking feeling.

The Harv Empire was founded 672 years ago. The original Harv I was actually a duke of the Longshan Empire. Because he failed in the power struggle, he secretly controlled a first-level civilization after running away. With the support of the Nok Merchant Alliance, the empire was finally established, and

A hundred years ago, it became a second-level civilization with the Principality of Rank.

However, compared to the seemingly weak Principality of Rank, the Half Empire is even worse.

Because of its very good geographical location. It is surrounded by the Nok Merchant Alliance, the Orion Alliance, the Principality of Rank, and many small countries, which has always made it very nourishing. Larger countries such as the Principality of Rank and the original prototype of the Orion Alliance

The Orion Federation did not attack it because of the Nok Merchant Alliance. On the contrary, other small countries were often bullied by it.

Later, small countries also sought refuge with their surrounding powerful countries. This allowed the Harv Empire to live a stable life for hundreds of years.

They do not need to produce battleships. The battleships needed for normal armaments only need to be purchased from the Nok Merchant Alliance. In order to control this little brother who rebelled from the Longshan Empire, the Nok Merchant Alliance has always prohibited it from building its own battleship production line, and even

Even high-end weapons such as main guns and planetary defense main guns cannot be produced in-house.

From the ambition of Harv I to the slow decadence of Harv n, it is not that there are no wise people among the royal family and nobles of the Harv Empire, but after all, due to their background, the royal family did not dare to offend the Nok Merchant Alliance. Once they were

Considered a secret chess piece of the Longshan Empire, it is likely to be destroyed overnight.

In this way, the Hafu Empire has always been under the protection of the Nok Merchant Alliance. The Nok Merchant Alliance is also a big business. It doesn't matter if it has one more younger brother, it will always be in peace.

However, the Principality of Rank and the Nok Merchant Alliance suddenly entered a state of war, and the flames of war quickly spread from the two countries to twenty or thirty countries in the Lost Star Territory, and almost every one of them did not escape.

At the beginning, Harv IX was eager to please the Nok Merchant Alliance.[

"Stupid Lank people, they actually dare to offend the great Nok Merchant Alliance. As loyal allies, we must send a powerful fleet to join the battle and defeat them."

The starting point of Harv IX is very good. The strength of the Nok Merchant Alliance is well known. It is famous even in the southwest star region of the entire galaxy. Together with the Longshan Empire, it is known as the most promising to advance to the third level in the past 500 years.

civilized country.

What about the Principality of Rank? It only has more than a dozen living planets under its jurisdiction, and there are not many more artificial stars and mineral stars than the Harv Empire. A war between such a country and the Nok Merchant Alliance is no different from the view of Harv IX.

Harv I dared to defect from the Longshan Empire, and he was full of adventurous spirit and speculative mood. This character has been well passed down. Before taking over, every emperor was taught by the previous emperor how to please the powerful people of the Nok Merchant Alliance.

, how to safely speculate in politics, if you protect yourself wisely.

They have been doing well, which is why a second-level civilization with less than 300 battleships can keep many of its life planets and mineral stars from being snatched away by the neighbors who are surrounded by tigers and wolves.

They are really good at speculating.

There is a famous saying in the Haf family that military and political matters are left to ministers. Being an emperor should be fully enjoyed. If you can please the Nok Merchant Alliance at critical moments, be opportunistic and seek benefits for the empire, you will be an excellent emperor.

Harv IX also did the same. He and his fathers appointed Miankang, a wise and powerful general, as a general, and controlled him to death, gave him power, made him noble, and made him work hard for the empire.

, but could not resist.

As soon as the war broke out, King Haf IX couldn't wait to order the fleet to prepare for battle.

Mian Kang raised objections at the time, believing that the current fleet strength of the empire was too weak. If we did not count the powerful guard fleet stationed in the empire by the Nok Merchant Alliance, the conventional battleship force only had more than 300 battleships. Even though

Including the Imperial Guard Fleet, there are less than 500 ships.

This number seems to be a lot, but as a general, Miankang naturally knows some details about each country. For example, the Principality of Ranke, which has been fighting with the Orion Alliance for more than two hundred years, is not that simple, and their strength is not that of the Harv Empire.

Even the quality of the warships that can be afforded are better than the second-hand goods of the Hafu Empire that were eliminated by the Nok Merchant Alliance decades ago.

However, Harv IX couldn't listen.

"Now is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The empire's territory has not expanded for more than a hundred years, and I must restore the glory of my ancestors.

We just need to join in in the name of assisting in the battle, and it should be very easy to capture one or two planets."

This is the idea of ​​King Harv IX. It is also a good thing to take advantage of the fire and eat some leftovers behind the Nok Merchant Alliance.

Miankang finally put forward his own opinion. He believed that the risk of participating in the war with the empire's military power was too high, and it was likely to get in trouble. After all, the Longshan Empire was standing behind the Lanke Principality. Although the Nok Merchant Alliance was powerful, once it and Longshan

The empires are at war. It is very likely that they have no time to take care of small vassal countries like the Harv Empire.

After all, for the Nok Merchant Alliance, the Hafu Empire has almost no significant role other than to flatter the people.

Although Harv IX was dim, it did not mean that he was stupid. He was also aware of this crisis. In the end, he listened to Miankang's opinion. The Harv Empire's fleet temporarily joined the Orion alliance to fight together.

After all, the Orions have moved closer to the Nok Merchant Alliance. Although the two sides do not share borders, they can play a role in supporting each other and containing attacks during wartime. The Nok Merchant Alliance also attaches great importance to the newly emerging civilization of the Orion Alliance.

Compared to a lifeless empire like the Harv Empire, the Orion Alliance is composed of a group of wolf-yyng first-level civilizations. It is powerful, has a lot of wealth, and its technological and military capabilities are several steps ahead of the Harv Empire.

King Harv IX knew that the Nok Merchant Alliance could not wholeheartedly form a comprehensive military alliance with a small country like his own, and if there was any coordinated attack, the only option was to cooperate with the Orion Alliance. After all, the two countries were bordering each other.

So, King Harf IX gave an order, and a fleet headed by more than 200 battleships, carrying more than 400 battleships, set off for the expedition.[

Unforeseen circumstances occur, and no one knows that there is a shocking giant crocodile hidden behind the Principality of Rank. The secrets of the Rong family of the Silver Moon Empire have entered, and the result of occupying the magpie's nest is that the strength of the Principality of Rank has increased sharply, and the Orion Alliance has been defeated for a while.

He didn't have time to take care of himself, and even beat up all the surrounding small countries.

The Harv Empire is the unlucky party.

"My general, when I heard this bad news, I felt great sadness deep in my heart, wuwu..."

When King Harv IX saw Mian Kang walking in, he squeezed out a few tears. More than 400 warships were wiped out by the Lank military on the front line. Although the support fleet of the Orion Alliance arrived at the last moment and blocked the Lank people.

counter-offensive, but the Harv Empire suffered a devastating disaster.

More than 400 warships were wiped out. Although this bad news was still under seal, both Harv IX and Mian Kang had to face this nightmare from which they could not wake up.

The entire Harv Empire, even if the combat readiness warehouse is opened, can only cobble together more than 200 new and old battleships, including more than 100 battleships of the Guards Fleet.

Harv IX was almost frightened to death and could not sleep. He summoned Miankang into the palace all night.

"Your Majesty, I have ordered each family to temporarily gather their fleets, and our Mian family's fleet will also be gathered together."

As a military family, the Mian family has a fleet headed by 30 battleships. Now it is impossible to take the lead in piecing it together.

"How many battleships can we muster?"

"About 120 ships, so we have more than 300 battleships available."

General Miankang frowned and said, more than 300 battleships look scary, but just thinking about the more than 400 battleships that were eaten by the Lank people on the border, even if he is used to the wind and rain, he is still uneasy.

The gap in strength is too big, especially after the Lanks and Longshan people and other civilizations began to collude, this crisis became stronger and stronger.

"Too few, really too few. My general, we need more battleships, we need more and more advanced battleships."

Harv IX said in a low voice, like an old man who was frightened into incoherent words. He seemed to have made up his mind and said: "I have decided to buy more battleships. You should immediately ask the Nok Merchant Alliance to buy 200.

No, 500 battleships, I will ask the Minister of Finance to allocate this emergency military expenditure as quickly as possible."

When Miankang heard this, he was very angry. He requested to purchase more battleships many times, but was rejected by Harf IX. He was like an old miser who refused to purchase new battleships every year.

More than ten or twenty ships are not enough to offset the damage.

Now seeing that the empire was in danger of being destroyed, or at least losing a few planets, I was immediately frightened, and actually asked to buy 500 battleships.

Unfortunately, it's too late.

"Your Majesty, I have contacted the Merchant Alliance and they refuse to sell the battleship."

Miankang had to tell this depressing news.

"What? They refuse to sell battleships? No, this is absolutely impossible. We are strategic allies, and they are absolutely impossible."

Harv IX was like a kid who was bullied, jumping to his feet and roaring angrily. In his opinion, he had finally made up his mind to purchase a large number of battleships, but he was told that they would not sell them.

Miankang shook his head and said: "This is the joint decision of the Supreme Chamber of Commerce of the Merchant Alliance, and this is their official reply."

When Harv IX saw the smart projection image turned on by Mian Kang, he knew that everything was a foregone conclusion.

"Why, are they going to abandon us..."

Miankang shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, the Nok people are probably making big moves, otherwise they would never ban the export of battleships."

"What should we do, what should we do, my general, you must have a way, you say, I order you, I will listen to you this time, you are right, you are the most loyal minister of the empire..."

Miankang sighed. He really couldn't get used to the emperor's style, but when he thought about his family, he couldn't help but said after a long time, "There is a way. I wonder if your majesty has ever heard of a country called the Chinese Empire?"
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