The military headquarters withdrew its troops, but the withdrawal was not complete.
It may be that those military bosses were confronted by Yang Ming and lost face. The order to withdraw the troops was just to let the imperial fleet leave the planets where the three Domingos gathered, and keep it at the farthest attack distance of the dreadnoughts against the planets.
, continued to put pressure on the Domingos.
Yang Ming also received an order from the empire at the same time, requiring Yang Ming to go to the border area of the empire as soon as possible to complete the docking with the Imperial Military Intelligence Bureau.
A hard fight is a hard fight, and orders must still be obeyed.
In order to facilitate the next plan, Yang Ming did not take the escort formation of the fleet, and asked the escort formation to execute normal marching orders and go to the designated star area to join the ships of the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Border Guard.
He took the Dongfeng and conducted a stealthy voyage near the escort formation.
Yang Ming had just returned to the Dongfeng. Before he could have a simple interaction with Xiao Lu, a private communication on an encrypted channel was projected by Lu.
"Boss! Admiral Thomas! I saw on his camera that he seemed to be in a very happy mood."
"Pleasure?"
Yang Ming was a little confused and raised his hand to confirm. The bust of General Thomas suddenly appeared in front of Yang Ming.
The smile on the corner of Admiral Thomas's mouth became more obvious. This imperial general with outstanding military achievements had a smile in his eyes and said warmly: "Hanton, how are you feeling now?"
"Mood? Are you okay? What's wrong?"
"Oh," Admiral Thomas said with a smile, "your performance in the meeting just now was so dazzling, hahaha! This is the first time I saw those guys with pig liver-colored faces, and I didn't dare to say half a word.
wrong."
Yang Ming shrugged, went to the small refrigerator to get a bottle of happy water, and sat on his captain's chair.
Yang Ming wondered: "Do they really want me to rob slaves?"
"Yes," Thomas smiled, "many people want to get your hands dirty, which will help gradually weaken your influence within the empire, including the grassroots of the empire's military."
Boss Yang could only pout.
Thomas' smile faded and he said seriously: "You should pay attention to this issue, Hanton. The empire is now afraid and jealous of you. You have given them a lot of invisible pressure."
"Then what can I do?"
"Only you can find the answer to this question."
Thomas laughed and his tone became much more relaxed: "How did you get that list?"
"Use mind control to enter their core and negotiate with their leader."
Yang Ming did not share the relevant information and instead said:
"What is the Empire's attitude towards Domingos now? Is it just pure bullying and exploitation?"
"Yes," Thomas said without any hesitation, "In the history of the empire, massacres like the Dominguez massacre have occurred many times, but Dominguez should be considered the most special one. The empire was unable to suppress and annex this person within a hundred years.
nationality."
"Oh?" Yang Ming asked, "How to suppress and annex it?"
"It's very simple," Thomas said. "Some of them recruit slaves, some suppress them until they lose their vitality, and then implement differentiated management of slaves. After parents give birth to children, the children are raised intensively, eliminating each other's history and culture.
National culture and national hatred will naturally no longer exist."
Yang Ming frowned slightly: "Empire, do you often do this kind of thing?"
"If we look at the history of tens of thousands of years, there are not many times and the frequency is not low."
Thomas sighed:
"Plundering the population is a necessary condition to maintain the high material life of the imperial nobility.
“In foreign wars, the recruitment of slaves is a more radical method, while the client state system is a relatively mild and continuous method.
"Hanton, you are now at the core of the empire and have an influence that ordinary nobles cannot match. You must accept these facts and learn to be a general with an imperial flavor."
Yang Ming couldn't help but laugh.
What does an empire smell like? Overbearing and arbitrary? He also wants to build a large manor and raise a group of beautiful slave beauties in it?
Boss Yang sighed: "I may never be completely compatible with this group, but I will try to make some adaptive changes."
Thomas asked: "Hanton, answer me honestly, are you dissatisfied with the current situation of the empire?"
"Yes," Yang Ming said sternly, "You don't know the mission I bear. Let me roughly describe it. I want to find a way for the humans in my hometown to find a brand new home after they arrive in the galaxy... I already know the empire.
Environmental concerns."
"I know about this."
Thomas pondered for a few times and stared at Yang Ming:
"So, you actually have no intention of being dissatisfied with the Empire, Your Majesty, or the Military Department?"
"Why should I be dissatisfied with this?"
Yang Ming also said seriously:
"You have watched me every step of the way. You should know me. I have a unique feeling for the empire."
"Yes Hanton," Thomas sighed, "but the current situation is that many people think that you are a time bomb. When the time comes, you will detonate the entire existing framework of the empire."
Yang Ming:……
Don't tell me, these people's feelings are quite accurate.
"Let time prove it," Yang Ming sighed, "General, when I complete the encirclement and suppression of the Dominguez terrorist organization, I will find a way to separate myself from the position of real power."
"The real power of the empire is not the key," Thomas said. "The key is actually the trust that the people, soldiers, and grassroots officers have in you, and their expectations of you. They will expect you to make the empire change."
Yang Ming asked: "Then what can I do? Change my principles of life, or degenerate myself for the public to see? General, I just like this false reputation. I can ask for nothing, but this reputation is what I must maintain."
of."
Thomas raised his hand to rub his forehead and sighed longly.
"Besides fame is influence."
"If there is no solution to this problem, does it mean that the problem does not lie with me?"
Yang Ming laughed:
"General, I know you are thinking about me, but you cannot ask an idealist to give up his ideals, you cannot ask an official who wants to remain honest to do something corrupt, and you cannot ask a soldier to abandon his own honor.
"Thank you General.
"However, I will keep going on the path I have chosen. No matter how much resistance I encounter, I will try my best to overcome them one by one.
"To be honest, the current situation of the empire has nothing to do with me. I just need to maintain a good relationship with the Sherman family and His Majesty to achieve my mission."
"Handon," Thomas said, "I was once an idealist."
"Yes, General, I can feel it," Yang Ming's eyes were a little bright, "But I hope that you will become a new idealist in the future."
"I try my best."
"Let's talk about this first. I will prepare a plan to encircle and suppress terrorists after taking a break." Yang Ming raised his drink bottle, "I don't want to be an enemy of the military, but if someone from the military wants to stumbling upon me, I will do it."
There will be no consideration for mercy."
"I will convey your message to them appropriately."
call out!
The communication screen is cut off directly.
Boss Yang smiled with squinted eyes, leaned on the captain's chair, and gradually fell into deep thought.
Is the military starting to fear you now?
If the power is great and the master is shaken, there is nothing to lose if it does not counterattack.
In the long history of the empire, there must be many secrets that only the royal family and the elite elite of the Sherman family know, and these secrets should contain lessons again and again.
Do you want to speed up your various plans a little bit?
"law?"
Yang Ming asked: "Do you think we should speed up that matter?"
"Boss, don't be anxious," Lu's voice was filled with inspiration, "Think about the huge mecha of the Emperor Star."
"Ah, be more steady." Yang Ming instantly gave up the urge to take political risks. "Put more computing power inside the Emperor Star. The old emperor's attitude towards me is more important now."
"Okay boss," Lu asked, "do you want me to chat with him for you if I have nothing to do?"
"Look at the arrangement," Yang Ming said with a smile, "You don't need to ask me about such trivial matters. Just remember to show me the chat history after we finish chatting."
"clear!"
Lu laughed a few times, not knowing what interesting question he had thought of.
Yang Ming stretched, stood up and walked to the sofa bed in the corner.
He also needs to take a good rest.
These intrigues within the empire are more tiring than killing the Zerg Queen.
…
Domingos?
Outside the borders of the empire, in a hidden cabin of a merchant ship, Catherine was holding a routine meeting with more than a dozen super-changers who had rebelled against the empire, as well as some leaders of resistance organizations.
Catherine folded her arms and leaned against the shelf, frowning slightly.
Her tall and slender figure always gives people an inexplicable sense of beauty.
But everyone here who had seen her fighting in armor had no intention of appreciating this feminine charm. Every time they finished speaking, they would subconsciously glance at Catherine.
Fortunately, Catherine seemed to be in a good mood today and did not ask those sharp and pointed questions.
When it was Catherine's turn to make a concluding speech, Catherine took the initiative to walk back to the conference table and opened a projection sand table, revealing the extremely vast borders of the Sherman Empire.
"I have listened to your reports. You have all developed well recently."
A group of people nodded quickly.
Catherine asked slowly: "What do you think of the Dominguez people? Summarize it in one sentence."
"Well, eldest sister, they are a group of lunatics, and they are usually very dirty and will not show any mercy to civilians."
"However, they are our important partners and one of the main forces of the resistance organizations in the empire."
"The regional brigade I am responsible for has always maintained a cooperative relationship with them. They are well aware of the actions of the Imperial Border Guards and have penetrated the grassroots ranks of the Imperial Army very well. Moreover, they seem to never lack soldiers and technicians."
"Behind us is the remote capital of the Free United States, and behind them is the New Federal CIA. Although there are differences between the two, they are all engaged in anti-imperial business, and cooperation is inevitable."
Everyone expresses similar views when you say something or when I say something.
——The Domingos are their comrades.
Catherine nodded slightly and said slowly: "We are now on the same front as the anti-imperial camp, and we will inevitably have to deal with each other in the future."
A group of people nodded.
"Sister, why are you asking this all of a sudden?"
"Did they offend you in some way, sister? If they are dishonest, we can just do it to them!"
"In the past, we were super soldiers of the empire and were not very familiar with these guys. Now we have almost mastered their routines, and the areas where they are active are also under our control. If there is a conflict with them, I suggest that we carry out beheading operations.
"
"They are not afraid of the regular imperial army, they are afraid of us reformers."
"Actually, there have been several incidents where they intercepted our key supplies. The gene stabilizing agent we need to use is in the hands of their people through two channels. They have tried to use this to suppress us."
"Sister, why are you laughing?"
Catherine said calmly: "I just suddenly feel that you guys are completely different people from before. There is nothing wrong with this change, and I feel more friendly."
There was a middle-aged aunt who was a think tank and said with a smile:
"Chief, we and them are actually two different people.
“Our ideal is to give this empire a new lease of life through our efforts, so that hundreds of billions of people can build a stable, prosperous utopia of democracy and freedom.
"But they are not. What they want is to overthrow the empire. They hate everything about the empire, even innocent people."
"That's a question," Catherine nodded slowly. "Today's regular meeting, I will add a topic for you, how to make them come to the same path with us, and how to make the Domingos no longer hate the people of the empire.
, but focus all the firepower on the aristocratic class of the empire."
Everyone looked at each other.
"Sister, why are you suddenly interested in these things?"
"Furthermore, the Dominguez terrorist organization has always been very radical. We are going to persuade them? Well, the moderate Imperial Revolutionary Army is going to persuade the radical international terrorist group. Isn't this a bit ridiculous?
.”
"Why is this ridiculous?"
Catherine said sternly: "Everything is to overthrow imperialism and the aristocratic privileged class! Now think carefully here. I will give you half an hour. If everyone can't come up with an idea, then go to the ring with me to fight.
Three rounds.”
A group of men and women, including the wise man, trembled a few times at the same time.
Catherine pulled a chair, crossed her legs gracefully, opened a book constructed with virtual projection, and quietly waited for her subordinate to contribute a brilliant idea.
Previously, Law informed her that she was ready to accept the Dominguez terrorist organization;
Catherine didn't understand why this happened, but her trust in Lu and her understanding of Yang Ming made her immediately start working on these arrangements.
In fact, the most difficult problem is how to incorporate these radical Dominguez people and how to make them obey his command.
Using force to coerce will only have the opposite effect. At this stage, the only option is to find ways to deceive... well, to protect them, gain their trust, and then gradually become their leader.
'He will be coming near the border soon.'
Catherine's mouth suddenly burst into a smile.
The soldier on the side glanced at her, and Catherine quickly regained her calm expression, continuing to maintain the majesty of the eldest sister.
at the same time.
The corner of Dongfeng's bridge.
Yang Ming, who had just fallen asleep, frowned slightly. He seemed to have entered a dream, but the dream was very vague, and his thinking was extremely active.
This is not a dream, more like some kind of mental telepathy.
It's a bit like the hallucination I had when I was briefly dizzy after fighting against the Great Queen.