Infinite Metaverse

Chapter 707 Commander-in-Chief of the Empire Lord Guilliman Qingshan

Terra, the Royal Palace, the Hall of Glory.

The new commander-in-chief of the empire, Qingshan Khan, is assigning work tasks to the empire’s elders and high lords.

"No matter what strategic arrangements or operational arrangements Lord Udo has made before, they will be invalid from now on."

Fu Qinghai’s first sentence set the tone.

Overturn all the orders issued by Udo.

"Lord Udo may be an excellent politician, just like everyone here. But it is precisely because he is a very typical politician that he has created the current corrupt situation - politicians' thinking is often too complicated, I say It's a derogatory term that's complicated, unable to focus on a direct and critical core goal he's thinking about. While fighting the Orcs, he also has to consider how to split up the Legion, how to check and balance the Space Marines, how to suppress other factions... He has so many secondary goals to consider, and all of these secondary goals need to be achieved by achieving the main goal - -To achieve it in the name of defeating the orcs, then the orcs will not be defeated by us. "

Fu Qinghai revealed the crux of Udo's problem, which was also the crux of the problem for the High Lords Council and the Imperial Senate.

They didn't even think about how the battle moon above Terra was destroyed? It relied on the merger of fourteen Astartes Chapters into two Astartes Legions! It took the strength of the entire legion to destroy the Battle Moon.

After the victory in the battle, Udo's first consideration was not what to do with the next battle moon, but to separate the two legions. What if another battle moon comes at this time? What to do with the Battle Moon we encounter later?

No one thinks about these questions.

As Wangerich said, the so-called "checks and balances thinking" or "emperor's mentality" rooted in the bones of politicians is actually a stress response when their own power is threatened, just like a dog suddenly entering a strange environment. Frizzy cat. Even if the orc threat is a more direct threat than the Astartes usurping the throne, and a threat with more serious consequences, they must do everything possible to prevent this from happening.

As the saying goes, "Before fighting against the outside world, you must first settle down the inside."

Chinese people are very familiar with this sentence.

The high lords present were silent.

Today, I was first pointed at my head with a bolt gun by a group of Space Marines, and then I was verbally humiliated by the commander of this group of Space Marines in a group. Then I was verbally humiliated point-to-point one by one. After that, there was another wave of group verbal humiliation... ...The majesty of the superiors was trampled under their feet and rubbed repeatedly. At this moment, the hearts of the high lords were close to numbness.

Seeing that the high-ranking lords were completely speechless by his PUA, Fu Qinghai finally started to get to the point.

"Anyone who has even a little bit of experience fighting orcs will know that instead of gradually annihilating all orcs, beheading is the most efficient tactic to fight against orcs."

"Each orc group has a war boss. Once the war boss dies and the orcs lose their command center, their morale will collapse instantly and they will fall into a state of disorder and chaos until they decide a new war boss through internal fighting."

"War Boss does not have specific criteria for judging. If you kill an orc who looks very large and well-equipped with equipment, and everything is far superior to other orcs around him, but you find that the orcs around him do not collapse immediately, then it means that you Only one orc leader was killed, and the war boss was another larger orc with better equipment. "

Fu Qinghai first gave these guys some common sense.

Although this seems to be common knowledge to everyone in the Warhammer 40K universe, but just looking at the two-handed operation of the leaders of the merchant ships and the pope of the state religion, it is possible that some of them really do not know this common sense. Recalling that before, the high lords were shocked and panicked by the orc ambassador who could speak Gothic, and Fu Qinghai had seen more than one orc of the Blood Ax clan who could speak Gothic. In short, never speculate on their cognitive level.

Fu Qinghai said, giving a thumbs up and pointing behind him:

"For example, this one."

The high lords all turned their heads to look.

I saw three space warriors working together to carry a giant head over: a ferocious and ugly green face, a broad and huge mandible, and ivory-like thick tusks. There are also bloodthirsty red eyes and cunning pointed ears, which seem a bit small compared to the huge size of the entire head.

"Your Majesty the God Emperor, this is, this is..."

The high lords were immediately frightened.

"How could there be such a big orc?"

Other imperial officials looked equally panicked.

"Yeah, this guy is a beast."

Fu Qinghai nodded and said calmly:

"At least... one of the beasts."

The entire Hall of Glory suddenly fell into an uproar.

"What did you say? You killed the beast?"

Veritus had just recovered from his first shock.

"Wait, you said it was one of the beasts?"

Immediately he fell into a second shock.

The news that the Hive World of Endin had been rescued was passed back to Terra through the Inquisition's eyes in other star fields, so Veritus knew that the White Scars under the leadership of Qingshan Khan had previously conquered a A battle moon.

It was impossible to hide this news, because the entire hive surface witnessed the actions of the Space Marines, and a large number of human captives were rescued inside the battle moon.

However, there was no human prisoner present in the battle in the deepest part of the Battle Moon, so the Grand Master of the Inquisition did not know that Qingshan Khan also killed a beast during the battle.

"Yes, there is more than one beast."

Fu Qinghai's tone was calm:

"It's like there's more than one battle moon."

"I am always used to predicting the enemy and being lenient, so that when I encounter unexpected situations, I have enough room for error to deal with it, but everyone here seems to be blindly optimistic, naively thinking that they are safe and sound, and the human empire is invincible. I have to say This is one of the reasons for the current disaster situation.”

Fu Qinghai would seize the opportunity to mock the high lord and insist on continuous PUA.

"That's enough. The shock is enough for now."

Fu Qinghai raised his hand and made a gesture to silence his voice.

The Glory Hall, which was buzzing with discussions, fell silent for an instant.

Fu Qinghai raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

It seems that the effect of establishing prestige before was pretty good.

Training people is sometimes not much different from training dogs.

"There's not much time left for you to slowly be shocked and try to digest this fact, so let me make this short."

Fu Qinghai looked around at everyone:

"First of all, we take back Udo's decision to disband the two legions. The White Scars and the Final Wall will not be disbanded. Secondly, I will tell you now: the base camp of the orcs is in Ullanor, the most powerful beast, one of the beasts. Beast, also in Ullanor - yes you heard it right , is the 'Ulanor' that appears in your mind at this moment, Ullanor was conquered during the Great Crusade and the location of the first military parade. Next, we will gather all the troops we can and march towards Ullanor. Launch an expedition to complete the ultimate beheading of the orcs!"

"The orcs' headquarters is in Ullanor?"

Veritus frowned and asked:

"What is your source of information?"

"You don't have to worry about this."

Fu Qinghai waved his hand and said:

"Using the time we are gathering our troops, the Navy will send reconnaissance ships to conduct reconnaissance around the Ullanor system. Then you will know whether what I said is true or false."

After Fu Qinghai finished speaking, he turned to look at Lan Song.

The High Lord Admiral nodded.

"After the Battle Moon was destroyed, the psychic disorder in the subspace should have subsided, right? Has the request for help been sent out? Which troops responded to Terra's assembly order?"

Fu Qinghai then looked at Abbot Xing Yuting.

"The four founding Chapters of the Astartes have responded to the call for help and are on their way: the Ultramarines, the Blood Angels, the Space Wolves, and the Dark Angels."

Abdullah Anwa immediately replied:

"According to the news they sent back, during our battle with the battle moon above Terra, other star fields were also fighting. There was a battle moon that invaded the five hundred worlds of Ultramar and was united by the Ultramarines in the five hundred worlds. The other troops inside were destroyed together. There was also a battle moon that came over Baal and was also destroyed by the Blood Angels. However, the Blood Angels suffered heavy losses and could only send three companies to support Terra. "

The Five Hundred Worlds have always had many soldiers. In addition to the Ultramarines Chapter, there are also five Mechanicum Forge Worlds and multiple fortress worlds stationed with Imperial Guard Corps. The ruling power of these planets all belong to the Ultramarines Chapter. , you can assemble a huge military force by yourself, otherwise why would you have the confidence to establish a second empire?

The Blood Angels are different from the rich and wealthy Lanzi Lansun. The Blood Angels themselves are a standard Codex Chapter. If Baal does not recall the sub-groups from other places, the Blood Angels alone can deal with a thousand Space Marines and Chapter servants. For a battle moon, even if it is backed by the Chapter's home planet of Baal, this battle will be very difficult, and heavy losses are expected.

"Um……"

Fu Qinghai nodded slowly, and then asked:

"Are these four the only ones? How can other battle groups respond?"

"Other battle groups have their own combat missions and cannot escape."

Anwa replied with a somewhat difficult voice.

"Hmm."

Fu Qinghai smiled when he heard this and said nothing more.

Whether they really have a combat mission that they cannot escape from, or whether they do not want to rescue Holy Terra, I am afraid only these war groups themselves know clearly. It's hard to say right or wrong about this matter, because there is indeed a pile of mud on Terra's side that cannot support the wall.

"Are there any problems with other departments?"

Fu Qinghai scanned the other high lords.

"The trial court has information that needs to be submitted for review."

Veritus handed over a stack of papers.

Fu Qinghai took the pile of parchment and looked through it. There were vermilion marks in the upper left corner of these documents. As far as he knew, this was the highest level of confidentiality of the Inquisition. Usually only the inquisitor who wrote the intelligence and the person to whom the intelligence was submitted could browse.

Inside these files were blurry photos one after another. In the photos, there was a tall and majestic back figure. The pixels were so low that it was difficult to see the specific details. If there is no deviation in the light and shadow, then it is probably a dark green back, and it can be vaguely seen that this person is using a hammer as a weapon. In addition, there are some huge footprints found on the battlefield, as well as horrific gaps on orc corpses and damaged vehicles, which are attached as supplementary materials.

"Caudra is a mining world located in the Murcia sector of the Sun Star Territory. It is currently being invaded by orcs."

Veritus explained:

"Our people have collected some special clues on the planet of Cordra, and all the evidence points to a suspicion..."

"No doubt, it's Vulkan."

Fu Qinghai put down the parchment and said with certainty:

"While waiting for other Astartes regiments to arrive on Terra, I will lead all the White Scars' daughter regiments to Cordra, eliminate the invading orcs there, and welcome back this Primarch. His return is crucial to winning this war."

"Wait. You mean, Vulkan...Vulkan?"

Lansong leaned forward and asked in a low voice with a serious face.

"What else?"

Fu Qinghai pushed the file back to the Grand Master of the Inquisition and asked back:

"Is there a second Primarch named 'Vulkan' in this universe?"

At this critical moment of the beast invasion, it is suspected that a loyal Primarch is about to return to the human empire. In any case, this is a major good news. But looking at the complex expressions on the faces of the high lords present, they don't seem to think so.

Fu Qinghai doesn't care what they think.

Fu Qinghai looked around at the high lords present, and it seemed that no one wanted to speak, so he finally turned his attention to a green holographic projection at the end of the long conference table. This was the only high lord who came to the meeting in the form of a holographic projection rather than in person, the Mars Casting Commander Kubik.

During the entire meeting, from Fu Qinghai launching a coup, dismissing Udo, announcing the seizure of power, controlling the media, occupying the palace, and scolding the ministers... to now arranging work tasks as the commander-in-chief of the empire, the Lord of Mars watched coldly and said nothing throughout the whole process, just observing and evaluating silently.

"Dear Commander Kubik."

Fu Qinghai looked at Kubik with a smile:

"Do you have anything to add?"

Kubik is indeed the most special high lord. From the authority he controls and the size of his direct army, all the high lords present cannot be compared with him. The Red Star is too powerful.

Even if the Lord of Mars came to Terra in the form of his real body instead of a holographic projection, people actually had no way to tell whether it was his real body or just a large communication servitor that imitated the image of the Forge Commander. Moreover, among all the previous Forge Commanders of Mars, there were indeed very few who could personally attend meetings in Terra - because some Forge Commanders' bodies were too large, much larger than the Primarchs. There was no place in the huge palace with so many buildings that could accommodate the Forge Commander's body completely.

Kubik's projection looked at Fu Qinghai deeply. The sudden coup that broke out in the Hall of Glory not only shocked the imperial officials of Terra, but also shocked the brains of the thinking cluster composed of tens of thousands of technical priests on Mars, and almost fell into data chaos. Because this means that all the previous analysis and conclusions of the thinking cluster on Qingshan Khan, such as "this is a very standard and typical Astartes war captain", "he only cares about military issues"... all, all are wrong, completely wrong.

The Martian staff collectively misjudged.

Qingshan Khan is not only a warband leader but also a politician, and he is also a shrewd and secretive politician. Once he decides to launch a coup, he will act vigorously and resolutely without dragging his feet. His means are ruthless and interlocking, leaving no time for his opponents to react or counterattack. The huge Terra political arena was overturned by him within a few hours.

Kubik doesn't want to talk now.

Because any of his remarks at this moment, combined with his previous judgments and conclusions, make him look like a clown in front of other Martian subjects. He doesn't care much about who will be the "Imperial Commander-in-Chief", Udo or Qingshan, he only cares about his "great experiment", but the pride and self-esteem of the Lord of Mars makes him not want to face the smug face of Qingshan Khan.

But now Qingshan Khan took the initiative to ask him.

The Mars Casting Commander had to answer again.

"You said everything I wanted to say."

Kubik said expressionlessly:

"Then what else can I say?"

No one present knew what this inexplicable conversation between Kubik and Fu Qinghai meant, but Fu Qinghai himself knew the deep meaning that Mars Casting Commander wanted to express.

Vangolich told Fu Qinghai that his Callidus assassins found more than 10,000 orc corpses on Mars, and he didn't know what Mars wanted to do with these corpses. Fu Qinghai speculated based on the original novel plot told by Vera that Mars analyzed the genetic data of these 10,000 orcs and may have deduced at this time that these orcs all originated from Ulano.

Normally speaking, after knowing this information, according to the Casting Commander's usual nature, he would definitely not choose to make it public at the first time. Instead, he would wait and see with this key intelligence, observe the progress of the war, and then decide when to release this information to maximize the benefits to Mars, and perhaps use this information to achieve other political goals by the way.

But now it was directly pointed out by Fu Qinghai.

Fu Qinghai told everyone directly:

Don't guess, the beast is in Ullanor.

This made the Forge Commander feel very depressed and passive.

I found out by analyzing the orc genes.

How did you know?

"I hope Mars will also participate in this expedition."

Fu Qinghai looked at Kubik and said bluntly.

"Mars suffered heavy losses on the Battle Moon."

Kubik's face is still stiff and expressionless. At this moment, he doesn't even bother to simulate any human emotion, because continuing this behavior will make all his previous performances more ridiculous. Since they have seen through each other, there is no need to perform them again.

"The intelligent control army entrusted to you was almost completely destroyed."

"Do we need to review that battle?"

Fu Qinghai spread his hands and asked in surprise:

"Isn't it because Mars suffered heavy losses because you didn't obey my command? We don't need to talk around here, right? Everyone knows why. Your intelligent control army has never been 'handed over to me' in the true sense. Your vassal knight family also ignored my orders. Don’t you have the slightest reflection on yourself?”

The expression on Kubik's face became even stiffer.

The projected image even has a bit of flicker distortion.

"I will consider joining the expedition."

Kubik dropped this sentence and prepared to end the conversation.

"You should think about it carefully."

Fu Qinghai reminded meaningfully:

"But there's not much time left for you to think about it."

Why don't you wait until Wokan comes back to think about it?

Then you'll see if a Primarch with unlimited resurrection will come to Mars and blow your machine's head off.

Kubik's projection went out.

Fu Qinghai stood up, left his seat and walked out.

Passing through the intersection of light and shadow in the grand stone door of the Hall of Glory, he looked back at all the imperial officials in the hall. They were all still sitting in their seats, looking concerned, but he only looked at one of them, the assassin. Grand Tutor Wangorich then turned and left without looking back.

He would leave a company behind to control the area outside the palace, and eventually most of the Wall would follow him to Cordra. All High Lords were released to return to their jobs in their respective departments. During this coup, Fu Qinghai did not kill any high lords, including Udo.

Just now, a Space Marine held a gun to their head, and now after returning to their own territory, will the high lords continue to obey Qingshan Khan's orders? None of them knew that until this moment, the most dangerous guy in Terra had not yet taken action.

Fu Qinghai had determined that this group of weak and incompetent high lords would not dare to stir up trouble while he was away to welcome Wokan back - if they really had the courage, they would not give in to the orc ambassador. He looked so panicked in front of him.

Friends who often launch coups know that a coup is not different from an election. It is not a peaceful transfer of power, but an act of complete rupture. There is a saying that "cutting the grass does not remove the roots, but the spring breeze will bring new growth." In the real world, coups are often followed by large-scale liquidations. Those who have killed all will face counterattacks. Moreover, Fu Qinghai did not kill any high-ranking officials. host.

It is impossible for Fu Qinghai to hold on to the position of commander-in-chief of the empire all the time, unless he also wants to be like Goji Vandier or Drakan Wangorich in the later period of their rule. Without the assistance of artificial intelligence, the management of such a huge territory and such a complex situation in the human empire can only be left to one Primarch - and a Primarch who specializes in governance. No one else can handle it.

Fu Qinghai will eventually retire. Isn't he worried that his war group will be liquidated after he abdicates?

In fact, Fu Qinghai is not worried at all.

That's right, a coup is a complete act of betrayal. There is no compromise and no way out. If Fu Qinghai doesn't engage the high lords now, they will engage in Fu Qinghai later. But Fu Qinghai also had to consider: Did he set a precedent for launching a coup? Will other Space Marines follow suit in the future? If you follow suit, should you draw a line? For example: Qingshan Khan seized power and usurped the throne without killing the high lord.

The high lord will eventually be killed.

It's just a matter of sooner or later.

But it wasn't Fu Qinghai's turn.

He has already chosen his assassin.

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