The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

1515. Carve up

Lynch Hauser was shocked by Admiral Kourney's words, and he was in a cold sweat. He had no idea that this admiral would be so courageous. He actually wanted to trade the territory of the Galactic Republic with the Trade Federation!

You must know that even now the trade alliance still has representatives in the Galactic Republic Congress, but they have been completely labeled as separatist forces. The main reason why the representative seats have not been removed until now is that the trade alliance still has a large number of industries and businesses within the jurisdiction of the Galactic Republic.

Under such circumstances, Admiral Kourney's plan is to make a deal with the trade alliance on the surface, but in fact it is no different from sending their resource centers directly to the enemy country.

"This is the only way for us to get through this disaster!" Kourney said loudly, "Don't you think naively that we can impress the first and second leaders of the Trade Union with the property of the two of us? Wake up! Things are coming In this step, all we want is self-protection!"

Lynch Hauser's face was cloudy, and he said after a long time: "Okay, we can try to contact Lot Dude, and don't contact Newt Gunley... That guy is now He will not appear on the Republic side at all, he is an out-and-out separatist. On the contrary, Lott Dude, at least he stays in the parliament all year round, and there is still some possibility of communication."

"You come to connect, and then the two of us will talk to him together when the time comes." Admiral Kourney said, "As long as a large-scale fleet decisive battle in the Ennako galaxy can be avoided, then the base of this trade alliance will not be too affected. If he can cause a lot of damage, and still get a mining planet for nothing, I believe that a businessman like him will definitely make the most suitable choice."

Lynch-House nodded sullenly.

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At this time, Tang Xiao was on the capital of the Confederation of Independent Galaxies, the sub-planet of Laxus.

He was meeting with Earl Dooku to discuss the next combat policy and plan of the Confederation of Independent Galaxies. In fact, the declaration they issued in unanimous agreement on supporting the Jedi Order was also a joint action after discussion.

"...So I really think that there must be many Jedi knights who can escape from Order 66 and fall into the dark side during such a betrayal." Earl Dooku stroked his snow-white beard and said, "There is no No doubt, these people will be our help."

Tang Xiao nodded and said: "However, we must be on our guard. There may be some of them with strong strength and will. After such tempering, they will only become stronger, and their light will not be shaken. .”

"I agree with your previous opinion, Lord Dead Angel—the light side may also be our ally, and our only enemy is actually the Jedi Order." Earl Dooku said with satisfaction.

"Jedi knights who have fallen into the dark side, succumb to their own emotions and desires, then they will choose the powerful Galactic Republic more than us. But now it seems that Palpatine is obviously very concerned about our step. Annoyed, even if he ordered the Republic Army to attack again, under the current circumstances, their attack strength will obviously be much reduced. We can seize the time to continue reducing the Republic's military strength." Tang Xiao said.

"Actually, I am now more inclined to think that Palpatine's current anger is a posturing, a political show." Earl Dooku said, "It is fundamental to get all the benefits from someone like him. Impossible. In fact, all we can do now is get what we want—he gets the cards he wants, and we get some escaped Jedi Knights."

Tang Xiao nodded with a serious face. In fact, it was within his expectation that such a situation would happen. Because Order 66 was launched nearly a year earlier, and it happened to be at the stage when Kamino clone soldiers were eliminated by genetic weapons, and Spati clone soldiers had just begun to be used.

In fact, he believed that if the Spati clone soldiers hadn't invested yet, then Palpatine would definitely choose to continue to endure for a while and wait for the time to be more mature before launching Order 66 in one fell swoop.

And even so, launching Order 66 at this time, compared with the original plot, the effect is far worse.

On the one hand, because Spati clone soldiers are fast-tracked, their combat capabilities are far inferior to those of Kamino clones, and they are much less of a threat to the Jedi Knights. On the other hand, after all, they have just begun to deploy. Compared with the time when Order 66 was launched in the original plot, Spati clones have not yet become the backbone of the army and are launching a comprehensive counterattack in multiple directions. Later, the suddenness of the attack was also reduced a lot.

So according to Tang Xiao's current estimate, at least one third of the Jedi Knights survived Order 66. Compared with the result of being almost killed to extinction in the original plot, it is already countless times better.

And as he had told Count Dooku before, their real and undying enemy was actually the Jedi Order, not the Jedi Knights. After the destruction of the Jedi Knights, those Jedi Knights who lost their position will have much less hostility towards him and Earl Dooku.

In this case at least, Darth Sidious sucked a wave of hate.

With such a foundation, after the destruction of the Jedi Order this time, he can also look forward to those Jedi Knights who escaped and joined the Fourth Civilization. And he has also arranged intelligence agencies in various places to be ready to cooperate with those Jedi Knights to escape the jurisdiction of the Galactic Republic at any time.

However, even if the Fourth Civilization had the Holy Spirit Academy and the Holy Spirit Sect openly there, Tang Xiao also knew that his side was far less attractive to Jedi Knights than Earl Dooku, after all, he was once a Jedi Knight The status of the elders of the regiment in the eyes of the Jedi Knights is far from being comparable to that of the Fourth Civilization and other fallen angels.

"By the way, speaking of this, Lord Dead Angel. I am still very interested in the book of Sith in your hand. Is this book the inheritance of Sith?" Earl Dooku suddenly asked.

"The Book of Sith itself has no power, but it is a ritual and symbol of the Way of Sith. Being recognized by the Book of Sith does not directly make people stronger, but there is no doubt that it is the same as the way of Sith. The connection will become closer." Tang Xiao glanced at him and asked back, "But now you should not have much interest in becoming a Sith Lord, Earl Dooku."