No big-headed ant cared about the pavement ant king who fell into the river like a lost dog. There were countless people like him who fell into the water, and most of them would struggle and suffocate in the water. This news was not reported to the kings who were meeting to celebrate, but was completely ignored.
After the canopy clearing operation is completed, this year's counterattack war of the big-headed ant kingdom can finally be declared a complete victory.
The entire war only lasted about half a month, and it was over even before the second batch of army reinforcements arrived from the main nest. After paying the price of more than 10,000 casualties, the Big-headed Ant Expeditionary Force regained all six sub-nests and annihilated nearly 200,000 pavement ant barbarian troops.
In previous recapture wars, the Big-headed Ant Expeditionary Force had lost more than 100,000 soldiers, and it took three or two months to achieve the same results.
But this year, due to the intervention of the Divine Envoy King, the battle mode among the ants, which had not changed significantly for hundreds of years, suddenly encountered a subversive change. In addition to the Divine Envoy King's Legion, the Public Security Legion and the Western Legion also mastered an effective tactic. The kings of other legions and even the enemies also had their own thoughts after witnessing the new tactics.
Every military reform in the human world will bring new bloodshed. The cavalry has eliminated chariots, bows and arrows have eliminated slings, and skirmish lines have replaced queuing to kill. So what changes will the ants' tactical innovation bring to the world?
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Forty legions rested in "Linshui City" for two full days. In the past two days, each legion has selected all the old soldier ants and worker ants in the team. A total of tens of thousands of old soldiers will be left as the defenders of "Linshui City" to resist the invasion of the pavement ant barbarian army this winter. A fierce attack on the frozen river.
These veterans have spent the most vigorous youth years of their lives, and they will devote the rest of their lives to guarding the border and fending off enemies. The lucky old soldier may sleep peacefully one afternoon, while other warriors will end up in horse-leather shrouds.
This is also the most economical defense method designed by ants. The old and dying ants are responsible for defending their homes on the front line, while the young and strong ants are responsible for accumulating strength in the rear. Year after year, the cycle begins again and again.
The protagonist's army of the God's Envoy also selected nearly 200 old soldiers to stay. At first, the protagonist was quite reluctant to give up, but later after asking the police about it, he realized that these old soldiers did not have much time left. It was decided to follow tradition and let them stay.
The protagonist then thought of another important question. The lifespan of ants is relatively short. The worker ants and soldier ants of big-headed ants in this world generally only live 2-4 years, so worker ants and soldier ants over two years old are considered old soldiers.
After observation, the protagonist found that these worker ants and soldier ants were too busy. Even if they had no work, they kept walking back and forth, so that they could not maintain adequate rest. They just took two naps every day and got by.
This is a factor that makes ants prone to death from overwork. The protagonist has begun to force his men to go into deep sleep every night, but the effect is not yet clear.
After leaving the old soldiers and a few old kings to guard the border towns, the remaining forty legions finally set off and embarked on their way back to the main nest.
A messenger had set out long ago, rushing back to the main nest without stopping along the way to report the victory. The support troops sent by each sub-nest that had already assembled in the main nest were about to set off, but as the front line received good news in time, these troops were disbanded on the spot and went home.
There were 1,600 warriors in the King's Legion when they set out, but only more than 1,300 were left when they returned. Among them, more than 200 old soldiers stayed in "Linshui City", and nearly 100 soldiers were either killed in previous battles or died of illness and old age on the road.
The Angel King's Legion also brought back dozens of pavement ant eggs that the protagonist had preserved, which were important props for the protagonist's next experiment.
The Big-headed Ant Expeditionary Army walked for three full days before returning to the main nest. All the kings and kings in the main nest lined up outside the hill castle to welcome the triumphant army.
The ritual of the ants is very simple. The king and the kings briefly exchange condolences with each other and their partner tentacles, and the other worker ants and soldier ants disperse on their own and return to the main nest.
Then the main nest held another meeting of five hundred kings, and the protagonist, as the envoy king, was also invited to attend. At the venue, the protagonist finally saw his senior brother again, and he accompanied the oldest Wang into the venue.
Since the kings haven't arrived yet and the meeting hasn't started yet, the protagonist simply ran to say hello to the senior brother. The emotion sent back by the senior brother was a bit respectful, and there was no longer the equal communication attitude before. This made the protagonist a little uncomfortable, but there was no way, this was reality, even in the ant world.
The eldest brother served as a team commander in the Public Security Corps, and was later entrusted with the important task of commanding the Soldier Ant Commando Team. He also made considerable achievements in this counterattack war.
The protagonist communicated what he saw and heard in the war with his senior brother and praised his military exploits. This finally aroused his emotions, and the senior brother let go of his restraint and discussed tactical issues with the protagonist enthusiastically. In his opinion, the tactics devised by the Divine Envoy King were something he had never learned before, and it was an eye-opener for him.
Seeing the senior brother who is obsessed with tactical research, the protagonist suddenly feels that his personality and hobbies are not suitable to be the successor of the oldest king. The oldest king needs a king who can stay calmly in the main nest and never go out for a lifetime, but the senior brother prefers the job of charging into battle.
After communicating for a while, all the kings entered the venue, and the meeting of kings began.
The eldest brother stepped aside, and the protagonist returned to the cobblestones and touched his tentacles to the stone surface.
This meeting of kings seemed to the protagonist to be lengthy and boring. All the kings who participated in the war briefly compiled what they saw and heard in the war into an information package for all the kings to share. There are many one-sided and similar contents in these information packages.
But all the kings patiently read every information packet with relish. For the entire Big-headed Ant Kingdom, the kings meeting now are the most intelligent group in the country. These kings will extract important experiences that can be passed on to future generations based on the content reflected in the information package.
Of course, since the lives and wars of ants have not changed much for thousands of years, the experience that can be passed down has rarely been updated.
But this year is different. Due to the emergence of the Divine Envoy King, this war alone has left a lot of valuable wealth to the entire kingdom: the intensive use of soldier ant tactics, night attacks, earthworks, water attacks, etc.
These new tactics are instilled into the minds of every king through information packages. As for how they will understand and use them, we can only look forward to the future.
The lengthy meeting didn't end until midnight. Before the meeting ended, the protagonist suddenly stated that he needed to return to "Dongyang City" with the Legion of God's Envoy King.
There was an immediate uproar through the cobblestones.
