After the protagonist returns to the main nest, he summons all the kings again and announces to them that he has obtained the authorization to go on an expedition and is determined to go out after sunrise tomorrow.
Due to the identity of the protagonist, the Envoy King, and the fact that the ants did not lie, these kings believed the protagonist's words.
Gun and Rambo report to the protagonist: the expedition troops have been organized.
The size and organization of the Divine Envoy King's army this time are similar to the protagonist's last expedition to the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army.
In the legion, the main bodyguard directly under the protagonist has 54 soldier ants (including Hua Mulan and other soldier ant guards who have been following the protagonist in the early stages), and 30 subordinate squads. Each squad is commanded by a king and has 50 soldier ants. The entire Angel King army has a total of 1587 ants (the protagonist himself, 30 kings, and 1554 soldier ants).
What is slightly different from the past is that this time the protagonist requires the entire army to no longer have worker ants, but to add more soldier ants with stronger individual combat effectiveness. This can effectively enhance the legion's combat effectiveness.
Thanks to the previous ant colony explosion in "Dongyang City", "Dongyang City" now has more than 10,000 ants, and its size ranks among the top among all the sub-nests in the Big-headed Ant Kingdom. It is precisely based on the current size of the ant colony that the protagonist can form such an army of pure soldier ants.
There are not many veterans in this legion of the Angel King. After the last war, there are still more than a thousand veterans left, but most of them are worker ants, and they will no longer be included in the legion this time.
Some of the remaining veteran soldier ants died of old age, or died while working or hunting, and currently there are less than 200 left.
The protagonist attaches great importance to these veterans. They are evenly distributed into various teams as the backbone, and each team has six or seven veterans.
Although the recruits also accepted the tactical information package of the God Envoy King's Army delivered by the protagonist, their proficiency would be almost zero without experience in actual combat. Under the guidance of veterans, new recruits can adapt to tactics faster.
There were thirty-two kings in the original God Envoy King's legion, but this time only thirty participated in the Southern Expedition. The protagonist leaves Rambo Fei and Rambo Fo behind. On the one hand, the two kings are responsible for staying in "Dongyang City". On the other hand, Rambo Fei also has the important task of teaching young male ants.
After the army was organized, the protagonist specially delivered an information package to the entire army. This information package mainly contains plans for dealing with thread-parasitic bacteria on the enemy.
In the plan, the protagonist emphasized that all soldiers should pay extra attention to the thread parasites on the enemy. If attacked by the thread parasites, teammates must rescue them in time. These thread parasites can be effectively killed by cutting off the head.
These are summarized by the protagonist based on his own experience.
If unfortunately they have been attacked by thread-parasitic bacteria, according to the plan, the ants involved must report to the king immediately, and the army will unite the infected people into groups and make separate arrangements.
Afterwards, the protagonist ordered the legion to disband and go to fill their stomachs, and set out after sunrise the next day.
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After the protagonist finished preparing for the expedition, he returned to his palace to rest.
Soon after, the secretary came back after finishing her work.
Unlike Hua Mulan, Xiao Mi has a higher IQ and strong hands-on ability. The protagonist has given her a lot of power and asked her to be responsible for managing the entire "Dongyang City" handicraft industry, such as firing pottery in the combustion chamber, making sedan chairs, etc.
In the human world, this is the position of an executive deputy mayor in charge of industry.
Although Hua Mulan's intelligence has also improved, she is still unable to act on her own and can only continue to serve as the protagonist's guard captain.
After the little secretary came back, he greeted the protagonist tentacles affectionately before going to his own private nest room in the palace to rest.
The protagonist looked at Xiao Mi and thought of the big worker ants that replaced the male ants in the parasitic nest. From body shape to intelligence level, Xiao Mi is indeed very similar to them.
Although Xiaomi is slightly smaller than these large worker ants, she is still one size larger than other worker ants. Her body proportions are also very similar to these large worker ants. She has a larger abdomen, which is only larger than that of unmarried female ants. smaller.
Although there is no direct evidence, the protagonist feels that there is a certain relationship between Xiao Mi and these big worker ants in the enemy camp.
But the protagonist can also feel that Xiao Mi is loyal, kind and non-hostile to him. Therefore, the protagonist did not take any vigilance measures against her, "Don't trust the people you employ, don't use the people you doubt". On the contrary, the protagonist made full use of their talents, giving her more power little by little, and the little secretary was able to fulfill her duties well.
He believes that the environment in which one grows up is the key to determining a person's character and values, and the same is true for ants.
Xiao Mi was said to have been brought up by Lao Wang soon after she emerged from pupa, and was entrusted with important tasks. If we look at it by human standards, this is like father and daughter.
And Lao Wang is suspected to have died from the murder of parasitic ants. From this point of view, there is still a blood feud between Xiao Mi and the parasitic ant nest, let alone collusion.
The protagonist abandoned these messy thoughts in his mind and slowly fell asleep.
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The next day, after sunrise, the prepared legion of the Divine Envoy King set off to the south to conquer the parasitic ant nest.
The legion formed a long snake shape and slowly left the nest of "Dongyang City".
Gun led five teams as the vanguard, advancing in a fan shape directly in front of the team, responsible for clearing or driving away threats on the army's advance route, such as some carnivorous insects that like to ambush.
In addition, the route ahead needs to be explored. Although the general direction is south, the march route cannot be straight forward. Some impassable swamps and giant trees require detours, while easily surmountable roadblocks need to be cleared.
Rambowan leads five teams to the rear. Their task is not light either. Occasionally there will be companions who fall behind or get lost due to various reasons. The rear guard needs to receive them in time and help them return to the team when camping or resting.
Why are there stragglers or lost ants? It can only be blamed on the small size of the ants. Sometimes when there is a strong wind, if an unlucky ant happens to crawl on a fallen leaf that is blown away, then they will passively leave the team. There are many more situations like this.
Fortunately, ants are born with certain navigation abilities, and most of these ants can rely on instinct to return to their original route. Those who are taken in by the rear guard will move with the rear guard, while the rest can follow the guidance of the pheromones to catch up with the large army little by little.
This technique of dividing the forward and rear forces was something the protagonist learned from the police when he was conquering the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army.
It can only be said that as a warlike species, the war technology of ants is still very advanced compared to that of their primitive counterparts.
The protagonist himself is personally in charge of the central army. He still brings his royal sedan with him, which is carried by two strong soldier ants.
But most of the time, the protagonist doesn't stay on the ground. He rode Xiaoqing out and spent most of the time flying in the sky, so that he could monitor the direction of the troops and ensure that they did not get lost.
Therefore, most of the time, the Chinese troops on the ground are commanded by Lambert.
