The worker ants responsible for cleaning the inside of the stump are the first to complete their task.
Although the cleanup work was actually more difficult than planned - the interior of the wooden piles, which had been eaten away by countless passages, was not directly used as an ant nest as expected in the planning files.
There is still a large amount of wood residue and moth excrement left in these moth-eaten passages, which have been soaked by rainwater that has penetrated over the years and turned into a sticky, dirty and smelly sludge. The ants must first clean up all the dirt and dump it in the trench.
In addition, although the passages opened by the borers are also criss-crossed, they lack open nest chambers. Without enough nest chambers, the ants cannot store large amounts of food and ammunition, and there are not enough rooms for the army to rest.
Therefore, the worker ants have to carve out the soft parts of the wood to create space for the nest. Fortunately, this tree stump has a lot of rotten parts inside, so it is no more troublesome than digging soil. Some places that are too open and should be separated, such as tree cavities, are also partitioned with concrete.
The channels opened up according to the eating needs of the borers often cannot meet the ants' movement needs, and may even hinder the rapid mobilization of the God Envoy King's army. The worker ants widened several main passages in and out, and opened up a large number of partitions between the passages from the horizontal direction to facilitate the movement of troops inside the fortress.
Even with so many difficulties, the worker ants inside the wooden piles were the first to complete the work.
Then they left the wooden pile according to the plan, returned to the temporary warehouse in the bushes under the north slope, and notified the people left behind to transport the materials to the warehouse of the wooden pile fortress.
The construction team has sealed all the extra holes on the top of the wooden piles, leaving only a dozen holes that are not easily penetrated by rainwater as entrances and exits. Below these entrances and exits are expanded express lanes.
However, the work of building an earth embankment around the tree stump has not yet been completed. This is the first time that the ants are building a city wall on the uneven platform, and the progress is slower than expected.
In particular, this tree stump is higher in the west and lower in the east. It takes a lot of materials and workers to raise the earth embankment on the east side to the same height as the west side.
The color of fish belly gradually begins to appear in the east, and the dawn is approaching.
The material transport team has moved all the materials into the fortress.
The excavation team also completed the work at hand and dug an irregular trench along the tree stumps. In addition to supplying construction needs, the excavated earth was temporarily piled on the north slope of the hill so as not to affect the defensive operations.
There is still a wooden bridge on the north side of the trench, which is a natural tree root that crosses the trench. Although such a bridge that cannot be raised will affect the defense of the fortress, it will also facilitate the rapid replenishment of soldiers and supplies transported from the north into the fortress. Generally speaking, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
Only the progress of the construction team is slightly slower. Most of the earthen embankments have been completed. Only the height of the earthen embankment on the east side has not reached the same level as the west side. The top of the earthen embankment between the east and west forms a straight line sloping downward. However, the current fortifications already have basic defensive capabilities.
The first ray of sunlight hit the earth from the horizon.
Overnight, a towering tree stump fortress stood solidly on the top of the hill. This was a veritable "overnight city".
There is also a "one-night city" in human history, and its construction process is even more thrilling.
This one-night city is located in Japan. According to legend, it was built by Kinoshita Tokichiro, a subordinate of Oda Nobunaga (later Hashiba Hideyoshi and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the culprit who ordered the Japanese army to invade Korea during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty) in the ninth year of Eilu (1566 AD). ) A flat castle was built overnight at one end of the Sai River downstream of the embankment on the right bank of the Nagara River in Mino Province.
In the ninth year of Eiroku, Owari Kingdom's daimyo Oda Nobunaga wanted to attack the Saito family of Mino Kingdom, but he needed to build a castle that could be used as a base for his advance.
In the past, several powerful generals and ministers of the Oda family were responsible for this work, but they all failed under the attack of the Saito family's army. Kinoshita Tokichiro, who was still unknown at this time, took the initiative to take on this job. This success also became the beginning of his rise to prominence.
Kinoshita Tokichiro's arrangement was to send two-thirds of the army to build fortresses, and the remaining one-third to defend against enemy attacks.
Kinoshita had previously transported the wood for the fortress to the upper reaches of the Kiso River, and then transported it down the river on rafts, eliminating the difficulty of transporting or preparing building materials on site.
After the building materials arrived, Hideyoshi led his cronies Maeno Nagayasu, Hazosuka Koroku and his younger brother Koichiro, with two thousand ninjas, and built a Sumamata Castle overnight on the edge of Owari Country and Mino Country, known as "Sumama One Night City".
After that, Hideyoshi borrowed the power of the local tycoon's wild samurai to attack Saito's army at night to interfere with the construction of the city. As a result, he won a great victory and ensured the safety of "One Night Castle". It also ultimately laid the foundation for the eventual demise of the Oda family and the Saito family.
Of course, this one-night city was built using wood as the main building material. In ancient China, it was roughly the level of a cottage. If it were to build an ancient Chinese city or a European medieval castle, then a one-night city would only be a fantasy.
——I am the dividing line——
The protagonist, who only slept for a while late at night, mounted Xiaoqing again and approached the new nest of the parasitic ant to start investigating.
After discovering that the early-rising parasitic ants had begun to leave their nests collectively, and that a few enemies began to move toward the fortress, the protagonist returned to the fortress and reported the situation to the entire army.
The five hundred worker ants that had been busy last night retreated towards the transfer station under the protection of the escort group of the Fourth Army.
The Second Army Corps, which assisted in the construction of the fortress last night, returned to the underground of the fortress to take a rest. The First Army Corps, which was resting and guarding in the outer fields, returned to the fortress, took charge of guarding, and continued to seize the time to build the earth embankment on the east side.
The Third Army Corps, which was responsible for transporting supplies, had a better rest. They were ordered to go out to the south of the fortress and began to hunt down the enemies who dared to approach the fortress.
The number of parasitic ants that came to the hills was not large at first. Under the stranglehold of the well-organized third army, these parasitic ants that were alone or in small groups were quickly eliminated, unable to warn the nest. Even if there are a few fish caught in the trap, the protagonist will guide the mobile team of the Third Army in the sky to hunt and pursue.
So far, the parasitic ant nest has not found a strong fortress of the Divine Envoy King's Legion quietly erected on the nearby hills.
However, there are increasing numbers of parasitic ants heading to hilly areas.
In the morning, it is the time when ants rush to the scale insect herds to collect large amounts of honeydew after a night. Some parasitic ants with empty stomachs can't wait to enjoy the delicious honeydew and start heading to the hills in groups.
As the number of enemy troops increased, the Third Army could no longer remain hidden while destroying approaching enemies.
Soon, some parasitic ants discovered the Angel King's army. As the first warning signal was sent, some parasitic ants began to escape into the parasitic ant nest without being intercepted.
The war is coming!
