The protagonist returned to the fortress, and he immediately became anxious to inquire about Xiao Qing's whereabouts.
But Xiaoqing did not return here. The only valuable clue was that a king reported that he saw Xiaoqing flying north across the fortress, which is the direction of "Dongyang City".
The protagonist had no choice but to send a messenger back along the route from the transfer station - the southern fortress - "Dongyang City", asking her to hurry up and find Xiao Qing's whereabouts. She must report back immediately if she gets the results.
At the same time, taking advantage of the enemy's temporary retreat, the protagonist asked a small force to escort the wounded soldiers back to "Dongyang City", and notified "Dongyang City" and the remaining troops in the other two places to send supplementary soldiers and supplies as soon as possible according to the plan. .
Without Xiao Qing, the protagonist cannot go out to investigate. In order to prevent the enemy from making a sneak attack, the first, second and third legions of the God's Envoy King took turns to be on guard and scattered the scouts from a distance.
Some bold scouts even entered the grass and shrubs where the protagonist emphasized the ambush, and then reported that there was no trace of the enemy here. It seems that after ambushing the protagonist, the parasitic ant army has chosen to retreat.
The other two legions without security duties took turns to continue building fortresses and rest. By the afternoon, all the facilities of the planned fortress had been completed, and the walls on the east and west sides had reached the same height.
The scouts who were out on guard had expanded their reconnaissance scope to halfway up the southern slope of the hill, but there was still no sign of the enemy coming back.
Seeing that it was still early, the protagonist simply ordered the Angel King's army to build a higher city wall behind the first ring of city walls. The platform of the second city wall was about half a centimeter higher than the platform of the first city wall.
In this way, the long-range team can launch an attack on the second wall, with a better view and fewer blind spots in the attack range.
Moreover, the protagonist always has a bad premonition about the mysterious retreat of the enemy. Maybe the next time the enemy attacks again, he doesn't know what tricks he will play again.
With the second city wall, the defenders of the fortress have an extra layer of insurance. Even if the first city wall is lost, they can continue to resist with the help of the second city wall and will not be forced into underground lairs to fight street battles.
The construction of the second city wall was completed by evening.
For half a day, the enemy did not show up. Now it was almost night, and the enemy obviously would not provoke again at this time, so the protagonist simply took all the scouts back.
The transportation team from behind also arrived at Stump Fortress at this time. They brought some soldier ants as supplements to the legion. Now the three legions of the Angel King were full again.
The transport team also brought a small amount of food and some clay bombs, which were replenished in the underground warehouse of the fortress.
Taking advantage of the enemy's inability to fight in the field, the protagonist can transport and replenish his troops calmly at night, which also gives the God Envoy King's army a longer-lasting combat capability.
In fact, if the protagonist is willing to seek assistance from the main nest, it will be very easy to gather an army of 100,000 to destroy this parasitic ant nest.
However, now the protagonist has regarded "Dongyang City" as his forbidden area. If the main nest sends reinforcements, they will definitely use "Dongyang City" as their starting base. Then the fires, yellow mealworm farms, Things like flying knights, pottery workshops, and unauthorized wedding flying ceremonies may be leaked.
At that time, perhaps the identity of the protagonist, the Divine Envoy King, will not be able to protect these secrets from being invaded by the main nest. After all, the main nest has the highest priority in the kingdom, and good things will be sent there.
Just in case, the protagonist would rather spend time and energy fighting the enemy for a long time than borrow the power of the main nest.
Finally, there is also a messenger sent back by the protagonist in the transport team. He reports an important message to the protagonist:
Xiaoqing has returned to Dongyang City on his own and is currently recuperating in a special fly stable. However, Rambo flew to check its condition and found that its wings were damaged and could not be restored. Although it could barely fly, it might not be suitable for use as a mount anymore.
The protagonist felt a little regretful. He had tamed Xiaoqing himself. He was also the first tamed fly in the entire "Dongyang City" and perhaps even in the entire history of ants. He did not expect that he would face the fate of retirement so soon.
However, the current war does not allow the protagonist to express too much emotion. He asked the messenger to return to "Dongyang City" again and tell Rambo Fei that he would select ten flying knights to come to Stump Fortress to assist in the defense. In addition, he would re-cultivate and train several small and small animals. Green fly mounts of the same species (greenfly).
——I am the dividing line——
The night finally drives away the last ray of sunlight, and only the bright moonlight can provide a glimmer of light between heaven and earth.
Apart from two fierce battles in the morning, the fortress was not attacked again. Night is also a peaceful time, with no danger of attack.
But the protagonist has no intention of just staying in the fortress and facing the next attack that doesn't know when it will come. He had slept for a long time in the afternoon, and the First Army Corps, which had completed its rotation of security duties, also rested for a short while.
The protagonist left the Second and Third Legions, who had worked hard all day, and the long-range troops of the First Legion to rest, while he set off at night with the Guards Squad and the twenty-four melee squads of the First Legion.
Although marching at night is theoretically safe, the protagonist, who was ambushed once inexplicably during the day and almost died, still cautiously sent out many scouts. Gun, on the other hand, personally led three teams as the vanguard to clear the way.
Without Xiao Qing, the protagonist can only move forward on foot. He is firmly protected by the guard team and is located in the middle of the entire army.
After climbing down the southern slope of the hill, crossing the valley and the old abandoned parasitic ant nest, the Angel King's army soon arrived in front of the new parasitic ant nest.
The protagonist first sent out a team to destroy the nearby "ant corpse pyramid" discovered during previous investigations, which was an important source of infection for thread-parasitic fungi.
After the protagonist endured the stench and arrived at the scene, he found that the pile of ant corpses was much larger than the last time he saw it. It seems that the parasitic ants have been adding new corpses here. If not eliminated, more insects may become infected and spread the parasite to various places.
After razing the "Ant Corpse Pyramid" to the ground, eradicating all parasitic mycelium threads, and searching the area with a net, the protagonist finally determined that there were no new sources of infection nearby.
Then, it was time to attack the parasitic ant nest.
Of course, the protagonist does not intend to directly send troops to storm the enemy's nest. That would be an act of seeking death. No enemies were found along the way, and that was only because at night, the enemies shrank back to their lairs according to habit.
If the Angel King's Legion dares to invade the underground lair, then in a narrow environment, the parasitic ants with a numerical advantage and stronger single combat power will teach the soldiers of the Angel King's Legion a lesson.
But being unable to go down does not mean that there is no way to deal with the enemy troops hidden deep inside.
Thinking of this, a hint of conspiracy flashed in the protagonist's eyes.
