The protagonist talked non-stop for more than ten minutes. Fortunately, ants don't use their mouths to speak. They don't need to shout at the top of their lungs. They can send the message they want to say to all recipients with their tentacles, as long as the speaker's thoughts are strong enough. , other information can easily be suppressed. This also avoids the embarrassing situation where the protagonist is hoarse and has a dry mouth but cannot cover up the objections.
After the protagonist finished venting in one breath, the whole place was silent. Everyone lowered their heads and kept their tentacles on the ground, but not a single message was sent to the cobblestones.
The protagonist couldn't help but feel a little regretful. He didn't understand the meaning and emotion of everyone's silence. Were everyone shocked? Or are you brewing words of counterattack? Have you offended most of the kings?
He couldn't help but start thinking wildly. If he wanted to offend all the kings, would he have to break up with the main nest? If the kings send troops to besiege me, how can I break out of the siege? After riding Xiaoqing II and escaping back to "Dongyang City", shouldn't it be time to prepare for the siege of the main nest army? Should we hold on for a month until the main nest army retreats without a fight in winter? Then after the spring begins, will "Dongyangcheng" move to the southern hills to temporarily avoid the edge?
However, the protagonist's random thoughts did not last long. The Public Security King was the first to speak to break the awkward and strange silence. He expressed his firm support for the Divine Envoy King's statement. Although he also believes that there is nothing wrong with defending according to the traditional plan, it is also true that cities and territories are lost every winter. The war of recovery every spring and summer is always carried out on his own land and cannot threaten the Pavement Ant Barbarians. territory.
He expressed that he believed in the judgment of the Divine Envoy King and that new tactics should be adopted this year to deal with the enemy's attack, and he would strive to eliminate the old enemy of the Pavement Ant Barbarians once and for all within a few years.
Later, the Western King, Senior Brother and other kings who had fought side by side with the protagonist also expressed their support. They had witnessed the protagonist leading them to victory after victory, and they had great confidence in him.
The king who has never had any contact with the protagonist is the main force of the conservatives. However, in the current public opinion atmosphere, they almost do not speak and do not know how to speak. The few speakers still use tradition as their last weapon.
But traditions can be changed. Even the Big-headed Ant Kingdom has experienced a revolution in fearing, being exposed to, and using fire. The rhetoric of conservatives seems even more feeble.
In the end, the public opinion environment was very favorable to the protagonist, and the public security king also took the opportunity to propose a revision of this year's defense plan, which was agreed by the participants.
This time, the protagonist participated in the formulation process of the defense plan and put forward a lot of opinions and suggestions.
But the final plan is not to voluntarily give up a large number of strongholds and territories to lure the enemy in, as the protagonist had previously imagined, and ultimately achieve the goal of gathering together and annihilating them. The ants are too sensitive to the words failure and retreat, and even the kings who support the protagonist will not support his crazy plan.
In the end, the reformists headed by the protagonist and the conservatives who still had the upper hand reached a compromise and determined a new defense plan.
This year, the main nest will send more reinforcements to the first-line deputy nest on the south bank of the river, striving to kill as much of the enemy's effective forces as possible on the front line.
These first-line sub-nests will expand the size of the nest. Each sub-nest must be able to accommodate three to five thousand soldiers and store enough military rations for four months.
Considering that big-headed ants can only move at a relatively warm depth of one meter underground, the internal structure of the sub-nest must also be adjusted accordingly: ant nests in the shallow layer of the ground will eliminate the nest chambers, leaving only a part of the passage. At the depth where the big-headed ants can move, a systematic underground fortification will be built at the exit of the channel connecting the surface. At that time, the Big-headed Ant Kingdom Army will place the enemy here and then use the fortification location to carry out a pincer attack.
The main nest army sent out was also as elite as possible according to the protagonist's requirements. Although it did not reach the full soldier ant establishment like the Divine Envoy King's army, the ratio of soldier ants to worker ants also reached 2:3, which was much higher than usual. 1:4 ratio.
These selected soldier ants and worker ants are all in their prime. They will also receive training from the King of Public Security and the King of the West in the next half month to master the new tactics of the legions under these two kings. This kind of tactics Compared with the tactics of the Divine Envoy King's Legion, it is easier to master and does not require the commander to have high military literacy.
This time, the reinforcements will be commanded by the kings, and the kings will arrive at the front line of the winter defense battle for the first time to fight against the enemy's invasion.
The task the protagonist received was to lead three legions and more than 4,000 soldiers under his command to take over the defense of "Linshui City".
This is the front line of the winter offensive against the pavement ant barbarian army. It is also the second nest with the most unsuitable geographical environment for defense - the second nest is built in a tree, and its temperature is much lower than the warm underground, which will be harmful to those who are afraid of the cold. Ant warriors bring extremely adverse effects, and it is not convenient to expand the size of the nest, making it difficult to accommodate enough defenders.
The reason why the protagonist is willing to defend here is because he believes that no other legion can defend this secondary nest. If any army can do it, it can only be the Legion of the God Envoy King personally led by the protagonist.
In addition, "Linshui City" is only five meters away from the north bank of the river. It is the narrowest section of the river between the Big-headed Ant Kingdom and the Pavement Ant Barbarians. The water flow is not fast, and it is most suitable for building a pontoon as a bridgehead to attack the enemy's homeland.
Regarding the deficiencies of "Linshui City" in terms of defense, the protagonist decided to go on a field trip to investigate and see if there was any room for improvement.
The King's Council quickly finalized and approved the winter defense plan, and then adjourned. The kings attending the meeting each carried out the orders they received. Those who should continue to search for the oldest king organized manpower to search, those who should prepare for the expedition recruited troops and trained them, and those responsible for logistics began to organize workers to prepare and transport supplies.
The protagonist does not need to stay in the already busy main nest. He returns to the tree and flies back to "Dongyang City" under the escort of flying knights such as flying eagles.
Here, he also has a lot of preparation work to do. A defensive battle that will last all winter, and a counterattack that may follow after the spring. The required troops, materials, etc. cannot be obtained in a short time. Well prepared.
This is bound to be a huge but trivial job. Fortunately, the protagonist does not intend to do it entirely himself. He now has a group of loyal and capable subordinates to share the task.
Next, the protagonist will convey the next plan to all the adult male ants in "Dongyang City", and then assign their respective work tasks.
