The protagonist does not know that the direct purpose of hunting sickle ants is to use big-headed ants as food in times of famine. However, he had correctly guessed the reason for the enemy's abnormal movements - famine.
Rambovan led the Fourth Army to disperse the enemy army, which is good news, even though the protagonist knows that as long as the famine does not pass, the enemy may take risks again.
But at least in the short term, the southern region can maintain a stable situation. The protagonist can concentrate all his energy on dealing with the war with the pavement ant barbarians in the north.
The war with the pavement ant barbarians will begin in a short time. As for the main nest, they have been frantically searching for military rations from all the sub-nests. Many sub-nests are only left with barely enough food to survive, which shows the attitude of the main nest towards this war.
Only the territory of the protagonist's subordinates refused to hand over a grain of food for various reasons, and even the messenger sent by the main nest was unable to enter "Dongyang City".
The reason for rejection was, of course, a lie that could be easily exposed, such as "there is not enough food in this nest." But ants never lie, so the messenger believed it and went back to the main nest to report.
Fortunately, several sub-nests were severely damaged and couldn't produce even a grain of food. It's not surprising that "Dongyang City" was caught among them.
"Linshui City" was a blessing in disguise. As one of the most important departure bases, the main nest transported a large amount of food to support the Northern Expedition on the north bank of the river. This really makes the protagonist a windfall - as long as the luck comes, the protagonist will regard it as his own property.
For this reason, the protagonist even transported half of the military rations back to "Dongyang City" to store them. As for what to do when this batch of food is really needed in the future, let’s talk about it later. The current year is not good, and only when you have food in hand can you not panic.
Preparations for the entire Big-headed Ant Kingdom are in full swing, but the mobilization of troops has not yet begun.
The only one with the right to mobilize troops across the country is the King's Council in the main nest. According to convention, the King's Council will only approve military operations after this year's wedding flight ceremony.
Now, the entire big-headed ant kingdom is waiting for a spring rain - that is the signal for the wedding flight ceremony to begin.
——I am the dividing line——
A messenger from the main nest arrived at "Linshui City" and asked to see the Envoy King.
The protagonist immediately summoned the messenger, who conveyed the instructions from the main nest king meeting: the kings stationed in each deputy nest were required to return to the main nest and participate in organizing the subsequent wedding flight ceremony and military meeting.
The protagonist did not reply to the messenger immediately. He sorted out the matter in his mind.
It is a normal request to ask the kings to return to the main nest. Because there has never been such a thing like kings leading troops to guard the borders in winter before, all the kings gathered in the main nest to spend the winter, and everything they encountered could be easily discussed.
But this year is different, at least a dozen kings are not in the main nest, and there are even respected kings like the God Envoy King, and kings with outstanding prestige like the Public Security King.
In this way, if important matters need to be discussed, such as the wedding ceremony or the upcoming war against the pavement ant barbarians, a king's meeting without a dozen important characters will not be significant enough. Therefore, after a brief discussion, the kings who stayed behind in the main nest sent messengers, asking all the kings to return to the main nest.
What the protagonist is thinking about is that if he returns to the main nest now, the wedding flight ceremony will not start yet. If God is unfavorable, he may have to stay in the main nest for ten days and a half.
The protagonist now feels that he really can't leave: the "Linshui City" sub-base is under construction, the threat to the "Stump Fortress" has not been completely eliminated, and recently the "Bridgehead" area patrol team discovered that pavement ants have begun to move around.
If the protagonist didn't personally take charge of "Linshui City", he would really feel unsure. In the "Dongyang City" and "Stump Fortress" in the south, there is still a combination of Rambo Fei and Rambo Wan Yiwen and Wu, while in the "Linshui City" and "Bridgehead" areas in the north, the protagonist's Gun, Rambo Tu and others They are all generals, but they are not strong in administrative matters, so we cannot trust them to leave the business of opening a branch base to them.
At this time, the protagonist begins to miss Xiao Mi. Her ability and IQ are enough to be an administrative official. If it weren't for the fact that the male ant class was unlikely to accept a special worker ant as the ruling class in a short time, the protagonist would have been entrusted with the important task long ago.
Now, the little secretary has no choice but to work as a technocrat in "Dongyang City" for the time being. The protagonist has not seen her since last autumn. He just asked her to lead the scientific research team to study stone tool technology. The protagonist also pointed out the research direction, and also I don't know if there is any progress now.
After much thought, the protagonist replied to the messenger that he would return to the main nest immediately after the first rain. With the speed of Xiao Qing II, the protagonist is sure to reach the destination before the wedding ceremony begins, without delaying things.
The messenger returned after receiving the reply, but did not complete the order requiring the protagonist to return immediately. However, as a little worker ant, he is not qualified to comment on the protagonist's decision. As for whether there will be any disturbance after the protagonist's answer is submitted to the king's meeting, it is not within the authority of this messenger, and the protagonist will not care - as his wings grow, the protagonist is no longer afraid of the powerful main nest and That king’s meeting!
After the messenger leaves, the protagonist then handles government affairs.
Although he recently received a batch of food shipped from the main nest, the protagonist has not slacked off. In the entire "Linshui City", except for the necessary left-behind personnel, other ants have to go out to forage every day.
The adverse effects of the late spring cold are everywhere. The density of prey that could be seen everywhere in previous years has been much reduced this year. The hunting team had to expand its scope of activities and go to the edges of the territory to find prey.
But in this way, the probability of these hunting teams encountering hungry insects with green eyes has also greatly increased. There have been several attacks in the past few days. The insects encountered include scorpions, centipedes, spiders, etc. The hunting team also lost many men.
As a last resort, the protagonist can only combine several small hunting teams into a large hunting team, with dozens or hundreds of ants (including soldier ants and worker ants) acting together. In this way, as long as the predators are not overwhelmed by hunger, it is I don’t dare to attack an ant team of this size.
On the north bank of the river, the patrol team of "Bridgehead" recently discovered that more and more pavement ants have begun to move around nearby. This news also makes the protagonist quite sad.
Sooner or later, the pavement ants will come to this area, especially after the shortage of food. The Angel King's army has expanded the hunting range. There is no reason for the pavement ant barbarians not to do this.
However, in this way, the "bridgehead" is bound to be discovered and possibly besieged. At this time, the main nest reinforcements have not yet arrived, and the God Envoy King's army can only fight alone.
