Whether it is providing early military rations or proposing strategies to use food to defeat the enemy, they are all aimed at solving the potential food crisis problem of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom's expeditionary force.
Although the protagonist did not inform the king of the meeting at all, even if he did, there were still many potential risks.
For example, most of the territory of the Pavement Ant Kingdom did not suffer from the fire disaster, but they did not escape the late spring cold at the beginning of the year. Moreover, the Pavilion Ant Kingdom uses troops everywhere, and the amount of military rations they consume is no small amount. Therefore, it is still unknown how much food can be stored in the sub-nest in the hinterland of the Paved Ant Kingdom. The expeditionary force of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom is likely to encounter food shortages.
However, as long as the protagonist deceives this army to cross the river, he will have achieved his goal.
At that time, if the expeditionary force progresses smoothly and enough food and grass are captured to continue fighting, then they can develop safely in the territory just like the original plan.
If the expeditionary force is really short of food, of course he will not sit idly by. The Big-headed Ant Kingdom is inherently weaker than the Pavement Ants. If it is knocked down at once, the "crack" needed for the protagonist's survival will no longer exist.
At that time, the protagonist can still provide some military food assistance, but the king's meeting will have to exchange things. For example, salt mines, such as giving the protagonist greater autonomy, etc.
As long as the expeditionary force is allowed to cross the river, the protagonist of this business is confident that he will make a profit without losing any money.
Thinking of this, the protagonist suddenly remembered that another important purpose of coming here this time is to obtain salt mine resources.
So, after the military issue came to an end, the protagonist brought up the topic of the salt crisis that has recently been common in the territory.
Some kings who pay more attention to administrative and logistical work echoed the protagonist's statement. One king even fully explained the reasons for the salt shortage to the meeting, which was consistent with what the protagonist had learned at the beginning.
It seems that there are many capable people in the King's Conference, although the IQ of a single male ant is at the level of a primary school student in the eyes of the protagonist. But there are 500 kings in the entire king meeting. There is at least one king who will pay attention and take responsibility for every detail of management. He makes the decision on small matters by himself, and leaves important issues to the collective discussion.
This collective intelligence can effectively make up for the lack of individual ants' intelligence, and will not cause the problem of dictators who ignore many subtle aspects due to various reasons.
Most kings did not have a deep understanding of the salt shortage. As nobles, their salt was guaranteed.
Even the king who knew the salt situation in the kingdom very well did not fully understand the dangers of the salt shortage. He just accidentally learned the news, so he paid more attention and sent some scouts to find out the information. He only knew about each nest. Very little of this is needed every day.
As a result, when the protagonist proposed to hand over the salt mine to himself and ensure a stable supply of salt, he was rudely rejected by several kings.
Then, the entire king's meeting decided not to accept the protagonist's proposal.
In their opinion, it is not worth the gain to give the protagonist the management of an entire sub-nest just for a small amount of salt.
Moreover, many of the protagonist's original actions were at odds with the royal class, so everyone took this opportunity to boycott. Even for primary school students, there are political struggles in the classroom, and the protagonist is unfortunately the one who is excluded.
This result is certainly frustrating, but not too surprising.
The meeting of kings did not see the strategic significance of the salt mine, but simply felt that giving more power to an already powerful king for the sake of a stable supply of unimportant resources would destroy the balance of power among the kings.
It is expected that the protagonist did not get the result he wanted, and there will be opportunities to use the exchange of interests to achieve his goal in the future. Today’s proposal is just a trial by the protagonist.
——I am the dividing line——
After the decision was made at the meeting of all kings, the entire Big-headed Ant Kingdom was like a fully wound machine, starting to run at full speed around the Northern Expedition.
The messengers departing from the main nest flew to each sub-nest, conveying the latest instructions.
Each sub-nest began to temporarily form a food transport team to transport the originally poor grain reserves to the main nest and disaster areas that needed food more.
For a time, the entire territory of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom was filled with an endless stream of moving ants.
Some hungry beasts in the disaster area no longer cared about the terrifying reputation of the ant colony, and began to try to hunt smaller groups.
This, of course, has had some negative impacts on the entire transportation effort. Finally, the ants who had no food to eat in each sub-nest in the disaster area were organized to escort the transport team, and this momentum was finally curbed.
The protagonist does not need to work hard to organize transportation. The food seized in the first counter-encirclement and suppression campaign is enough to meet the consumption of the expeditionary force. And this batch of food is now in the "Bridgehead".
During the period when the army is preparing for war, the protagonist mainly arranges some preparations at the "Bridgehead" and "Linshui City".
These two places, one is the only stronghold on the north bank of the river, and the other is the economic center and logistics center of the protagonist in the northern region, both have many secrets that cannot be revealed.
But these two locations are on both sides of the rope bridge across the river, and they are also places where the Big-headed Ant Kingdom's army must pass.
Therefore, some confidentiality work is essential. In particular, the pavement ants under the protagonist's command in the "Bridgehead" cannot appear, otherwise they will be considered lucky if they are killed as enemies. If it is recognized through the smell that these pavement ants belong to the Angel King's army, the protagonist will not Now I know how to deal with the questions from the King's Meeting.
To keep the secret secret, the protagonist plans to start from two aspects.
On the one hand, the protagonist wants to shorten the stay time of the Big-headed Ant Expeditionary Force in his territory as much as possible.
The protagonist decided to let the expeditionary force enter the "Linshui City" territory as soon as dawn, and then start crossing the river, taking most of the day to complete the crossing.
Subsequently, the expeditionary force did not enter the "bridgehead", but marched directly forward to another base prepared by the protagonist.
This base is the sub-nest of the Pavement Ant Kingdom that was captured by the protagonist in the first counter-encirclement and suppression campaign. Due to wars and wildfires, the enemy may not have known about the loss of this place, or they may have known about it but have no plans to recapture it for the time being. .
This lair has a complete structure and a relatively suitable size. In addition, it is a certain distance from the "Bridgehead", so it is a very suitable camp.
To this end, the protagonist also mobilized some troops to repair the messy ant tunnel between the "bridgehead" and the secondary nest that was brightly lit by wildfires. Then he stationed a small number of troops in the secondary nest and stocked up on food.
All that's left is to wait for the arrival of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom's expeditionary force.
