After the Northern Expeditionary Army crossed the river, they rushed non-stop towards the camp arranged by the Divine Envoy King's Army.
The first batch of troops arrived at the camp before sunset, which was the pavement ant nest that the Angel King's army occupied during the first counter-encirclement and suppression campaign.
The large troops continued to arrive until dark, and it was not until nearly midnight that they all arrived.
Although the ants did not like to move at night, when the Angel King told them that the camp had sufficient underground space for rest and food and preserved fruits, the hungry and tired Big-headed Ant warriors still followed the guidance of pheromones in the dark. One team after another staggered towards their destination.
The protagonist did not deceive these soldiers. When they arrived at the camp, they were all given enough food to satisfy their hunger and a space to rest underground.
This nest was originally large enough to accommodate tens of thousands of pavement ants, but the Angel King's Army simply expanded it. Although the nests with various functions are not perfect, as a military base, it can barely be squeezed in. Enough to carry the entire Northern Expedition army and their supplies.
The Divine Envoy King's Legion has already transported back all the food it promised to provide in advance. This batch of food was seized and moved from this lair a few days ago, and now it has been moved back. The protagonist thought: If I had known this, I would not have wasted this energy.
Under the auspices of the King of Public Security, the first batch of Northern Expedition troops to arrive had a handover with several squads of the Divine Envoy King's Legion who were guarding the supplies here, and officially took over the nest and the supplies inside.
In the future, this secondary nest will serve as the logistics base of the Northern Expedition Army to support the Northern Expedition Army's long-term operations.
The Northern Expeditionary Army, which arrived one after another, slowly filled up all the cells and passages in the nest. Although it has been expanded, if the nest wants to accommodate more than ten times the number of ant colonies as originally designed, it has to sacrifice livability. conditions.
Every position was packed, and the big-headed ant warriors tried their best to press against the nest walls and make way for the passage in the middle.
In the middle passage, there are countless ants flowing back and forth. Some of them want to reach the designated area to rest, and some are distributing food.
The Northern Expeditionary Army had not eaten well since they set off from the main nest. This time they really needed a good rest.
In the main nest, before setting off, the soldiers of the Northern Expedition ate all three days of food in one go before setting off.
Part of the army served as a transport team, carrying four days' worth of food for the army. They were protected in the middle of the army and moved with the army.
Most of the food arrived at the camp, but some was lost while crossing the rope bridge.
Compared with ordinary troops, it is more difficult for members of the food transport team to cross the river. The food they carry is generally heavier than their own bodies, and some are larger than their body size.
As a result, when crossing the river, the soldiers of the grain transport team not only had to hold on to the rope with their six limbs, but also had to hold the grain tightly in their jaws, which was also more affected by the wind.
More than 300 soldiers from the transport team fell into the river together with the supplies they carried. These losers almost died. The losses of the transport team accounted for one-third of all personnel losses across the river.
However, most of the food was successfully transported to its destination, and with the "sponsorship" of the Divine Envoy King's Army, the army now had six days' worth of food.
Except for some kings with long-term combat experience who are worried about the existing food reserves, most kings are full of confidence.
In their view, the long-term war with the pavement ant barbarians always ends with the victory of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom. The pavement ant barbarians can only maintain their territory by relying on the natural chasm of the river.
Now that the Big-headed Ant Kingdom has a way to cross the river and set foot on the land of the barbarians, it can easily and completely eliminate these barbarians.
Occupy their nests, seize their food, and kill them and their offspring. The Northern Expedition army will eventually complete its great hegemony.
Most kings would not have thought that if it had not been blocked by the river, the ancestors of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom would not have been able to eliminate the Pavement Ant Barbarians who were separated from the main force on the south bank of the river. Even so, it took hundreds of years for their ancestors to occupy the land south of the river.
——I am the dividing line——
While the Northern Expeditionary Army was rushing into the camp and distributing food, the protagonist and several kings were having a meeting.
Although all kings are nominally equal, when carrying out such a major military operation, and the king meeting in the main nest cannot formulate all action plans in advance, and must allow the army to maintain a certain degree of flexibility, the kings will consciously transfer some of the most important military operations. The king with combat experience was appointed as the commander.
There are five such kings in one hundred legions.
In addition to the police king, the other four kings are acquainted with the protagonist and have fought side by side on different occasions. However, the protagonist doesn’t know much about them, so let’s call them General A, General B, General C and General D.
These five kings are all veterans on the battlefield, with rich war experience, fruitful results, and high personal prestige.
Although they still have no right to directly command other kings, those slightly inferior kings will basically respect the military suggestions of these five kings. Therefore, these five kings are actually the decision-makers of the Northern Expedition Army.
The protagonist meets with them in a small conference room in the "Northern Expedition Camp". This small conference room originally existed. The structure of the nests of the Pavement Ant and Big-headed Ant kingdoms is very similar. The small conference room is also a must-have for every sub-nest. The facilities rely on white pebbles on the ground to achieve group communication.
They are discussing tomorrow's battle plan.
These five kings all clearly know that the biggest difficulty of the Northern Expedition is the lack of military rations.
Therefore, they eagerly hope to immediately launch an attack on the enemy, capture the enemy's auxiliary nest, and take away the food from the enemy's nest, and even the opponent's fat queen ants, delicate ant eggs, white and fat young ants, smooth ant pupae, and dead ants. Their corpses become their own food.
But the Northern Expeditionary Army knew nothing about the information on the north bank of the river. At this time, they must be under the auspices of the Divine Envoy King and the Divine Envoy King's legions. Otherwise, the Northern Expeditionary Army would not even know where the enemy was, so how could they launch an attack.
Of course, if there is more time, the Northern Expedition Army can also rely on its own scouts to gather intelligence, and then determine the target after careful planning.
But in this way, it would not only waste time and consume a lot of money and food, but also make the paving ant barbarians become wary when encountering scouts, and lose the opportunity to make a surprise attack.
The protagonist is naturally willing to provide information to the Northern Expedition. What kind of intelligence should be provided and how to use the intelligence to guide the Northern Expeditionary Army to act according to their own goals? The protagonist has already had a set of plans.
Now, waving the wrist of intelligence, the Bei Zhengjun is the sharp knife in the protagonist's hand!
