The next day, the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom set off on time, and the troops were divided into two groups and launched a surprise attack on two targets.
In order to achieve the effect of the surprise attack, the scouts of the Divine Envoy King Corps who had previously conducted reconnaissance did not deploy their own pheromones near the target location.
The army was led by a guide and marched along the ant army's own pheromones.
This is not the usual tactic of the ants, but the protagonist's innovation. However, the effect was remarkable, and the defenders of the Pavement Ants did not notice anything strange at all, and were completely caught off guard.
The few pavement ant warriors who were foraging in the wild encountered the Big-headed Ant Kingdom's army by surprise. Moreover, the Big-headed Ant Kingdom's army often made small-scale detours, completely cutting off the retreat route of these pavement ant warriors.
Only a few clever and lucky pavement ant warriors can escape the pursuit and escape back to the nest to warn.
But this kind of warning is meaningless. The big-headed ant king's army arrived so quickly that after receiving the alarm, the kings of these paving ant nests had not yet figured out what happened. The entrance to the nest fell and was broken into. underground.
After the battle moved underground, there was no suspense. Even if the pavement ant defenders were more familiar with the terrain, they could still rely on the narrow passages to resist.
However, the Big-headed Ant Kingdom's army swept through the nest with an absolute numerical advantage. The Pavement Ant defenders, who were short of troops and had no external reinforcements, were quickly wiped out.
The protagonist rode Xiaoqing II to patrol the two battlefields and confirmed that both targets were captured within half a day.
All that's left is to count the loot.
After the troops on the ground completely cleaned up the battlefield, the protagonist landed.
On the Southern Corps side, the protagonist learned from the Public Security King that the food seized here, including the corpses of the enemy soldiers killed, was not enough to support the regiment's consumption for a day.
Later, the protagonist went to the Northern Corps. The general in charge there, King C, was unwilling to disclose the seizure situation, but the general King D did tell the protagonist. Their captures were similar to those of the Confederate Corps.
In other words, the two regiments spent a day fighting. Although they conquered two nests, the amount of military rations seized was not enough to offset the day's consumption.
The shadow of shortage of military rations once again hung over the heads of the regiment commanders.
But ordinary kings and warriors don't have to worry so much. Many of them don't know the situation of food shortage at all. The first victory after crossing the river came too easily, which further boosted the momentum of the Northern Expeditionary Army and made them underestimate the enemy even more.
That night, the protagonist discussed the next move with the kings in the two corps.
His suggestion was to split the two armies into four again and launch simultaneous attacks on the surrounding pavement ant nests tomorrow.
Because after today's battle, the protagonist feels that relying on half of the army is enough to achieve the goal in the same time - the defense of the Pavement Ant Army on the north bank of the river is too empty, and the enemy cannot strengthen the defense here in a short period of time. Power, even before he could react.
If four nests are attacked at the same time, the amount captured will increase accordingly, which can not only offset the day's consumption, but also slightly make up for the severely deficient granary.
The Southern Corps quickly agreed to the protagonist's proposal. The Public Security King and the General B King will be temporarily separated from the next day, and each will lead twenty legions in action.
However, the Northern Corps rejected the protagonist's proposal. They decided to continue to operate as a group. At the same time, they stated that they would not need the assistance of the God Envoy King Corps from tomorrow on. The scouts under the Corps were enough to complete the reconnaissance mission.
The victory that came too easily has already made King General C and King General D a little inflated.
The protagonist didn't care. He simply withdrew a team of the Divine Envoy King's Legion assigned to the Northern Legion to "Linshui City".
——I am the dividing line——
The next day, the Southern Corps split into two groups and continued to attack the two pavement ant nests along the river under the guidance of the Angel King's Legion. The Northern Corps chose a target to attack.
After they set off, General A sent one legion each to the empty nest left behind.
These legions will be responsible for repairing the nests, waiting for queens to be sent from the main nests on the south bank of the river to move in, and then turn these nests into the official territories of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom, and use the products here to continue to support the Northern Expedition.
But these tasks cannot be completed in a short time. There are not many wealthy queens that can be drawn from the territory of the main nest, and the arrival of the army needs to be escorted. In addition, both nests have been ravaged by wildfires, so it will take a long time to restore production capacity.
On this day, the Southern Corps captured two targets as planned, namely "Target C" and "Target D". These two lairs were already outside the wildfire area. Therefore, although the resistance they encountered was slightly fierce, they captured quite a lot. , more than three times that of the previous day.
The Northern Corps also made good progress, but the "Target E" they chose was still in the disaster area, so not much was captured.
In fact, near the "Target B" lair, there is a more prosperous target outside the disaster area, which was also the target that the protagonist planned to propose to the Northern Corps to seize.
However, the Northern Corps rejected the protagonist's intelligence support, and the protagonist stopped trying to be warm and cold. The scout of the Northern Corps, whose eyes darkened, discovered the closer "Target E" and chose this not-so-suitable nest to attack.
On the third and fourth days, the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom continued to advance with great success, and successively captured five nests. Only the General B Group of the Southern Corps encountered the "Target Ji" nest located on a rocky cliff area on the river bank. The enemy relied on the terrain's tenacious resistance and was not able to conquer it until the next day.
At present, the Northern Expeditionary Army is progressing smoothly and has captured ten enemy nests. The captured grains, together with the stored grains, are enough to support the needs of the army for half a month.
However, the flying knights also began to send back information about the hinterland of the Pavement Ant barbarians. They observed that the enemy nests near the occupied areas had begun to shrink their troops and strengthen their defenses.
The enemy had recovered from their initial daze and began to strengthen their defenses. Then the enemy's main nest must have also learned the news, and the enemy should soon mobilize their troops to seriously deal with the threat from the south.
The protagonist shared the information with the kings of the Northern Expedition Army to remind them to pay attention.
However, this information attracted limited attention. Most of the kings were already overwhelmed by the triumphant victory. In their eyes, the Pavement Ant Barbarians were already vulnerable.
The protagonist can only solemnly remind the police king and the good guy king who are friends with him to pay attention, and he can't help other kings.
As for the protagonist himself, he now needs to return to "Dongyang City" in the south and start executing his expansion plan.
