Three days ago.
A group of soldiers from the God's Envoy King Corps shuttled between the valleys.
This place is a full day's journey from the "Southern Fortress", and it is a land that the Divine Envoy King's Legion rarely set foot in in the past.
The last time the Angel King's army appeared here was when they were chasing the remnants of the fled parasitic ant nest.
At that time, the Divine Envoy King's army was chasing all the way, but in the end they were still in the Great Lakes area not far ahead. They watched helplessly as the parasitic ants fled into the water, drifted with the current, and disappeared into the distance.
Later, due to the infestation of nearby indigenous hunting ants, there was a conflict with the Angel King's Legion. The protagonist did not want to cause trouble, so he withdrew his troops to the "Southern Fortress" again. After nearly a year, the Angel King's Legion never set foot here again. .
After the war with the parasitic ants ended, and after more than half a year of construction, the "Southern Fortress" has now become an important support point at the southernmost point of the protagonist's territory.
Although military defense is still the main task here, no breeding farms have been built, and because of the rugged terrain, no farmland has been opened. However, the rich vegetation of the hilly areas brought plenty of prey. The "Southern Fortress" relies on hunting and grazing scale insects and aphids. This military fortress can not only be self-sufficient in food, but also provide additional honeydew to "Dongyang City".
These honeydews are packed in small clay pots made by "Dongyangcheng". Some are simply packed directly in the empty snail shells left behind after eating the meat, and are exposed to the sun. After evaporating under the high temperature of the sun, the sugar content is left. Extremely concentrated honeydew.
This high-sugar concentrated honeydew is not conducive to bacterial growth because its sugar content is too high. Just like honey, it has a long shelf life and is more suitable for transportation to various territories under the protagonist's command for consumption.
However, these concentrated honeydew cannot be eaten directly. It must be mixed with water to restore it to its original sugar content so as not to damage the ants' digestive system.
It is these economic gains that allow the protagonist to see the development potential of the southern region.
However, as time passed, the "Southern Fortress" also began to face some headaches.
The biggest trouble is the constant harassment of indigenous hunting ants.
As the parasitic ants fled far away, the Divine Envoy King's army only controlled the "Southern Fortress" and nearby lands due to insufficient strength.
Large areas of territory originally controlled by parasitic ants, including hills, hills, swamps, etc., have become ownerless lands.
These unclaimed lands with abundant prey gradually attracted many nearby tribes of hunting ants to migrate and settle. They are the original owners of this land, but when the parasitic ants were at their strongest, these indigenous ants who fought on their own had been driven away earlier.
Now, with the pressure off, they're naturally back to fill the void.
Not only that, after the beginning of spring, more and more indigenous ant-hunting tribes came to this land. In addition, the new tribes that broke away and the new tribes after marriage and flight needed to find the land they needed to survive, so this unclaimed land was quickly occupied.
These indigenous scythe-hunting ants soon discovered the "Southern Fortress" controlled by the Angel King's army.
From the perspective of indigenous ants, they do not like plain areas, but hilly and mountainous areas are the land given to them by God. The "Southern Fortress" is located in the hills, and foreign ants, like parasitic ants, should be expelled and eliminated.
In the early days, there were only some sporadic conflicts between the two sides. But as the number and strength of the indigenous hunting ants increased, they also had other ideas.
As a result, some of the indigenous tribes of ant hunters who migrated back formed a simple alliance and then besieged the "Southern Fortress".
The number of these scythe-hunting ferocious ants is not large, but their individual combat effectiveness is strong. Although they cannot attack the heavily fortified "Southern Fortress" tree stump nest, they can suppress the third legion of the Angel King with only half an army stationed and insufficient strength in the nest* *Cannot go out.
This time the pastures outside the "Southern Fortress" were in bad luck. Although a batch of scale insects and aphids were transported back to the nest for protection, many of the ones that were not transported in time were eaten by the natives.
At that time, the protagonist's main focus was on the north, so he only sent half of the original legion from the "Southern Fortress" back for support.
After receiving reinforcements, General Rambo Wan of the "Southern Fortress" decisively launched a counterattack.
So, one morning when the sky was just beginning to light up, Rambowan led most of the Third Army and set off. When the Third Army came out of the morning light, the indigenous tribes surrounding the "Southern Fortress" had not yet arrived. As soon as he reacted, he was attacked.
The indigenous coalition forces were swept across by Rambowan from east to west. The ant-hunting warriors who were attacked and were not well organized, no matter how brave they were individually, could not withstand the fierce attack of the well-organized legion of the God Envoy King.
In addition, at sunrise, the dazzling morning light greatly limits the compound eyes of the hunting ants, which seriously weakens their visual field advantage.
Most of the scythe-hunting ant tribes were quickly defeated and fled in all directions. The Third Army was like a big broom, sweeping across from east to west, invincible.
The battle ended quickly. The ant-hunting coalition forces outside the "Stump Fortress" were completely defeated, and the siege that lasted for several days was broken.
However, most of the indigenous ant-hunting tribes were very clever and fled when they saw that the situation was not going well. In fact, the losses were not great. The Divine Envoy King's army did not dare to easily send out small troops to pursue them at the risk of being ambushed.
When clearing the temporary nests established by the indigenous tribes for the siege of the "Southern Fortress", the Third Army found that these tribes were generally short of food, which may have been affected by the severe late spring cold disaster in spring.
The land and food in this hilly area are both very scarce resources. There is an irreconcilable conflict between the Angel King's army and the indigenous ant-hunting tribe over these two resources.
In addition, "Everyone is not guilty, but he is guilty of carrying a jade". The protagonist has long coveted the eyesight of scythe-hunting ants, and wants to conquer some and use them as scouts.
Therefore, when the protagonist wants to expand his territory, and neither the northern pavement ants nor the big-headed ants in the Midwest are suitable, the protagonist naturally shifts his target to the south.
These indigenous hunting ants are not large in number and their battles are not organized. They are typical weak persimmons.
Therefore, after a series of combat meetings between the protagonist and his commanders, the Divine Envoy King's Legion dispatched three legions to participate in the next battle.
The three legions are: the first legion of the God Envoy King led by Gun, the second legion led by Rambo Fo and the third legion led by Rambo Wan.
Rambotu's Fourth Army took over the defense of the "Southern Fortress" as backup.
Since the Third Army was more familiar with fighting in hilly areas, it mobilized twenty squads to exchange with ten squads from each of the other two legions.
After adjusting their military strength, the three legions conducted a short period of adaptability near the "Southern Fortress" and began to implement the protagonist's plan.
