Because the individual nearby tribes of indigenous Sickle Ant Hunters are too weak, and they show no signs of joining forces, any legion is strong enough to cope with the warriors from one direction.
Based on this, the protagonist plans to have three legions start mopping up operations in three directions at the same time to complete the set tasks with maximum efficiency.
The first legion headed due south, the second legion headed southeast, and the third legion headed due east.
In the first stage, the protagonist requires the three legions to completely wipe out all the ant-hunting tribes within half a day's journey of the "Southern Fortress". The next stage is to eliminate threatening enemy forces within a day's journey.
Within half a day's distance, the tribe of indigenous hunting ferocious ants living within a normal range of activities is enough to threaten the big-headed ants operating in the territory of the "Southern Fortress".
The indigenous tribes that formed the coalition to attack the "Southern Fortress" were basically the ant hunters living in this area.
After Lambowan launched a counterattack, although the indigenous coalition forces were defeated, some indigenous tribes were forced to migrate away. However, most of the tribes that escaped and whose strength was not damaged still continued to live on this land, and would still carry out small-scale harassment, making the defenders of the "Southern Fortress" tireless. There are more than ten such tribes, with a total strength of thousands.
Because of this, the protagonist did not hesitate at all when attacking the indigenous ant-hunting tribe in this area. He did not allow others to sleep soundly beside the bed.
This time, in order to prevent the battle from turning into a defeat and being unable to completely eliminate these flexible and stubborn jungle warriors, the God Envoy King's Army made complete preparations.
In the sky, the unrestricted flying knights circled and conducted reconnaissance in the designated area a few days in advance, reporting the location of each target tribe's lair to the legion commander.
After understanding the intelligence, in order to kill all the targets in one fell swoop, the Angel King's army set out before dawn, and then concentrated their forces to launch a raid on the nearest indigenous tribe's lair.
It was just dawn at this time, and the ants that rely on vision for hunting are accustomed to be active after the sun has fully risen during the day, which is around 7 or 8 a.m. human time.
Directly eastward, in the Third Army's encirclement and suppression battle zone, dozens of warriors from the first indigenous ant-hunting tribe gathered in the nest. They were blocked underground by the Third Army and killed them all. None of them escaped.
Subsequently, the Third Army quickly marched to the second target and launched an attack, also successfully completing the mission.
When it was completely light and the flying knight signaled that there were enemies in the subsequent target tribes going out for activities, the third legion stopped the offensive.
The situation in the other two directions is similar. The three legions have basically completed about half of their combat plans, and the remaining goals will be left to be solved tomorrow.
The tribes of indigenous ant-hunting ants have territories with each other. They use strong-smelling excrement to mark the boundaries of their territories. Adjacent tribes rarely cross the border.
Therefore, the news of the destruction of these indigenous tribes will not be noticed by other ant-hunting tribes for the time being, making them vigilant.
Taking advantage of the break in the day, the three legions on the mission were resting and recuperating while carrying the loot.
From the captured nest of the indigenous ant-hunting ant tribe, the amount of food seized was pitiful, and the protagonist did not bother to use the corpses of his opponents as food rations. Therefore, the biggest harvest was a batch of ant eggs, young ants, and ant pupae.
These immature ants will have no memory of their tribe when they become adults. As long as they are raised by the conservation workers under the protagonist's command, they will regard themselves as a member of the Angel King's army. The protagonist has always coveted the use of hunting ants to serve in the army. The scout's plan can be realized.
Of course, the protagonist is more willing to subdue a foreign ant queen, just like he subdued the Black Pearl. In this way, you don't have to worry about the supply of soldiers for hunting sickle ants for many years. After all, it is impossible for the protagonist to launch a plunder against the indigenous ant-hunting tribe every time he lacks scouts.
However, the hunting ants are very fierce and will fight to the death even if they are surrounded by a large army. Even the queen ant acts like an ordinary warrior, daring to drag her bloated and inflexible body to pounce on them and bite them.
The Angel King's army was unable to capture the Queen of the Hunting Scythe Ant as planned by the protagonist, so they could only kill her.
The ferocity of the sickle-hunting ants is deeply rooted in their genes. Not only the queen ants and ordinary warriors, but also the immature ants can embody this characteristic.
Aside from the immovable ant eggs and pupae, the feeding habits of the larvae of the larvae are also unique.
The young ants of big-headed ants and pavement ants are completely dependent on the feeding of adult worker ants (nursing workers), and they live a life of eating. The nursery workers must vomit out the semi-digested liquid food in their stomachs and feed it to the young ants who are waiting for food.
The reward for the young ants is that they can spit out ant glue and ant silk formed after the oxidation of formic glue when needed. Both are important raw materials. For example, the silk bed used by the protagonist to sleep is made of ant silk.
But the larvae of the hunter ants are able to feed themselves. The conservation workers were surprised to find that the young ants were not interested in the liquid food they regurgitated. Instead, a large-headed ant larva accidentally climbed onto the body of the larvae of the ants. It was firmly grasped and quickly devoured. Half of the body.
The larvae of the hunting ant will complete the arch shape of the body, firmly stick the prey in the depression of the abdomen, and then use the mouthparts that are much more developed than those of other species of ants to eat. Just like the adult ants, they have both chewing ability and appetite. It's amazing.
The conservation workers who raised the larvae of the larvae of the larvae in the "Southern Fortress" informed the protagonist of the news. The protagonist had to change the method of raising the larvae of the larvae and asked the conservation workers to provide them with fresh meat.
Fortunately, there is no shortage of meat in the protagonist's territory. The farm can continuously provide mealworms and fly maggots. The former has a huge yield and the latter has fresh and tender meat.
When two different foods were provided, the nursery workers found that the larvae of the predator ants were obviously more interested in eating fly maggots. This may be because fly maggots are not only delicious, but also do not have a hard outer shell like mealworms, making them easier to chew and eat. Digest it.
Currently, only the breeding farm in "Dongyang City" raises fly maggots, mainly to cultivate fly mounts for flying knights. The production of meat-eating fly maggots is not high, and the distance is long, making it inconvenient to transport live animals to the "Southern Fortress" every day. Maggots, the protagonist has no choice but to build a small maggot farm specifically for these young ants in the "Southern Fortress".
It can be seen that the protagonist is very interested in these underage hunting ants.
If subduing the pavement ants is just an attempt, the pavement ants cannot actually bring much actual value to the protagonist. The hunting ants are different. Their good eyesight can effectively make up for the shortcomings of other warriors of the God Envoy King except the protagonist, and they are qualified for the work of scouts.
