Darong's betrayal makes the protagonist somewhat passive in a sense.
Originally, the protagonist's plan was to use the rope bridge he controlled to use the "Linshui City" and "Bridgehead" on both sides of the river as bases to isolate communications on both sides of the river and hold back the main force of the expeditionary force on the north bank of the river.
This plan is very feasible. Although "Linshui City" hangs alone on the south bank, the terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack. As long as the land south of the wooden bridge is abandoned, the garrison, mainly composed of retired soldiers from the God's Envoy King's Army, can defend it. Narrow bridges shouldn't be a problem.
The "bridgehead" can serve as a safe rear, providing logistical support to "Linshui City" that has lost its hunting grounds, fields and other food sources. Being kept in the dark, the Northern Expeditionary Army will serve as a peripheral defense force to defend the "bridgehead" to prevent it from being attacked by the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army.
The rope bridge is an important channel for communicating news between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. In the absence of the Flying Knights, the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom can only communicate news through the rope bridge. As long as the protagonist can hold on to the rope bridge, he can cut off the connection between "Qingqiu City" and the Northern Expeditionary Army, and can even fake the imperial edict.
However, this plan went wrong at the beginning. The rope bridge broke in the beginning of spring. The protagonist originally wanted to repair the rope bridge. A new replacement rope has even been made in "Dongyang City".
But after learning about Darong's rebellion, the protagonist can only postpone repairing the rope bridge.
On the one hand, Darong had already learned from the Flying Knight about the break between the protagonist and the main nest, and he chose to go to the main nest.
The "Bridgehead" itself does not have many elite troops, and the garrison army is also weak. There are still many old troops in the army who have been transferred from "Linshui City" with Darong.
The number of other ants loyal to the protagonist in "Linshui City" is small, and there is no command from the male ants. Even if they can contact these arrangements, the protagonist does not think they can play much role.
As it is expected that Darong will soon be able to completely control the "Bridgehead" and get in touch with the Northern Expeditionary Army, the protagonist is not sure how to retake the place with a small number of flying knights who can reach the "Bridgehead".
After losing control of one side of the bridge, the protagonist naturally cannot complete the repair of the bridge.
Moreover, even if the bridge is repaired at this time, "Linshui City" will only be attacked from the front and back. Instead, it is better to let the rope bridge break. Then, even if the Northern Expeditionary Army and the Darong Tribe are determined to support the main nest "Qingqiu City", they can only look at the river and sigh. -They don't have the ability to cross the river.
After weighing the situation, the protagonist felt that the territory on the north bank of the river could be abandoned for the time being, so he quickly put the shadow of Darong's betrayal behind him and began to plan his next move.
The current situation is very favorable to the protagonist: the Northern Expeditionary Army, the most elite force controlled by the King's Council, is trapped on the other side of the river and does not pose a threat to the Angel King's army; although the main nest "Qingqiu City" is a hostile force The base camp, but the troops are empty. Another legion that was pieced together has just been wiped out outside "Sitong City". The remaining troops are both small in number and lack actual combat, and their combat effectiveness is worrying.
The protagonist believes that he has the strength to go straight to Huanglong and capture "Qingqiu City" in a short period of time.
But the most troublesome thing is what happens next.
Even though the main nest "Qingqiu City" is controlled by himself, the sub-nests in various places are still controlled by male ants. These male ants obviously have difficulty in accepting the leadership of the protagonist from concept to tradition. At this point, the appeal of the Divine Messenger King may not be as good as that of the ancient ant queen inheritance faction. They have proven that they can win the loyalty of many male ants.
The protagonist is worried that his small main force will fall into a long war quagmire in the future, and he will need to attack each sub-nest one by one. Even if these sub-nests can be captured, the Divine Envoy King's army will inevitably suffer losses in continuous battles.
The most terrible thing is that there are not many male ants under the protagonist who can take charge of their own affairs and are loyal enough to control so many sub-nests.
The protagonist's current allies - the Queen Ant Heritage Faction are also a problem. They have a long-standing organization and can lurk under the eyes of the King's Conference for many years. Now there are the oldest kings and others who control eight sub-nests in the southern part of the kingdom, with base areas and certain military strength.
Naturally, the protagonist cannot tolerate having a force and a country within a country that he does not agree with after taking control of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom. However, it is not a good idea to rashly force allies into enemies when he has no skills at all.
At this time, the protagonist realizes that the saying "war is the continuation of politics" is correct. Even if he has an invincible military force, he cannot do whatever he wants. Military advantages are often undermined by some non-military factors. Influence, containment and offset.
Faced with the intricate problems, the protagonist thought about it all night before finally making up his mind!
——I am the dividing line——
The next day, the protagonist summoned his subordinate male ants in the "Sitong City" conference room and announced the decision of the army to march to the main nest "Qingqiu City".
Even though they had already fought with the army belonging to the King's Council, the male ants were still in an uproar over this decision.
After all, in all the memories and legends passed down in the Big-headed Ant Kingdom for hundreds of years, there has never been a precedent for the deputy nest army to march towards the capital. In the past, the deputy nest army would only send troops to join the main nest army when the main nest army was recruited, and participate in the battle as a subordinate army.
This time, a secondary nest sent an army to attack the main nest, which had to make most of the male ants feel shattered.
But now the protagonist's prestige, and the fact that he killed the chicken to scare the monkeys a while ago, make the subordinate male ants dare not disobey him. Especially those young male ants of the new generation who have just been added to the army. Under the education of the protagonist who has devoted two years to "de-mastering the nest", they do not have much respect for the King's Conference. They enthusiastically support themselves and have been treated since they became adults. The only object of allegiance to education is the protagonist, who supports his decision.
This is the future power base created by the protagonist. His power will not only come from the title of God's Messenger King, the majesty of God's decree, his own prestige and cruelty, but also from a group of loyal male ant subordinates.
The Divine Envoy King's army in "Sitong City" is well-trained and always on the alert. After receiving the order, the troops immediately left the lair to assemble.
Two hours later, the six elite legions of the Divine Envoy King meandered into a long dragon in a linear march, marching towards the distant goal on the fresh green land at the beginning of spring.
This army has a unique leader, high morale, and unparalleled combat effectiveness.
The protagonist stands on a tall blade of grass, looking at the army he has built under his feet. He feels that nothing in the world can stop him. He has finally made the step that a qualified time traveler must take!
