Ever since the protagonist learned from the remains of the big-headed ants that the environment he was in was roughly a basin surrounded by mountains, he had been paying close attention to the situation in this small world.
In the past, the situation in this basin among the mountains was simple and stable.
After being divided into two by the river, the essence of the larger half of the basin on the north side of the river was basically occupied by the pavement ant barbarian nation. Only in the hilly areas on the edge of the basin were there species such as black-headed sour ants and Japanese black brown ants. community.
But there are other ants in the vast mountains. At least through past investigations and King Fuye's report, the protagonist knows that the Pavement Ant Barbarian Kingdom has very difficult enemies to deal with in the north.
As for the situation south of the river, the protagonist understands it more clearly.
Like the north bank of the river, there is only one dominant race in the south bank area, and that is the Big-headed Ant Kingdom established by the Big-headed Ant clan.
The Big-headed Ant Kingdom occupies the most fertile and fertile flat land in the entire southern basin. Other small tribes, such as the Hunting Sickle Ants, have been squeezed to the edge of the basin and are struggling to survive.
In the mountains to the south, there are also some larger black ants. Back then, the Big-headed Ant Kingdom could not bear the intrusion of these "giant ants" before entering the plains. However, these "giant ants" have rarely appeared in recent years and are not a big threat.
On the contrary, the elusive and lingering parasitic bacteria did not disappear temporarily until the protagonist defeated it.
This relatively balanced situation has been maintained for hundreds of years. The pavement ants and the big-headed ants face each other across the river, but they are unable to do anything to each other due to the terrain. The southern invasion every winter and the war of recovery in the spring cannot shake their respective foundations.
In the absence of a clear winner between the two powers, the small races that were squeezed to the edge were able to find a way to survive, because the overlord had no time to pay attention to them for the time being.
But this situation, which had been stable for hundreds of years, was overturned in just one or two years because of the emergence of the protagonist.
Now, the situation in the entire basin is very complicated, and the future direction is unclear, even the protagonist has no idea.
On the north bank of the river, the Pavement Ant Barbarian Kingdom is still the most powerful force.
However, an elite army from the old enemy Big-headed Ant Kingdom has crossed the river for the first time and occupied a territory on the river bank. Judging from the situation of the Pavement Ant Barbarian Kingdom, it seems that they cannot be expelled and eliminate this big-headed ant force in a short time.
What makes the Pandao Ant Barbarian Kingdom be attacked from both sides and unable to take care of it is undoubtedly the huge threat posed by the forces in the north, which involves most of the Pandao Ant Barbarian Kingdom's power. What kind of trouble caused the pavement ants to "allow" the big-headed ants to establish a foothold on the north bank of the river? The protagonist is unclear!
When the eyes returned to the south bank of the river, it was now even more of a mess.
After the protagonist led the Angel King's army to invade the main nest, the King's Council faction that had been ruling the Big-headed Ant Kingdom suffered heavy losses.
However, the protagonist was not able to take over the entire kingdom. His power was still limited to ten lairs including "Qingqiu City", "Dongyang City" and "Linshui City".
In addition to some deputy nests with weak governance foundations that were attracted by the carrot of his new king meeting, only three new nests were brought under his command.
Moreover, "Linshui City" hangs alone in the north, and the three sub-nests that are willing to be loyal are also scattered.
But fortunately, the protagonist has not many but extremely elite six legions of the God Envoy King, as well as bases with relatively strong economic foundations such as "Dongyang City" and "Linshui City". His strength is very impressive, and he is still there Improve at a rapid rate.
After the collapse of the old ruling order in the Big-headed Ant Kingdom, it was not the protagonist's faction that benefited the most, but the Queen's inheritance faction took the opportunity to expand massively.
The protagonist is not only wary of the expansion of the ant queen's inheritance faction, but is also very dissatisfied, thinking that the other party is picking his own peaches.
Just like after the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei took the opportunity to occupy Jingzhou. Soochow, which contributed the most people and effort in the Battle of Chibi, must be dissatisfied. Even if Liu Beifang later sent the four counties of Jingzhou in the south, it still could not offset Soochow's dissatisfaction. In the end, the scene of "Lu Zi knew his clothes and crossed the river, Guan Yunchang was defeated and fled Maicheng" was staged.
With the departure of the ant queen from the main nest "Qingqiu City" and the expansion of the ant queen's inheritance faction into the central part of the kingdom's old land, the conflicts between the two sides undoubtedly began to increase.
Even the defeated Great King's Council faction is still "a centipede insect that is dead but not dead".
After all the messengers sent by the protagonist to the northeast were killed, Rambo Fei, who received the mission, had sent flying knights to detect that the seventeen sub-nests there were still under the control of the big-headed ants, and they were organized in an orderly manner. Gather forces.
After being instructed by the protagonist, Rambo Fei sent a team from the Angel King's Legion to raid an empty sub-nest, and captured a male ant, only to learn the whole story.
It turned out that in the battle outside "Qingqiu City", the commander-in-chief of the King's Council Army, the Old-Fashioned King, did not die. He also escaped the battlefield cleanup by the Divine Envoy King's army after the war, and finally fled to the northeast.
After he was unable to cross the river and make contact with the Northern Expeditionary Army on the north bank of the river, he took control of the seventeen sub-nests near "Linshui City" on the spot. After all, his status as king had an overwhelming advantage over the kings of each sub-nest.
Since the old-fashioned king is gathering the power of these seventeen sub-nests, both the protagonist and Lan Bofei suspect that he wants to attack "Linshui City" or even "Qingqiu City".
The protagonist can only let Rambo fly to garrison on the spot in "Linshui City", and he is also preparing to open up the communication line between "Qingqiu City" and "Linshui City".
In order to prevent the old-fashioned king from controlling more sub-nests, the protagonist will also send flying knights and a group of scythe-hunting ant scout warriors to block the territory of the old-fashioned king and prevent his messengers from going to other sub-nests.
Currently, although there are many sub-nests in other places in the territory of Big-headed Ant Kingdom, and their combined strength is considerable, they are all stuck in their own way.
After losing the old king's conference, the kings of these deputy nests refused to recognize the new king's conference established by the protagonist. Although in a hostile position, there is no unified leadership after all, and these scattered sub-nests do not pose much of a threat.
Whether it is the staid king of the old king's conference faction or the oldest king of the queen ant inheritance faction, once they gain control of these nests, they will pose a great threat.
The protagonist's original plan was to first limit the expansion of the ant queen's inheritance faction, but after discovering the real threat from the old-fashioned king, the protagonist could only adjust his goal and deal with this opponent who had already fought against him and had no possibility of reconciliation.
As for the other survivors of the big-headed ants, the escaped parasitic fungus, and the expelled tribe of sickle-hunting ferocious ants, the protagonist has no time to think about it.
In the spring of 2003, the situation in the entire known "world" was so complicated and chaotic that it was difficult to see the future trend.
