For a race to grow and develop to a scale equivalent to the current Big-headed Ant Kingdom, it is obvious that blood ties alone are not enough.
Just like the ants in the human world, once the colony spreads through the marriage of queens or swarms, they may remain peaceful at the beginning because of their similar auras, but they cannot obey the command of the same family and are independent. As time goes by, even several ant nests that were originally from the same ancestor will eventually turn against each other as the smell changes.
But in this world, a large kingdom can control dozens or hundreds of sub-nests, which is contrary to common sense.
But think about the human world. Doesn’t the scale of civilization also change a little bit from small to large?
The earliest primitive human groups, from clans to phratry, were limited in size and relied on blood ties to unite. Later, tribes and chiefdoms that transcended blood relationships appeared, and eventually they became city-states and empires.
This kind of organization that transcends blood relationships must have a basis for governance, which can be military conquest and suppression, or consistency in religious beliefs or cultural ideas. The latter, in particular, is the foundation for a country's long-term stability. Whether it is Christianity, Christianity, or Chinese cultural concepts, they are all very vital and have shaped kingdoms or dynasties that have been inherited in an orderly manner.
The protagonist has never thought deeply about the basis of the existence of such a huge ant kingdom like the Big-headed Ant Kingdom, but from this sub-nest that persists to the last soldier, the protagonist finally understands.
Having a ruling core such as the Council of Kings and the male ants' sense of identity with their own class are the foundation for the strength, expansion, and cohesion of this kingdom.
The ant queen inheritance faction also has its own leadership core and beliefs, which are the ant queen and the ant queen's ruling tradition.
Only his own Legion of God's Envoy King, although with himself as the absolute core, is still lacking in ideological beliefs.
The protagonist had only vaguely realized this before, and gained the loyalty of his subordinates by acting as God's spokesperson. This method is a primitive religious-like belief, but it is not yet a religion or culture.
It seems that there is still a long way to go in ideological construction in the future. If the protagonist really has an idea that can make his subordinates swear allegiance to him, then it will not be easy for so many male ants to question and oppose his decision.
After thinking about some of the deeper things behind it, the protagonist must first start to arrange the reality.
The second sub-nest on the way from "Qingqiu City" to "Linshui City" has become a "dead city", but it is obviously impossible for the protagonist to abandon this transportation hub. He plans to mobilize a queen ant and two thousand ants from the main nest. Worker ants moved in and rebuilt the secondary nest.
As for the army commanded by Gun, the protagonist also sent a messenger to reprimand the commander-in-chief for his unfavorable response. At the same time, he commended some commanders and soldiers who fought bravely and rewarded them with some high-end food.
Through such clear rewards and punishments, he urged the army to open up the connection between "Qingqiu City" and "Linshui City" as soon as possible.
It is not unreasonable for the protagonist to be so anxious. In the past few days, "Linshui City" has been reporting flying knights every day.
According to reports, the ants under the old-fashioned king appear on the outskirts of "Linshui City" in increasing numbers and more frequently. Some of the ants who were looking for food were captured and never came back.
Rambo Fei organized a part of the army to try to expel the invading rigid king's army, but the opponent's organization was scattered and their behavior was flexible, making the God's Envoy King's army exhausted.
After the flying knights discovered that the old-fashioned king's army from "Hunting Ground City" was massing on the outskirts of "Linshui City", Rambo Fei's army had no choice but to abandon the other side of the wooden bridge and fully defend the wooden bridge and the rock island.
The protagonist realizes that "Linshui City" is about to face a fierce battle. Although he is not worried about the combat effectiveness of the defenders, the city is short of supplies and is in urgent need of foreign aid.
——I am the dividing line——
After the rigid king was convinced that he had been exposed, he immediately organized a king's meeting with only more than 20 members to discuss. At the insistence of the old-fashioned king who was familiar with the combat effectiveness of the Divine Envoy King's legion, this mini-king meeting ordered an immediate military operation against "Linshui City".
At this time, the old-fashioned king did not know that a field force of the Angel King's army had settled in "Linshui City". He took it for granted that the main minions of the evil Angel King were still in "Qingqiu City", and that the main minions of "Linshui City" were still there. The defensive force is very weak. He can take the opportunity to capture this place and then find a way to contact the Northern Expeditionary Army who is close at hand.
Under this speculation, the old-fashioned king was anxious to mobilize all his strength to attack quickly.
The troops gathered in "Hunting Ground City" now include ten full legions, which is a large number. However, there is a serious shortage of commanders. Although the legion commanders are fully equipped, they basically have no combat experience. The best ones are those who have organized large-scale hunting for many years.
More than 80% of the grassroots commanders are lacking, and some grassroots commanders have to command ten teams at the same time.
Although the shortage of commanders and lack of experience will greatly affect the combat effectiveness of the troops, the old-fashioned king has no choice. He feels that he does not have time to wait until a new batch of male ants mature and get married. He also feels that relying on numerical superiority, even if No matter how heavy the losses are, they can still capture the weakly defended "Linshui City".
Another reason why the old-fashioned king is so anxious is that he realizes that his side is at a disadvantage in a long-term war.
According to the tradition of the big-headed ant kingdom, every time before winter comes, many queen ants from the secondary nest will go to the main nest to spend the winter.
This is because some secondary nests are either too small and suffer from harsh winter conditions, which can easily cause the death of a weak queen. Either it is close to a big river and is easily conquered by the Pavement Ant barbarian army invading southward in winter.
Only some secondary nests that are safe, wealthy, comfortable, or important are allowed to retain the queen during the winter.
This resulted in that after the beginning of spring, more than half of the worker ants in the Big-headed Ant Kingdom were concentrated in the main nest and were taken over by the protagonist. Even if the protagonist later lets go of some of the queens from the ant queen inheritance faction, he still has a huge team of nearly a hundred queens under his command.
However, there are only five queens in the seventeen sub-nests controlled by the old-fashioned king.
In the ant's understanding, if food is abundant, the number of queens is equivalent to the ability to recruit soldiers, which determines the ability to fight in the long term.
Worried about being at a disadvantage in a long-term battle, the old-fashioned king could only give it a go.
Just like in World War II, after realizing that it was only a matter of time before the United States entered the war, Yamamoto Isoroku, who was familiar with the huge gap in long-term combat capabilities between Japan and the United States, took the risk to attack Pearl Harbor in order to seize the initiative and form a Early advantage.
At this moment, for both sides, a battle surrounding "Linshui City" is unavoidable.
