After taking care of Rambofo's funeral and specifically instructing the conservation workers and others to carefully take care of the unhatched ant eggs named Rambofo II, the protagonist once again returned the focus to the current "world situation."
The current focus of the Divine Envoy King's Legion is the offensive against the Stiff King.
According to reports from the Flying Knights who returned from "Linshui City", Gun's legions launched their first attack on "Hunting Ground City" today, and the progress was not very smooth.
After the old-fashioned king led the remnant army and retreated to "Hunting Ground City" in defeat, he had already realized that the attack of the God Envoy King's army was imminent.
Fortunately, the old-fashioned king still brought back nearly 20,000 warriors. These warriors had fought against the minions of the Divine Envoy King and had combat experience. They were no longer comparable to those new recruits. This was the old-fashioned king's biggest reliance at present.
After the old-fashioned king's army was reduced by half, the original heavy logistical pressure had disappeared.
He still has continuous support from "Hunting Ground City" and the seventeen sub-nests behind it. These sub-nests can provide a stable supply of troops. Thousands of new warriors are sent to "Hunting Ground City" every day.
These all strengthened the old-fashioned king's determination to stick to "Hunting Ground City".
After two defeats in the field battles outside "Qingqiu City" and "Hunting Ground City", the old-fashioned king had given up hope of defeating the minions of the evil Divine Envoy King in the field battles.
Especially the buzzing minions of the God Envoy King riding flies, and the minions of the God Envoy King riding giant beetles that can also throw stones, they have always left him helpless during the battle.
So the old-fashioned king decided to stick to the nest. As long as he fought underground, the flies, beetles, and stones that could attack from a distance would have no effect.
As long as the enemy can be defeated in defense, the old-fashioned king will have the confidence to gather strength again to launch a counterattack. He has learned from the deputy nests in various places that the God Envoy King only controls a few places such as the main nest, and the total number of troops is not too large.
In just a few days of respite, the old-fashioned king used the abilities he had honed in his job to exploit the auxiliary nests in various places. He hoarded a large amount of collected grain into the "Hunting Ground City" and expanded the nest.
When the Angel King's army launched an attack on "Hunting Ground City", they had to engage in street fighting bit by bit.
Although "Hunting Ground City" is still a traditional big-headed ant nest with a not too complex structure, there are more defenders than attackers, and the scale of underground fighting is limited. The Angel King's army killed more than a thousand people in one day. enemy.
In the afternoon, when the Divine Envoy King's army was forced to withdraw to "Linshui City" for the night, the old-fashioned king was able to get reinforcements from the seventeen sub-nests temporarily assembled near the nest in time. The strength of the troops did not decrease even as they dwindled and increased. damage.
After only two days of attacking, Rambo Fei realized something was wrong. After discussing with Gun, Rambo Wan and others, he had to throw this difficult problem to the protagonist.
The protagonist is somewhat impressed by his opponent, the old-fashioned king.
The other party was born in the Big-headed Ant Kingdom and could be said to have a "good foundation" and a successful marriage. He started directly as the most important warehouse manager and was quickly promoted to the king. Equivalent to a "student master" type of person.
However, Gun, Lan Bofei, etc. who are currently fighting against him are not even ready to get married. Compared with the "academic master" and the old-fashioned king, they are just high school dropouts.
Although this "student tyrant" performed very averagely in the field battle outside "Qingqiu City" before, he was beaten up by a group of "high school dropouts". However, his qualities were still reflected in a series of subsequent events. He grew up very quickly and can now cause enough trouble to the protagonist.
The protagonist is currently very busy. He must personally take charge of the newly conquered main nest "Qingqiu City" in order to suppress the opposition forces that are ready to move in the main nest. Although all the male ants of the opposition have been eliminated, the ones who showed obedience The queen ants are not yet reassuring, and the large number of worker ants and soldier ants in the original main nest may be bewitched by hostile factions at any time.
He also did not want to command large troops remotely. This kind of command without being able to visit the battlefield in person would often have counterproductive effects. Song Taizong and Chang Kaishen gave negative cases in this regard.
For example, Song Taizong sent 200,000 troops in three northern expeditions in 986 in an attempt to regain the Sixteenth Prefecture of Youyun. This was the Yongxi Northern Expedition that ultimately failed, and it was also the last large-scale proactive attack by the Song Dynasty. After this defeat, the Northern Song Dynasty began to adopt a strategy of defending internally and evading external affairs.
For such an important military operation, Song Taizong did not appoint a commander, but personally commanded it remotely from the capital, Kaifeng. Whether they were attacking, defending or retreating, the Northern Expedition army had to wait for the emperor's orders thousands of miles away, and the initiative of the frontline commanders was gone. The Liao army was led by Brother Yelvxiu, who unified the command of the army's defensive counterattack. Empress Dowager Xiao of the Liao Dynasty and Shengzong of the Liao Dynasty sat in the rear, thus luring the enemy deep and defeating the Song army when its backup failed. Song Taizong's remote control command was rare in the world, and the failure of the Northern Expedition was inevitable.
As for Chang Kaishen, there would often be a series of honey operations that brought many regiments that were originally safe or out of danger one after another into despair, earning him the reputation of "Captain of the Transport Brigade". In order to prevent this article from being criticized, it is not convenient to expand it here...
The protagonist was a military geek during his lifetime and was familiar with the shortcomings of this kind of remote control command. So he just gave his advice to the commander of this army.
He suggested that the army should not rush to attack "Hunting Ground City" head-on, but instead build a base on the main road near "Hunting Ground City", station the army, hoard food, and avoid traveling long distances every day to fight.
Then use the base to cut off the reinforcements and material channels of "Hunting Ground City". With the size of "Hunting Ground City"'s tens of thousands of defenders, its food reserves will not be able to sustain it for long.
If there are more troops on hand, the protagonist wants Gun to send a partial army to sweep away the remaining sixteen defense-defeated sub-nests controlled by the old-fashioned king, but now Gun only has four legions and more than 10,000 soldiers. , facing more than twice the enemy's strength, it was really difficult to divide the troops.
However, as long as Gun implements the protagonist's suggestions, it will be the old-fashioned king's turn to worry. He is bound to be unable to continue to retreat, but urgently needs to fight back to open up the food channel, otherwise he will be trapped little by little.
This is the pattern of fighting around grain roads that often appeared in ancient wars. Whether it was Cao Cao burning Yuan Shao's army's grain and grass in the Battle of Guandu and finally defeating a stronger enemy, or Liu Bei's confrontation with Cao Cao across the water in Hanzhong and using logistics channels A shorter advantage, and finally forcing Cao's army to retreat without a fight, who wanted to avenge Xiahou Yuan, are all different manifestations of this pattern.
Now, the protagonist wants the "academic master" and the old-fashioned king to have a taste of the excellent experience of mankind's thousands of years of war.
