According to the previous plan, the rolling army should use the captured food as its main ration, and use the food and grass in "Sitong City" as a backup. Try to use the food as much as possible to the enemy and avoid delaying the offensive due to logistical supplies.
But now it seems that this medium-sized sub-nest does not have much food storage. Among the next five sub-nests, there is one medium-sized sub-nest and four small sub-nests. The food storage situation may not be optimistic.
Gun immediately sent a messenger to report to the protagonist sitting in the main nest "Qingqiu City", and at the same time sent a messenger to urge "Sifang City" to deliver a batch of grain and grass.
Because it is a battle to directly attack the enemy's main nest, the army needs to pass through six secondary nests to advance in a straight line. In order to ensure the security of the army's logistics supply, these six secondary nests must be firmly controlled.
Therefore, among the rolling army, there are also the third and fourth batches of adult male ants from the God Envoy King Legion transferred by the six protagonists. They will guard the captured secondary nests in order to maintain the stability of the army's retreat.
This newly captured auxiliary nest was immediately handed over to the management of one of the male ants. He deployed the more than a thousand ants in the nest overnight to serve the army stationed here and distribute food and shelter.
The next day, the rolling army ate up all the food stored in this lair, but it could not fill the stomachs of all the soldiers. The army set off again with a 80% full stomach.
In this secondary nest, the male ants organized the ants to go out to forage, built underground nests, and organized some garrison troops.
In the afternoon of that day, a transportation team sent by Guazi from "Sitong City" transported a batch of food that was enough to supply the army for three days and handed it over to the local male ants. If there is a need later, "Sitong City" will continue to provide food and grass, and this auxiliary nest will be responsible for relaying food and grass to the front line.
——I am the dividing line——
In yesterday's battle, the enemy troops were surprised and the male ants were beheaded. In the panic, they failed to send a messenger to warn the rear. The ants that failed to return to their nests on the ground were all surrendered by the male ants afterwards. The enemy is still in the dark, and the movement of the army that has rolled out in a short period of time has not been known to the Queen Ant inheritance faction.
But this kind of confidentiality cannot be maintained for a long time. Within three days at most, the ant queen inheritance faction that has lost contact with this secondary nest will inevitably send out scouts to investigate.
However, according to the plan, three days are enough for Gun's army to complete half of the planned journey. Next, the ant queen's inheritance faction only has three days to deal with it. In these three days, they need to accurately judge Gun's army's intentions and organize them. Resistance, it's very difficult.
The enemy's army is still in the middle of the kingdom. It will take three days to get here immediately. And dispatching a large army is often not that easy. It involves very complicated command and material preparation. It is amazing to be able to prepare for the expedition in one or two days. .
Time and confidentiality are the allies of the God Envoy King's Legion. They must conquer at least one sub-nest on the road every day to ensure the successful completion of the plan.
The rolling army arrived at the second sub-nest at noon, still led by the hunter ant scouts, trying to control the ants foraging on the ground as much as possible, and then raided the underground nest, preparing to kill the male ants with decapitation tactics. Don't let the enemy's messenger go.
The second secondary nest is a small secondary nest, with only one male ant and more than 3,000 ant colonies. The size of the ant colonies is larger than the previous medium-sized secondary nest.
Unexpectedly, when Rambotu's vanguard troops arrived at the male ant's chamber, the dominant male ant here actually surrendered.
After rolling down and asking, I found out that this male ant has no "morality": he almost succeeded in the wedding flight ceremony, but was injured by other male ants in a sneak attack, and his success failed. It has been many years since he came to the local sub-nest. Last year, after the death of another more senior male ant, he became the sole ruler of this sub-nest.
Because he once had the opportunity to stay in the main nest, but accidentally passed by a better opportunity, this male ant is very utilitarian and does not have much loyalty to the old master king's meeting - he sneak attacked him in the first place. The male ant in question had been in the king's meeting before, which made him very dissatisfied.
When the Queen Ant Heritage Faction sent a messenger to threaten and lure him, he was worried about his own safety and immediately led the entire nest to surrender to the Queen Ant Heritage Faction.
After that, everything in the sub-nest he ruled continued to operate as usual, except that it had a different owner and a lot of ants and food were taken away.
Neither the protagonist nor Gun had expected the male ants to surrender. Thanks to the hostility of the old king's meeting and the orders spread across the country, the actions of the God's Envoy King's Legion offended the entire male ant class, so they have always been military expansion. As the main force, they rarely get support from neutral sub-nests. In this regard, the ant queen inheritance faction with traditional status is stronger than the God Envoy King Legion.
But since there are surrenders, we must make good use of them. Let the male ant provide food and services to the army and have a good night's rest.
The next day, the well-fed army set off again. Before setting off, Gun had already received the order to dispose of the protagonist brought back by the flying knight.
The protagonist ordered the male ants in this sub-nest to be brought back to the main nest "Qingqiu City" by the flying knight for disposal. This sub-nest was still managed by the male ants from the Angel King's army accompanying the army, and a thousand ants were transferred to the previous sub-nest. nest to fill its ant mouth.
Gun did as he was told. The male ant was obviously reluctant to leave the territory he had been operating for many years. However, he was guarded by three flying knights. He paid more attention to his life and knew that the God Envoy King had a reputation for killing his own people, so he had to climb onto the back of the fly cautiously. , and the flying knight in front tied up their hind limbs with ant silk, and then stumbled with the strong dizziness of flying to the sky for the first time to fly to "Qingqiu City" which I had only visited once in my life and left endless regrets.
Send away the flying knights escorting the male ants, and the rolling army sets off again.
The amount of food stored in this auxiliary nest is acceptable. After eating and drinking last night, the remaining food is enough for the army for two or three days, so Gun is not in a hurry to have food delivered from the rear.
It can also be seen from this that the male ant that rules here is still quite good. The development of a sub-nest depends on the size of the colony and the amount of food stored.
The third secondary nest is not far away, less than half a day's journey away.
But this time, Gun's army failed to achieve a surprise attack.
——I am the dividing line——
There is a large open space full of inulas outside the third sub-nest. It is the flowering season now, and the dense golden inulas that look like mini sunflowers are blooming brilliantly.
However, the large inula flowers covered the sky and the sun, blocking the sight of the scythe-hunting ants on the ground and the flying knights in the sky.
As a result, Gun's scout troops and flying knights failed to complete their mission well, and they were discovered by the ants in the enemy's nest. What's even more troublesome is that this sub-nest is organizing a large-scale hunting, and the male ants from the enemy's nest immediately organize a large force to stop it.
