Not only was the Pavement Ant Barbarian Kingdom attacked by the mysterious ants, but the remnants of the King's Conference faction of the original Big-headed Ant Kingdom on the north bank of the river were also involved in this great change.
The remnant forces of the Great King's Conference faction, mainly the original Northern Expedition Army, have been recuperating in the area captured along the river in the past year and have not actively provoked or attacked the Pavement Ant Barbarian Kingdom.
However, because the Pavement Ant Barbarian Kingdom had to concentrate on dealing with the offensive of the mysterious ants, they had no time to counterattack. They acquiesced to the fact that a large area of southern territory was occupied. This was also a last resort to choose the lesser of two evils.
The land occupied by the King's Conference faction had more than ten sub-nests, and it was rare to maintain peace for a long time. Compared with the bloody chaos in other places, it was simply a paradise.
The King's Conference faction has been working hard to recuperate. Compared with expansion, this is a major matter related to their life and death.
But their foundation was too weak. There was only one queen ant in the entire country at the beginning, and she was originally part of the Angel King's legion. She surrendered to the King's Conference faction along with Big Rong.
Not only the queen ants, but also male ants, soldier ants, and ordinary worker ants, this force lacks everything. Just one queen ant cannot even make up for the normal growth, aging, sickness, and death of the ant colony, let alone expand the size of the ant colony.
After the beginning of spring this year, the King's Conference faction devoted all its resources to the wedding flight ceremony. The only queen ant has been working hard for more than a month to lay eggs, most of which are male ant eggs and queen ant eggs.
The cost of doing this was very high. The poor queen ant died of overwork not long after the wedding flight ceremony due to overproduction. However, the King's Conference faction obtained a group of new generation queens and male ants. These The queen ant immediately devoted herself to the new job of laying eggs, and the new generation of male ants also added to the scarce team of commanders and officials.
At this point, the Great King's Conference faction has passed the most difficult and dangerous time.
With the birth of dozens of new generation ant queens, the King's Conference faction can finally resume normal ant colony renewal, and each sub-nest can basically have a queen ant in charge.
If the Great King Conference faction is given enough time to develop, they may be able to rebuild the old Big-headed Ant Kingdom and even have a chance to seize hegemony on the north bank of the river.
But the good times didn't last long. In the summer, the war suddenly broke out and burned into the territory of the King's Conference faction that was still recovering.
Before the mysterious ants gathered a large force to besiege the eastern nest of the Pavement Ant Barbarian Kingdom, they had already eliminated the indigenous ant forces in the north-south forest areas farther east.
Now, this forest has become a "highway" for mysterious ants, and nothing can stop them from appearing in the dense forest.
A mysterious ant army detoured through the forest area and wanted to launch a new offensive from the southern part of the Pavement Ant Barbarian Kingdom. They soon set foot on the territory of the King's Council faction.
The defenders of the local sub-nest of the King's Council faction immediately launched a counterattack. However, the number of local defenders of the sub-nest was small. Like the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army, they were quickly defeated in the field and the sub-nest fell.
Fortunately, before the fall, some ants escaped and quickly conveyed the news of the enemy's invasion to the current main nest (the southern branch nest of the original paved ant barbarian kingdom).
The belligerent big-headed ants could not tolerate any invasion and immediately gathered the most elite troops at hand to rush to support.
Many legions in this army have received new training and have been innovated after the legions of the God Envoy King. This army was commanded by veteran generals such as the King of Public Security and the King of Senior Brother, and quickly rushed to the eastern border.
When reinforcements arrived, thousands of mysterious ants had conquered the three eastern sub-nests, threatening the [Bridgehead] where the original rope bridge was located.
[Bridgehead] is geographically important, and the other side is [Linshui City]. Once here is captured, the mysterious ants can threaten the south bank of the river in winter, and can also follow the old attack route of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom's Northern Expedition, all the way to the King's Meeting Factions attack.
Therefore, [Bridgehead] is extremely important for both the Great King's Council faction and the Divine Envoy King's Legion.
Near the [Bridgehead], a battle broke out between tens of thousands of elite troops from the King's Conference faction and thousands of mysterious ant armies.
The Big-Headed Ant Army, which has the shadow of the tactics of the God Envoy King's Army, performed better than the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army in the field. At least with several times the strength advantage, they firmly blocked the enemy's footsteps, although they did not achieve a decisive victory. , but did not take a step back.
But don't forget, this force, which has assembled all the main forces of the remnants of the King's Council faction, is facing only a partial force among the mysterious ants.
Because [Bridgehead] is of vital importance, the protagonist also remotely controls the Flies Knights staying in [Linshui City] and other places, increasing the frequency of investigation.
As a result, the flying knights unexpectedly discovered a traitor.
When three flying knights were conducting reconnaissance near [Bridgehead], they accidentally discovered that there was another flying knight acting alone in their reconnaissance area. This was inconsistent with the investigation plan they knew.
This group of flying knights immediately moved closer to understand the situation, but upon noticing, the flying knights on the opposite side quickly lowered their altitude and flew into the [Bridgehead].
However, ants have a special skill, that is, if their tentacles have communicated, they can recognize the identity of the ant just by looking at it.
The three flying knights unanimously recognized that the flying knight flying into [Linshui City] was the flying eagle that disappeared last year. Dragonfly was once the leader of the entire Flying Knights. These three Flying Knights were all old men of the Flying Knights. They had had a lot of contact with Dragonfly in the past, so they naturally recognized them.
The three flying knights were just happy to have discovered the Flying Eagle, and did not realize how deep the water was inside, so they immediately reported back.
One day later, the protagonist far away in the swamp received this information. He sighed and knew that Flying Eagle had rebelled.
Last year, Flying Eagle disappeared during the battle of the Angel King's Legion attacking the King's Conference faction in the northeastern part of the south bank of the river. The bodies of the two flying knights who were traveling with him were found, but Flying Eagle and his mount were missing.
Unexpectedly, Tingying actually rebelled and joined the King's Conference faction.
Although there had been traitors in the Angel King's Army before, Darong defected collectively with the [Bridgehead] and a garrison, causing the God's Angel King's Army to lose its only stronghold on the north bank of the river, and had to strategically shrink back to the south bank, or even destroy it. rope bridge.
In terms of seriousness, the consequences of Darong's rebellion were even more serious, so the protagonist would rather trade Darong back with a group of male ant captives from the King's Conference faction, and only then would he be relieved of his hatred after being burned at the stake.
But Darong originally belonged to the Great King's Council faction, and later joined the Divine Envoy King's Legion because of the order from the main nest. It is not surprising that his heart is towards his old master.
But Flying Eagle is a new-generation male ant that the protagonist has trained since childhood and was once given a heavy responsibility. His betrayal caused a huge psychological blow to the protagonist.
