The protagonist seemed to be sleeping very deeply this time, just like when he was in a coma before.
Only the protagonist himself knows that he has been deeply trapped in a dream.
Obviously because of the fatigue and soreness of the body, he should be able to fall into a deep sleep soon. But in fact, the protagonist's brain is not calm at all, it is full of pictures:
Sometimes the overwhelming force of destroyers surrounds him and cuts him into pieces; sometimes the black line from the northern snowfield spreads into a net and binds him tightly; sometimes the skulls in the swamp fly up with a grin and kill him. He swallowed it in one gulp; sometimes a car sped by, and his body and head were separated after being hit. In the blink of an eye, he saw a familiar grinning face in the car.
The protagonist sleeps uneasily, but his body is motionless, like a ghost pressing down on the bed. Even through the compound eyes that cannot be closed, it is impossible to read the extremely intense brain fluctuations of the protagonist at this moment.
Until early in the morning, the protagonist finally got rid of the nightmare, regained control of his body, and woke up.
The protagonist only feels that he is sweating. His ant body does not sweat at all. The reason why he is sweating and moist is because the hot breath sprayed from his abdomen last night condenses on the relatively cool surroundings. Only this tide is the only physical witness to the protagonist's nightmare last night.
The protagonist shook his head. The moment he woke up, he had forgotten 90% of the content of the dream, but the remaining ones still made him feel bad.
The protagonist patted his head with his forelimbs and stroked his antennae to calm himself down. Now, he is the leader of millions of ants and cannot tolerate being immersed in negative emotions for a long time.
I am the dividing line
Last night, the protagonist had endured the discomfort and pain to arrange the most important task. This morning, the messengers who went to summon the 22nd and 23rd legions had already set off. The new commander of the 20th legion also returned with the remnants to rebuild. As soon as possible , they and the 24th Army will return in about half a month. Of course, the weapons and equipment are not expected to be fully equipped yet.
None of the six legions led by the protagonist were equipped with copper weapons and slings, which was also an important reason why they suffered serious battle losses when facing the Destroyer. But the protagonist cannot quickly increase production. The current production of copper weapons has reached its limit. Even the stone weapons workshop that has not been in operation for a long time has restarted to provide gravel knives as a supplement.
The protagonist got up and finally calmed down. He carefully recalled yesterday's order, and then issued a series of instructions to check for omissions and fill in the gaps.
The defenders also suffered heavy losses in the siege that lasted for more than a week. There were originally tens of thousands of ant nests, but three garrison regiments were cobbled together during the war, but now there are only more than 3,000 survivors left. Among them, almost all the soldier ants died in the battle, and most of the worker ants were injured. Of the five male ants guarding this place, only three survived.
The protagonist summoned the three surviving male ants, tried hard to help them, and said that they would be incorporated into the newly established legion in the near future to serve as team commanders.
The three male ants are very happy. Although the actual power has been reduced after becoming the team commander, in the male ants' minds, this is a promotion. "Beijing officials" and "officers" are much stronger in their hearts than "local officials".
After comforting the three male ants, the protagonist asked them to quickly repair the defenses. Although the defense facilities built previously to deal with the civil war in the Big-headed Ant Kingdom played a huge role in dealing with the Destroyer, they also exposed their shortcomings.
The protagonist asked the underground defense facilities to be built according to the pattern. When the two ballistas from the main nest arrived, not only was it impregnable, it would be easy to defend and difficult to attack.
I am the dividing line
At noon, the 22nd and 23rd legions that stayed at the camp finally arrived. There are now four field legions here, plus the original defenders, there are nearly 10,000 soldiers in total, which makes the protagonist feel a little more at ease.
In the afternoon, a transport team sent from the main nest arrived carrying a batch of food and parts for two ballistae.
The original amount of food stored in it was acceptable, but there was also a lot of damage and consumption during the war. After adding four additional legions to the garrison, food became tight. At this time, a batch of supplies was shipped to meet the urgent need.
After the two ballistas were assembled, they were placed in the preset battlefield of the newly built underground defense facilities. Due to time constraints, only one preset battlefield was built inside the entrance at the end of the day.
I am the dividing line
Not long after the protagonist felt a little relieved, he received bad news.
Since the protagonist's existing flying knights are all dedicated to the He area, and flying knights only occasionally visit the front lines in other places, it is inevitable that the information will not be transmitted in time.
Just now, a flying knight heading to the southwest reported that it fell yesterday.
The protagonist was greatly shocked, as it was the fortress where the Destroyer concentrated its forces to attack in a large scale. When the protagonist personally leads the rescue force, he also asks nearby lairs to form a coalition force to relieve the siege.
Previously, the protagonist received a report from a messenger and learned that there were more than 20 nests nearby, and an army of 20,000 was assembled there, and had set off for the battlefield.
Although the 20,000-strong army was pieced together from here and there, four of them were planned to be formed as field corps. They had an absolute numerical advantage against the more than 2,000 Destroyers besieging the city.
Even if they couldn't break the siege, they wouldn't fail so quickly and fall easily. You must know that the terrain is complex, and it is the main nest that has been operated by the queen ant inheritance faction for a long time. It has complete defenses and numerous ant colonies. If there are friendly forces on the outside to support it, it will be difficult to conquer.
The flying knights only brought back simple information, and soon they flew to the southwest under the strict orders of the protagonist and brought back a courier who knew the situation of the war.
The messenger received the information package delivered by the female ant, which allowed the protagonist to understand the situation of the war at that time.
It turned out that after the coalition forces of the God Envoy King arrived at the periphery, they did attract the main force of the Destroyer in a short period of time, making it impossible for them to attack the city.
Fighting broke out between the two sides for two consecutive days. Although the coalition forces suffered heavy losses, they also supported the defenders.
What the coalition forces didn't expect was that on the third day, a force of thousands of Destroyers attacked the fighting coalition formations from behind, which directly caused the coalition forces to be flanked from both sides and defeated.
This group of destroyers was formed by a small group of destroyers who originally besieged the nest, and suddenly arrived here.
After the defeat of the coalition forces, they were besieged internally and externally before they finally fell!
