After the army was stationed, more than ten temporary camps were built. On average, one or two legions had to dig a camp to settle in.
It is not impossible to camp together, but the construction progress will be very slow, and it will be inconvenient for the army to enter and exit, so it is better to spread out.
There are so many camps distributed in an area the size of a ping-pong table. The dregs excavated from the ground have piled up into many small cone-shaped ant mounds, which look like pyramids from a distance, which is quite spectacular!
The protagonist spends the night in a comfortable nest room in the auxiliary nest, with a mattress made of ant silk wadding. At the end of the day, he was quite tired.
Sure enough, the most difficult job of a commander is not to direct the battle, but to take care of the food, drink, sleep, sleep and stability of an army.
The Divine Envoy King's legions had never dispatched such a large-scale force at the same time before, and they had no corresponding experience in overall planning.
In the past, the size of the army was small, and they could march wherever they wanted, spend the night in a nearby secondary nest, or dig a small temporary camp.
There is not much demand for food. Most of the time, it can be dealt with by using the food supplied by nearby sub-nests or relying on hunting.
But as the size of the army increases, the difficulty of dispatching and supplying increases exponentially.
The protagonist then remembered that when the Big-headed Ant Kingdom dispatched tens of thousands of troops for the Northern Expedition to regain the lost territory, they specially stocked up a large amount of grain and grass in advance in the nest [Grain and Forage City] near the front line. Obviously, they had experience.
Moreover, if the battle does not go well during the day, the army will retreat to [Liangmo City] or other nests to rest. When food is insufficient, each legion will spontaneously hunt to supplement it.
These are obviously the experiences summed up by the army of the old Big-headed Ant Kingdom during the long war.
It's just that within the God Envoy King's army, even the protagonist doesn't inherit much military experience from the old Big-headed Ant Kingdom, and can only figure out how to command and protect an army on his own.
I am the dividing line
Early the next morning, the protagonist asked the worker ants stationed in the secondary nest to go out with the stored food and deliver food to the nearby temporary campsite to replenish energy for the hungry warriors.
But emptying out the food reserves of this small auxiliary nest would only fill the bellies of half of the hungry warriors.
The protagonist had to postpone his departure for half a day, and organized his men to hunt on a large scale in the nearby grass and bushes. They captured some thin and meatless prey that had just survived the winter and late spring cold, and dug out some germinating prey that had overwintered. Insect eggs, found some buds and flowers that could be used, and then allocated a batch of food from nearby nests, and finally dealt with it.
The protagonist's original plan was that the army could persist to [Sitong City] with the food they had eaten when setting off. By then, the food transport team from the main nest would have arrived, and the soldiers could go into the decisive battle in good condition after being fed and drunk.
But when we set out, we were in a hurry and not well taken care of. One-third of the legion did not eat and relied on the accumulated energy to get here.
The march of the army was also much slower than expected. After wasting half a day looking for food today, the place where the army camped at night was still half way from the target.
According to the flying knight's report, the southern army commanded by Rambo Fei was not much better. Lambo Fei, who also lacked commanding experience, was also overwhelmed by a lot of affairs.
But fortunately, [Dongyang City] has sufficient food reserves, and it has not been consumed on a large scale. In the war just after the spring, the Southern Route Army at least had enough to eat and drink.
Before nightfall, the protagonist asks the flying knights to urge the food transport team in the main nest [Qingqiu City] to set off on time tomorrow and carry more food.
The protagonist also understands that it is necessary for the army to build a food platform near [Sitong City]. Otherwise, once the battle with the Destroyer turns into a stalemate, the army will be weakened by hunger.
"The troops and horses have not moved, but the food and grass have to go first." The protagonist deeply understands the meaning of this sentence. The previous experience of commanding an army of 10,000 is no longer suitable for commanding an army of more than 50,000.
I am the dividing line
After nightfall, the protagonist was awakened by the alarm. He was startled in a daze, thinking that he had been attacked by the Destroyer at night.
After asking about the situation, we found out it was a false alarm.
It turned out that a hungry centipede lost its head and attacked the temporary camp outside.
This centipede was not as big as the centipede that the protagonist encountered on the way to the main nest for the first time, and it could not spray poisonous mist. It was quickly subdued and killed, but it also disturbed the resting army.
The male ant commander who warned at the beginning did not clearly explain the specific circumstances of the enemy attack. The messengers brought panic to various camps. Many troops rushed to the ground. After a while of braving the cool night wind, they learned that the alarm was lifted. , go back to rest.
The protagonist was very angry and severely reprimanded the male ant commander who gave random warnings at first.
In the human world, what ancient armies feared most was camp roaring at night, also known as camp bombing.
Originally, the military camp was crowded with people, the living space was small, and due to training or feuding, the entire group was under great mental stress and was on the verge of collapse. Therefore, on a quiet and dark night, when a soldier screams due to a nightmare, or when there are some true or false warnings, it will often trigger a chain reaction of other people, causing the entire group to fall into a state of hysteria, and even commit suicide. Massacre, in the collective consciousness, an army may collapse in panic for no reason.
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ying Xiao occurred during the war with the Western Qiang; as late as the Liberation War, a modern army of tens of thousands would kill each other and collapse due to Ying Xiao.
Therefore, the rules of the ancient military camp were strict and it was a place of authentic killing. The traditional Chinese military regulations include the so-called "Seventeen Prohibitions and Fifty-four Kills", which relies on military discipline to suppress and avoid "camp roars".
Now it seems that the ant army is also in this situation. Once the news is unclear, the entire army will be thrown into chaos.
If it were an old army that the protagonist has trained for a long time, this situation would definitely not happen. However, these new legions have insufficient training and experience, and it is inevitable that various unexpected problems will arise.
After only commanding this army for two days without actually engaging in battle, the protagonist was almost exhausted mentally and physically.
The next day, the protagonist postponed his departure and asked the commanders of each legion to come to the protagonist for a meeting.
The soldiers accompanying the army temporarily found scattered white pebbles from nearby and paved a simple conference room. Here, the protagonist conveyed orders to the commanders of each legion, requiring each unit to do the following:
1. Resolutely obey the instructions of the protagonist and do not act without authorization before receiving new instructions.
The protagonist emphatically criticizes the legions who privately led their troops to hunt on the march.
2. The military information must be conveyed and reported in detail, and it must be reported to the protagonist and must not be conveyed in private.
This is the trick that the protagonist came up with as he tried his best to avoid a recurrence of the inaccurate information that spread to various legions last night.
3. Commanders must strengthen restraint on their soldiers.
