The protagonist standing at the top of the city watched the army of fire ants cross the pontoon in an orderly manner, and then did not return to the camp. Instead, they gathered into a long queue, winding all the way toward the northeast.
At this moment, countless feelings of exhaustion came at the same time, and the protagonist felt that he had narrowly escaped death again. Such a fierce battle, such a feeling of escaping from death, the protagonist has only experienced when facing the Destroyer.
This is not to say that the Red Fire Ant Army is as powerful as the Destroyer, but that the God Envoy King Army is too weak at the moment. If it were in its heyday, the God Envoy King Army would not regard the 100,000 red fire ant army as a fatal threat at all!
The enemy suddenly withdrew, and the Lord did not receive any intelligence explaining why the enemy suddenly withdrew.
It was still noon, daylight was still early, the defenders were exhausted, and the battle losses were huge. If the red fire ant army had not had a very important military situation and had to withdraw, as long as they put more force, it would be possible to break the city wall defenses even today.
What's strange is that the red fire ant army not only withdrew, but also headed to the northeast instead of the northwest when they came.
To the northeast, there is the territory of the Leafcutter Ant Kingdom, and the protagonist has a guess in his mind!
The flying knights immediately took off for long-distance reconnaissance, and brought back information later, which verified the protagonist's guess.
Sure enough, it was the leafcutter ant country that launched an attack on the red imported fire ant country!
Although the Leaf Cutter Ant Nation had previously refused to join forces with the Angel King's Army to deal with the Red Fire Ant Nation, they did not give up this opportunity.
Taking advantage of some of the main forces of the Red Fire Ant Army, they organized hundreds of thousands of troops to attack the Outer Leaf Ant Country.
Moreover, the leafcutter ant army did not violate the statement expressed by "Little Flower": the leafcutter ant army stated that it was not interested in territory outside the woods.
This time, the target of the leaf-cutting ant army's attack was a nest in the forest that was invaded by red imported fire ants last year, which is also the nest where the red imported fire ants stole the hematite ore.
The Red Fire Ant Nation views the Angel King's Legion as nothing more than a potential slave ant tribe. The leafcutter ant kingdom is the life-and-death enemy of the red fire ant kingdom. The two sides have been fighting fiercely for hundreds of years. The two sides are like old enemies like the pavement ant barbarian kingdom and the big-headed ant kingdom.
After the first batch of reinforcements from the red fire ant country were defeated by the leaf-cutting ant army due to their numerical superiority and the nest was captured, the red fire ant country decisively dispatched an overwhelming force regardless of the lack of military food.
The force besieging [Xinyang City], with tens of thousands of main troops and a lot of rations, was also urgently recruited and rushed to the battlefield in the northeast.
After learning this information, the protagonist couldn't help but sigh excitedly: God bless our army!
——I am the dividing line——
The fire ant army retreated very simply, leaving only a pile of corpses.
The warriors of the Divine Envoy King, who were already extremely exhausted, cheered up and began to clean up the battlefield.
Not only do the corpses on the ground need to be dealt with, but the city walls also need to be repaired. Especially the tunnels under the city wall can be said to be loopholes in the city wall's defense. The protagonist plans to build the wall foundation deeper and try to plug this loophole.
At the same time, the aphids and scale insects that had been simmering in the peninsula for two days were also moved out and placed in various pastures.
There were also two small groups of ants from the Divine Envoy King's Legion, who set off separately to reopen [Nansen City] and the original tree nest of the Belly Ant Clan.
When the Angel King's Army evacuated [Nansen City], they filled the entrance with stones and soil. During the war, the slave auxiliaries of the Red Fire Ant Army who were searching for food nearby did not discover this place. As long as the passage was dug, [Nansen City] can be put back into use.
As for the tree nest of the Belly Ant Clan in the Golden Beach Forest, it is not suitable for the Divine Envoy King’s Legion to live in. The protagonist decided to build a new nest here [Golden Beach City].
The reason why they aggressively expand their territory when the enemy has just retreated is because the protagonist figured it out.
Although huddled here in [Xinyang City] is easy to defend and difficult to attack, facing an enemy with an absolute numerical advantage, you will still be trapped to death little by little.
Just like this war since April Fool's Day, the soldiers of the God's Envoy King are not unyielding, and the city defenses are not unsound, but the defenders still suffer heavy casualties. At the same time, due to the severe impact on production, there is almost no food left. It will be difficult to continue the fight. More bad luck than good.
The Legion of the Divine Envoy King still needs to expand its territory and expand its ant colonies. Only by having more ant colonies and troops can it develop and grow on this land.
Now is a good opportunity. The two most powerful forces nearby are fighting head-on, leaving a gap for the weak God Envoy King's army.
In fact, outside the actual control range of the fire ant country and the leafcutter ant country, there is still a certain amount of space left for the Envoy King's army to expand, such as the black forest, the golden beach, and the sea of flowers full of Zhugecai.
It was with this plan in mind that the protagonist restarted and built two secondary nests just after the war, and allowed the queen ants to continue laying eggs in large numbers, preparing to accumulate strength and continue to develop new secondary nests.
In addition to [New Yang City], [Nansen City] and [Golden Beach City], the protagonist plans to expand four or five sub-nests in and around the Black Forest, and two or three sub-nests near the Zhuge Cauliflower Sea.
If such a large area of land were fully utilized, and with the superb planting, raising, and grazing skills of the Divine Envoy King's Legion, the protagonist estimated that it would be enough to support 300,000 ant colonies and establish 20 standing legions.
At that time, the Divine Envoy King's army was only slightly capable of participating in the struggle for hegemony between the Red Fire Ant Nation and the Leaf-Cutter Ant Nation.
——I am the dividing line——
The trade route between the Angel King's army and the leaf-cutting ant country has been restarted. During the trade, "Little Flower" learned that the leaf-cutting ant army had won a great victory on the battlefield.
The intelligence investigated by the flying knights also verified this. On a battlefield at the edge of the woods in the northeast, the red fire ant army left about 100,000 corpses and was forced to retreat to the nest in the rear.
The leaf-cutter ant army won a decisive victory, but they did not pursue it. Perhaps as they said themselves, they were unwilling to set foot on the land outside the forest; perhaps it was because the leaf-cutter ant army also suffered heavy losses!
Neither side stopped the corpses on the battlefield. The protagonist personally rode Xiao Hei to look around. He was shocked by the scale of the battle and the number of corpses on both sides, and became more determined to quickly expand the ant colony.
It was already late April. Taking advantage of the opportunity, the God Envoy King's army expanded to 11 sub-nests as expected. However, the reproduction of the ant colonies was not that fast. There were only a few hundred ants symbolically stationed in several sub-nests. .
However, there will always be ant colonies. Queen ants in nests everywhere are laying eggs at a fast speed. The protagonist even keeps the food reserves in various places at a low level to fully supply the queen and young ants.
Currently, the leaf-cutter ant nation and the red fire ant nation have temporarily ceased their activities after the war. However, judging from the Flying Knight's reconnaissance, the red fire ant army is mobilizing frequently and gathering in nests near the territory of the leaf-cutter ant nation. The war will resume in the short term. Burn.
There is still some time left for the Divine Envoy King’s army to be used!
