The Angel King's army continues to harass the rear of the red fire ant kingdom, which in disguise relieves some of the military pressure on the leaf-cutter ant army.
After all, if they lack military rations, their offensive will be greatly affected if they are as strong as the fire ant army. Their later offensive is far less powerful than the first two days.
However, this cannot completely rescue the besieged leaf-cutting ant army. The fire ant army gritted its teeth and maintained the blockade, repelling three reinforcements from the leaf-cutter ant country from the mainland, and did not let the prey slip away.
By late August, the flying knights had discovered that the trapped leaf-cutter ant army began to transport the corpses back to the nest, and even dug out the previously buried corpses of soldiers from both sides.
These signs indicate that the leaf-cutter ant army is beginning to be forced to use corpses as rations. Apparently their food reserves are estimated to have been exhausted.
Feeding on the corpses of ants was also done by the Northern Expeditionary Army of the old Big-headed Ant Kingdom. This was the only way to do it when there was a last resort, but it had great disadvantages.
Especially the leaf-cutting ant army is currently trapped in one place and cannot be moved. The density of ant colonies in the camp is extremely high. Once the plague transmitted by corpses spreads, it will be difficult for gods to save it.
Of course, the protagonist also hopes that the besieged leaf-cutting ant army will be wiped out, but it is best to weaken the strength of the red fire ant country at the same time, making them unable to turn around and deal with the Angel King's army afterwards.
But the protagonist's luck has always been bad. Although the fire ant army has poor logistics, it still firmly controls the initiative on the battlefield. It has repeatedly defeated the reinforcements of the leaf-cutter ant army and cannibalized the trapped enemy troops step by step. position, and at the same time, its own strength has not been greatly damaged.
The reinforcements of the leaf-cutter ant army once even approached the trapped friendly forces at a very close distance. They even briefly met up with a friendly force that heard the news and broke out in reverse direction, but they were immediately defeated.
Among the retreating leafcutter ant army were two male ants that were originally trapped. They joined the reinforcements and retreated to the mainland, and were later sent back to the main nest [Holy Tree City] to report the war situation.
As a result, the Leaf Cutter Ant Nation learned that the Envoy King's Legion had lied to the Leaf Cutter Ant Army and falsely conveyed military orders to allow them to break out of the encirclement.
After learning about this thing that the protagonist least wanted them to know, the Leafcutter Ant Nation immediately severed ties with the Angel King's Legion and stopped exporting iron ore.
This incident finally made the protagonist determined to implement the backup plan.
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Underground in [Xinyang City], there is an area that is heavily guarded. The protagonist enters under the protection of the imperial guards. The protagonist comes to a prison cell sealed with branches.
It was dark inside, with only a faint light coming from the fluorescent bacteria on the corridor wall, making it almost impossible to see what was going on inside.
But this does not hinder the protagonist's vision. He has been here several times and knows that there is a male red fire ant trapped inside.
The protagonist motioned to the guards to remove a section of the fence, then got in sideways, leaving the guards and guards outside.
With the protagonist's skills, he has no fear that the red fire ant in front of him can threaten him, not to mention that there are his own guards outside.
When the protagonist first comes here, the male fire ants do try to attack him.
The male ants of any ant tribe have a burly body, but their combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the worker ants (the protagonist is a BUG). Even if it is as powerful as a red fire ant, this male red fire ant who dared to sneak attack was knocked down by the protagonist easily.
This male red fire ant was knocked unconscious in a battle more than half a month ago and was captured. In addition to him, several male ants were captured together.
Whenever the protagonist is free, he will always come to this prison every two or three days to try to communicate with the male red imported fire ants.
Most of the attempts failed, but the protagonists had many solutions: depriving them of food and water, plugging their stomata with clay, and stuffing their bellies with stomata into water jugs.
These methods, which in the eyes of human wardens are unsavory, are nothing less than the most terrifying punishment in time for these male ants with little knowledge.
Two red imported fire ant males did not survive these punishments, but the rest succumbed to their will and even collapsed.
The red fire ant male in front of me is currently the most stable one.
The protagonist still remembers that he used balls of clay to cover the air holes in his abdomen one by one. He struggled in vain, but was suppressed by several guardsmen and was unable to move.
When his hind legs twitched due to lack of oxygen and slowly stopped moving, the protagonist untied the clay blocks blocking the air holes one by one, allowing him to take a greedy breath.
Over and over again, the protagonist sees a faint flame of survival in the compound eyes of the female red fire ant. When the protagonist put his tentacles against his, the male red fire ant's mind was no longer on guard due to the torture just now.
The protagonist read a lot of information from it. Even after the incident, the male ant also had regrets, but one thing is another. When the protagonist came next time and just took out the wet clay from the pot, the male red fire ant immediately fell on its six limbs. expressed surrender.
The protagonist is now able to communicate normally with the other party. He showed the red fire ants the advancement and power of the God Envoy King's army, and subtly brainwashed the other party, making the other party feel that they should not be enemies of the God's Envoy King's army.
Not only was this red fire ant male slowly brainwashed by the protagonist, but several other male ants were also indoctrinated with these concepts to varying degrees.
The protagonist did this because he had already considered that he should have a backup plan after the conflict with the leaf-cutting ant country.
The protagonist's backup plan is very simple, that is, "Lianhong attacks and cuts"!
Although the relationship between the Red Fire Ant Nation and the God Envoy King's Legion is currently very bad, the two sides have been fighting each other, and there have been casualties on each other. But after the protagonist peels off the cocoon, he feels that there is no fundamental conflict between the two parties.
Most of the territory of the Angel King Legion has never been ruled by the red fire ant kingdom. From the captive male ants, the protagonist also learned that they are only interested in honeydew and crow honey.
It is entirely possible for both sides to have peaceful trade.
As for the Leafcutter Ant Nation, they have now severed ties with the Divine Envoy King's Legion, and they hold the hematite that the Divine Envoy King's Legion needs most.
If the Angel King's Legion can join forces with the Red Fire Ant Nation, then the Angel King's Legion can send troops to occupy the hematite ore without any worries and take this vital resource for itself.
In order to implement this plan, the protagonist persisted for more than half a month despite his busy schedule, and basically completed the brainwashing of the red fire ant male captives.
Now that the time has come, the protagonist personally led a troop and escorted several red imported fire ant male captives to the border of the territory on August 24th and released them.
The male red imported fire ants took the information package provided by the protagonist and entered the control area of the red fire ant country in a few steps.
One of the male ants walked a few steps, then turned around and took another look. It was the male ant that had been brainwashed the most!
The protagonist knows that the male red fire ant is looking at him and slightly taps his antennae. The red imported fire ant male also clicked his antennae, then turned around and chased the other male ants!
