After sending away the brainwashed red fire ant male queens, the protagonist hopes to reach a peace agreement with the red fire ant country, and then covets the hematite of the leaf-cutting ant country.
Of course, even if this plan succeeds, it may not be a matter of time. The Red Fire Ant Country is also a country with a male ant democratic system, and there will definitely be disputes within its ruling class.
In any ant country, conservatives are basically the majority.
However, the protagonist believes that the combat effectiveness displayed by the God's Envoy King's Army and the abundant resources it can provide can make those conservatives rational.
But the protagonist is also worried that if the plan fails, he often encounters situations where the plan does not change, and the ants often behave very irrationally. Therefore, the Divine Envoy King Legion has been working hard to practice its internal strength recently. After all, only if you are strong are you most trustworthy.
Although the current honeydew hematite trade with the Leafcutter Ant Nation has been completely suspended, with the accumulation over the past few months, the Divine Envoy King’s Army has fully entered the Iron Age, and all necessary weapons and tools have been updated to iron. The old bronze and stone tools have been thrown into the warehouse for temporary storage, and there may not be another chance to be used again.
The blast furnace is still firing, and a warehouse near the blast furnace still contains enough iron ore for three months of smelting. The newly made steel is temporarily cast into iron ingots and then cast again when needed.
The current plan of the Divine Envoy King's Army is to control the hematite or reopen trade within three months, so as to ensure that the blast furnaces continue to be shut down and the level of civilization in the Iron Age can be maintained without regression.
After all, ironware is subject to wear and tear during use. In particular, the ironware of ants is often just a small layer thinner than a piece of paper. It is easy to wear and tear. It is necessary to constantly replace new ironware and throw away the old ones and recast them.
At the same time as the Great Iron Smelting, the protagonist also added two new vassal ant tribes to the Angel King's army. After conquering the countries of the forest ants and the black and brown ants, the Angel King's army also captured the queens of the forest ants and the black and brown ants, and naturally established a new vassal race under his control.
At present, the six client ant tribes, including pavement ants, sickle-hunting ants, leaf-cutter ants, bell ants, forest ants, and black brown ants, all still live in independent urban areas in [Xinyang City], which is convenient for the gods. The king's army controls these vassals, unlike the red fire ant country, which only has strong control over the slave ant tribe and very weak control over the vassal ant tribe.
However, the underground space in [Xinyang City] is limited, and it has been developed almost to the extreme. Among the six vassal ant tribes, there are only two old vassal ant tribes, the pavement ants and the hunting sickle ants, which have been under the command of the Divine Envoy King's Army for a long time. The urban area is larger, and the other four vassal ant tribes have small living areas.
The protagonist has not thought about moving these vassal ant tribes to develop near [Xinyang City], such as the leaf-cutting ant tribe in [Xinyang City], because there is only one poplar tree nearby and cannot produce large amounts of fungal food. If If you move to the Black Forest, you won’t be limited by resources!
However, the external environment of the Divine Envoy King's army is not yet safe at present. Only the solid city defense of [Xinyang City] is the protagonist's last resort. He is worried that releasing the vassal ants too early will only give the red fire ant country an advantage.
This can only be considered if the brainwashed red fire ant male ants go back and successfully negotiate for the God Envoy King and the two countries reach peace. Now, the protagonist decides to play it safe.
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This year's rainy season came later than in previous years, and the peak of the Qinghe River also came and left later.
Until the end of August, the floods had not receded, and the water level was still high surrounding the [Xinyangcheng] peninsula.
Floods will bring surprises from time to time. Not only will there be more gold on the golden beach, but also the floating objects occasionally washed down from the upstream. If they are intercepted by the peninsula, when the water level recedes, ants can go up and search for them.
Flightless insects drifting with the tide, some vines and other materials that are difficult to obtain locally, and even occasionally found seeds that can be used as spices, Qinghe can always bring some surprises to the Legion of the Divine Envoy King.
Of course, there are scares.
On August 26, the protagonist was still waiting for news from the Red Fire Ant Country, when suddenly a messenger came in a hurry.
The flying knights discovered something extraordinary on the river. The protagonist inquired and hurriedly rode "Xiao Hei" into the air, flying towards the river on the north side of the peninsula.
Previously, the Flying Knight, who was responsible for monitoring the leaf-cutting ant country in the northwest, discovered a large group of floating objects on the Qinghe River. He leaned over and took a look. It turned out that it didn't matter, so he quickly aborted the original mission and went back to report.
The current of the Qinghe River is very fast at this time, but this group of floating objects is floating close to the shore, and it is sometimes hung up by some obstacles such as reeds, so it is not that fast.
The protagonist quickly reached the target and took off, taking a closer look.
On a floating object made up of branches and weeds, a dozen huge dark black ants are facing the protagonist with their jaws open in provocation.
This kind of ant may not be an ant thing, but the protagonist is very familiar with it!
They took away everything that the King of God's Legion once had, forced the protagonist to live in a foreign land, and indirectly killed many soldiers of the King of God's Legion who were trapped in the swamp!
Destroyers, dozens of them, suddenly appeared near the territory without warning.
The protagonist speculates that these destroyers were accidentally swept into the flood and survived on the floating objects. Just like the Angel King's army on the walnut boat, they floated all the way along the current.
However, the Divine Envoy King's Legion had a sturdy walnut boat with sufficient food and supplies, and they did not sail during the flood season, so the journey was still not easy.
These destroyers are sailing in the turbulent torrent, and they seem to have no luggage, but they are still alive and kicking around. I don't know whether they should be said to be tenacious or lingering!
The floating object where the Destroyer is located is close to the east bank of the river. According to this direction, it is 90% likely to hit the north side of the [Xinyangcheng] peninsula and then be stopped by the peninsula. In other words, the Destroyer may land in [Xinyangcheng] .
The protagonist asked the accompanying flying knight to closely monitor these dozen destroyers, and then he went back to organize his troops and prepare for the battle.
Just a few dozen Destroyers cannot threaten the Angel King's army. However, the protagonist is now very curious about the situation in his homeland. He wants to capture at least one Destroyer alive and try to see if he can read the information in its brain!
The Angel King's Legion quickly mobilized two squads and a tank assault brigade, set up a formation on the river bank, and even placed two ballistas. These troops are deployed at the locations where floating objects are most likely to land and can maneuver as soon as possible based on the actual situation.
Sooner or later, the protagonist will lead his troops back to his homeland. This time, let the newly formed troops who have never fought against the Destroyers take these dozen Destroyer sacrificial flags!
