The Red Fire Ant Nation seems to have been deceived by the Angel King's Legion, and it has reached a treaty that is obviously beneficial to the Angel King's Legion without even knowing it. But in this world, blessings and misfortunes depend on each other. Who knows the final outcome and the final winner?
At least for now, both sides are satisfied. The God Envoy King Corps is satisfied that it has obtained the coveted external environment and can focus on its next goal. The Fire Ant Nation is also very satisfied: they have a new thug, honeydew and crow honey, and more confidence to deal with the figures that appear from time to time in the north.
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On September 10th, the Divine Envoy King's army, which had been heavily prepared during the negotiations, was finally ready and dispatched troops from [Xinyang City] to march towards the hematite mines.
Because the hematite area is located in the forest, far away from the homeland of the Angel King Legion, and there are a large number of tree nests of leaf-cutting ants around it. Therefore, even if they succeed in occupying it, they will inevitably face endless counterattacks from the leaf-cutter ant country.
How to keep the hematite mine that was finally captured is much more difficult than how to capture the hematite mine!
The Legion of the Divine Envoy King plans to build a fortress there that is strong enough to protect the hematite ore, as well as a transportation line that can safely pass through.
Therefore, this time the troops are dispatched, a huge amount of city construction materials need to be prepared in advance. Preparations started in early September and were not completed until today.
Yesterday, the Divine Envoy King's Legion provided the first batch of tributes to the "sovereign country" the Red Fire Ant Country, which was escorted by "Little Flower". Another task of "Little Flower" is to encourage the Red Fire Ant Country to continue sending troops and take advantage of the last big disaster. To gain more power, occupy more territory of the Leafcutter Ant Kingdom, and use this to attract enemy firepower for the military operations of the Divine Envoy King's Legion.
The Red Fire Ant Nation does not know whether they have accepted the suggestion of the God Envoy King Legion. Their elders responsible for receiving "Little Flower" are very silent and never respond after receiving the message.
However, "Little Flower" learned from another elder who was overly sweet by the taste of honeydew that the soldiers of the red fire ant country were too exhausted and had to rest for at least half a month before sending out troops.
The Red Fire Ant Nation cannot rush forward to attract firepower, but the Angel King's army is ready, with arrows on the strings, and must be fired.
The protagonist weighed it up and finally decided to send troops alone.
Although the Leafcutter Ant Nation has a vast territory and numerous ant colonies, in the recent battle, the Leafcutter Ant Nation lost 700,000 elite troops. Later, in order to rescue the trapped troops, the Leaf Cutter Ant Nation organized five reinforcements. Including the losses of the reinforcements, the Leaf Cutter Ant Nation lost more than 800,000 soldiers in the civil war within a month, many of whom were elite veterans.
Even for the leaf-cutting ant country, such huge losses will severely damage the vitality and be difficult to recover in a short period of time.
The protagonist learned from the Flying Knight that in the later stages of the Ore War, the proportion of medium-sized worker ants among the reinforcements of the leaf-cutter ant army had become higher and higher.
Among leaf-cutting ants, they have always been composed of large leaf-cutting ants and small leaf-cutting ants. The former is tall and strong, while the latter is fierce and agile. It is quite difficult for the two to cooperate. Leaf-cutter ants are mainly responsible for collecting leaves and doing other chores in their territory, and are not good at fighting.
The leafcutter ant army had to recruit a large number of leafcutter ants, indicating that its recruitment of soldiers was already stretched thin, and it was a helpless move.
With the current strength of the God Envoy King's army, even if there are still 200,000 leaf-cutting ant troops stationed on the border with the red fire ant country, not far from the area where the hematite is located, they will not be afraid.
But not being afraid now does not mean that you are not afraid in the future. With the breeding speed of ants and the terrifyingly stable food supply capacity of the leafcutter ant country, it is entirely possible to raise an army of 800,000 in less than two or three months.
Even though the individual combat effectiveness of this army, which is mainly composed of recruits, will be inferior to that of veterans, the sheer number is enough to make the Army of the God Envoy King, who is taking the route of elite soldiers, collapse - the number of ants is enough to kill a mantis!
The protagonist can only place his hope on two things. One is to build a strong fortress near the hematite mine, and the other is that the red fire ant country can send troops to contain the leaf-cutter ant army after it recovers.
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On September 12, the red fire ant army entered the territory of the leafcutter ant country and arrived near the hematite mine.
The leafcutter ant kingdom has left only a few thousand ants in local tree nests, some mining hematite and others producing food.
These leaf-cutting ants have also seen the warriors of the Angel King before. When there was still trade between the two countries, the trade teams of the Angel King's army often came here to carry hematite particles back to their countries.
But this time, the Divine Envoy King's army appeared as intruders.
The local area is still some distance from the border of the Red Fire Ant Country, and there is also a barren land separated from the territory of the Angel King Legion, so there is no large-scale garrison at all.
The God Envoy King's army quickly killed some of the resisters and captured the remaining leaf-cutting ants - those leaf-cutting ants surrendered easily, as did the male ants.
Although this secondary nest with hematite resources is very important to the leaf-cutting ant country, its status is not high. There are not even female leaf-cutting ants stationed in the area, and the highest officer is a male ant.
The protagonist ordered the prisoners to be released, and the male leafcutter ants took them away from the hematite and returned to the homeland on their own. This was also a way of repaying the leafcutter ant country for its help to the Angel King's army.
The protagonist asked the male ants to deliver a message to the leafcutter ant queen and female ant conventions in [Holy Tree City]: saying that due to the previous leafcutter ant country's unauthorized interruption of bilateral friendly relations and trade, it caused huge losses to the Angel King's army. The Angel King's army will occupy the hematite mines for 99 years from now on as compensation for the Leafcutter Ant Nation. If the Leafcutter Ant Nation needs hematite, the God Envoy King Army is willing to open trade and export hematite and other resources!
After easily occupying the hematite mine, the protagonist ordered the destruction of the leaf-cutter ant's tree nest. Tens of thousands of troops and an equal number of big-headed ant workers began to select a site to build [Hematite City].
The final site of Hematite City was a Luan tree close to the hematite excavation site. This locust tree is a little far away from other trees. As long as some branches and leaves are removed regularly, it can prevent the leaf-cutting ant army from detouring from other trees when it attacks.
There are natural hills at the bottom of the Luan tree, which are condescending and can control the hematite that is close at hand.
The protagonist planned on site and prepared to build a fortress around the Luan tree, consisting of ant mounds, underground ant nests, walls, towers, trenches and protective nets. The fortress was required to be able to accommodate 30,000 ant colonies and to store a large amount of hematite. A warehouse for mineral pellets.
The construction period of [Hematite City] is very tight. Although the protagonist found a plausible excuse for the Angel King's army to occupy the hematite mine, it is just an excuse. The Leafcutter Ant Nation will not suffer a dumb loss in the future.
The next battle between [Red Iron City] and the Divine Envoy King's Legion may break out tomorrow.
