Several fly-tiger knights came over to greet the Divine Envoy King, and then took the initiative to escort the protagonist and his party without any orders.
These fly tigers don't like to walk on the ground. They jump and crawl dexterously on high places in the grass and between grass blades, even faster than walking beetles.
Now the protagonist and his party are covered by the canal on the left, and the Fly Tiger Knight on the right, as well as the accompanying guards. They look very impressive.
The protagonist looked at the accompanying Fly Tiger Knight and was very satisfied.
These fly-tiger knights are the secret weapons of the Angel King's army. Their fast and good climbing and bouncing characteristics can be used to suppress the enemy's fast-moving silver ants and "mosquitoes" that like to land for sneak attacks. But it has not been tested in actual combat.
As we walked forward to the vicinity of [February Lan City], more and more fly-tiger knights continued to join the escort team, gradually exceeding more than thirty riders. The protagonist drove them all away in [February Lan City], so it's better to train and protect the herd.
Around afternoon, the protagonist and his party finally arrived at [Red Iron City].
Along the way, the closer you get to [Hematite City], the less idyllic scenery becomes, and the tense atmosphere of a busy and dangerous war approaching becomes more and more intense.
On the periphery of [Hematite City], the construction of the Great Wall connecting six independent fortresses is intensifying. The long wall has reached a considerable scale, and a large number of enemy towers have begun to take shape. Tens of thousands of worker ants are busy on the construction site, construction teams are everywhere, and various building materials are piled all over the ground. Even the ground vegetation has been destroyed in a mess, and the entire area is messy and dirty.
Some distance away from [Hematite City], a full legion was already waiting on the bank of the canal.
Although the Pavement Ant Empire Army is still not far to the north and has not launched an attack, as a precaution, it still needs the army to protect the great envoy Wang Zhouquan.
The protagonist came to the entrance of [Hematite City], stopped outside the lair, and first looked at the raft loading ship not far away.
I saw these rafts being dragged to the shore of the pier. After being filled with goods, they were covered with straw mats and tied with ropes to ensure that the goods were secure. Finally, beetles and ants worked together to push the rafts into the canal along the wet and slippery river bank. in.
There are dozens or twenty soldier ants on each raft responsible for steering. Many of these soldier ants are retired veterans who have physical injuries and are no longer qualified for military service, so they continue to use their talents in new positions. There are also new generation soldier ants who have not yet been drafted to join the regular army. They usually train in local garrison troops, rafts or other positions that require a lot of strength.
These soldier ants use their mandibles and forelimbs to control poles made of long wooden sticks. Once the ropes connecting the rafts on the shore are untied, they use the poles to support the shore and adjacent rafts, and slow down their own rafts. Push slowly into the channel in the middle of the canal and start drifting with the current.
Along the way, the soldier ants holding the pole must ensure that the raft travels in the middle of the water to prevent it from colliding with the river bank. When meeting boats, these poles are also used to ensure that the raft does not hit other rafts.
The physiological structure of the ants prevents them from reacting quickly enough to make the raft, but the water in the canal is not fast, and the mini raft is actually very strong. Generally, it will be fine if it collides, and it can be maneuvered!
After watching for a while, the protagonist entered [Hematite City]. The underground lair of [Hematite City] is also noisy. A large amount of war preparation materials transported via canals are continuously filled into the city's warehouses, and a large amount of hematite ore originally stored in the city is evacuated and sent away for smelting. The base increases storage.
If [Hematie City] is surrounded or even occupied by enemy forces in the future, the production of iron weapons that the Divine Envoy King's legions rely on will have to rely on the ore stocks in [Xinyang City] and [Yueerlan City]!
As a superior, the protagonist must consider this possibility. In addition, the raft transporting goods to [Hematite City] had better not return empty, which is why the protagonist saw the scene before.
The protagonist first went to the conference room and summoned local military and civil affairs leaders to learn about the preparations for war.
It was already night after the meeting. The protagonist had a hasty meal in a palace where he had lived before, and then fell asleep.
In the dream, he saw the pastoral scenery of the Ant United Kingdom again, so beautiful, so peaceful, so full of vitality!
But this beautiful land and these hard-working ants suddenly became struggling in the flames of war. The land was destroyed, the ants were killed, and the dream turned into a nightmare!
After the protagonist woke up at dawn, he still clearly remembered the scene in the dream and felt a little depressed.
He walked outside the lair and stretched in the cool morning air. Climbing to the top of a wild grass, the protagonist looked around the [Hematite City] in the forest, looking at the busy scene, how like the first half of a dream!
At this moment, the protagonist vows to protect all this and never give up like he did in his hometown.
Once you leave, you may never come back!
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After getting ready, the protagonist switches to the fly "Xiao Hei" - "Xiao Hei" was ridden here in advance by other flying knights. He was escorted by 4 flying knight squads and 200 flying knights, and entered the leaf-cutter ant country in a mighty manner.
At this time, enemy "mosquitoes" can occasionally be encountered in the air. Most of these "mosquitoes" move in small groups of more than ten or twenty. They often conduct reconnaissance deep into leafcutter ant countries where air defenses are weak.
But they didn't dare to be so bold when it came to the Ant Alliance. After all, they had suffered several losses from artillery shells fired into the air.
The flying knights allocate their forces each time to drive away the approaching "mosquitoes". These "mosquitoes" usually don't like fighting when they see the flying knight ants in large numbers.
Soon, the protagonist was escorted to the main nest of the Leafcutter Ant Kingdom [Holy Tree City]. This is the core hinterland of the Leafcutter Ant Kingdom, and several star beetles can be seen flying and patrolling in the sky.
The carapace color of these star beetles is very light, and they look like young insects that have just emerged from pupa. Unexpectedly, the once powerful leafcutter ant nation could now only rely on these star beetles with no combat experience to protect the airspace of the main nest. The protagonist felt a little emotional.
The protagonist landed in a familiar way and entered the conference room under the guidance of a female ant.
He was not the first to arrive. Representatives of some distant ant tribes arrived early yesterday. The protagonist successively touched the tentacles of the bullet ants, hairy forest ants, army ants and other representatives who were already inside and said hello. The emotions shown by everyone were very solemn, and they obviously knew that the topic of today's meeting was heavy.
The protagonist only did not say hello to the representative of the Black Fire Ant Clan and the representative of the remaining Northern Expeditionary Army, Flying Eagle, which could be regarded as expressing his attitude in public.
After all ant representatives arrived before noon, a crucial meeting was officially held!
