After the coalition forces settled in [Liuyi City], they cleaned it inside and out. It took several days before the smell of death filled with corpse odor and blood in the city faded, but it has not completely dissipated.
After all, even if an underground lair can be ventilated, the effect is not very good. It will take a long time for this lair to get rid of the smell of war and death.
At the same time, in [Holy Tree City], representatives of the civilized ant tribe gathered again to discuss two major events.
One is to promise to allocate territories to other races except the Ant United Nation and the Leaf-Cutter Ant Nation, and the other is to discuss the next military action goals.
The first thing could have been easily solved. The Leafcutter Ant Nation agreed to hand over [Liuyi City] and a piece of nearby land to the expeditionary forces of the various ethnic groups participating in the war for distribution as territory. The land is already four times the size of the original commitment.
But now, the various tribes of the expeditionary force are dissatisfied again. Because they originally thought that they would be able to establish a territory and start operations before winter last year, but the war did not go smoothly and delayed it for half a year. Therefore, they asked for compensation, such as expanding the territory area.
The first person to put forward this suggestion was the black fire ant clan, and other representatives immediately seconded it. So today's meeting, which originally only needed to discuss the second topic, was forced to "go sideways" first.
Obviously, if the allies of all ethnic groups cannot be given satisfactory answers, they cannot be expected to continue to contribute, and the coalition may be disbanded.
This problem is mainly for the Leafcutter Ant Nation to deal with. The Ant Alliance Nation has long declared that it will only provide supplies and not land, which has also been recognized by other tribes. Land can only be provided by the Leafcutter Ant Nation, but for them, it is not a last resort and they are reluctant to give more land to their allies.
Land is the lifeblood of all ant tribes!
This also makes the leaf-cutting ant family's perception of the black fire ant country become worse than ever.
The representatives debated this issue for a long time. Even if the Leafcutter Ant Nation, which was not rich in food, proposed to provide an additional batch of grain as compensation, the representatives of the expedition tribes did not buy it.
In the end, the Leafcutter Ant Nation had no choice but to bite its jaws and agree, expanding the promised land even more, and handing over [Liuyi City] and a piece of land around it that was about three days' walk away to each tribe for distribution.
In the end, the Black Fire Ant clan, which sent the most troops, obtained [Liuyi City] and the surrounding land, and established a vassal state of the same clan. The overseas territory established by the army ant clan is to the north of [Liuyi City], the overseas territory of the flat-headed ants is to the east of [Liuyi City], and the vassal state of the bullet ants is to the south of [Liuyi City]. The overseas territories of the ants, the thin-legged ants and the all-different blind leaf-cutting ants are divided into the northwest, due west and southwest of [Liuyi City].
The new territorial systems established by each ethnic group are different. The vassal country is equivalent to an independent force, and only has a few obligations to the original mother country, such as making offerings. Overseas territories have to obey their own country's instructions, which is equivalent to establishing a secondary nest.
Representatives of various ethnic groups whose territories have been expanded are finally satisfied. As usual, they still need to return to their country to obtain approval from the highest authority for this plan to be implemented. But this is a procedural issue. The highest authority will generally recognize a plan that is acceptable to the representatives.
The topic finally returned to the topic, that is, the next military action.
Now the Ant Alliance has recovered all the lost land, but half of the land that the Leafcutter Ant Nation once occupied in the old Red Fire Ant Nation has fallen, and they hope to regain the lost land as soon as possible.
According to Flying Knight's investigation, there are still some pavement ant empire troops stationed in the northernmost [Beisong City]. The number does not seem to be large, but they can get support from the pavement ant empire at any time. They only rely on the military strength of the leaf-cutter ant clan. , and there is no guarantee that we can fight all the way to [Beisong City].
The leaf-cutter ant army needs the support of other armies, which is why they finally agreed to give more land to their allies. As long as they can regain more territory, it is acceptable to pay a little less.
The tribes of the expeditionary force are not enthusiastic about regaining [Beisong City] and the land to the south. The purpose of their expedition has been achieved, but they have just received the benefits, and it is difficult to refuse them directly.
In the end, the various tribes of the expeditionary force agreed to allocate half of the troops to assist the Leafcutter Ant Army in fighting, and the remaining troops would stay to build and protect the newly created vassal states or overseas territories.
The Divine Envoy King's Legion also agreed to continue sending troops to fight. After the Leaf-Cutter Ant Kingdom regains its lost territory, a buffer zone will be formed directly facing the Pavement Ant Empire, which is also beneficial to the Ant Alliance.
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While representatives of various ethnic groups were having heated discussions at the [Holy Tree City] venue, various ethnic groups were living together in [Liuyi City], and a new threat was quietly spreading.
In the past two days, commanders from all ethnic groups have noticed that diseases have appeared in large areas among their troops.
This disease seems to be highly contagious. Many ants that were still alive and kicking in the morning were struggling and showing great pain in the afternoon.
This infectious disease is not like ant mites. Although it is confusing, it can be easily eradicated even if it is visible. There does not seem to be any obvious abnormality on the sick ants, but they are weak. Then the onset is very rapid, starting to appear after a day or two. Death cases.
At first, the coalition forces didn't take it seriously. The sick ants were taken care of by other companions. Some were moved outdoors to bask in the sun and had their bodies licked. This was the ants' primitive medical treatment.
But this kind of medical treatment has little effect.
As dozens of deaths appeared simultaneously on the 24th, and the number of sick cases reached thousands, commanders of all ethnic groups finally started to pay attention.
It was only on this day that the protagonist received a report that there were more than 10 deaths among the Angel King's legion. This ratio was already the lowest among all races, but none of the beetle mounts were sick.
The protagonist is keenly aware that something is wrong. This is a sign of the spread of the great plague!
Fortunately, the Divine Envoy King Legion did not move into [Liuyi City] because they had beetle mounts to take care of. Instead, they continued to live in the camp outside the city, which played an isolation role. It seems that the sick ants have had close contact with ants from other ant tribes.
The protagonist immediately ordered the flying knight to pass on the order and asked "Gun II" to lead the troops to leave [Liuyi City] and find a remote place to set up camp on their own to isolate sick ants from healthy ants.
Even the flying knights who went to deliver the order were not allowed to return and directly followed the Northern Expedition troops.
The troops of other ethnic groups have not taken any new actions at this time, and are just dealing with it with local methods. The high-profile evacuation of the Divine Envoy King's legion attracted the attention of the commanders of all races.
The leaf-cutting ant clan, which suffered the largest number of deaths from the disease, quickly sent a messenger, hoping to negotiate with the Ant Alliance to deal with the ant plague.
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