"Elder Wisdom" stood among the corpses and looked around.
Each of these deceased died in a horrific manner, seemingly full of unwillingness and anger. Most of these male ants are hostile to them, some are indifferent, and a few are friendly to them.
All dead, all dead, and now they could no longer be hostile, friendly, or indifferent.
The "wisdom elder" pondered in his heart, why did it become like this?
He began to receive ostracism, which seemed to have started when he took on the tasks of the suzerain and achieved good results. Although the Red Fire Ant Nation is a vassal of the Pavement Ant Empire, it has always been in harmony with its appearance, and this is how the Presbyterian Council began to be dissatisfied with itself.
But until it has developed to this point, the suzerain country did not expect it, the Presbyterian Council did not expect it, and the "wisdom elders" themselves did not expect it.
Things have come to this... and the reason why everything has turned out like this has to go back half a month ago...
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Half a month ago, in [Liuyi City].
When the "Wisdom Elder" was again appointed as the temporary highest military commander, his decision was to evacuate [Liuyi City].
He believes that the current external environment has changed and [Liuyi City], as an isolated city, cannot be defended. It is better to go to [Beisong City] to rebuild the defense. It is closer to the suzerain country and the territory is rich in supplies. Even if the suzerain country itself is in difficulty now, as long as it allocates some support, the red fire ant country can more easily resist the attack.
The plan of the "Wise Elder" is undoubtedly more pragmatic. [Liuyi City] is now facing coalition attacks from two directions. Neither its own troops nor food reserves are sufficient to support a long-term battle. Without external reinforcements and assistance, it will definitely be difficult to hold fast.
Although the current conditions in the [Beisong City] area are not as good as those in the territory near [Liuyi City] that has been developed for a year, the natural conditions there are good. As long as enough ants migrate through, production can be established quickly and a large amount of ants can be obtained. Food, breeding a large number of ant colonies. Coupled with the assistance of the sovereign country, it is indeed the best base to fight against the coalition forces.
But the "wisdom elder" only considered the problem from a tactical perspective, and other fire ant elders did not buy this.
The current Presbyterian Church of the Red Fire Ant Country has gradually restored its size, with nearly a hundred elders.
Even if the "wisdom elder" became the top military commander, most of the elders still fiercely opposed this plan, and they were unwilling to give up the temporary main nest [Liuyi City] easily.
[Sixty-One City] is a symbol in the hearts of the elders, second only to the symbol of the original main hive [Hive City]. Although there is no hope of regaining [Hive City] temporarily, [Liuyi City] has been built into a typical red fire ant nest, while [North Pine City] still looks like a tree nest.
Most of the stubborn elders are very reluctant to give up [Liuyi City] and go to [Beisong City] to live temporarily.
No matter how dissatisfied the "wisdom elders" were, they would not dare to fight against the common will of so many elders.
The coalition forces are pressing down on the border, leaving little time for the Red Fire Ant Nation to make decisions. After a heated debate, the "wisdom elder" finally set off for [Beisong City] with only a dozen elders, a few ant colonies, and supplies.
Most of the elders, defenders, ants, and grain stores were left behind. A young elder who was the most fiercely opposed to leaving was appointed as the top military adjutant to preside over the defense of [Liuyi City].
Let's talk about the "wise elders" and their party, regardless of the "cowardly" ridicule of other elders, they set out early one morning before dawn and cold spring weather to avoid the enemy's aerial reconnaissance.
Their journey was very difficult. Every day before daylight, they had to find a nearby auxiliary nest or shelter to camp before the flying knight appeared in the sky. They continued to set out around dusk, and set up camp again before the night became cold.
This team could only move for two or three hours a day. Fortunately, in the later stages of the operation, they were getting further and further away from the Flying Knight's range of activities, and their movement speed was greatly accelerated. However, it took 10 days to reach [Kitamatsu City].
Along the way, the "wisdom elders" kept sending envoys to collect the sub-nests and strongholds along the way. These sub-nests and strongholds were all established last year and after the spring of this year, and there were not many ant colonies and supplies.
It's just that the "wisdom elder" is very poor now. He lacks everything. In order to enrich [Beisong City]'s ant colony and material reserves in the future, he can only do this.
Although his reputation as the highest military commander cannot suppress many elders, it is still very effective for the low-status deputy nests and ants in the stronghold.
When the "Wise Elder" and his party finally arrived at [Beisong City], there were already 3,000 native ants, more than 20,000 slave ants, and half a month's food reserves.
In [Beisong City], there are more than a thousand native ants and more than ten thousand slave ants.
What pleased the "Wise Elder" the most was that he discovered that there was a large amount of supplies in this sub-nest, which was the material reserve hoarded by the suzerain country to support its expeditionary force. It was enough for the current red fire ant country's lavish consumption for more than a year.
However, the ownership of this batch of materials does not belong to the red fire ant country. At this time, the suzerain country still has seven or eight thousand pavement ant warriors stationed here to protect these materials and prepare to transport the materials back to the country.
"Elder Wisdom" previously served as an envoy from the Red Fire Ant Kingdom, and had dealt with the nobles of the overlord country to understand their temperament.
Therefore, the "Wisdom Elder" personally rushed to the territory of the sovereign country and discussed with a count for two days before returning.
I don’t know what considerations the Pavement Ant Empire had, but they finally decided to support the “wisdom elder”, but they put forward a condition:
The vassal state of the Red Fire Ant Country has been too unruly for a long time, and its elders have repeatedly acted against the suzerain. The Pavement Ant Empire hopes to have an obedient and powerful vassal who can protect the country from threats from the south during this critical period.
The "wisdom elder" Xu agreed to the overlord's plan because of his long-term old and new grudges. This was the scene where he slaughtered other elders and became a "dictator".
"Dictator", this special official position, is a taboo within the sovereign state. The nobles know this allusion, but they will never take the initiative to mention it on formal occasions.
But for the vassals of its own country, the Pavement Ant Empire particularly likes to support "dictators" who obey their orders, which is more conducive to directly controlling the vassal forces. This time, they seemed to have finally achieved their wish to completely bring the previously unruly red fire ant country under control.
And the "wisdom elder" also got what he dreamed of:
It is not the status of a "dictator" above ten thousand ants, but the large amount of supplies in [Beisong City] and the command of the seven or eight thousand Pavement Ant Empire garrison.
Now, although the Red Fire Ant Nation has further lost its independence in name, after being replenished, its overall strength is even stronger than when it was the capital [Liuyi City]!
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