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At an urgent meeting of the civilized ants held the next day, representatives of the black fire ants put forward new demands for their tribe.
As the leafcutter ant envoy said yesterday, they refused to provide compensation materials for the defeat and wanted to withdraw the black fire ant army that participated in the Northern Expedition. The reason was that the defense strength of their overseas vassal territories was weak, but all discerning ants knew that this was happening. Protest the decision of the last civilized ant conference.
This angered the representatives of various tribes, especially the host leafcutter ants.
Historically, agreements reached at civilized ant conferences were often overturned by the highest authority in the country after representatives of various countries returned to their countries. However, generally the ant tribes that overturned the resolution had a good attitude and discussed it with all other ant tribes. , and slowly reach a new resolution that is acceptable to both parties. There is really no such example in the historical memory of the ants with such an unruly and arrogant attitude as represented by the black fire ant representatives this time.
It can actually be seen from this that in the last meeting, the protagonist gave the black fire ant clan a hard time. The proud black fire ant clan could not bear the accusation imposed on them at all, and was even more ashamed to do this with the red fire ants. The savage ants are comparable to each other.
But they sadly discovered that their own clan looked exactly like fire ants... and they became angry...
In today's meeting, the black fire ant representative continued to express anger towards the protagonist, seemingly not caring about the condemnation of other representatives. Anyway, this was the decision of the leaders of the group. He was only responsible for conveying it, and there was no room for negotiation.
Finally, the representatives of the Black Fire Ants once again proposed to deprive the illegal Ant Alliance of their Thor heritage status and give the remaining members of the Northern Expedition Army the Vulcan heritage status. To this end, they could restore the independent identity of the remaining members of the Northern Expedition Army.
The infuriated representatives of all races immediately rejected the proposal again, and then the black fire ant representatives withdrew from the conference venue. This was the first time!
The host leafcutter ant representatives had no choice but to start working hard to control the issue and at the same time solve the remaining problems after the black fire ants refused to provide supplies and withdrew their troops.
I saw leafcutter ant messengers constantly entering and exiting the venue, reporting the progress of the meeting to the queen ant conference and female ant conference of the leafcutter ant clan that were being held at the same time. At the same time, they informed the latest resolutions of the two conferences to the person who presided over the civilized ant clan conference. Leaf ants represent.
It's okay to say that the black fire ants have withdrawn their troops. There are only a few thousand ants, so the gap in combat power is not big.
The main reason is that a lot of supplies originally provided by the black fire ant clan in the victory were wasted. As the direct beneficiary of the Northern Expedition and the force that sent the largest number of troops, the leaf-cutter ant clan was already responsible for the largest supply of supplies, and domestic supplies were stretched. Now It is even more unaffordable.
Leafcutter ant representatives expressed the hope that all tribes would provide a batch of supplies to respond to the emergency, saying that as long as the supplies are sufficient, they are confident that they can command the coalition forces to quickly attack.
So the representatives of each tribe began to push the envelope. The purpose of the expedition of each tribe has been achieved. Now they are willing to cooperate with the Northern Expedition just to fulfill the necessary obligations of allies. Therefore, all tribes have no interest in continuing to send troops and supply additional supplies.
Moreover, each ethnic group's homeland is far away from the war zone, and the newly established overseas vassal states or overseas territories are relatively close but small in area and poor in materials. They are really unwilling to bleed a lot and delay the construction of the new territory.
At present, the closest ones to the leaf-cutter ant nation are the United Ant Nation and the Black Fire Ant Nation. As the black fire ant nation withdrew from this meeting with a tough attitude, the representatives of all races, especially the leaf-cutter ant representatives, turned their hopes to the protagonists. .
Everyone knows that the Ant United States is a real tycoon with abundant supplies.
But the protagonist has no intention of being taken advantage of, and the food supplies in the Ant Alliance are not brought by strong winds, but are produced bit by bit by millions of ants. Moreover, the country is now also figuring out the large-scale development on the south bank of the river. There are many places that need supplies, and they are not as glamorous as other ant tribes imagined!
But the protagonist is not completely clueless. If there are bargaining chips that he is willing to accept, food and supplies are not impossible to provide.
After fierce bargaining, the Ant Alliance finally agreed to supply supplies to the coalition for half a month, but the leafcutter ants had to "gift" the aphid pasture that they leased to the Ant Alliance last year to the Ant Alliance.
At the same time, the protagonist received an important promise: once the black fire ant clan poses a military threat to other civilized ant clans, the Ant Alliance and other clans have the right to make a legitimate response. This promise has been promised by all members of the civilized ant tribe except the black fire ant nation.
This promise is the ultimate goal that the protagonist strives for. The previous Aphid Ranch was more of a cover, and this promise is the big killer.
Because the black fire ants represented the unruly and angry representatives of the various races, they did not realize that there was a lot of room for manipulation. They were just worried that if the black fire ants were becoming barbaric, each race would have legitimate reasons to intervene in advance. They all agreed, and it is estimated that they will not be overturned when they return to China.
The Ant Alliance, as a force currently bordering the remaining vassals of the Black Fire Ant Clan, the Northern Expeditionary Army, obviously has the greatest chance of taking advantage of this opportunity!
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After getting what he wanted, which further enhanced his country's voice in the Civilized Ant Tribe Conference, the satisfied protagonist ordered the transport team to set out to supply supplies to the Northern Expeditionary Alliance Army that had stayed for a long time.
At the same time, the Legion of the Divine Envoy King that participated in the Northern Expedition also officially joined the coalition. Not only was the Northern Expedition not weakened by the departure of the Black Fire Ant Army, it actually became stronger.
This time, the protagonist ordered the army of the Envoy King to assist the coalition forces to seize it. He also felt that it was time to eliminate the remaining forces of the Pavement Ant Empire in the territory of the original Red Fire Ant Kingdom!
On May 4, the coalition forces officially set off and arrived the next day.
Along the way, the fire ant army launched many attacks, and repeated its old tricks in trying to attack the baggage troops behind the coalition forces.
But now the coalition forces are on alert, and there are also flying knights from the God's Envoy Army for reconnaissance and scythe-hunting ferocious ant scouts. The red fire ant army that attacked this time suffered heavy losses from the counterattack, and had to leave two to three thousand vassal soldiers behind. Cannon fodder, then the main force was withdrawn.
When the coalition forces arrived and swept away all the newly built sub-nests of the red fire ant clan in the vicinity, the dictator of the red fire ant country, the "Wisdom Elder", took all his strength and began another cage city battle.
This time the coalition's attack was also not smooth. The "wisdom elder" was very talented in command, and was especially good at the defense of the nest.
The red fire ant nest he was in charge of never conducted inefficient defensive battles outside the nest. He always set the battlefield in a narrow and confusing interior, making it difficult for the coalition's strength advantage to be used!
