The Black Fire Ants and the remaining leaders of the Northern Expeditionary Army had no strategy, so the troops below were at a loss as to what to do. They wandered around [Western City] every day, and other than interfering with the normal production of the Ant Alliance and looting some supplies in the wild, they did nothing else. , and it didn’t cause much damage.
The Black Fire Ant Army and the Northern Expeditionary Army did not even surround [Western City], leaving a sliver of face. Flying knight messengers swaggered in and out of [Western City] every day, conveying the latest orders.
But the God Envoy King’s Legion took the lead in launching a counterattack!
May 12th.
On this day, the warriors of the Divine Envoy King in [Western Realm City] suddenly came out and raided the nearest joint force of the Black Fire Ant Army and the remaining Northern Expeditionary Army.
In the end, the God Envoy King's Army killed more than 20 black fire ants in the joint force, while only the only male ant in the Northern Expedition Army was killed. The other big-headed ant warriors expressed their surrender and were not taken away, but were killed instead. release.
This skirmish had two direct consequences:
In order to retaliate, the black fire ant army launched a small attack on the nest of [Western City]. With the deliberate indulgence of the defenders, the leading black fire ant soldiers went more than one meter deep into the ground.
It wasn't until the God Envoy King's Legion got hold of the information package evidence that the other party had entered [Western City] that Cai mobilized his troops to repel the black fire ants.
The protagonist's plan to release the big-headed ant warriors was an extremely simple strategy to sow discord, and it also achieved good results.
The senior officials of the Northern Expeditionary Army were still a little confused as to why they released the prisoners of their own race, thinking that they had the same sympathy. When the Black Fire Ants passed there, some leaders already suspected whether there was a secret relationship between the Northern Expeditionary Army and the Ant Alliance. They also knew that the remaining members of the Northern Expeditionary Army and the Ant Alliance were really from the same source!
In the afternoon of that day, the four field legions of the Ant Alliance, which had been waiting outside [Western City] for a long time, received the order and began to counterattack.
Prior to this, the protagonist had asked "Little Flower" to pass the evidence of the black fire ant invasion [Western City] to the leaf-cutter ant clan and other permanent representatives of various clans, creating a public opinion atmosphere that the black fire ant army invaded first, occupying The moral high ground.
He is a disciple of the famous Divine Envoy King's legion, and it also protects his homeland. After receiving the protagonist's order, he fiercely repels the opponent who has been hesitating for several days like thunder burning grass.
This time, the Angel King's army did not kill, did not outflank, and did not use artillery to plow the ground. It was just frontal pressure from the infantry, seeking to repel rather than kill.
After the combined forces of the Black Fire Ant Nation and the Northern Expeditionary Army retreated, the God Envoy King's army entered [Western City] to rest and recuperate, and local production and life began to resume.
At the same time, in [Holy Tree City], the diplomatic war continues to be staged.
This time, the reason why the Divine Envoy King's Legion did not go deep into [New Qingqiu City] to retaliate despite having the upper hand and having legitimate reasons was that the protagonist knew that this conflict was not just a small-scale military conflict. It is also a political conflict and a diplomatic conflict between civilized ant tribes.
Military, taking last place in this dispute, must be subordinated to politics and diplomacy.
The protagonist's series of operations have successfully portrayed the Ant Alliance as a victim at the civilized ant conference. Representatives from all races have already believed that the black fire ant clan was the first to provoke this time.
But this does not mean that if the Ant Alliance launches a large-scale retaliation, it will be supported by the ant tribes of various civilizations, and they each have their own calculations.
Through private contacts, the protagonist knows that the leaf cutter ants support the Ant United Nation in retaliating, but only on a small scale. Their big goal is to integrate both the Ant Federation and the Black Fire Ant Nation into the Northern Expedition to assemble the civilized ant tribe. It is the strategic goal of all efforts to regain [North Pine City]. This is the strategic interest of the Leafcutter Ant Nation. They will not give up their position, and they are not willing to let the situation worsen.
The Thin-footed Ant Clan firmly supports the Black Fire Ant Nation. The relationship between the two countries is extraordinary, and they have been exerting pressure on the Ant Alliance Nation through their permanent envoys, hoping that this will end.
The other tribes have their own concerns, and what they want more is to expand the area of overseas vassal states or territories near the "Holy Tree". No matter whether this land is cut from the Black Fire Ant Country, the Ant Alliance Country or the Leafcutter Ant Country, It will be all right!
Even though the Ant Alliance occupies the advantage of public opinion and the moral high ground, it has been a member of the civilized ant tribe for too short a time and its foundation is too shallow. The prestige that the Black Fire Ant Nation has built over thousands of years can offset many of the Ant Alliance's advantages.
However, the biggest advantage of the Ant Alliance lies in the protagonist's grasp of the ants' hearts and interests!
After finding out the information, although the protagonist was a little angry, he was no longer the impulsive young man he was before.
After careful consideration, he decided to give up military retaliation for the time being. He only ordered the Divine Envoy King's legion to cross the border area to plunder. He did not directly retaliate against [New Qingqiu City]. This showed an attitude and did not touch the bottom line of all parties.
In this way, the Ant Alliance still maintained the image of the victim in this conspiracy. The protagonist used this position to pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger, and raised new demands in the civilized ant conference that lasted for many days.
The Ant Alliance proposed to deprive the Black Fire Ant Nation of its territory in [Liuyi City] and hand it over to the Ant Alliance as compensation.
The Black Fire Ant Nation would obviously not agree, and other tribes would not get any benefits. No ant tribe expressed support. Only the Leafcutter Ant Nation hoped that the two sides would quickly end the conflict and expressed that this plan was acceptable.
There was a huge disparity between support and opposition, and the proposal of the Ant Alliance was rejected.
But then, the Ant Alliance proposed a second plan. This was their purpose. The previous unfeasible proposal was just a cover and a foreshadowing.
This time, the Ant Alliance still wants to deprive the Black Fire Ant Nation of [Sixty-One City] as an overseas vassal state, but the Ant Alliance no longer demands its territory. It is recommended that this territory be equally divided among the other surrounding tribes participating in the expedition. The overseas territory of the civilized ant tribe.
The eyes of the representatives of the ant tribe who participated in the meeting immediately shone. The ants showed a lack of strategic vision and short-sightedness. Faced with the honeydew that was delivered to their door, the representatives of the ant tribe who had interests to gain only slightly ignored it. To weigh means to accept.
Even the die-hard Slender-footed Ant Clan of the Black Fire Ant Nation was willing to approve this plan, which made the representative of the Black Fire Ant Nation very angry...
The noisy civilized ant conference that lasted for many days finally came to an end. Even though the black fire ant representative stubbornly refused to accept it, the conference still passed the second proposal of the Ant Alliance.
The United Ant Nation seemed to have gained nothing from this conference, but it only disgusted the Black Fire Ant Nation.
However, they also carry the reputation of the victim and have the power to retaliate. Just when other civilized ant tribes began to put pressure on the Black Fire Ant Nation, requiring them to fulfill the resolution of the conference and hand over [Liuyi City]. The Legion of the God Envoy King began to cross the border and officially attacked the main nest of the remaining Northern Expedition Army [New Qingqiu City], and began to take revenge!
