The reinforcements arriving this time were the remaining five legions of the Northern Expedition Army commanded by Ting Ying.
The territory of the remaining Northern Expeditionary Army is in the south of the suzerain country, the Black Fire Ant Country. It is not close to the war zone, but it arrived at the battlefield very early.
Because the remnants of the Northern Expeditionary Army knew that their territory was now bordering the minions of the fallen God Envoy King, and without the support of the suzerain country, they would soon fall. Faced with the call-up order issued by the sovereign state, they took it very seriously and responded quickly.
In addition, the remnants of the Northern Expeditionary Army inherited the mobilization system of the old Big-headed Ant Kingdom, and absorbed some of the experience taught by the original God Envoy King before his fall, and established a standing army system, so that they could complete mobilization and maneuver as soon as possible.
Flying Eagle, who commanded the reinforcements, paid special attention to this support operation.
Since the previous operations he planned against the Fallen God Emissary King and his minions failed, his position within the force has become precarious, and he has to find a way not to rebuild his prestige.
If it weren't for the support of the other two senior kings, the eldest brother and the public security king, and the mild attitude of the sect master Guoshang towards him, Xiaoying would have been afraid that he might have been executed by the Young Ants.
Flying Eagle himself also knew that among the young male ants, there were rumors that he was originally a minion of the fallen God Envoy King, and it was also said that his heart had not been purified.
Such rumors were half-true and half-false. Flying Eagle had tried to quell or refute them, but to no avail. He could only intensify his hostility against the fallen God-King to prove the legitimacy of his position.
But successive failures increasingly threatened his status and even his own safety. He had no choice. He took the initiative to take command this time, hoping to regain his authority through a military victory and at the same time win further favor from his overlord who had a good attitude towards him.
Under the strict orders of Flying Eagle, the Northern Expedition troops of the five legions were on the road even in the cold early morning and the already dim evening. They often had no time to build temporary camps and spent the night in caves between rocks and trees, arriving in a short time. war zone.
What this resulted in was the non-combat attrition of hundreds of elite soldiers, as well as more hostility from the commander of the subordinate regiment to the squad leader. The young male ants generally had a bad impression of King Flying Eagle, but this time they were sleeping in the open air, which made the young male ants who were used to being pampered most of the time hate the instigator even more...
There are too many ants and mites to worry about, and there is too much hostility to worry about. After leaving the nest of his own clan, Flying Eagle feels much freer and no longer cares about the thoughts of his subordinates. In his opinion, as long as he can gain the favor of the suzerain country, he has achieved his goal.
What chilled Tingying was that when he finally entered the war zone nest and was taken to meet the six most senior ant leaders of the front line, the attitude of the other side was generally very cold. What a good mood.
Flying Eagle has a big head and doesn't quite understand what the problem is.
How did he know that just yesterday, a black fire ant reinforcement force was wiped out outside the city, but today their vassal army entered the city "unscathed".
This made the leaders of the suzerain country feel very uncomfortable. They did not think that their own family was unlucky or that their vassals were very lucky, but they just felt that these vassals were annoying.
Coupled with the recent unfavorable wars, the negative emotions accumulated by the black fire ant leaders need to be vented. If they cannot vent them to the invading termites, they can only spread them on these vassals.
In the eyes of the Black Fire Ant Sect, vassals can be bullied at will. This first vassal army to arrive is the best blowing bag!
And this is the western border of the Black Fire Ant Kingdom. Unlike the core area where the main nest is located and the southern border adjacent to the Northern Expeditionary Army territory, the leaders here do not feel that the main nest attaches great importance to the Northern Expeditionary Army clan, but just regard it as something they must accept. Treated as an ordinary vassal.
Naturally, Xiaoying was not treated in a good mood. Faced with the embarrassment, he felt nervous. After some calculations, he felt that the problem was still due to the unfavorable battle situation.
On the way here, he saw the corpses of many ordinary black fire ant workers outside the city that had not been dealt with.
So Tingying came up with a plan and expressed his willingness to lead his own reinforcements as the vanguard tomorrow and fight to the death against the invading termites outside the city. He asked the army of the suzerain country to support the army.
He hoped that through this statement, these indifferent leaders would take a high look.
But what he got was a clarity full of ridicule. The leaders of the black fire ants did not think that the vassal army of big-headed ants with only 6,000 warriors in 5 legions could change the situation of the war. They had already made up their minds to defend their nests and wait for reinforcements.
Listening patiently to the ridicule from the overlord country, Xiaoying became calm in his heart. He knew that these leaders of the overlord country who had never met him did not trust him and the combat effectiveness of his army. This was not a big problem. He knew that the crux of the matter was indeed the battle situation. That's easy to handle.
Flying Eagle calmly corrected the other party's mistake first:
The reinforcements they arrived this time were indeed 5 legions, but their strength was nearly 10,000, not 6,000.
The leaders of the black fire ants of the sovereign nation were puzzled. There were 36 squads in one legion, and 36 soldiers in each squad. One legion had a full strength of 1,296 soldiers, and five legions had a full strength of 6,480 soldiers. Considering that it is impossible for most legions to maintain full strength, the remnants of the Northern Expedition Army sent 5 legions this time, and the arrival of about 6,000 soldiers was already a relatively high level.
Xiaoying explained: It is true that the remaining Northern Expeditionary Army came with 5 legions, but each legion originally had 30 squads, each with 50 soldiers. When they set off this time, each legion expanded to 10 squads. Worker ants serve as baggage, logistics, and support troops. In this way, one squad has 2,000 soldiers, and five squads have exactly 10,000 soldiers.
However, there were some non-combat attrition on the road, and the current actual strength was less than 10,000. Flying Eagle would not elaborate on these trivial matters to the overlord.
The attention of the male ants of the suzerain nation immediately went astray. They used the cobblestone floor in the conference room to have a heated discussion about why the military structure of the suzerain nation was so strange.
Most civilized ant tribes are accustomed to the hexadecimal system, so 36 ants per team and 36 teams per army are the most common formations. The military system of the remaining troops of the Northern Expedition Army was inherited from the old Big-headed Ant Kingdom and adopted the decimal system.
From the hexadecimal thinking of the black fire ants, if converted to a decimal perspective, the army of this vassal country has 122 soldiers in a squad (50=1*6 squared+2*6+2) , a legion has 104 squads (40=1*6 squared +0*6+4), which is a strange organization.
Tingying couldn't figure out what the opponent's weakness was. He had been accustomed to the decimal system since he was a child, but he was very unaccustomed to the overlord's hexadecimal system.
In the end, despite repeated efforts, Tingying failed to persuade the leaders of the suzerain country to go out for a decisive battle, and could only join the team defending the city...
