Unlike the slow-moving South Route Army, the North Route Black Fire Ant Army, led by its supreme commander "Flying Eagle", arrived at its destination in just two days, which was extremely fast.
The organization of the North Route Army is similar to that of the South Route Army. There are also 8 black fire ant legions and 24 other vassal and slave ant legions. Some legions are not full and the total strength is less than 50,000.
The North Route Army is stronger than the South Route Army because among its vassal legions, 7 legions are the elite of the Big-headed Ant clan to which the "Flying Eagle" belongs, including 2 "Leather Armor Army" legions. In addition, there are still a few usable red forest ants and belly ant corps, and the number of available soldiers is more than that of the South Route Army.
The North Route Army commanded by "Liao Ying" was also treated equally by the Main Nest and South Route Army, and was only allocated three days of food and a small amount of crow wine and honey dew. He led the team to set off without any hesitation, and used the name of the Divine Envoy King to temporarily suppress the dissatisfaction of the middle and lower-level generals.
In order to ensure the marching speed, the Northern Route Army left behind four of the burrowing ant corps with the weakest combat effectiveness to carry food and supplies behind them. The main force was well fed and well-fed, traveling lightly and without any luggage, relying entirely on supplies from the secondary nests along the way. , to reach the front line in such a short time.
At this time, the situation in the northern border of the Black Fire Ant Kingdom was very bad. After the fall of Tuya Fortress, the entire northern border was no longer safe to defend. It lacked unified command and no mobile troops, and fell into a situation of fighting independently.
Each nest can only use the local resident ant colonies to resist spontaneously. The result of fighting each other is that they fall under the offensive of the parasitic army, which is completely trading space for time.
Today, two-thirds of the nests in the north have been lost or lost contact. Only a few nests in the south and along the Qinghe River are still resisting in an organized manner. This is all the power that the "Flying Eagle" can use locally.
According to statistics, the total number of ant colonies in these nests is less than 300,000, of which less than 60,000 are black fire ants.
Today, an army of 300,000 parasitic ants is plundering and attacking in the northern border. It is divided into more than 10 groups. The largest main force led by "Parasite Ikkyu" has more than 100,000 parasitic ants. The number of other troops ranges from several thousand to It ranges from ten to twenty thousand, and is directed by other lower-level brains.
The reason why the parasitic army dares to divide its troops is because the northern border has lost effective field resistance these days, and a dispersed strategy is more efficient for the parasitic army.
And with the flying parasite beasts controlling the sky and mastering the air, the parasitic army has no fear of counterattack.
The enemy troops are now dispersed. This is the only good news that Flying Eagle got after arriving at the front line.
At this time, he led his troops to station in a nest called "Hawthorn Tree City". The ant mound of this sub-nest was built around the trunk of a hawthorn tree. There were more than 40,000 resident ant mounds.
This is already a larger nest in the unoccupied area of the front line, and the transportation is convenient, so "Flying Eagle" chose this place as its base.
The baggage corps that will slowly arrive later will transport a small amount of grain and fodder here in the future, and this will serve as the main base of the North Route Army.
At present, the food stored in the nest is enough for the army to consume for more than 10 days, which is enough to support consumption in a short period of time.
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After arriving at [Hawthorn Tree City], "Flying Eagle", as the envoy king, enjoyed the special product offered by the local male ants as usual - the hawthorn pulp harvested before last winter.
The cold and extremely sour taste made "Flying Eagle" shudder, and his mind instantly felt much clearer. This kind of fruit really didn't suit his taste. If it wasn't enough to satisfy his hunger, no ants would be willing to pick it up and eat it.
Ants still like sweets.
After enjoying the special products, the local male ants recognized the identity of the "Flying Eagle" as the envoy king, the special envoy of the main nest, and the commander of the army, and began to obey his orders.
"Flying Eagle" ordered the troops to rest and recuperate in [Hawthorn Tree City] to relieve the fatigue caused by two consecutive days of forced march. At the same time, he sent local ants to search in the direction in which the pheromone came, and gathered a few stragglers.
There are also some ants collecting fiber materials everywhere, making ant silk, or weaving raw materials into ropes.
"Flying Eagle" plans to use ropes to cover the outside of [Hawthorn Tree City] with an air defense net. In the future, every nest in the north will have an air defense net to deal with the huge threat of flying parasitic beasts.
Many ant messengers were sent to the nests that had not yet fallen. "Flying Eagle" knew that he had limited troops and lack of supplies. He had to squeeze out the last bit of mobile troops and supplies from the nests that had already suffered heavy losses to expand his mobile force. Strength.
If you can't stop the fallen ants, then no matter how many troops there are in these nests, it won't help.
There are also many local ants in [Hawthorn Tree City] that are not involved in daily production, but are spread far away to form a tight and wide investigation network.
This reconnaissance net is fragile, even more fragile than the unfinished air defense net. A single scout ant has no ability to resist when faced with parasitic ants and insect beasts, and can even be easily parasitized.
But only the scouts who act dispersedly can rely on their numbers to escape the pursuit of the parasitic beasts that control the air and bring back the necessary information.
Nowadays, there is no safe time in the air in the northern territory of the black fire ant kingdom. Parasitic wasps may fly over at any time and anywhere, killing scattered ants and detecting the movements of the black fire ant kingdom.
"Flying Eagle" had already responded. He took advantage of the early morning to lead the main force to complete the last stretch of the journey and enter [Hawthorn Tree City], avoiding the detection of the parasite beast.
After a day of reconnaissance with great losses, the few scouts who escaped the flying parasite beasts brought back the latest information.
In the north, northwest, and west directions of [Hawthorn Tree City], there are four parasitic troops operating within half a day's journey, with varying strength, but the specific scale has not been found out.
"Flying Eagle" weighed it again and again, and selected a parasitic unit that the scouts estimated to have fewer troops and the closest distance, as the target for the operation.
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It was night, dark and windy, with the unique coolness of spring.
The air was humid, and a light rain fell in the evening. It was not heavy and it didn't take long. It soaked the leaves of the plants and the ground, causing some difficulties for the ants moving at night.
"Flying Eagle" ordered "Stubborn King" to command 4 Northern Expedition Army legions to carry out this night attack mission, with 2 black fire ant legions and 2 red forest ant legions as backup.
This was a trick he learned from the fallen God Envoy King. Without air supremacy, although operating at night was difficult, it was the most beneficial to our army.
Thinking of air supremacy, "Flying Eagle" thought of the time when he soared into the sky on a fly mount. He wanted to return to the sky, but he never had the chance.
After winning this victory and achieving military exploits, he must let the Black Fire Ant Kingdom assign him a fire bee as a mount - this is what "Flying Eagle" thought.
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