In [New Qingqiu City], "Gun II" met "Big Brother", the eldest king of the remaining members of the Northern Expedition Army.
In the information package given by Zhu Jue before, "Gun II" had seen the appearance of his senior brother. Now that he saw the real ant, he could hardly believe that it was the same ant.
Old, slow and wise, this is "Gun II"'s impression of "Big Brother".
As a 12-year-old ant, "Big Brother" should be in his prime. Although he has begun to age physically, his appearance is not yet in such a state.
The carapace is dull in color, and even under firelight you can see whitish spots in some places. The limbs and antennae are thin and weak, the carapace is rough, and the compound eyes lack luster. The appearance of "Big Brother" is more like an old male big-headed ant that has lived for 20 years.
The contrast between his appearance and his true age may be caused by the physical trauma caused by his displacement in the past few years. Or maybe after becoming the oldest king, he was destined to be like his master who betrayed his faith and could only be trapped in the dark underground all year round, suffering from the scorch of the holy fire. It may also be caused by the fact that after single-handedly promoting "Flying Eagle", he was betrayed again and suppressed to death. He retained his status as the "Big Three" but had no real power to bring pressure.
At this time, the "eldest brother" standing in front of "Gun II" looked weathered and might even die at any time.
But he is energetic, and when the tentacles intersect, the information is smooth and logical. He even recalled Zhu Jue's past appearance to "Gun II", showing a kind of vitality that is completely opposite to his appearance.
"Gun II" saw Zhu Jue from ten years ago in the message. Compared with the great being who needs to be looked up to now, the Divine Envoy King at that time was no different except for his darker body color and a pair of wings. .
"Gun II" thought in his heart with great piety: As expected of the God Envoy King, he has defeated aging and death.
The meeting with Lao Wang's "Big Brother" was brief, but relatively successful. The pressure of destroying the country and the fact that the "Flying Eagle" who was extremely hostile to the Ant Alliance was dead, made the male ants of the Northern Expedition restrain the hostility they had been instilled before, and were willing to cooperate with the Ant Alliance under the orders of the suzerain.
However, they still did not plan to fight with the Divine Envoy King's Army in the south, and "Elder Brother" could not force the people to do so. "Gun II" had received the authorization before and readily agreed - the Divine Envoy King's Army did not expect to win the Northern Territory either. Military aid.
The remnants of the Northern Expeditionary Army are willing to send about 6 troops with less than 10,000 troops to support the defense of the overlord country [Black Fire City]. They still need time to gather their troops. The Divine Envoy King's Legion will assume the task of defending the south bank of Black Creek. When the time is right and the Black Fire Ant Kingdom approves, they will be responsible for assisting the Northern Expeditionary Army and other southern reinforcements to move northward into [Black Fire City].
After leaving [New Qingqiu City], the vanguard of the Divine Envoy King's legion, under the guidance of the Flying Knight, arrived at a nest of the Black Fire Ant Kingdom near Black Creek to station themselves.
Only thousands of black fire ants and slave ants are permanently stationed in this nest. Orders have been received in advance. The leader of the male ants came forward to receive the nest and expressed his approval for the entry of one hundred thousand God Envoy King warriors.
However, the Legion of the Divine Envoy King did not enter the city directly. Instead, while it was still dark, they built a new barracks near the lair called [Xinan City] according to the scale of the permanent camp.
"Get Out" directly told the leader of the local black fire ant male that it would be fine if the two parties did not interfere with each other, and then left the other party, who was exuding unhappiness, and left.
The military camp chosen by the Divine Envoy Army has an important geographical location. It guards the middle section of Black Creek and can reach any Nandu ferry in Black Creek within 2 days. It is a garrison and defense hub that was chosen before entering the southern border. .
The mission of the forward troops commanded by "Gun II" is to control this place, cut off the tentacles of the parasitic ants, and then wait for the army personally commanded by the Divine Envoy King Zhu Jue to come for support.
The enemy parasitic army they faced this time numbered in the millions, and was no less threatening than the million-strong army that paved the way for the ant empire back then. However, the strength of the Ant Alliance is now not what it used to be. There are hundreds of thousands of standing troops. Once fully mobilized, it can organize an army of one million.
Zhu Jue has already carried out partial mobilization in the territory. According to the plan to fight against the Pavement Ant Empire or the Destroyer, he regards this war as a rehearsal - in his heart, the parasitic army was once his defeated general, and the threat is far less than that of making himself defeated. The destroyer of generals.
Such local mobilization takes time, and the forward troops of "Roll II" must ensure the safety of the advancing base during this period of time.
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April 23, south bank of Black Creek.
Early that morning, the Divine Envoy King's army filed out from the [Xinan City] military camp, quickly and orderly completed the assembly, and then rushed to the scheduled battlefield under the leadership of the commander.
According to Flying Knight's reconnaissance, a parasitic army of approximately 100,000 people will arrive at the ferry 2 hours west of the camp at noon today.
It was a ferry left over from the Black Fire Ant Kingdom, and there was a bridge built with sticks and fiber on the raised stones in the stream.
"Gun II" decided to ambush this parasitic army here!
Although the number of enemy troops is not less than that of "Gun II", they have no air superiority in the southern border area and have no idea of the movements of the Divine Envoy King's army. Coupled with the terrain advantage, "Gun II" has absolute confidence to win this battle. A battle.
Named "Gun II", this young high-ranking commander has the same character as the ant general from whom his name comes. He is brave and courageous, but also rough and fine. He is what Zhu Jue values and appreciates most. A new generation of generals.
This time he led the army on the expedition under Zhu Jue's order. Perhaps due to fate, he would eventually face a fateful showdown!
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That afternoon, the parasitic army arrived belatedly, and a scout riding a fast-moving parasitic American cockroach appeared furtively near the bridge.
These parasitic ant scouts got off their mounts and searched carefully on the other side of the bridge. No abnormalities were found, so they left half of the troops to guard the bridge. The other three dung beetles and more than 20 parasitic ants began to cross the bridge.
As they crossed the bridge, they used their tentacles to carefully check the condition of the bridge. They seemed very satisfied with this strong and well-maintained bridge.
There was an episode during which a wave hitting the rocks suddenly shot up and swept away a parasitic ant that had crawled under the bridge deck to check. The parasitic ant struggled hard in the water and was washed downstream. The other parasitic ants looked at it and saw that they could not save it, so they ignored it and continued to explore the south side of the bridge.
When the parasitic ants and cockroaches set foot on the south bank of the Black Creek, they searched in all directions. Suddenly they sensed something was wrong, and suddenly turned around and ran away!
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