In the few days after the siege was lifted, a large number of messengers from the Black Fire Ant Kingdom rushed back and forth in the territory, and the news returned disappointed the King's Council.
With the complete fall of the western and northern territories, the black fire ant country has lost one-third of its territory and a large number of ant colonies. The core of the remaining territory is the hinterland and eastern territory where more than half of the ant colonies live.
Now these two places were also plundered and ravaged by the parasitic army during the siege of Black Fire City. Not one out of ten sub-nests and twenty-three ant colonies remained that were not affected.
Some of the sub-nests that had gathered reinforcements and were preparing to go to Black Fire City were discovered by parasitic flying insects, and were surrounded and suppressed, causing heavy losses.
It can be said that most of the territory of the Black Fire Ant Country has basically lost the national strength to continue to support the fight. It is unrealistic to want to rebuild on a large scale. It would require a peaceful environment and one or two years, which are currently not available. of.
Today, only the southern border of the Black Fire Ant Country remains intact. This was originally just a narrow strip of land on the south bank of the Black Creek, established for the purpose of collecting sphagnum moss, a specialty along the Black Creek.
In the past few years, in order to connect the ground trade routes with the United Ant Nation, the Black Fire Ant Nation expanded southward. The southern border plus the newly conquered land has a vast area. It is larger than the core hinterland where Black Fire City is located, and it is also larger than the core hinterland where Black Fire City is located. It can reach the sum of the three realms of north, west and east.
The disadvantage of today's southern border is that there are not many ant colonies, and the territory is vast and the ants are sparse. The advantage is based on this. It is enough to accommodate the migration of a large number of ant colonies, and it has the assistance of the Black Creek Natural Barrier and the army of allies.
After the messenger from the Ant Alliance proposed that the top leaders of the Black Fire Ant Nation move to the south bank of the Black Creek, the King's Council voted by a narrow margin to abandon Black Fire City and its hinterland, and move the entire clan to the south to avoid the attack of the parasitic army.
On May 10, the parasitic army still stayed at the station and did not move. The flying knights discovered that a large number of cocoons appeared on the back of the local vegetation, both large and small. It seemed that new parasitic beasts were hatching.
The Angel King's Legion organized an air raid at dusk. The newly formed bombing force used incendiary bombs and the assistance of airborne black-clothed turtle ants carrying self-exploding bombs to eliminate some of the gathered cocoons, and then escaped from the parasitic aircraft under the cover of night. The pursuit of insects.
The results were pretty good, but compared to the number of parasite beasts, they were insignificant.
When the Angel King's army launched air raids for many days in a row to contain the parasitic army, the black fire ant kingdom's southward migration officially began.
Countless ant colonies poured out from Black Fire City and the remaining nests, forming long columns and moving south.
Although these ants were forced to flee their homeland and there was no military threat at this time, they were all busy and not chaotic. They looked orderly from the air, but there was also chaos upon closer inspection.
The combat-effective black fire ant warriors and some veterans established a seemingly thin line of defense outside the migration queue. They stood still one by one, staying close to each other, their tentacles touching each other, and their jaws opened almost in a straight line, full of energy. deterrent. These warriors are enough to dispel the prying eyes of ferocious insects. Except for a large and well-trained army, no creature dares to provoke such a large group of ant soldiers.
Slave ants and worker ants from the client ant clan were flowing continuously in the middle of the defense line. Almost every worker ant had its jaws full of either eggs, young ants, pupae, or food or supplies.
Many worker ants helped the queen and older male ants move among them. At this time, the war was in chaos, and the ants were in a panic. Sometimes some humble slave ants carried goods in their mouths, disturbing their antennae and sight, and they could not distinguish the noble people in front of them. He was an ant, so he stepped over him rashly.
This was never allowed in the past. In the highly hierarchical Black Fire Ant Country, even slave ants who offended ordinary soldiers could be directly punished. What's more, if the offended were noble male ants or queens, execution was allowed.
But there is no time to care about these things now. It is urgent to get on the road. The male ants and the guards around the queen can only try their best to squeeze away those daredevils who cannot see the road clearly and protect the main ants.
There are still many ants working together to carry some heavy objects. Large food has basically been broken down into small pieces. Most of the remaining items that cannot be dismantled are some important materials, such as large clay pots, a specialty of the country, and some Simple and wild decorations.
In the country of black fire ants, nobles like to collect decorations in their bedrooms, especially those that can show the bravery of the ants, such as mantis heads and sickles, scorpion tail stings, wasp stings, etc. Or ornaments.
At this time, even if the entire clan migrates, the owners of these decorations are reluctant to discard these treasures. However, among the publicly owned ant clan, there are few things that can be regarded as private property, and they are valuable.
The noble male ants took advantage of their status and privileges, and even mobilized a large number of ant hands to carry these things in the extremely busy period.
As a result, very important but large quantities of goods such as grain cannot be moved at once. According to the estimate of King "Black Tan" who was appointed as the official in charge of the capital relocation plan, at least 200,000 ants will have to be deployed to carry and protect the capital. Returning for the second trip is expected to delay the relocation of the capital by 68 days.
But he did not stop the selfishness of the male ants. After all, he had to carry a lot of decorations, including a painting that was once envied by countless male ants and was exchanged for 216 slave ants from the Ant Alliance. An ornament in the shape of a stag beetle's jaw made of gold.
Amidst all these plans and executions, organization and chaos, selfishness and public interest, the Black Fire Ant Nation's capital relocation operation is slowly showing results.
Along the way, ant flows from various sub-nests merged into the ant flow from the main nest, Black Fire City, just like a stream flowing into a river and then into the sea, finally reaching the north bank of Black Creek.
More than 100,000 ants have arrived at the stream, and a steady stream of ants are arriving one after another.
At this chosen river crossing point, the Ant Alliance, which received a request for support, has already built three rope bridges in advance. Similar to the rope bridges across the wide Qinghe River, these rope bridges are paved with wooden boards and have guardrails, which can accommodate a large number of ants. It can pass quickly and can also carry large and heavy objects.
However, the rope bridge has limited passing capacity after all. The large troops of the Black Fire Ant Nation inevitably piled up on the north bank, anxiously waiting and scrambling for the opportunity to cross the bridge.
There was no concept of queuing at this time, it was all instinctive crowding. Whoever could squeeze through could reach the safe south bank. At this time, the male ants also crowded in the front line with their entourage regardless of their dignity.
On the contrary, many queen ants whose bellies are still relatively large and have not completely recovered from the reproductive mode cannot squeeze through, which makes the commanding "Black Carbon" king very irritated.
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