On the last day of September, three armies dispatched troops from [Black Fire City], kicking off the second phase of the Northern Expedition of the Civilized Ant Alliance.
At the same time, as the King's Council, the highest authority in the Black Fire Ant Country, moved back to [Black Fire City], Zhu Jue also left this newly recovered frontline nest in advance and retreated to the bridgehead on the north side of Black Creek to station himself. Coordinate the three armies in the center.
He also did this to prevent two power agencies from constraining each other in [Black Fire City]. As the top military commander of the civilized ant alliance, Zhu Jue did not want to waste precious time in endless internal friction.
Under Zhu Jue's recent continuous crow wine offensive, the "Hei Tan" King of the Black Fire Ant Country has told him the internal secrets of the Black Fire Ant Country. Zhu Jue knew that there were also some secrets in the King's meeting of the Black Fire Ant Country. There are many elements who are dissatisfied with themselves.
Fortunately, King "Black Tan" has almost completely surrendered to him now. He has become Zhu Jue's pawn to break into the Black Fire Ant Kingdom, and he has a very high status.
There is really no reason why King "Heitan" should not listen to the protagonist. In addition to the friendship between the two parties, the crow wine from the Ant Alliance has become the lifeblood of King "Heitan". When he was stationed at the border, he could get a steady supply of crow wine. Later, the Ant Alliance provided him with special crow wine with a very high concentration of crow honey, which was extremely addictive.
The current King "Hei Tan" can't live without crow wine all day long, and ordinary crow wine is ineffective for him, so he must have special crow wine. If he doesn't drink it for a day, he will feel extremely uncomfortable, and he can't wait to tear himself into two pieces. to relieve pain.
King "Black Charcoal" is not unaware of the effects of this addiction on his physiology and psychology, but now he will go to any lengths to supply crow wine, together with the most elite black fire ant army under his command. Go through fire and water for crow wine.
Whoever controls Crow Wine is King Black Tan and the leader of his troops.
Zhu Jue had never thought that crow wine was so effective, and crow wine was not only sold to the Black Fire Ant Kingdom. Many noble ants from the civilized ant tribe were also fond of crow wine...
After Zhu Jue moved to the bridgehead, King "Black Carbon" did not stay in [Black Fire City]. Part of his legion stayed behind to guard the newly recovered main nest, and part of it followed the Eastern Expedition Army. He himself followed Zhu Jue closely so that he could enjoy the special crow wine shipped by air for the first time every day.
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On the first day after the three-way army set off, reconnaissance cavalry went out in all directions, but no useful information was detected. The parasites seemed to have died down again.
Not to mention that there was not much parasitic activity in the north and west. Even the Eastern Expeditionary Army, which had the heaviest combat mission in the plan, was safe along the way. The parasitic organisms that had just launched a surprise attack seemed to disappear without a trace.
In the evening of that day, the three armies camped separately, waiting to continue their march the next day.
But that night, the Eastern Expeditionary Army suffered a strange and familiar night attack...
When it was late at night, all the soldiers of the Eastern Expedition were scattered in more than 10 temporarily dug underground shallow nest camps to rest.
On the ground, this camp has a circle of walls and trenches. These are defenses built according to the rules of the Angel King's Legion to prevent sneak attacks like yesterday morning.
However, at night, there is no alert on the ground. The ants prefer to be active during the day. The Angel King's Army has never been attacked at night, so sentries are only placed at the entrances and exits of each camp at night.
At the same time, the flying knights in the sky have already returned to the rear base. Although the moonlight is bright tonight, it is impossible for them to conduct night reconnaissance.
But in this bright night, when the Eastern Expeditionary Army was defenseless, there were a large number of other creatures moving in an organized manner, approaching the camp under the gloomy moonlight.
The night was already dark, and the temperature at the end of September was slightly cooler. Even the sentries at the entrances and exits consciously moved underground to avoid the cold air pouring in from the entrance of the cave.
At this time, a thick tendon was slowly stretched out from an underground entrance near the edge of the camp.
This is a grass tendon as thick as a soybean, with a hollow center. The surface of the grass tendon has longitudinal lines, which is rough and tough. If Zhu Jue were here, he would definitely be familiar with this kind of grass tendon, which is the stem of the common weed Knuckleweed.
The grass tendons stretched into the hole, but did not attract the attention of the sentries. Several sentries had retreated to shelter from the wind and took a nap. Their tentacles trembled occasionally, but they did not notice anything strange.
Why does this weed stick into the ground?
Soon, as a stream of black smoke gushes out of the hollow pipes of the grass, the answer becomes self-evident.
Among more than 10 underground camps, one-third of the outer camps were attacked by black smoke almost simultaneously. The black smoke from ants slowly poured into the underground camps. Because the entrances and exits were blocked, it could only spread downwards.
The black smoke finally aroused the alert of the sentries, but they could not stop it at all. The rapidly spreading smoke immediately caused a panic. The awakened ants were instinctively afraid of the hot and exciting black smoke and ran around in panic.
Some commanders tried to prevent the ants from rushing to the ground, but the closer they got to the entrance of the hole, the greater the concentration of black smoke. The approaching ants were quickly knocked to the ground and unable to get up.
Other commanders who were quick to see the opportunity ordered their subordinates to block some passages with sand and soil to prevent the thick smoke from spreading further underground and avoid greater casualties.
At the same time, the vibration of a large number of ants frantically knocking on the walls for help finally attracted the attention of the troops in the underground camp who had not been attacked. Some sentinels were released and were immediately attacked by parasitic organisms on the ground.
After finally realizing that he had encountered a night attack, the commander of the Eastern Expedition Army "Gun II" who was in the middle camp quickly mobilized the troops around him to fight back.
There were many tank troops around him, but the enemy's situation was unclear at night and he did not dare to use these precious big guys casually. He just let the infantry organize a counterattack first.
The counterattacking infantry quickly engaged in a melee with a group of parasites in the dark night. The battle was short but fierce. As the Eastern Expeditionary Army troops attacked one after another, these night attackers began to retreat.
The enemy's situation was unclear and the night was deep, so "Gun II" did not dare to pursue. He quickly noticed the long straw pipes, and black smoke was rising from some damaged areas, which was scorching.
"Gun II" has never seen this thing live, but he has seen it in the combat example information package that Zhu Jue taught. It is a prop for the smoke attack.
On the ground beneath their feet, the panicked tapping vibrations of the trapped ants in the camp continued to be heard. "Gun II" hurriedly organized the ants, braving the residual smoke and scorching heat, to move the straw flues and clear the blocked entrances and exits. Only then did the underground dilemma be solved.
At dawn the next day, "Gun II" summoned the flying knights who came for routine investigation to report the situation last night urgently!
