Zhu Jue stood in the high tower of [Xin Yang City] and looked through the openings of several open wooden windows in his palace here. The entire [Xin Yang City] could be seen at a glance.
This is a majestic large nest, a magnificent and glorious ant city, and an extremely strong military fortress.
In this [Xinyang City], there are towering ant mound towers, thick city walls, protruding lookouts, smoking chimneys, and criss-crossing roads. Most of them are ants inside and outside the city, inside and outside the nest.
This is the landing place of the Divine Envoy King's army after months of trekking on the waterway. This is the birthplace of the new Ant Alliance. This is also where Zhu Jue has lived for several years. It is an important and meaningful nest.
But now, this nest seems a bit empty. Last year, a large number of government agencies moved south to [Pioneer City], and the large-scale iron smelting industry and industrial workers also evacuated to [Hardware City] and other places on the south bank of Qinghe River. Only a small number of ants working in the iron smelting industry, military industry, and agriculture are left in [Xinyangcheng], and the ant population has been greatly reduced.
Although the political status of [Xin Yangcheng] is still the capital, it only retains the same deputy nest meeting as other deputy nests, but the scale is slightly larger, unlike the deputy capitals of human countries that often have a complete set of backup power structures.
Zhu Jue believes that there is no need for another set of power structures, because if the Ant Alliance encounters the most serious military threat, it will definitely come from the north. [New Yang City] will definitely be threatened before the new main nest [Pioneer City]. There is no need to back up the authority here.
However, the scale of the deputy nest meeting in [Xinyang City] is larger than that of other nests. There are as many as 72 noble ants serving as members, including some older ants who cannot enter the joint conference and ministries of various ethnic groups for various reasons. hold office.
Moreover, the deputy nest meeting in [Xinyang City] can interfere with the affairs of other deputy nests on the north bank of the Qinghe River. In fact, it still assumes the functions of the capital and the political center on the north bank of the Qinghe River.
Zhu Jue looked at the empty interior of [Xinyang City] with some emotion. There were at most 7 ant tribes and nearly a million ants living here, but now less than one-third are left.
But this is inevitable. The geographical conditions of [Xinyangcheng] have inherent disadvantages. For example, the groundwater level is too high, which prevents the nest from expanding deep underground. While the ant mounds on the ground are built higher and higher, although they can accommodate more ants, the disadvantages are It is these ant mounds that lead to excessive heating requirements in winter. Most of the ants living in the ant mounds have to move underground to spend the winter in crowded and uncomfortable places. Moreover, the hinterland of [Xinyang City] is narrow and there is no room for expansion. It is not feasible to expand the floor area.
Therefore, reducing the number of ant colonies here to 300,000 is the appropriate carrying capacity. And [Xinyang City]’s former status and glory, just like the big white poplar tree at the top of the city, are gradually shrinking...
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At this time, a guard soldier came to report that King "Heitan"'s troops had crossed the river and had just entered [Xinyang City].
King "Black Tan"'s troops were the first batch of allied troops to set off under the orders of "God's decree". They acted together with a legion of the God's Envoy King and were the first to arrive at the assembly point.
Zhu Jue did not hesitate to win over the biggest "supporter of the Ant Alliance" in the Black Fire Ant Country. King "Hei Tan"'s favorite crow wine was almost freely available, and even the veteran king of the Ant Alliance was also Unlimited rationing of honeydew and fine food is impossible.
The "Black Coal" King is also very wise. He is not a stubborn "Black Coal" King. He knows how low he should be. He came to visit Zhu Jue as soon as he arrived here.
As soon as they met, King "Black Tan" said with surprise: The parasitic army has really evacuated from the Black Fire Ant Kingdom! He got the news from the flying knights of the Ant Alliance during the march.
Zhu Jue took it indifferently. The "divine decree" he had previously conveyed to the Divine Envoy King's Legion and the Allies stated that the fallen ants would leave voluntarily after the beginning of spring, and the civilized ant alliance should move to the north bank of the Qinghe River.
At that time, most of the alliance commanders must have found it hard to believe that once such vicious mythical creatures as the fallen ants appeared, how could they be easily evacuated. But facts will prove the partial authenticity of this "divine decree" and will also make Zhu Jue's title of "Divine Envoy King" even more mysterious.
King "Heitan" was eloquently expressing his worship to the gods, the Divine Envoy King and the Divine Will. It seemed that such a miraculous prophecy completely shocked him.
It is estimated that the same is true for the commanders of other tribes. In the past few days, flying knight messengers have been reporting that the civilized ant tribe expedition forces from various places have begun to set off one after another, following the instructions of the "divine decree" to go to the Ant United Kingdom and the Leaf-cutting Ant Nation on the north bank of the Qinghe River. Territory, unlike before, just wait and see.
Only Zhu Jue was not surprised. This divine edict was completely fabricated by him, but the content about the evacuation of parasitic organisms was true.
My trip to [Bun City] also gave the parasitic creatures a result. It can be said to be a success or a failure. In any case, they have no meaning in staying here. What's more, they are also threatened by more dangerous enemy ants...
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It was already mid-to-late March, and the mobilizing legions of the Divine Envoy King were constantly crossing the river from the two rope bridges of [Xinyang City] and [Red Iron City]. Now more than 100 legions have entered the northern border and rushed to the front line. [Beisong City], as well as [Hive City], [Panellia City], [Hematite City] and other places in the hinterland.
This time, Zhu Jue knew that it was impossible to defend the enemy from the outside, and the first batch of troops would deploy in depth. At the same time, Zhu Jue is preparing to gather a powerful strategic reserve force at hand. This is his most powerful strike force.
Bad news came from the Leafcutter Ant Nation in the west two days ago. Due to the recent deterioration of the relationship between the United Ant Nation and the other party, the Leafcutter Ant Nation still declined the God's Envoy King's Legion despite receiving the "divine decree". The requirement to assist in border defense indicates that the country’s military is capable of shouldering the responsibility of defending the national border.
Due to the withdrawal of parasitic organisms, some of the parasitic organisms that were a scourge in the western border of the leaf-cutter ant country also left the air and water, which gave the leaf-cutter ant country confidence.
But they are not stupid either. The Stone Desert Archback Ant Empire Army and Thief Ant Army that had previously assisted in the battle were invited to stay in the Leafcutter Ant Kingdom to guard against the huge threat claimed in the "divine decree".
The three armies of the Thin-legged Ants, the Marching Ants, and the Sharp-tailed Ants are also being invited to join the defense of the Leafcutter Ant Nation. Anyway, the "divine decree" requires the defense of the north bank of the Qinghe River. It does not say that they must go to the territory of the Ant Alliance. They are going Helping to prevent leaf-cutting ant country is not disobeying the "divine decree"!
By the end of March, the weather had completely warmed up, and there was finally news about the enemy ants in the "divine decree"!
