When Zhu Jue received the battle report from the Western Front, he was leading his army on the way to support.
The battlefield on the northern front has now been stabilized. Relying on the persistence of the underground garrison of the [West Stone Fort] Fortress, relying on the secret transport team to maintain the lifeline of the fortress defenders, and using the Rangers to continuously harass and contain the enemy, the Destroyer has been losing troops for many days. , there is always no way to deal with the small [West Stone Castle].
In desperation, on June 10, the Destroyers moved to the other end of the big stone crevice and began to besiege [East Stone Fort], but they were also unable to defeat the city. This time they were not even able to completely occupy the ground defense line of the fortress.
When Zhu Jue received a flight report on June 12 and learned that the Thin-footed Ant Army on the Western Front was dispatched in large numbers, he immediately sensed a hint of danger.
The Thin-footed Ant Army is betting that if they win, everything will be easy. If the battle goes unfavorably, the war on the Western Front may completely collapse. In a hurry, Zhu Jue also knew that he could not prevent the Thin-footed Ant Army from dispatching. Fortunately, the northern front was stable, so he only withdrew some mobile troops from the northern battlefield, commanded it himself, and hurried to the western front to support.
Fortunately, halfway through, the situation of the battle has become clear. The result is not good but not bad either. The main force of the Thin-footed Ant Army still exists, but not all the Destroyers on the Western Front have been wiped out. Both sides have suffered heavy losses and are temporarily unable to fight again. .
After Zhu Jue heard the news, he did not rush to return to the northern front to take charge. Instead, he let the troops stationed on the spot. He rushed to the main nest of the Thousand Foot Ant Nation in a light and simple manner.
There, Zhu Jue had a secret communication with the old male ant "Priest King" in charge of sacrifices in the Thin-footed Ant Kingdom. The specific content of the communication is unknown. But soon after Zhu Jue left and returned to the northern line, the "Priest King" claimed to have received the "oracle" from the "Wind God"!
"oracle"!
This news immediately shocked the entire Thin-legged Ant clan. As a civilized ant clan inherited from the God of Wind, although they believed in the God of Wind, gods and oracles seemed too far away from the lives of ordinary Thin-legged Ants. Only when there is an occasional strong wind disaster, some senior male ants will guess whether the Wind God is angry, and then they will think of increasing the sacrifices to ask for the Wind God's forgiveness.
At other times, the God of Wind does not show his pity or anger. He is a totem-like god from above. The attitude of the Thin-footed Ant Clan toward the God of Wind is mostly belief but no hope.
Historically, among the "priest kings" who have been passed down for hundreds of generations, only Liao Liao has received "oracles". Most of these "oracles" are obscure, or the content is irrelevant, which is of no concern to the small-footed ants. none.
But this time, the "oracle" is extremely clear, and it is related to the war situation!
The "oracle" states: The invasion of the little devil ants is a major crisis that will destroy the world. This defense battle is a sacred battle. No god or inheritance can deal with it alone. All gods in the sky and all inheritances on the earth should work together to deal with it. This world-ending crisis.
With the "Oracle", the "Priest King", whose status was not high at first, immediately became the powerful one in the main nest, and a group of male ants who were pious to the gods quickly gathered around him. Thanks to their efforts, the leaders of the main nest of the Thin-footed Ant Clan finally issued an order to their armies on the western and northern fronts!
The Thin Foot Ant Nation will obey the unified command of the civilized ants during the Holy War! In other words, Zhu Jue, who is the supreme commander of the Civilized Ant Alliance, has greatly enhanced his control over the Thin-footed Ant Army.
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3 days later.
The old battlefields on the Western Front were in shambles. It rained again yesterday, and the rain washed away the traces of fierce battles on the ground. It washed away the corpses and blood stains that had not been restrained in time, as if the previous battle had never happened.
However, the ruined lairs, desolate territories, and wounded soldiers all tell the horror of war.
After the battle on the stone ground, the Destroyers evacuated the western border of the Thin-footed Ant Kingdom in one breath, but the defenders still couldn't relax.
Especially "Broken Horn", when he finally led his army to a tragic victory and reported the victory back to the main nest, he received more criticism and blame than praise. The leaders of the main nest were shocked by the huge losses, and believed that it was inappropriate not to be able to annihilate the Destroyer despite such losses.
Faced with the accusation, "Broken Horn" was very angry. He had tried his best. Those leaders who were pampered in the main nest would not know the hardships on the front line. But there is nothing he can do. The principle of an ant colony is always that the collective is greater than the individual.
It was precisely because of the lessons of this tragic victory that the leaders realized that it was difficult to win by relying solely on the thin-footed ants themselves, so they finally agreed with the "oracle".
When the "Oracle" and the order from the main nest reached the western front, "Broken Horn" reluctantly accepted the order and declared to obey the order of Zhu Jue, the supreme commander of the civilized ant alliance.
The Flying Knight returned to the Western Front and conducted long-distance reconnaissance of the former Sharp-tailed Ant territory and other places.
The results of the investigation were extremely unoptimistic. Within the scope of the three-day flight, it was estimated that there were more than 100,000 Destroyers active on the ground, and they were spreading out to conquer and kill the indigenous ants. If you include the Destroyers hidden underground and the Destroyers in a wider area, once more than 100,000 Destroyers gather, the battlefield of the Thin-footed Ant Nation will face another test of life and death.
The main force of the Thin-footed Ant Nation is still resting, silently licking the wounds after the battle, and is unable to fight again in the short term. When the defense on the northern front became more stable, Zhu Jue commanded the labor force of the Xizhijieyi Nation and devoted himself to strengthening the defense on the western front.
The western front is different from the northern front. There are no natural chasms like big rock gaps to block it. It is almost a vast flat land. Naturally, it cannot rely on two or three large fortresses to block the enemy like the northern front.
But apart from the fortress, Zhu Jue did not have a good fighting method to face the destroyers. Only by relying on fortifications and mobile troops, the defenders who were generally at a disadvantage could have the capital to stand firm in the face of the continuous influx of destroyers.
After handing over the command of "Broken Point", Zhu Jue directed the labor force to build a large number of small and medium-sized fortresses on the western front, forming a continuous fortress group.
These fortresses are different from the simple nests of the thin-legged ants. They are all like miniature versions of the "Western Stone Fortress". Each one is fully equipped with ant mounds, walls and trenches, as well as hidden underground fortifications and long passages. A secret passage to the outside world.
In the main nest of the Thin-footed Ant Kingdom, almost all handicraft production has been suspended. The worker ants have switched to producing crossbows. This weapon with a simple structure has proven its value and is easy to manufacture. After Zhu Jue taught the technology to the After joining the Jiejie ant clan, he quickly gained recognition.
Zhu Jue hoped that every small and medium-sized fortress on the Western Front would be equipped with enough ballistas. Thousands of ballistas would be needed, and the production of so many ballistas would require a large amount of raw materials and abundant workers.
