Until the beginning of July, the Destroyers did not launch a new offensive. Even the Destroyers on the northern front evacuated in mid-June after their teacher failed. However, the Flying Knights detected that the Destroyers had gradually eliminated the Thin-footed Ants. The indigenous ant forces on the west and north sides of the country are even gradually approaching the southern border of the country, presenting a strategic situation of being surrounded on three sides.
The next attack of the Destroyer will be even more thunderous and difficult to deal with.
In order to build the western front fortress group in a short period of time, build a defensive position against the Destroyer, and even cover the southern and northern fronts, Zhu Jue, with the assistance of the leaders of the Thin-footed Ant Kingdom, recruited a large number of ants to go there There are enough construction sites for millions of people to ensure that hundreds of fortresses will be constructed one after another.
A large number of young and strong ants have left production. In addition, wars have continued since the beginning of spring, and natural disasters have occurred from time to time. Normal production capacity has been destroyed, and the food inventory of the Little Foot Ant Country has gradually approached a dangerous level.
After the Thin-footed Ant Kingdom exchanged all the tradable materials for food through caravans, but to no avail, the leaders of the Thin-legged Ants finally couldn't sit still and came to Zhu Jue for help.
Zhu Jue didn't have many options. Although the Ant Alliance country was not short of food, it was really a drop in the bucket to help a country with nearly ten million people through inefficient air transportation.
Zhu Jue could only focus on the army ants in the south.
The territory of the army ants is to the south of the country of the small-legged ants. When the army ants had the largest range of activities, they were once close to the border of the country of the small-footed ants. However, in recent years, the army ants, which have no fixed abode, have not hunted north again. This area Occupied by some indigenous ant tribes established by migration or marriage flights.
The army ants will allow these short-lived indigenous ant tribes to temporarily appear within their control. When they patrol this land again, all the inventories of these weak indigenous tribes and even their own corpses will become the army ants. of trophies.
After the Sharp-tailed Ant Nation and Honeydew Melon returned to their homeland and perished, the Army Ant Clan has become the closest civilized ant force to the Thin-legged Ant Nation. Starting from the location of the Army Ant Clan's current "King's Court", it only takes half a month to walk. You can enter the territory of the Thin Foot Jie Ant Kingdom. Moreover, the army ant clan is very powerful. They mainly hunt and have a vast territory, rich products, and must have a lot of food reserves. They are the only ant clan that has the ability to support the small-footed ant nation.
Zhu Jue immediately sent a messenger in the name of the supreme commander of the Civilized Ant Alliance, and "Broken Horn" in the name of the leader of the Thin-footed Ant Nation, requesting assistance from the Marching Ants.
Three days later, the answer given by the Marching Ant clan did not satisfy Zhu Jue and the Thin-footed Ant Nation. The Marching Ant Nation agreed to assist with some food, and at the same time, about seven or eight thousand soldiers responsible for transportation would participate in the battle as reinforcements.
However, the food provided by the marching ant country is still far from the needs of the small footed ant country. Zhu Jue estimated that if millions of strong laborers were to be taken out of production for more than half a month to build the Western Front Fortress Group, the food aid needed by the Marching Ant Country would need to be ten times more to meet consumption.
No one's food comes from the strong wind, it is obtained by the hard work of individual worker ants. No matter how rich the army ants are, their generosity has its limits. It is not easy to be willing to help. Zhu Jue cannot force this powerful force to continue. Donate unconditionally.
In the end, Zhu Jue had no choice but to pay out of his own pocket. After negotiating with the three parties of the Marching Ant Nation and the Thin-footed Ant Nation, it was decided that the Ant Alliance Nation would use crow wine and gold as payment methods to purchase a large amount of grain and locust hamstrings from the Marching Ant Nation. (which can be used to make crossbow springs) and other strategic materials were transported by the Marching Ant Nation to the territory of the Thin-footed Ant Nation. The Thin-footed Ant Nation would repay the assistance of the Ant Alliance after the war.
The goods provided by Ant Alliance are all high-value products and do not take up much air transportation space. And if the Thin-footed Ant clan is defeated and destroyed, Zhu Jue will not even think about getting his principal back! Therefore, both in public and private matters, he must strive to protect the small-footed ants and form a community of interests with each other.
In any case, the agreement was reached quickly, which alleviated the urgent needs of the Thin-footed Ant Clan. At the same time, the army ants also made a favor. Each batch of escorted army ant soldiers joined the civilized ant alliance on the spot and was controlled by Zhu Jue. After calculation, after the transportation is completed, Zhu Jue will have 70,000 to 80,000 powerful marching ant warriors under his command, which will be of great benefit.
However, the army ants are not at a disadvantage. They are not elite troops. The transport team is mainly composed of small worker ants, with a few large worker ants included. They are usually engaged in hunting. They only sent 70,000 to 80,000 ants, and there are many ant colonies. There are tens of millions of army ants, and the queens can replenish them by just stepping up their power and laying eggs for two more days.
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The first batch of army ant transport teams arrived at the territory of the country at the end of June. At this time, the domestic food inventory of the army ants only had half a month left.
As a large number of strong laborers were mobilized, they were either building fortifications, being drawn into the army to supplement the shortage of soldiers, or working in workshops day and night to build crossbows. Many daily tasks, such as collecting food and maintaining nests, are only undertaken by old and weak ants, so the food supply can be imagined.
While the food problem was finally temporarily alleviated, Zhu Jue's western front fortress group was gradually taking shape.
Millions of ants have been working intensively for half a month. The fortresses near the front have been basically completed, and the fortresses at the rear have all started. Tens of thousands of ants died on the construction site, and not all of them died of exhaustion. Some of them died of exhaustion. Older ants have reached the end of their lifespan.
During construction, you can often see a certain ant gradually slowing down, like a soldier suffering from sequelae after taking too many stimulants. However, she did not take precious stimulants, but her life has come to an end and she will soon fall into a trap. Falling to the ground, with little struggle, oleic acid with the smell of death slowly began to appear on the body.
No matter the leader, officer or ordinary ants, they would not give such a corpse a second glance. Before the smell of oleic acid became obvious, the corpse would stop quietly in place for a period of time. Occasionally, other ants passing by touched her with their tentacles, and they didn't quite understand why this ant stopped working.
It wasn't until the smell of oily acid could no longer be concealed by the dusty and hot construction site that a passing ant with an empty jaw picked up the body of his companion and threw it into a nearby garbage dump. There were already dozens of corpses there. The Thin-footed Ants didn't pay much attention to their posthumous affairs. Corpses were treated the same as garbage.
Even occasionally, corpses were accidentally mixed into the ant concrete and turned into solid walls of the fortress. Even after death, they still guarded the nest she built and sacrificed her life for!
