On August 17, after many days of marching, Zhu Jue's troops finally arrived at the starting point of this transportation route, which was also the edge of the area currently under actual control within the sphere of influence of the marching ants.
The army ant clan inherited by the Earth God controls a very large area of influence due to the habits of the ant clan. However, in these territories, except for the current "Royal Court" location of the army ant clan and the current actual control area nearby, most of Local army ants are currently not controlled.
With the migration of the "King's Court" every quarter, the area actually controlled by the army ants also continues to shift. In about 3-6 years, all areas within the sphere of influence will be controlled.
Although the army ant nation is powerful, it has a vast area with sparse ants due to its hunting habits, and its production efficiency is low. It needs to constantly move within a huge sphere of influence to obtain new resources. After each piece of land is plundered by the army ant clan, it also needs to Enough time to recuperate. This method of production has created the unique living habits and governance system of the Marching Ant Nation.
What Zhu Jue's troops have now arrived is the edge of the area actually controlled by the army ants, a fertile land that has not been hunted for five years. Originally, the army ants planned to move to this direction before winter, but Zhu Jue took the lead in occupying it. Then he refused to leave.
Anyway, the Marching Ant Kingdom had previously promised to give the Thin-footed Ant Clan and Zhu Jue some land to station themselves on, but they didn't specify where it would be. Zhu Jue simply chose a place to occupy.
Zhu Jue and his men quickly began to build nests here. A simple fortress was built on the ground, and nest areas were set up for different groups underground. Honeypot ant workers and the newly conquered Japanese black brown ants and black-headed sour ant workers went out. Forage for food to provide necessary supplies for this newly built nest.
Zhu Jue seems to be planning to open a branch base!
Most of the other evacuation teams of the Thin-footed Ants chose to move on after a long journey. They still need to move forward for more than half a month before they can reach the royal court of the marching ants. Some of the senior leaders of the Thin-legged Ant Clan have arrived there in a simple and easy manner, and have received the protection of the "King Khans" of the marching ants. With the support and protection of the army ant nests along the way, the journey will be much safer than the previous journey where the Destroyer was chasing and killing him from time to time while enjoying the wind and drinking the dew.
But Zhu Jue did not intend to go to the "royal court" of the army ant clan. After the black fire ant clan and the thin-legged ant clan were weakened by severe challenges respectively, the marching ant clan, as the most powerful civilized ant clan in the region, The status no longer even needs to be added with the suffix "one". The army ants inherited from the Earth God are stubborn and unruly. Zhu Jue knew that he was currently too weak and was a newly defeated general. He would easily lose the right to speak and command if he went to the royal court, so he chose to stay far away from the royal court. The local government also hoarded troops, regained its strength, and then made plans to join forces with the army of marching ants.
The location of this nest that Zhu Jue chose was very particular. Not only was it rich in products because it had not been hunted for many years, but the location also protected the main road leading to the old Xiaozujie Ant Kingdom. At the same time, there is a stream nearby. According to the flying knight's report, one can go down the stream directly to Qinghe River and return to the mainland of the Ant Alliance through the waterway.
Once the war goes unfavorable again, Zhu Jue still has the opportunity to lead his troops to retreat by water. At the same time, local support can also be reached relatively conveniently via water. After the walnut ships of the Ant Alliance have been improved several times, the latest ships can already use different The force of the wind moves in the opposite direction of the water.
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Zhu Jue named this new base [Hope City]. This is a good location for economic development, but there is no danger to defend. Zhu Jue does not intend to stick to this base. He needs to restore his strength as soon as possible, and then join the march. The power of the ant clan and other civilized ant clans expanded their defenses and even took the initiative to attack.
Most of the evacuated Thin-footed Ants continued to move forward after a short stay in [Hope City]. Zhu Jue always entertained those hungry allies generously, even though his own food reserves were still at a dangerous level.
Such generosity also paid dividends. When the rear guard led by "Long Horn", the senior leader of the Thin-footed Ant Kingdom, arrived, although he had to rush to the "King's Court" of the marching ants according to the group's orders, he left behind three full-fledged ants. The elite army of thin-footed ants (3888 soldiers) was compiled and handed over to Zhu Jue for command. He also recognized the legality of the thin-footed ants collected by Zhu Jue.
With the support and endorsement of "Long Horns", Zhu Jue's thin-footed ants are finally not kidnapped, but legitimate.
During the evacuation, Zhu Jue also kept in contact with the leaders of various ethnic groups in the area through flying knights.
The tragic experience of the thin-legged ants has also made the ant tribes of all civilizations more vigilant. If the destruction of the Sharp-tailed Ant Kingdom and the Honeypot Ant Kingdom can be said to be due to lack of strength and cannot prove the terror of the Destroyer, the legendary little devil ant clan, then the Thin-legged Swift Ant Kingdom, which once was at the top of the pyramid in terms of national power, also cannot The fall in just a few months has made other civilized ant tribes aware of the crisis.
Under the strong external threat, the civilized ant tribe in the region finally became more united. Through Zhu Jue's connection, most of the tribes that still had strength sent reinforcements to the marching ants, preparing to stop the Destroyer from moving further south. .
First of all, the army ant clan itself is a fighting ant clan that is both a soldier and a farmer. It can provide up to tens of millions of troops. This powerful force is the biggest reliance on blocking and defeating the Destroyer.
Although the Thin-legged Ant Kingdom was destroyed, hundreds of thousands of Thin-legged Ants still managed to evacuate, so it would not be a problem to draw an army of 100,000 to join the war.
Zhu Jue's unit currently has only a few thousand soldiers, and is operating a new base. Together with a new batch of reinforcements that have set off from the mainland, it is expected that by the end of August, it can return to a strength of 20,000 to 30,000 troops. And unlike other ethnic groups where all the people are soldiers, Zhu Jue's army of the Wenyi Alliance are all elite troops.
The Harvest Ant Nation and the Sanshi Flathead Ant Nation, which are not far from the Marching Ant Nation, will each send tens of thousands of troops for reinforcements. Reinforcements from the slightly distant leaf-cutting ant country, black fire ant country, bullet ant country, and completely different blind leaf-cutting ant country will also set off in the near future. Also setting off at the same time were reinforcements from the civilized ants from other places, such as the Thieving Ant Legion commanded by "Madman" and the Stone Desert Archback Ant Empire Legion commanded by "Baboon", "Lion" and "Ao".
Among the civilized ant tribes that have not yet been destroyed, the only one that has not participated in the war is the Maolin ant tribe, which is the furthest away and is not good at fighting. However, the air caravans of the Maolin ant tribe have been providing air transportation since the war began. assistance, they also promised to expand air support.
All the civilized ant forces in the area are mobilized for the first time, preparing to fight to the death with the Destroyer on the battlefield of the Marching Ant Kingdom!
