The re-invasion of the Pavement Ant Imperial Army shocked all civilized ant tribes in the region. In particular, the leaf-cutting ant clan and the various clans in [Liu San City], which were directly threatened, immediately mobilized nervously.
The expeditionary force of the Leafcutter Ant Nation that had just set off for the territory of the Sanshi Flathead Ant Nation was called back to deal with domestic threats, but it would take another week for them to reach the war zone.
While the expeditionary force returned, in the "Holy Tree Forest", a steady stream of leafcutter ant troops set off from each secondary nest, climbed over trees and branches, and rushed to the main nest like a confluence of rivers [Sacred Tree Forest] Tree City] assemble.
The queen ants of the leaf-cutter ant kingdom held four meetings in two days, and the female ant "princesses" also held meetings one after another. They all couldn't figure out why [Kitasatsu Castle], which was considered impregnable, fell so quickly.
After repelling the invasion of the Pavement Ant Imperial Army last time, except for the [Liu San City] area which was gifted as territories and colonies to the civilized ant tribes of various ethnic groups who came to help, most of the territories of the destroyed Red Fire Ant Nation were occupied by the Ant Alliance and the Ant Nation. Leaf-cutter ants carve up the country.
Among them, the leafcutter ant kingdom occupies a large area of the former red fire ant kingdom territory in the north, but it also faces the threat of the pavement ant empire. Since most of the new territory is wilderness, which is not suitable for the leaf-cutter ants to live in, they only settled a few ant colonies in the new territory, about a million ants.
Two-thirds of them are distributed in various shrubs in the vast new territory. The main task of these pioneers is to plant the tree species that the leaf-cutter ants like, take good care of them, and wait for the lush forests to grow in a few decades. Build an ecology that meets the needs of leaf-cutter ants and breed more ant colonies.
The city closest to the pavement ant empire, [North Pine City], has a forest with good conditions, which houses a full third of the ant colonies. Theoretically, it can fight hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and the nest is as high as the tree. No matter how you look at it, it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Even if the enemy ants are numerous and powerful, they should not fall in just one day.
No matter what happens on the [North Pine City] battlefield, the Leafcutter Ant Nation must respond immediately. After repeated quarrels, at the suggestion of various tribes in [Liu San City], the Leafcutter Ant Nation sent a request to all countries to convene an emergency Civilized Ant Tribe Conference. The long-interrupted Civilized Ant Tribe Conference was finally held again in early September.
Due to the urgency, the meeting was scheduled for the next day. Only the ant tribes closest to [Holy Tree City] could arrive in time to participate in the meeting. The other ant tribes further away had not yet been notified by messengers. The meeting would be held later. Report the results to them.
Zhu Jue immediately rushed to the meeting on behalf of the Ant Alliance. At the same time, he was also the current supreme commander of the Civilized Ant Alliance and came with a purpose.
The meeting was also attended by representatives of the Sand's Flat-headed Ant Clan, the Honeypot Ant Clan, the Sharp-tailed Ant Clan, and the Black Fire Ant Clan. Also present at the meeting were the Thin-legged Swift Ant Clan and the completely different species from the territory or colony of [Liu San City]. Representatives of the blind leaf-cutting ant clan, the army ant clan and the bullet ant clan, as well as representatives of the host leaf-cutting ant clan.
At the meeting, although the leafcutter ant nation tried its best to reduce Zhu Jue's voice, Zhu Jue, who was supported by the four tribes of black fire ants, thin-legged ants, sharp-tailed ants and honeypot ants, still ranked highest among the civilized ant coalition. In the name of the commander, he quickly dominated the meeting, which made the leafcutter ant representative very depressed.
The process of the meeting was lackluster, and the tit-for-tat confrontation between Zhu Jue and the leaf-cutting ant representatives was not as intense as the previous confrontation with the "flying eagle". After the leaf-cutting ant representatives retreated, Zhu Jue successfully obtained the command of this self-defense war. The coalition forces of all races, including the leaf-cutting ant army, must nominally accept Zhu Jue's command.
In return, Zhu Jue promised that the Ant Alliance would dispatch 120 legions of 300,000 troops to participate in the war and provide half of the material expenses.
Zhu Jue also had the intention of taking this opportunity to train his troops. In the future, the combat targets of these armies will be vicious destroyers, so there is no harm in accumulating more combat experience.
Since the Leafcutter Ant Nation is defending its homeland and fighting on the inside, and it has been resting for a long time since the last war, its national strength has basically recovered, so it can mobilize more than 600,000 troops for this war. They need to obey Zhu Jue's strategic command, but still retain some command rights to command their own troops. At the same time, the Leafcutter Ant Nation has to bear the remaining half of its military expenditures.
The Black Fire Ant Nation promised to provide about 140,000 troops to participate in the war, preparing to arrive at the war zone via the territory of the Ant Alliance Nation. The Sang's flat-headed ants are weak and not close, and can only provide assistance with more than 7,700 soldiers. However, these self-destruction units can work wonders at the right time. Both Zhu Jue and the Leafcutter Ant Nation expressed their gratitude to both countries.
The seven ant tribes that have territories or colonies in [Liu San City] (sharp-tailed ants, thin-legged ants, dissimilar blind leaf-cutting ants, black fire ants, army ants, Sango's flat-headed ants and bullet ants) also come from Emergency mobilization was carried out in the local territory or colony, and a total of about 30,000 troops were assembled and defenses were strengthened, preparing to hold the territory until reinforcements arrived.
When the Civilized Ant Tribe Conference ends, the vanguard of the Pavement Ant Empire Army has already approached [Liu San City], which is only one day away. Hundreds of thousands of troops will arrive the next day, and [Liu San City] is in danger!
At this time, in the territory of [Liu San City], in addition to the 30,000 troops assembled by the seven local tribes, only the nearby leaf-cutting ants came to gather and assembled another 40,000 troops. The total strength was less than 80,000, which was a huge disparity with the enemy. The defense force is seriously insufficient. There was no geographical advantage in the area, so everyone in [Liu San City] was panicked for a while.
The sharp-tailed ants and other tribes have even begun preparing to evacuate, wanting to prioritize the lives of the nobles.
Not long after the Civilized Ant Clan Conference ended that day, in the afternoon and evening, Zhu Jue urgently mobilized all available air transportation forces from the Ant Alliance, and with the help of the air transportation forces of the Bullet Ant Clan and the Maolin Ant Clan, he rushed to [Liu San City] Two more legions of the Angel King's infantry and 20 artillery squads were dispatched, and a fortress was built outside [Liu San City] overnight.
At the same time, a transport team composed of a large number of dung beetles and infantry armor will transport the first batch of soldiers and weapons of the Divine Envoy King's Legion to [Liu San City] in the next few days.
Zhu Jue flew to [Liu San City] that night and stayed up all night convening the leaders of the local ant tribe to discuss matters, take over command, and deploy various defenses.
The seven local tribes each have their own selfish interests, so coordination is not easy. In particular, the three tribes of sharp-tailed ants, honeypot ants and thin-legged ants that have fallen in the local area regard the local territory as the last land, and they all strongly demand that their territories be protected first, at least to ensure that the nobles can break out safely. After all, this last territory has been lost, and these civilized ant tribes are truly homeless.
Zhu Jue understood their feelings. As the supreme commander of the civilized ant alliance, he could not sit back and watch his allies be slaughtered. Therefore, this war could not be deployed entirely from a military perspective.
