Zhu Jue hurriedly read the message of "Ramboser III", approved it, mounted his flying mount and rushed back to the front line of the marching ant country - according to the emergency military report, the destroyers began to gather again, and a new round of offensive The arrow is already on the string.
Zhu Jue could only rush back to the latest line of defense to defend. Later, a new batch of reinforcements would set off from the Ant United Kingdom and rush to support by land and water. This war will once again determine the future situation of this region, and there is no room for carelessness!
The war gradually igniting in the Marching Ant Kingdom has no impact on the southern governor's jurisdiction for the time being.
In the last stronghold of the Crow Honey elements that was just captured, this lair named [Victory City] is welcoming new residents.
An immigration team composed of queen ants and worker ants that set out from the southern border, escorted by some troops, finally arrived at their destination after two days of trekking.
This immigration team still encountered some challenges along the way. In order to shorten the journey, they did not take the circuitous road that the previous troops had taken when chasing the Crow Honey elements. Instead, they used the flying knight to calibrate the direction and took a straighter route through the valleys between the mountains, taking the gentlest and relatively short route. The route goes directly to [Victory City].
However, compared to the mountains with barren karst landforms, which are mainly made of rocks, the valleys have abundant water resources and dense plants, which gather more than 90% of the biological resources in the mountainous areas, as well as most of the ant tribes, and the ant colonies are relatively dense. , all the land was divided and occupied by various tribes.
This new route is bound to pass through multiple tribes of indigenous ants. No ant tribe will be indifferent to the invasion of thousands of alien ants. The weak indigenous tribes are preparing to defend the city, while some self-reliant troops launched many attacks on the immigration team. attacks.
These attacks were defeated by the elite escorts of the King of Gods Legion, but they delayed the progress to some extent. A few unlucky immigrants died when the guards were not able to protect them in time. The vast majority of immigrants arrived at their destination before the target time limit and then invested. to the expansion of the nest and intense production.
The marching route of the immigration team was personally chosen by "Ramboser III". Although there were some twists and turns, the passage was still successfully opened. His choice of adventure was intentional. Through the actions of the immigration team and the investigation of the Flying Knight, he basically found out the lair locations of all the indigenous tribes on the road.
After [Little Magnet City] returned to its pre-war prosperity, which was enough to provide necessary logistics supplies for small-scale, low-intensity military operations, "Lamboser III" personally commanded two regular field legions and launched a campaign along the channel. of raiding activities.
Every indigenous tribe's nest was accurately marked, found, and then destroyed. The ant nests of most indigenous tribes were in the thousands or even hundreds, even though some indigenous ants were very large or had deadly stings. Needle, but under the attack of the warriors of the God Envoy King armed to the jaws and the bombardment of artillery fire, there was no way to fight back.
In a week, "Lamboser III" opened the road between [Little Magnet City] and [Victory City], conquered dozens of indigenous ant tribes, and used the original indigenous tribe nests or nests in suitable places. A new nest was built and 7 fortified settlements were set up. Later, they gradually immigrated to them, completely occupying this valley passage, and expanding the jurisdiction of the Southern Governor.
Through this valley conquest, "Lamboser III" also captured thousands of ant slaves and captured tens of thousands of ant eggs and ant pupae.
After the ant eggs and pupae hatch into ants, these adult worker ants will be natural slaves. Because of the same breath, they will regard themselves as members of the ant alliance and work conscientiously. Since the leaders of the indigenous tribes are relatively strong-willed, "Lamboser III" failed to conquer or tried to conquer the queen ant, male ants, female ants and other breeding ants. The few submissive breeding ants were not of high value and were lured away from the group before being executed. , so these ant slaves waiting to be hatched are disposable and there will be no new additions.
The adult ant slaves all come from some relatively mild indigenous ant tribes. They surrendered after the leader surrendered. They were forced to wash away the original smell on their bodies, smeared them with the breath of the Ant Alliance, and even used sabotage against some stubborn elements. The method of damaging the receptors on the carapace and even the tentacles, and deliberately starving it for a few times before feeding it finally basically eliminated its hostility.
However, these adult ant slaves are still relatively untamed, so they can only engage in some of the most closely guarded jobs with the highest attrition rates, and are regarded as fast consumables. If "Lamboser III" hadn't had a limited ant population under his command, he would not have been willing to use these adult ant slaves. Fortunately, subsequent arduous projects such as the construction of valley nests and mining exhausted all the adult ant slaves within half a year, which relieved the Southern Governor's concerns.
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The southern mainland still follows the local management system of the Ant Alliance, but in the newly conquered land, the governor has the power to formulate systems. In order to cope with the complex and ever-changing environment, "Lamboser III" simplified management in each settlement and set up local governors with full responsibility.
Each nest and settlement adopted a military reclamation policy, and all immigrants and newly-born colonies were organized into garrison corps according to military establishment, and were engaged in production and training as both soldiers and farmers.
There is no peace in these newly conquered lands. They are surrounded by various indigenous ant tribes from all directions, especially [Victory City], which has convenient transportation. After investigation, it was found that there are hundreds of indigenous ant tribes within a 3-day walk, so it is self-reliant. Since then, there have been border conflicts almost every day.
In the end, "Lamboser III" had to send a field legion back here, and appointed his adjutant as the local full-power military and political governor, responsible for local military reclamation and expansion matters.
Faced with the complicated local geographical environment, "Lamboser III" finally mobilized a lot of goods from the southern border in an attempt to stabilize and even control the indigenous tribes through trade.
The most important commodity among them is naturally crow honey - this policy also came from Zhu Jue's instruction!
The trade did not go smoothly at the beginning. Most of the indigenous tribes had no trading habit. In addition to their own production, they made a living by looting. But it would be time-consuming and laborious to conquer so many tribes militarily, so it would be quicker to achieve results through trade.
Starting from autumn, the caravans of the Ant Alliance, under the protection of the army, gradually started to contact some indigenous tribes, and those who were willing to trade were given some discounts on preferential terms to facilitate the development of trade. Those tribes that refused to trade or even tried to plunder the caravans were violently suppressed and massacred.
After a period of partition and trade, the measures of "Lamboser III" have really achieved results in a large area outside the southern border. After tasting the benefits, more and more indigenous tribes are willing to live in peace through trade, and are even willing to trade for goods. And for the God Envoy King's army to attack those unruly ants! This is something!
