As one of the "brains" of the nominal parasitic army, Zhu Jue is also the most powerful brain and maintains a good relationship with other brains such as "Parasite Roll". For this Western Expedition, Zhu Jue also racked his brains, was moved by emotion, and promised benefits before he allowed the parasitic army to participate and be responsible for coordinating the actions of the Western Expedition.
But the alliance between the two armies cannot be known to the allies of the civilized ant tribe. After all, in the eyes of other civilized ant tribes, including the nobles of the Ant Alliance itself, both parasites and destroyers are the source of the crisis of annihilation. Zhu Jue could only clarify the division of responsibilities and war zones with the parasitic brains, and then fight independently while secretly cooperating.
But things didn't go as planned. On this day, a secret messenger sent by the parasitic creature secretly replaced one of Zhu Jue's divine ant guards - several of these guards were parasites, but other ants didn't know it, because The breath was the same, so it didn't arouse any suspicion.
The parasitic ant soldiers informed Zhu Jue in a safe place that an extremely large army of destroyers was gathering in the north and heading towards the territory occupied by the parasitic organisms. The parasitic army had to return to deal with it and was temporarily unable to cooperate with the ant alliance. China’s Western Expedition.
Zhu Jue thought thoughtfully. This information about the parasitic creatures actually has mixed benefits and disadvantages for the Ant Alliance and the Western Expedition of the Civilized Ant Tribe, and the benefits may even outweigh the disadvantages. It is true that the Western Expedition will lack the cooperation of millions of powerful troops, and the Destroyer can concentrate its forces to deal with the Western Expedition. However, the main force of the Destroyer and the parasitic army are fighting each other, which means that the Western Expeditionary Army does not have to worry about the large-scale reinforcements of the Destroyer suddenly joining the battle. After all, such a large-scale army has already gone to provoke the parasite, and the Destroyer cannot come out of thin air again. Come out as an army! In fact, the parasites have already achieved the containment effect Zhu Jue expected.
Zhu Jue asked the replaced divine soldier ant guard, who was also a parasitized person, to quietly ride on a fly mount and rush to the "parasite roll" day and night to convey the message of suspending the original combat plan. At the same time, Zhu Jue also wanted to This establishes a real-time communication channel with the parasitic army to avoid accidental attacks and friction in the future. As for the many benefits Zhu Jue had previously promised to the parasite, he naturally no longer had to pay the "final payment"!
So far, the Western Expedition has been progressing smoothly, which is not what Zhu Jue expected. After all, the Civilized Ant Alliance is an offensive that has been prepared for a long time with all its elites, and it has an absolute advantage in paper comparison. The real test will not come until the second half of the battle, when the army is exhausted and supplies are in short supply. By then, it is best to have achieved the campaign objectives and then call it a day. The most fearful thing is that the Destroyer reinforcements suddenly appear, waiting for work and giving The Western Expeditionary Army caused heavy losses and even caused the gains to be lost.
This is also a test for Zhu Jue!
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An old black fire ant noble stood in a small conference room, with three corpses lying at his feet. The three bodies were also male black fire ant ants.
He sighed in his heart. If King "Hei Tan" hadn't issued a strict order before leaving, and what happened the day before yesterday, he wouldn't have the heart to kill his own people with his style: the current Black Fire Ant Country has already It is no longer the Black Fire Ant Country it used to be. Most of the country has been lost. Every remaining noble is important, so why should they kill themselves?
As an old-school aristocrat, he misses the time when the Black Fire Ant Country was once a powerful force among the civilized ants in the region. He selectively forgets that although the Black Fire Ant Country has lost a large area of land, its production has become more prosperous. There were more people in the country than in the previous heyday, and the food enjoyed by the nobles was much more exquisite and rich than in the old days.
These are all aids from the Ant Alliance. As Zhu Jue's strongest supporter among the civilized ant allies in this region, Zhu Jue is very generous to the black fire ants and even transferred a large amount of civilian technology to help them improve their productivity. The black fire ant country is also given great discounts in trade.
King "Black Tan" understood this, and he used his prestige and skills to firmly control the power of the Black Fire Ant Kingdom, obeying the words of Zhu Jue and the Ant United Kingdom. But in the eyes of some other nobles, this would be too contrary to tradition.
This elderly nobleman is obviously this conservative. Because of his seniority, he also enjoys a certain prestige among the Black Fire Ant clan, so he was selected as an envoy, carrying the information package of King "Black Charcoal" before the God Envoy King. With the assistance of the Air Force, they went deep into the back of the Destroyer-controlled area where the Western Expeditionary Army had not yet arrived, to recruit and surrender those who had stayed behind after the defeat of the Black Fire Ant Nation.
The Divine Envoy King's Air Force has been conducting high-density reconnaissance in this area for more than half a year. It has already clearly identified many black fire ant strongholds, and even estimated the ant colonies and strength of these strongholds. But this can only be regarded as some intelligence support. No one can guarantee that these remaining forces will surrender as soon as they receive the call from the main nest of their clan. For example, after the collapse of the Pavement Ant Empire, many independent forces established themselves as kings. Don't take the original lords seriously.
A total of 9 envoys divided up to recruit these remaining forces. This may be because the fall of the western territory of the Black Fire Ant Kingdom happened just a year ago. The leaders of many strongholds are still afraid of or miss the previous glory of the Black Fire Ant Kingdom, so Most of the strongholds chose to surrender. Those strongholds that refused to surrender did not show any hostility. It was more caused by the fact that some of the new generation leaders who were hastily promoted after the death of the original leader were attached to the power at hand and did not want to give up. There was still room for continued negotiation.
But the day before yesterday, a bad incident occurred. An envoy was attacked by a fellow member of a certain stronghold. Although he escaped with his life due to the desperate fight of the guards, he lost half of his tentacles and one limb. Subsequently, the Royal Air Force airlifted a legion of reserve infantry to this stronghold and slaughtered all the nobles and job ants inside as revenge.
This isolated incident also gave the envoys a sense of crisis. Just like today, the three male ant nobles in this stronghold refused to return to the main nest honestly. They also showed impatience and hostility in the exchange of information. If the envoys had left before, Okay, but he was afraid that the attack would happen to him, and he had the authorization granted by King "Black Tan" to use force first when necessary, so he ordered the guards to kill the leader of the stronghold.
The noble leaders of the three strongholds did not expect that the respected old nobles from the main nest would become murderous without even saying a word. They did not even bring their guards into the small conference room. How could these bloated male ants be so eye-catching? The professional warrior's opponent was beheaded by six black fire ant guards carrying jaw knives in a few strokes.
Then the envoy took over the nest as the only male ant in the stronghold. The worker ants had no objection. They only knew how to obey the command of the nobles by nature, and the queen ant had no authority, so the envoy successfully completed the control of a stronghold. Surrender.
