Three days ago.

A band of Divine Legion warriors weaved through the valleys.

It's a day's journey from the Southern Fortress, and it's a land that has rarely been set foot in the past by the Divine Envoy King's legions.

The last time the Divine Envoy King's legion appeared here was when they were chasing the remnants of a parasitic ant nest that had fled.

At that time, the army of the Divine Envoy King chased all the way, and in the end it was still in the Great Lake region not far ahead, watching the parasitic ants escape into the water, drift with the current, and disappear into the distance.

Subsequently, due to the infestation of the nearby indigenous scythe hunting ants, there was a conflict with the Divine Envoy King's army, and the protagonist was unwilling to make any trouble, so he withdrew his troops to the "Southern Fortress" again, and after nearly a year, the Divine Envoy King's army never set foot in this place again.

After the end of the war with the parasitic ants, after more than half a year of construction, the "Southern Fortress" has now become an important support point at the southernmost point of the protagonist's territory.

Although the main task here is still military defense, no breeding farms have been built, and no farmland has been opened up because of the rugged terrain. However, the abundant vegetation of the hilly areas brings a large amount of prey. The Southern Fortress relies on hunting and grazing scale insects and aphids, and this military fortress can not only be self-sufficient in food, but also provide additional honeydew to Dongyang Castle.

These honeydew are packed in small clay pots made by "Dongyang Castle", and some are simply packed directly into the empty snail shell left after eating the meat, exposed to the sun, and after the high temperature of the sun, the concentrated honeydew with high sugar content is left behind.

This high-sugar concentrated honeydew has a long shelf life just like honey because it is too high in sugar to prevent bacterial growth, and is more suitable for transportation to the protagonist's territory for consumption.

However, these concentrated honeydew cannot be eaten directly, and must be mixed with water to restore the original sugar content so as not to damage the ant's digestive system.

It is these economic benefits that allow the protagonist to see the development potential of the southern region.

However, as time went on, the Southern Fortress began to face some headaches.

The biggest trouble is the constant attack of the indigenous hunting sickle ants.

With the parasitic ants far away, the Divine Messenger King's legion only controlled the "Southern Fortress" and the nearby lands due to its lack of troops.

And large territories that were originally controlled by parasitic ants, including hills, hills, swamps, etc., have become borderless.

These prey-rich borderlands have slowly attracted many of the nearby scythe-hunting ant tribes to settle in. They were the original owners of the land, but when the parasitic ants were at their strongest, these indigenous ants were driven away earlier.

Now, when the pressure is gone, they naturally come back to fill the vacancy.

Not only that, but after the beginning of spring, more and more indigenous tribes of sickle-hunting ants come to this land. In addition, the new tribes that split off and the new tribes who married and flew after marriage all needed to find the land they needed to survive, this borderless land was quickly occupied.

These indigenous scythe-hunters soon discovered the "Southern Fortress" controlled by the Legion of the Divine Envoy King.

In the eyes of the indigenous ants, they do not like the plains, but the hills and mountains are the land given to them by God, and the "Southern Fortress" is located in the hills, and the alien ants, like the parasitic ants, should be expelled and exterminated.

In the early days, there were only sporadic clashes between the two sides. But as the number of indigenous scythes and fierce ants increased, they also had other ideas.

As a result, some of the migrating indigenous tribes of scythe-hunting ants simply united, and then laid siege to the "Southern Fortress".

Although they can't attack the well-fortified "Southern Fortress" stump nest, they suppress the third legion of the Divine Envoy King, who is only half a legion stationed and has insufficient troops, in the nest ** and can't go out.

The pastures on the periphery of the "Southern Fortress" were unlucky, although a batch of scale insects and aphids were transported back to the nest ** for protection, but many of them were eaten by the natives who had no time to rush them.

At that time, the main focus of the protagonist was on the north, so he only transferred half of the original army of the "Southern Fortress" back to support.

The defender of the "Southern Fortress", Rambovan, decisively engaged in a counterattack after receiving reinforcements.

So, one morning, when the sky was just shining, Rambovan led most of the Third Legion to set out, and when the Third Legion came out of the morning light, the indigenous tribes surrounding the "Southern Fortress" were attacked before they could react.

The Indigenous coalition was swept all the way by Lambovan from east to west. The scythe-hunting warriors who were attacked by surprise and did not have a good organization, no matter how brave they were, could not withstand the fierce attack of the well-organized Divine Envoy King Legion.

In addition, at sunrise, the dazzling morning light greatly restricts the compound eyes of the hunting sickle ants, and seriously weakens their visual field advantage.

Most of the Scythe Hunter tribes were quickly defeated and fled in all directions. The Third Army was like a broom, sweeping from east to west, invincible.

The battle soon ended, and the Scythe Hunter Coalition outside the "Stump Fortress" was completely routed, and the siege that had lasted for several days was broken.

It's just that most of the indigenous scythe-hunting ant tribes are very clever, and they fled as soon as they saw that the momentum was not good, but in fact, the loss was not large. The Divine Envoy King's legion did not dare to easily send a small force to pursue at the risk of being ambushed.

While clearing the temporary nests set up by the indigenous tribes for the siege of the "Southern Fortress", the Third Legion discovered that the tribes were generally short of food, possibly due to the severe cold disaster in the spring.

The land and food in this hilly area are very scarce resources, and there is an irreconcilable contradiction between the Divine Envoy King Legion and the indigenous Scythe Hunter Ant tribe around these two resources.

In addition, "the husband is not guilty, but he is guilty", the protagonist has long coveted the eyesight of the scythe hunter and wants to accept some to use as a scout.

So, when the protagonist wants to expand his territory, and the northern paver ant and the midwestern big-headed ant are not suitable for hands-on, the protagonist naturally shifts his target to the south.

These indigenous scythes are not numerous in number, and their battles are not organized, making them typical soft persimmons.

So, after a series of combat meetings between the protagonist and his commander, the Divine Envoy King's legion was dispatched to participate in the next battle.

The three legions are: the First Legion of the Divine Messenger led by Roll, the Second Legion led by Rambopho, and the Third Legion led by Rambovan.

Rambotu's 4th Army took over the "Southern Fortress" as a backup.

Since the Third Army was more familiar with fighting in the hilly areas, the Third Army drew twenty squads and swapped them with ten squads each of the other two legions.

After a short adaptation run-in near the "Southern Fortress", the three corps with the adjusted strength start to carry out the protagonist's plan.