After the Northern Expeditionary Army crossed the river, they rushed non-stop towards the camp arranged by the Divine Envoy King's legion.

The first troops arrived at the camp just before sunset, the same nest of the Paving Ant Army that the Divine Envoy King's legion had captured during the first counter-encirclement.

The large forces continued to arrive until dark, and did not all arrive until near midnight.

Although the ants did not like to move at night, when the Divine Messenger told them that there was plenty of underground space in the camp to rest and that there was still food and fruit, the hungry and tired big-headed ant warriors still followed the guidance of pheromones in the dark, and staggered towards their destination in groups.

The protagonist does not deceive the warriors, and when they arrive at the camp, they are given enough food to feed their stomachs and space to rest underground.

This nest was originally enough to accommodate tens of thousands of paving ants, and the Divine Envoy King Legion simply expanded it, although the nest room with various functions was not sound, but as a military base, it was barely enough to fit the entire Northern Expedition army and their supplies.

The Divine Envoy King's legion had already brought back all the food they had promised to provide, and this batch of food had been captured and removed from this lair a few days ago, and now it had been brought back. The protagonist thought to himself: If I knew this was the case, I wouldn't have wasted this energy in the first place.

The first batch of Northern Expeditionary Troops to arrive, under the auspices of the Public Security King, handed over several squads of the Divine Envoy King's Legion who were guarding the supplies here, and officially took over the lair and the materials inside.

In the future, this sub-nest will be used as a logistics base for the Northern Expeditionary Army to support the long-term operations of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

The Northern Expeditionary Army, which arrived one after another, slowly filled up the nest chambers and passages, and although it was expanded, the nest could only sacrifice livable conditions if it wanted to accommodate more than ten times the number of ants originally designed.

Everywhere was crowded with water, and the big-headed ant warriors struggled to cling to the wall of the nest to make way for the passage in the middle.

In the middle passage, there are countless ants flowing back and forth, some of them are about to arrive at the designated area to rest, and some are distributing food.

The Northern Expeditionary Army hadn't eaten much since they set out from the main nest, and this time they really needed a good rest.

In the main nest, before setting off, the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army ate all the food for three days in one go, and then set off.

Part of the army was used as a convoy, carrying four days' worth of food for the army, and was protected in the middle of the army, moving with the team.

Most of this food arrived at the camp, but some of it was lost when crossing the rope bridge.

Compared with ordinary armies, it is more difficult for the members of the grain transport team to cross the river, and the food they carry is generally heavier than their own body, and some are larger than their own body size.

In this way, when crossing the river, the soldiers of the grain transport team not only had to hold the rope with their limbs, but also had to clamp the grain tightly with their jaws, which was also more affected by the wind.

More than 300 convoy fighters fell into the river with the supplies they were carrying, and those who lost their footing were almost lifeless. The losses of the convoy accounted for one-third of the total losses of the people crossing the river.

However, most of the food was successfully delivered to its destination, and with the "sponsorship" of the Divine Envoy King's legion, the army now had six days' worth of food.

Except for some kings who have been fighting for a long time and are worried about the existing food reserves, most of them are full of confidence.

In their opinion, the perennial wars with the paving ant barbarians all ended in the victory of the big-headed ant kingdom. The paving ant barbarians only relied on the moat of the great river to maintain their territory.

Now that the big-headed ant kingdom has a way to cross the river and set foot on the land of the barbarians, it can easily and completely eliminate these barbarians.

Occupy their lairs, seize their food, kill them and their offspring. The Northern Expedition will eventually complete its great hegemony.

Most of the kings would not have thought that if it were not for the barrier of the big river, the ancestors of the big-headed ant kingdom would not be able to wipe out the paving ant barbarians on the south bank of the big river who were separated from the main force. Even so, it took hundreds of years for their ancestors to occupy the land on the south bank of the Great River.

- I'm the dividing line -

While the Northern Expeditionary Army is pouring into the camp and distributing food, the protagonist and several kings are in a meeting.

Although all kings are nominally equal, when such a major military operation is carried out, and the kings of the main nest cannot formulate all the plans of action in advance, and the army must maintain a certain degree of flexibility, the kings will consciously enshrine some of the most experienced kings as commanders.

Out of a hundred legions, there are five such kings.

In addition to the public security king, the other four kings know each other and the protagonist, and they have also fought side by side on different occasions. However, the protagonist doesn't know much about them, so let's call them King General A, King General B, King General C, and King General D.

These five kings are all battlefield veterans, with rich war experience, fruitful results, and high personal prestige.

Although they still did not have the right to directly command the other kings, those who were slightly inferior would basically respect the military advice of these five kings. Therefore, these five kings were in fact the decision-makers of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

The protagonist and they meet in the small conference room of the "Northern Expeditionary Army Camp", this small conference room is originally there, the paver ant is very similar to the nest structure of the big-headed ant kingdom, and the small meeting room is also a necessary facility for each secondary nest, relying on the white pebbles on the ground to achieve group communication.

They are discussing tomorrow's battle plan.

These five kings are well aware of the biggest difficulty of the current Northern Expedition army - the lack of military rations.

Therefore, they are desperate to launch an attack on the enemy at once, capture the enemy's secondary nest, and turn the food of the enemy's nest, as well as the fat queen, delicate ant eggs, white and fat larvae, slippery ant pupae and the corpses of the war dead into their own food.

However, the Northern Expeditionary Army had no knowledge of the information on the north bank of the Great River, and at this time they had to be presided over by the Divine Envoy King and the Divine Envoy King's legion. Otherwise, the Northern Expeditionary Army would not even know where the enemy was, so how could it launch an attack.

Of course, if there is more time, the Northern Expeditionary Army can also rely on its own scouts to find out information, and after careful planning, determine the target.

But in that case, it will not only waste time and consume a small amount of money and food, but also make the paving ant barbarians wary because of the scouts and lose the opportunity to raid.

The protagonist is naturally willing to provide information to the Northern Expeditionary Army. What information to provide, how to guide the Northern Expeditionary Army to act according to their own goals through intelligence, the protagonist has already had a set of plans.

Now, wielding the wrist of intelligence, the Northern Expeditionary Army is the sharp knife in the protagonist's hand!