Chapter 91: Traitor (1)
Not only was the Paving Ant Barbarian Kingdom attacked by mysterious ants, but the remnants of the Great King Conference faction of the former Big-headed Ant Kingdom on the north bank of the Great River were also involved in this great change.
The remnants of the King's Council faction, dominated by the original Northern Expeditionary Army, have been recuperating in this area captured along the Great River for the past year, and have not taken the initiative to provoke and attack the Paving Ant Barbarian Country.
And because the paving ant barbarians had to concentrate on dealing with the attack of the mysterious ants, they had no time to counterattack, and acquiesced to the fact that a large area of territory in the south was occupied, which was also the last resort to choose the lesser of two evils.
The land occupied by the faction of the Great King Conference, with more than ten sub-nests, has rarely maintained peace for a long time, compared to the bloody wind and rain in other places, it is simply a paradise.
The King's Council faction has been trying to recuperate, and this is what matters to their survival compared to expansion.
But their foundation was too weak, and there was only one queen ant in the entire kingdom at the beginning, and it was still the queen ant who originally belonged to the Divine Envoy King Legion, and surrendered to the Great King's Council faction along with the Great Banyan.
Not only the queen ant, from male ants to soldier ants, to ordinary worker ants, this force lacks everything, and it is difficult for a single queen ant to even supplement the normal ant population of birth, aging, sickness and death, let alone expand the size of the ant population.
After the beginning of spring this year, the King Conference faction put all its resources into the wedding ceremony, and the only queen ant has been desperately laying eggs for more than a month, and the vast majority of them are male eggs and queen eggs.
This was costly, and the poor queen ant was overloaded and "died of overwork" shortly after the wedding ceremony, but the King's Council faction obtained a new generation of queens and males, who immediately threw themselves into the new egg-laying work, and the new generation of males was added to the scarce ranks of commanders and officials.
At this point, the faction of the Great King's Council can be regarded as having passed the most difficult and dangerous time.
With the birth of dozens of new generation queens, the King Conference faction can finally resume normal ant population renewal, and each secondary nest can basically have a queen ant.
If the King's Council faction is given enough time to develop, they may be able to rebuild the old Big-Headed Ant Kingdom and even have a chance to seize supremacy on the north bank of the Great River.
But the good times didn't last long, and in the summer, the flames of war suddenly burned to the territory of the King's Council faction, which was still recuperating.
Before the mysterious ants gathered a large army to besiege the eastern part of the Paving Ant Barbarian Nation, they had cleared the native ant forces in the wooded areas that were distributed to the north and south further east.
Now, the woods have become a "highway" for mysterious ants, and nothing can stop them from roaming the dense forest.
A mysterious ant army made a detour through the woods to launch a new offensive from the southern part of the Paving Ant Barbarians, and they soon set foot on the territory of the King's Council faction.
The defenders of the local sub-nest of the Great King's Conference faction immediately launched a counterattack, but the local sub-nest defenders were not numerous, and like the paving ant barbarian army, they were quickly defeated in the field battle, and the sub-nest fell.
Fortunately, before the fall, some ants escaped, and quickly passed the news of the enemy's invasion to the current main nest (the southern branch of the former Paved Ant Barbarian Country).
The militant big-headed ants could not tolerate any invasion and immediately gathered their most elite troops to rush to support.
Many of the legions in this army have received new training and have been renovated in imitation of the legions of the Divine Envoy King. This army, commanded by the prince of public security and the elder brother of the king, quickly rushed to the eastern border.
By the time reinforcements arrived, thousands of mysterious ants had already conquered the three secondary nests in the east, threatening the [bridgehead] where the original rope bridge was located.
The [Bridgehead] is geographically important, and the opposite bank is the [Waterfront City], once this place is conquered, the mysterious ants can threaten the south bank of the Great River in winter, and can also follow the old attack route of the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Great Headed Ant Kingdom, all the way to the Great King's Conference faction.
Therefore, whether it is for the King's Council faction or for the Divine Envoy King Legion, the [Bridgehead] is extremely important.
In the vicinity of [Bridgehead], a great battle broke out between tens of thousands of elite troops of the King's Council faction and thousands of mysterious ant troops.
The big-headed ant troops, which had the tactical shadow of the Divine Envoy King Legion, performed better than the Paving Ant Barbarian Army in the field, at least under the advantage of several times the strength, they firmly blocked the enemy's footsteps, and although they did not achieve a decisive victory, they did not take a step back.
But don't forget, this force, which has gathered all the main forces of the remnants of the King's Council faction, is facing only one of the Mysterious Ants.
Because [Bridgehead] is crucial, the protagonist also remotely commands the Fly Knights who stay in [Linshui City] and other places, and strengthens the frequency of reconnaissance.
As a result, the Flying Knights unexpectedly discovered the trace of a traitor.
While scouting near [Bridgehead], the three Flying Knights accidentally discovered that there was a lone Flying Knight in their reconnaissance area, which did not match the reconnaissance plan they knew.
The group of flying knights immediately leaned in to find out what was going on, but when the flying knights on the opposite side noticed it, they quickly lowered their altitude and flew into the [bridgehead].
However, the ants have a special skill that if the tentacles have communicated, they can recognize the identity of the ant as long as they see it clearly.
The three Flying Knights unanimously recognized that the Flying Knight that flew into [Waterfront City] was the Fly Eagle that disappeared last year. The Flying Eagle used to be the leader of the entire Flying Knights, and these three Flying Knights were all old men of the Flying Knights, and they had a lot of contact with the Flying Knights before, so they naturally recognized them.
The three flying knights were just happy to have found the Flyhawk, not realizing how deep the water was, and immediately reported back.
A day later, the protagonist who was far away in the swamp received this information, and he sighed, knowing that the Flyhawk had defected.
Last year, the Eagle disappeared during the Divine Messenger King's Legion attacking the forces of the Great King's Council faction in the northeast of the Great River, and the bodies of the two flying knights who accompanied him were found, but the Eagle and the mount were missing.
Unexpectedly, the Flyhawk actually defected and joined the faction of the Great King's Conference.
Although there had been traitors in the Divine Envoy King's Legion before, Da Rong defected en masse with the [Bridgehead] and a garrison legion, leaving the Divine Envoy King's Legion without the only stronghold on the north bank of the Great River, and had to strategically shrink back to the south bank, and even destroyed the rope bridge.
In terms of severity, the consequences of Banyan's rebellion were even more serious, so the protagonist would rather use a group of male ant captives from the King's Conference faction to exchange Banyan back, and only after burning at the stake did he relieve his hatred.
But Da Rong originally belonged to the faction of the Great King Conference, and later joined the Divine Envoy King Legion because of the order of the main nest, and it is not surprising that his heart is towards the old master.
However, the Fly Eagle is a new generation of male ants that the protagonist has cultivated since he was a child, and he was once given a heavy responsibility, and his betrayal hit the protagonist psychologically.