The flying knights soon discovered that in the territory of the paving ant barbarians, a large nest began to gather large groups of troops and supplies.

These armies were different from those that came in groups, they were well-organized and numerous, and they looked like soldiers in the prime of life.

When they gathered here, they did not rush to the front line, but stationed on the spot.

Coupled with a large number of materials gathered here, it also shows that this place is the gathering place for the counteroffensive of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army.

As the Flying Knight's information returns, the protagonist realizes that the regular army of the Paving Ant Barbarians is likely to be the main force drawn back from other battlefields.

The Flying Knights can't go deep into the lair to know the exact number of enemy troops, but through the estimation of the troops that gather here every day, after a few days, the protagonist has understood that the enemy army is gathering more troops than the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom.

The protagonist immediately asked the Flying Knights to report the relevant information to the five kings of the Northern Expeditionary Army, hoping to attract their attention, at least to gather troops and prepare for defensive battles.

What made the Northern Expeditionary Force of the Big-Headed Ant Kingdom more uncomfortable was that the nest where the Paving Ant Barbarian Army gathered its troops was located at the northwest end of the territory conquered by the Big-headed Ant Kingdom. To be exact, it is located at the junction of the spheres of influence of the Southern Corps and the Northern Corps of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

In this way, neither the Southern Corps nor the Northern Corps will have large forces facing the enemy. And once this weak connection is breached, the Southern and Northern Corps are in danger of being divided by superior enemy forces.

The protagonist does not have many troops stationed near the Great HB Shore at the moment, only two non-main forces, the "Waterfront City" garrison corps and the "bridgehead" garrison corps. The quality of its soldiers is average, and it is okay to defend the city, but it is not up to the standard of the protagonist to go out in the field. In addition, there is also the task of guarding the lair, and it is impossible for the protagonist to send them all out.

Therefore, the protagonist can only hope that the Northern Expeditionary Army can survive the initial predicament on its own, and wait for the Divine Envoy King's Army to find an opportunity to go north.

After all, what the protagonist needs is for the paving ant kingdom and the big-headed ant kingdom to consume each other evenly and buy time for themselves to develop. Rather than one side being beaten and disrupting the original balance of power.

Previously, the information obtained by the protagonist was rarely revealed to the commanders of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and only the public security king and the good king could get some sporadic intelligence support.

Now, all kinds of information, along with the judgment of the protagonist, are continuously provided to the three corps of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and the commanders of these corps are beginning to realize the seriousness of the problem.

The Public Security King was the first to convince the two clusters of the Southern Corps, and they began to stop expanding and instead gather troops, hoard supplies, and repair their nests.

Especially in the front paving the nest of the main force of the ant barbarian army, the Southern Corps of the Northern Expeditionary Army gathered a cluster of more than 50,000 soldiers from 20 corps.

But the Northern Corps was not so quick to react.

In the face of a serious military threat, although General C and General D were also trying to gather their troops, the troops under their command were too scattered, and often three or five legions gathered together, either hunting and foraging, or going out to attack, or stopping to rest.

These small clusters only maintain basic communication with each other, and if they encounter some interference, they may even not be in contact with the large army for a long time.

General King C and General D are now in a situation where they can't find their soldiers and their soldiers can't find their generals, and although they have sent a large number of heralds to ask the troops to converge, they have had little success.

The Paving Ant Barbarian Army has begun to cover the battlefield, and a large number of scout troops have begun to disperse into the battlefield. These scouts may be smaller, but they are fierce and experienced.

They lurked near the nests of the Northern Expeditionary Army, roaming the land of the Northern Expeditionary Army, attacking the sporadic and lone Big-headed Ant Warriors of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Their arrival has further exacerbated the crisis of the Northern Expeditionary Army, whose heralds and scouts are often killed, and military orders and intelligence have been unable to be transmitted smoothly.

The Northern Expeditionary Army also immediately sent a large number of troops to guard its own information transmission line, which can be regarded as achieving certain results.

Before the official battle, the scouts on both sides had already killed in the grass, shade, stone crevices and other occasions, and their casualty rate and tragedy even exceeded that of the main decisive battle.

Judging from the actions of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army, the Northern Expeditionary Army has determined the strength and purpose of the enemy army.

At this time, many originally optimistic commanders of the Northern Expeditionary Army discovered that the enemy army was so numerous, and the will to fight and combat skills were also very strong. This is very different from the stereotype they formed at the beginning, which was that the paving ant barbarians were already vulnerable.

The information transmitted by the flying knight is also becoming more and more urgent:

Once again, it was found that a large number of grain from the paving ant barbarians had arrived at the front line.

Another large army of paving ant barbarians, consisting of dozens of legions, arrived at the front.

The Paving Ant Barbarian Army is carrying out a large-scale hunt near the assembly site, and the momentum is amazing.

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On the side of the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom, the Southern Corps has completed pre-war preparations.

The Southern Corps has assembled its heavy forces in three nests on the front line, which have been renovated and expanded to accommodate enough troops and supplies.

And the defensive preparations of the Northern Corps were not so smooth.

While many of the troops have been ordered to be taken over by General C and General D, some of the troops have been rebuilt, others are on the way.

However, some troops were unable to get the news in time due to poor communication and interference by the scouts of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army.

The flying knights found that a small army of three legions was still attacking a small nest of remote paving ant barbarians, and then was exterminated by the paving ant barbarian army that heard the wind.

Other legions were also confronted by the enemy, scattered in the field, and the rout retreated, being pursued and killed on the way back, suffering heavy losses.

The forces of the Northern Corps were also concentrated in the two nests at the front, focusing on strengthening the forces near the junction.

After communication, the commanders of the Northern Expeditionary Army apparently believed that the most likely place for the enemy to launch an attack was near the junction between the Southern Corps and the Northern Corps.

This is not to say that the Paving Ant Barbarian Army detected the troop deployment of the Northern Expeditionary Force of the Big-Headed Ant Kingdom and deliberately attacked the weak point, purely because this place was close to the starting base of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army.

Only when fighting closer to the departure base can we get the most adequate logistical support, especially when the large corps is dispatched, the logistical constraints are more obvious.

And once the field combat encounters bad weather, the troops can also retreat to the safety of the lair in time to avoid heavy losses in the field.

Therefore, the protagonist and the commander of the Northern Expeditionary Army judged the same and believed that the enemy's main attack direction was here.