Early the next morning, the army began to assemble in the nest.

There are a total of five legions dispatched this time, and the Divine Envoy King Legion can be described as the elite. Including the First Legion, which was already the first to be equipped with gravel weapons and had five beetles. With the exception of the First Legion, the other legions are the Second through Fifth Legions, all of which are fully equipped with Scythe Scouts and Gravel weapons.

These regiments were in combat for the first time after the military reforms in late autumn and winter last year, and after months of running-in training, they have reached the level of proficiency, but they have not yet been tested in real combat.

The protagonist personally leads the army this time, and he also intends to accept the army under his command.

Nobita, as the male ant who is most familiar with the local situation, is also ordered to participate in the battle, and he follows the protagonist, and does not have direct troops, but only plays the role of a guide and staff officer.

There were eight thousand warriors in the five legions, and it took almost an hour just to assemble out of the nest. This is also due to the expansion of the main passage and entrance to provide for beetles to enter and exit, and the current "Dongyang City" has the largest entrance and exit of all the nests in the entire Big-headed Ant King.

When the entrance and exit were first expanded, many male ants were opposed. The entrances and exits of the big-headed ant nest are often not large, which is due to military considerations. As a naturally warlike species, any ant nest has the possibility of entering a state of war at any time, and the smaller the entrance, although there are many inconveniences in peacetime, but the better the defensive effect in wartime - limiting the enemy's strength and support speed in underground street battles, and giving full play to their home advantage and local force advantage.

The protagonist doesn't care, the field strength of the Divine Envoy King's army is very strong, as long as the number gap is not too great, there are almost no opponents on both sides of the entire river. And "Dongyang City" is also far away from the main enemy, the Paving Ant Barbarian Kingdom, and there is no military threat in the short term.

In terms of the concept of the protagonist, if any stronghold is just blindly sticking, even the world-famous fortified city, it has its weaknesses. Only a combination of defense and maneuver can have the best defensive effect. Historically, there have been countless examples of failures in defending isolated cities, and there have also been countless examples of successful internal and external combined mobile defenses, and the advantages and disadvantages of tactics are clear at a glance.

After the army of the king was assembled, he began to march south.

Rambofer's second legion took the lead as the vanguard this time, and he scattered two squads of 100 scythe-hunting ant scouts, although there were no other ant armies in the vicinity that could pose a threat, but Ramberford has always been meticulous, which is why the protagonist trusts him and puts him in charge of important forward matters.

After the Forward Corps, the Great Army marched in columns, first Rambovan's Third Legion, then the First Legion of Rolling as the main force of the central army and the main character's personal guard, then the Fourth Legion of Rambotu and the Fifth Legion of Ramborough in the Queen's Highness.

Each legion's scout squad spread out to cover the flanks of the marching column, and in the event of an alarm, these scouts were tasked with warning and slowing down the enemy's pace, buying time for the large army to change formations.

This time the protagonist does not advance on foot or in a sedan chair, he rides Tempeste to participate in this war.

As an active jumping spider by nature, Tempest survives the cold winter by hiding in a warm ant nest without having to find a place to hibernate. But the disadvantage of this is that it has nowhere to go, and can only "stay" in its own private stable, which is really uncomfortable.

Being able to travel far away this time, Tempest simply got a chance to let off steam. If the protagonist hadn't been holding on to the reins, he would have been able to climb all the nearby trees.

As for Nobita, Mulan, and the Praetorian Guards, they can only walk on foot, and they often can't keep up with the main character riding Tempest, so they can only follow the First Legion.

Fortunately, the protagonist doesn't need too much protection, as long as he is not under siege, with the protagonist's ability to "descend from the gods", there is nothing in this insect world that can threaten him.

The army soon reached its first destination, the "Southern Fortress", which was built to defend against the attacks of parasitic ants, and was made of ant concrete throughout, although it was small in size but sturdy in structure.

After the end of the war, it was not abandoned like the "staging station", and a team of retired ant ants was also stationed, commanded by a retired male ant.

This locust extermination war is very different from the previous wars between ants, and the protagonist has no experience and cannot predict how long the war will last.

His plan was to expand the "staging station" into a base that could accommodate all the troops, so as to clear the nearby locust swarms as a stronghold, and the "southern fortress" would become a transfer point for "Dongyang Castle" to supply supplies to the front line.

A convoy of worker ants marched with the army, leaving a small half of the supplies in the "Southern Fortress". And the army continued to advance.

In the afternoon, the army arrived at the "staging station", which was a little slower than the original pace of the hunting team.

This is because hunting parties can travel lightly and are not easily hindered by the terrain.

The advance of the army requires wider roads, and many terrains, rocks, and vegetation will become obstacles, and sometimes they have to be detoured.

At this time, the Beetle Legion also exposed one of its weaknesses - lack of mobility.

Ants can speed up their march for a certain amount of time, but beetles are always unhurried. Although they are very obedient, will follow the direction assigned by the driver, and can overcome many obstacles, their speed is always the same, unhurried, and any supervision measures will not be effective.

This is the disadvantage of the beetle after being castrated, although docile, but without passion. However, for mounts, barely doing more harm than good.

After arriving at the "Transit Station", the protagonist takes the Legion Commander and Nobita to meet with the elderly male ants and learn about the locust plague again.

In the army, in addition to the first and fifth legions, which are responsible for the vigilance mission, the other legions and the worker ants accompanying the army have begun to invest in the construction.

At the beginning, the "transit station" was just a material distribution center, and the scale of the nest was not large, and it did not meet the requirements for stationing large armies.

With the possibility of fighting a long-term war, the protagonist decides to expand the "transit station" this time.

The Divine King's legion moved quickly, and with the cooperation of thousands of ants, by the time the sun set, the main structure of the nest had been built, enough to accommodate all the troops and supplies for the night.

Of course, the nest is not yet complete, and the supporting drainage facilities and other ancillary facilities have not yet been built, but the rainy season is still early, and the worker ants still have enough time to work on it.

While the main force of the legion was being constructed, the protagonist had already finished the meeting, and he decided to personally take the Praetorian Guard team and a scythe ant scout team to the pasture to see the specific situation of the locust infestation.

The older male ants are not suitable to serve as guides due to their age and physical reasons, so Nobita still accompanies them.