Chapter 123: Restart of negotiations
On the same day, the Divine Messenger King's legion and other reinforcements arrived, and they got the fire contained in the nut shell brought back by the flying knight, and also collected enough fuel.
But at this time, it was getting late, and the Divine Envoy King's legion did not start to act immediately, but rested for the night, processing the materials needed by the way.
Due to the very sudden breakdown of the negotiations, and the retaliation of the Divine Envoy King's legion, the Red Fire Ant Lord's Hive [Hive City] only sent a few messengers for help, and then it was surrounded and completely blocked.
There are not many troops in the country that can serve the king of red fire ants, and the troops on the front line are also pinned, even if they return to help regardless of the warning after receiving the warning, it will be three or five days later.
Therefore, in a short period of time, the Divine Envoy King Legion does not need to worry about facing the main force of the enemy army. And the protagonist doesn't plan to stay in [Hive City] for too long, as long as he can show his strength, let the Red Fire Ant Kingdom weigh up, and be willing to restart negotiations, and finally sign a treaty that is beneficial to the Divine Envoy King's legion, it is enough.
After a night's rest, August of this year is over.
On September 1st, the Divine Envoy King's legion began to follow the plan and methodically began to clear the antlion traps on the periphery.
The Red Fire Ants found out that the Divine Envoy King's legion was only stationed separately, roughly surrounding [Hive City] and blocking the access passages, but they did not attack in a big way, but they didn't know what they were busy with, so they sent scouts to a very close distance to reconnoitre.
As long as the enemy's scouts don't get too close or try to escape from [Hive City], the busy Divine Envoy King warriors ignore them and let them see how the Divine Envoy King's legion will beat their Protector Worm in a fancy way.
These Divine Messenger King warriors are throwing a large number of dead branches and fallen leaves that they found yesterday into small pieces, all of which are thrown into the antlion pit.
Naturally, antlions will not allow these inedible dead objects to clog, bury, and interfere with their traps, which will affect their hunting.
And since yesterday, in accordance with wartime practice, the red fire ants have stopped feeding the antlion, and the hungry antlion will be more aggressive, and these dead things are no exception.
Some antlions try to throw dead branches, fallen leaves, and broken grass out like sand, but these things are too light to eat, and most of the time they are unable to throw these things out of deep pits, and basically roll back on the spot.
Some antlions choose to burrow out of the bottom of hidden bunkers, cling to obstacles with their jaws, and climb backwards onto the ground to throw away the debris, or simply crawl away to change places to build a new trap.
The protagonist did not expect that these antlions would voluntarily abandon the advantageous trap, and once they climbed to the ground, they were no longer arrogant in the trap, and the warriors of the god king quickly dragged them to the flat ground away from the pit one by one and bit them to death.
Some antlions can't survive or die, but they won't be able to hide for long, and in the end they won't be as comfortable as their companions who died first.
When the combustibles in the pit traps were lit one by one by the ants with portable nut shell fires, the heat forced them to either dare not cross the flames, but to try to burrow their bodies into the ground as much as possible. The ants kept throwing in new fuel, roasting the ground to the bridle, and eventually the trapped antlions were either killed or seriously injured in the flames.
Other antlions dragged their wounded bodies through the flames and barely climbed to the ground, and were stabbed back with long sticks by the legions of the Divine Envoy King, who were already waiting there, and usually after one or two times, the antlions were fully ripe. The few who dodged the long stick couldn't climb far before they were caught up and bitten to death.
In this way, the army of the Divine Envoy King swept through the pits and traps one by one, and then filled in the pits that had been destroyed, destroying dozens of antlions in one morning, and opening up a road to the [Hive City] ant mound.
Dozens of burned or bitten ant carcasses were thrown in front of the anthill, and the Divine Envoy King's legion temporarily withdrew, allowing the scouts of the Red Fire Ants to come out and touch the remains of their Protector Worms, which would bring information and panic back to the nest.
The Divine Envoy King's Legion never attacked [Hive City], and even when the Red Fire Ant Kingdom sent an emissary who threatened to kill the captured "Little Flower" and the other Divine Envoy King warriors, the protagonist ignored it.
According to this, the protagonist knows that "Xiaohua" is still alive, and he also knows that the other party will not dare to kill him, and will only send a messenger to threaten him.
Since the mission is fine, the protagonist continues to destroy the antlions outside the city with peace of mind, throwing dozens or hundreds of antlion corpses outside the city every day, torturing the nerves of the red fire ant elders little by little.
However, on September 3rd, when the protagonist receives an urgent report from the Flying Knight, saying that the Red Fire Ant Army has eliminated the besieged Leaf Cutting Ant Army, and the army of about 200,000 has received the news of the main nest for help, and begins to return to the division, the protagonist knows that the negotiations can be restarted.
At present, due to the blockade of the Divine Envoy King Legion, the Red Fire Ant Nation does not know that the reinforcements have returned to Shiqin King, and the Divine Envoy King Legion has shown the strength to easily destroy its Protector Divine Beast in the past three days, and now is the best time to negotiate.
The protagonist decides that it would be best to conclude the negotiations within three days, in order to prevent the Red Fire Ant Elders from having other thoughts when they find out about the return of the army, or simply keep their representatives from knowing about it.
So the protagonist immediately sent a messenger to ask the Red Fire Ant Country to release "Little Flower" and other ants to restart negotiations.
This time, the Red Fire Ant Kingdom finally relented in the face of reality and agreed to the request of the Divine Envoy King Legion. "Little Flower" has always said that red fire ants are the most stubborn and inflexible, but in fact, they are also arrogant and have not been beaten by society.
After all, the Leaf Cutting Ant Country was not able to easily eliminate hundreds of Protector Divine Beasts at the beginning, but the Divine Envoy King Legion did it, which gave the Red Fire Ant Kingdom an extremely huge shock.
The totem of the Red Fire Ant Country, similar to the symbol of the "Ant Grove" rune of the Leaf-cutting Ant Country, is the head of an antlion. They can only agree to negotiate!
The protagonist takes the opportunity to make some additional demands during the negotiation, such as changing the negotiation location to the lair on the border of the Divine Envoy King's legion, and the Red Fire Ant Kingdom must send a plenipotentiary who can make decisions, etc.
Such conditions would help the Divine Envoy King's army gain an advantage in the negotiations, after all, once the negotiations began, the Divine Envoy King's army would inevitably withdraw from [Hive City], and the Red Fire Ant Elders would soon know that reinforcements were not far away.
Once the negotiators of the Red Fire Ant Nation go to the territory of the Divine Envoy King Legion, they will never know this news, and they can only reach a treaty that is more favorable to the Divine Envoy King Legion under the operation of the Divine Envoy King Legion.
On September 4th, the Red Fire Ant Nation sent a huge team of 12 elders, escorted by 300 Red Fire Ant warriors and 600 slave auxiliaries, to the negotiation site in the territory of the Divine Envoy King's Legion.
The Divine Envoy King Legion, who had eaten roasted ant lion meat for several days, also lifted the siege of [Hive City], escorted and monitored the mission of the Red Fire Ant Country, and returned home with the released "Little Flower" and other ants.