Chapter 252: Opening the Base
In general, the Legion of the Divine Envoy and the Hunter Ants had not had much contact before, with the former living on the plains and the latter living in the southern hills, where they had not been in contact for a long time.
It wasn't until the Divine Envoy Legion expelled the parasitic ant forces that it was discovered that there were other inhabitants in the newly occupied land of "Stump Fortress", and these scythe hunters were the natives of the hilly region.
The Scythe Hunters fought the parasitic ants of the same genus, and then they apparently regarded the Legion of the Divine Envoy as an intruder, and there were several small battles between the two sides.
After realizing that the Legion of the Divine Messenger King was also difficult to mess with, these scattered indigenous tribes stopped invading the "Stump Fortress" and began to avoid the Legion of the Divine King's sphere of influence.
These were all things that happened before last winter, and now after the beginning of spring, the scythe hunters suddenly broke the barely maintained balance between the two sides, and even many small tribes began to unite, huddle, and assemble, as if they would not stop until they knocked down the "Stump Fortress". The event itself seems unusual.
And after Rambovan arrived at the "Stump Fortress", he obviously smelled something unusual and dangerous. He immediately sent a messenger to "Dongyang City" to seek support from Lan Bofei.
His requests for help included: let half of the Fourth Army Corps that had stayed in "Dongyang City" for the winter immediately rush back to the "Stump Fortress" to assist in the defense, and let the garrison of "Dongyang City" be ready to respond at any time, and asked for immediate support for a batch of grain and supplies.
Lan Bofei also realized the seriousness of the situation from this urgent request for help, and he had already begun to prepare for these supports, but at this time, the protagonist suddenly returned, and everyone immediately found the backbone.
This is the second piece of information, but it makes the protagonist's head big for a while.
After the start of spring, in addition to a brief period of good weather, bad news followed.
First of all, the Western Legion garrison fell, and the Western King was basically certain to be killed, and the elite Western Legion was completely annihilated; Then the cold of spring hits, and the whole kingdom falls into depression, and there may be famine for the whole year afterward, and the protagonist's territory is no exception; Now, when the Paving Ant Barbarians are about to use force, the originally stable rear "Dongyang City" is facing the threat of the natives hunting sickle ants, and the Divine Envoy King Legion may be forced to fight on two or even three fronts, and the battlefield may include: the "bridgehead" area on the north bank of the Great River (Northern Expedition), the lost Vice-Nest on the south bank of the Great River (Reconquest War), and the hilly area south of "Dongyang City".
There is a high probability of a grain failure this year, and in this case, the protagonist can no longer expand the army at will like last year. With the scale of the existing four legions and two garrison legions of the Divine Envoy King Legion, if you want to hold the existing territory, you also have to deal with two or three lines of battles, and both troops and materials are stretched.
Nowadays, in the midst of a recession, the only stable food supply is the farms and farmlands in Dongyangcheng, and expanding the scale of farms and farmlands is a feasible solution to alleviate the food crisis.
However, the farm requires ants to collect feed such as plant stems and leaves in their territory, and the range of ants in each nest is limited, and there is also a limit to the amount of feed that can be collected. The same is true for farmland, which not only requires soil fertility, but also should not be too far from the nest in order to facilitate weeding and harvesting by ants.
As a result, the scale of the existing farms and farmlands in "Dongyang City" is close to the upper limit, and it seems that it is imperative to open a sub-base.
So, the protagonist orders Rambo Fei to prepare a batch of mealworm eggs, fly eggs, and grass seed seeds to be shipped to "Waterfront City".
There is also room for the construction of farms and farmland, especially on the banks of the river, which is suitable for development as farmland, especially because of the fertile soil and abundant water sources. And once the "Linshui City" has a bumper harvest, it will be able to provide the nearest grain and straw in Hebei. Now that the protagonist has thoroughly mastered the "Waterfront City", it is natural that he can build a lot of construction here.
The protagonist also cannot be taken lightly by the threat faced by the "Stump Fortress", and he fulfills all of Rambowan's requests, allocating one-third of the already scarce food stock, so that Rambo Fei can organize the transportation of people to the "Stump Fortress".
The remnants of the Fourth Army Corps, which remained at Dongyang Castle, also immediately set off and rushed to support. In this way, only the garrison corps is left in "Dongyang City", and there is a lack of mobile troops, so the protagonist can only authorize Rambo to fly, and in case of emergency, he can temporarily recruit the worker ants of each group to participate in the battle - at least until the food crisis is solved, the protagonist can no longer expand the size of the nest ant population.
The protagonist came back this time, and the original plan was to bring a batch of supplies and reinforcements back to "Linshui City" to prepare for the upcoming reconquest war and Northern Expedition against the Paving Ant Barbarian Army, but now the plan can't catch up with the changes, and "Dongyang City" itself is also facing a threat and supplies are not abundant.
The protagonist can only settle for the next best thing, bring back some eggs and seeds, and prepare supplies in the "Waterfront City" tuntian.
In the end, the protagonist asks Rambo Fei to send the flying knights to the "Waterfront City" in time to deliver the message if there is a new situation. In this way, it only takes a few hours for information to be transmitted between the two places, unlike the messenger on foot, which can take days to travel and be delayed in bad weather on the way.
In fact, the Flying Knights are all kings, and they are naturally unwilling to take on such a menial job as a messenger. Previously, the protagonist wanted the Flying Knights to carry the messengers, but after a few times, the Flying Knights began to protest again, how could the lowly worker ants share a fly with them?
This inexplicable sense of superiority makes the protagonist speechless, but he is powerless to change this hierarchical concept engraved in his genes, after all, they are the same race, male ants are very different from soldier ants and worker ants in appearance, and there are natural hierarchical differences.
But it's not without workarounds, according to the plan that the protagonist has figured out, the Flying Knights don't act as messengers, but help Rambo fly to report important military information to the Divine Envoy King. In this way, the flying knights, who are also members of the royal council, are very happy to participate in this kind of military aircraft event.
The protagonist himself thinks that this approach is a bit like coaxing children, but the flying knights themselves eat a very good set. In their opinion, as long as they can reflect the superiority of their own class and distinguish them from the low-status soldier ants and worker ants, then everything is negotiable.
The protagonist has realized that in the ant world, it is unrealistic to preach the equality of ants and ants to the worker ants and the soldier ants, and to carry out the equal rights movement, and even the worker ants and the soldier ants themselves will not agree.
After assigning these tasks, the protagonist flies back to "Waterfront City".
Now, he has to start organizing people to build farms and demarcate farmland. In this way, when the eggs and seeds delivered by Dongyang City arrive a few days later, they can be put into production immediately.
As a result, in the next few days, the entire "Waterfront City" was a scene of labor in full swing.