Outside the Red Iron City, on the ground on the trees, the black pressure is full of leaf-cutting ants.

The torrent of leafcutter ants swept in from the north, and soon it almost covered the ground and treetops, and there were many starry beetles flying around in the air.

All kinds of insects flew or jumped or crawled, and they fled the area, and no life in the whole forest dared to stay in the ant's field of vision except for the ants themselves.

It was already afternoon, and the Leaf Cutter Army quickly completed the siege and began to set up some makeshift overnight camps.

The protagonist only arrived in [Red Iron City] yesterday, and if it were another day, he would have been blocked by an army of leafcutter ants and unable to enter the city.

The besieged [Red Iron City] is built around a lone tree, and there is a certain distance between the tree and other nearby trees, and some branches have also been sawn off, making it difficult for the leafcutter ants to attack the [Red Iron City] from the trees, and the [Red Iron City] can concentrate on defending against the ground attack of the leafcutter ants.

At this time, the canal that the protagonist had high hopes for was not completed, but the moat surrounding the [Red Iron Castle] was completed, and when it rained two days ago, some water accumulated in the ditch, and although there was no water at this time, there was a lot of silt, making it difficult to pass.

In peacetime, the entry and exit of the defenders relied on wooden stick bridges erected in trenches, and the wooden stick bridges had been removed by this time.

This circle of silt trenches is enough to make the leafcutter ants, who are not good at ground combat, even more uncomfortable when attacking.

The protagonist is in the [Red Iron City], constantly inspiring his subordinates, and with the expansion of the army in the spring exam, some of the defenders in the [Red Iron City] are new legions, and some of the old legions have also been transferred away from some squads and commanders, and new soldiers have been added.

Many commanders and fighters did not experience being surrounded by hundreds of thousands of enemy troops.

The protagonist and the senior commander Jia Niu have experienced that in the swamp, parasitic ants and parasitic war beasts were also so black and oppressive, and there were enemies from the ground to the air. It's just that there are very few comrades-in-arms at that time who have survived to this day.

Under the command of the Divine King, the defenders were ready for battle, and the new iron cannons and improved ballistas were in place.

The leaf-cutting ant army outside the city was also gradually put into position, and they set up a simple temporary camp suitable for summer use, and also launched an attack formation.

To the protagonist's surprise, some Star Bulls land high on the tree where [Red Iron City] is located, with silk threads on their backs, as if they are planning to build a rope bridge, and then attack from the trees and the ground at the same time.

It's just that the distance that this rope bridge needs to be erected is longer than the one they crossed the stream yesterday, and the construction is more difficult, and it will not be successful for a while.

Even if it succeeds, the protective net of [Red Iron City] will be in all directions, and although enemies from the trees can avoid long-range fire, they will also need to face the protective net and the defenders.

Just when the protagonist thinks that the leaf-cutting ant army will start the general attack after erecting the rope bridge, several leaf-cutting ants leave the army alone and slowly come to the [Red Iron City].

The protagonist signals long-range fire not to fight back, and these leafcutter ants are apparently messengers and are greeted by the defenders.

The leafcutter ant messenger is composed of 3 male ants and 12 large and small leafcutter ant warriors escorted, there are no female ants, I don't know if it is because they are reluctant to let the female ants with higher status risk their lives.

The three male ants first passed through the wooden stick bridge temporarily erected by the Divine Angel King's legion on the trench, and then entered through the gap in the protective net, looking left and right as they walked, as if they were observing the defense deployment in the city.

However, they couldn't read the ballistas and iron cannons, nor did they understand many of the deployments of the Divine Envoy King's legions, and the protagonist didn't pay attention to their careful thoughts.

The protagonist asks the beetle to meet with the leafcutter ant messenger, the other party's status is not high, he doesn't need to come forward in person, otherwise he will be easily despised by the other party.

The beetle relayed the message of the leafcutter ant messenger.

The Leaf Cutting Ant Army seemed to sense that [Red Iron City] was difficult to overcome, and the trenches and protective nets here were all defensive facilities that they had never seen before, and it was just the aerial reconnaissance of the Star Sky Bull, which had already made the commander on the opposite side a little confused.

Therefore, the Leafcutter Army made a suggestion: if the defenders were willing to give up resistance and evacuate, the Leafcutter Army would not pursue, they would only want to regain the lost territory. And if the Legion of the Divine Envoy does so, they also intend to re-establish trade with the Legion of the Divine Envoy.

Your army has come up and suddenly told me this!?

Although it is impossible for the protagonist to give up [Red Iron City], the idea of re-establishing trade makes him very excited, and the trade of the Divine Envoy King Legion is now completely dependent on the Red Fire Ant Country, just as it used to be completely dependent on the Leaf Cutting Ant Country. In the ever-changing ant world, such a single foreign trade channel can be cut off, and the territory of the Divine Envoy King's legion is not large, and the materials obtained in foreign trade are of great benefit to themselves.

Moreover, the diplomatic strategy set by the Divine Envoy King's army earlier was to sit on the mountain and watch the ant fight, and profit from the war between the Red Fire Ant Kingdom and the Leafcutter Ant Country. Now it is not the original intention of the protagonist to resist the army of leafcutter ants for the Red Fire Ant Country.

The protagonist pondered for a while, asked Jia Niu to communicate with the other party's envoy, and proposed the Divine Envoy King's legion:

The Divine Envoy King's Legion will not withdraw from [Red Iron City], but it can provide some compensation to make up for the loss of [Red Iron City] by the Leaf Cutting Ant Kingdom. The Legion of the Divine Envoy King is also willing to reopen trade with the Leaf Cutter Ant Kingdom. The Divine Envoy King can also promise not to participate in the war between the Leaf Cutter Ant Army and the Red Fire Ant Army.

The last offer not to participate in the war between the Leaf Cutting Ant Army and the Red Fire Ant Army is added by the protagonist after discovering that the Divine Envoy King's Legion can't provide too many chips.

But the protagonist doesn't know that the reason why the Leaf Cutting Ant Army uncharacteristically sent messengers before the war was because he felt that [Red Iron City] was a bug with only thorns that was difficult to bite, and there were other reasons.

Previously, the Legion of the Divine Envoy King had provided a lot of concentrated crow honey to the Leafcutter Ant Kingdom through trade, and these highly addictive drinks fascinated the queens and females of the Leafcutter Ant Country.

After the trade was suspended, the top management of the Leaf Cutter Ant Country was no longer satisfied with ordinary sweets, and the Leaf Cleaver Ants were rarely able to obtain sweets, mainly natural fruits and the like.

This time, after seeing the Divine Envoy King Legion, the high-level leaf-cutting ants who were eager for crow honey made such a proposal that was completely different from their habits, and did not kill them directly as quickly as they did for the red fire ants.

The emissary of the Leaf Cutter returned, and the male ants were in the middle of the Leaf Cutter Ant Nation, and had no right to make decisions, and they had to repay the Divine Envoy King's legion for proposals, as well as the defensive arrangements they observed.

After about half an hour, on the ant mound of [Red Iron City], the protagonist sees the army of leaf-cutting ants starting to act.

The Leafcutter Ant Army charged at [Red Iron City] from all sides and launched an attack. Obviously, the proposal of the Divine Envoy King's legion made the Leaf Cutting Ant Kingdom find it difficult to accept, and they wanted to fight first.