Chapter 268: New Army

Although the protagonist conquered the main nest, he failed to conquer the entire kingdom of big-headed ants, failed to conquer the secondary nests in various places, and failed to conquer the hearts of the ruling male ants who represented each place.

In the face of one after another resistance and intrusion, the protagonist is a little anxious, and even regrets breaking with the "Old King Conference" of the main nest too early - will it be better to accumulate strength for a while?

But the protagonist also knows that there is no choice at that time - the best chance to break with the King's meeting - the main nest is empty. If the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army is still on the south bank of the Great River, then even the strong Divine Envoy King Legion has to be weighed.

Now, in the face of the quagmire of the security station that has gradually fallen into, the protagonist feels that his forces are stretched.

Among the six main legions at hand, four legions were pinned down in the battlefield of "Hunting Ground City" in the northeast, because the enemy army had a large number of troops and complete defenses, and could only fight a blockade war, and it was difficult to turn around without half a month.

A legion must remain behind in the newly conquered main nest, Qingqiu City, to stabilize this symbolic, largest, and richest lair, which cannot be easily mobilized.

A legion is fighting around the main nest and has been a little tired for a week.

There are still a few garrison legions left, all of which are left behind in important nests such as "Dongyang City" and "Linshui City", and they cannot be easily mobilized.

As soon as the protagonist calculates, he has no more maneuvering power left at hand.

Therefore, the protagonist feels the need to form a few new legions, even if these new legions are temporarily equipped with equipment such as slings, stone knives, and beetle mounts, as long as they master the unique tactics of the Divine Envoy King Legion, they can at least cope with the battle of average intensity.

Previously, only six field legions were formed, mainly because the output of old territories such as "Dongyang City" was still limited, and there was a lack of a sufficient number of young male ants under his command to serve as squad commanders.

Now, with the new conquest of the main nest "Qingqiu City" and the surrounding ten secondary nests, the territory and ant population controlled by the protagonist have greatly increased, and the farms and farmlands of "Qingqiu City" have also been put into production one after another, and the food production has increased greatly, and there is already an economic basis for the expansion of the army.

The male ant school in Dongyang Castle also provides education for young male ants who hatch and break pupa in large numbers this spring, and are taught by the bamboo who is responsible for managing the area.

The protagonist thinks that the conditions are ripe for the expansion of the army, and now he needs to find several commanders at the regimental level.

It's a bit tricky.

The original legion commanders, such as Roll, Rambo Fei, etc., are all male ants in the same batch as the protagonist, and their qualifications are sufficient. Most of the other males are in the subsequent batches, and their qualifications are a little worse.

Although it is only a little worse, in the ant world where seniority is serious, it will greatly affect the prestige of the commander and the degree of implementation of orders.

Originally, in the earliest Divine Envoy King Legion, there was a group of male ants with qualifications second only to Rolling and other commanders, but most of these male ants were born in the main nest, and they had repeatedly opposed the protagonist before, and they had been left idle in "Dongyang City" and other places, and the protagonist did not plan to use them again in the current civil war.

Choosing and choosing, the protagonist sets his sights on the Flying Knight Commander.

Among the Flying Knight commanders, the Flyhawk has enough prestige and seniority, but it is also indispensable for the Flying Knight team.

His nine generals: the mantis tiger, the dung rhino, the spade elephant, the beetle, the manticore, the spider wolf, the centipede, the mantile leopard, and the locust jackal, although they are slightly less prestigious, are barely competent.

At present, there are not many flying knights, and there is no need for so many capable and qualified male ants to gather in it.

In fact, in order to appease these males, the protagonist gives the Commander of the Flyhawk Legion, and all the Flying Knights are treated as squad commanders.

The protagonist thinks about it and decides to promote the Mantis, Dung Rhino, Stag Elephant, Armored Ox, Manticore, and Spider Wolf to the commander of the new Legion, who are the oldest of the Flying Knights, second only to the Flyhawk, and have many experiences fighting with the Ground Legion.

The main sources of soldiers of the new army were transferred from "Dongyang City", "Linshui City" and "South City", and the soldiers in these places were all educated by the protagonists since childhood, and their loyalty was more guaranteed.

As many as 15,000 soldier ants have to be transferred from the three places at once, which is also a great burden on the three places, basically exhausting the young soldier ants that have been hoarded all along, and even in the garrison corps of the three places, there are only some disabled retired veterans.

The protagonist can only send a large number of worker ants and soldier ants from the main nest and the newly conquered secondary nest to supplement the shortage in the three places, and just take the opportunity to disperse some local ants who have a rebellious mood and send them to work in the rear.

The queen ant of the Scythe Ant Hunting tribe in the "Southern City" was also allowed to produce 600 Scythe Ant Eggs to serve as scout warriors for the new legion. But it will take more than a month for these fighters to be in place, enough to hatch, pupate and receive basic military training.

In other words, the new legion will not have a scythe hunting ant scout team available for a month or two, and can only follow the traditional method, with the big-headed ant warrior acting as a scout.

The male ant school in "Dongyang City" has also stepped up its training speed, and quickly sent 300 male ants who were born after the beginning of spring this year to the main nest "Qingqiu City" to join the new legion.

By April 15, the new regiment had been largely formed, and all the personnel were in place and training began, except for the scythe hunting ants.

As for weapons, since the new legions are all infantry corps, they only need slings and stone knife weapons glued to the big jaws, and these "Dongyang City" are in stock, but they can only arm half of the new troops at one time, so they have to continue to step up production.

Incidentally, the little secretary II has broken out of the chrysalis and joined the scientific research group in the "Dongyang City", participating in the scientific research and weapons manufacturing work that his mother was engaged in. The protagonist plans to wait for the situation near the main nest to settle down, and then move her and the entire research team to "Qingqiu City".

The protagonist is very concerned about the training of the new legions, and in his busy schedule, he will personally guide the training, give lectures to the young commanders, and explain the past combat examples.

Just when the protagonist is busy forming a new army, the whole war situation has taken a new turn.

On the battlefield in the northeast, after "sitting" for about a week, the troops of the old-fashioned king finally couldn't hold back in the face of increasingly embarrassing food stocks, and began to attack frequently to challenge.

But the rolling army was close and ready to drive the enemy back underground before they could assemble.

However, the enemy produced a large number of routs, and couriers mixed in, and some took the opportunity to escape the blockade and escape to the rear, finally letting the suspicious ruling males in the rear side nest understand the situation.

According to the Flying Knights' reconnaissance, the rear of the Old-fashioned King's army is also gathering new troops to prepare to rescue the "Hunting Ground City".