This time, the protagonist chooses to lead three legions: Rambose's 6th Legion, Rambotu's 4th Legion, and Ramborough II's 13th Legion.

Although the rolling beetle legion is strong in combat, it is not easy to cross the river, and the time for the large beetle to pass through the rope bridge will be very long and unsafe, so this legion with strong combat effectiveness will be rejected first, and it is better to stay in [Linshui City] obediently.

The Kite Hunting Scythe Ant Legion is not good at fighting in large formations, and it will be very disadvantageous to deal with the mysterious ants with unusually strong individual combat effectiveness without the bonus of the formation, so it has also been ruled out.

As for where is the rope bridge to cross the river?

The rope bridge leading from [Waterfront City] to [Bridgehead] had been destroyed by the Divine Envoy King's legion at the beginning of this year, and now the Divine Envoy King's legion did not have the means to cross the river.

But if there is no now, it does not mean that there will not be, and the protagonist is confident.

Since the last rope bridge was actively demolished, the protagonist has long been thinking about the plan to return to the north bank of the Great River, but the two actions of unifying the south bank of the Great River and the swamp raider involve a lot of resources, so this plan has not been put into action.

There are already three rope bridges in the [Waterfront City], and they can be put into use when the time is right.

The Bee Flying Knights had already scouted before, and even ventured into the underground lair to explore, and there were no mysterious ants stationed in the [bridgehead] opposite [Waterfront City].

After conquering this heavily garrisoned fortress of the Northern Expeditionary Army, the mysterious ants then abandoned it and did not pay attention to it at all.

But think about it, the mysterious ant's army is only more than 10,000, and it has to besiege [Target A], and it is also ready to fight a decisive battle with the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army at any time, and the troops must be concentrated. Only after defeating the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army did the mysterious ants begin to divide their forces.

And the mysterious ants are also strange and never seem to need a logistics line, like marching ants. So they don't have to occupy the nest one by one. Even the main nest of the paving ant barbarian country, the mysterious ants gave up for a while after conquering it.

Moreover, the Northern Expeditionary Army attached great importance to the [bridgehead] in order to one day return to their homeland on the south bank of the Great River, and at the same time to guard against the invasion of the Divine Envoy King's army. The mysterious ants don't have this need, and even whether they know about the existence of the south bank of the river needs to be discounted.

[The bridgehead] is defenseless, which is good news for the protagonist. He had also planned to secretly assume the rope bridge after nightfall, and then raid and conquer [bridgehead] to regain a foothold on the north bank of the Great River.

Now it seems that it is not needed.

In broad daylight, the Divine Envoy King's army was swaggering to build a new rope bridge, and just half a day's journey away was the battlefield of the corpse-strewn Northern Expeditionary Army and mysterious ants.

As with the previous rope bridge, the Bee Riders carried a very thin rope to the opposite bank and tied it to the tree. Then a few teams of worker ants carefully climbed along the rope to the opposite bank, and then used another rope to pull the rope of the thick rope bridge across the river.

After the rope bridge was pulled across the river, the two ends continued to be fixed in their original positions, and in just half a day, another rope bridge across the river was completed.

Today the wind is not strong, the river crossing is safe, and before nightfall, the protagonist arrives at the [bridgehead] with three legions.

At this time, the [bridgehead] is a mess, although there are no corpses - the mysterious ants like to transport corpses as trophies after the war, and the protagonist thinks that they are an evil race that feeds on the corpses of their enemies, but the lair is full of blood, broken arthropods, broken carapaces, and traces left by the fierce battle.

The tens of thousands of defenders of the Northern Expeditionary Army stationed in this fortress were attacked by mysterious ants, and after the outer defense line was overcome, they had to turn to street fighting.

The protagonist orders his subordinates to clean up the lair, which will still be a strong stronghold for the Divine Envoy King's legion on the north bank of the river, and it is impossible to give up.

The warriors of the Divine Envoy King cleaned the lair and repaired and strengthened the city's defenses over and over again.

The protagonist has learned the details of the fall of [Bridgehead] from the Flying Knights, and the mysterious ants that came from other trees and descended down the trunk were the culprits behind the loss of [Bridgehead].

And in the last battle, the fortifications [of the bridgehead] were also badly damaged and needed to be repaired.

This time, the protagonist is not just going to make a simple repair, but is ready to build a new fort with stronger defenses according to the standards of the fort built in the swampy area.

A large number of worker ants rushed over from [Waterfront City] with food and supplies and put them into the project. According to the protagonist's plan, they build an ant mound at the entrance and exit of the [bridgehead], which is built around the trunk of a tree, and is a majestic castle with only a few entrances and exits. In this way, even if the enemy occupies the trunk again, there will be no way to take this anthill like a shell.

There is also a ring of walls outside the anthill, which serves as the outermost line of defense and cordon.

Although the mysterious ant is not as capable of driving the war beast as the parasitic ant, the protagonist still hangs and installs protective nets here, which are also very good defense against most predators - there are always some hungry and dizzy predators who will approach the ant nest to feed, causing casualties among the ants.

Finally, the worker ants climbed the tree and sawed off as many leaves as possible from connecting the linden tree to nearby trees to prevent the enemy from potentially attacking the tree - while the mound has an all-round defense, it reduces the enemy's tactical options, so why not?

Throughout the day, the worker ants are busy, while the protagonist and his three legions stand still, waiting for the night to come.

After tasting the sweetness of many night raids, when facing the mysterious ants who have won a hundred battles, the protagonist knows that the first battle must be fought well, so he chooses to set off to rescue at the night that is most beneficial to his side.

However, since it was late autumn and the temperature was very low in the second half of the night, night warfare had to be fought quickly, and the army had to take refuge in safe shelter before the temperature dropped to a critical point.

- I'm the dividing line -

The full moon was already hanging on the treetops like a silver platter, and the sun had not yet completely set, half of the body was hidden by the distant mountains, and half of the body was still reflected in the sunset.

At this time, most of the ants of other races are already preparing to return to the nest, and even if some ants come out at night, they will not be too far from the nest.

At this moment, a group of Divine Envoy King warriors rushed out of the [bridgehead] and stepped into the night, ready to devote themselves to a night battle and rescue operation.

This will be the first encounter between the Legion of the Divine Envoy and the Mysterious Ants, but it certainly won't be the last!