The next day, the Northern Expeditionary Force of the Big-Headed Ant Kingdom set off on time, and the troops launched a surprise attack on two targets in two directions.

In order to achieve the effect of the raid, the scouts of the Divine Envoy King's legion that were previously scouted did not place their own pheromones near the target location.

The army is led by a guide, along the paving ant army's own pheromones.

This is not the usual tactic of the ants, but the innovation of the protagonist. However, the effect was remarkable, and the paving ant guards did not notice anything unusual at all, and were completely caught off guard.

A small number of paving ant warriors foraging in the wild were caught off guard by the big-headed ant kingdom army, and the big-headed ant kingdom army often made small-scale detours, completely cutting off the retreat of these paving ant warriors.

Only a few astute and lucky paving ant warriors can escape the pursuit and flee back to the nest to warn.

But this kind of warning is meaningless, the big-headed ant kingdom army arrived so quickly that after these kings who paved the ant nest ** received the alarm, before they could figure out what was going on, the entrance to the nest was lost and was burst into the ground.

Once the battle goes underground, there is no suspense, even if the paving ant defenders are more familiar with the terrain and can rely on the narrow passages to resist.

However, the Big-headed Ant Kingdom Army swept through the nest with absolute numerical superiority, and the Paving Ant Defenders, who were short of troops and had no reinforcements, were soon wiped out.

The protagonist rides Xiaoqing II around two battlefields and confirms that both targets have been conquered in half a day.

All that's left is to count the loot.

After the army on the ground has completely cleaned up the battlefield, the protagonist lands.

On the side of the Southern Corps, the protagonist learns from the Public Security King that the food captured here, including the corpses of the enemy soldiers killed, is not enough to support the consumption of the Corps for a day.

Subsequently, the protagonist goes to the Northern Corps, where the general in charge, King C, is reluctant to reveal the capture, but General King D confesses to the protagonist. Their captures were similar to those of the Southern Corps.

In other words, the two corps spent a day fighting, and although they conquered two nests, the amount of military rations captured was not enough to offset the day's consumption.

The shadow of food scarcity once again hung over the heads of the corps commanders.

But ordinary kings and warriors didn't have to worry so much, and many of them didn't know anything about the lack of food. The first victory after crossing the river came too easily, which further boosted the momentum of the Northern Expeditionary Army and made them even more light.

That night, the protagonist discusses his next move with the kings in the two legions.

His suggestion was to split the two corps into four again and launch a simultaneous attack on the nearby paving ant nests tomorrow.

Because through today's battle, the protagonist feels that relying on the strength of half a corps is enough to achieve the goal in the same time - the defense of the Paving Ant Army on the north bank of the river is too empty, and the enemy has no way to strengthen the defense here in a short time, and has not even reacted.

If you attack the four nests at the same time, the amount of capture will increase accordingly, which can not only offset the consumption of the day, but also slightly make up for the serious deficit of the granary.

The Southern Corps quickly agreed to the protagonist's proposal, and the Public Security King and General B were to be temporarily separated from the next day, each leading twenty legions to act.

However, the Northern Legion rejected the protagonist's proposal, and they decided to continue the group operation, saying that from tomorrow onwards, they would no longer need the assistance of the Divine Envoy King's Legion, and that the Scouts under the Legion would be enough to complete the reconnaissance mission.

The victory that came too easily has already made General C and General D a little inflated.

The protagonist doesn't care, he simply withdraws a team of the Divine Envoy King Legion assigned to the Northern Legion to "Waterfront City".

- I'm the dividing line -

The next day, the Southern Legion split into two groups and continued to attack the two paved ant nests along the Great River under the guidance of the Divine Envoy King's legion. The Northern Corps chose a target to attack.

After they set out, the empty nests left behind were dispatched by General King A, one legion of each to station.

These legions will be responsible for repairing the nests, waiting for the main nest on the south bank of the river to send the queen ant to move in, and then turning these nests into the official territory of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom, and using their products to continue the Northern Expedition.

But this work is not something that can be done in a short time, and there are not many wealthy queens who can be drawn from the territory of the main nest, and they need to be escorted by troops. Coupled with the fact that both dens have been ravaged by wildfires, it will take a long time to restore production capacity.

On this day, the Southern Corps captured two targets on the same day, namely "Target C" and "Target D", which were already outside the wildfire zone, so although the resistance encountered was slightly fierce, the capture was quite large, more than three times that of the previous day.

The Northern Corps is also progressing well, but the "Target E" they chose is still in the disaster area, so there are not many captures.

In fact, near the lair of "Target B", there is a more affluent target located outside the disaster area, which is also the target that the protagonist intended to suggest to the Northern Corps to capture.

But the Northern Corps refused the protagonist's intelligence support, and the protagonist didn't go to the hot face and cold ass. The scouts of the Northern Legion, who were blind-eyed, discovered the closer "Target E", so they chose this not so suitable nest to attack.

On the third and fourth days, the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Big-Headed Ant Kingdom was still marching high, and successively captured five nests, only the general B of the Southern Corps encountered stubborn resistance from the enemy relying on the terrain in a "target" nest located in the rocky cliff area of the riverbank, and it was not conquered until the next day.

At present, the Northern Expeditionary Army is progressing smoothly, and has captured ten enemy nests, and the captured grain, together with the stored grain, is enough to support the needs of the army for half a month.

However, the Flying Knights have also begun to send back information about the hinterland of the Paving Ant Barbarians, and they have observed that the enemy nests in the vicinity of the occupied territories have begun to shrink their forces and strengthen their defenses.

The enemy has recovered from the initial state of being stunned and has begun to strengthen his defenses. Then the enemy's main nest must have also learned the news, and the enemy should soon mobilize his forces and seriously deal with the threat from the south.

The protagonist shares the information with the kings of the Northern Expeditionary Army, reminding them to pay attention.

However, the attention attracted by this information was limited, and most of the kings had been stunned by the triumphant victory, and in their eyes, the paving ant barbarians were already vulnerable.

The protagonist can only solemnly remind the public security king and the good king who are good friends with him to pay attention, and he can't help other kings.

As for the protagonist himself, he now needs to return to the "Dongyang City" in the south and start carrying out the expansion plan.