The Leafcutter Ant's border guards suffered a crushing defeat, and only a fraction of the troops sent out fled back, and less than 50,000 of the 100,000 border guards remained.

The Leaf Cutting Ant Army, which had lost more than half of its strength, could only retreat to the largest nest in the North [North Pine Castle], while the Red Fire Ant Army quickly divided their troops to conquer a large number of defenseless side nests, and then began to concentrate their forces to besiege [North Pine Castle].

The terrain of Kitamatsujo Castle is a treacherous one, consisting of a nest in several tall pine trees and a nest underground, and a tree-to-tree road crisscrossing it with other trees in the surrounding area.

The current troops of the Red Fire Ant Army, except for a small number of belly-raising ant warriors who are not strong in combat, other ants are not suitable for tree warfare, and can only attack from the ground alone.

The leaf-cutting ant army relies on tree transportation, and can still obtain some external resources, and there is also a connection between going to her secondary nest that has not yet fallen, and from time to time it also maneuvers to the rear of the besieging red fire ant army to sneak attack.

The two armies carried out brutal encirclement and counter-encirclement operations in [North Pine City], and the Leaf Cutting Ant Army was not in danger of losing for the time being, but on the whole it was at a disadvantage, and the northern border lost three-quarters - except for [North Pine City], only a few remote nests that had not been affected by the war were still under control.

When the Red Fire Ant Army was besieging [North Pine City], the transport team of the Paving Ant Imperial Army successfully secured the transportation strength of the front line after roughly preventing the robbery of the indigenous silver ants.

A large amount of grain was transported to the south of the gravel land for hundreds of miles, and hoarded in the northernmost nest of the former Red Fire Ant Country, the mature nest transformed by the later leaf-cutting ants, and now the [North Birch City] recaptured by the Red Fire Ant Army.

[North Birch City] has been greatly expanded, especially the underground nest part, which has been built and strengthened in accordance with the tradition of the Paving Ant Empire, and will become the most important material storage and transit center with the mainland in the future.

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The defeat at the front and the critical military situation of [North Pine City] were transmitted back to [Sacred Tree City], and the Leaf Cutting Ant Country immediately convened a female ant conference and a queen ant meeting to discuss countermeasures.

After defeating the Red Fire Ant Army last year and eliminating the once-prosperous Red Fire Ant Country, the Leaf-cutting Ant Country is a little arrogant.

Despite the slow development of the new territory in the north, the Leafcutter Ant Nation has not adapted to the transition from conqueror to owner, nor has it tried to take more and more proactive measures to strengthen its presence in the new territory, which is undoubtedly partly responsible.

After the destruction of the Red Fire Ant Country, although the Ant Alliance did not make great efforts to develop the newly occupied land, it was like this, and the development of the new territory was stronger than the occupied land of the Leaf Cutting Ant Country.

Now, the leaf-cutting ant country, which has lost a chance, is undoubtedly paying a belated price.

Naturally, the Leafcutter Ant Nation was unwilling to give up its newly acquired territory, and now after a winter and a spring of recuperation, its native land has largely recovered from the unprecedented attrition of last year's war, and is once again full of soldiers and food.

The Leaf Cutting Ant Kingdom quickly gathered an army of 500,000 on the mainland and prepared to go to [North Pine City] to relieve the siege, but considering the long-distance logistics along the way, the female ant assembly was carefully calculated, and the data reported to the queen ant assembly was very pessimistic.

The female ants believed that when the army arrived near [Kitamatsu Castle], only one-fifth of the soldiers would be able to fight, and the rest of the ants would have to be used as logistics troops to ensure the transportation of grain and grass, so they could not participate in the battle.

This was also the case when the Leaf Cutting Ant Army conquered the northern territory last year, but at that time, the Leaf Cutting Ant Army came with a victory, and the Red Fire Ant Army was already at the end of its strength, so this situation would not have a decisive impact on the battle situation.

Now that the offensive and defensive momentum is reversed, every soldier of the Leaf Cutting Ant Army is very precious, and the proportion of eighty percent of the auxiliary troops is really difficult for the queen ants to accept.

In the end, the Leaf Cutter Ant Army still bit their jaws and decided to send reinforcements, and at the same time, they sent messengers to issue a "request for help" to the ant tribes of various civilizations.

The "Distress Order" is a signal for help that every civilized ant clan can send out, and it is generally used when encountering the invasion of hostile forces such as the barbarian ant clan and feeling a major threat. At that time, other civilized ant tribes in the region will provide support within their capabilities.

The Ant Alliance was the closest, and the first to respond to the "Request for Help" said that it would send 100,000 soldiers to help the war, including about 50,000 regular troops and 50,000 transport teams.

Because of the feelings of the Leaf Cutting Ant Country, the Ant Alliance has not let the Flying Knight cross the territory of the Leaf Cutting Ant Country to the north to investigate, and all kinds of information rely on the sharing of the Leaf Cutting Ant Country.

After learning that the northern border of the Leaf Cutting Ant Country has fallen into passivity, and is issuing a "Request for Help", and trying to send reinforcements, according to the authority granted by the "Request for Help", this can send the Flying Knight into the territory of the Leaf Cutting Ant Country.

The flying knights quickly detected a lot of information, and for the time being, they did not encounter the entanglement of the enemy's "mosquito" air force, and successfully recovered their lives.

The protagonist then sends a messenger to advise the Leafcutter Ant Kingdom to abandon some of the territories in the north close to the enemy, retreat to the second line, and clear the wilderness with strong walls, so as to weaken the enemy forces coming from afar.

However, the Leaf Cutting Ant Army rejected this suggestion, and they still pinned their hopes on victory in the frontal battle, and did not want to give up [North Pine Castle] and its 50,000 defenders.

Moreover, the issuance of the "Request for Help" also gave the leaf-cutting ant country greater confidence.

This is a rare "call for help" in the region in the past 100 years, and all ethnic groups who received the order have responded.

Among them, the Ant Removal Alliance is the closest, and can dispatch 100,000 troops to support the crooked, and the other two ant clans that are closer, the Black Fire Ant Clan and the Sang Flathead Ant Clan, both promised to send a small number of elite troops to join the war.

The rest of the distant ant tribes also pledged to provide some material support, and the transport teams of the Maolin ant and bullet ant tribes will fully assist in the delivery of soldiers and supplies.

With the support and commitment of the allies, the Leaf-cutting Ant Nation immediately came out of the haze of the previous defeat, regained its fighting spirit, and felt that there was still hope for victory in the frontal battle.

At least for now, there are only a few Red Fire Ant Army in front of them, and the Paving Ant Imperial Army has not yet been officially dispatched, and the opening of a million-strong army is not something that can be prepared in a moment.

On April 25th, the leafcutter ant reinforcements set out from [Sacred Tree City] and set off for reinforcements to the north.

On April 26, after receiving the reply of the Leafcutter Ant Army, the Divine Envoy King's Legion also set out from the mainland and entered the territory of the Leafcutter Ant Country, moving closer to the assembly site agreed with the Leafcutter Ant Army.

On April 27, [North Pine City] encountered a new round of onslaught, and several tree nests on the periphery were overcome, losing contact with the outside world, and it was in danger.

On April 28, after the Leaf Cutting Ant Army and the Divine Envoy King's Legion converged, they accelerated to the north.

On April 29th, some of the troops of the Paving Ant Imperial Army arrived at [North Birch City] and began to officially intervene in the war.