Chapter 157: The Northern Battlefield Before Winter (1)
I'm very sorry, it's another hard day of overtime, from morning to night, I didn't care about the update in the morning, and I didn't eat breakfast. Tonight's shift!
- I'm the dividing line -
If there is one sentence to describe the male ant class (or other ruling class) of the intelligent ant race in the big-headed ant kingdom and even the entire ant world, it is "lenient with oneself and strict with others".
In fact, human beings are similar, so there is a folk proverb that "only state officials are allowed to set fires, and people are not allowed to light lamps". The ruling class still has to serve itself.
This class has always despised the worker ant class and soldier ants, and it is common for them to be sacrificed or even executed at will. Even the queen ant is despised, ignored, or hostile.
However, this class is very united, and there is no precedent for the execution of compatriots of this class. Whether it is a king or a king, they are the ruling class of the big-headed ant kingdom, and the king can be promoted to the king, and other classes can never enter this ruling class.
When an ant is born, it is determined whether it is male or non-male, whether it is the ruler or the ruled, and it cannot be changed throughout its life.
Opportunities for struggle and promotion only exist in male ants, the king is a high-level ruler, the king is a low-level ruler, and is also the reserve army of the king, and the rule of the entire big-headed ant kingdom is based on this simple structure.
It is precisely because of the inextricable connection between the king and the king that the two have a strong sense of identity and are a community of interests. Even if the king and the king make a major mistake, they will not be punished by the other ruling classes or the king's council, and they can still enjoy the privileges of their own class, and they will not even be stripped of their positions.
According to the shocking news from the messenger, the king of the divine messenger had put to death a king who had not been "at fault."
Although the Divine Envoy King's orders are said to be based on the "Divine Decree", the reason for the king's execution was that he had needlessly sacrificed a large number of ants in response to the threat of monsters.
However, the lives of worker ants and soldier ants are nothing, and no matter how many deaths they have, a king cannot pay for their lives. This is the common idea of all the kings and kings of "Qingqiu City" who learned the news.
In fact, the protagonist still can't fully understand the ants' minds, and what he takes for granted is like the sky falling apart in the eyes of the ants. The death of a king shook the security of the male ant class based on status for thousands of years.
Think about it, if a king can be executed, will it be the king's turn tomorrow? This king is put to death today, will it be the king's turn tomorrow, or even myself?
This natural association caused the entire male ant class to fall into panic and fear after anger, and then derived from vigilance and hostility.
Although the order to execute the king came from the supreme "divine decree", when their own interests and even the safety of their lives conflicted with God's authority, the male ant class fell into an unprecedented suspicion of God.
It is not so much a question of God as a hostile attitude towards all forces that threaten oneself.
The ants did not know when they had religious beliefs, but this belief was concentrated in the ruling class, and the lowly and intellectually underdeveloped professional ants had no faith. And once the faith of the ruling class is shaken, then the authority of God in this kingdom is also shaken.
Perhaps it will take a long time for this shaken faith to collapse to the end, but the wedge has been nailed and the cracks have been created. This is something that the protagonist did not expect.
Recently, the king and the king of "Qingqiu City", a hot topic in daily communication is that the king of "Yancheng" was executed, and in the short term, the power of the gods is still there, and the resentment needs to be vented, and this emotion is naturally transferred to the protagonist.
God can't blaspheme, but isn't the king a great king? Isn't it good that there has been no divine envoy king for a long time in the history of the kingdom? For these reasons, the public opinion of the protagonist is now very unfavorable to the public opinion of the protagonist in "Qingqiu City" and even the entire Big-headed Ant Kingdom, and the kings and kings who are friends with the protagonist are basically fighting on the north bank of the Great River, and they cannot provide support or news to the protagonist.
It is in this unbelieving situation that the protagonist steps into the opposite side of the male ant class.
- I'm the dividing line -
Just when the protagonist is recuperating in "Dongyang City", and "Qingqiu City" is caught in a whirlpool, the battlefield on the north bank of the river is in wolf smoke again.
After resting and replenishing, the powerful Paving Ant Barbarian Army once again launched an offensive against the "Target Ding".
As winter approaches, the sensitive ants have sensed the change in climate, and the paver ants are eager to regain lost ground before winter so that they can launch their routine expedition south after winter.
The Paving Ant Barbarian Army began to build pontoon bridges over streams that were already running less.
Due to the reduced flow of water, the creek narrowed, making it less difficult for the paving ants to erect pontoon bridges. But at the same time, due to the decrease in water temperature, many paving ants and worker ants that act as pontoon bridge connections will quickly freeze, and then be washed away and drowned, which greatly increases the non-combat attrition.
As the days get shorter and the nights get longer, the ants need to bask in the sun to replenish their heat when the temperature drops after sunrise, which shortens the time they can spend fighting during the day.
Overall, as time went on, the situation became more favorable to the defending big-headed ants. However, it is very unfavorable to the attacker, which is also the reason why the Paving Ant Barbarian Army is in a hurry to launch an offensive.
But in fact, if the Paving Ant Barbarian Army is willing to drag it out until winter, then the Paver Ant will have a great advantage if it can be used for a short time in the wild when the weather is good in winter, but it is clear that they prefer to use this advantage for the southern expedition rather than for the reconquest of lost land.
Since this morning, the paving ants, which have been exposed to the sun, carrying a large number of pontoon materials, rushed into the cold stream water, and built the pontoon bridge with a light car.
However, the pontoon bridge has never been able to connect to the other side, and the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom, after receiving the sentry alarm, set off from the nest of the new building by the stream, and met the paving ants trying to cross the river on the creek bank, killing all the worker ants who tried to extend the pontoon bridge.
Since the pontoon bridge never reached the opposite bank, although the stream flowed slowly, it continued to wash the pontoon bridge downstream. The paving ants can only passively extend the length of the pontoon, while mobilizing soldiers to fight the big-headed ants at the front of the pontoon, trying to break through the obstacles and cover the other worker ants to build the bridge.
But with the resolute resistance of the Big-Headed Ant Kingdom Army, this attempt failed. As a large number of paving ants and workers froze to build pontoons, the pontoon bridge broke unwillingly, some ants fell into the water, and some drifted along with the pontoon materials.
The lucky ones were able to float back to shore and be rescued, but many had to drown in the water or climb to another shore to be killed by the enemy.
On the first day of the offensive, the Paving Ant Army failed to take any advantage......