After the first cold snap moved south from the far north, it quickly swept the whole world, sweeping away the temperature of late autumn.

In this world, the leaves of most trees have begun to wither, and with the blessing of the north wind, large clumps of fallen leaves are rolling, rolling, and gathering in the forest, on the earth, and on the water.

The rapidly falling temperatures have not yet completely stopped the ants' movements, but they have begun to adversely affect their movements.

The protagonist stands on a branch of a large banyan tree, and he and the other ants behind him must cling to a gap in the rough bark and cling to the tree to ensure that they are not blown away by the occasional whistling air turbulence.

The temperature has dropped to about ten degrees, and the ants have clearly felt the cold on the surface of their bodies, which makes them uncomfortable. However, when there is sunshine, the big-headed ants still prefer to brave the cold wind to come to the surface to enjoy the sunbathing. Because for them, once the last time of the year to go out in late autumn and early winter has passed, the rest of the days can only be curled up in the dark and equally cold underground to survive the cold winter.

The protagonist does not come to this branch to bask in the cold wind, and the branch he is on to the north is obscured by the thick and dense foliage above, making it difficult to see through the warm sunlight. He came here because he had noticed a movement on the other side of the river.

The north bank of the river is only 15 or 6 meters away from the island where the "Waterfront City" is located, and the branches of the big banyan tree extending to the north have penetrated several meters into the river. Here, with the help of the height of the trees, the protagonist can clearly see a large area of the north shore.

The North Shore is an area where the Pavement Ant Barbarians live, and after arriving in Waterfront City, the protagonist can often see Pave Ants moving around on the North Shore: foraging for food, hunting, or just hurrying by.

These ordinary scenes did not attract the attention of the protagonist, until today, when he looked at it routinely, he suddenly discovered an unusual scene: a large area of the ground on the north bank of the river was covered with paving ants, occupying an area of several square meters. The protagonist calculates with a dark face that there are hundreds of thousands of paver ants gathered on the north shore. Moreover, in the distance, until the end of the line of sight, there is a continuous stream of black ants flowing into this black ocean.

Although the protagonist has good eyesight, the protagonist still has to distinguish between the so many paver ants that have gathered together in order to finally confirm the purpose of their action - they are building a forward base.

At this time, the river had not yet begun to freeze, but it was clear that the Paving Ant Barbarian Army had already begun to make preparations, which seemed to be a little later than the preparations on the side of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom. But perhaps they had already prepared their forces and supplies, and all they needed now was to build a departure base closer to the south bank of the river.

Neither the paving ants nor the big-headed ants had enough eyesight to see across the river, so they built their forward base without any secrecy or camouflage, they cleared a large area of dead grass in broad daylight, and then dug out of the ground to dig the entrances and exits deep into the ground.

This departure base is only two or three meters away from the north bank of the river, which means that when the river freezes, less than 20 meters north of the "Waterfront City", there is an enemy nest with hundreds of thousands of troops.

Unbeknownst to the protagonist, this same scene also takes place in several places on the north bank of the river, all of which are far away from the secondary nests controlled by the Big-headed Ant Kingdom on the south bank. It's just that the forward base on the side of "Waterfront City" is the largest, and it is stationed with the main force of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army that is preparing to invade.

Fortunately, after several days of reconnaissance, the protagonist determined that after the departure base was built, most of the paving ants were withdrawn, leaving only some male and worker ants. It seems that the only ones who have been evacuated are the workers, who will have to return to their respective nests for the winter and continue to serve the barbarian state in the following spring.

The remaining legionnaires are the formed legionnaires, and the protagonist sees these legions left behind having a small military parade one day, and countless black paving ants pour out of the departure base, quickly occupying all the surrounding bare dirt clearings. There is a gap between the different legions, so the protagonist counts out that there are a total of forty legions, which is equivalent to 100,000 enemy soldiers.

The protagonist can't help but sigh that the overall national strength and mobilization power of the paving ant barbarian are actually far stronger than those of the big-headed ant kingdom. The big-headed ant kingdom only has a slight advantage in individual combat effectiveness.

The protagonist doesn't know if the comparison of the strength of the big-headed ant kingdom and the paving ant barbarian is the same as it is now. Anyway, judging from the strength on paper, the big-headed ant kingdom is now weaker than the paving ant barbarians.

Perhaps due to the blockage of the big river, the paving ant barbarian army on both sides of the river could only fight separately in spring, summer and autumn, otherwise it would be impossible for the big-headed ant kingdom to completely occupy the area on the south bank of the river, so as to fight against it.

The protagonist can't help but reflect on the possibility of building a pontoon bridge to the north bank of the river after the beginning of spring to build a bridgehead - if the paving ant barbarian army doesn't care about affecting production, the most optimistic estimate is that they can mobilize tens of millions of troops to besiege this bridgehead. The protagonist couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, how many elite troops would be needed to hold this bridgehead at that time?

But fortunately, it was four months later, and now what the protagonist needs to do is to block the offensive of the enemy's main force in "Waterfront City".

Now, the "Waterfront City" has been rebuilt according to the plan of the protagonist.

The original nests near the tree surface have been converted into granaries and supply warehouses, and the warmer nests near the burning chamber inside will be used as troop camps. The expanded "Waterfront City" is large enough to accommodate the three Divine Envoy King legions and the "Waterfront City" garrison composed of the original defenders.

There are only a few entrances and exits in the bark of the banyan tree, and the others are blocked by the protagonist himself with stones of the right size, and the protagonist believes that the paving ants are not strong enough to move them.

Special work was also made on the interior of the remaining entrances and exits to ensure that the enemy could only enter in a narrow formation along these entrances, after which the enemy would soon be forced to be held back by defenders with a local superiority in a wide space.

In this way, the defenders may be less lethal to the enemy than in a wide field, but they will be much more confident in holding the secondary nest - there are three levels of positions from the outside to the inside.

With the geographical advantage, the defenders can restrict the Paving Ant Barbarian Army from giving full play to its strength advantage, which is where the protagonist's confidence lies.

- I'm the dividing line -

Today's one watch, during the May Day period, see the situation more, and resume two changes after the holiday!