Chapter 14: The Zermen's Plan for a Permanent Civil War
Once again, repelling the enemy's attack, the Lord Hunter glanced at the weapon that had cracked in his hand, and lowered his tentacles. He then began to direct the insects to clean up the corpses from the city walls. Make room for the next battle.
The defenders were already a little overwhelmed, and if it weren't for the Hunter King taking the lead to boost morale, I'm afraid these insects would have collapsed.
The hunting king saw no hope of victory at all, the supplies were cut off, and the words of reinforcements ...... I guess it won't come. Although the lords of several other city-states seem to be loyal to the previous Worm King, they are actually ...... The Hunter shook his head, no longer thinking about it.
Unnoticed by all the bugmen, a few small beetles flew down the city, slowly towards the army below.
"Juggernaut, what are you going to do?" Fast asked.
"Do you know what is the most important thing in the war when there is not much difference in the technology level of the two sides?" Taryn posed this question to the two Hive Tyrants.
"......," Fast replied after thinking for a long time, and with some uncertainty, "quantity?" ”
"More power." Sekkender replied, "The strength of the swarm is still too weak, and I tend to lose a lot when I hunt some powerful prey. ”
"No, that's not the most important thing." "It's logistics and information. ”
"Logistics and information?"
"War is a contest of comprehensive strength between the two sides, and in this, logistics and information occupy the most important part." Taryn said, "When information suppresses the other side, you know everything about the enemy, and the enemy knows nothing about you. As for logistics, you should have a better understanding of Fast, if you gather all the soldiers and insects to prepare for the battle against the enemy, how much food will you need to consume every day? How many workers are needed to transport this food, and how much food do the workers themselves need to consume? As well as the replenishment of reserve forces, and so on, which led to the fact that the war required strong logistics. Without food, they can only suffer from starvation and are powerless to fight, or even break themselves. ”
"I'm going to destroy the food and grass of the besieging side." "This will give the defenders a chance to breathe, and even defeat the besiegers in one fell swoop." ”
"But...... Why? Fast and Sekkender were puzzled.
"It is difficult for a race of infighting to notice the threat of another person who is deliberately hiding itself." Taryn said, "The swarm is bound to grow, so let's keep the civil war within the Zerg." Help the weak and fight the strong. When the weak side becomes the strong side, we assist the other side so that they remain in a state where they can never destroy the other. In this way, they will have no time to take care of us. (But the last British to do so almost got away with it.)
“???” Fast and Sekender looked confused, unable to understand.
Taryn sighed, "Anyway, go about your business." Sekander, pay a little attention to the nezumi side, the Scout's genetic sample has been integrated into your side, and by the way, keep an eye on the nezumi. It's a good idea to pay attention to their habits and language. Their language isn't as troublesome as that of the Bugmen......"
"Yes, Juggernaut."
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How can a few small beetles smaller than their thumbs ruin the food and grass of an army? Taryn didn't know either. But first, we have to observe.
Judging from what Tyron observed, it was not easy to destroy the grain and grass of the besieging party, and the commander of the other side was not a fool, so he would not have sent people to watch the grain and grass. If you mobilize nearby soldiers, insects will attack...... There was no possibility of a dozen soldiers and insects breaking through the defense line of the more than 100 insects.
"Perhaps, there can be some special methods." Taryn thought for a moment and began to observe the terrain around him.
The sun was gradually setting, and it was stuck halfway up the mountain, but the city began to be lively, and countless small flying insects of all kinds crawled out from all corners and flew in the direction of the city wall.
The insects in the city looked at this scene and all exuded pheromones of surprise.
These bugs come together to form a colorful insect tide.
The soldiers on the city wall also noticed this scene, and they nervously clenched their weapons, after all, this phenomenon was too weird.
Then, the bugs quickly began to line up in a row of ghost-drawn symbols, which were the words of the worms: "I will guide you to victory." ”
The insect soldiers began to exchange ears, even though they had no ears.
"What kind of ...... is this" The Hunter looked at the words composed of these insects, and he was also very surprised.
"If you want to win, I will show you the way forward, tonight, 20 wormmen, bring the fire. Quietly out of town. If you want to get the enemy back. The insects uttered these words, and then flew out of the city and dispersed.
"This ......" The Hunter was a little confused, what is the situation? What's going on with those bugs? He could be sure that the bugs were definitely just ordinary bugs that could be found everywhere, but the behavior was ...... Incomprehensible.
The Tinder Hunter knew that it was something that the insects used to light firewood. But what's the use of this thing? Could it be that you can burn down the camp tent opposite? The sentry of the besieging side is not blind, and the nezumi used to use this set to attack the camp of the insect people, and the insect people are quite vigilant against night attacks.
However, let's be a dead horse doctor, since it won't last long if it continues to be defended, it's better to fight and believe in this incomprehensible existence.
"But......" The hunter glanced at the insects who were worshipping this miraculous phenomenon...... But there was always a feeling that something was not quite right, but the current situation made it suppress the feeling that something was wrong.
As night fell, 20 black shadows quietly fell from the city walls, and the Hunter said in a low voice, "Be vigilant, be careful not to be discovered by them." ”
Suddenly, a green light flickered, startling the Hunter, who stabbed his spear at the glowing position, but it didn't hit anything.
The green light lit up in front of the hunter again, and the hunter saw clearly this time, this is a group of fluorescent insects, and they are lined up in the words of the worm people: Follow me. Then an arrow was formed and flew in the direction of the arrow.
The light of the fluorescent insect is very faint, and it cannot be seen from a distance, so the hunting king is not worried about being discovered by the siege insects who are not a short distance away from the city wall.
On the other side, the besieging party insect sentry posts, beetles that were dense enough to make people dense and phobia, climbed on the ground, quietly approaching these sentry posts.
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