My Advisers were shocked to find out that we were now making an alliance with trees. And it was supposed to be as equal as our alliance with humans! (Which meant not very equal, but they wouldn't even get the idea of shaking hands with TREES like with their peers.)
But as usual, they accepted my word as the law and worked hard to prepare everything to make this alliance happen.
Since the usnea trees were losing the war against the deer, the Bee Empire's time to gather and send this army was limited. However, we definitely had at least several months to strike the deer in the back. Perhaps more if the next genes Usnea will evolve for their species will prove more effective than the ones before that.
Crossing the mountains with an army of not cold-immune bees was near impossible, even if it was a geographically more direct way. The expedition would travel on ships, human-made ships.
