Following the footsteps of some parasitic ants who fled back to report the news, the entire enemy nest finally learned the information about the reappearance of the God Envoy King's army.
Countless parasitic ants that were foraging in the valley spontaneously gathered and approached the hills without waiting for the follow-up troops.
On the hillside opposite the hill, parasitic soldier ants and worker ants also began to emerge in large numbers from the new parasitic ant nests under the cracks in the rocks.
The protagonist landed in front of Rambovan, the commander of the Third Legion, and conveyed his order to him. Subsequently, the Third Army Corps broke away from contact with scattered parasitic ants in an orderly manner and quickly retreated.
The soldiers of the Third Army climbed through the trench next to the tree stump fortress. The bottom of the trench was now filled with the stinky sludge cleaned from the wooden piles and fresh ant droppings.
After returning to the top of the tree stump, the First Army Corps responsible for the garrison handed over the defense to the Third Army Corps, and then the First Army Corps also retracted inside the fortress to rest.
The melee team of the third legion climbed onto the city wall platform, while the long-range team was on standby on the second line. They were surrounded by pottery bombs transported from the fortress.
At first, only sporadic parasitic ants followed the smell and came under the fortress. Then they crossed the trench and began to climb the nearly vertical bark of the tree, attacking upwards.
The well-prepared defenders easily crushed a small number of enemy tentative offensives.
But soon, more and more parasitic ants gathered after hearing the news, and more and more sections of the city wall were attacked.
The temporarily rested First Legion also came out of the fortress and repaired the undefended wall on the north side of the fortress.
As the density of the enemy increased, a large number of enemy troops gathered below the fortress. So the long-range troops began to attack, and twelve long-range teams began to throw pottery bombs in different directions according to the commander's orders. Most of the firepower is concentrated in the direction of the enemies from the south, where the enemy density is also the highest.
Countless pottery bombs caused great casualties to the parasitic ants, especially the silk thread parasitic fungi.
The parasitic ants that were far away could not figure out where this sudden blow came from, and began to flee frantically.
Since there were no large worker ants in the first wave of spontaneous attacks, there was no commander to suppress the parasitic ants when they were running wildly.
Although most of the parasitic ants that fled later returned to the attacking team, they temporarily eased the pressure on the front line of the fortress' defense.
As the number of enemies increased, the entire fortress wall began to come under attack. Fortunately, all the thread-parasitic fungi were trapped in the trench, and only the parasitic ants climbed up the city wall and launched an attack.
The razor tactics of the Angel King Legion are still sharp. Even the Third Legion, which participated in the war for the first time, can skillfully use simple actions repeated countless times in training: first line to contain - second line to advance - from above. assassination.
Countless parasitic ants only climbed up the city wall, stayed for a second or two, and then turned into a headless corpse or a corpse with a broken neck, and then fell back from the high tree stump into the ditch.
However, as the battle progressed, the parasitic ants climbed up the city wall from the ground like an endless stream, and some casualties began to appear in the Angel King's army.
These casualties were nothing compared to the heavy losses suffered by the parasitic ants. The exchange ratio between the two sides reached an astonishing one to one hundred.
This disparity in exchange ratio does not reflect the true combat effectiveness of both sides. If a soldier ant warrior from the Angel King's legion were to challenge a parasitic soldier ant in a one-on-one fight, the loser would definitely be the soldier from the Angel King's legion. After all, the parasitic ant is more powerful and has the elusive thread parasitic fungi to cooperate.
But fighting is not a fight, it is not a competition of individual bravery.
"Mencius Gongsun Chou Xia" said: "The weather is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the harmony." "Sun Bin's Art of War: Moon War" said: "The weather, the right place, and the harmony are not as good as the three, even if you win, there will be disaster." Pointed out Three factors determine the outcome of a war: time, location and harmony.
As far as this war between the Angel King's army and the parasitic ants is concerned, neither side can take advantage of the other in terms of weather and timing.
In terms of geographical location, parasitic ants originally had an advantage. According to common sense, the Divine Envoy King's army came all the way from "Dongyang City" to fight on the road, and they needed to travel long distances to transport the wounded, replenish troops, and transport supplies.
Zheng Guanying's "Warning Words in the Prosperous Age: Gen Huang" said: "When food is sent thousands of miles away, the soldiers are hungry. Although there are elite soldiers and famous generals, how can they not live without food." It is talking about the disadvantages of guest armies fighting long distances.
Now the situation is completely opposite. After the God's Envoy Army completed the miracle of "One Night City", it became that the God's Envoy King's Army could rely on the fortress with strong defense and sufficient reserves to defend, while the parasitic ants had to besiege from all sides. Due to the short battle line, the parasitic ants The ant army cannot exert its absolute advantage in strength.
In terms of people and people, the Divine Envoy King Army also has an absolute advantage.
Even though the parasitic ants have strong individual combat effectiveness, they are also assisted by the terrifying thread parasitic bacteria. However, as mentioned before, fighting is not a fight and does not rely on personal bravery.
The Legion of the God Envoy King is well-organized, has a compact formation, and has proper tactics, which makes their overall combat effectiveness extremely terrifying.
Napoleon once commented on the French cavalry and the Egyptian Mamluk cavalry: 2 Mamluk cavalry can definitely defeat 3 French cavalry; 100 French cavalry and 100 Mamluk cavalry are evenly matched; 300 French cavalry can usually defeat 300 Mamluks. Cavalry; 1,000 French cavalry can always defeat 1,500 Mamluk cavalry.
It is about the principle that formations and tactics can suppress individual bravery.
Therefore, the Divine Envoy King's army, which had two advantages in terms of time, location and people, could achieve such an astonishing exchange ratio in the fortress defense battle.
The parasitic ant warriors who came to attack spontaneously and without unified command were quickly wiped out one by one by the razor tactics of the Angel King's army, leaving behind corpses, lingering wounded soldiers and parasitic bacteria all over the place.
The Divine Envoy Army also paid the price of dozens of warrior casualties, but this loss did not affect the overall combat effectiveness of the First Army and the Third Army.
After all the parasitic ants were eliminated, the pressure of defense did not disappear.
The protagonist looked solemnly at the bottom of the fortress, where there were tightly packed enemy troops in strict formations.
These enemy troops formed small square formations, and every thirty small square formations were arranged into a large square formation six by five. There are seven of these large square formations, forming a circle around each other.
This is a parasitic ant army under unified command. The organization of their legions and squads is the same as that of the Big-headed Ant Empire. There are a total of seven legions and more than 10,000 enemy soldiers here.
The protagonist looked serious. When the first conquest of the parasitic ant nest failed, the Angel King's army was forced to retreat under the first wave of the parasitic ant army's offensive before they could even wait to engage with this army.
Now, the Angel King's army will face the main army of this parasitic ant for the first time.
