Even though his heart was filled with the shock of being defeated again and a strong sense of despair. King Fuye still did not give up. He was still performing his duties and issuing correct instructions one after another.
His belief is clear. He has experienced failure more than once. Only a king who is not knocked down by failure and learns from experience can make a comeback.
Under his command, the legions alternately covered the retreat in an orderly manner. After discovering that the big-headed ant army was not in a hurry to pursue, King Fuye even had the energy to organize his troops to take in the other legions that were defeated behind him.
The failure was so miserable that only half of King Fuye's men escaped. This was due to King Fuye's command and their relatively backward position.
The losses of the previous three legions were even more severe. In two legions, even the legion commanders were trapped in chaos.
King Fuye finally brought the four legions together and barely restored order.
Now, he and the other surviving king each commanded the remaining soldiers of two legions, and they alternately covered the retreat in an orderly manner.
King Fuye saw that the enemy clearly had a chance, but did not launch a pursuit in one go. Perhaps the enemy has too few troops and is afraid of falling into a chaotic battle.
However, King Fuye did not dare to hope that the enemy would make mistakes. This enemy was too powerful and the pressure it brought to him was far greater than the desperate defensive battle in "Linshui City".
Could the enemy have a conspiracy?
King Fuye's guess is infinitely close to the truth.
He tried to send a small force to rush out and report back to the main nest. I believe that once the main nest pays attention to this enemy and mobilizes more troops, the number of enemies will not be able to withstand the main nest's army.
As for what kind of punishment he would receive from the King's Council because of this failure, he was already regarded as a heretic. He had already ignored it.
However, the small troops he sent encountered interceptions one after another, and even the elite scout team was unable to break through the blockade. Only the troops breaking through toward the north and in the direction they came from were not intercepted.
King Fuye didn't know what this meant, but the enemy seemed to be driving him and his men away with purpose and plan.
King Fuye was a little annoyed. It felt like his own antennae and eyes were very insensitive, but the other party had excellent touch and vision. I can't seem to guess the other person's intentions at all.
Withdraw to the sub-nest. This is King Fuye's only idea at the moment. No matter what tricks you play, as long as you can retreat to the sub-nest and rely on the underground labyrinth-like nest, it is impossible for this small enemy force to eat up all your legions in a short period of time. Lose.
There are legions of the God's Envoy King in all directions, pulling a long front, advancing slowly and slowly, strangling all the remnants of the paving ants they encounter.
The main force of the paving army avoided contact with the pursuers of the Divine Envoy King's legion, covered each other, and retreated to the north as quickly as possible.
In the direction of their retreat, there was no ambush or interception, and it was unusually calm.
However, they still didn't notice this time that the few small black dots above their heads changed their flight path again.
Soon, King Fuye found that the hill where the deputy nest was located was already far away, and there was still no enemy.
There was a smell of death nearby, which was normal. Many seriously injured people in the team were dying slowly, and their bodies had begun to secrete oil with a pungent smell that symbolized death.
When the aura of death on their bodies is strong enough, their comrades will abandon him and let him quietly welcome the arrival of death. Now that they are retreating, the pavement ants have no way to take the bodies of their dead companions back to the cemetery for burial as usual.
Therefore, King Floating Leaf ignored the trace of death in the air, and did not notice that there were no pavement ant workers foraging for food near the sub-nest.
He just kept urging his subordinates to return to the auxiliary nest as soon as possible to set up defenses.
The first troop got into the ground through the narrow entrance and exit, and King Fuye felt that his tense nerves were half relaxed.
But he couldn't relax completely yet. The enemy was still falling behind him. He still had a lot to do.
Under the instructions of King Fuye, some better pavement ant warriors, led by the team commander, established a circular defense line along the hill where the entrance and exit of the secondary nest are located.
More and more troops were subsequently withdrawn and gradually entered the ground through the defense line.
The entrance and exit are very narrow and the passage capacity is limited. A large number of troops can only gather together and wait to enter the underground.
The Legion of the God Envoy King has already caught up. Their long battle line crossed the Pavement Ant Sub-nest from both sides, and then completed the convergence in the north - the Pavement Ant Sub-nest has been surrounded.
After the siege was completed, the Angel King's army changed its slow pursuit speed and began to attack from all directions like a violent storm.
This attack was so sharp that King Fuye received warning signals from all directions almost at the same time. The defense seemed likely to be breached in an instant.
If the previous defeat in the ravine area was due to an unexpected surprise attack and the unfavorable terrain, the entire Pavement Ant army was still unconvinced by the defeat.
After this battle, even the dullest commanders and soldiers could realize the gap between the two armies.
King Fuye had to send some troops who had not yet had time to withdraw underground to all directions of the defense line to fill the gaps. If the defense line is not strengthened, other troops will have no time to retreat underground. What awaits them will only be another massacre.
The sound of killing on the ground was so loud that King Fuye ignored the waves of vibrations coming from under his feet.
After all, with so many troops withdrawing underground, an underground defense line must be established. The underground lair must be noisy now, and it is normal for there to be vibrations.
But soon, King Fuye felt something was wrong. The vibrations coming from the underground became more and more obvious, getting closer and closer to the ground. This was very abnormal.
Before he could give further instructions, he suddenly noticed a commotion at the entrance and exit of the auxiliary nest.
Soon, over there, inside the defense line of the Pavement Ant Army, an army of big-headed ants actually emerged from the underground of the sub-nest.
The pavement ant army in front of them was some of the troops that suffered the heaviest losses in previous battles, and some even lost their commanders.
These troops were not prepared for battle at all. They just wanted to retreat underground to rest. Facing the sudden blow, these troops collapsed again, collapsing faster and failing faster than when they were ambushed before.
The God's Envoy King's Army, which cooperated inside and outside, opened a gap from here. More and more God's Envoy King's Army soldiers broke in from here and began to sweep to both sides, dividing and surrounding the broken formation of the Pavement Ant Army.
The end of the road ant army has come, and they have no way to save themselves. Even King Fuye was dumbfounded and did not issue a new order for a long time...
