The Northern Expeditionary Army, which retreated to "Target C", had just finished repairing its defense facilities when the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army followed closely behind.
In fact, the day after the Big-headed Ant Kingdom's Northern Expeditionary Army withdrew, the capable pavement ant scouts had already judged the departure of a large group of Big-headed Ant troops through the clues on the ground and the smell of residual pheromones. After arriving here, we headed towards "Target C".
However, the main target of the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army at that time was "Target D", which was still defended by a lone army. They vowed to seize this difficult bone, so no corresponding measures were taken.
After the fall of "Target D", the army of pavement ants followed it and launched a non-stop siege on "Target C".
Since "Target C" did not have natural chasms such as streams, the Big-headed Ant Kingdom Army was determined to stay underground from the beginning.
This time, the pavement ant barbarian army was temporarily contained by the big-headed ant army in a street battle in the underground lair.
In response to the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army's tactics of digging everywhere while attacking, the Big-Headed Ant Kingdom Army organized a mobile force. Once a gap was found to be dug out, troops were promptly sent to block it. In this way, they could avoid the "Target D" Small groups of troops were constantly being outflanked and destroyed, and there were even passive situations where the commander's camp was raided.
Moreover, this time, the Big-headed Ant Kingdom's army focused on expanding their nests deep underground. There were not many nest cells on each horizontal plane, which also curbed the pavement ant army's tactic of digging new passages from the horizontal direction for sneak attacks.
Although the progress of the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army was not smooth, their overwhelming numerical advantage was their biggest reliance. Under the attack of countless Pavement Ant warriors, the Big-headed Ant Kingdom Army was forced to retreat in less than a week.
This time, due to the cold weather, the big-headed ant kingdom no longer dared to retreat at night. They left five elite legions to line up in the rear in the field, covering the remaining less than twenty legions as they retreated at dawn.
This time, the main force of the Northern Expedition abandoned the three auxiliary nests along the way and withdrew directly to "Target A."
"Target A" is the first sub-nest that the Northern Expeditionary Army independently captured on the north bank of the river. If this is also lost, then all the results achieved by the Northern Expeditionary Army on the north bank of the river will be lost! They could only evacuate in panic to the "Northern Expedition Army Camp" handed over by the God Envoy King's legion.
Considering that the "Northern Expeditionary Army Camp" is flat and easy to attack and difficult to defend, once "Target A" falls, the Northern Expeditionary Army may have no choice but to flee back to the south bank in panic through the rope bridge of the "Bridgehead", or they may be driven off the icy cold. Big river.
Therefore, "Target A" is almost the last fortress of the Northern Expeditionary Army.
The reason why "Target A" was chosen as a stronghold and several weakly defended sub-nests along the way were abandoned was because "Target A" was very suitable for defense.
"Target A" is similar to "Target D". There is a stream passing through it. A stream flows through the north, west and south sides of the sub-nest, and flows into the river not far from the south. "Target A" is located on the peninsula surrounded by this stream.
Although this stream is not as wide as the stream in "Target D", it flows faster. There are currently no signs of water flow decreasing or freezing, making it difficult for the enemy to build a pontoon bridge.
If you want to attack "Target D" directly, you must take a detour from the east, or pass through a fallen dead tree bridge over the stream. No matter which offensive route is chosen, it will either delay time or affect the ability to pass, which is very beneficial to the defensive side.
"Target A" is also a tree nest, and its entrance and exit is located at the root of a poplar tree, which is a gnawed hole in the trunk.
The shallow layer of this nest is a cavity dug inside a tree, and only the middle layer below is a mud nest. Even if the pavement ant barbarian army invades the shallow nest, it will not be able to dig through the hard xylem in a short time.
Precisely because of the obvious defensive advantages of "Target A", the Northern Expedition Army regarded this as its last stronghold and hope.
After abandoning all other strongholds, the Northern Expeditionary Army gathered here from all over the country has nearly forty legions. This is the last possession of the Northern Expeditionary Army. Even the "Northern Expeditionary Army Camp" further behind only retains one The garrison of the legion.
When the four senior commanders including the King of Public Security led the two regiments from the north and the south to attack the city and seize territory, General A and King A sat here and used the power at hand to continuously expand "Target A" and build a large number of garrison caves, granary.
The Northern Expeditionary Army, which had almost no retreat, had high morale after the commanders held a meeting and strengthened their determination to defend.
Shortly after the army arrived at "Target A" and before the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army could catch up, a support army sent by the God Envoy King arrived here.
The protagonist has been paying attention to the battle situation here. Although the weather is getting colder and the time that the flying knight can move every day is getting shorter and shorter, the latest battle report every day will always be sent to the protagonist as soon as possible.
The protagonist also watched the Northern Expedition fall into passivity day by day, retreating step by step. The protagonist also understands that "Target A" is the Northern Expedition's last resort.
Since the Angel King's legion is being reorganized and will not be able to form combat effectiveness before next spring, the protagonist cannot send direct troops to reinforce them.
The previous strategy of diverting troubled waters to the east and attracting tribes of black-headed ants to sneak attack on the pavement ants army could not be used again, because the tribes of black-headed ants that are afraid of the cold have begun to build holes for the winter, and several tribes have suffered heavy losses. It is difficult to Then pose a big threat to the enemy.
In this context, the protagonist hopes that the Northern Expedition Army can persist for a longer period of time. It is best to maintain this fortress on the north bank of the river and hold back the main force of the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army. Therefore, he assembled a support army from the two northern territories of "Linshui City" and "Bridgehead" to support the Northern Expeditionary Army.
The protagonist only allows "Linshui City" and "Bridgehead" to retain a minimum number of residents and material reserves, except for worker ants who have mastered breeding and planting techniques, necessary defenders, and supplies needed for winter. The remaining worker ants, soldier ants, and food supplies all arrived at "Target A" in groups.
There is no male ant commander in this support army, so they will be scattered and assigned to the army that is short of major generals. Although most of this support army are newcomers with no battlefield experience, there are also a few retired soldiers from the God Envoy King's Legion.
Most of these veterans participated in the defense battle of "Linshui City" last winter. Although they lost their limbs or tentacles in the battle, their rich experience and the unique organization and discipline of the Divine Envoy King's Legion also made them no better than ordinary soldiers. Ants must be weak.
The King of Public Security unceremoniously incorporated these more than 100 veterans of the Divine Envoy King's Legion into his own legion as a general reserve force.
The large amount of food that followed also boosted the morale of the troops who basically fed on corpses and suffered from epidemics.
