When the old-fashioned king commanded the army and marched forward in a mighty manner, with the troops pointing directly at "Linshui City", the army of the God Envoy King, commanded by Gun, had just finished a fierce battle and were resting.
Ever since enemy sightings in nearby areas were discovered, "Linshui City" has been on alert, and flying knights have been conducting frequent reconnaissance missions every day.
Therefore, when the troops of the old-fashioned king's faction were gathering out of the "Hunting Ground City" lair, the flying knights had already noticed the clues.
When the enemy troops gathered, the flying knights rushed back to report. After confirming that the enemy's large force had set off and was heading along the ant road leading to "Linshui City", the flying knight hurriedly flew back to report again.
In "Linshui City", Lan Bofei, who received the letter, immediately ordered the lair to enter a war-ready state. At this moment, he knew that it would come sooner or later, so he had been preparing for a long time.
After receiving the order, a large number of messengers hurriedly rushed out of the nest and rushed to various parts of the territory to send out emergency signals to return to the nest, notifying their companions who were still foraging outside the nest to take refuge. They have to race against time, and it is not easy to find all the ants in time.
There were also messengers who rushed to the southwest before the wooden bridge was blocked and notified the envoy King. Although there are flying knights, Lamborghini is often used to sending messengers on the ground as double insurance.
Although the terrain of "Linshui City" is easy to defend and difficult to attack, there is only a wooden bridge formed by a natural tree falling across the river to communicate with the mainland. But the disadvantage is that the enemy can easily block the wooden bridge and isolate "Linshui City".
By then, "Linshui City" will have to rely on flying knights to keep information flowing.
In "Linshui City", the defenders also mobilized.
The Second Legion directly under Rambo Fei began to gather out of the nest, build a defense line at one end of the wooden bridge, and rest and recuperate to wait for work. The fight over the wooden bridge will definitely be the focus of the battle.
The garrison of "Linshui City" was also gathered by Huzi, and some of them were retired veterans of the Divine Envoy King's army, and they were also very effective in combat. Although other soldiers lack actual combat experience, they are at least useful supplements to the regular army.
The only shortcoming that affects "Linshui City"'s long-term persistence may be insufficient food reserves.
After the beginning of spring, although Huzi actively organized the residents of "Linshui City" to run production, he did not hoard much food. He had also previously supported a batch of food in the main nest "Qingqiu City" according to the protagonist's order.
At this time, "Linshui City" was forced to give up its farmland on the mainland, and was unable to go to the vast area across the wooden bridge for hunting. It would be very embarrassing to rely solely on the output of big banyan trees and small islands.
The main food that the big banyan tree can provide is banyan fruit, but this is not the fruiting season. Fortunately, ants can also hunt some caterpillars that eat leaves and borers in the trunks of large banyan trees. The buds and new leaves of the big banyan tree can also be used to feed mealworms in the farm, preventing the farm from closing due to lack of feed.
But these foods alone are not enough. It may have been enough to support the previous ant mouths in "Linshui City", but since Rambo Fei's legion and the Flying Knights moved in, there have been a lot more mouths. The male ant commander and fly mount also consume additional high-end food such as honeydew, which is exactly what is most in short supply in "Dongyang City".
Therefore, while Rambo Fei was holding on, he was also eagerly looking forward to the arrival of reinforcements. As a unit that has won many battles, Rambo Fei doesn't like this kind of passive defense battle where he is stuck at home.
However, it is obvious that the enemy troops are coming faster than the reinforcements...
——I am the dividing line——
The flying knights reported back more and more frequently, which also meant that the enemy's front was getting closer and closer.
Rambo Fei set up the command post on a low-hanging branch of the big banyan tree. Like the protagonist, he didn't like to stand high and see far away. After all, his eyesight was not that developed. The reason why the command office is located here is to facilitate contact with the flying knights, obtain the latest information in a timely manner, and make judgments and commands.
Anyway, the legion is very close at your feet, and your messengers can quickly convey the instructions in place, without affecting the timeliness of your command.
According to reports from the flying knights, the Old-Fashioned King's army has arrived at the south bank and is very close to the wooden bridge.
The enemy team was a bit disorganized, like a bustling ant transport team without a command, rather than a well-commanded army. Rambo Fei didn't know that this was caused by the enemy's lack of grassroots commanders, but at least it made him relieved - the enemy didn't look like a mighty army.
After all, with only two legions of more than 5,000 soldiers at hand, facing tens of thousands of enemy troops will inevitably be stressful.
At this moment, there are still some scattered "Linshuicheng" ants on the south bank looking for food. They were not able to get the news in time to take refuge. These ants obviously couldn't return to their nests, but fortunately, even if they were caught by the King's army, the King had no intention of killing them. They were just imprisoned by the rear army and placed in other nests to work in the future.
The staid king's army stopped on the river bank, waiting for the arrival of the long rear army.
It wasn't until about ten o'clock in the morning that the old-fashioned King's army, which had traveled a long distance, was basically in place.
From the perspective of the flying knights, when they passed the ground from the height of their vision, they saw densely packed figures of big-headed ants on the ground, on the river bank, and in an open field. They were arranged in small squares. The small square formations formed a large square formation, and the large square formations were arranged into a horizontal formation. It was really like a sea of ants and a formation like a mountain.
Although due to the lack of grassroots commanders, if you look carefully there are many ants moving restlessly in the military formation, which affects the stability and momentum of the formation, these numbers alone are enough to make their opponents tremble.
When the flying knights passed the information package of their sight to Lamborghini, Lamborghini became even more solemn. He had only known that there were tens of thousands of enemies, but he had no idea whether they were ten thousand or twenty thousand. After all, the number of tens of thousands is endless and difficult to count.
Now that the enemy troops are in a formation, it is easy to calculate.
The old-fashioned King's Army is the traditional military organization of the Big-Headed Ant Kingdom. A small phalanx is a small team with fifty soldiers, and a legion is a large phalanx with thirty teams of 1,500 soldiers. There are more than twenty legions in the enemy's formation, nearly 40,000 strong.
This is a very considerable military strength. Except for the 150,000 expeditionary force that set out on the north bank of the river, it is rare to see such a large army in the Big-headed Ant Kingdom. Even when the main nest faced the protagonist's attack, the number of troops it could send could not reach this number.
God knows how this old-fashioned king recruited such a large army in such a short period of time.
Of course, neither the protagonist nor Rambo Fei knew that this was the result of the old-fashioned king emptying out all the ant colonies in the seventeen sub-nests.
