For a time, the battle situation fell into a stalemate. The old-fashioned king's army ants were numerous and high in fighting spirit, but they were blocked under the soil ridges and could not move forward.
Gun naturally hopes that this stalemate will continue, which is most beneficial to the insufficient strength of the Divine Envoy King's army and can best limit the enemy's advantage.
This ridge is like an indestructible city wall, protecting the Divine Envoy King's army on it with its favorable geographical conditions.
Throughout the ages, many armies have been able to turn the tide of war by relying on superior terrain to hold on. Therefore, the Art of War says: "The weather is not as good as the favorable terrain... A city of three miles and a country of seven miles can't be defeated if you attack it in a circle. If you attack it in a circle, you will have the right weather. However, the one who cannot win is because the favorable weather is not as good as the favorable terrain."
In an era that lacked siege weapons, such as before the Song Dynasty in China and before the Roman era in Europe, attacking any enemy with complete defense facilities or geographical advantages was a nightmare for these classical-era armies.
Without direct attacks from artillery and trebuchets, and without sufficient fire cover, these armies could only use ladders, rams, and flesh and blood to attack the city. They had to endure far greater casualties than the defenders, and the resulting loss of morale. .
"Sun Tzu's Art of War" said: "If a general is overwhelmed by the enemy's anger and ants attack it, killing one-third of the soldiers, but the city cannot be taken out, the attack will be disastrous." It is believed that the casualty ratio of the attacker can be up to one-third one.
The ancient Greeks also suffered from the hardships of the city wall. In the legendary expedition to Troy, with the advantage of the all-Greek coalition, they were besieged for ten years without defeat, and suffered countless casualties. In the end, they only relied on strategy to break through the city.
Even the emergence of ballistae and trebuchets did not completely reverse the offensive and defensive situation. It was not until the emergence of artillery that traditional city defense facilities gradually fell behind, but star-shaped fortresses continued to take over the burden of traditional city walls. This confrontation between spears and shields has continued throughout human history.
Now, the old-fashioned king's army obviously does not have any siege equipment, and the lack of food means that they do not even have the ability to fight for a long time, so they can only concentrate on attacking.
Rolling around waiting for the moment when the enemy collapses, no ant army can sustain this kind of intensity and casualties for long. Even if the soldiers are not afraid of death, the male ant commander will be afraid. As long as the male ants waver and retreat, this army will collapse.
Gun has ordered the flying knight to pay close attention to the enemy's movements, especially not to let go of the old-fashioned king in the enemy's formation.
The old-fashioned king's main formation is located near the entrance of "Hunting Ground Castle". There is the enemy's main force at the roots of the tall bushes, and the old-fashioned king should be among them.
The fighting continues.
Stones were thrown all over the sky and corpses were everywhere. The intensity of the fighting between the two sides was comparable to any war in human history. After all, the human army is easily swayed by blood, death and rumors. Many human warriors think more about how to survive or establish meritorious deeds, and it is difficult to be like the ant warriors who only want to kill their enemies.
This kind of single-minded fighting is the most terrifying. Even if the legs are broken, seriously injured, and the body and head are separated, the tenacious ants will still use their last breath to bite the enemy.
In the defense line of the Divine Envoy King's Army, there are often situations where a soldier's tentacles or forelimbs are bitten by an enemy with only one head or half a body left and cannot escape. Although it is not fatal, it seriously affects the subsequent battle.
These warriors could only retreat, wait for their teammates behind to help tear apart the tightly held enemies, and then return to the battlefield.
The organization of the human army is often difficult to withstand large casualties in a short period of time, but the ant army can, provided that the male ant commander is tough enough.
The old-fashioned king's army launched two waves of attacks. Each wave had three or four legions with about five to six thousand soldiers. However, these legions lost their troops in front of the ridge and returned without success.
Whenever one-third of these legions were lost, they would retreat and reorganize, unwilling to suffer under the soil ridges even if they experienced the baptism of another rain of stones.
The huge casualties and the lack of progress in the battle greatly shook the determination of the originally resolute male ant commander.
Some male ant commanders sent messengers to find the old-fashioned king and suggested that they look for the direction of the reinforcements, or that the army marched directly along the ant track to join the reinforcements that should be near the ant track and avoid the "hard bones" on the ridges.
The old-fashioned king didn't think so. The evil messenger king's minions must have blocked the reinforcements. If our own army rashly advances along the ant road, once it is in the advanced formation state and is blocked by the enemy in front and pursued by the enemy, then the army is really finished, and there is no time to even form a battle formation. Will be washed away by those beetles.
For the current plan, we still need to defeat, or at least repel, the enemy in person.
The old-fashioned king still has a glimmer of hope. His two most elite legions, all composed of veterans who participated in the battle of "Linshui City" and from the brave and skilled hunter group of "Hunting Ground City", are leading other troops in an attempt to roundabout.
Under the guidance of the scouts, these legions bypassed the frontal battlefield where the fierce battle was raging, climbed up from other directions in the ridge, and were gathering on both wings of the Divine Envoy King's legion, preparing to launch a counterattack.
After being reminded by the flying knight, Gun Gun already knew the enemy's latest developments.
He originally counted on the scout troops to block the enemy's advance route and wipe out the pheromones. However, the scout troops had too many tasks and their forces were too scattered, and they had no time to carry out this task.
As the main force of the enemy's outflanking troops had climbed up the ridge and gathered, Gun had lost the best opportunity to stop the enemy's plan.
Since the main forces of Rambo Fei and Rambo Wan were still fighting fiercely on the ridge and could not be mobilized, Gun could only count on his beetle army to defeat the enemy forces on both wings.
Otherwise, we will be surrounded on three sides, and the terrain advantage of the ridge will certainly be lost.
Fortunately, due to poor communication with the enemy, the troops on both wings were advancing and gathering at different speeds. And Gun has the timely military information delivered by the flying knight. With the information package, he can have a God's perspective on the battlefield from high altitude, just like seeing it with his own eyes.
It is very important for an army commander to grasp the panoramic view of the battlefield, so throughout the ages, many commanders will set up their formations at high places to overlook the battlefield, even if this brings inconvenience to the command. When there is no high terrain, equipment such as a nest car will be made to ensure the coach's vision.
In the Legion of God's Envoy, the vision of the flying knights is equivalent to that of the coach. This high perspective, similar to that in real-time strategy games, has always played an inconspicuous but crucial role in the war of the Legion of God's Envoy. effect.
Gun quickly prioritized the targets and led the beetle army to advance.
