In the following days, the situation in [Swamp City] where the defenders were passively beaten improved greatly.
One evening, the fire was successfully transported, and the God Envoy King's army had the ability to quickly repair the damaged ant mound.
After setting up a large number of rope traps, the ants were not helpless against the attacks of the parasitic beasts during the day. The parasitic beasts always left several corpses and returned in frustration every day.
Although this loss of troops is insignificant to the parasitic beasts, there are still dozens of parasitic beasts gathering near [Swamp City] every day without decreasing at all.
But it is better to have results than no results. At least the successive small victories have made the male ants of the God Envoy King's legion have high morale. They no longer feel how scary these new enemies are and have overcome their fear of unfamiliar environments.
Only the protagonist is not very satisfied. He led his troops to the swamp area after all the hard work and expense, not to kill a few parasitic beasts, but to completely eradicate the parasitic bacteria. Therefore, the protagonist is planning a counterattack to create an opportunity to concentrate and annihilate the enemy's power, but unfortunately there are too few available troops.
The second batch of supporting troops arrived after the Fourth Legion had been standing alone for nearly a month. Rambovan's Third Legion arrived with the fleet and settled in [Swamp City]. Now the protagonist has the strength of two legions on hand.
This force is still insufficient. The protagonist's original plan was to have three legions before launching an attack on the parasitic ants and beasts deep in the swamp.
But recently, I don’t know whether it’s because the microclimate in the swamp area is relatively humid and cold, or because the overall climate in the entire region has passed through the dog days. The temperature in the morning and evening has dropped significantly, giving it a feeling of autumn.
The beginning of autumn is not only a drop in temperature for ants, it will also significantly affect the activity frequency and time of these cold-blooded animals. It also means that the coldest winter is no longer far away, and will soon be approaching the carriers of snowflakes and The pace of death reigns over the earth.
The third batch of reinforcements will not arrive for another month or so. If winter comes early this year, the first snow may fall in a month and a half.
The protagonist feels that he cannot wait any longer and needs to launch a counterattack as soon as possible. Even if the scale is limited, it is better than being trapped in an isolated city and doing nothing.
After all, despite unifying the plain areas on the south bank of the river, the Legion of the God's Envoy King is not resting easy.
The situation on the north bank of the river changes three times a day, and the mysterious ants are getting bigger day by day. Whether it is the Paving Ant Barbarian Kingdom or the Big-headed Ant Kingdom's Northern Expedition, they are struggling to cope with it, and their decline is fully visible.
These mysterious ants also have the ability to fight in winter. Once the north bank of the river is controlled by them, the riverside of the God's Envoy King's Army will become a battlefield in winter.
The protagonist must calm down the threat in the south as soon as possible and then send his troops north. Either hold on along the river, or intervene in the chaos on the north bank of the river in advance. In short, we cannot sit still and wait for death.
——I am the dividing line——
After determining the counterattack strategy, and after Lambowan's third legion and the fifty bee flying knights who were ordered to settle in took two or three days to adapt to the swamp climate, the protagonist began to implement his plan.
During the day, the warriors of the Divine Envoy King on the ground were still unable to retreat.
But the bee flying knights will go out in advance and gather on the only nearby willow tree. When the parasitic beast's aerial troops appear, these flying knights will take the initiative to attack.
The small number of parasitic dragonflies, damselflies or bees of the parasitic beasts are no match for the clustered bees. Although the bees' jaws are not powerful, their numbers are enough to kill these enemies in the air. The Legion of God's Envoy King Finally regained air control.
At night, when the bee flying knights who had fought hard all day took their mounts to rest, the vast majority of the ant warriors began to get busy.
In addition to killing parasitic beasts that fell into traps, repairing nests and foraging for food, some of the warriors of the Angel King were weaving rope bridges.
The raw materials for these rope bridges were originally woven semi-finished ropes from the walnut ship fleet following the Third Army. Ants need to weave several strands of rope into a thicker, stronger and more durable rope.
Two days later, the rope bridge was ready, and the air superiority was completely in the hands of the God Envoy King's army. Taking advantage of one night, the protagonist mobilized the flying knights to tie a section of the rope bridge to a strong shrub on the other side, and the other end. Connected to the island in [Swamp City].
Subsequently, a large number of God's Envoy King warriors swarmed across the river. They wanted to use the night time to build a bridgehead on the other side of the rope bridge as a sub-base to protect the rope bridge and also serve as the battlefield for the next battle.
The protagonist has already chosen the location of the bridgehead. During the battle for more than a month before, the protagonist has already observed this location.
The bridgehead is located at the shrub at the entrance of the rope bridge. The roots of this shrub are tightly wrapped around a large stone, and the branches and leaves extend toward the sky from one side of the stone. The stem of the shrub is short and thick, with holes carved by insects.
By choosing to build a nest here, you can take advantage of the natural height of the big rocks. They are far away from the water and are not easily attacked by the water cannons of the parasitic dragon lice, and you can also gain a height advantage. The enemy must climb the rocks to threaten the warriors of the God Envoy King.
A large group of Archangel King warriors belonging to the Third Legion piled ant concrete along the edge of the stone top platform, and soon built a circle of walls - this was the first line of defense for the bridgehead.
Another group of ants builds a second line of defense around the trunk of the shrub. This is a small ant mound wrapped around the trunk of the shrub, with no other exposed areas except for a few entrances and exits. The trunks of shrubs, which are already riddled with holes, can be transformed into natural warehouses with a little modification.
Ants carrying greased stick torches in their jaws were constantly walking around the newly completed fortifications, baking the still damp exterior walls.
In the humid air of the swamp, it was obviously unrealistic to build the nest overnight.
So, as the sky turned white, the protagonist gave an order, and the ants immediately blocked all the openings of the 60-70% completed bridgehead with wet mud, stones or plant fibers, and then quickly retreated along the rope bridge to [Swamp City] Inside.
The Flying Bee Knight untied the rope bridge tied to the other side. The protagonist and several groups of ants quickly retrieved the ropes that had fallen into the water, rolled them up and piled them on the shore.
The parasitic beasts that attacked during the day did not notice the threat of the new buildings and rope loops on the shore. Although some parasitic beasts had a keen sense of smell and sensed the aura of the Angel King's army in the unfinished bridgehead, and lingered here for a long time, but the insects Their intelligence is not enough for them to detect future dangers.
In this way, after three nights, the bridgehead was finally completed. The Fourth Army was immediately stationed, preparing to face the parasitic army here the next day!
