The day's battle ended with the parasitic army finally being unable to hold on any longer and retreating in the afternoon.
The Divine Envoy King's army suffered more than a hundred casualties, killing dozens of parasitic war beasts and thousands of parasitic ants.
Although the battle was fierce, the final losses of both sides were not great. This was mainly because the protective net isolated the battlefield. Many parasitic war beasts were actually unable to participate in the battle. The limited length of the city wall limited the number of troops that could engage in direct combat.
In this battle, the busiest person is undoubtedly the protagonist. He controls the ballista and participates in the battle from beginning to end. He does everything from air defense, long-range shooting, fire support, and precise sniping, and it also has a great impact on the battle situation.
When the battle reached the second half, the first ballista controlled by the protagonist was no longer able to be used. The bow strings made of tough hemp ropes were severely worn, and the torsion spring set made of the locust's hind hamstrings had also accumulated a lot of fatigue. At this time, the tendons were stretched and lost a lot of elasticity, and the shooting force began to become soft.
Behind the protagonist, he moved to the second ballista, closer to the front line, and finished the entire battle.
After the war, the protagonist inspected the first ballista that had problems and replaced the bowstring. However, due to the decline in spring performance, even if the torsion spring is re-tightened, the previous strength cannot be restored. This ballista is no longer useful and can only be used as an emergency backup.
One ballista was used up in a battle, and the protagonist only had two ballistas on hand, which made him speechless. It seems that in the subsequent battles, the use and maintenance of the crossbow must be paid attention to. You cannot pursue the shooting speed randomly, but also improve the shooting hit rate and minimize the wear and tear on the crossbow.
The warriors of the King of Gods could not understand the great King of Gods' frustration due to the loss of a strange machine. Today's victory made all the commanders elated, sweeping away the haze caused by the previous disadvantage.
For a time, even the increasingly cold autumn wind in the morning and evening seemed to be warming up.
——I am the dividing line——
On the rock plate where [Linshui City] is located, ants are diligently cleaning the battlefield.
Today's battle was fierce, with many corpses left behind by both sides, and a lot of damage to the protective nets, all of which needed to be cleaned up by the Divine Envoy King's Legion.
The corpses of dead parasitic war beasts are good trophies. The meat can be eaten, and some organs have other uses.
For example, on the corpse of the parasitic centipede, the poisonous needles at the tail were painstakingly cut off - they were hollow natural pipes.
Although the protagonist has not yet thought about the use of this pair of tail needles, it is always right to stay first. Anyway, the warehouse is large enough for the God Envoy King's army, which is short of supplies.
The body of this parasitic centipede, like other parasitic war beasts, was entangled in the net rope. The ants had to waste time and effort to cut and untie it bit by bit to avoid affecting the function of the protective net.
The hard carapace of the parasitic centipede and the carapace of some other insects were also peeled off, which can be used as good building materials.
The corpses of a large number of ants from both sides should have been buried on the spot according to the practice of the Angel King Legion. However, the soil layer in the swamp area is shallow and the water table is high. Even digging a little deeper will reveal a large amount of moist sand, making excavation time-consuming. Effortless.
The protagonist simply asked his men to throw the enemy corpses directly into the swamp waters. There were a large number of aquatic insects in it, which would quickly "digest" all the corpses.
Naturally, our body cannot be disposed of so hastily, but since burial is not easy, the protagonist simply cremated it in the fire.
To this end, the protagonist also organized a small funeral ceremony, leading a group of male ant commanders to watch the bodies of the two male ants killed in the battle being quickly twisted and incinerated in the flames.
Afterwards, the protagonist told everyone that this was a sign of condolence and respect for the deceased.
In the past, there was no respect for the dead in the big-headed ant kingdom, and there was no concept of the afterlife. Regardless of whether the status was noble or not, after death, they were thrown into the ant garbage dump, and eventually became the dinner of other scavenging insects. Even in times of famine, they were eaten by their own companions.
Now, the protagonist feels the need to make his subordinates more civilized, and the funeral ceremony is just one of the protagonist's attempts to slowly change his small group.
Funerals are not just respect for the deceased, but also contain concepts of soul, afterlife, religious concepts, etc.
Since the Paleolithic Age of primitive human society, primitive people have had the concept of the soul. Primitive people believed that the soul of a dead person could still intervene in the human affairs, misfortunes and blessings of the living. Restricted by this concept of the immortal soul and the differences in cultural traditions and religious beliefs of various nations in various countries, various funeral customs have emerged. Later, on this basis, humanities such as literature (mythology) and religion emerged.
These disciplines have undoubtedly played a huge role in promoting the evolution of human intelligence and social structure.
The ants currently lack this type of concept. Although they also have the concept of God, they are very isolated. This is also believed by the protagonist to be related to their lack of imagination as a racial trait.
The protagonist now needs his subordinates to have a certain degree of imagination and creativity, just like the secretary, so that they can complete their duties better and more proactively, without the protagonist having to do everything personally.
As for whether these male ants felt any feelings after attending the funeral, the protagonist is not sure. This kind of ideological transformation must be done slowly, and the physiological differences between ants and humans are too great, so such transformation is bound to be half the result with twice the effort.
——I am the dividing line——
The next day, Rambo Rui's fifth army stationed at [Bridgehead], replacing Rambo Wander's third army which had been fighting for a day, returned to [Swamp City] to rest.
The parasitic army reappeared today, but the Army of the God Envoy King, which already had experience fighting under the cover of protective nets and ballistae, once again crushed the enemy's attack.
Even if the enemy is as smart as the Great Gold Worker Ant, there is no way to change the disadvantage of the battle. They can only watch a large number of parasitic ants and parasitic war beasts in front of the [Bridgehead] defense line.
In the following days, the Divine Envoy King's legion continued to rotate, and with weak battle losses, it continued to consume the strength of the parasitic army and slowly bled it out.
About a week later, after an inventory, the protagonist calculated that the Angel King's army cost the parasitic army hundreds of war beasts and tens of thousands of parasitic ants at the cost of more than 500 warriors.
In the past few days, the number of parasitic ants outside the [Bridgehead] has become smaller and smaller. The flying knights reported that there are no traces of parasitic ants outside the swamp.
The protagonist judges that the enemy's strength has been seriously damaged, and it is time for the God Envoy King's army to take the initiative.
In order to avoid too many combat casualties after losing the cover of fortifications, the protagonist decided to advance step by step.
