Just the day after [Bread City] was completed and the protagonist led two legions to settle in, the place encountered a large-scale siege.
The protagonist rides Xiaoqing II, surrounded by twelve bee flying knights Gong Wei, flying in the sky.
Although the war is about to begin on the ground, the sky is safe at the moment.
In the second half of the battle near [Stump City], the protagonist discovered that there were fewer and fewer flying beasts in the parasitic army. This should be related to the number of aerial beasts killed by the Angel King's army after having protective nets and ballistae. There is a cause-and-effect relationship.
After all, the probability of flying insects being infected with thread-parasitic fungi is inherently low. The Angel King's Legion has killed hundreds of parasitic dragonflies, butterflies, moths, and wasps in a series of battles. It seems that there are not many flying war beasts left under the control of parasitic bacteria. Even in this swamp where parasitic bacteria are rampant, it is not easy to replenish the flying war beasts.
Therefore, the flying knights of the God's Envoy Army have regained control of the sky, at least for a while. This is good news for the God's Envoy King's Army, which has always been at a huge disadvantage in terms of military strength.
Early this morning, at dawn, the bee flying knights of the Divine Envoy King's Army who were stationed here last night took off from the "door" reserved in the protective net and began to detect the enemy's movements.
After each fortress is completed, it will definitely alarm the local parasitic ants and war beasts. Fighting is inevitable, and early warning can help the defenders gain an intelligence advantage.
[Bread City] was not discovered by the enemy at the beginning. After all, it was necessary to choose a suitable location for building the city. It was still some distance from the enemy's nest, and there were not many parasitic ants coming here.
But finally in the morning, the wandering parasitic ant Corn Hair Ant worker ants discovered this fortress controlled by the Angel King's army, and hurried back to the nest to report the news.
If the God Envoy King's legion does not want to be discovered by the enemy, there are countless ways to kill the enemy scouts on their way back to report the news.
However, the Divine Envoy King's Legion originally planned to use the fortress defense to kill a large number of nearby parasitic ants, so there was no way to stop them.
There is a nest entrance on the top of the bun hill. According to surveys and estimates, tens of thousands of parasitic corn ants live inside.
Although there are many types of parasitic ants, except for cooperating when fighting, their nests are scattered. There is only one kind of ant in each nest, and they do not disturb each other on weekdays.
There are only corn ants in this nest.
Corn ants, whose Latin scientific name is Lasius alienus, also known as grass ants, belong to the class Insecta, order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae, subfamily Formicae, and genus Lasius. They are a widely distributed and very common ant species.
The corn ant is an omnivorous ant that feeds on tree secretions and other insects. It especially likes sweet foods such as aphids' secretions and plant flowers and nectaries. It forages in groups.
The corn ant is a single ant that lives in open spaces, grasslands and forests, and builds nests underground, under rocks or in tree holes. Wedding flights usually take place between May and August. The population is abundant in light sparse forest areas, shrubs, grasslands, open areas, etc., and is less distributed in shady slope forests and dense shrubs. Bunk Hill is a typical meadow, so it’s no wonder that a large number of parasitic corn ants live here.
The workers of Corn ants have a body length of 3.0-4.2mm, which is slightly larger than the workers of Pavement ants and Big-headed ants, but smaller than the soldiers of Big-headed ants. Its body is dark brown, the antennal handle segments and leg segments are yellowish brown, and the upper jaw is brownish red. The hirsute integument is sparse, the whole body has a downturned pilose integument, and the head is brighter.
The queen of corn ants has a body length of 8.0mm-9.0mm, mostly gray-brown to brown-black in color. The head is much smaller than the thorax and abdomen, and there are no or very few bristles on the antennal stalk segments and foot segments.
The male ants of corn ants are 3.0mm-3.8mm long, and are even smaller than the slightly larger worker ants. This is completely different from the huge male ants of big-headed ants. The body of the male ant is gray-black, the wings are transparent, and the antennae and foot segments have no standing hairs.
Soon, as the scouts of the parasitic corn ants returned to the nest, the flying knights reported back and found that a large number of enemies were setting off from the nest to kill [Bread City].
The protagonist also took off to observe the enemy's movements, and then saw a spectacular scene.
Countless dark brown corn ants, all hairy (no wonder they are called hairy ants), emerged from the ground and gathered into a flowing river, flowing down the terrain from the top of the bun hill.
This ant river is like a flood, unstoppable and ignoring everything, and the turbulent waves are sweeping towards [Bread City].
Although the Divine Envoy King's Army has fought against the Great King's Council Faction, the Path-Paving Ant Barbarian Army, the Hunting Sickle Ants, etc., they have also participated in six-digit battles. But facing such a large number of enemies in one battle is something that even the protagonist has never seen before.
There are so many enemies, far more than the tens of thousands reported by Bee Flying Knight. Just the number of people pouring out of the ground now is over 100,000!
The huge entrance and exit at the top of the bun hill is like a fountain, and more parasitic ants are still spewing out. A large number of parasitic corn ants follow the pheromones left by the scouts, and kill in a straight line toward the distant [Bread City].
When the front of the parasitic ants is approaching [Bread City], a steady stream of troops are pouring out of the Bun Hill, continuing to converge into this river that cuts off the water and flows more quickly.
For a moment, the protagonist even speculated whether this bun hill was hollow, otherwise it could accommodate so many ants living in it? How much food do so many ants need? Can this bun hill of several hundred square meters and the surrounding environment support the survival of so many ants?
Although full of doubts, the protagonist returns to [Bread City] first. The enemy army is approaching, and he must sit back and fight.
Fortunately, although the number of parasitic ants is extremely large today, they did not have other reinforcements at the beginning. No matter they were other types of parasitic ants or parasitic war beasts, they did not come to [Bread City] to cause trouble at first, and they did not even show their faces. It seems like this is a forbidden area for them.
It was not until the afternoon of that day, when the battle was in its second half, that these parasitic war beasts arrived belatedly. This is a story for another day.
Moreover, although the enemies are extremely numerous and menacing, [Bread City] has a limited area and is built on rotten wood that is half submerged in the water. No matter how many enemies there are, they can only be surrounded and the number of parasitic ants that can really kill them is not very large. many.
So the protagonist is still full of confidence, but with so many enemies, it will take many days to completely eliminate them. And time is what the protagonist lacks most now.
As the protagonist commanded two teams of ballista shooters, ten stone projectiles were launched at a time, creating several gaps in the dense enemy array that could be covered without aiming.
The battle surrounding [Bread City] and Bun Hill begins!
