The protagonist has now determined that the official name of the mysterious ant is "Destroyer". In fact, this name is meaningful to the protagonist himself. The ants' "brain language" has already included words specifically referring to destroyers.
The protagonist always felt that the name of the mysterious ant was too informal, but now he finally has an "official name" derived from it!
——I am the dividing line——
Early this morning, the Northern Expeditionary Army rejected the proposal of the protagonist who came from afar, and [Target A] was still surrounded by the Destroyers.
However, the Destroyers were not in a hurry to annihilate the last main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army. They divided their troops and raided various places, and some of the troops were transferred back.
According to reports from the flying knights who set out from [Linshui City], Destroyers appeared all over the territory of the King's Conference faction, and there were Destroyer troops even near their main nest.
The King's Council faction could no longer muster many troops to resist, and the ones they managed to muster were a ragtag group of men, short of major generals.
The fall of the main nest of the King's Council faction completely depends on when the Destroyer launches an attack, and the death knell of destruction will sound at any time.
The Destroyers seem to be different from the reckless tactics of other ant races. They often suspend strong attacks when the battle situation is unfavorable or the time is not right. They also like to carry out large-scale strategic maneuvers to attack the enemy's weak points instead of Fighting on a battlefield until rivers of blood flowed, corpses were scattered everywhere, and all the energy was wasted.
From a tactical point of view, the Destroyer is more than one level better than the iron-headed fighting style of the Ant Barbarian Kingdom and the Big-headed Ant Kingdom. It is logical to be able to crush the Ant Barbarian Army or the Council of Kings faction.
This time, after defeating the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army, the Destroyers were not in a hurry to eliminate the remnants that were still strong enough to fight. Instead, they immediately divided their forces to attack the weakly defended sub-nests, fundamentally breaking down the resistance of the King's Council faction. potential, isolating the connections between its armies and territories.
This tactic was extremely effective when dealing with the Paving Ant Barbarian Kingdom. The Paving Ant Barbarian Kingdom, which had a vast territory and numerous ant colonies, was dismembered bit by bit in this way. Now against the Great King's Conference faction, this tactic is also effective.
If the mysterious ants don't do this, when the new main nest of the King's Conference faction calms down, new troops can be mobilized from various places and the battle will be dragged back into the stalemate and consumption stage.
Although with the Destroyer's strength, there is no doubt that they will achieve final victory, they obviously chose a faster approach.
Once the new main nest of the King's Council faction falls, [Target A], who is already alone, will also be doomed!
Although the protagonist feels regretful, since the police king and others have rejected his kindness, they have to bear the consequences of their choice.
The Destroyer is an extremely difficult enemy that the Angel King's army has never encountered before. The protagonist begins to focus on how to resist the Destroyer's attack in winter.
In previous winters, the enemy that needed to be defended on the front line of [Linshui City] was the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army, but this year they will face a more powerful and terrifying Destroyer.
——I am the dividing line——
In the next few days, the protagonist continued to stay in the [Bridgehead] and supervised the construction of the fortress defenses. Now, except for the underground part, the entire fortress project has been basically completed.
In the past few days, neither the [Bridgehead], which is heavily guarded by the Divine Envoy King's Legion, nor [Target A], where the last elite of the Northern Expeditionary Army is trapped, or the new main nest of the King's Council faction has been attacked by the Destroyer. .
Except for those battles where small groups were divided into attacking the deputy nests of the King's Council factions, the entire area along the north bank of the river was unusually peaceful.
However, the protagonist also knows that this is just the calm before the storm.
According to the reconnaissance of the Flying Knights, the Destroyers are gathering troops to step up the siege of the new main nest (the original eastern branch nest) of the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army.
After cutting off the connection between the new main nest and a large number of territories in the central and western parts of the Pavement Ant Barbarian Kingdom, the Pavement Ant Barbarian Kingdom has actually been divided into two unrelated parts, each with its own King's Council and army.
It's just that the Eastern factions that were originally nested in the east have more elite troops, but lack strategic depth and economic supplies; while the Western factions control a vast territory, their armies are improvised, but the Destroyers are not in a hurry to attack the Western factions. Attack and still survive.
The Destroyers had previously cut off the secondary nests around the Eastern faction's main nest (the original Eastern branch nest). Tens of thousands of troops surrounded the main nest on three levels, like iron barrels.
Due to the lack of food and fodder, the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army of the Eastern Faction knew that the field battle was not good for them, so they had to attack one after another every day.
At the beginning, the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army of the Eastern Faction planned to recapture several nearby secondary nests with rich products. However, after several days of failure, they have changed their strategy. They only wanted to take advantage of the fighting to cover the rest of the troops and collect them near the main nest. some grain.
They even hoped to reduce the number of hungry warriors through fighting and used the corpses of dead warriors as food supplements.
Only the corpses of soldiers killed in battle are the only stable source of food for the Eastern faction's main nest. He knew that drinking poison would quench his thirst, but he had no choice but to do it.
After a period of attrition, the Eastern faction's main nest has been greatly reduced in strength. The Destroyers who have achieved their goal begin to gather their troops and prepare to launch a general attack.
The Destroyer's partial division troops that originally fought against the King's Council faction were also transferred back, making the place temporarily peaceful.
On October 3rd, when the protagonist crossed out two days on the calendar he made, the Flying Knights reported that the Destroyers had officially launched an attack on the main nest of the Eastern Faction of the Paving Ant Barbarian Kingdom.
The protagonist examines the packet of information.
Looking down from the sky, the black Destroyer troops were like countless small streams, converging towards the main nest of the Eastern faction from all sides.
The Destroyers moved across the sand, crawled over the blades of grass, and emerged from under the trees. They were everywhere.
Like a tide that can drown life, like a wildfire that can burn everything, like a virus that can kill life, no grass will grow wherever it goes.
The main nest of the Eastern faction of the Pavement Ant Barbarian Kingdom, the originally tall and majestic castle built on rocks and mounds, is larger than any castle in the human world and is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
However, even this majestic and huge castle, as high and steep as a mountain in the eyes of ants, was quickly overwhelmed by the destroyer.
Countless Destroyers gathered here from all directions and entered the lair from any entrance or exit. Whether it was at the foot of the mountain, the mountainside or the top of the mountain, as long as there was an entrance or exit, the Destroyers would attack.
Floods flooded the mountain tops, wildfires burned the peaks, and the virus raged in the castle. The originally majestic castle seems to be the final chapter of a generation of overlords!
