The western branch of the Pavement Ant Barbarian Kingdom is located in a fertile plain, with the terrain lower than the nearby mountains and hills. Among the sparse trees, there are large areas of dense wild grass, forming a beautiful wilderness painting.
Although the grass has withered and the ground has become muddy after the last snowfall, it can still be seen that this plain must have been a fertile soil full of insects and full of life in spring and summer.
The only drawback is that through the large fields of fallen weeds in winter, you can see that the ground is dotted with pebbles.
It turns out that this plain is low-lying. It was a lake connected to a big river a long time ago. There are many stones washed down from the mountains by the flowing water, which are turned into cobbles under the action of the water flow.
However, with changes in the sea and geology, the streams flowing into this lake changed their course. After losing the water flow, the water surface dried up day by day, and the lake bottom that was originally covered with pebbles turned into a plain, with wild grass and trees growing out.
The location of the western nest is a pile of rocks in the center of the lake. It was originally a reef exposed on the lake. The tops of the rocks here have sharp edges and corners, which are very different from the warm and smooth pebbles that have been polished by the water flow.
The cold wind blew by, and next to the pile of rocks, all the fallen grass stems rippled, revealing dots of black figures inside.
Those were tens of thousands of Destroyers, lurking in the grass beside the piles of rocks, waiting, ready to attack at any time.
The Destroyers always seem to like to lurk in the grass or bushes and use this place as their campsite. They did the same thing when attacking [the bridgehead].
Maybe it's because the Destroyer doesn't like to dig caves on the spot as a base, and the grass and bushes can provide some shelter from wind and rain.
Yesterday, the forward troops of the Destroyers arrived at the Western Hive City. The mud and cold along the way made their march a hard work.
The originally smooth ant tunnels were cut into pieces by the accumulated water. The destroyers, who were able to distinguish other ant pheromones and use the ant tunnels, had to constantly find the broken routes on their own.
The Destroyers don't have great scouts. Their warriors scurry around like headless flies, relying on luck to find targets. Once they find a new path, they don't need to go back and leave pheromones along the way. Other companions will naturally swarm there. .
After trekking in this low-lying muddy grassland for eight days, the Destroyers finally arrived here. Along the way, their best rest was to spend the night in those higher, dry and warm nests after conquering the secondary nests along the way.
Even with these transfer stations, the Destroyers who arrived to nest in the west were all covered in dirt and disgraced.
Now, their destination finally appeared in front of them.
As soon as the vanguard troops arrived, they immediately went into battle. These creatures, born for fighting, attacked the pavement ant transport team near the nest, killing hundreds of pavement ants.
The pavement ant barbarian army in the western branch has long known that the enemy is approaching, and has been waiting for danger.
After receiving the warning, the three legions on duty immediately poured out from the multiple entrances and exits of the branch nest, trying to use their numerical advantage to eliminate this forward force of about 300 Destroyers.
The two sides were fighting in the grass on the south side of the pile of rocks. There were withered grass stems, half-rotted leaves on the ground, muddy land, and puddles of water. There were figures of the two sides fighting and the bodies left behind everywhere.
This battlefield was too rugged and was not conducive to the formation of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army. Soon, the smaller Destroyer side actually drove the Paving Ant Barbarian Army out of the grass.
The battlefield between the two sides then moved to the bottom of the pile of rocks.
The place is densely covered with large and small gravels. Originally, there was very little vegetation, with only a few stubborn weeds and moss living there. Now, in winter, no grass grows.
After being driven into the pile of rubble, the Destroyers also received support from a group of reinforcements coming from behind, and their offensive became even more fierce.
Pavement ants fight on every rock, fighting for almost every inch of land.
The main force in the middle of the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army occupies a huge protruding rock, and has repelled many attacks of the Destroyer from a high position.
Other troops did not have such favorable terrain, but on every stone, every stone crevice, and every stone slope, there were troops holding on, either a small team or several small teams.
The pavement ants use their flesh and blood to build a line of defense to protect their nests.
Two more legions of pavement ants came out of the nest for reinforcements, but it was too late for more troops to gather from the criss-crossing passages.
And the Destroyer's backup troops continued to come from the east and joined the battle.
The battlefield is like a blazing fire. Both the pavement ants and the destroyers keep throwing more firewood into the bonfire, making the red flame burning with blood and life even hotter.
Finally, as the sun was about to set, the Destroyers had squeezed the defenders' defense line into the mountainside of the rubble.
The battle ended after the Destroyer voluntarily withdrew from the battle.
The Destroyers successively invested more than 2,000 troops, and more than 200 were killed, with a battle loss rate of 10%.
The Pavement Ant Barbarian Army successively invested 20,000 troops in eight legions. The battle losses were as high as more than 4,000, and the battle losses were as high as 20%. One of the legions was completely wiped out, and even the king's commander was killed.
Both sides went back to rest, and the Destroyers took advantage of dusk to complete the siege of the western nest of the Pavement Ant Barbarian Kingdom.
The next day, the pavement ant transport convoys coming from other parts of the territory encountered enemy attacks one after another. The Destroyers tightly blocked the western nest and did not allow any supplies or troops to flow into the defender's nest.
The reinforcements and transport teams of Pavement Ants arriving from various places did not know that their destination had been blocked. They flocked to the blockade constructed by the Destroyer like moths to a flame, and were wiped out bit by bit.
While the outer troops blocked the western nest, the Destroyer army also launched another attack on the defenders on the rubble.
The defenders of the western nest had their first real battle with the Destroyer yesterday. Even though there were some male ants and worker ants in the nest that had escaped from other sub-nests and brought information about the Destroyer, the defenders still did not expect the enemy to be like this. Fierce.
Yesterday, the Third King held a meeting and concluded that it was not appropriate to engage in a field battle with the enemy. Otherwise, a small-scale battle would cost the defenders nearly five thousand troops. With foreign aid cut off, the defenders would not be able to withstand a few days. Such consumption.
Therefore, today, the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army set up its defense line on the top of the mountain. This way the defense line is relatively short and there are some steep boulders to rely on.
It's not that the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army doesn't want to huddle directly in the cave. It's actually a western nest built according to the natural terrain. It has more than a dozen entrances and exits. There are too many areas that need to be taken care of for underground defense, so it is better to defend on the ground.
