The flying knight hurried back and reported a shocking news to the protagonist:
The nearby [Trench City] is being besieged by thousands of Destroyer troops.
The protagonist is shocked. You must know that [Trench City] is only half a day's journey from the main nest [Qingqiu City], and it can be said to be the western gateway of [Qingqiu City]. When did the enemy bring the flames of war to the vicinity of their main nest?
The protagonist interrogates the flying knight carefully. It turns out that this flying knight was originally responsible for going to another farther away auxiliary nest, but he found that this auxiliary nest was empty, and all the ants were missing. There were no living ants and no dead bodies.
Although the flying knight was confused, he didn't think too much about it. He was just preparing to return home and report truthfully. But when flying over [Trench City], I suddenly discovered that the [Trench City] below was being attacked by the Destroyer.
When the flying knights who originally contacted the west flew over [Trench City] early in the morning, they found no trace of the enemy. Maybe it was because it was still early and the enemy had not yet launched an attack.
The flying knight who contacted [Trench City] has not yet returned, perhaps he was killed after accidentally landing.
Soon, flying knights from all over the country also returned one after another, because the protagonist stipulated an order to return to [Qingqiu City] before the sun sets. Even if these flying knights have important matters, they must be punctual.
Soon, the collected intelligence made the protagonist extremely nervous:
Not all of the flying knights returned, but those who returned found that there were more than fifty sub-nests or empty nests in the northwest area on the south bank of the river, including [to the West City], but traces of dried blood and other traces could be found vaguely. ; Either there were Destroyers stationed there, the flying knights circled around to detect the number of enemies, and found that there were probably dozens of Destroyers in the lairs with few Destroyers, and hundreds of Destroyers with more Destroyers.
There are also about ten lairs that are experiencing attacks of varying degrees. There are still more than ten flying knights who have not returned. If they were accidentally killed by the Destroyer, it means that the Destroyer's footprints have spread over more than 80 lairs, and a quarter of the territory on the south bank of the river has been covered. Fall into the flames of war. The total number of these Destroyers detected is estimated to be more than 10,000, which is not a small number.
The protagonist guesses that the enemy crossed the river when it froze in winter. This is the only explanation. The lair on the south bank of the eastern section of the river has maintained contact with [Linshui City] throughout the winter and has not been attacked. The enemy can only move south from the western section of the river.
So many Destroyers indeed crossed the river from the direction [to West City].
After they conquered the western branch of the last main nest of the Pavement Ant Barbarian Kingdom, they did not choose to head east and attack [Bridgehead] and [Linshui City].
Because this journey is too long, even the Destroyers will take a long time to march, and they may even have to stop moving due to weather.
So they chose to go straight south from their nest in the west, reach the river in the shortest distance, and then cross the river. This was the theoretical shortest distance, but the journey was not easy.
This section of the river has open ice, snow, and cliffs on both sides. It is a natural chasm for the pavement ants in winter, but the Destroyers managed to cross the river despite spending a lot of effort.
The one standing in front of the Destroyer's vanguard was the unsuspecting [To the West City], which was slaughtered by the Destroyers with almost no ability to resist. The old worker ant that had lived from the days of the old Big-headed Ant Kingdom also lost its life.
Subsequently, more and more Destroyers followed the path of the forward and arrived at the south bank of the river. As long as the weather permits, the Destroyers will form a team of hundreds or thousands and attack the nest controlled by the nearest Angel King's legion. Expanding like crazy all winter long.
By the time the protagonist received the news, there were already more than 15,000 Destroyers on the south bank of the river, and 68 nests had been conquered.
Hundreds of Destroyers are passing through the ice that has thinned in the spring but has not yet thawed, arriving on the south bank of the river every day.
At this moment, [Stone Pillar City], [Meat Grinder City], and [Trench City] formed a line, and then extended roughly due north to the river. The 14 sub-hives on this line were being attacked.
Among them, [Stone Pillar City] and [Trench City] were obviously the enemy's key targets, and there were as many as two to three thousand destroyers in the siege.
The protagonist did not expect that the enemy would launch an attack from an unexpected area. After all, although he had certain military expertise, he was still alone. He lacked a staff organization to check for his deficiencies, and he could not make complete plans.
After confirming that the western section of the river was safe and that even the isolated bridgehead on the north bank of the river was free of fighting, he relaxed his vigilance.
He is still using the behavior and habits of the Pavement Ants to measure the Destroyer, a brand new opponent. He feels that the Pavement Ant barbarian army cannot cross the western section of the river, and the Destroyer will not launch an attack from here. The Pavement Ant Barbarian Army will definitely pull out the stronghold on the north bank of the river with all their strength first, and the Destroyers will do the same.
Now that the enemy has arrived at your doorstep, the protagonist must accept this reality and deal with it.
At this moment, the situation in [Trench City] was already very critical. They had been resisting the enemy's offensive for a week, and the defenders suffered heavy losses.
The enemy initially attacked [Trench City] with only 200 Destroyers. After realizing that this was a tough opponent, they gradually increased their strength to 3,000. Those who besieged [Trench City] were definitely Destroyers from the south bank of the river. Our main force.
The reason [Trench City] was able to resist for a week was due to the fact that it was once the stronghold of the Angel King's army against the Western Alliance and the Queen's inheritance faction during the civil war. The underground defense facilities are complete, although they are not as good as those that have been rebuilt [ Bridgehead] underground defense line, but strong enough.
There are as many as three legions of garrison troops stationed in [Trench City], and sufficient strength is also the key to their ability to hold on.
Among them, the 27th Legion was formed based on the strength of the original garrison of [Trench City] during the last expansion. Although it has not yet obtained copper weapons, it is also equipped with gravel weapons. After a long period of training, its combat effectiveness is not weak.
The current [Trench City] garrison was originally planned to be transformed into a new field army after the beginning of spring. There are many old warriors of the God Envoy King who were injured before, and their combat effectiveness is acceptable.
The last legion was temporarily formed by the male ants of [Trench City] after encountering an enemy attack. They mobilized all the soldier ants and worker ants in the nest. Like the garrison legion, the male ant commanders were all uneven, but it was also an effective supplement of troops.
The three legions have now suffered more than half of their battle losses. Even if the queen ants in the nest accelerate the laying of eggs due to sufficient food supply, the larvae that hatch from the first batch of eggs have not yet pupated, and there is no way to replenish the battle losses.
