Although the boulder blockade temporarily blocked the Destroyer, this method of blocking the door was only a temporary measure.
Soon, the protagonist's tentacles leaning against the earth wall felt the sound of digging in the soil. It was the Destroyers digging in the earth, trying to dig a road from the big stone.
This is the instinct of ants. When they know that the target is behind the stone, they will patrol the road independently. If there is no road, they will dig one.
However, the Destroyer's long, curved, and sharp jaws are as sharp as the scythe of death. They are very powerful in fighting and can easily chop other ants in half. But the pair of big jaws are not very useful when used as shovels to dig into the earth. It is like holding two sharp sickles to dig into the earth, which can only achieve twice the result with half the effort.
The protagonist's tentacles stopped for a while, but he didn't feel that the enemy's digging sound was too close, which exposed the enemy's underground digging efficiency.
However, the protagonist is still prepared for a rainy day and begins to organize a new defense system to deal with the enemy's offensive after digging through.
The protagonist and the soldiers around him are now in a long and narrow passage. The troops cannot be deployed, which is not conducive to defense. And they couldn't retreat. Not far behind them was the second preset battlefield defense line that was under construction. It was not yet completed and could not be used.
The protagonist can only ask the soldiers around him to expand part of this passage to form a nest that can accommodate more soldiers to form a temporary defense line.
The big-headed ants can excavate the soil much faster than the destroyers. They are good at civil construction. In less than half an hour, a large nest room that the protagonist wanted was excavated.
At this time, the Destroyers had not dug through the short distance blocked by the boulders. Judging from the sound, they had only dug half of the way.
The protagonist also asked his subordinates to find long wooden sticks and some larger stones. The ballista was also set up in the nest room, and the temporary defensive position was completed.
When the first Destroyer finally dug its way out of the dusty passage, the protagonist discovered that there was no need to fire the ballista.
These destroyers, who were not good at earthwork, dug the tunnel too narrowly. When its head came out, its body was still trapped in the tunnel and could not move. The protagonist hit it hard on the head with a long stick, two or three times. Just smash its head in.
The corpse of the destroyer blocked the newly dug passage, and the big-headed ants repeated their old tricks, dragging the corpse of the destroyer to prevent the destroyers behind from clearing the obstacle.
The defenders succeeded in delaying for a while, but the Destroyers obviously dug more than one road. Slowly, two or three more passages were dug along the blocked boulders.
Fortunately, these roads are still narrow, and even the most successful Destroyer only managed to get out more than half of its body before being bitten to death by a group of besieging Divine Envoy King warriors.
The protagonist is now worried about the boulder blocking the road. As the soil around it is dug up, the boulder also appears to be loose. If the boulder rolls down, a large group of destroyers will immediately follow the reopened road to kill. Come here, at that time, with only a ballista and more than a hundred soldiers around you, you can't resist it.
Sure enough, after a while, the boulder began to shake. It was not noticeable at first, and the protagonist thought it was his own illusion. But after a while, the shaking became violent, as if a destroyer was exerting force on the stone.
The protagonist stretched out his long stick, with one end against the boulder and the other on the ground, stabilizing the blocking stone. No matter how strong the destroyer was, he could not break this strong wooden stick.
But in this way, the protagonist also lost the long weapon that he had handy. Such sticks are inconvenient to transport and store in the lair. When the protagonist was unconscious, the guards around him only brought one into the lair.
The Destroyers that are pouring out from behind can only be defended by the warriors of the Angel King. Fortunately, when the enemy comes out, they are trapped. The warriors of the Angel King just need to be patient and don't rush forward rashly when the enemy's head just sticks out. Just give him a head.
Once half of the Destroyer's body emerges, the warriors of the God Envoy King can attract the attention of its jaws while the soldier ants on the side take the opportunity to go around and bite its fragile neck.
The battle is raging in front of this temporary defense line. Generally speaking, the pressure on the defenders is becoming greater and greater, because more and more channels are being dug and the channels are being expanded.
Even if the warriors of the God Envoy King can temporarily block some passages through "tug of war", the Destroyers will not hesitate to destroy the bodies of their companions to reopen the roads.
The soldiers around the protagonist also suffered casualties one after another. In the most critical moment, they had to rely on ballistae to save the situation. Shooting at such a close range is like firing a pistol against your head. It can always knock back the enemy accurately and hard.
The protagonist's biological clock instinct is not very strong, but after asking the soldier ants around him, he knows that the sun is not far away from setting. Although it is already the end of February, the sun will still be completely buried in the horizon before six o'clock.
Sure enough, after holding on for about half an hour, the Destroyers finally stopped emerging one after another.
The protagonist cautiously sends a few scouts to investigate and confirm that the enemy has withdrawn to the ground.
But even at night, the enemy continues to surround [Trench City]. They are lurking under the fallen leaves on the ground of the nest, in the grass, and in the lee of the stones. Once the defenders want to go out, they will be ambushed.
The protagonist ordered his men to clean the battlefield and block the dug passages, while he himself moved the crumbling boulders.
I am the dividing line
The protagonist goes to bed early tonight. The continuous battle consumption requires him to replenish his physical energy efficiently. There is no better way to replenish his energy than sleeping.
But at night, the protagonist is awakened again, and the Destroyers launch a night attack.
This time the defenders were on alert. The Destroyer also launched a night attack when they besieged Trench City. The protagonist's troops also suffered heavy losses from the night attack in the camp, so sentries and defensive troops were deployed even at night.
There were not many Destroyers who attacked at night. They were blocked by ballistas and defenders on the first preset battlefield. After a stalemate for a while, they withdrew when they saw that they could not gain any advantage.
But this night attack had disturbed the protagonist and he had to get up. He inspected the defense line and tried his best to hold on to the meritorious soldiers before returning to catch up on his sleep.
I am the dividing line
The next day, the enemy continued to attack, but the defenders responded more calmly because the preset battlefield for the second line of defense had been constructed.
The Destroyer has always been trapped in the narrow terrain and cannot take advantage of close combat. It is almost impossible to conquer [Trench City], but the defenders have also been unable to kill a large number of enemies to relieve the siege.
The two sides are in a stalemate, but the protagonist doesn't seem anxious.
