The enemy retreated slightly, and the Divine Envoy King's army did not dare to pursue rashly.
The front-line legions that had just experienced the battle were ordered to stay on the spot, and at the same time, messengers were sent out to collect broken troops and return them to their ranks.
More and more troops were defeated and returned to the army, bringing back more information. Only then did the protagonist learn that the commanders of the 44th and 45th legions were killed in action. The protagonist had no choice but to temporarily appoint two outstanding team commanders from the 41st and 48th legions to serve as temporary commanders of the two legions.
After all, more than half of the warriors in these two legions are still alive, so they cannot be leaderless.
Subsequent legions also arrived one after another and took up their positions, and a coherent line of defense was finally established, without giving the enemy any chance of surprise attack.
At the same time, the Scythe Hunter ant scouts also regained contact with the large army. The scouts reported that the enemy had relieved themselves from their lair in [Sitong City] and quickly retreated to the west of the city to gather.
The protagonist determines that the enemy is also shrinking the front line and gathering troops, and he dare not be careless. The melee in the thick fog just now is still vivid in his mind.
Especially now that the protagonist has better not enter the state of "god descending from heaven" today, otherwise the painful sequelae will bother him again.
The corpses of the recently killed Destroyers were also collected, cut open, and the mysterious balls were taken out, before being transported back to the temporary sub-nest. Now the Mysterious Ball is an important strategic resource.
The protagonist waited until the last legion was in position, then commanded the army to form a horizontal formation tens of meters long, like the line of fire of wildfire, and rushed unstoppably towards the enemy's position reported by the scouts.
At this time, more than half an hour had passed since the previous battle ended.
Due to the large size of the army, the protagonist has to stop the army every ten minutes or so, and the units adjust their positions to each other to make the front smooth. Otherwise, the army's advance speed will be fast or slow, and the entire front will be uneven. .
But even with such constant adjustments, the entire front line still curved sharply like a bullying wave. There was nothing that could be done about it. Under the thick fog, troops far apart could not see each other at all, so they could only try their best to communicate with each other. The legions around him were even, causing a big error.
The army quickly passed the location of [Sitong City], and the messenger contacted the defenders and asked the defenders to stand still and wait for the army to completely relieve the siege.
In the fog, the protagonist can only figure out the enemy's movements and locations based on the reports from the hunter ant scouts. However, the hunter ants' reconnaissance is also limited, and they continue to encounter sudden enemy counterattacks and cause casualties.
But at least they figured out that the enemy was still not far to the west of the city.
The army moved in that direction, and when it arrived at the predetermined area, it did encounter an enemy counterattack.
But this is not the enemy's main force!
Only a few dozen Destroyers were able to fight back. They seemed to ignore the tens of thousands of the Divine Envoy King's army in front of them and resolutely launched an attack on one of the legions.
Several nearby legions, which were already well prepared, quickly surrounded and killed a small number of enemies.
But this is not the main force of the enemy that the protagonist is chasing. The protagonist breaks out in a cold sweat. If the main force of the enemy loses its trace, it is possible to attack from any angle in the thick fog.
The protagonist hurriedly passed on the order, asking the ant-hunting ant scouts to quickly expand the cordon to prevent the enemy from raiding. Some of the various legions are also equipped with scythe-hunting ferocious ant scouts, and some are also big-headed ant scouts. These scouts are all sent out to guard.
The protagonist also knows that this is just a last resort. The Destroyer's attack speed is extremely fast, and the scouts often have no time to report back.
He also ordered the legions to move closer to each other, switching from an offensive mode with longer, sparse lines to a tighter defensive mode.
At this time, the fog finally began to thin, and the sunlight penetrated more strongly.
By the time the God-Envoy King's army had finished shrinking and thousands of scouts were searching over and over again in front, back, left and right of the army, but found nothing, it was almost noon.
The fog finally dissipated, and the flying knights who could only hear their voices but could not see their traces appeared in the air.
The flying knights finally no longer had a blind eye. They quickly found the protagonist based on the mace carried by the guard team. When they landed, the protagonist also asked them to immediately detect the movements of the enemy's main force.
The army stood still and waited for information.
Soon, the flying knights found out and reported back: a group of two to three thousand Destroyers was quickly retreating towards [Twisting Flower City]. And the destroyers who originally set out from [Whirlpool Flower City] have also returned.
The enemy did not use the thick fog to launch a counterattack again, but retreated at an extremely fast speed.
Based on the information package, the protagonist determines that the speed of the God Envoy King's army cannot catch up with the enemy before sunset.
This enemy gave the protagonist the feeling of being very cunning. They used a wave of surprise attacks in the mist to interfere with their judgment, and then left a small number of troops to deceive the ant-hunting ant scouts. However, the main force quickly retreated, allowing his own army to pounce. Empty, wasted half a day.
The protagonist has two goals today. One is to rescue [Sitong City], which has been completed; the other goal is to eliminate the enemy's main force in the southern theater, but let the enemy escape.
The enemy is now gathering in the area of [Xuanfu Huacheng], and the total strength will be greater than when they besieged [Sitong City].
Since he can't catch up, the protagonist is not in a hurry and leads the army to settle in [Sitong City].
This strategically important nest was in a mess during the offensive and defensive battle that lasted for many days. The defenders without ballistae could only rely on their strength and terrain.
When the protagonist leads the army to arrive, more than half of the defenders inside have been killed or injured.
The protagonist encouraged the garrison commander and asked the legions with the greatest losses to replenish their remaining troops to the legions that suffered battle losses today, and then the legion commander immediately returned to the original lair to reorganize the troops.
The food from the nearby grain platform was also transported to [Sitong City]. Together with the stored grain, it was roughly enough for the army for four days.
The battle lasted for a long time today, and some soldiers were very exhausted. The protagonist asked everyone to eat and drink enough to prepare for the non-stop fight to [Swiveling the Flower City] the next day.
This is something that can't be helped. The army doesn't have much food reserves now, and the main nest [Qingqiu City] can't get a lot of food, so some must be left to deal with emergencies.
The protagonist only hopes to continuously regain lost ground and obtain some stored grain, and then completely eliminate the enemies in the southern theater before the stored grain is exhausted, and besiege the enemy in the northwest of the south bank of the river. Then, wait until the first batch of grain is harvested before launching a general attack, and completely eliminate the enemies on the south bank of the river. military.
That evening, the flying knights finally completed their routine reconnaissance after the fog dissipated.
The enemy troops that disappeared from [Trench City] are still missing, and the [Bridgehead] on the north bank of the river reported that the enemy continues to gather outside the city, and there are signs of an imminent large-scale attack on the city.
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