Upon learning that the fire ant army had launched an attack, the protagonist immediately stopped preparing supplies for the ants.
Considering the distance and time, it is too late to transport this batch of materials to support the ants. Instead, they may be directly captured by red fire ants, which will not only support the enemy, but also damage the precious ant hands transported.
Now every bit of supplies and every ant in the God's Envoy Army is precious!
Currently there are 10 flying knights trained last year in [Xinyang City], and the flying knights force has been rebuilt. The protagonist immediately sends the flying knight to investigate the territory of the Belly Ant clan. He needs to grasp the battle situation there in time.
At the same time, general war mobilization began in the territory of the God's Envoy Army. This was the first threat of war that the God's Envoy Army faced since arriving along the Qinghe River.
The protagonist does not think that the ants can stop the inevitable attack of the fire ants. No matter whether the fire ants will directly attack the territory of the Angel King's army next, after losing the buffer of the ants, the two sides will face each other head-on. other side.
With the aggression displayed by the fire ants, it is unrealistic to expect peaceful coexistence! With the lips dead and the teeth cold, the legion of the God Envoy King is about to face a frontal attack from a major overlord force in the region!
——I am the dividing line——
The army of fire ants soon reached the edge of the woods.
As long as you enter the woods, you have entered the territory of the ant family. The fire ants are not in a hurry to enter for the time being, but stay outside the woods for a while, waiting for the troops behind to catch up.
On some trees at the edge of the forest, a small number of sentinel troops of ants were already standing ready.
There are only a few of these sentinels, only about a hundred, divided into several small teams, each led by a male ant, monitoring the enemy's movements.
The gathering place of the red imported fire ants was outside the range of the fire ants. The male ants on both sides could see each other, but neither side took any further action for the time being.
The ant warriors did not dare to leave the protection of the woods, but watched vigilantly as the fire ant army gathered, and then continuously sent messengers back to the nest to report.
After the fire ants gathered together, they immediately formed a wide column and approached the woods.
The sentinels responsible for the vigilance also immediately sprayed formic acid from the tree to counterattack. The height of these belly-lifting ants allows their acid to cover an area of nearly one meter. It's just that the accuracy isn't that good.
However, fire ants are very dense in formation, and there will always be an unlucky one who is hit by the acid. If it is hit on the carapace, it is better, and it can be wiped away with soil by rolling around. But if it is shot in the compound eyes, antennae, etc., even a powerful red fire ant will roll around in pain!
The domineering fire ants obviously cannot accept being beaten passively, even if their losses are small.
So, while the large army continued to advance, several small groups of fire ants separated and climbed up the trees around them to drive away the ant warriors on the trees more than half a meter high.
The ants are very flexible in the trees. They do not dare to confront the red imported fire ants. Once the red imported fire ants approach, these ants will immediately retreat and move calmly relying on their familiarity with the terrain on the tree.
It is as difficult for the fire ant warriors to catch the abdominal ant warriors as it is for a person to catch a monkey in a tree. From time to time, they have to encounter two acid counterattacks.
However, while the fire ant warriors and the fire ant sentinels were playing hide-and-seek, the main force of the fire ants had quickly advanced deep into the woods without interference, pointing directly in the direction of the fire ant's nest.
After receiving the warning from the sentry, "Lao Xin" had led more than a thousand soldiers and came from the criss-crossing branches to set up defenses.
In this small forest, there are always rope bridges made of fibers connecting adjacent branches, connecting many trees together.
These rope bridges are not naturally formed, but are roads built by ants year after year and maintained meticulously. These rope bridges are like overpasses crisscrossing the sky and extending in all directions.
Similar to the earliest rope bridges, they may be some natural fibers entangled on branches by the wind. Later, ants built bridges, which is a skill shared by many tree-dwelling ants.
With the help of the developed road network in the trees, the troops of the Belly Ants arrived at the predetermined location in time, preparing to lure the enemy away with the same tricks as yesterday, and use the complex forest terrain to destroy the enemy's offensive.
The Belly Ants also know that they cannot defeat them, so they can only try their best to hold back the overlord's army and strive for a good surrender opportunity and conditions.
The scene of hundreds or even thousands of ants spraying formic acid together is so spectacular that even the red imported fire ants do not dare to charge forward.
But this group of fire ants was very cunning. They left a similar number of soldiers to confront "Old Heart", and the rest of the troops took a detour and continued to advance towards the ant nest without being restrained at all.
These fire ants are also very familiar with the terrain on the forest floor. They have been here before when they conquered the ants, and recorded the terrain information so that they can respond immediately.
Now "Old Heart" became anxious, and he immediately led the team to move, preparing to rush to the front of the fire ant army and continue to block it.
Nearly a thousand fire ants confronting "Old Heart" saw this and immediately climbed up the tree to pursue them. However, they were really not good at moving in trees and had no pheromones to guide them. They quickly lost track of their target in the complex aerial network. , had to go to the ground again and chase the large army.
"Lao Xin" rushed to the front of the fire ant army to set up defenses, but the fire ants ignored them and only saw the tree nest of the red fire ants.
As the soldiers under "Old Heart" ran out of formic acid, and the red fire ant's special forces finally approached them, the ants dispersed after a brief resistance in hand-to-hand combat.
"Old Heart" had to work hard to gather the remaining soldiers and rushed back to the tree nest in advance to set up defenses. Fortunately, the ants suffered little loss. They all escaped by taking advantage of the terrain, and those who were not attracted by the "old heart" returned to their nests on their own.
The red imported fire ant's special forces are still chasing the defeated army of red fire ants, approaching the nest from the trees.
"Old Heart" had to destroy the rope bridges passing by along the way to slow down the enemy's pursuit as much as possible.
This trick was very effective, and the fire ants finally gave up the pursuit from the trees. They also fought with many arboreal ants and suffered the disadvantage of the unfavorable terrain in the trees.
The red imported fire ants gathered on the ground and continued to charge firmly towards the ant nest.
Another king of the red fire ants also led a team to harass red imported fire ants, but with little success.
In this way, the army of red imported fire ants arrived at the big tree where the ant's nest was located with unstoppable momentum.
The ants have assembled all their forces and set up a defense line on the trees. This time, there is no room for guerrilla attacks, and the next step is to fight to the death!
——I am the dividing line——
The flying knights closely monitored the battle situation, and the first batch of flying knights had already reported the battle situation during this period to the protagonist.
Now, the two sides are about to have a decisive battle, and the rest of the flying knights are hiding in nearby trees to watch the battle.
