The fire ants left behind hundreds of corpses and some wounded and trapped people struggling on the ground, and retreated out of the range of the ballistae without hesitation.
It can also be seen from this point that fire ants have an unusually keen sense of war and weapons. They have just come into contact with ballistae, and they can already accurately judge the range of the ballistae from experience.
Their new gathering place was just outside the edge of the ballista's range, and there was no way they could take more than a few steps back.
The God's Envoy Army also took the opportunity to review the casualties. In the battle just now, the God's Envoy Army paid the price of the sacrifice of more than a dozen soldiers.
This is the first time that the Divine Envoy Army has encountered an enemy like the red fire ant. It is obviously inconspicuous in size, and although its power is strong, it is not as outrageous as the Destroyer. However, it can cause extremely terrifying damage. A single sting is enough to kill a most powerful ant. The heroic warrior died in painful struggle.
The soldiers who died in the battle of the Divine Envoy King's Legion were all in places where the armor could not defend themselves. The mandibles or stings of fire ants pierced the outer carapace and died of injuries. The damage caused by the jaws is less severe, while the injuries caused by the stings are often fatal.
If it were not for the cover of the iron armor, the red fire ants would not have learned to attack the weak points outside the iron armor. Most of the enemy's jaws and stingers were used to attack the iron armor, and only a few unfortunate warriors of the God Envoy King were killed by accident. If it bites the unarmored part, I'm afraid the death toll of the God's Envoy King's army will increase several times or even dozens of times.
In this battle, there were still several wounded soldiers in the Angel King's army. Basically, they were bitten by the enemy on their limbs or tentacles. The bites here are not fatal, but often require amputation, which also means that this soldier will Just retire.
After some cleaning up, the God Envoy King's army reorganized their defense line, and the red fire ants launched their attack again after finishing their reorganization.
Last time, Red Fire Ant invested nearly half of its troops, and the remaining half of its troops and the escort team around the senior commander were not dispatched.
This time, the other half of the troops began to charge under the attack of ballistae and slings.
The red fire ants rushed to the city wall again. This time their formation was more dispersed during the charge and they suffered less losses. When approaching the trenches and city walls, the fire ants gathered together again in a dense attack formation.
The protagonist couldn't help but admire the enemy's adaptability again. In such a short confrontation, the enemy had realized that the long-range attacks of the God Envoy King's army were much stronger than the acid shots of the Belly Ants or the Sour Ants, and he also did There was a strain.
In this way, the fire ants greatly reduce the battle losses on the charge, and will not reduce the attack power due to being too dispersed.
The fire ants' attack was even more fierce this time. They climbed along the city wall one after another, and once gained a firm foothold in many places on the city wall.
The number of the defensive legions of the Divine Envoy King is not dominant. This section of the city wall is fortified everywhere, and the number of troops on each section of the city wall is even.
While the fire ants are attacking across the board, they are also investing heavily in certain areas in order to achieve key breakthroughs.
This is a unique fighting method of their clan. It can often form a local advantage, and then affect the whole body. After a local breakthrough and victory, the chain reaction brings about an overall victory.
This is already very similar to human tactics. When the protagonist first came to this world and formed the Army of the God Envoy King, he also used this tactic in a disguised form, using the soldier ants concentratedly, causing the enemy Pavement Ants to suffer a big loss. .
This time, the red fire ants were treating the enemy in their own way. At least at first, the defenders of the Divine Envoy King's Army had a difficult time coping with it.
I saw red fire ants occupying three locations on the city wall, and they continued to increase their numbers, tending to break through the defenses.
The protagonist immediately sent a messenger to convey the order for the team composed of magic soldier ants from the 3rd legion of the reserve team to enter the battlefield.
At the same time, the ballistae, which was almost useless as the battle entered the melee stage, also began to shoot the enemies on the wall with stone bullets.
The ballistae on these towers are strategically placed, and the improved range and accuracy of the ballistae have greatly increased. In addition to being unable to shoot at enemies hiding under the city wall, they can cover most of the areas on the city wall.
Although fire ants are not afraid of death and are still attacking, biting and stinging wildly under the fire of stone bullets, their formation is no longer complete and tight under long-range attacks.
At this moment, a special team composed of fully armed magic soldier ants entered the battlefield.
Just like a boulder thrown into the water, a weight plus a balancing scale, and a torch igniting the fire, this group of tall, powerful, medium-sized beetles, fast-moving, and fully armored magic soldier ants showed impressive performance as soon as they entered the battlefield. Strength.
The magic ants were not arranged in a particularly tight formation. When they suddenly jumped out from the backs of friendly forces, they were relatively scattered.
But the fire ants who took the opportunity to attack them found that these big enemies were as slippery as earthworms covered in mucus, and it seemed difficult for their jaws and stingers to touch the enemy's body.
The magic ant warriors work in groups of twos and threes and cooperate with each other tacitly. Sometimes they dodge to avoid enemy attacks, and sometimes they use their jointed limbs or tentacles to flick the approaching enemies away under the city wall. When they launched the attack, they saw only a flash of cold light, and before their eyes had time to react, an enemy's head was already missing.
Just like dozens of weakened versions of the "gods descending to earth" divine messenger kings entered the battlefield, the red fire ants that had occupied the city wall and almost broke through the defense line were quickly defeated.
The sound signal of the collective chirping of the red imported fire ants in the distance sounded again. The red fire ants immediately gave up their plans to continue the attack, dispersed again, and retreated back to their formation at a very fast speed.
This time, they braved artillery fire and took away the wounded and trapped people on the ground.
The magic soldier ants suffered no casualties and retreated behind the city wall, continuing to serve as a reserve force.
The protagonist is very satisfied with the performance of this magical ant team. In winter, the protagonist finally discovered that these magic soldier ants showed strong individual combat effectiveness and cooperative abilities, and they were also very smart and could understand and master many of the things taught by the protagonist.
The protagonist has formed a team of magic soldier ants and is preparing to breed more magic soldier ants. Although these magic soldier ants take longer to mature and consume a lot of resources, the protagonist thinks it is worth it.
The magic soldier ants also proved in this battle that they were worthy of the protagonist's efforts and expectations.
In the past, in his hometown, the protagonist gave up cultivating soldier ants because the combat effectiveness of the soldier ants was limited compared to ordinary soldier ants, but they consumed too much high-end food and other resources.
But the magic soldier ants are very powerful, and they consume not much more high-end food than the giant soldier ants. This cost-effectiveness is also a key factor that makes the protagonist determined to cultivate more magic soldier ants.
