[Hematite City] is intensifying construction, and the Leafcutter Ant Nation also responded quickly.
The protagonist did not kill the prisoners before, but let the prisoners take the information back. Originally, he thought that he could find an excuse to make the Leafcutter Ant Nation feel that the matter was not serious enough and that there was a chance to resolve the issue diplomatically.
As long as the other party can be dragged into negotiations, the protagonist is sure to contain the other party for at least a few days until [Hematite Castle] is built. Now that the leaf-cutting ant nation is greatly weakened, maybe we can talk about it first?
However, the response of the Leafcutter Ant Nation shows that they do not seem to want to negotiate with any force that has occupied their territory.
On September 14th, the Flying Knight discovered that an army of red fire ants had arrived near [Red Iron City].
In the woods, the early warning range of the flying knights is much smaller than that in the open air. The flying knights on mission are not suitable for aerial reconnaissance in the woods. The dense leaves will block their sight, forcing them to lower their flying altitude. At the same time, there are dense spider webs in the woods, lurking predators, and even leaf-cutting ant warriors lurking in the trees.
After losing two flying knights in a row for three days, the protagonist could only ask the Angel King's army to reduce the area of activity in the woods to the area around [Hematite City].
Therefore, when the leaf-cutting ant army arrived nearby, the God Envoy King army got the information.
Judging from the direction, this leaf-cutting ant army was obviously mobilized from the border area with the red imported fire ant country. It numbered about 24,000, of which more than 70-80% were leaf-cutting ants.
The leaf-cutter ant army currently has more than 200,000 troops deployed at the border to guard against the invasion of the red fire ant army that has just won a great victory. Even if the red fire ant army has temporarily retreated and disbanded and returned to various nests to rest, the leaf-cutting ant army will not Dare to take it lightly.
A rare defeat in recent years, the leaf-cutting ant nation during this period was like frightened flies, often overreacting.
The sneak attack of the Angel King's army at this time was something that the leaf-cutter ant queen and female ants did not expect.
Although the relationship between the two parties is currently broken, they feel that it was the God Envoy King's army who deceived them first and committed such a terrible blasphemy. The Leafcutter Ant Nation was extremely merciful by not punishing them for the time being, but these blasphemers actually invaded. and occupied the hematite mines dedicated to the gods.
The Leafcutter Ant Nation could not stand the evil deeds of the blasphemers. They had always thought that the God Envoy King's army was weak and had taken it lightly. This time, they mobilized more than 20,000 troops from the border guards to fight back, thinking that it would be enough to regain the lost ground and teach the blasphemers a lesson!
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At this time, [Hematite City] has not yet been completed and has no defensive capabilities. Fortunately, the six legions led by the protagonist have not left yet.
The protagonist hurriedly ordered the commanders to gather the troops back from the construction site, organize their equipment, and prepare to attack.
At this time, the leaf-cutting ant army is very close to [Hematite City]!
The army of more than 20,000 leaf-cutting ants began to divide after approaching [Red Iron City]. Four groups of one or two thousand troops each began to climb the trees and advance along the aerial path composed of crisscrossing branches and vines. Their main force continued to advance from the ground.
The God Envoy King's legion did not understand the roads or terrain in the trees. After receiving the report, the protagonist left two legions to guard around the [Red Iron City] construction site, while he led four legions to move northeast to invite the enemy. Main force.
Soon, fighting started in several directions at the same time.
On the ground, the Angel King's army took the initiative to charge in an arrow formation. Although there were fewer of them, all of them were equipped with iron jaw knives and simple iron armor. Their individual combat effectiveness even exceeded that of the red fire ant warriors.
On the other hand, the leaf-cutter ant army, although there are nearly 20,000 soldiers on the ground, is dominated by medium leaf-cutter ants. On the contrary, there are more large leaf-cutter ants and small leaf-cutter ants in the roundabout troops on the trees.
This was the first time that the Angel King's army fought against the leaf-cutter ant army. They soon discovered that the leaf-cutter ants on the opposite side were vulnerable, and their performance was not even as good as the vassal forest ant warriors of the red fire ant country.
Those few large leafcutter ants and small leafcutter ants are the backbone of the army. The large leafcutter ants have hard carapace and are like the mainstay in the military formation. Other soldiers fight around the large leafcutter ants.
Even if these large leaf-cutter ants are warriors of the Divine Envoy King, they have to besiege them together and attack the weak points of the carapace with iron jaw knives to kill each other.
The small leafcutter ants are very agile and flexible. They will even slip into the dense formation of the God Envoy King warriors through any gap and attack weak points such as compound eyes and soft anuses. Although these little leaf-cutting ants are hard-packed and cannot survive for more than a few seconds, their desperate attacks can sometimes exchange lives for injuries.
The number of large leaf-cutter ants and small leaf-cutting ants was too small, and they lacked the cooperation of the middle leaf-cutting ants. After all, they were unable to turn the tide. When the small leaf-cutting ants died one after another in the sudden formation, the even smaller number of large leaf-cutting ants were also besieging them one by one. Zhongjinshan fell to the ground, and the leaf-cutting ant army gradually became unable to resist.
At the same time, around [Hematite City], countless leaf-cutting ant armies emerged from every nearby tree. They followed the tree trunks down to the ground and launched an attack on the [Red Iron City] construction site.
The construction worker ants of the Angel King Corps have already been protected on the Luanshu Highlands. The two legions of God Angel King soldiers have set up a line of defense on the outside, leaving 10 teams of troops on the trunk of the Luan tree to guard against those who come down the tree. enemy.
The Angel King's army relied on the high ground and took the lead in counterattacking with slings.
The leaf-cutting ant army attacking here is more elite, but their combat effectiveness is limited. In the unprecedented battle, the leaf-cutting ant army lost almost all of its elite troops. The troops currently sent up are the troops from the second and third floors.
The leaf-cutting ant army was never able to break through the frontal defense line of the God's Envoy King's army. The troops that circled around the trunk of the Luan tree and made a downward attack were blocked by the God's Envoy King's warriors who were stationed at the roots of the tree.
However, some leaf-cutting ant warriors jumped down from the Luan tree and jumped into the protected team of worker ants, causing some chaos.
However, the worker ants in the Angel King's army are not easy to mess with. Every worker ant is also a warrior. During the old Big-headed Ant Kingdom, the worker ants fought side by side with the soldier ants. It's just that now there are no longer worker ants in the regular army of the God's Envoy King.
What's more, these worker ants also have iron jaw knives. The ones that jumped down were mainly small leafcutter ants and medium leafcutter ants. They found that they were not even the opponents of these big-headed worker ants in a single fight.
When the protagonist leads his army to repel the main force of the leaf-cutter ant army and returns for reinforcements, the enemy troops besieging [Red Iron City] can only retreat.
The God Envoy King's army pursued them for a while, but basically achieved little results. Once the leaf-cutting ants climbed up the tree, they were as vigorous as water spiders entering the water. They fled along various roads nimbly and quickly, seemingly without the guidance of pheromones. You can find the way.
The pursuing warriors of the God's Envoy King faced the complicated paths on the tree, but they seemed to have entered a maze and were at a loss as to where to go.
But no matter what, the God Envoy King's army repelled the leaf-cutter ant army's first counterattack at a slight cost.
