The morning sun shines from behind, illuminating the surface of the forest opposite, and the dense canopy of trees seems to be particularly bright.
However, from the canopy down, the haze between the tree trunks is thick and deep, a darkness that cannot be dispelled by the sun. The woods are dark and open with paths, but they seem to swallow up any creature that dares to step into the forest at any time. .
Maybe this was not his illusion. Centipede knew that he and his troops could really be swallowed up in the forest. Inside, there were a full 300,000 enemies waiting for him.
This information was obtained by the Flying Knight at the cost of two lives. The Angel King's army entrenched in [Hematite City] also faced the threat of this leaf-cutting ant army, so it took a lot of hard work to finally grasp it. more accurate information.
The Red Fire Ant Army also learned this information from the God Envoy King Army, but they did not care much about the number of enemies. Fire ant warriors never ask how many enemies there are, only where they are.
But if you're not afraid, then don't be afraid. Why did you send me as a vanguard? Centipede is full of resentment.
After two days of close contact with the fire ant army, even the dullest ant can detect the disgust and hostility displayed by the fire ants. But he had to obey orders.
At this time, Centipede and the two legions under his command were slowly marching on the ground under the withered grass, approaching the dark forest.
Today is October 7, the day set by the fire ant army to attack.
The Centiper Task Force is a tight-knit team, ready for ambushes and sneak attacks. Now, this army has entered the transition zone between forests and grass. Some scattered trees have replaced the original shrubs. The wild grass is even sparser and can no longer cover the army's figure.
There is a large exposed open space under a tree, where the Centipede Task Force takes a rest.
Also acting as the vanguard, there was another army of forest ants. They walked behind the centiper task force at first, but when the centiper task force stopped to rest, the forest ant army passed by and quickly took the lead. He went into the forest not far away.
At the same time, the red fire ant supervising team also followed closely. When passing by the Centipede task force, a small group of red fire ants came over and ordered Centipede to lead the troops forward immediately. They seemed very dissatisfied.
Centipede was dissatisfied with these red fire ants, but despite the order of the God Envoy King, he did not have any attacks. At this time, the team rested for a short while, basked in the sun, and then continued to move forward.
When you really get into the woods and go deep into the distance of two or three trees, you feel like you have entered another world.
Above the head, the sunlight was completely blocked by the layers of leaves. Only sporadic light came through, printing small faint spots of light on the deep surface. The light seeping in from the edge of the forest had been completely absorbed by the darkness, and the forest was completely black. Silent, only the subtle "rustling" footsteps of ants stepping on the dead branches and leaves.
Centipede doesn't like this kind of environment, and probably none of the warriors of the Divine Envoy King like it either. Because the food of the God Envoy King's army is nutritious, the eyesight of the God's Envoy King's warriors is generally better than that of other ants of the same species. After getting used to using their eyesight, it is no wonder that they will be very uncomfortable when they enter a dark world and are forced to rely on their tentacles again.
Centipede thought about the meals for the past two days. The food provided by the red fire ant army was really poor and far inferior to what it was at home. But there is no way to pay attention to this now.
What he cares about is where is the enemy?
Centipede has been worried about this problem. There are too many enemies, a total of three hundred thousand, which is enough to swallow up Centipede and the task force before the reinforcements of the red fire ant army come up from behind. Not even the dregs are left.
Just like a fish swallowing the bait, maybe the fish was caught in the end, but what does that have to do with the red earthworms used as bait?
Therefore, even if the small group of red fire ants behind them urged him repeatedly, Centipede did not speed up, gathered all his men together, and only sent out a small number of scouts.
Anyway, the forest ants in front have already performed their tasks obediently, so I just need to keep my head down. Fortunately, most of the fire ant's supervisory team followed the forest ants, and only a small part followed him. They posed no threat to the centipede task force.
Keeping the troops together makes it easier to establish a defense line as soon as possible when encountering an enemy attack, and then hold on until the army of fire ants arrives from behind. This is Centipede's strategy.
Frankly speaking, a command like Centipede is not suitable for being a vanguard. The vanguard should conduct reconnaissance, detect the enemy's location and movements, and provide guidance for the large forces. The forest ants did a good job, but the Centipede chose to resolutely implement the God Messenger King's order to preserve his strength.
After going deep into about six or seven trees, some forest ant worker ants suddenly ran over from the front. After they came into contact with the warriors of the God Envoy King, they immediately provided some information, and then continued running backwards, preparing to report to the main force.
Centipede received an information packet from his soldiers and learned that the forest ants had discovered traces of some leaf-cutter ant armies. The number of leaf-cutter ant armies discovered so far seemed to be small, and the two sides were already engaged in battle!
The fire ants behind them sent messengers. They also received information from the forest ant messengers and asked the centipede to lead a team to support immediately.
Centipede looked up at the sky. It was gloomy under the tree canopy. There were no flying knights hovering overhead. They stayed outside the woods for the time being and did not enter the woods where they were vulnerable to attack. Centipede looked around, there were no flanking troops at all.
Centipede, who was used to the steady military deployment of the God Envoy King's army, felt bitterly that the Red Fire Ant Army had sent its troops up like this. What if a wave of enemies came from the side? There are no scouts or covering troops on the flanks, okay?
After negotiating with the fire ant commander behind to no avail and being threatened, Centipede did not want to break up with the opponent, so he had to separate some forest ants and abdominal ant warriors from the 101st Legion to stretch out on both wings to establish an early warning line.
Then, Centipede personally led the main force to move forward quickly to support the forest ants.
By the time the Centiper Task Force arrived, the wood ants had already fought off the leaf-cutting ant army in front of them. Looking at the leaf-cutter ant corpses scattered on the ground, the number was very small, and the centipede was a little confused.
Isn't there an army of 300,000 leaf-cutting ants? They had gone quite far into the woods at this time. Why did they encounter so few leaf-cutting ants?
The forest ants and abdominal ants on both wings did not find the enemy. The large army of leaf-cutter ants seemed to have disappeared, or in other words, they may have moved!
At this time, the commander of the fire ants also felt that something was wrong. He sent a messenger and asked the forward troops to disperse and search immediately to find the enemy.
The forest ants immediately followed the order and dispersed into small teams to conduct reconnaissance.
Centipede only sent a dozen teams of wood ants and ant ants to conduct scattered reconnaissance in the trees, but most of the pairs still stayed together.
