The extremely stalemate battlefield is like a millstone of flesh and blood. Both armies are rapidly consuming precious soldiers, but it is difficult to cause a slight tilt in the balance of balance.
Maybe over time the balance will tip after all. But if we want to end this situation quickly, we can only expect sudden external forces to break it.
At this time, except for hundreds of guards and dozens of commander teams, the main formation of the leaf-cutter ant army no longer has any troops. But the longer it takes on the battlefield, the better it will be for the leaf-cutter ant army.
What's more, two reinforcements from the leaf-cutting ant army have not yet arrived. Therefore, their commanders were not worried and even began to look forward to enjoying the massacre in [Slippery Rock City] after the war.
But at this moment, they noticed a sudden noise and confusion on the left wing. Although they were far away, some movement was conveyed.
The commanders looked at each other, not knowing what was going on, so they could only send messengers to check.
Soon, a messenger sent by the left-wing troops came back, saying that they were being attacked by an army of red fire ants from the side and could no longer withstand it, so they asked for support.
The commanders of the leaf-cutting ant army were shocked. They had no troops to send for support, and they couldn't figure out where this new army of red imported fire ants came from.
In this battle, both sides fought back and forth for three days, and both sides found out the details of the enemy. If the fire ant army really hid such a force in the rear, it would have been impossible not to be discovered by the star longhorned beetle, and it would have been able to enter the battlefield long ago to give the leaf-cutter ant army a fatal blow, without delaying it until now...
None of the enemy's reinforcements came from elsewhere!
The leafcutter ant commander guessed correctly, this red fire ant army did not come from [Slippery Rock City], but came from behind the leafcutter ant army.
The fire ant army originally left an army of about 40,000 on the border to guard against the attack of the leaf-cutting ants.
When the leaf-cutter ant army launched a massive attack, the red fire ant army was ordered to retreat to preserve its strength, and then wanted to rush to [Slippery Rock City] to join the main force.
However, the leaf-cutter ant army moved very quickly and blocked the ant path back to the red fire ant army. The red fire ant army was forced to take a detour to avoid the sharp attack.
The leaf-cutter ant army was anxious to attack [Slippery Rock City], leaving only a small force to track and pursue this red fire ant army, while the large force continued to advance towards [Slippery Rock City] as planned.
This red fire ant army finally used its familiarity with the terrain to throw off the pursuing leaf-cutting ant army, and has always maintained contact with the main force of [Slippery Rock City].
However, in order to get rid of the pursuers, this red fire ant army detoured a little far and hurried all the way. Fortunately, the generals caught up with the end of the battle. Their timely appearance also completely broke the balance on the battlefield.
The left wing of the leaf-cutter ant army quickly collapsed under the attack from both sides. The reinforcements and left-wing troops of the red fire ant army immediately chased behind the defeated army and rushed towards the center of the leaf-cutter ant army with murderous intent.
Although the leaf-cutter ant army was strong in strength, it was already around four or five o'clock in the afternoon. The leaf-cutter ant warriors had been fighting all day long, without food or rest, but had not been able to make any progress. They were already exhausted. It was hard to resist for a while.
Seeing that the center troops were in dire straits and the right-wing troops were struggling to support themselves, the commanders in the leafcutter ant formation, which had absolutely no troops to send, were in chaos and anxious.
The broken troops of the left wing troops who fled to the main formation were collected, reorganized and then rushed back to the center battlefield. But such small-scale reinforcements, consisting of dozens or hundreds of troops, cannot make a splash on the 100,000-level battlefield in the middle.
Two long-horned beetles, which were seriously injured and unfit for fighting, were also forced to take off, seeking help from reinforcements to the east and west respectively.
The commanders of the leaf-cutter ant army were so sick that they sought medical treatment.
The reinforcements to the west are the troops that were originally chasing the fire ant reinforcements. They have been looking for lost targets everywhere like headless chickens. It was not until yesterday that they received new orders and were rushing to the battlefield.
But yesterday, this force was still two days away, and there was no way they could reach the battlefield before dark today. When they arrived, they would probably have to collect the bodies for the main force.
The star beetle messenger heading east is not much better. The leaf-cutting ant army has never known the whereabouts of the Angel King's army. Just now, even the flying knights in the sky have retreated. The star beetle can only go in the general direction of the east. Look for.
At this moment, the leaf-cutting ant army seemed to be in the desperate situation of last year's "Unparalleled War". They had no strength advantage, but they could not escape the end of complete defeat.
The battle, which lasted for three days, finally entered the second half. The offensive and defensive momentum was reversed. The red fire ant army began a fierce counterattack, while the leaf-cutter ant army retreated step by step, and its desperate resistance was unsustainable.
It seems that the fate of the two armies has been determined!
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A dull thunder suddenly sounded, followed by continuous explosions!
In the empty formation of the fire ant army, a young and alert male ant looked up at the sky.
The sky was clear and there were no clouds. It was as if the rainy hell-like weather the day before yesterday had never happened before. Where did the muffled thunder come from? The thunder was not loud, not as shocking as thunder and lightning, but it lasted for more than half a minute.
Finally, other fire ant commanders also noticed this abnormality.
The battle situation is developing in a direction that is favorable to the fire ant army. The left wing of the leaf-cutter ant army no longer exists, and the center has been surrounded on three sides and cut off the retreat.
The southern right wing (the left wing in the eyes of the Red Fire Ant Army) was still fighting evenly at this time, but it was no longer valued by the Red Fire Ant Army.
However, the source of the muffled thunder at this time was the right-wing battlefield that was originally considered insignificant.
The formation sent a messenger to check, but the messenger had not returned yet. The red fire ant commanders standing on the high ground looked into the distance with blurry vision and saw the chaotic formation retreating to the north.
The left wing is defeated! what happened?
The commanders of the fire ant army quickly confirmed this fact, and the messenger reported that enemy reinforcements appeared in the south.
In the information packet transmitted back, a group of small, brightly colored ants suddenly attacked the flanks of the unsuspecting red fire ant army.
Among these ants, there is also a huge and sturdy ant with giant jaws and stinging needles.
The most difficult thing to resist are the equally shiny beetles among this group of ants. Every time the muffled thunder explodes from their backs, there are always a few native warriors or slave auxiliaries suddenly flying high, just like the beetles on a rainy day. Sometimes I was hit by raindrops and blown up in the wild.
This is the legion of the God Envoy King, arriving on the battlefield at the most critical moment of the war.
They first unloaded the mung bean cannon brought by the tank troops and launched a round of rapid fire. Then, stag beetles wearing iron armor and carrying millet cannons fired while attacking. Big-headed ant soldiers also wearing armor accompanied them, and there were also other soldiers not far away. There are hunting sickle ants scouting the formation.
In one attack, the red fire ant army on the right wing was routed!
The leaf-cutting ant army also learned the news, and their morale was restored. But they didn't know that the appearance of the God Envoy King's army at this time was not a coincidence!
