When the leaf-cutter ant army surged toward the south in large numbers, the various units of the Divine Envoy King's army had already dispersed, and it was not easy to gather them together.
After using the tank troops to break through the enemy forces in front of them, the Angel King's army on the front and the troops on the flanks had defeated most of the enemies. At the same time, they dispersed and surrounded three groups of enemies who were encircling and annihilating them.
Among them, the 3rd Army, the 18th Army, and the 19th Army were about ten meters away to the north, encircling and annihilating a group of seven to eight thousand enemy troops.
The 5th Army, the 11th Army, the 12th Army, the 15th Army, and the 20th Army annihilated another larger enemy force eight or nine meters away from the northeast.
The 6th Army, the 10th Army, and the 23rd Army also participated in the siege in the west.
At that time, the protagonist only had reserve teams of five legions, namely the 1st legion, the 7th legion, the 13th legion, the 14th legion, and the 26th legion.
The protagonist sends out messengers, intending to order the armies to give up the battle and move closer to the main formation. However, the chaotic battlefield is full of confused leaf-cutter ant troops and sporadic pavement ant stragglers. The protagonist can only send more troops. Messengers and escorting troops at the same time can ensure that each legion receives the order
Even if the order is conveyed in time, the protagonist also knows that it is difficult for the various legions at war to break away from contact for a while. The besieged Pavement Ant Imperial Army were all fighting in a desperate manner. Some of the besieged enemy troops were even more numerous than the besiegers. When the Envoy King's army suddenly withdrew from the encirclement, the enemy was likely to take the opportunity to counterattack.
The protagonist also ordered all the reserve legions, except for the 1st legion, to go forward and establish a line of defense in the north. While covering the assembly of the legions behind, he also drove the leaf-cutting ants away from the army to prevent them from disrupting their own formation.
At the same time, the artillery units were also disassembled and loaded to prepare for retreat in advance.
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Finally, half an hour later, the entire army of the God Envoy King was finally assembled and forced back the pursuing ant empire army. The Pavement Ant Empire Army may have thought that the leaf-cutter ant army scattered all over the mountains and plains was a better target to pursue, so they let go of the God Envoy King's army.
The God's Envoy King's army was ready to evacuate, and the entire army gathered together and began to evacuate to the south.
At this time, the area was full of leaf-cutter ants that were fleeing and losing their organization. The pavement ants and client ants that had been defeated in the area all ran back, united with the pursuers from the north, and carried out a plan. Massacres followed.
The Divine Envoy King's legions no longer have time to rescue all these friendly forces. They can only retreat all the way and help contain the leaf-cutting ant warriors who are approaching. Those who are further away have no choice but to seek shelter, so they can only ask for their own blessings.
At this time, a leaf-cutting ant messenger suddenly came to find the protagonist.
The messenger conveyed the meaning of the commander of the leaf-cutter ant army behind the Angel King's legion. This leaf-cutter ant army was the defeated leaf-cutter ant army that the Angel King's army had previously contained. They reorganized and elected a commander. , has restored its combat effectiveness, and currently has more than 10,000 troops.
The leafcutter ant commander said: They can no longer follow the Angel King's army. Their warriors are being slaughtered, and the (female) sisters (male ants) and brothers are also in danger. They must stay to save more compatriots.
The protagonist replies to the letter so that they can help themselves.
He was impressed by the courage of these leaf-cutter ants who were willing to stay. If they stayed, they would definitely end up with a narrow escape. Among the defeated troops, the troops that could still maintain their formation would definitely be attacked by the enemy.
The Leafcutter Ant Army is not affiliated with the God Envoy King's Legion. The God's Envoy King's Legion only showed certain favors to the other party when they took in the defeated army. The commander of the other party is willing to inform them before leaving. This is already very polite. The God's Envoy King's Legion does not Reasons to force the other party to stay.
Moreover, the leaf-cutter ant army is willing to stay, which means that the allies will take over the rear of the God Envoy King's army, which will help the God's Envoy King's army to evacuate.
The battle has failed, and the Divine Envoy King's army must preserve its strength in order to have a chance to take revenge in the next battle. From the protagonist's heart, it is best to have teammates behind him.
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Towards evening, the Angel King's army retreated to the starting camp.
Along the way, perhaps thanks to the broken leaf-cutter ant army, the Angel King's army did not encounter large-scale enemy forces, but only dispersed some small enemy troops who wanted to take advantage of the situation.
At this time, the flying knights could finally take advantage of the dim light and the reduced frequency of enemy "mosquito" troops to take off to conduct aerial reconnaissance of the battlefield.
The results of the investigation were not optimistic. The Flying Knights quickly passed by and saw the corpses of leaf-cutting ants all over the ground. They were spread out in three directions from the center of the battlefield to the north, south, and west.
Almost no organized leaf-cutting ant army can be seen on the ground. There are only a few leaf-cutting ants left that are fleeing for their lives, or they have retreated to their nests. The pavement ant empire is all outside.
These pavement ant imperial forces are dividing their forces to besiege the defensive positions of the leaf-cutting ants. It seems that many of the defeated troops have returned to these tree nest fortresses and are organizing resistance. After all, the battlefield is relatively close to these nests, which is conducive to the leaf-cutting ant army. retreat.
The flying knights found no trace of the leaf-cutting ant army that left the Angel King's army to stop the attack. Maybe they had all become part of countless corpses, but their heroic behavior still had an effect.
In a tree nest not far from the Envoy King's army camp, hundreds of scattered leaf-cutter ant troops are arriving in the dark. They are all troops that have successfully survived the enemy's pursuit, and most of them have been lost. The commander was able to escape under the cover of the Duanhou troops.
It's just that there is a high probability that they will just linger for one more day...
The Flying Knight urgently reported that more than 100,000 pavement ant imperial troops and vassal troops were stationed about fifty meters to the north and were building a camp for the night. Depending on their intentions, they would sweep the coalition camp in the south early tomorrow morning.
The protagonist ordered the baggage troops to pack their luggage and supplies overnight and begin to evacuate, and sent three legions that consumed less during the day to escort them. He led other legions to seize the rear and prepared to set off before dawn the next day.
The camp of the Angel King's Legion is on the southernmost side of the entire central defensive position. The enemy has to cross other nests that are still in the hands of the leaf-cutting ant army before they can reach here. The Angel King's Legion still has a chance to retreat.
The protagonist decides to withdraw to his own territory and stay in the border area for a while. If the main force of the enemy army goes west to attack the leaf-cutter ant country, the Angel King's army will launch an offensive from the flanks to harass the communication lines of the pavement ant empire. Reducing the pressure on the Allies is the only thing the God's Envoy King's Army can do.
If the enemy army goes south to attack the Ant Alliance, the God's Envoy King's army will withdraw to [Hive City] and resist resolutely there.
Now, the initiative on the battlefield is no longer on the side of the coalition forces, and the situation in this war is extremely difficult!
