As time goes by, it is already the end of July, and the earth is in full summer glory.
In recent days, on the battlefield between the Pavement Ant Empire Army and the Divine Envoy King Army, the fighting was as fierce as the weather, and maintained a moment of calm like the occasional thunderstorm.
Shortly after the "White Point" Legion and other remnants of the Rangers retreated one after another, the Pavement Ant Empire Army's Rangers plan completely failed, and they suffered another major defeat within two days.
At that time, the Pavement Ant Imperial Army still did not give up the siege of [Panxia City], but due to the loss of the Rangers' forward barrier, they were exhausted by the endless night attacks of the God Envoy King's army in the past few days.
Smoke attacks, fire attacks, and explosions, the commanders of the Pavement Ant Empire Army discovered for the first time that battles are not just a battle of strength and mandible stingers, but there are so many tricks to play! ! !
Taking advantage of the enemy's ant trap and lack of troops, the protagonist sent flying knights to sneak into [Panellia City] at night, contacted the defenders, and launched a major counterattack in the middle of the night the next day.
12 legions of the God Envoy King entered the battle from the outside, and the defenders of [Panxia City] also rushed out in one fell swoop. Together they defeated the siege of [Panxia City] by the Pavement Ant Empire Army, killing tens of thousands of enemies. The enemy was forced to retreat half a day away from [Panxia City].
But as daylight gradually dawned, the Pavement Ant Imperial Army gradually came to their senses and began to deploy troops to counterattack. The God Envoy King's army, which was much inferior in total strength, had lost the advantage of a surprise attack and had to quickly break away from the contact after weighing the balance.
The indomitable Pao Dao Ant Imperial Army once again arrived at [Panxia City] during the day and set up camp again, preparing to launch a new round of siege.
Taking advantage of the opportunity when the enemy troops were briefly repulsed, the Divine Envoy King's Legion transported another batch of supplies into [Panellia City] to make up for the consumption in the previous battle, mainly to replenish weapons and ammunition that [Pinellia City] could not free themselves from. supplies and repaired some of the incomplete city walls.
[Panxia City] is still impregnably nailed to the path that the Pavement Ant Imperial Army must pass!
After the Pavement Ant Imperial Army re-encircled [Panxia City], its supreme commander, the Duke, immediately summoned his marquis, earls and other mid-level and high-level commanders to discuss countermeasures to deal with the night attack of the Angel King's army and study how to capture it. [Panxia City].
Finally, the Pavement Ant Imperial Army also gave up the unrealistic idea of quickly conquering [Pinellia City]. While calling for reinforcements from the mainland, they built dense camps around them, surrounding [Pinellia City] with the intention of lasting. Fight consumption.
The camp of the Pavement Ant Empire Army has changed a lot compared to before, and the war has made them grow rapidly.
During the reconnaissance results of the Flying Knights at dusk and early morning, the protagonist noticed that the camp nests of the Pavement Ant Empire Army had become more densely packed than before, and the number was much smaller. The distribution of many nests generally presented an approximate circle. [Panxia City] is surrounded by people.
Considering that although the enemy has experienced several defeats, the total loss of troops is not large, the reduction in the number of nests means that there are more enemy troops in a single camp nest, which makes the defense stronger. The God's Envoy King Army wants to pass The difficulty and risk of quickly wiping out one of the camps during a night attack also increases greatly.
These camps are no longer isolated underground nests. There are some miniature ant mounds and uneven walls that parody [Pinellia City] on the ground. They have some characteristics of the hive ant mounds in the red fire ant country, although they are simple and rough. , but it also strengthens the cover for weak entrances and exits. If the God Envoy King's army makes a sneak attack, it will be difficult to seize the entrances and exits of the camp's nest as easily as before.
In order to cover the logistics route, the Pavement Ant Empire Army also built such camps with above-ground structures at regular intervals on the road leading to the land of the Red Fire Ant Kingdom.
The protagonist is surprised by the growth rate of the Pavement Ant Empire's army. He does not know that the secret of the Pavement Ant Empire's dominance lies in their adaptability.
Although the vast majority of male pavement ants are still conservative, those male ants that can climb to high positions generally have a forward-looking vision and determination to change. Therefore, since the development of the Pavement Ant Empire, it has "high technologies" such as air force, beetle troops, weapons and armor that other ant tribes do not have.
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On July 31st, a reinforcement army arrived at the [Panellia City] battlefield from the Red Fire Ant Country. They were the first batch of reinforcements sent by the Pavement Ant Empire. They were originally troops to assist in garrisoning the Red Fire Ant Country. They received a request for reinforcements from the Southern Expeditionary Army. Then he quickly headed south. In this army, there is also the beetle troop that the Duke of the Southern Expedition has longed for.
At this time, the protagonist is already studying how to launch a massive counterattack.
The previous series of small-scale victories made the protagonist feel that the enemy was exhausted. Although the enemy still returned unyieldingly to the outside [Panxia City] after the last large-scale night attack, they had to change the way they camped.
Such a dense camping method, coupled with the hot weather at the end of July, made the protagonist think of a certain famous battle.
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In midsummer, even if there are occasional bursts of strong thunderstorms, the warring ants have to withdraw their troops hastily.
But most of the time, scorching heat still dominates the land. The sun is scorching, the cicadas are chirping, the air is filled with hot and impetuous temperatures, and the chirping of insects adds to the anxious atmosphere.
In the dense camp of the Pavement Ant Empire army, a large number of new grasses moistened by rain sprang out crazily. Even if the soldiers of the Pavement Ant Empire wanted to keep the ground near their nests flat, they would not be able to remove all the wildly growing weeds. Clear it out.
Under the direct rays of the hot sun, the young weeds dehydrate and change color as they grow, becoming dark green and dry.
In front of [Panxia City], the entire valley road is covered with these dark-colored weeds. The figures of the endless stream of ants are looming under the shadow of the weeds.
Such a dense enemy position and such dense and dry grass are so suitable for a "burning company"!
The protagonist is waiting for the opportunity to implement his plan. Uncertain summer thunderstorms are the biggest obstacle to his plan.
He waited patiently. Anyway, [Panxia City] was still impregnable. Even if the enemy troops invested their beetle troops for the first time a few days ago - more than a dozen Green Foot Beetles, which destroyed a section of the city wall, they still could not do anything. make any decisive progress. That night, the Divine Envoy King's army repaired all the gaps in the city wall overnight.
Just let the enemy continue to consume it and wait for the fire to come! The protagonist is looking forward to reenacting the feat of "Fire Company", and he feels that the current situation is very suitable for this tactic.
A few days later, there was no rain for several consecutive days, and the ground became extremely dry. The protagonist really had this opportunity!
