On this day, the attack time of the red fire ant army was perfectly timed, and even the protagonist couldn't help but marveled when he learned about it!
It was late in the afternoon, around four o'clock.
It was still a bit chilly in the spring evening, and the marching civilized ant coalition had already begun to prepare to set up camp in order to escape the cold and dark night. This was the routine time to set up camp.
In the long queue of the coalition forces, the first half were already busy building nests on the spot, while the second half were still moving, and the rearmost baggage troops were still more than ten meters away from the camp. At this time, even the scattered scouts were retreating to prepare for the night.
The Red Fire Ant Army has already figured out the action patterns of the coalition forces in many previous tentative attacks. It must be said that the Red Fire Ant Army is a fighting race that is very good at using tactics!
The red fire ant army came uninvited when the coalition forces were most vulnerable. They also received the assistance of "mosquitoes". This is also the rare occurrence of "mosquitoes" on the battlefield since the beginning of this spring.
Relying on aerial guidance, the fire ant army bypassed the unknowing coalition forces that were still encamped in full swing.
The coalition forces didn't even notice the "mosquitoes" in the air, otherwise they should have been vigilant! After all, this season, there are countless real gnats flying everywhere in the air, everywhere.
When the last baggage unit was attacked, the scouts from the periphery just ran back to warn that the red fire ant army had already arrived and there was no time to organize resistance.
At that time, the black fire ant clan and the sharp-tailed ant army were mixed together, operating near the baggage troops. When the red fire ant army arrived, they took the lead in fighting.
Not long after the battle, the sharp-tailed ants were the first to lose, and the black fire ant army also quickly retreated.
The red fire ant army did not pursue the fleeing black fire ant army, but directly attacked the coalition's baggage. That was their target.
There was no point in waiting for the frontline coalition forces to react, gather troops and rush over to counterattack.
More than half an hour had passed since the battle. The fire ant army moved quickly and had already achieved its goal. Facing the pursuers, they fought and retreated, taking away a large amount of grain and ant corpses.
Facing the corpses in twos and threes on the ground, the disorganized logistics force ants scattered everywhere, and the heavy losses of supplies, the coalition commander's heart was bleeding!
The unwilling Thin-footed Ant Army tried to pursue, but encountered a counterattack, resulting in many casualties. They had to withdraw, and the battle finally ended.
In this battle, the coalition lost nearly 2,000 soldiers, but the greatest loss was supplies. Seventy to eighty percent of the supplies were plundered. The remaining food, together with the corpses on the battlefield, was only enough to support the coalition's consumption for three to five days.
The situation is urgent!
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The flying knights of the Angel King's Legion arrived at the battlefield at the end of the battle. They dispersed a few "mosquitoes" and then landed, learning the details from the commander of the leaf-cutter ant army.
The flying knight flew to report the protagonist who was stationed at this time before nightfall, and the protagonist saw this opportunity.
The next day, the protagonist flew there in person and proposed that a simple civilized ant tribe conference be held the next day. As usual, representatives of various tribes in the local vassal country or overseas territory could attend.
When the protagonist told about the defeat on the front line and discovered that there were major hidden dangers in the civilized ant tribe, the leaf-cutter ant tribe agreed to convene a meeting immediately.
At noon on April 27, representatives from all ethnic groups gathered and the meeting began.
At this time, several teams of walking messengers sent by the frontline coalition forces are still on the way. According to the tutorial, they will only arrive at about noon and afternoon tomorrow. This time difference gives the protagonist room to play.
The protagonist first showed the information brought back by the flying knight. This part of the information package came from a female leaf-cutter ant and had not been tampered with in any way.
Although the protagonist is confident that he can tamper without being discovered, he has done this kind of thing before, but when the coalition courier comes back tomorrow, the flaws will be revealed by comparing the two, and it will not be worth the gain.
Having real information is enough for the protagonist to play the role!
The delegates at the meeting were shocked. The joy of just conquering had not completely dissipated. In a short period of time, when they fought again, the coalition forces were actually defeated! Moreover, the enemy army is still the red fire ants and their slaves, and there is no direct participation of the pavement ant empire army. This is a bit difficult for representatives of all races to accept!
The queen representatives of the leaf-cutter ant clan who attended the meeting were the most anxious. They already knew the general situation of the battle yesterday and had been discussing the aftermath for a long time.
The most important thing is how to quickly transport a batch of supplies to the front line so that the coalition forces can sustain it instead of withdrawing or even being defeated. This is the top priority.
Leafcutter Ant's domestic supplies are already relatively tight. The result of their discussion is that they want to use today's meeting to let their allies, especially the wealthy Ant Alliance, come up with a sum of food. As for the price the leaf-cutting ant nation will pay, it can be negotiated!
However, before the leafcutter ant representative had time to raise the issue, the protagonist had already taken the lead in asking the question!
"Do you representatives find this defeat very strange?"
The protagonist posted a message, and a wave of approval and approval was transmitted from the cobblestone ground to the tentacles.
"Before the last full moon, our coalition forces conquered this nest in one fell swoop. This nest was still very tenacious last autumn. This time the enemy ants are very weak, right?"
The representatives of all ethnic groups agreed again and began to be slowly led by the protagonist.
"There are only remnants of the enemy ants left. They can't be more powerful than the red fire ant army, right?"
The protagonist continued to induce the representatives' thinking. It is really easy to deal with intelligent creatures like ants that think in a single line!
After continuing to receive recognition, the protagonist throws out a big move: "Then why, the coalition forces were defeated by the already very weak enemy ants this time, and they were defeated in the field!"
All kinds of doubtful emotions came one after another. The representatives were induced at this moment and forgot to analyze objective factors such as the timing of this battle and the comparison of forces. They just repeatedly calculated in their minds:
This year's coalition forces are about as powerful as last year's coalition forces...
This year's fire ant army is weaker than last year's fire ant army...
Last year's coalition failed to defeat last year's fire ant army...
This year's coalition defeated the red fire ant army within...
The fire ant army is weaker than the fire ant army...
Then it should be: last year’s coalition force ≈ this year’s coalition force ≈ last year’s fire ant army > this year’s fire ant army > this year’s fire ant army.
But the coalition forces are now defeated by the red fire ant army! ?
Why! ?
Representatives of all ethnic groups fell into a logic loop, completely forgetting that war is not based on the algorithm of 1+1=2, and that big bugs are not bigger than small bugs, and big bugs will inevitably eat small bugs.
When stuck in this kind of thinking circle and unable to escape, representatives of all ethnic groups need an ant to guide them!
The protagonist Tuqiongdiao saw that he said:
That's because, in this battle, the coalition army is weaker than the fire ant army!
Because, there is an army of ants, which puts the entire battle situation at a disadvantage!
