On June 24, the invasive termites launched a massive attack.
The defenders, after receiving reinforcements from the Northern Expeditionary Army, did not receive any new support and decided to stick to their nest.
In line with their usual attitude of squeezing vassals as cannon fodder, the leaders of the Black Fire Ant Army unanimously agreed and placed the troops commanded by Xiao Ying on the west side of the front line to face the enemy directly, while their own troops were on the flanks of the front line. and second-line defense.
In this way, the Northern Expedition troops will face the fiercest offensive from the invading termite army, while the black fire ant army can be relatively safe.
Tingying has no objection to this. He doesn't care that the fierce battle will bring more casualties to his men. This arrangement can just show his ability and win the "heart" of the overlord...
He doesn't care about battle damage or anything like that.
The defense area that the Northern Expeditionary Army was responsible for had exactly 5 entrances and exits, which were connected to each other. Tingying arranged the 5 legions under his command separately, and only transferred a total of 50 teams of each legion to temporarily supplement the baggage troops as the only The reserve team is directly under his own control.
Such an arrangement is heavy in front and light in back, and it is inconvenient to support each other. Once the battle is unfavorable, it is likely that there will be no way to adjust. But Xiaoying is very confident in the combat effectiveness of his own troops, and the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army are also confident.
In their eyes, except for the fallen minions of the God Envoy King, no enemy army can compete with the big-headed ant army.
In their homeland, the pavement ant barbarian army can only take advantage of the frozen river in winter to invade secretly. Once spring begins, the big-headed ant army can easily defeat the enemy ants on the south bank of the river. In the field, the pavement ant barbarian army is not big-headed ants at all. Warrior's opponent.
After arriving in this new land, the ant tribes around the foothold of the remaining troops of the Northern Expeditionary Army were basically still at a very primitive level. Once the remaining troops of the Northern Expeditionary Army regained their breath and restored their ant colonies and military strength, they could easily conquer all directions. .
If the Divine Envoy King's army had not expanded in time and deliberately contained it, the Northern Expeditionary Army would have been several times stronger than it is now.
And even the commanders of the Black Fire Ant Army and the Northern Expeditionary Army of the suzerain country privately looked down upon their combat capabilities.
In the previous strategy against the fallen Archangel King and his minions, the Black Fire Ant Army and the Northern Expeditionary Army acted together and fully understood the shortcomings of their army.
At that time, the Black Fire Ant Army was hesitant in its decision-making, and only wanted to supplement the diplomatic struggle with military struggle. Even though Flying Eagle repeatedly suggested that weak defenses should be quickly captured as bargaining chips, the overlord country still could not make up its mind.
In the end, the opportunity to fight was indeed delayed. Faced with the counterattack by the minions of the fallen God Envoy King, although the individual combat effectiveness of the Black Fire Ant Warriors was not bad, they were not good at fighting in formations. They liked to disrupt battles and faced dense enemy formations and The sharp attack was very uncomfortable.
If the Divine Envoy King's army hadn't tried to kill them all, and if the remaining troops of the Northern Expeditionary Army had provided good cover, I'm afraid this black fire ant army would have been completely wiped out.
Also since then, the kings and kings of the Northern Expedition have looked down upon the capabilities of the suzerain country's troops. In their view, the suzerain country only has strong overall strength due to its vast territory and large population, but its military level is mediocre.
This time facing the invading termites, although the big-headed ant soldiers of the Northern Expedition had no fighting experience, they heard that 200,000 warriors from the sovereign country could fight 300,000 invading termites in a chaotic battle, so they felt that the invading termites were They are like that.
With the advantageous terrain of the nest, it would not be a problem for the soldiers of the Northern Expedition to hold on. This was the common thought of everyone from the Flying Eagle to the ordinary king.
But once the battle began, the kings of the Northern Expeditionary Army team who were on the front line were the first to discover that this was not the case.
It turns out that invading termites are also very good at fighting in formations, especially in narrow underground passages. These termites have an advantage over the big-headed ant warriors.
Big-headed ant warriors rely on the tactic of ordinary worker ant warriors lining up in a dense formation to fight against the enemy, using their mandibles to fight the enemy ants, and then deploying a commando team composed entirely of soldier ants at critical moments to defeat the enemy ants in one fell swoop.
The tactics of invading termites are similar, but they put in the soldier ant army from the beginning, and ordinary worker ants follow behind to clean the battlefield and kill the ants that slip through the net.
These termite soldier ants have huge heads, larger than the big heads of big-headed soldier ants, which act like shields to protect their relatively fragile bodies.
The sickle-shaped mandibles of the invading termite mandibles are thicker and longer than the mandibles of the big-headed soldier ants. The elephant-trunk soldiers have unique skills and can fully exploit their strengths and avoid their weaknesses in underground street fighting.
A small group of invading termite mandibular soldiers were seen blocking the passage. Their heads functioned as both spears and shields, advancing like an indestructible Greek phalanx.
If that was all, then the Northern Expeditionary Army could still cope with it. Ordinary worker ant soldiers could not withstand it, but the formation of soldier ants could withstand it, but they were just at a slight disadvantage.
But when the invading termites saw that the battle was getting tense, they temporarily retreated. Before the big-headed ant soldiers could catch up, three or five elephant-trunk soldiers suddenly appeared on the opposite side, and a large stream of mucus poured over them.
This kind of mucus is very viscous and will make it difficult for the shot big-headed ant warrior to move and can only struggle in place. Its slight corrosiveness also makes the vulnerable parts of the shot big-headed ant extremely uncomfortable.
While the soldiers on the front line of the big-headed ants were struggling in the mucus, the mandibular soldiers of the invading termites formed a conflict wall and approached, quickly killing the trapped big-headed ants. Then their bodies seemed to be able to pass through without being affected by the Elephant Soldier's slime and continue to advance.
The Northern Expeditionary Army was somewhat at a loss when faced with the street fighting tactics of the invading termites. They rarely encountered situations where the frontal human shields could not hold up in small-scale battles. This was the specialty of the big-headed ant clan. Generally, it was the big-headed ant warriors who fought in frontal battles. It can crush common ant armies, such as pavement ants, corn hairy ants, belly ants, etc.
After half a day of fighting, the five Northern Expeditionary Army regiments all retreated a lot, suffering hundreds of casualties. If the formation of the invading termites had not advanced quickly and the underground battlefield was narrow, the losses would have been even greater.
Xiao Ying waited anxiously behind. When the battle just started, the commanders of each legion were doing their own thing and did not communicate with themselves as the highest commander. They also ignored the messengers they sent over, leaving him for a while. Can't figure out the situation of the battle.
It wasn't until the front line fell into a passive position that these legion commanders seemed to remember themselves as commanders. Various failure reports came almost at the same time, making Flying Eagle furious and almost angry to death.
But Flying Eagle is indeed very smart and mature. He calmed down quickly and carefully analyzed the battle report. From the intuitive report, he looked for the possibility of a comeback in the bad situation.
Soon, he, the supreme commander, issued the first adjustment order in this battle, and the already harried front-line legions did not care about the conflict with the supreme commander in private messages and started to implement it one after another.
