King "Black Coal" quickly sent a messenger and ordered the front-line troops on the right side of the Black Fire Ant Army to be on alert and stop attacking. They just need to stabilize the right side of the main force in the middle and avoid being flanked.
Anyway, the parasitic dragon louse is only powerful in the water, and the shooting distance of the water cannon cannot threaten the middle army fighting on the rock face.
The second and third line troops on the right wing were ordered to maneuver along the shore of the pond at a safe distance from the water cannon, planning to bypass the pond. According to the previous information, this pond is not too big. It is morning at this time, and we can go back to the back of the pond around noon without having to walk through the narrow passage threatened by water cannons.
Of course, maneuvering troops in a roundabout way will bear certain risks. They will go deep alone without the support of friendly forces.
The "Black Coal" king also had no choice but to do this. If he could achieve a breakthrough in the middle, he would not need to make such arrangements.
At this time, the two sides had not been fighting for long, but on the rock face in the middle, it could be seen at a glance that the attacking black fire ant army was still unable to open up the situation and was in a stalemate.
The frontline troops of the black fire ant army now only occupy a small area on the rock face. The troops on the south side climbing the cliff have never been able to climb up despite the obstruction and cannot keep pace with the troops on the north side.
The troops on the north side were unable to penetrate deeply alone. They were blocked in a corner of the rock face by layers of parasitic ants. They clearly had a strength advantage, but they were trapped in a situation where they were fighting more with less on the front line.
The second-line troops in the middle have also arrived under the rock face, while 80% to 90% of the first-line troops are restricted under the rock face and cannot take over the battle. The strength advantage of the Black Fire Ant Army in the middle cannot be fully utilized under such terrain restrictions.
King "Black Coal" has already ordered the third-line troops in the middle to postpone their advance, otherwise they will be crowded together and will not be of any benefit to the battle situation.
He hesitated whether to put the third line of troops in the center into the attack on the left wing, but the battle on the left wing was hidden in the dense vegetation, and the "Black Coal" King who was closely protected and standing at a high place could not see what was going on inside. The messenger reported by the left-wing army only showed that the left-wing army was involved in a melee inside. There seemed to be not many enemy ants, but they were everywhere.
The uncertainty made the cautious "Black Coal" king undecided. He put the third line of troops in the middle on standby to wait and see what happened.
The battle situation is now just a stalemate, not desperate yet. King "Black Coal" is waiting for the outflanking troops on the right wing to bring surprises, and is also waiting for the troop advantage in the center to gradually materialize.
As a veteran general, King "Black Coal" knew that the rock battlefield was decisive. Although the middle route army was currently at a disadvantage, it had sufficient troops after all and did not care about attrition. As time went by, it could still regain its disadvantage.
Now, all you need to do is wait quietly and leave enough reserves!
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The sun gradually rises and reaches the peak of the day.
The midday temperature was already very comfortable at this time, dispersing the small amount of fog and dew that had lingered in the morning.
As the temperature rises and the humidity drops, especially when the rock surface dries rapidly, the soldiers of the black fire ant army who have been warmed by the sun become more and more courageous in fighting, but the parasitic bacteria will not wilt due to the drop in humidity. Control the parasitic ants and insect beasts and fight to the death.
The battle has entered a fierce stage with the temperature!
A red forest ant male has been commanding his team to fight on the front line. There are only 11 soldiers under his command, and the formic acid has been shot empty. Now, each of them is scarred and can only continue to fight with their jaws.
He wanted to take the soldiers to retreat to rest, but a squad of black fire ants behind him was always blocking the back. The mood conveyed by the captain of the male black fire ant squad was full of indifference. He did not allow this vassal army to retreat. They are asked to continue fighting until death.
The leader of the red forest ant squad suppressed the anger in his heart. He had no choice but to challenge the majesty of the overlord country. He could only emit the aura and friction sound indicating fighting in vain, and his subordinates were still ordered to fight tenaciously.
"Let the black fire ants see that the red forest ants are also powerful warriors!" This was the last thought of the red forest ant team leader. Exhausted and slack from the long battle, before he could react, he was suddenly hit by a parasitic fungus ejected from his compound eye.
It was a parasitic fungus on the back of a parasitic ant not far away. It had already broken away from its host. The back of the hyphae was bent into a spring shape and could be ejected two or three centimeters away.
Such sneak attacks occur one after another and are a great threat to the black fire ant army on the front line. Even if there are orders to kill the parasitic hyphae as soon as possible, it is easy to fall victim to them!
The compound eye of the red forest ant male ant broke under the sharp cap almost instantly, the hyphae penetrated into the brain, and he lost his independent consciousness.
After losing their commander, the red forest ant warriors under his command immediately fell into chaos and lost their perception of hyphae. Some red forest ants are still resisting, but more and more hyphae crawl up their bodies and get in, forcing them to undergo "purification"...
When there is a commander, there are always a few guard ants who will be responsible for killing these threats.
Other red forest ants began to flee backwards. The poisonous black fire ants behind them showed their mandibles and were unable to stop them. These red forest ants also fled backwards crazily through all the gaps and even on the heads of other ants, completely lost. Fighting spirit.
The battlefield south of the rock face covered by vegetation was a completely different battlefield from the large-scale battle in the middle. The dense plant roots and rugged terrain here caused the teams on both sides of the war to gradually disperse and engage in melee at the legion and squad levels.
A parasitic dung beetle suddenly appeared in front of the black fire ant team. Its flat body allowed such a body to move freely through the vegetation.
It's just that the parasitic dung beetle's vision was limited in this dim environment. It wasn't until its tentacles touched and was touched by the ant's tentacles that both parties realized what happened at the same time.
The parasitic dung beetle reacted quickly, and its pair of forelimbs covered with jagged bristles quickly swept across and swept away several black fire ants. Then its mandibles were about to bite a black fire ant hanging on its forelimbs, and at this time, there were bite and touch sensations from multiple parts of its body.
So this parasitic dung beetle knew that it faced a lot of ants. It's not a brain-level parasite, it's lost a lot of its sanity and is a little more manic. However, dung beetles are naturally timid creatures, and it is difficult to change this after being parasitized.
This parasitic dung beetle planned to retreat, but more and more black fire ants were already killing them in the darkness under the bushes, guided by their breath and figures.
The parasitic dung beetle has a strong carapace and smooth body fat to protect it, but it cannot stop the ants' jaws from biting in turn, nor can it escape the pull of dozens of ants.
A few minutes later, the parasitic dung beetle had been dismembered and the parasite killed.
But before the black fire ants could take a breath, the sound of vegetation swaying violently and blades of grass rubbing against each other suddenly came from the distance.
This is the sound of many living creatures coming in this direction, and they are about to arrive!
