A group of ants formed a long queue, trudging through the muddy and wet land.
They seemed to be walking in an endless marshy meadow, with no end in sight and no way to return to the starting point. Each ant is covered in mud. Apart from the difference in size, race and identity can no longer be distinguished.
From time to time, ants fell to the ground due to hunger and hypothermia, struggled to get up, or simply failed to get up.
Some ants will use their mandibles and tentacles to lift up their companions and continue to stagger forward. Sometimes when the situation from the tentacles is not good, the ants will give up on the ants who are still alive, and sometimes they will directly step on them as stepping stones to cross the most difficult sections of the road.
When encountering a puddle on the road that is difficult to bypass, the slave ants and some vassal ants with the lowest status can only follow the orders to collect sand, soil, stems and leaves with difficulty to pave a road. The huge workload, hunger and cold made many ants themselves die of exhaustion and became part of the paving materials.
The target of "Flying Eagle" is a nest on higher ground about 2 days away. Although they have not yet made contact with the other party after the rain subsided, "Flying Eagle" feels that the situation there will be better and it is far away from the fallen ants' front, making it the best choice for the new base of the North Route Army.
"Flying Eagle" was also rushing forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and his body was no cleaner than ordinary black fire ant warriors or lowly slave ants. If the Rangers hadn't been keeping a close eye on him, he would have been unable to tell the difference among a group of male ants.
The Rangers were left with only "Falcon" and three members, riding two fly mounts, and still insisted on carrying out the pursuit mission.
They are no easier flying in the sky than the black fire ant army trudging on the ground. Along the way, you must pay attention to concealment while flying, and use obstacles to block the sight of the ants on the ground from time to time, but do not let the "flying eagle" out of sight for a long time. At the same time, you must also pay attention to avoid the water drops that fall from time to time, otherwise you will die before you start...
Fortunately, there was constant natural background noise at this time, including the sound of dripping water, the footsteps of ants, and the sound of ripples. The ants' antennae and bodies were also covered with mud, and their hearing was somewhat weakened. This allowed the fly mount's "buzzing" wingbeating sound that was difficult to hide in the past to never arouse the opponent's alert, and the Rangers always lurked in the shadows without being exposed.
Perhaps he was overconfident. "Flying Eagle", who was once the commander of the Flying Knights, did not believe that there would be parasitic flying insects or flying knights in such weather, and he did not even think of raising his head to look at the sky. He was so confident. Towards the point of no return.
The Rangers successfully hid their figures, but they couldn't find a chance to make a move. "Flying Eagle" has always been among the Chinese army, and there are too many guards at the front, rear and left. Even if the Flying Knight with only 4 soldiers left launches a suicide attack, it will be difficult to successfully kill the target.
In addition to the jaw knives and cavalry robbers, the mysterious liquid bombs, fire bombs and slings prepared by the Rangers have all expired due to being damp for a long time, and they were left in the tree hole without bringing them. There are too few weapons available, making the Rangers' options even more limited.
After all, they only have one chance. Once they miss a hit and the opponent is on guard, there will never be a second chance to hit the target. So until that night, the cautious Rangers had not found an opportunity to make a move.
At night, the black fire ant army did not find a suitable shelter to rest, so they huddled up in a ball on the leeward side of a higher stone and set up camp. That is to say, the rain has completely stopped, otherwise many ants outside would be frozen to death in one night.
At this time, the black fire ant army no longer had the extra energy to set up warning posts. In addition, there were not many fierce insects that dared to provoke large groups of ants at this time, so they simply ignored them and stayed together to survive the night.
If there are thousands of God Envoy King soldiers here at this time, "Falcon" can ensure that none of these unsuspecting Black Fire Ant Kingdom Northern Route Army can escape. It's a pity that he only has 4 subordinates...
The Rangers found a gap in the bark on the back of a branch not far from the head of the black fire ant army and got in. The black fire ant army can be monitored here with the help of moonlight, and it is relatively sheltered from wind and rain.
The next day, the long-lost sun rose, and the black fire ant army spread out their ant balls, stretching their limbs on every surface with sunlight to let the sunlight warm their bodies.
The Rangers also stayed warm in the sun with their fly mounts.
It wasn't until around 9 o'clock in the morning that the black fire ant army finished warming up and got back on the road. The Rangers continued to follow quietly.
This time, because the fly's wings were completely dry in the sun, the "buzzing" sound of its wings was much louder than yesterday, so the "Falcon" could only follow it from a longer distance.
Fortunately, in order to maintain the majesty of the Divine Envoy King, "Flying Eagle" asked the slave ants to use their mouths and tentacles to clean themselves all over early in the morning, and also put on an ant silk felt to keep warm. It was very eye-catching and would not be lost. .
Near noon, the Rangers were flying in the air and saw a small group of parasitic American cockroaches and parasitic ants basking in the sun not far to the north of the marching black fire ant army.
The "Falcon" immediately had a plan to kill the ants with a borrowed knife - they had deliberately attracted parasitic ants to besiege [Hawthorn Tree City] before. If it hadn't been for the heavy rain, the "Falcon Eagle" would have been unable to escape with its wings. By this time, it was already Became a corpse.
The appearance of this group of parasitic creatures seems to be making up for the bad luck of the last operation.
"Falcon" and the others flew over the heads of the parasitic ants at low altitude, alerting the parasitic army, and then led the other party to take a shortcut and move in the direction of the black fire ant army.
What happened next was as "Falcon" expected. When the Rangers disappeared high in the sky, the parasitic ants were searching around and soon ran into the black fire ant army.
The black fire ant army defeated this small group of parasitic ants, but several parasitic cockroaches quickly broke through and escaped. "Flying Eagle" sensed something was wrong and hurriedly ordered the troops to speed up.
But before sunset that day, a large group of nearby parasitic ants came after hearing the news. Under the "guidance" of the Rangers, they caught up with and surrounded the "Flying Eagle" headquarters.
This parasitic army belongs to the troops directly under "Parasite Ikkyu". It has not participated in the battle to siege [Hawthorn Tree City] before. It has been attacking nearby. It suffered some losses in the heavy rain, but its strength is far superior to that of "Flying Eagle".
More than 40,000 parasitic ants and hundreds of parasitic beasts quickly surrounded the black fire ant army, and the two sides fought fiercely at dusk.
The black fire ant army spent a day trudging through the harsh outdoor environment. Not only were the parasitic ants numerous in number, they also spent the entire day basking in the sun to recharge their batteries. This battle was a one-sided massacre at the beginning, and the flames of war quickly burned towards the "Flying Eagle"'s main formation.
This battle went better than planned, and even the Rangers did not expect it.
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