That night, Zhu Jue was on his way to the north and stayed overnight in a nest somewhere.
Here, before nightfall, he received an urgent report from the Flying Knights: "Gun II" troops arrived at the [Three Cities] battlefield in time and rushed to rescue the main formation of "Rambo Flying II", but the parasites were repelled Later, only the body of "Rambo Fei II" was found.
The head of the corpse swelled and exploded. The situation at the scene was very tragic. It seemed that "Rambo Fly II" had mutated after being infected.
Unable to save his companions, the furious "Gun II" led the main reinforcements that arrived later and launched a fierce attack on the enemy forces outside [Three Cities]. With the cooperation of the remaining troops of "Rambo Fei II" and the parasitic army Being pinned outdoors, they lost the geographical advantage and did not have an advantage in strength. Most of them were annihilated in the melee, and the remaining enemies fled.
Subsequently, the Eastern Expeditionary Army paid a certain amount of casualties and captured the few remaining [three cities] of the defenders overnight, which was regarded as fulfilling the last wish of "Rambo Flying II".
In today's battle, the Eastern Expeditionary Army suffered more than 10,000 losses, mostly caused by the losses of "Rambo Fei II". It was also a rare setback in recent years.
Zhu Jue felt sorry for the death of "Rambo Fei II". Among the current generation of generals in the Mesozoic Era, excluding the few who died of illness and accidents, "Rambo Fei II" is the highest-ranking general among the generals who have died in battle so far since coming to the New World, and Zhu Jue's The relationship is also very close. The battlefield was ruthless. Zhu Jue didn't want to see such a situation, but there was nothing he could do about it.
The death of "Rambo Fei II" made other generals in the army either sad or angry. The death of such a senior commander and such huge battle losses today made Zhu Jue and his generals, who had been fighting against the odds for a long time, Recognized the cruelty of the battlefield.
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This sudden uprising of parasites in the east was obviously premeditated. Later today, the Northern Flying Knight came to report and found several groups of parasitic organisms moving south from the north.
Previously, the main force of the parasitic organisms moved northward, away from the Flying Knight's detection range, and went to an unknown destination. Only a few parasitic troops were left stationed, which gave the civilized ant tribe an opportunity to take advantage of the alliance and regain the old capital of the Black Fire Ant Kingdom [Black Fire City] in one fell swoop.
Today, the parasitic army appears in the north, apparently echoing the parasite uprising in the east. And does this mean that millions or more parasites may move south at any time?
Before the Eastern Expeditionary Army had yet to complete its strategic goals, there was only a partial division north of [Black Fire City], with about 100,000 soldiers. They had not yet fully recovered the northern territory of the Black Fire Ant Kingdom, and had not had time to build a defense system. The northern border was also Lack of sufficiently dangerous terrain.
Once a million parasitic troops move south, this partial division will bear the brunt and will be difficult to resist.
Zhu Jue had to rush to the north on the same day to prepare to sit in the north and deal with possible threats.
Before setting off, he had already negotiated with the commanders of all ethnic groups and ordered "Gun II" to be the supreme commander of the Eastern Expedition Army. He would command the Eastern Expedition Army to eliminate all parasites in the east within a week, and then move to the north.
At the same time, the 100,000 soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Army have regained the land east of Black Creek and are building a defense line. Zhu Jue ordered the Western Expeditionary Army to immediately dispatch half of its troops to the north for support.
Considering that in the battle of [Three Cities], almost all the parasites in the east were out, trying to encircle and annihilate the troops of "Rambo Fei II", but the parasitic army that arrived at [Three Cities] was attacked by "Gun II" They were severely beaten, and other parasitic armies of various ethnic groups were also intercepted and attacked by various units of the Eastern Expedition Army on the road, causing heavy losses.
The garrison of the parasitic fortress group in the east is now severely damaged. It is estimated that it will be difficult to launch a counterattack similar to today. The only problem facing "Gun II" is how to knock out all the parasitic fortresses as soon as possible and how to support the northern border as soon as possible!
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The Flying Knights have been conducting long-distance reconnaissance in the northern border recently. They are on guard against the sudden appearance of the main force of the parasitic army, and they finally have an early warning.
The parasitic army they discovered during the day today consisted of four groups, each with about 20,000 to 50,000 parasitic ants and a few parasitic beasts. They moved from east to west, about a day's walking distance apart from each other, and moved southward in parallel. Now There are still about four days to go before the Northern Expedition of the Civilized Ant Alliance.
If there were only these parasitic troops, the Northern Expedition Army could completely stop them, but this was obviously the vanguard of the parasitic army, and it was difficult to detect how many main forces were behind it - if the flying knights continued to advance, they would encounter large groups of parasitic flying insects.
Where there are large groups of parasitic flying insects covering the area, there is obviously the main force of the parasitic army!
Zhu Jue planned to make good use of these four days to actively set up defenses in the northern border of the Black Fire Ant Kingdom, not to stop the enemy, but at least to delay the enemy and wait for the support of the Eastern Expeditionary Army.
This battlefield does not have the help of the Black Creek Cairn. The civilized ant coalition must face the parasitic army in a decisive battle on a large battlefield. Once defeated, the civilized ant coalition will inevitably suffer heavy losses, and [Black Fire City] will also fall again. For Zhu This is a disastrous result for the prestige and command system that Jue has finally established within the civilized ant tribe.
Once the kings of the Black Fire Ant Kingdom lose their main nest again, they will become angry and revolt. Even the "Black Carbon" King will find it difficult to support Zhu Jue. Under the domino effect, the Ant Alliance will rely on the "quasi-leader" within the civilized ant tribe in the region. The status will be completely shaken.
Therefore, for "political" reasons, Zhu Jue must win this battle, and he must keep the parasitic army north of [Black Fire City].
Zhu Jue deduced it over and over in his mind. This time he used his authority and left all the other commanders of the tribes in [Black Fire City]. He sat alone in the northern border in order not to be restricted, but at the same time, there was no other commander with the same status. The ant commander shared the pressure for him.
Zhu Jue could only rely on himself and repeatedly weighed the plan.
Today's Zhu Jue is not as full of human thinking as he was when he first time travel. He often has tactics and tactics that are considered "fantastic" in the eyes of ants to win by surprise.
He has been assimilated into this world for a long time. Although he is still reforming the tactics of the Angel King's army and developing weapons and equipment based on the experience of his previous life, Zhu Jue rarely has such inspiration now for tactics like "razor tactics" that transcend ants' insights. .
This time, when setting up defenses in the northern border, Zhu Jue considered more of a rigorous defense and did not think about some off-board moves at first.
According to Zhu Jue's plan, the Northern Expeditionary Army will abandon some prominent strongholds, occupy some key areas, and build four front-line fortresses to defend them, trying to severely defeat the forward of the parasitic army and gain the upper hand.
After that, if the Eastern Expeditionary Army has not yet arrived, the Northern Expeditionary Army will fight and retreat, using the fortress to delay the advancement of the main force of the parasitic army until it joins the main force and defeats the parasitic army in a decisive battle at the right time and on the right battlefield.
But there are exceptions to everything. The next day, when Zhu Juefei was inspecting the battlefield from the air, he accidentally discovered a place, and a glimmer of inspiration suddenly appeared in his mind!
