Although this group of destroyers chose to retreat, their strength still existed, and their retreat was in order and should not be taken lightly.
There are more than 2,000 Destroyers left, most of them are ordinary Destroyers, and there are a few acid-spewing Destroyers that Zhu Jue has seen. These destroyers automatically divided into three groups, and no one fled in a swarm. They alternately covered and slowly retreated.
In any battle, if one side collapses, the outcome is already doomed. In fact, thousands of years of war history experience in the human world shows that more than half of battle casualties occur during the collapse period.
At this moment, the Destroyers were obviously defeated but not in chaos, defeated but not defeated. They were so orderly that they even dared to counter-kill some of the thin-footed ant warriors who were too aggressive in the pursuit.
In contrast, the Thin-footed Ant Warriors seemed to have no good way to send out three "iron beetle"-like formations and alternately cover the Destroyers. With their strength advantage, they could not turn their advantage into victory.
If the Thin-footed Ant warriors dare to attack directly, the arrayed destroyers will stop. Destroyers who are not afraid of formic acid can easily crush the Thin-legged Ants' offensive, and if the Thin-legged Ants want to form an array to block the destruction When the attackers retreated, the Destroyers would directly crush them like Greek heavy infantry in the classical era.
Although they were clearly on the pursuit side, the Thin-footed Ant Army became extremely passive. Only then did its military leader realize that it would be better to engage in a melee with the Destroyers. At least in the melee, they could consume the enemy's troops at a relatively high cost. .
Now that the Destroyer's formation is complete, they slowly retreat, seeing that the Thin-footed Ant Army seems to have little chance! Even Zhu Jue was very anxious in the air.
But the Thin-footed Ant warriors still did not give up. As their military leaders continued to issue orders, half of the Thin-footed Ant army began to leave the queue and rush forward, not knowing what to do. The remaining half of the Thin-footed Ant warriors continued to stalk and harass the Destroyer.
These destroyers retreated resolutely to the west. After the pressure from the pursuers eased, they tried to spread out and move quickly. However, at this time, the nearby thin-footed ants approached again and made a warlike gesture, destroying The attackers can only form formations again and transform back into indestructible but extremely slow "Iron Beetles"!
As a result, the Destroyer's retreat was severely slowed down, and part of the already fast Thin-footed Ant Army rushed to the front and was planning something.
Zhu Jue curiously flew forward and saw with his own eyes the movements of the thin-footed ants that had detoured in advance, but he couldn't figure it out.
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In the evening, the Destroyer and the Thin-legged Ant Army retreated and pursued each other. Both of them had entered the buffer zone where the native ants originally lived and left the border of the Thin-legged Ant. However, there was no sign of stopping.
There are now no ants here, and most of the indigenous ants have either died or fled. The Destroyers have also temporarily evacuated back to the territory of the original Sharp-tailed Ant Kingdom, and are gathering troops, waiting for an opportunity to invade the Thin-footed Ant Kingdom. This empty battlefield has now become the battlefield for the first confrontation between the Thin-footed Ant Army and the Destroyer.
Both the Thin-footed Ant Army and the Destroyers obviously planned to move overnight. The flying knights reported that there were no signs of other Destroyers nearby, which also made the Thin-footed Ant Army determined to continue fighting until this group of Destroyers was eliminated!
When the Destroyer finally arrived at the preset battlefield of the Thin-footed Ant Army, the outcome was doomed.
Prior to this, the Thin-footed Ant Warriors had been trying to force the Destroyer to move in a certain direction through constant harassment and building obstacles in advance.
The Destroyer, who lacked ears and ears such as the Radar Destroyer in the formation, slowly fulfilled the other party's wish and arrived at this flat valley.
This valley is not big, shaped like a bowl embedded in the ground. It is low in the middle, and the moonlight shines with the luster of salt. There are slightly raised low slopes all around, with a height of only a few decimeters. There is almost no grass growing on the ground and it is densely covered with salt-alkali particles!
After all the Destroyers entered the valley, a large number of Thin-footed Ant Warriors suddenly appeared around them. These were the Thin-legged Ant Warriors that had left before, and they had obviously ambush here in advance.
The Destroyers didn't seem to realize they had fallen into a trap, or they didn't care. They immediately formed a formation and moved forward, trying to crush and break out like before. The thin-footed ant warriors who were not good at forming formations had suffered the loss of being crushed by this heavy-armed formation many times before.
But this time, the condescending Thin-footed Ant warriors immediately began to spray large amounts of formic acid from a distance without waiting for the Destroyer to approach.
Formic acid rained down on the Destroyer. This weapon, a weapon used to deal with other ants, had little effect on the Destroyer. The Destroyer's carapace seemed to be highly resistant to acid, and it was difficult for formic acid to even leave a slight trace on it. traces of corrosion. So the Destroyers didn't care.
However, the target of the Thin-footed Ants was not the Destroyer. From the previous battles, they had realized that the Destroyer was not afraid of formic acid.
However, the Destroyer always has something to fear!
The acid dripped on the ground and had a strange reaction with the exposed alkali crystals on the ground.
Smoke was rising continuously, which was the heat emitted by the acid-base neutralization reaction. It gradually enveloped the slow-moving Destroyer, making it blurry and unclear.
But soon, Zhu Jue, who had not left in a tree, saw the most unforgettable scene in this battle.
The neutralizing heat cannot stop the Destroyer, but as the heat rises, there is also some kind of salt spray rising from the acid-base neutralization reaction. These salts seem to be highly toxic. Even if the Destroyer is a biochemical body, the body will be damaged. A reaction began to occur.
Gradually, as the number of poisoned people increased and the degree of poisoning deepened, the Destroyer's formation began to loosen.
These poisoned destroyers stumbled and did not die directly, but they seemed to be out of control and could no longer maintain a tight formation. Once there are too many Destroyers poisoned like this, the team will no longer be able to sustain itself.
However, the Thin-footed Ant warriors did not take the opportunity to attack. They were also afraid of the poisonous mist in the salt-alkali land. They waited patiently until the swaying Destroyers slowly crawled away from the valley, and the Thin-footed Ant army finally launched a general attack.
I saw the thin-footed ant warrior falling behind the Destroyer, like a predator, constantly tearing off pieces of meat from the Destroyer team that was still stubbornly advancing but was still crumbling like prey!
The Destroyer's rear troops are getting smaller and smaller, and they have lost most of their resistance due to poisoning. After the rear team collapsed, it was the turn of the center army, followed by the front team. The thin-legged ant army never gives the opponent a chance to fight, using small and dense chasing bites to bleed the Destroyer bit by bit.
Finally, before dawn, this group of destroyers was completely wiped out. The corpses of the destroyers along the way were spread over a distance of tens of meters, forming a spectacular road of flesh and blood! More than 2,000 Destroyers collapsed so quickly. This was also a rare victory for the civilized ants against the Destroyers since the beginning of this spring!
