Zhu Jue made a preliminary estimate that to replace the torsion springs for all the more than 400 crossbows, at least 2,000 leg tendons of locusts or crickets and other insects would be needed, which means that at least 1,000 locusts or crickets would need to be killed. Other springtails.
If there are locust swarms nearby, these raw materials can be easily gathered. However, the Thin-footed Ants are already powerful hunters. Under their control, it is difficult for the local locusts to overrun, lest they crowd out the living space of other prey. There have been no swarms of exotic locusts crossing the border recently, so it is not easy to quickly gather raw materials locally.
What's more, the passage of locusts will cause huge damage to the war potential of the Thin-footed Ant Nation. Praying for the locust swarms to attack just for some raw materials for leg tendons is not worth the gain and putting the cart before the horse.
Zhu Jue could only ask the Thin-footed Ant Nation for help, hoping that they could hand over all the leg tendons of suitable prey that they had hunted. Even if there were no locusts or crickets, some other ordinary tendons that could be used would do the trick.
On the other hand, Zhu Jue, after obtaining the consent of the Thin-footed Ant Nation, sought help from the civilized ant clans in his dual capacity as the "Supreme Commander of the Civilized Ant Tribe" and the Thin-footed Ant Nation. Many civilized ant tribes in this area also make a living by hunting, such as the army ant tribe and the bullet ant tribe. They have a high probability of hunting corresponding insects.
The country of Xizhujieyi was very grateful to Zhu Jue for coming to help with his army, and had no objection to this non-principled issue. In the next month, ant tribes from various civilizations successively shipped more than 5,000 usable leg tendons to Zhu Jue. This is another story!
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The Destroyers are a race with a violent temper. After their tentative attack was repulsed, a large group of Destroyers set off from the territory of the original honeypot ant country the next day and headed towards [West Stone Castle] in a mighty manner.
This group of destroyers numbered in the tens of thousands and was already the main force of destroyers.
Whether in his hometown or here, Zhu Jue discovered that the standard combat units of the Destroyer Cluster were generally around 10,000 units. Small-scale swarms number only a few hundred or a few thousand and generally perform auxiliary missions or low-intensity combat missions. Super large swarms are composed of multiple ant swarms and will only appear during large-scale wars.
Ten thousand Destroyers are already a powerful force that can destroy a tribe and a country. For most ant tribes, Destroyers are truly "invincible" existences.
But Zhu Jue and the Destroyer have fought many times. Although the opponent is powerful, it is not so strong that Zhu Jue and the Divine Envoy King's army can lose their resistance and determination. Zhu Jue hasn't paid much attention to the mere tens of thousands of Destroyers.
This time, the defenders did not just rely on the fortress to hold on. With the advantage of aerial reconnaissance, as soon as the Destroyer stepped out of the lair, the God Envoy King's legion had already learned about it and made targeted arrangements.
Zhu Jue immediately mobilized all the mobile troops from [Hou Shi Bao], recruited 30,000 honeypot ants to accompany the army, and quickly rushed to ambush outside [Xi Shi Bao]. This ambush force will cooperate with the fortress defenders and attack at critical moments. Zhu Jue has a huge appetite. For this first meal, he wants to eat all ten thousand Destroyers!
Because it was discovered that among the incoming Destroyers was a "Radar Destroyer", Zhu Jue had gradually realized the function of the "Radar Destroyer" from many cases. He was worried that the ambush would be discovered by it, so he ordered the flying knights to eliminate this "Radar Destroyer" at designated locations. Destroyer"!
Four teams of Combat Flying Knights took off from the [Rear Stone Castle] and quickly flew over the enemy's sky. Taking advantage of the fact that the Destroyer had no air force, they directly carried out dive bombing with a high hit rate. After three rounds of repeated dives, the flying knights successfully killed the target with incendiary bombs. They themselves lost 11 knights, mostly shot down by the long-range firepower of the "Big Belly Destroyer".
Without the "Radar Destroyer" as the eyes and ears of the army, this Destroyer brigade still did not give up and continued to advance towards [West Stone Castle], but the team was no longer so orderly, and chaos often occurred in the marching column. This is also Verified Zhu Jue's previous guess.
When the chaotic Destroyer Brigade finally arrived outside [West Stone Castle] at noon, the front team directly launched an attack without waiting for the rear team to gather.
In the fortress, the ballista positions in the three ant mounds once again exerted their power. The dense stone bullets were like flying sand and rocks in the wild sand sky, blocking the Destroyer like a hard wall.
Today's Destroyers were very determined to fight. After suffering six to seven hundred casualties, thousands of Destroyers finally rushed to the outer wall of [West Stone Castle] and began to climb.
The city wall was a blind spot for ballistae fire. Here, the Destroyers finally didn't have to worry about huge rocks smashing their heads to pieces, bleeding, or even flattening them completely. But instead, there were fire bombs or rocks and logs thrown by the defenders on the city wall that was 3 decimeters high.
Once the fire bomb sticks to the Destroyer's body, it will simmer for several minutes, enough to burn through the Destroyer's carapace, making it quite lethal. More rocks and rolling logs cannot cause much damage to the Destroyer's thick armor, but they can hinder its climbing.
Under the attack of the defenders, only a few Destroyers broke through the barriers and climbed up the wall at first.
But these destroyers often face simultaneous attacks from more than a dozen defenders. The honeypot ants are the main force on the city wall. They are fully armed and look like large, big-headed ant warriors.
The hatred of destroying the country caused the Honeypot Ant commanders at all levels to issue orders to fight to the death. The inspired Honeypot Ant warriors would not let go of the opportunity to kill the enemy by defending the city, and rushed forward one by one, vowing to fight to the death. Kill the outcropping destroyers.
The Destroyers are not to be outdone. Even if they are extremely inferior in numbers, they will never retreat. These standard Destroyers do not give up as easily as they did yesterday. Often when they are seriously injured, they will bite a defending soldier and then escape from the city wall. The upper one jumped down, and both fell under the city wall.
But generally speaking, the defenders with terrain advantages, firepower advantages and numerical advantages can already achieve a one-to-one exchange with the Destroyers, which is not a good thing for the Destroyers who are at a numerical disadvantage.
In particular, the ballista fire successfully cut the attacking Destroyer into two pieces, and the Destroyer that had already rushed in was unable to follow up.
After several attacks on the city wall and being repulsed, the Destroyers no longer reluctantly attacked and retreated, leaving thousands of corpses behind.
Subsequently, the Destroyer front team, which had already fought a battle, escaped the strike range of the ballistae, and then joined the rear team that had just arrived. After just a short rest, the entire army went forward without leaving any reserves, and directly launched a general attack. What a tough guy!
Facing the rolling brigade of Destroyers, the defenders in [West Stone Castle] who won the first battle also had high morale, fired with all their strength, and fought bravely to kill the enemy!
