After annihilating the vanguard of the Destroyers, Zhu Jue led his troops to another victory. Together with the great victory before the heavy rain, about 15,000 Destroyers were killed in the two battles.
The Thin-footed Ant Army who came to support, after learning the battle report and briefly verifying it, quickly sent their own messengers to report the battle report to "Long Horn" and other military leaders.
The top brass of the Thin Foot Ant Army were greatly surprised when they heard the news. Zhu Jue had also sent a messenger to report the war to the Thin Foot Ant Army before, but the battle report was very brief and did not mention the results in detail. The top brass of the Thin Foot Ant Army did not pay attention.
After receiving this information, the Thin-footed Ant Army learned that Zhu Jue, with a mere 80,000 troops under his command (including troops guarding other fortresses that did not participate in the war, but later supported by the Thin-footed Ant Army), actually managed to achieve victory in a short time Killed many Destroyers without losing an inch of ground.
In contrast, the Thin-footed Ant Army, which was ten times more powerful than Zhu Jue's army, killed a similar number of Destroyers, but a large area of territory fell, and even the army's garrison and a large amount of baggage were lost. Comparing the two, the Thin-footed Ant Army has a deeper understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Divine Envoy King's army and Zhu Jue's command.
Of course, this victory is also due to the honeypot ants and the warriors of the thin-footed ants, but any discerning commander knows that the distinctive fortresses, weapons and tactics of the Legion of the God Envoy are the key to victory!
The rules of the ant world are very simple, the strong are respected. If Zhu Jue once led the civilized ant coalition to achieve victory over the pavement ant empire and parasitic organisms in a distant place, the victory of the small-footed ants cannot be impressed this time. They had to be convinced.
The Destroyer is like a benchmark that clearly measures the true national strength and combat effectiveness of each race. If the sharp-tailed ants inherited from the Insect God and the honeypot ants inherited from the Flower God are rated as failing, then the thin-legged ants inherited from the Wind God are above the passing line, while the Ant Alliance and the God Envoy King Legion are not. It's excellent!
After annihilating the vanguard of the Destroyers, it was already approaching evening. The main force of the Destroyers was just a day and a night away. Zhu Jue's troops cleared the battlefield overnight.
On the one hand, they have to carry all the Destroyer corpses to the [Back Stone Castle], where they will peel off the mysterious balls from the Destroyer corpses, and then burn the corpses together, otherwise the toxic Destroyer corpses will contaminate the soil and water sources. The fact that the corpse of the Destroyer was poisonous was first discovered by the honeypot ants. Zhu Jue and the Divine Envoy King's army retreated all the way when facing the Destroyer in their homeland and did not notice this at all.
On the other hand, the camps left by the Destroyers and the large craters left by the blasts must be initially filled, otherwise they will be used by the Destroyer army and the shooting effect of the ballistae will be affected.
In addition, the damaged city defenses of [West Stone Fort] also need urgent repairs. Zhu Jue also plans to dig a new trench around the fortress and connect it directly to the stone seams, which will further enhance the defense of the fortress and prevent floods.
Finally, Zhu Jue dispatched his troops according to the strength at hand. [West Stone Castle] is a fortress facing the Destroyer's army. In addition to the original garrison of 1 Divine Envoy King Army and 30,000 honeypot ant warriors (about 30,000 men were left after the battle), Zhu Jue left behind a small number of troops. There are 20,000 warriors in the Zujie ant reinforcements and 20,000 honeypot ants to assist in the defense. For this reason, the [West Stone Fort] fortress needs to be urgently expanded to accommodate the doubled garrison.
The defenders of the [East Stone Castle] fortress, including a legion of the Angel King and 30,000 honeypot ant warriors, will not be mobilized for the time being. An additional 20,000 honeypot ant warriors have been added. The space within the nest has also been increased and trenches dug. Zhu Jue was worried that the Destroyers would turn to the [East Stone Castle] after being unable to attack [West Stone Castle] for a long time, so the local defense also needed to be appropriately strengthened.
The remaining mobile troops and Thin-footed Ant Army reinforcements, including two legions of the Angel King and nearly 50,000 Thin-legged Ant soldiers, followed Zhu Jue back to [West Stone Castle] to serve as frontline backup and Zhu Jue's hand. Prepare strength.
In order to save the physical strength of the soldiers, most of the above work was basically handed over to the honeypot ants. After working almost non-stop day and night, at the cost of thousands of ants being exhausted, the various projects were finally completed by the Destroyer. Completed before the army arrives!
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June 3, dusk.
Today's remaining sunlight is reflected by the clouds on the horizon and falls into the ants' compound eyes, shining brightly and dazzlingly.
What is even more dazzling is the large number of Destroyers that are emerging from the shadows of sparse trees and dense grass.
Tens of thousands of Destroyers arrived outside [West Stone Castle] after a long march. Each of these Destroyers has a ferocious appearance and a strong body. Their carapace is covered with traces of dust left by long marches, but this does not diminish their intimidating power at all.
Numerous Destroyers advanced simultaneously on the ground in dozens of columns until they began to converge outside [Western Stone Castle], as if the branches of trees merged into the trunk from top to bottom. The Destroyer's team was silent, but the sound of detailed footsteps merged together, and when they reached [West Stone Castle], although it was slight, it was full of a heart-shaking rhythm.
Along the way the Destroyer passed, insects were flying, and countless flying insects and springtails fled in all directions. Even though the Destroyer was not interested in these bugs, their murderous aura was enough to serve as the best insect repellent!
In the [West Stone Fort] fortress, on the first line of the city wall, all the windows in the ant mound were filled with ants. Big-headed ants, sickle-hunting ants, honeypot ants, thin-legged ants...
The male ants, female ants, soldier ants, and worker ants of all races silently watched the destroyers rushing towards them. Although they all had experience fighting the destroyers, the ants' intuition clearly told everyone that this A group of Destroyers is different. Not only are they numerous, but their combat power seems to be even more terrifying.
You can tell one thing or two from its composition: just from the team of destroyers that have appeared, you can see as many as a dozen radar destroyers.
The Radar Destroyer is a rare item in the Destroyer team, and it seems to play the role of a commander. There is only one Radar Destroyer in the average-sized Destroyer force, but here it appears in battle.
Standard Destroyers are still the most numerous in the Destroyer army, accounting for about 70%, followed by Potbelly Destroyers, accounting for about 20%. In the remaining 10%, except for the negligible number of radar destroyers, the other three Zhu Jue are familiar with them.
Those were the old enemies we had seen in our hometown: the Great Destroyer, the Little Destroyer, and... the White-bellied Destroyer!
Seeing the sudden appearance of thousands of white-bellied destroyers, Zhu Jue, who was sitting on a fly mount, clenched his jaws!
He seemed to have seen the scene where the big banyan tree collapsed in [Linshui City] again. That was the beginning of the defeat of the God's Envoy King's army in their homeland! This time, Zhu Jue will not allow this scene to happen again!
