[West Stone Castle] Outside the fortress, the fog has not dissipated. More and more Destroyers appeared from all directions, holding back the coalition forces that had not yet had time to enter the city. However, these troops also contained the Destroyer's offensive and covered more Many companions enter the city.
In the city, a large number of exhausted ants who had temporarily escaped were crowded in the upper part of the nest. As soon as they found a suitable place, they collapsed to the ground. They no longer wanted to move, but they placed the preset battlefield nest like this. The defensive nest was so tightly blocked that even some ballistae were knocked down.
After Zhu Jue found the commander of the garrison and contacted some senior officials of various clans, he issued a strict order and sent a group of warriors from the garrison to the various hives to maintain order, stinging and biting them. The ants who had just rested went back.
[Xishibao] Fortress is one of the three fortresses that Zhu Jue focuses on building. The underground space is huge and can be squeezed into enough to accommodate hundreds of thousands of troops. Under the pressure and guidance, the ants moved again, trickling like trickles into all parts of the nest, freeing up defensive positions.
This newly defeated army is in urgent need of rest and training. Most of them have lost their precious weapons and equipment, and even their food and baggage. They are not only exhausted, but also have no fighting spirit. Many ants are in continuous rain, marching, and fighting. He was also wounded and had no fighting ability in a short period of time.
After the Destroyers cleared away the remaining coalition soldiers on the ground of the [West Stone Castle] fortress, they attacked underground overnight. The fortress could not count on the newly defeated troops, and was still defended by the original defenders.
During today's daytime battle, two of the nine defense lines composed of numerous preset battlefield nests underground in the fortress have been captured. Although they were recaptured before the coalition forces entered the city, the ballistae inside were damaged and the nests were destroyed by the Destroyer. It was so destructed that they had no choice but to give up. The defenders had only seven lines of defense left to rely on.
To make matters worse, when the coalition rear troops finally collapsed on the ground, the rebels swarmed in, and the Destroyers were mixed in and pursued. The defenders of the third line of defense were caught off guard. The Destroyers who had been mixed in were suddenly in front of them and realized that they had lost the opportunity to fight with the ballistae. This line of defense quickly collapsed in the chaos, and even the ballistae and precious artillery were destroyed. Didn't have time to withdraw.
This fortress defense battle is equivalent to fighting from the fourth underground line of defense from the very beginning. The destroyers who attack the city are more ferocious than before, more unafraid of death, and more decisive than moths fluttering into the flame. They gradually break through one after another. A line of defense!
When Zhu Jue's biological clock felt that it was already sunrise the next day, the Destroyers had already attacked the 7th line of defense, leaving the defenders with only the last 3 lines of defense to rely on!
If it were a normal siege, the defenders wouldn't have had such a difficult time. However, they encountered a surprise attack in dense fog during the day yesterday. The defenders already suffered considerable losses in the ground battle. Later, they also suffered losses when they retreated to the underground defense line. Later, they lost a group of elite troops when cooperating with the coalition forces to launch a counterattack. After the coalition forces entered the city, they still suffered losses. Without any replenishment, they encountered a large-scale invasion by the Destroyers.
In addition, in the past, the defenders could get support from the mobile troops commanded by Zhu Jue, but now they can only fight alone. The fortress defenders have killed nearly half of their troops. Zhu Jue really can't blame them!
The defeated coalition troops that retreated into the city were unable to regain their combat effectiveness in a short period of time. The armies of various ethnic groups barely restored their subordinate command relationships. Most of them were not in the original organization. Almost all levels of male ants gathered a group of warriors from their own tribe nearby and reluctantly resumed operations. After being organized, it will take at least several days of training to restore combat effectiveness.
Zhu Jue didn't sleep all night. He gathered together the remaining God's King warriors who were scattered everywhere. Except for a Legion of God's King from the fortress defenders, the only remaining God's King warriors in the coalition's mobile force were only enough to form one. Legion, most of the soldiers are sleeping in the narrow passage to the north of the big rock crack...
It was dark underground, but Zhu Jue's biological clock felt that it was already the morning of August 4th.
The Destroyer's offensive became more and more fierce, and the defenders received no support. Three warnings were issued in a short period of time, reporting that the seventh line of defense was also lost, leaving only the last two lines of defense.
Zhu Jue finally organized a group of coalition forces for reinforcements, but these troops were in poor condition. They could only cooperate with the defenders' auxiliary troops to urgently build a new line of defense behind them, and were unable to support the front-line battle.
For the first time, Zhu Jue felt that the [Xishibao] fortress could no longer hold on. Amid internal and external troubles, there were hundreds of thousands of troops inside the fortress, but it was nothing but scattered sand, with less than one-tenth of the soldiers capable of fighting. Moreover, the supplies in the fortress were prepared for the garrison, which only had tens of thousands of soldiers. After the hundreds of thousands of coalition soldiers retreated into the city, they had quickly consumed a large amount of supplies. If they had stayed here, the supplies in the city would only be enough for a few days. , unable to persist for a long time.
After weighing it up, Zhu Jue personally found the commanders of the Thin-foot Ant Kingdom. Both "Broken Horn" and "Long Horn" were still strong and strong. They did not fall behind in the arduous march and battle, and they were lucky enough to escape from death. Jaw, entered the [West Stone Castle] fortress alive.
Zhu Jue persuaded two senior leaders of the Thin-footed Ant Clan and decided to leave a small number of troops to guard the fortress and contain the enemy. The large army broke out with some of the valuable weapons and supplies in the fortress and moved to the [Hou Shibao] fortress to rest.
It is said that it is a breakthrough, but in fact, it is possible to break through the siege without fighting in the early stage - there is a long underground passage between the [West Stone Fort] Fortress and the [Hou Stone Fort] Fortress, but it is relatively narrow. About a quarter of the troops and the most precious Supplies can be transferred through here.
However, most of the troops must take the risk of moving from the wider secret passage to the ground and break out from the ground. Although the exit of the secret passage is quite far away from the fortress' ground facilities, the influx of so many troops may still disturb the radar destroyer. Attracting enemy pursuit.
The real hard battle comes in the middle and late stages. Once the Destroyer is discovered and attacks later, the coalition forces must guard the entrance and exit of the secret passage to allow other troops to continue to escape. The escaping troops must also be prepared for the pursuit of the Destroyer in the thick fog!
If you decide to break out, you must take the secret passage like this. The long-distance underground passage is really not enough for all the coalition forces to move before the Destroyer breaks through the last few lines of defense. This breakout may result in heavy losses, but staying in the [West Stone Castle] Fortress will only result in the complete annihilation of the entire army!
Zhu Jue selected some honeypot ant troops and the Divine Envoy King's army from the original defenders to stay at the fortress. It was obvious that these troops would not survive, so Zhu Jue and his commander said their final farewells.
Zhu Jue also designated some elite troops as the containment troops for the troops that broke through the secret passage. After the deployment was completed, he issued the military order to break out!
