[Liu San City] As the reserve attack of the Pavement Ant Empire army collapsed under the roar of rockets, the commanders of the front-line troops who were greatly affected were shaken, and even their troops were also attacked by the civilized ant coalition forces across the board. After the counterattack, the whole line from point to line was finally defeated.
The failure of two consecutive attacks made the Pavement Ant Archduke furious. Regardless of the fact that it was already getting late, he just gathered a group of defeated troops and went crazy towards the direction of the rocket launcher unit, vowing to destroy them and return them.
But the rocket launcher unit of the Divine Envoy Army still hit and run, carrying the rocket launchers onto the beasts of burden, with flying knights in the air to detect and cover them. After choosing the retreat route, they didn't even expect to be chased away.
At the same time, the civilized ant coalition was chasing the defeated soldiers of the Pavement Ant Empire across the mountains and plains, finally forcing them to give up the idea of continuing to fight and collect the defeated troops near the camp.
Seeing that it was already night, Zhu Jue quickly ordered his troops to retreat. Reinforcements from the civilized ant alliance are coming in a steady stream. There is no need to risk fighting all night. It would be unsightly to lose if one is not careful.
In two battles today, the civilized ant coalition forces wiped out about 20,000 pavement ant empire troops with more than 4,000 casualties. The exchange was good, and the goal of delaying time and covering [Liu San City] was achieved.
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That night, Zhu Jue received another reinforcement of more than 20,000 troops. Half of them were the Divine Envoy King's army, and the other half were the leaf-cutting ant army who came for reinforcements. He had more troops on hand.
A partial division dispatched by Zhu Jue yesterday also reported that it had maneuvered into position and was on standby, ready to attack at any time. Zhu Jue ordered the army to hide in place, and with the cooperation of the flying knights, they lurked and waited for his orders.
As for the Pavement Ant Imperial Army, except for the army that directly attacked [Liu San City] and confronted Zhu Jue's troops, which has made no progress for the time being, several other armies are still attacking the city and plundering territory with great momentum. They have already entered from the north. It goes deep in the two directions of , , and south, and it seems to be completely isolating [Liu San City].
Zhu Jue had to fly to report the main reinforcements of leaf-cutting ants that were coming, so that they would not have to come to join him, but to consolidate the rear of [Liu San City], contain the offensive of the Pavement Ant Imperial Army, and avoid [Liu San City] The city] became an isolated island, thus losing the channel for transporting supplies.
In fact, the pressure on Zhu Jue is also great. The second batch of troops from the Pavement Ant Empire will arrive the next day. No matter how hard the Flying Knights try to contain them, they cannot completely block their maneuvers. By then, there will be as many as 200,000 pavement ant imperial troops, and Zhu Jue's troops will be less than half of them. They must also prevent the enemy troops from breaking into the territories of various tribes near [Liu San City], causing them to be passive.
Fortunately, the main reinforcements of the Divine Envoy King's Legion that Zhu Jue expected are being assembled on a large scale in [Panxia City] and other places. They can arrive at the war zone within a week. This is Zhu Jue's ultimate confidence, even in difficult circumstances. He also dared to prevent the reinforcements from the leaf-cutter ants from coming to join him.
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The next morning, the Pavement Ant Imperial Army launched another offensive.
This time, while facing a head-on confrontation, the Pavement Ant Empire Army also learned a lesson. Instead of engaging in frontal battle, all the silver ants and green beetles were dispersed into countless small clusters, spreading over a large area on the battlefield. Search to avoid further rocket attacks.
The intention of the Pavement Ant Imperial Army is obvious. They want to use the expanded scouting scope to detect the rocket launcher in advance and prevent it from shooting, or at least bite it after shooting to prevent it from retreating, waiting for more troops to come to encircle and annihilate it, and completely eliminate it. this threat.
But Zhu Jue didn't care. Under the detection of the flying knights in the sky, there was no secret in the various deployments of the Pavement Ant Empire Army. The battlefield was almost one-way transparent to Zhu Jue!
So, when the battle heated up again, the roar of rockets sounded again!
This time, the rocket launcher troops actually circled directly behind the Pavement Ant Imperial Army and fired from a clump of grass. The target was the main formation of the Pavement Ant Imperial Army!
It has to be said that the Pavement Ant Empire army did not expect this move at all. They knew that there were reinforcements half a day away from the rear. There were constant messengers between the two armies. This should be the safest direction. Any enemy troops could detour here at any time. Being attacked from two sides.
But that's what the rocket launcher troops did. They had small targets and could move quickly on the beasts. They boldly and flexibly maneuvered on the chaotic battlefield with the help of terrain and obstacles under the coordination of the flying knights, and then suddenly lightning struck like a mantis that had been dormant for a long time. Half shot!
This time the rocket attack caused chaos to the main formation of the Pavement Ant Empire Army. Its supreme commander, the Archduke, was also extremely embarrassed and hurriedly hid underground to escape.
Not far from the Grand Duke, he saw with his own eyes that a reserve commander with the title of Duke was torn into pieces by the sand and gravel splashed by the explosion. He felt deep fear and lost his courage!
The civilized ant coalition once again took advantage of the situation to counterattack, and once again forced the Pavement Ant Imperial Army back across the board!
The Pavement Ant Imperial Army had to return to camp to rest, and the morale of its commanders had hit rock bottom. The Archduke could only hold on without fighting, and the entire army's fighting spirit plummeted.
This was a good opportunity for the civilized ant tribe coalition forces to take advantage of the situation to encircle and counterattack this enemy force, which already had less than 100,000 troops. However, as another large group of enemy forces gradually approached, Zhu Jue could only withdraw the pursuing troops and continue to consolidate the current situation. There is a line of defense.
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In the afternoon of the same day, the second batch of troops from the Pavement Ant Empire Army arrived. The two armies joined together, with a total strength of nearly 200,000.
This time, the supreme commander of Qi became a "king", one of the "Twelve Kings" of the Pavement Ant Empire. Even before the war with the Destroyer, this "king" also had the title of Duke, and once owned a territory with a hundred large and small nests, but all of them were reduced to ashes under the minions of the Destroyer.
Now there are three "kings" participating in this southern expedition against the civilized ant tribe, hoping to gain new territory by conquering the war. Since the highest-ranking "Three Emperors" and "Six Emperors" never leave the main nest, the "King" is the highest-ranking commander of the Pavement Ant Empire's army.
The "king" in front of him is obviously more cautious and sophisticated than the previous Grand Duke. He has rich combat experience and has never been afraid or take it lightly even when faced with the Destroyer. At the same time, he is good at observing the battlefield and handling the battle situation flexibly.
This is a marshal who grew up in blood and corpses!
Under the command of the "King", the Pavement Ant Imperial Army first dispatched more than 20 small troops with hundreds to thousands of troops to seize several key points and highest points near the battlefield, expanding the entire army's warning range and blocking rocket launchers. Interspersed maneuvers.
Zhu Jue originally planned to divide his troops to fight tit for tat, but when he saw that the enemy's fast troops were waiting for him to take the bait, he thought twice and canceled the plan!
