The mist on the river continued to blow towards the land. At this moment before sunrise when the sky was about to light up, the location of the civilized ant alliance was quickly shrouded in wet mist. The moon and stars disappeared into the fog in advance before they were obscured by sunlight.
Vaguely, this land seemed lifeless. The land, rocks, and plants had all turned into the monotonous dark color of ink paintings.
But under the ground covered with white mist, tens of thousands of ants were crowded in the nest built by the army ants. There is also a shallow cave dug roughly on the periphery of this lair. The security forces only left a few sentries on the ground, and most of the soldiers squeezed underground to rest. This is the camp of Zhu Jue’s civilized ant alliance!
Today's whole day of marching and fighting greatly consumed the soldiers' physical strength. At this time, all the dry food delivered from the ship and the food stored in the army ant nests were distributed. Soldiers of all races were more or less allocated some food, which was eaten to replenish their energy.
A sickle-hunting ant sentinel stretched out its tentacles vigilantly in the pale mist, sometimes dancing in the air, sometimes sticking to the ground. She was conscientiously alert for strange sounds, which might mean an enemy attack.
The mist formed a layer of dew on her carapace, forcing her to clean it frequently and suck the moisture away with her mouth. Although the temperature is not low at night, the dew will still take away precious heat. So even if this ant is not thirsty, she still has to suck all the water out of her body.
During the period from when the sun rose to a certain height, several groups of army ants came to join forces nearby. Some of them took the initiative to move closer to the nest here, while others were spotted and lured back by the scouts patrolling outside. of.
However, until it was completely light, Zhu Jue's troops still had not joined the main force of the marching ant army, but they had not been attacked, and they did not know the specific situation of the battlefield outside.
Along the river, the fleet looked like the shadows of huge monsters, appearing and disappearing in the mist. The hundreds of ropes extending from the fleet to the ground are countless monster tentacles. The rope extends on the land, only a few meters away from the camp nest, and can be ready for the army to board the ship at any time. This was the reason why Zhu Jue dared to camp against the water on the battlefield.
It is already dawn, and Zhu Jue must decide the next move of the coalition forces, whether to leave or stay.
But what disappointed him was that the Flying Knight was still unable to provide effective intelligence - it was because of the darkness last night, and now it was because of the heavy fog.
This fog was not dissipated immediately after dawn, nor did it only cover a small area along the river bank. The flying knight who flew out reported that within half an hour's journey, there was white fog everywhere, making it difficult to conduct investigation and obtain information.
Zhu Jue has been troubled by the fog of war since last night. Without intelligence support, Zhu Jue cannot know himself and the enemy. The Radar Destroyer is unlikely to be interfered with.
The enemy is hidden and we are clear, the enemy is numerous and we are outnumbered. One wrong decision may lead to the annihilation of the entire army! How to decide? A difficult choice faced Zhu Jue.
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In the end, Zhu Jue decided to wait until the clouds cleared and the fog cleared, and then he decided to take the next step when he had information.
This is the most balanced approach at present. Blindly leaving the river bank to look for friendly troops may be surrounded. Although it is safe to return to the original route, it also declares that this operation has basically failed. Only by braking safely can there be a glimmer of hope.
For this reason, Zhu Jue sent a large number of ground scouts to patrol and investigate around the camp to guard against sudden enemy attacks. He also tried to replace the flying knights to complete the investigation.
The soldiers in the camp also began to strengthen the defenses, digging trenches and building earth walls. Some of the light millet cannons on the ship were removed and artillery positions were set up to supplement the firepower density of the naval guns and cover blind spots.
The campground remained uneventful until about five hours later, near noon, when the fog finally became thin enough to not seriously interfere with vision.
The Flying Knights went out to conduct reconnaissance as early as when the fog started to thin. At this time, they brought back extremely shocking information - about half a day's walk northwest of the camp, traces of a huge battlefield were discovered, where the main force of the army of marching ants was defeated.
On the battlefield, there were about 200,000 corpses of army ants and destroyers, of which seventy-eight percent were army ants. Considering that the total number of army ants in the encircled area is only 500,000, some of them were gathered by Zhu Jue, and most of the rest were scattered. This group of army ants was already the largest resistance force assembled on the battlefield. Unexpectedly, it was already there when it was discovered. completely annihilated.
The ruins of the battlefield are still fresh, and the battle has just ended. If Zhu Jue had known about it last night and rushed to support at all costs, he might have saved this allied force. But now, only corpses are left.
The flying knights discovered that more than 100,000 Destroyers were moving rapidly from this battlefield to the camp of Zhu Jue's coalition forces, and would arrive in about 4 hours.
Other flying knights also discovered dozens of battlefields of varying sizes. The scale of battles ranged from thousands to tens of thousands, and the number of battle battlefields below a thousand was even more numerous than they could count. Whether it is a battle that has ended or an ongoing battle on these battlefields, the marching ant army is basically defeated.
In the face of the Destroyers, who have both advantages in quantity and combat power, and in the situation where the Destroyers mobilized in an orderly manner at night and the marching ant army fought independently, most of the effective strength of the marching ant army in the protruding part had been annihilated overnight.
There are also many army ant troops running around like headless flies, or stranded in certain places. The flying knights tried their best to contact them and guide these troops to approach the camp of Zhu Jue's coalition forces.
But at the same time, more than a dozen groups of Destroyers were marching towards the camp, totaling as many as 300,000. After all, after annihilating the new force of the marching ant army, Zhu Jue's coalition force is the only organized resistance force remaining on the battlefield, and it is also the last prey in the Destroyer's compound eyes.
Zhu Jue did not expect that the army of army ants on the battlefield was still resisting yesterday and was almost defeated after one day and one night. The original intention of the coalition forces to stay was to unite and rescue as many marching ant warriors as possible. Now the results are limited, but they themselves are in danger.
Zhu Jue decisively and coldly decided to abandon the army of marching ants who were still rushing to the camp after hearing the news, and ordered the God Envoy King's army to board the ship immediately. The fleet quickly headed south after accepting them.
The army of marching ants, the army of black fire ants and a small number of completely different blind leaf-cutting ant warriors on the shore moved along the river bank under the cover of the fleet, retreating southward by both land and water.
An hour later, the coalition forces broke out of camp and set off. The original army ant defenders of the camp nest took the initiative to stay behind. Although they already knew that their army had suffered a disastrous defeat, "King Khan" was also missing. But they still firmly carried out the "King Khan's" final order to stick to the lair!
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