All the generals under "Crystal" felt justified. Seeing that the enemy army had not been exhausted by the slaves, they invested their troops at this time and did not intend to lose more of their own warriors.
You must know that the colonies of the hairy forest ants are numerous but scattered. Although there is air transportation, commuting is not as convenient as the land route. Over time, under the influence of the environment, a tradition of military generals has been formed.
According to tradition, every adult male ant in the Maolin ant tribe has dozens to hundreds of working ant warriors, and several times that number of slaves. The big nobles control a number of small and medium-sized nobles, forming layers of feudalism. system, except that the nest territory is shared and not divided. New adult male ants are given the first batch of subordinates by local male ants. As they make contributions and earn reputation, the newly hatched worker ants and slave ants, in addition to supplementing losses, are assigned to various nobles according to their merits. Some nobles In order to continuously strengthen their own strength, the nobles are also particularly concerned about the loss of their own military strength.
The highest authority of the Maolin ant clan is the Council of Elders, which is composed of some of the largest nobles. The number of elders is variable and is selected every six years based on the strength of the great nobles. Generally, there are no more than 36 elders.
"Crystal" is currently just an ordinary nobleman and has not yet entered the Presbyterian Council. With his previous military exploits, if he succeeds this time, he will have a great chance of being selected for the new Presbyterian Council in two years. However, at this time, among the generals under his command, there were quite a few vassals and slaves who were as powerful as him. They were in a competitive relationship. It was inevitable that they would be brought along intentionally, and it would be difficult for him to carry out his will.
After a while, seeing that the Destroyers had almost gathered together, and the small group of stubborn troops in front of them were still resisting vigorously, "Crystal" finally couldn't hold back, and had to send the small noble vassals and ant warriors under his command. Go up and attack the enemy.
Most of the noble generals still did not move. Only "Shui Sheng" received help from the close male ants after escaping back. Some of his soldiers and generals were also sent up. Together with the troops sent by the other nobles to assist in the battle, there were 400 troops. The remaining forest ant warriors moved forward.
The Destroyer's stubborn army had been fighting for a long time, and was restrained by slave ants on all sides. This group of hairy forest ant warriors joined the battle as a new force, and soon broke through a corner of the enemy's formation and opened an opening. Now even though the Destroyer was brave and good at fighting, he lost the cover of his formation and was surrounded and killed by the hairy forest ants and slave ants one by one.
After destroying this group of destroyers, nearly a hundred Maolin ant warriors were killed. "Crystal" and other generals who sent troops felt sad and hurriedly withdrew their troops.
The slave troops are paid by various noble families and are under the unified command of "Crystal". This is the only freedom of command that he, the supreme commander, has. Anyway, in the eyes of the Maolin ant nobles, the lives of slave ants are worthless. Through The trade of this clan can exchange for a large amount of cheap ant eggs, and after making achievements, it is easy to make up for the losses in battle.
"Crystal" asked the slave army to sweep the tree holes in the arbor, and then occupied the entrance to the only rope bridge on the arbor connected to the woods on the small island in the center of the lake, preparing to continue the attack.
Most of the Destroyers are in the woods in the center of the island, which is also the core area of this swamp colony. The nest on this tree is now just a barrier and bridgehead for the colony to connect to the land.
The Destroyer troops have been assembled into several large groups, one of which was stationed at the other end of the rope bridge. They were far away before and lacked communication. After receiving the sharp friction warning, they just stood firm and did not rush across the bridge to support this group. Side companions.
The slave ants climbed one by one along the rope bridge as thick as a mung bean. The Destroyer occupied the bridge head, five of them side by side, and easily killed the slave ants that were climbing in line one by one, and threw the corpses down the trees. The remaining slave ants were afraid to move forward, and "Crystal" did not want to invest any more of his precious warriors in fighting and losing. The battle situation was at a stalemate for a while. Even the Destroyer boldly pushed back along the rope bridge, but the slave ants couldn't resist and retreated one after another.
"Crystal" hurriedly ordered the Dragonfly Air Force accompanying the army to dispatch. These Dragonfly Air Force had no means of ground attack, but could transport troops to the enemy's rear. "Aquatic" is the most familiar with the local environment and volunteered to lead his troops to join the war.
This tactic of airborne landing behind enemy lines, raiding the enemy's weak points, and even beheading the enemy's top commander is the best tactic of the Maolin ant clan. Other noble generals felt that this was an opportunity to make meritorious deeds. At this time, they no longer remained silent and asked to join the battle. , the number of troops signed up to participate in the war greatly exceeded the carrying capacity of the Dragonfly Air Force.
"Crystal" had no choice but to airborne the troops in three batches. "Aquatic" took the first batch first, and the other two batches joined the battle one after another. And he finally persuaded some other generals to send out warrior ants to set up a formation on the rope bridge's own side to prevent the overwhelming Destroyer from pushing back and occupying the tree on the bridgehead again.
But on the "aquatic" side, he circled twice in the air to get a glimpse of the strength of the Destroyer troops, and let the dragonfly land on a tree. There are six rope bridges on this tree, which can be said to be connected in all directions. It is also a transportation hub in the colony. It is not far from the battlefield, but the Destroyer does not have many troops here.
As soon as the first group of hairy forest ant warriors landed, they fought with the oncoming Destroyers to cover the landing of subsequent reinforcements. As the number of hairy forest ant troops increased, they quickly drove the destroyers back into the tree holes.
"Aquatic" left a small number of hairy forest ant warriors to attack the tree hole, and then divided his troops and asked a few small noble generals to lead their own warriors to cut off the five nearby rope bridges to prevent the Destroyer army from passing. There is only a rope bridge left leading to the shore, but it can be used to attack the back of the fighting Destroyer, making it vulnerable from both sides.
Several rope bridges were successfully cut off before the Destroyer came. Now if the Destroyer wanted to get to this tree, he had to go around the tree in the fighting area first.
At this time, the second batch of reinforcements arrived by air, and the opportunity was not to be missed. "Shui Sheng" ignored the troops who stayed to clear the tree holes, and personally led other troops to the battlefield.
When they passed the rope bridge smoothly, there were not many Destroyers to stop them. Only a few nearby scattered Destroyers were alerted to resist, and they were quickly defeated.
Unexpectedly, two fish slipped through the net and hid in the sentry hole at the head of the bridge. There must be one or two of these sentinel holes next to every rope bridge. They are drilled just under the bark of the tree to provide shelter from wind and rain for the sentinels guarding the bridge. They are very small inside and can only accommodate two or three hairy forest ants.
The Destroyer was bigger, with his body retracted into the sentinel hole, and half of his head still outside. The two Destroyer heads, one on the left and one on the right, looked like a pair of door gods, exactly blocking the passage of the rope bridge.
The Destroyer hiding in the Sentinel Cave blocks the rear without fear of siege. The Maulin Ant Warrior can only attack frontally with its jaws. If not careful, the Destroyer behind it will bite and die. The advantage of the army cannot be used. The offensive was not going well for a while...
