The Destroyer drove the dispersed Maolin Ant Army towards [Taojiao City].
The commander of the Maolin Ant Army was no longer able to restrain the troops. The most elite legions around him barely maintained order, protecting the highest-ranking noble male ants and retreating together among the chaotic army. The other troops have long since lost their command structure and are all following the trend.
Fortunately, the Destroyer seemed to have other ideas. It did not completely cut off the retreat route of the Maolin Ant Army. Instead, the two wings continued to press, causing the Maolin Ant Army to retreat and move towards [Taojiao City] along the only remaining channel. A bloody massacre was avoided. Only those remnant soldiers who have lost their wits and run around will be killed and driven away when they approach the cordon set up by the Destroyer.
The hairy forest ants and slaves of various races were in a mess, and naturally fled towards the only place where they could escape without knowing what was going on. They had no idea what the purpose of the Radar Destroyer was. In the air, the flying couriers could see clearly - after the Destroyer laid out two cordons, the main force went ashore, followed the long and narrow road bridge, bypassed [Taojiao City], and continued to advance - —They simply ignored this battlefield.
The Destroyer didn't even pay attention to such a big target as [Taojiao City] and the 100,000 defeated forest ants, and didn't pay attention to the millions of pursuers behind him. It was obvious that he had a big plan.
On the other side, "Shui Xing", who received the report, had nothing to do. His vanguard troops had already arrived at the edge of the battlefield in a hurry. But at this time, all the Destroyers had crossed the canal. After realizing that the pursuers were approaching, some troops were left behind to set up defenses along the canal previously dug by the hairy forest ants.
The vanguard of the South Route Army only tentatively crossed the river. As soon as they landed on the beach, they were pushed back cleanly by the Destroyer behind them and fled back in a hurry. After nightfall, the main force of the South Route Army arrived. Several attempts to cross the river failed. The battlefield here is narrow and it is extremely unrealistic to achieve a frontal breakthrough without a combat advantage. The defenses deployed by the Maolin Ant Army before had failed to stop the Destroyers, but now they were really defending themselves.
Seeing that the army of Destroyers had quickly moved away before dusk, and that the front was only a few feet away from the main nest circle, the panicked "Shui Xing" ordered the use of the white-flowered pyrethrum poison weapon originally used for the decisive battle, and then drove the Destroyers away.
When the poisonous fog dissipated and the Maolin ant army crossed the canal, the Destroyer ants on the opposite side had already emptied their positions, leaving only a hundred corpses on the ground. The army of hairy forest ants hurriedly crossed the canal while filling the land, and summoned the remnants of yesterday's battle at the foot of [Taojiao City].
"Water Apricot" angrily killed 36 commanders and asked them to bear the responsibility of defeat to the Water God with death. He also sent flying messengers to alert the main nest. But apart from that, there are very few remedies that can be done!
In order to complete the battle of [Taojiao City], "Shui Xing" made all his arrangements in the first two days. Although there is still a position that can block the Destroyer outside the main nest circle, because of his arrangement, Now there is simply no army that can take a shortcut and get there in time to set up defenses. The main nest circle is now like a fat and strong worm without burrs, exposing its most vulnerable abdomen to the front of the destroyer army.
How could "Shui Xing" have never imagined that the plan to surround and annihilate the Destroyer's army in [Willow Coast City] with a large amount of troops invested was completely ruined by the Destroyer's choice to break out of the encirclement in the opposite direction. Obviously, as long as the Destroyer stays where he is, or breaks out in the direction he came from, the army of hairy forest ants will have backup plans, but why does it become like this! ? "Shui Xing" is very puzzled!
In addition, subsequent interceptions along the way ended in failure. The Destroyer was even able to curb the desire to kill for a long time, and went west, west, and west again without any hesitation. It only paid four-digit battle losses, and almost all of the army was destroyed. The purpose of the campaign was completely achieved.
Now "Shui Xing" can only continue to lead his army in pursuit, and at the same time hope that the Destroyer can delay time due to being blocked or busy killing somewhere in the main nest circle, so that his army can catch up with the battle. Otherwise, it would be an unforgivable sin if the Destroyer army really rushed to the main nest and disturbed the Water God and the elders.
The North Route Army, which was originally three to five days away, received a military report that the [Taojiao City] defense line had been breached. The "Shui Jing" also became ruthless and urged the army to hurry up and hurry up. Now there are only 2 kilometers away from the South Route Army. The sky is far away. The two armies will soon join forces. Even if they lose the advantage of encirclement, they will still be able to fight the Destroyer head-on. Therefore, "Shui Xing" feels that this battle can still be fought.
But he couldn't see this day anymore.
Just two days later, the Destroyer broke into the main nest circle, and then cleanly destroyed a medium-sized secondary nest with a population of 100,000 military and civilian ants, and then continued to move along the water bank in the direction of the main nest.
The Elders Council of the main nest had previously ordered all nests in the main nest circle to mobilize, and gathered a wave of soldiers to try to stop the fallen nest. However, the fortifications of the main nest circle were not repaired, and they had not experienced war for a long time. In addition, the troops that were hastily mobilized were mostly old, weak and slaves. Almost all the elite soldiers were transferred out, so they could not hold on for even a day. The army was destroyed. Not even a few ants broke out, but they were blocked inside the tree nest and easily destroyed by the destroyer.
Now, the Destroyer army is only 3 days away from the main nest.
"Shui Xing" chased the supervisor almost sleeplessly for three days and two nights. When he was sleepy, he had to be carried by a few slaves and took a nap. He had almost no food or water. There is only half a day away from the Destroyer army, and a battle is imminent. Unexpectedly, a messenger came from the air with instructions at this time, and "Shui Xing" was dismissed directly and taken to the main nest. The entire army was handed over to the command of "Shui Jing", and was temporarily commanded by the adjutant.
Since then, no ants have seen "Shui Xing" again...
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The change of commander before the battle was undoubtedly a failure. The main force of the hairy forest ants, which was about to catch up with the enemy, was delayed for another half day due to the turmoil of the change of commander.
It was this last half-day distance that prevented them from catching up with the Destroyer.
In the next three days, the destroyer army avoided several auxiliary nests, but still focused on the main nest of the hairy forest ants. In places that cannot be avoided, the Destroyer also uses extremely powerful combat power, often destroying the city and destroying the nest within half a day. The old and weak remaining troops in the main nest circle who have been in peace for a long time are simply unable to resist.
Finally, the army of destroyers arrived outside the main nest of the Maolin Ant Nation. Here, the Maolin Ant Nation used various means to piece together an army of 50,000 people, and hastily deployed a thin final line of defense!
