Chapter 186: Desperate Pursuit
The troops behind the palace of the parasitic ant migration army were not specially drawn to guard against the pursuit of the Divine Envoy King Legion, except for the two elite squads that were fully formed, most of them were the old, weak, sick and disabled who had unconsciously fallen behind in the long march day and night.
The parasitic ants clearly did not want to give up nearly a fifth of their companions, as evidenced by the two all-soldier ant squads sent out - the sturdy soldier ants and large worker ants in the squad were invaluable to the parasitic ants.
The Great Worker Ants have been vigilant in the rear, but the protagonist's eyesight far exceeds theirs, and under the command of the Protagonist, the vanguard troops of the Divine Envoy King's Legion adjusted their formation outside of the Great Worker Ant's field of vision, and then pounced on the enemy like a tiger descending from a mountain.
Although the great worker ants who kept looking at the Empress Gu saw the incoming Divine Envoy King Legion soldiers from a meter away, the legionnaires who were advancing at full speed did not give the enemy a chance to adjust their formation, and rushed headlong into the parasitic ant guard troops that were still in chaos.
The resistance of the parasitic ants was very tenacious, although there were only two squads of soldier ants among them, and the others were old and sick who could not even catch up with the footsteps of the main force.
But when the gods united the king's army into a strict formation to kill, even if these parasitic ants didn't even form a defensive formation, they still left their burdens behind without hesitation, and reflexively killed the god's army one by one.
Although this kind of individual martial arts is like a moth to a fire most of the time without organizational support, it does not cause any damage to the Divine Envoy King Legion, but it effectively slows down their advancement.
The forward force led by the protagonist is only twenty squads, and the other troops are still five minutes away, which is not numerically superior to the enemy.
Under the stubborn resistance of the parasitic ant guard troops, the advance force was not fast, after all, even if 2,000 enemies did not resist and let them kill, it would take a while.
The protagonist watches the battle from a grain ear of dogtail grass not far from the battlefield, and what makes him care is that the two full parasitic ant squads that were originally guarding these old, weak, sick and disabled did not participate in the battle, but hurriedly escaped with the little time gained by the bloody sacrifice of the protected object.
It seems that the commanders of these two squads have been ordered to retreat when they are attacked, otherwise with the aggressive nature of parasitic ants, they will also kill and want to drag a cushion on their backs, knowing that it is a dead end.
No matter how brave the enemy is, he is still a mantis arm in front of the iron hooves of the well-organized, high-morale, and well-formed forward troops. In less than twenty minutes, with the assistance of the main force that arrived later, the old, weak, sick and disabled enemy army behind the palace was completely wiped out. As ever, there were no prisoners in this battle, only corpses.
After a short rest, the troops set off again. And the flying knights led by the Flyhawk, who set off from the stump fortress after dawn, also stopped and traced the semapon markers all the way to find the main force.
The protagonist immediately sends the Flying Knights out to scout the enemy's movements. About ten minutes later, when the protagonist can already see a large number of enemies crowded with the uphill pass ahead, the flying knight returns to report the results of the reconnaissance.
The protagonist does not hesitate to let the troops stop temporarily, but also to watch the information packet delivered by the Flying Knight Gate first - in the final battle, the protagonist feels that he needs to be more careful, not to capsize in the gutter in the endless ghost tricks of parasitic ants. Moreover, the pass on the uphill slope ahead is unusually narrow, and there are a large number of parasitic ants that have not passed through the pass, so it will not be a problem to wait for a while.
According to the information packet fed back by the Flyhawk, the protagonist sees that the valley ahead has come to an end, forming a small basin surrounded by mountains on three sides.
To the west of this small basin are the legions of the pursuing Divine Envoys, and to the south and north are the slopes of the hills with steep slopes that are not suitable for large troops. Only the easternmost hills are gentle, and after a five-metre climb there is a pass to traverse the hills that stand in the way.
Behind the pass is a ravine that flows out of the cliffs on either side and leads directly to the lake in front of it. It is a huge lake, and the fly eagle hovers in the air for a while, with no end in sight, and it is a vast ocean for ants.
Half of the parasitic ants had already crossed the pass and moved along the only road towards the shore of the lake, and some were still crowded at the pass, anxiously waiting to cross the narrowest section.
The shores of the lake are full of steep cliffs, and there is only a small stretch of gentle sand for large troops, but the wet and muddy roads will definitely slow down the movement of the parasitic ant troops.
According to the results of the Flying Knights' report, it seems that the parasitic ants have no way to escape, perhaps they just chose the direction of their escape in a panic, but they were eventually led to the shore of a large lake, surrounded by high cliffs and dark woods that looked dangerous, with only narrow roads along the shore of the lake. If you walk along the shore of the lake, you may not need the Divine Messenger King's army to attack, and the rising tide can wipe out these parasitic ants.
The protagonist certainly can't pin his hopes on nature. After confirming that the enemy is at the end of his rope, the protagonist orders the Flying Knights to return, and then directs the Divine Envoy King's army to launch a general attack.
The parasitic ants that have not yet withdrawn outside the pass also heroically resisted, trying to fight for a glimmer of life for their companions who have withdrawn, and this heroic spirit makes the protagonist as an opponent also admire.
After destroying the enemy forces outside the pass, the Divine King's legion encountered a truly formidable resistance as they traversed the narrow pass.
According to feedback from the front, the protagonist can be sure that the enemy has sent out the last combat-ready legion, the one that retreated intact during the defensive battle of the fortress. They barricaded the narrow passes, fending off the swarming warriors of the Divine King.
Both sides are old opponents, but the offensive and defensive momentum has been reversed. With the help of the narrow pass, the parasitic ants finally temporarily restrained the attack of the superior forces of the Divine Envoy King's army at the cost of huge casualties.
As the battle is still raging at the pass, the protagonist does not venture forward, but instead uses the courier's reward to obtain the battle situation.
After learning that the front line was stalemate, and the terrain was too narrow to deploy the troops, the protagonist asked a small group of sturdy soldiers to climb along the steep cliffs on both sides of the pass, went around to the enemy's flank and rear, and flanked the main force in front and rear, and it took a lot of time to finally eliminate the enemy's last formed main force.
After all, the 10,000 migrating enemies have now lost seventy percent of their numbers and all the main army corps, and it is estimated that they will no longer be able to resist.
With a sense of pride, the protagonist steps on the exit of the pass, which is already safe.
Looking at it from a distance, the scene in front of him suddenly made him lose his jaw.