In the beginning, the ballista fired shotshots.

These shotshots are well-sized stones that are common on the sandy beaches along the great rivers and can be found almost everywhere. But in the eyes of humans, these stones are actually just tiny pieces of gravel.

A single shot of a ballista can fire more than a dozen stone shots at the same time. Although shooting shotshots will bring a drop in range and power, the enemy on the outside of the trench is only two decimeters away, and the shotshots can be fired at a distance sufficient to cover them.

Due to the range of fire, only one ballista fired, and the swarm of swarms flew towards the enemy.

At first glance, the speed of the shot shot does not seem to be fast, and the protagonist's eyes can even catch the trajectory and shadow of the shotshot.

But this is only an illusion, and the eyes of living beings have evolved to perceive the fastest speed that living organisms can achieve, and they will misjudge faster moving objects. The speed of the ballista shell is actually extremely fast and not small.

If these shotshots hit an army of big-headed ants or paving ants, they can cause more than double-digit casualties in an instant. However, if it hits a large beetle or other insect, because the kinetic energy of each scattered bullet is actually only a tenth of the total kinetic energy of the ballista shot, it cannot break the armor.

The Slayer Slayer is larger than an ant and smaller than a medium to large insect, and the damage caused to them by a dense rain of bullets is also somewhere between the damage inflicted on ordinary ants and medium to large insects.

The Destroyers were so dense and large that almost none of the dozen shotshots missed, smashing into the Destroyer formation. Those who were hit in limbs, antennae, compound eyes, etc., which lacked the protection of the outer carapace or where the carapace was weak, were immediately hit hard.

However, most shotshots only hit the carapace part, and although they cause some damage, such as cracking the carapace or injuring its internal organs, it is not enough to kill or even render the wounded person incapacitated.

Scattershots can also bounce multiple times to deal secondary damage when facing the military formation of ordinary ants, but against the destroyer with a strong carapace, the secondary damage is about equal to none.

The protagonist also notices that the shotgun is not ideal, and he prepares to have the ballista change its ammunition and use boulder bullets to suppress it.

At this point, the Destroyers quickly used their excellent vision to discover the source of the threat after encountering a long-range strike. Instead of panicking at the attack of the mysterious weapon, they accelerated their movement to make it difficult for the ballista to aim and hit, which was a useful countermeasure.

It has to be said that although they are lackluster in formation, the Destroyers are extremely flexible in dealing with the ever-changing battlefield situation, and they do not have the rigid appearance that has not changed for many years like other ants.

For example, the paving ant barbarian country, perhaps from the time when they rose hundreds of years ago, it was the current set of tactics, until now it is about to fall, and the tactics have not changed.

The same is true of the Big-Headed Ant Kingdom, even with the Divine Envoy King Legion as a reference, until the collapse of the Great King's Council faction, only some of the legions have undergone tactical innovation, and their number is only about one or two percent in the heyday of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom.

Ants are generally conservative, slow to progress, and not adaptable.

But the Destroyer is an exception.

Led by the Destroyer in front of them, the Destroyers moving at high speed were much less likely to be hit, and they quickly found two of the three passages and gathered there to prepare to pass through the trench.

But these passages are extremely narrow, and can only accommodate three or four large-headed ants and worker ants passing side by side, and the beetles of the Divine King's legion have to be careful every time they pass by.

The Destroyers were also able to pass through the passage in a single column, and by this time, the two ballistae facing the passage had already changed their ammunition.

According to the plan, the Ballista Squad will not use scattered bullets when shooting enemies in the lane, but will use Arrows with better penetration and Boulder Bullets with higher damage.

Previously, in the swampy area, the protagonist had extremely limited arrows at hand, and this kind of arrows with extremely penetrating power and accurate shooting could only be used to shoot at some high-value targets, and could not be used lightly.

However, it is different in [Bridgehead], which is much more convenient to [Dongyang City], and the full-time ammunition production team in [Dongyang City] has produced hundreds of giant arrows, most of which are divided into [Bridgehead] and [Linshui City].

The [bridgehead] has an inventory of 42 arrows, and each ballista can be divided into 14, although it cannot be squandered at will, but it is much more generous than in the southern swamps. In order to adapt the newly trained ballista to the battle, the protagonist allows each ballista to use 2 giant arrows in this battle.

Giant arrows are much easier to transport than ballistas, so although the large-scale transportation has now been terminated due to the cooling down, there is still a giant arrow convoy carrying more than twenty giant arrows on the way to the [bridgehead].

These arrows are not the makeshift and shoddy stuff of the protagonist in the swampy area, they have flint arrowheads and tail feathers made of insect leather, and the arrows are 1.5 cm long and very thick.

The ballista is powered by the tendons of the hind legs of four locusts, and just imagine the terrifying bouncing power of the locusts to imagine the power of this ballista.

When the first arrow was fired, the Destroyer who was hit head-on was like being kicked by two locusts at the same time, and was immediately carried upside down by the arrow.

The arrows pierced four more Destroyers along the way, and knocked the next few Destroyers into the trench, which struggled but the trench was covered in slippery mud and made it difficult for them to climb up.

With just one arrow, four Destroyers were completely wiped out, making several Destroyers temporarily unable to enter the battle, which is an excellent cost performance.

The giant arrow in the second passage also fired a shot, achieving similar results.

The Destroyers still swarmed through the passages, trying to quickly make their way through narrow passages that were only a decimeter long. The heavy losses of the front team were not enough to stop these murderous and bloodthirsty destroyers from continuing their attack.

The two ballistas quickly loaded a second shell, and this time to save the arrows, both ballistas were loaded with boulders the size of mung beans, which were more numerous.

At this time, some of the destroyers had already passed through the passage and were heading towards the ant mounds and protective nets.

Ballista fires quickly.

If the arrows pierce through the passage, then the boulders are constantly ejecting, and as long as they do not fall into the water or completely lose their kinetic energy, these stone bullets will always cause casualties to the destroyer.

The Destroyer on the passage was emptied again, and the Destroyer who had just crossed the trench was completely disconnected from the large army in the rear.

At this time, the sun had completely set, and the afterglow was still shining at dusk.

The Destroyers suddenly turned around en masse and retreated, not even the Destroyers who had already touched the edge of the [bridgehead] walls.

This outpost battle came to an abrupt end.