Chapter 183: Reinforcements Arrive
The battlefield is extremely stale, like a grinding plate of flesh and blood, and both armies are rapidly consuming their precious soldiers, but it is difficult to make a slight tilt on the balance scale.
Perhaps over time, the balance will eventually tipple. But if you want to end this situation quickly, you can only hope for a sudden external force to break it.
In the main formation of the Leaf Cutter Ant Army, there were no troops at this time, except for hundreds of guards and dozens of commanders. But the longer it drags on the battlefield, the better it will be for the Leafcutter Army.
What's more, there are still two reinforcements from the Leaf Cutter Army that have not yet arrived. Therefore, their commanders were not worried, and even began to look forward to enjoying the slaughter of the city in [Slippery Rock City] after the battle.
But at this moment, they noticed a sudden slight noise and confusion on the left wing, and although it was far away, some movement was transmitted.
The commanders looked at each other, not knowing what was happening, so they could only send heralds to check on them.
Soon, a messenger sent by the left flank army ran back, saying that they were attacked by a red fire ant army on their flank, and they were almost unable to resist, and asked for support.
The commanders of the Leaf Cutting Ant Army were shocked, they had no troops to send to support, and they couldn't understand where this new force of red fire ants came from.
In this battle, the two sides fought back and forth for three days, and each side found out the details of the enemy. If the Red Fire Ant Army really hid such a force in the rear, it would be impossible not to be discovered by the Star Sky Bull, and it would have been able to be put into the battlefield long ago to deal a fatal blow to the Leaf Cutting Ant Army, and there was no need to delay until now......
A little reinforcement from the enemy came from elsewhere!
The Leafcutter Commander guessed correctly, this Red Fire Ant Army is not from [Slippery Rock City], but from behind the Leafcutter Ant Army.
At the beginning, the Red Fire Ant Army left an army of about 40,000 on the border to guard against the attack of the Leaf Cutting Ant Army.
When the Leaf Cutting Ant Army attacked in a big way, this Red Fire Ant Army was ordered to retreat to preserve its strength, and then wanted to rush to [Slippery Rock City] to join the main force.
However, the Leaf Cutting Ant Army moved very fast, blocking the way back of the Red Fire Ant Army, and the Red Fire Ant Army was forced to make a detour to avoid the edge.
The Leaf Cutting Ant Army was in a hurry to attack [Talcum City], so only a small force was left to follow and pursue this Red Fire Ant Army, while the large army continued to advance towards [Talc City] as originally planned.
The Red Fire Ant Army eventually used their familiarity with the terrain to shake off the pursuing Leafcutter Army, and they kept in touch with the main force of [Slippery Rock City].
It's just that in order to get rid of the pursuers, this red fire ant army went around a little far, and hurried all the way, but fortunately, they were about to catch up with the end of the battle, and their timely appearance completely broke the balance on the battlefield.
The left flank of the Leaf Cutting Ant Army quickly collapsed under the attack from both sides, and the reinforcements of the Red Fire Ant Army and the left wing troops immediately chased after the rout, and rushed murderously towards the middle army of the Leaf Cutting Ant Army.
Although the Chinese army of the leaf-cutter ant army is strong, it is already four or five o'clock in the afternoon at this time, and the leaf-cutter ant warriors have been fighting all day, without food and rest, but they have not been able to make progress, they are already sleepy and lacking ants, and it is difficult to parry for a while.
Seeing that the troops in the middle were in a desperate situation, and the right wing troops themselves could only support themselves, and the commanders were in chaos and anxiety in the leaf-cutting ant formation, which had no troops to send.
The rout of the left flank troops who fled to their own positions were collected, and after being regrouped, they returned to the center of the battlefield. But such a small-scale reinforcement of dozens or hundreds of groups could not make a splash at all on the battlefield of 100,000 in the middle lane.
The two Star Bulls, who were seriously injured and unfit for battle, were also forced to take off and seek help from reinforcements to the east and west respectively.
The commanders of the Leafcutter Ant Army were already sick and rushed to the hospital.
The reinforcements to the west were the same troops that had been chasing the Red Fire Ant reinforcements, and they had been looking around like flies for their targets, and it was only yesterday that they received new orders and were rushing to the battlefield.
But yesterday, this army was still two days away, and it was impossible to reach the battlefield before dark today, and when they arrived, it was estimated that they would have to collect the bodies of the main force.
The Star Celestial Ox Messenger to the east is no better, the Leaf Cutting Ant Army has never known the whereabouts of the Divine Envoy King Legion, and just now, even the flying knights in the sky have retreated, and the Star Celestial Bull can only look in the general direction to the east.
At this moment, the Leaf-Cutting Ant Army seemed to have fallen into the desperate situation of last year's "Battle of the World", with an advantage in troops, but it was difficult to escape the end of defeat.
This battle, which lasted for three days, finally entered the second half, the offensive and defensive momentum reversed, and the Red Fire Ant Army began a fierce counterattack, while the Leaf Cutting Ant Army was defeated step by step, and the desperate resistance was unsustainable.
It seems that the fate of both armies has already been decided!
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A dull thunderclap sounded, followed by a continuous explosion!
In the empty formation of the Red Fire Ant Army, a young alert male ant looked up at the sky.
The sky was clear, there were no clouds, and it was as if the rainy weather had never been seen the day before. Where did the muffled thunder come from? The thunder was not loud, not as shocking as when the thunder and lightning were combined, but it lasted for more than half a minute.
Eventually, the other Red Fire Ant Commanders noticed the anomaly.
The tide of battle is moving in favor of the Red Fire Ant Army, the left flank of the Leaf Cutting Ant Army no longer exists, and the middle lane has been surrounded on three sides and cut off the retreat route.
The right flank of the south (the Red Fire Ant Army seems to be the left flank) is still fighting evenly at this time, but it is no longer valued by the Red Fire Ant Army.
However, at this time, the source of the thunder was the right-wing battlefield, which was originally considered insignificant.
The Honjin sent a messenger to check, but the messenger had not yet returned, and the Red Fire Ant Commanders, who were standing on the heights, saw that the chaotic formation was retreating northward in the vague vision of the distance.
The left wing is defeated! What's going on?
The Red Fire Ant Commanders quickly confirmed this fact, and the Courier reported that enemy reinforcements had appeared to the south.
In the packet of messages sent back, a swarm of small, shiny ants suddenly attacked the unsuspecting flanks of the Red Fire Ant Army.
Among these ants, there is also a large and sturdy ant with giant jaws and stinging needles.
The most difficult to resist were the equally shiny beetles in the middle of the ants, and every time the thunder exploded from their backs, a few of their own warriors or slave auxiliaries suddenly flew high, as if they were blown up by raindrops in the field on a rainy day.
This is the Divine Envoy King Legion, which arrived on the battlefield at the most critical moment of the battle.
They first unloaded the mung bean cannon brought by the tank unit and launched a round of rapid shooting, and then the spade armor wearing iron armor and carrying the camel millet cannon attacked while firing, accompanied by the big-headed ant soldiers and ants who were also wearing armor, and there was also a hunting sickle ant scout not far away.
In one assault, the Red Fire Ant Army on the right flank was crushed!
The Leaf Cutting Ant Army also learned the news and their morale was reinvigorated, but they didn't know that it was not a coincidence that the Divine Envoy King Legion made its shining appearance at this time!