This is a rare battle for the bellied ants.

Perhaps the nest was behind them, and the fragile queens and larvae could only be protected by the warriors, and these bellied ants had no way to retreat, and they finally stopped hiding and fighting guerrillas, but cut most of the rope bridges between the nest trees and the surrounding trees, and established a formal line of defense along the trunks.

On the ground, after the red fire ants were assembled, they formed several columns, approaching the roots of the trees from the assembly area far away from the trees, ready to go up the trees.

Such a scattered column march greatly reduced the probability of them being hit by the acid of the bellied ants on the tree. If it is surrounded by large trees, I am afraid that it will suffer a lot of losses under the acid.

Although the red fire ants are not arboreal ants, they are still extremely fast when climbing tree trunks, and as long as they are not too complex maze of branches, they can barely adapt, so they can have a good relationship with the forest overlord leafcutter ants for many years.

The position of the bellied ants was set up at a height of about half a meter above the ground from the trunk of the tree, and consisted of about four thousand warriors in six rings, each of which was a line of defense, consisting of six or seven hundred warriors.

This is already a soldier who has raised his belly and conquered the country, and it is also their last line of defense!

When the red fire ants appeared within range, the bellied ants immediately raised their butts high and threw the secreted acid beads at the enemy with a shake.

The acid is accelerated by potential energy, and some of the larger acid beads are dispersed into small particles under wind resistance.

The red fire ants seemed to have encountered an acid rain pouring on their faces, and bursts of smoke from the acid corrosion of Bai Sensen rose from the ground and the red fire ants.

As long as they are not hit in vulnerable parts or suffer irrepressible pain, these red fire ant warriors will never stop attacking.

The red fire ants at the front of the tree are cannon fodder, enduring the densest acid tilt and shielding their companions with their bodies.

Under the attack of acid rain, some of the Red Fire Ant warriors even had their compound eyes broken and their tentacles broken, and they still moved forward, using their bodies to consume the ammunition of the defenders.

Relying on the sacrifice of the warriors at the front, the red fire ants have approached the front line of the bellied ants.

At this time, you can see the difference in body size between the two ants.

The bellied ant is a small and medium-sized ant, and its warrior body length is only about 3mm, which is about the same as the large-headed ant worker ant, while the red fire ant warrior has three kinds of large, medium and small red fire ants, and the small red fire ant also has 3mm, and the number is more than the medium-sized red fire ant with a body length of 4mm (about the same as the large-headed ant soldier ant) and the large red fire ant with a body length of 6mm.

The difference in size between the two sides is huge, and the difference in size means a difference in melee ability. Just like the reason why the hunting sickle ant is strong alone, it has a lot to do with its 16mm body length.

The red fire ants have won many battles in the southern and northern wars, relying on their hand-to-hand combat ability. In hand-to-hand combat, they rely not only on their size, but also on the burning pain of their own bites.

This is where their name "fire ants" comes from, and the fiery pain is unbearable even for humans, let alone ants.

When the red fire ants approached, the bellied ants behaved very bravely, and the ants in the first line of defense who had run out of acid took the initiative to step forward and fight with the red fire ants. At the same time, the acid in the rear still covered it without stopping, and even the own soldiers who were fighting together did not let go.

Although the bellied ants are a little more resistant to acid, they are also not immune to such a dense barrage, and they actually plan to die with the enemy.

Every belly-raising ant that runs out of acid will take the initiative to step forward and devote himself to the mortal situation of having enemies in front and acid behind, and is willing to sacrifice for his companions, for his own nest, and for his own tribe.

The belly-raising ants that had been bitten by the red fire ants curled up in burning pain, rolled and fell down the tree, and soon remained motionless in the intense pain.

The acid-covered bell-bellied ants leaped hard, entangled the enemy in front of them with their limbs and jaws, rubbing the acid all over her, and bearing the pain of being corroded together.

This is the high fighting spirit and fearless spirit of sacrifice that the bellied ants burst out in order to protect the nest.

However, such bravery could not change the tide of battle.

The Red Fire Ant has a three- or four-fold strength advantage, and can withstand attrition, but if the bellied ant warrior dies, there will be one less, and if the enemy dies, it will be one step closer to the nest.

Moreover, a single bite of a red fire ant is enough to make a bellied ant lose its combat effectiveness due to intense pain. The acid of the belly lifter ant, however, takes a dozen or even dozens of shots to severely damage a red fire ant.

When the vanguard of the red fire ants, which had a hideous face due to acid corrosion, broke into the main formation of the bellied ants, the bellied ants finally collapsed.

Some of the belly-raising ants turned around and ran, some still resisted instinctively, they no longer had a formation, and they no longer had the spirit and fighting spirit of not fearing sacrifice just now.

As usual, the red fire ants were the first to hold out until the moment when the enemy collapsed first, and then began to chase and kill.

Although there were still sporadic battles, the battle was over, and the onlookers realized that the bellied ant clan was finished.

They quickly flew this information to the protagonist.

- I'm the dividing line -

After receiving the battle report, the protagonist was not surprised.

The bellied ants are finished, and the question now is, when will the red fire ants find out about the existence of the Divine Envoy King Legion, and when will they raise troops to attack!

In the territory of the Divine Envoy King's legion, preparations have been launched, and [Nansen City] has been abandoned, and the inhabitants and herds there have been moved to the left of [Xinyang City], because of the lack of pastures, some aphids and scale insects have even been forced to slaughter.

In this way, if the enemy really invades [Xinyang City], most of the aphids and scale insects will have to be slaughtered, and the rest will be placed on the peninsula. After all, the area and the amount of vegetation there can't support too many herds.

Only the larvae of the purple gray butterfly, which produce crow honey, were not slaughtered, and they were placed on large poplar trees, which was considered lucky.

After abandoning [Nansen City], the actual control of the Divine Envoy King's legion has shrunk to the level they had when they first arrived in the region.

Fortunately, in this way, the defense line of the king army was greatly shortened, and there were no outstanding weaknesses, relying on the defense system of [Xinyang City], the protagonist did not think that the red fire ants could break through the city wall.

Judging from the battle report sent back by the flying knight, the fighting methods of these red fire ants are still very primitive, relying on the flesh of ants, and there is nothing too advanced.

The protagonist is afraid of an ant colony like the big-headed ant clan, which can domesticate and drive beetles to fight, so that the enemy will pose a greater threat to the fortifications of the Divine Envoy King's legion!