Chapter 219: The First Wave (2)
When the main force of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army lands on the island where Waterfront Castle is located, the protagonist has already left the observation position on the branch and entered the safe interior of Waterfront Castle.
It was a wise decision, for the ensuing large expanse of the army of black paving ant barbarians quickly covered the entire island like a flowing carpet, and then spread over the entire trunk and thicker branches.
All suspicious locations or crevices had already been explored by scouts before, and now they had been revisited by the Paving Ant Barbarian Army, and any ambush and hiding would have nowhere to hide under this kind of search.
If the protagonist is not able to hide in, then his ending will definitely not be good. Or maybe he fought alone after being discovered, and even if he had the bravery, he would not escape the fate of dying at the hands of a steady stream of enemies. Either he has to climb to the slender branches at the top of the banyan tree, where there are no enemies to search for, but the branches are constantly swaying in the cold winter wind, and at this swinging amplitude, even if the protagonist wants to stay in it for a long time without being blown away or thrown away, it is extremely physically demanding.
There was no trace of the defenders of the Big-Headed Ant Kingdom on the periphery, which was not unexpected by the enemy commander of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army, and it was the same in previous years - the cowardly Big-headed Ants from the south bank of the river would only hide in their holes and survive. This could not stop the paving ant barbarians from taking this place, and the enemy was determined to take this place.
Following the pheromones left by the scouts, the first legion of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army soon arrived at the entrance of the "Waterfront City". Due to the narrow entrance, the strength advantage of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army was often not brought into play, so they threw an elite army into the front line, hoping that they would open the breakthrough.
Without hesitation, the legion gathered around the entrance, and then rushed in, and the formation of the ranks lengthened.
The Legion Commander was in the middle of the group, and he stepped into the interior of Waterfront City, and he also felt that as the scout said, the room temperature of this secondary nest was much higher than that of the wild field outside, and it was also higher than the normal temperature.
This made the paving ant king feel a little bad in his heart - this year's enemies will not be as easy to deal with as in previous years, and in previous years he often had to face some half-frozen big-headed ants with limited mobility. But as a brave warrior, he could not be timid or retreat, he could only move on.
Gradually there was a movement of battle ahead, transmitted along the wood of the banyan tree beneath his feet, which was the disorderly vibration of the ants as they fought together. The Paving Ant King knew that a firefight had begun ahead.
Due to the narrowness of the passage, the paving ants could only move forward in a small line, and neither the warriors nor the commanders behind could tell what was really happening at the place of engagement. Of course, if they knew, they wouldn't be in a good mood.
In the reserved battlefield, the Flat Nest Chamber, the soldiers of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army poured out of the narrow passage one after another, but before they could expand their formation, they found that the enemy, the Divine Envoy King Legion, had already spread an arc-shaped defense line not far away, surrounding the Paving Ant Barbarian warriors who were still in chaos and could not be arrayed.
These Paving Ant Barbarian warriors had to fight in a lonely formation to fight against the heavily guarded lines, because if they didn't, they would only be squeezed and trampled by their companions who poured out from behind.
The courage of these paving ant warriors is good, but the end of charging alone is not good, and their bravery cannot even shake the defense line in the slightest.
The situation did not improve until the appearance of the paving ant kings on the battlefield, with the help of the cold light of the dim fluorescent fungus, these paving ant kings immediately noticed the disadvantages of the terrain, and they tried to gather their squads and form a formation before attacking.
This is a common practice for ants when fighting, and a dense formation means more fighters on the same width of line, which means more attack power.
But today, this method does not work, because the defense line of the Divine Envoy King Legion is a concave arc, which just surrounds the only entrance and exit, leaving a small open space for the Paving Ant Barbarian Army to stand on, and can only accommodate two or three squads at the same time. Therefore, on the front of the battle, on the contrary, the big-headed ants occupy a local numerical advantage.
But the most terrifying thing was the terrifying razor tactics of the Divine Envoy King Legion, which was comparable to slaughter, and many paving ant warriors were bitten off their necks by the enemy from above their heads before they could react.
The Paving Ant King, who was at the rear of the squad, noticed that his soldiers were quickly strangled, and also noticed the unique and terrifying tactics of the enemy. They can't understand the tactics of this three-dimensional space, but they can see the terrible cost.
This made some of the paving ant kings a little puzzled, before this year's expedition, when they assembled in the main nest, they did get the information that the enemy army had new tactics, but the tactics of the big-headed ant army that were conveyed to them at that time were not the same thing as what they saw at present, and the targeted training they carried out was useless.
The Paving Ant King's authority is limited, and even if they find something abnormal, they can only continue to attack hard. It wasn't until the Paving Ant King, who commanded the entire legion, entered the battlefield and was debriefed that he ended the almost one-sided slaughter.
The Paving Ant Barbarian Army withdrew, but not so much because of heavy losses, but because it was close to dusk, and the Paving Ant Barbarian Army had to withdraw for the night.
Due to the narrowness of the battlefield, at the end of the day, the Divine Envoy King's legion only killed half of the enemy's army, and it was not able to completely incapacitate the opponent's forward legion.
This is also because when building the fortifications of "Waterfront City", the protagonist did not intend to kill and injure the enemy's living forces in the winter defense battle, considering the unfavorable time. What he thought was that as long as he kept his existing stronghold in winter, he would be able to fight it out after the spring of the following year.
Although the enemy retreated, they did not find nothing, at least they tested the defensive arrangement of the first line of "Waterfront City" and brought the information back.
The protagonist is not worried about what the other party will do, after all, it has been proved in the Reconquista war at the beginning of the year that the Paving Ant Barbarian Army is unable to deal with this tactic.
However, in today's battle, the combat effectiveness shown by the main force of this group of paving ant barbarian army made the protagonist a little impressed.
In the front-line battle, although the Paving Ant Barbarian warriors were unable to restrain the Divine Envoy King Legion that had been lined up in a tight formation, some problems found in actual combat also gave the Divine Envoy King Legion a little headache.