Yesterday I pushed chapter 86 and lost it because of the system! I didn't save the manuscript either, so I had to write it again from memory! Cry to death!

There will be a second chapter later!

- I'm the dividing line -

The Red Fire Ant Army retreated again, a retreat, not a defeat.

Their retreat was methodical, taking with them the wounded and trapped in addition to the corpses.

Although it was the first time for the Red Fire Ant Army to engage the Divine Envoy King Legion today, the two attacks launched were very orderly, although they were a little arrogant, but their military qualities could be seen to be first-class.

In the first attack, the Red Fire Ant Army dispatched nearly half of the troops, and this attack was more like fire reconnaissance, testing the defensive strength of the Divine Envoy King Legion, as well as long-range attack methods.

The second time, the Red Fire Ant Army sent the other half of the troops, which were more physically strong, and adjusted their defensive deployments in a short period of time, weakening the long-range firepower that the Divine Envoy King's legion relied so much on.

This time, the fierce Red Fire Ant Army almost broke through the wall defense line of the Divine Envoy King's army with a full-line attack and key breakthrough methods, making the protagonist realize that its frontal defense is still lacking.

If it weren't for the Divine Ant Squad that suddenly repelled the enemy army, I'm afraid that today's battle situation would be completely different. And the red fire ants actually have the strength to spare, but they did not choose to stalk, but stopped the loss in time.

Subsequently, the Red Fire Ant Army chose to retreat.

By this time it was getting dark, and the sun was already in the west. The Flying Knights watched all the way to confirm that the Red Fire Ant Army had indeed withdrawn to the nest in the Golden Beach woods, intending to spend the night in the nest that had been snatched from the bellied ants.

"Old Heart" guessed why the Red Fire Ant Army retreated, instead of camping outside [Xinyang City].

These red fire ants are obviously big today, and they only sent their own elite to fight lightly, and did not carry the slave auxiliaries of other ant clans.

It is estimated that the Red Fire Ant Army thought that this battle would be the same as the conquest of the bellied ant clan, and the battle would be resolved without much effort, and then spend the night in [Xinyang City], and by the way, capture a new batch of captives as slaves.

The Red Fire Ant Army is a bit of a "Destroy this Dynasty" feeling. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the Duke of Qi Qing fought with the Jin Kingdom, and the two sides agreed to a decisive battle one morning. The next day, the armies of both sides met at the Array. Qi Qinggong did not let the troops eat breakfast, and had to annihilate the enemy and then come back for breakfast, and as a result, the Qi army was defeated... Later, the phrase "extinguishing this eclipse" was used to describe the eagerness to destroy the enemy and the confidence of victory.

But with such a bold army, many times it does not work out. Just like the Red Fire Ant Army this time.

Without slave auxiliaries, these red fire ants would not even be able to eat and clean themselves. The body of the red fire ant has evolved to be very suitable for combat, but their short, thick jaws and stinging needles suitable for fighting cannot be used for feeding, cleaning, burrowing and nesting.

Without the slave auxiliaries, these Red Fire Ant warriors would only starve to death.

As a result, the Red Fire Ant Army can only withdraw to the tree nest where the slave auxiliaries are stationed to feed and rest before dark, and these slave auxiliaries have only arrived after the Red Fire Ant Army captured this place yesterday.

The Red Fire Ants behaved like the Spartans, the Spartan slaves of the Helots, who were responsible for farming and providing food, while the Spartans were dedicated to fighting. It's just that the Spartans themselves can still eat, and they don't need to be fed by slaves.

- I'm the dividing line -

The Red Fire Ant Army did not give up their intention to capture [Xinyang City].

Their supreme commander remembered the order of the Council of Presbyterians in his country,3 which was to control the production of honeydew and crow's honey. He must do his best to complete the task, and if he can't achieve his goal despite his best efforts, then it is the reason for his lack of troops, not the cowardice that the red fire ants hate the most.

Once again, the Red Fire Ant army was dispatched, this time with slave auxiliaries with them. These auxiliaries are mainly burrowing ants, numbering about a thousand.

After receiving the warning from the flying knights, the Divine Envoy King Legion was still on standby. Today it was the 1st Army Corps that defended in the first line, while the rest of the troops served as reserves.

After having the slave auxiliaries, the red fire ants did not rush to attack, but first cleared the obstacles in the way of the charge by the slave auxiliaries.

Slave burrowers remove vegetation that gets in the way, remove stones, and fill in pits. This work continued until it was within range of the Slings of the Divine King's legion.

The Divine Angel King's legion also used ballistas to attack these busy burrowing ants from afar, but they were very separated from each other, and the ballista hit rate was very low. The protagonist quickly puts an end to this waste of ammunition.

It wasn't until within range of the slings that the burrowing ants paid a certain amount of losses before they withdrew.

The Red Fire Ant army then attacked, this time directly committing the entire army.

Due to the smoother road, the Red Fire Ant Army's assault speed was fast, but they had more troops in a single investment, and the density was higher than yesterday's, and the ballistas and slings still gave them a lot of damage.

The Red Fire Ants' attack fails this time, and the protagonist eventually uses reserves to support, and the ballista is constantly attacking enemies who have not yet climbed the walls.

The red fire ants suffered heavy casualties and quickly retreated. Unbeknownst to the protagonist, the Red Fire Ants also took the opportunity to take a few slings on the ground on the way to retreat.

The commander of the Red Fire Ant did not dare to pay too many casualties, although the Red Fire Ant Country claimed to be a million army, but in fact, only one-third of the Red Fire Ant warriors were the most combat-effective, and the rest were slaves or vassals.

The Red Fire Ants have always cherished their own troops, and once their own forces are lost too much, they may not be able to suppress those vassal ants, and even slaves will be ready to move.

The red fire ants can't forget that their original relatives were driven away and starved to death after the slave rebellion.

This time, they carried too few auxiliaries and not enough cannon fodder, so it was too unwise to use the elites of their own clan to fight for consumption.

So the Red Fire Ant Army changed their tactics, and they began to use a small number of Red Fire Ants with auxiliaries to test around the entire section of the city wall with the tactics of one squad after another, trying to find the weakness of the city wall without the city wall and ballistas.

The Legion of the Divine King repelled all temptations from the front, but the Red Fire Ants were not without gain.

A small group of enemies somehow came to the west of [Xinyang City], and found a rugged road on the shore of the river and the rushing river under the cliff, and suddenly appeared on the peninsula.

Fortunately, the Flying Knights spotted the enemy and led a reserve to destroy the enemy troops who had climbed the cliff. The rest of the enemy forces retreated in a hurry.

The protagonist hurriedly rides "Little Black" to inspect this section of the road, and discovers that the cliffs he thought were moats are actually rugged roads for a small number of ants to walk.

Humans may not have used such a steep, crumbling sandy cliff as a road at all, but the ants did barely climb it.

This is a hidden danger on the [Xinyangcheng] defense line!