Chapter 227: The Third Wave (1)
The paving ant army built a road yesterday has a lot of dark material on it, so it makes full use of the heat of the sun, so that the snow and ice along the road melt, forming a path in the snow.
At this time, the Paving Ant Barbarian Army had begun to pour out of the ground, and the large army was gradually spreading its formation, and they were beginning to recharge in the sun. Shortly after, one of the first to be charged was the first to start making their way down the road.
The legion did not intend to attack the "Waterfront City" alone, but advanced along the road, while constantly throwing the dark sandstone leaves used yesterday to the side of the road, and it was clear that they wanted to continue to expand the width of the road in this way.
When they reached the river, they did not do what they did on land, but instead carried all the dark material from the river ice back to shore. It seems that they are also worried that these black materials, which can absorb the sun's heat, if left unchecked for a long time, may destroy the ice on the river surface, thus delaying the army's offensive plans.
Seeing this, the protagonist believes that the paving ant barbarian army has already had a plan to deal with the impact of snow in winter, and this road construction method is not a temporary idea, it must have been run in after long-term practice. Although these paving ants are contemptuously called barbarians by the Big-Headed Ant Kingdom, their intelligence level is not inferior to that of Big-headed Ants, and even in the field of tactical innovation and adaptability to the winter climate.
As the Forward Legion emptied the energy-absorbing material in the road, the Paving Ant Barbarian Army had also been recharged, and they began to move.
To the protagonist's surprise, this time only four legions make it up the frozen river and march towards the island where the "Waterfront City" is located.
Most of the other legions burrowed back to the surface, and a small number searched for something near the departure base.
It seems that the Paving Ant Barbarian Army does not plan to invest too many troops to launch an attack today, it may be that after two days of fighting, they found that the terrain of "Waterfront City" could not exert their superiority in strength. It's also possible that fighting in the snow is a chore for most of the Paving Ant Warriors, as a single snowflake can consume the little heat they get from the sun, leading to non-combat attrition.
Based on this, the protagonist decides not to return to "Waterfront City" during the day today, but to hide on the top of the tree trunk and watch the battle from the outside.
The reason for this decision is that in the first two days of fighting, the protagonist can only wait silently for the end of the war, and then learn about the battle from the front-line commanders and soldiers, as for the movement of the enemy forces in the outside world, it is completely blind. This is very detrimental to the decision-making of the supreme commander of an army.
But if you don't, there are too many enemies, and if the protagonist hides outside, there is no way to escape if he is found - there is either an unfrozen river under the branches, or there are islands full of enemies, and there is an end above the branches. Once this happens, then the protagonist may not escape death even if he has another martial artist. So for safety, the protagonist can only hide back in the lair before the enemy army approaches.
But today is different, on the one hand, the number of enemy troops has decreased, and it is not possible to search the entire tree, and even if it is discovered, the protagonist can jump on the frozen river, or on a small island where there are not many enemies, and then find a chance to escape.
Therefore, he decided to take the risk of staying and see how the enemy launched the offensive.
As the four legions of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army approach the "Waterfront City" along the road, the protagonist also shifts from the observation position to the top of the tree trunk, a place where the entrance and exit can be seen.
Soon, the enemy climbed the thick trunk of the banyan tree. Four legions of 10,000 enemies, spread on the banyan tree, that is, occupy a small space, slowly moving upward.
Soon, the enemy forces come near the entrance, and they have no intention of expanding their search into the canopy, which calms the protagonist, who is hiding in the distance.
The protagonist concentrates on observing the enemy's movements, and he sees that the enemy army has divided into a legion and entered the interior of the "Waterfront Castle" directly through the unguarded entrance. Not far from inside, in the flat nest room, there will be the first army of the Divine Envoy King led by Rolling to meet them. Due to the low casualty rate, the First Army is currently in charge of the front-line defense, and the other legions have not yet rotated on the battlefield.
There was also a legion of paving ant barbarians who stayed near the entrance and exit, and established a defensive line, seemingly ready to respond to enemy sneak attacks from other directions at any time, even if it was impossible for the big-headed ants to go out to fight in the field, the enemy's meticulous prevention work showed the stubbornness of the ants. This force also has the task of being ready to continue the offensive in place of the retreating forward troops who have suffered heavy casualties.
The other two units are scattered, but to the protagonist's reassurance, they do not approach the location where the protagonist is hiding, and their goal is to target several other entrances and exits of Waterfront City.
As mentioned earlier, in order to expand the "Waterfront City" to accommodate more troops in winter, the big-headed ants, led by the protagonist, expand along the borer-eaten holes, and build nests by removing decaying xylem.
But there is also a flaw in this way, that is, there is far more than one passage to the outside world, and in the end, the protagonist chooses two most suitable holes, one as the entrance and exit, which is now the main attack of the paving ant barbarian army, and the other is the flue of the combustion chamber, because the temperature is very high, so there is no need to defend.
As for the other moths entrances and exits, they are blocked by the protagonist with stones of the right size, and because the stones cannot be tightly sealed, there are still a few gaps between the stones and the passage entrance. There have been paver ant scouts who have noticed the smell of big-headed ants in these crevices, and tried to move the rocks, but failed.
Now, there are paver ants roaming around these stone-blocked passageways. The protagonist sees that they are also trying to pry the stone open.
However, the protagonist used the brute force of the "god descended to earth" state to stuff the stone tightly, and these ants did not have the power of the protagonist, nor did they lack the fulcrum to pry the stone, so they naturally failed.
However, the paving ants clearly did not intend to give up, and they formed a circle around the entrance and exit blocked by stones, and began to use their jaws to enlarge the hole.
This is not an easy thing to do, although the ficus is not very tough, but in winter, it is still frozen and hard, far from being able to deal with the big jaws of ants. Otherwise, the protagonist and their original expansion of "Waterfront City" would not have encountered so many obstacles.
However, there are no absolutes in everything, and as soon as the protagonist's eyes tightened, he saw a not-so-good scene......