Chapter 212: The Battle of [Spiral Flower City] (2)
The Divine Messenger King's army was ready for battle, and the Destroyers arrived on time for battle.
The camp of the king's army was chosen in an open field, where the vegetation was sparse, with only a few weeds and the dry residues of some dead shrubs.
This small area of land may have been hit by a small wildfire last year to create such a unique landform that was used by the Divine Legion.
The only vegetation on the land has been cut away by the ants, clearing out a bare layer of soil, which is the best choice for a battlefield and camp, where the view is unobstructed.
Not far from the clearing, there was the green and dense grass of spring, and as the first Destroyer emerged, a large pile of Destroyers emerged from the grass and stepped into the open field.
Only then does the protagonist see that after the Destroyers appear, they gradually gather into seven groups. If it is customary for a regiment of five hundred destroyers, then the enemy has as many as 3,500.
Previously, the Flying Knights reported that the number of enemies was one or two thousand, which seems to be a great underestimate.
This can't be blamed entirely on the Flying Knights, after all, the Destroyers like to march on grass and bushes, which will effectively block the vision of the Flying Knights, and they are always moving at high speeds, making it difficult for these Flying Knights to make special accurate estimates.
If it weren't for the fact that the protagonist introduced a lot of mathematical concepts into the teaching of the new generation of male ants, and replaced it with the male ants of the old big-headed ant kingdom era, he could only return a lot of such confused data to the enemy.
In any case, the enemy has appeared, and this battle is on the line, and it is impossible to retreat just because the enemy is twice as large as expected.
Gradually, the Destroyers all emerged from the grass, converging into seven distinct regiments. Among them, the middle five regiments are relatively close to each other, and the two regiments of destroyers on the left and right flanks are slightly away from the central army.
What most attracts the attention of the protagonist is that in the middle of the Destroyer's formation, there is a Radar Destroyer.
Its body is huge, and it stands out like a war elephant in the Carthaginian phalanx. At this point, the radar destroyer's tentacles stretched horizontally, pointing to the center of the Divine Envoy King's legion, which is the direction of the protagonist.
The protagonist doesn't think much of it, and he speculates that the Radar Destroyer is supposed to be the enemy's scout, and he doesn't need to get close to find out where our troops are. This is not something that is unimaginable for a human being from modern times.
The Destroyers stopped a few meters in front of the wall built by the Divine Angel King's legions, outside the effective range of their ballistas.
There are 12 legions on the front line of the Divine Messenger King's Legion, 30,000 soldiers are ready to fight, and there are a large number of reserves on standby at any time.
The ballista unit was wound and loaded with stone shells.
The flying knights in the air hovered, giving early warning at any time, and took on part of the herald function.
The 14th Legion's Scythe Scouts did not linger in front of the battlefield, but spread their cordons far away on both flanks to prevent any enemy from suddenly appearing from both flanks.
Both sides are making final preparations for battle.
- I'm the dividing line -
After a long journey, even the Destroyer had to spend nearly half an hour adjusting his team.
As the last Destroyer found its team, the Destroyer who had been stationed in place suddenly seemed to be pressed in an instant, and immediately began to charge like a mountain of seas.
It is said that the scene of seeing thousands of cavalry charging on the battlefield is extremely shocking, and the protagonist does not feel it. But at this moment, thousands of small beetle-like huge destroyers are speeding up and rushing towards each other, which does make the protagonist feel a faint sense of fear.
Fortunately, the ant warriors are not as sensitive as the protagonists, and their eyesight is even worse, and they can only see a large blurry black shadow approaching in the distance. And the word "bloodthirsty" is engraved in the genes of ants, and the upcoming battle has inspired the fighting spirit of ordinary warriors.
The Destroyers charged extremely fast, and within a few meters they were halfway overcome.
The protagonist sees that the enemy is within range of the ballista and immediately gives the order to fire.
Because the army is too large, if the protagonist relies on the herald to give orders, I'm afraid that by the time the ballista unit receives the order, the Destroyers will already be entangled with the defenders.
So, the protagonist sent the order directly to the Praetorian Guard, and the fighters of the Praetorian Guard squad lined up a triangle on the ground according to their training. Two squads in the air were stationed in the air to observe the Praetorian Guard squad, and when they saw this, they immediately lowered their altitude and circled a figure-eight shape over the ballista units on the left and right flanks.
This is the firing signal agreed with the ballista unit.
Ten ballistas, ten stone bullets, and off-string arrows immediately focused the Destroyer in the charge from the side, and several Destroyers running at high speed suddenly fell to the ground and tripped several of their companions behind.
The tripping Destroyer quickly got up, but the Destroyer who had fallen to the ground first was no longer breathing, and Noda's wound was gurgling and bleeding.
After only two rounds of firing, the vanguard of the Destroyer had already rushed to the front of the trench, and in order to avoid accidentally injuring friendly troops, the ballista could only continue firing at the enemy's rear.
The Destroyers who rushed to the front of the trench did not slow down, or they could not slow down at all, and the Destroyers behind them were still swarming, and even if the Destroyer in front stopped, they would only be pushed and continue to rush forward.
A large mass of Destroyers tumbled down the trench like a black flood, this trench was not dug deep because of time, but it also made the Destroyer at the front tumble into a ball, and many of the Destroyer's limbs were entangled, and they could not be separated for a while.
The moat did a good job of delaying the Destroyer, preventing them from attacking the wall behind the moat in the first place.
But the Destroyer's overwhelming charge wasn't for nothing, as the huge Kuroshio Tide crashed into the trench and at the base of the walls.
The walls made of sand and earth were not as stable as ant concrete, and after some sections were impacted, the sand rolled down one after another, and even the warriors of the Divine Envoy King who were standing in front of them were dragged down.
Falling into a trench filled with thousands of destroyers, the fate of these hapless warriors is predictable.
Taking advantage of the fact that the enemy was entangled in the trench, the warriors of the Divine Envoy King began to shoot with slings.
Although this weapon had little effect against the Destroyer, it was produced in large quantities, with each warrior carrying one or two.
At the very least, these long ropes of slings add to the confusion of enemies when confronted with a tangled group of enemies in the trenches.
The biggest result was the mid-lane troops, who were equipped with 300 fire bomb slings, and the ant warriors pierced the glue on the surface of the fire bombs, spun and threw them, and a large number of fire meteors fell into the enemy ranks like meteorites.
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