Chapter 139: Misfortune (9)
The red-eyed Paving Ant Barbarian Army did not realize that the enemy in front of them was not the enemy they had pursued before, and the male ant commander immediately invested more troops, hoping to break through the resistance of these "palace troops" in one fell swoop.
In the opinion of the commander of the paving ants, the black-headed sour ant army left behind the remaining warriors with acid stocks, and as long as they broke through this last line of defense, they could completely annihilate the enemy.
The vanguard of the third black-headed sour ant tribe was surprised to encounter an enemy here. They had followed the "gift of God" all the way, expecting to be reaping the rewards, but unexpectedly they were confronted with a war.
In the eyes of the black-headed sour ants, the enemy is very aggressive, and even if the black-headed sour ant warrior releases the formic acid in time, forming a small piece of acid mist, it cannot stop the enemy from breaking through.
In fact, as the sky gets darker, the winds are getting stronger, and the frequency and intensity of the breezes increase dramatically, even in areas close to the surface. In this meteorological environment, the acid mist of the black-headed sour ant army can last much shorter than in windless conditions.
It was the Paving Ant Barbarian Army that found that the concentration of acid mist had decreased at this time, although it would still stimulate the sensitive antennae, compound eyes and mouth of the warriors, but as long as it was not directly sprayed by the acid, it was not fatal.
The speed at which the acid mist dissipated was accelerating, and it was precisely because of this discovery that the commander of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army dared to throw his troops into the acid mist, in their opinion, the worker ants could be sacrificed, but it was too meaningless to sacrifice.
The vanguard of the Black-headed Sour Ant Tribe had obviously not adapted to such a crazy enemy, and the acid spray and the ensuing acid mist in the past were all magic weapons to dissuade the enemy.
As a result, the vanguard only sent a messenger to report to the old battalion that it had encountered the enemy, but the large army remained in place and waited for the situation.
Subsequently, this black-headed sour ant army was entangled by the paving ant barbarian army that suddenly came out of the sour mist, because they were not prepared, and the vanguard had few soldiers, and fell into hand-to-hand combat that they were not good at, the black-headed sour ant warriors were quickly dispersed.
Some black-headed sour ant warriors who were caught by the enemy and had no way to escape, desperately sprayed acid into the sky, allowing themselves and the enemy to be splashed with a high concentration of deadly formic acid at the same time, and they died together.
Even so, the vanguard of the black-headed sour ant tribe failed to hold back the paving ant barbarian army for long.
Then, the red-eyed paving ant barbarian army caught up again. Now, without the need for scouts' pheromones, the army can follow the black-headed sour ants that retreat not far ahead.
Because of this, the Paving Ant Barbarian Army failed to notice that the pheromones left behind by the scouts under their feet had disappeared, and they were heading in the wrong direction. Even if the male ant commander occasionally has doubts, he can't help but be dragged forward - a red-eyed army often loses its rationality, not to mention that the ants themselves are not very rational.
The old battalion of the third black-headed sour ant tribe, almost at the same time as receiving the warning from the vanguard troops, saw the remnants of the army fleeing back in disarray and the enemy following them.
Although they were caught off guard, fortunately, the black-headed sour ant warriors in the old camp were now in good shape, and they immediately assembled, still using the formic acid they were good at to block the pursuit of the paving ant barbarian army.
At this time, no matter how dull the paving ant commander was, he also realized that something was wrong! Judging by the performance of the previous enemy battle, it is impossible for the enemy to have so many troops retained formic acid.
However, it was indeed those damn black-headed sour ants that appeared in front of them, and even if the paving ant barbarian army knew that they had found the wrong target, it was impossible for them to just leave.
So, under the leadership of the male ant commander, the paving ant barbarian army began to divide its troops and lengthen the battle line.
In this way, you can try to encircle the enemy, cut off the enemy's retreat, as long as the encirclement is completed, even if it pays a lot of sacrifice, the paving ant barbarian army can completely annihilate this enemy.
Second, with the outflanking troops in place, the front of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army will be greatly extended, and the battle line that the black-headed sour ant needs to defend will also be extended. This will sharply deplete the enemy's formic acid reserves, and there may even be a weak point in the defense, which can be used to kill and tear apart the enemy's defense.
On the eastern border of the Paving Ant Barbarian Country, many of the Vice-Nest garrisons have experience fighting black-headed sour ants. The natives of these annoying woods, although they have never been able to conquer even a single secondary nest, often plunder the food resources of each secondary nest. The local garrison knew that the best way to deal with these indigenous black-headed sour ants was to avoid the formic acid and draw the fight into hand-to-hand combat, followed by to consume the enemy's acid as much as possible, and then launch a counterattack.
Although the Paving Ant Barbarian Army that is fighting is not from the eastern border, after a day of fighting, the male ant commanders have basically mastered the enemy's tactics and began to deal with them in a targeted manner, which is the factor that the Paving Ant Barbarian can dominate the north bank of the Great River - in terms of the intelligence level of the male ants, the Paving Ant is the same as the big-headed ant, which is enough to be proud of other ant races on both sides of the river.
As the Paving Ant Barbarian Army tried to outflank them, the scouts of the Black-Headed Sour Ant Tribe also discovered their movements and immediately reported back.
This black-headed sour ant tribe has not been able to obtain any loot, and it is not willing to flee just like that. However, the older queen ant realized the danger, and adhering to the opportunistic principle that the race had always adhered to, the army of black-headed sour ants began to withdraw one after another.
Before the Paving Ant Barbarian Army could start the encirclement, they found that the enemy in front of them had fled. And when the paved ant barbarian army tried to concentrate its forces in pursuit, it would always be harassed and delayed by the formic acid of the troops behind the palace.
The black-headed sour ant tribe had sufficient reserves of formic acid, and under the cover of the constantly rotating troops behind the palace, the main force escaped without danger.
Aside from the vanguard warriors who were killed by the raid, this black-headed sour ant tribe suffered the smallest losses of the three, but also the fewest gains.
As night fell, the paving ant barbarian army, which had been blocked by the acid mist, finally gave up the pursuit, held back a breath of anger, and came to the nearby sub-nest to rest under the guidance of the scouts.
After the battle, these experienced scouts quickly found their country's secondary nest in the hazy afterglow and relied on the residual pheromones left behind by foraging worker ants, and led the army to avoid spending the night in the dangerous wilderness.
This is the end of the raid of the black-headed sour ants, and the protagonist's plan to divert the water to the east has been successful, and at the same time consumed the strength of the paving ant barbarian army and the black-headed sour ant tribe, and also indirectly helped the Northern Expeditionary Army that held on to the "target Ding".