Chapter 317: Soldiers Coming to the City (3)
Just as the rolling army stepped up to attack the portal of the "True Lord's Lair" guarded by the Queen Ant Inheritance faction army commanded by the Second Senior Brother, the Flying Knights were also constantly passing on the situation back to the northern battlefield.
On the third day of fierce fighting between the rolling army and the defenders of the second senior brother, the main enemy force in the north seemed to have finally received the news of the messenger, and after some hectic preparations, pulled out the camp and headed south.
The enemy army departs faster than the protagonist previously expected, and the protagonist estimates that the enemy will need at least a day to prepare, such as mobilizing supplies, making plans, and organizing and coordinating.
However, the enemy did not expect it, and it seems that as soon as he received the news, he transferred the troops that were originally going to be sent to fight in the "Trench City" to the south.
Prior to this, Rambovan's troops had been sending reinforcements around the "Trench City", and the Queen Ant Inheritance faction army was also quite cooperative, sending troops every day to try to break the siege, and then was defeated in the field.
The order of Rambovan's troops was to hold back this enemy army, and they did not dare to beat the enemy too hard, because the enemy was unable to come out of the nest due to the lack of food and organization, and sent more than 5,000 soldiers to trek for half a day every day, and then was routed and fled back. The rest of the army was confined to the camp's nest, and because of the lack of food, they had to forage for food, and they were unable to move.
This is the result of the lack of qualified and experienced leadership of the Queen Ant Succession faction, who quickly mobilized enough troops, but were unable to mobilize enough food to cost the army a lot of combat power.
In the continuous battle, Rambovan trained all the recruits under his command.
The Queen's Legacy faction sent the vanguard of the South to support the "True Lord's Nest", which was about three or four legions that originally planned to attack the "Trench City", and they immediately set out for camp, and it was expected that they would arrive at their destination in three days.
The rest of the army set out here the next day, leaving only a few defenders in their original camp.
After receiving the information from the flying knights, the protagonist immediately contacted the two main forces.
Rolling over there, it is natural to take down the secondary nest in front of you as soon as possible, it is best to conquer it within one day, and then spend another day to occupy the "real main nest" that is no longer dangerous to defend and lacks troops, and then there is still one day to stabilize the defense and meet the main enemy force that has arrived after a long journey.
Once you capture the "True Lord's Lair" and defeat the exhausted enemy army that has returned to your aids, you can complete the civil war in one battle.
As for Rambovan, since there is no enemy in front of them, their task is to immediately capture the "Trench City", and then pursue and attack the city along the route of the enemy's reinforcements, and it is best to be able to converge with the rolling army before the decisive battle and concentrate their forces to meet the battle.
Even if it is too late to converge, the protagonist believes that the five legions of the Rolling are more than enough to defeat this enemy in the field, and Rambovan's troops are tasked with quickly sweeping and taking over the old territory of the Queen Ant's Inheritance faction army, and establishing the ruling system of the Legion of the Divine King.
- I'm the dividing line -
After receiving the news that enemy reinforcements have been dispatched from the protagonist, Roll decides to let the army launch a general attack the next day.
The daytime tactic of digging new passages was successful, but due to the tentative nature, the Divine Envoy King's legion only dug eight passages and penetrated four.
Tonight, the enemy is likely to completely block these newly excavated passages with "ant concrete", but the Divine Messenger King's legion can also dig more passages to make the enemy unguarded.
The next morning, the weather was warm and sunny in spring and summer.
The climate on both sides of the river has not yet entered the rainstorm season, and the occasional rain at the turn of spring and summer is so short and subtle that ants do not even have to hide and continue to forage in the wild.
Only occasional rainfall lasts for a few hours, but thirsty land sucks up all the water and does not cause stagnant water or flooding.
Since the army of Rolling Wagon had been marching out, it was very fortunate not to encounter a single slight rainfall, and today it was also sunny, and even the temperature was already high like a summer in July, which was perfect for fighting.
The entire army, except for the rolling Beetle Legion, which was not suitable for underground operations and did not receive combat missions, the rest of the troops were digging new passages in the sub-region.
The four legions took the original entrance and exit of the enemy's lair as the center of the circle, and each divided into a quarter-circle area with an angle of 90 degrees, and excavated a new passage within a radius of half a meter. Each legion had to dig ten new passages, adding up to forty.
According to yesterday's 50 percent penetration rate, the Divine Envoy King's legion will have twenty offensive paths, which will be enough to destroy the enemy's underground defenses in one fell swoop.
Fifteen minutes later, the first passage was opened, and the first Divine Envoy Wang squad poured in, and the two armies began to fight.
By noon, twenty-three of the forty passages had been connected, better than expected.
At the same time, some troops who had not been able to penetrate the passage also went down from yesterday's old road, and sure enough, they found that the end of the road had been closed by "ant concrete".
However, as more and more passages were opened, a large number of Divine Envoy King warriors appeared from unexpected directions for the defenders of the Queen Ant Inheritance faction, which greatly affected the enemy's defense.
Although the Queen Ant Inheritance faction army received the death order of the male ant, fought hard, and had a resolute will to fight, in the absence of reasonable command and scheduling, it could only fight alone.
The Divine Envoy King's legion soon completely occupied the upper part of the ant's nest and occupied part of the granary. In the central region of the Ant Nest, the two sides are fighting fiercely, and in general, the Divine Envoy King Legion has the advantage.
Soon, however, the commanders of the Divine Envoy King's legions learned that the enemy's main force was holding the main passage, and that the enemy seemed to be starting to block the passage behind their comrades who were struggling to fight.
Judging from the location provided in the intelligence, the enemy has completely abandoned the troops that are still fighting hard in the middle and upper parts of the ant nest, and intends to directly isolate the lower part of the ant nest with "ant concrete" to form a new line of defense.
It has to be said that this countermeasure of the enemy is very targeted. The second senior brother had long known that his task was to delay time, and the reinforcements would definitely arrive day and night.
Since he was no longer able to stop the unreasonable offensive tactics of the Divine Envoy King Legion, it was better to defend to the end. Anyway, the lower the nest is to the bottom, the smaller the profile, and the narrower the main passage, which is very conducive to defense.
Even if the Divine Envoy King's army continues to dig new passages, it will take time, and the second senior brother can also repeat the old trick, using some troops to defend it, and other troops to build walls behind to block the road, and the "ant concrete" will definitely be more laborious to destroy than to build.
Stuck on the ground and unable to communicate, Ramboto, the most senior commander in the underground forces, had to decide for himself how to respond to this new situation.