Chapter 266: "Sit-down Battle"
The day after receiving the protagonist's suggestion, Roll led the army and the thousands of worker ants accompanying the army to set off from the "Waterfront City" with a mighty and full load of grain, and chose a place to build a base at a distance of ten minutes near the entrance and exit of the "Hunting Ground City".
The ants are very good at building underground bases, and they are very selective about the location of the site, which can avoid floods and adverse factors.
In addition, the location of this base is just close enough to control the entry and exit of enemies in the "Hunting Ground City", but not too close to react to a sudden attack by the enemy.
After the base is built, it is like a noose holding the neck of the "Hunting Ground City", and like a sharp blade against the throat of the "Hunting Ground City".
The rations of the army from the "Waterfront City" were transported to the base, which was enough to meet the needs of the army for three or five days. In the future, you can also get support from "Waterfront City" as needed to persist in long-term combat.
Subsequently, the Divine Envoy King Legion, under the leadership of Roll, did not forcibly attack the "Hunting Ground City" again, but sent a large number of scouts to reconnoiter nearby, and once they found the convoy of the other old-fashioned King Army from the sub-nest, they immediately divided their troops to destroy them.
After two days, the seized grain was extremely abundant, and not a single grass seed or dried meat had entered the "Hunting Ground City".
The old-fashioned king in the "Hunting Ground City" obviously noticed the anomaly, and the minions of the god envoy king did not attack, but none of the other convoys of the sub-nest came.
He sent a large number of messengers and scouts out to find out what was going on on the ground.
But in front of the army of the Divine Envoy King, who were waiting for the battle, and in the face of the fierce and warlike scythe hunters, most of the messengers and scouts sent by these old-fashioned kings were killed, and a few fled back.
With the reports of the few ants who escaped, the old-fashioned king could already tell that it was the evil gods who caused the king's minions to be at work, so that the "hunting ground city" was deprived of food supplies.
In the afternoon of the same day, a small army of old-fashioned kings rushed out of the "Hunting Ground City" and engaged in a battle with the army of the Divine Envoy King, but they were quickly dispersed.
Rolling once thought that the enemy army was going to come out in a big way, and it was only the enemy forward who had just tried to fight, so he gathered the army and waited for it.
As a result, the old-fashioned king army did not come out of the nest as expected, but retreated back into the ground.
It wasn't until late in the evening that a large number of messengers came out of the "Hunting Ground City", trying to break through and rush to their own nest in the rear. The messengers were soon killed and banished.
This is the messenger sent by the old-fashioned king to contact the friendly side nest because the enemy army has withdrawn because it is about to get dark, and wants these side nests to pay attention to the new movements of the Divine Envoy King's legion.
The Old-fashioned King was surprised to learn that the messengers had been prevented from breaking through, and he wondered why it was so late, and why the minions of the Divine Messenger King were not in a hurry to return, and if they were going to spend the night in the dangerous and cold wilderness? It's usually not an exceptional case, and the ant army will never do this.
The Old-fashioned King then sent out a small army at regular intervals until it was completely dark. A series of contacts finally made the old-fashioned king realize that the enemy army was not ready to return to "Waterfront City", and was spending time with him outside "Hunting Ground City".
Knowing this result, the old-fashioned king was not discouraged. Although the grain route has been cut off, the grain stored in the "Hunting Ground City" is still enough to last for more than a week, and there is no shortage of food for the time being.
As for those evil god envoy king's minions who "sleep in the open air", they will naturally lose their troops under the blow of the cold and the fierce insects that are raging around the "hunting ground city", and they are happy to see it happen.
All the while, the Archaic King didn't know that the Legion of the Divine Envoy King had built a base under his nose, and spent the long night in a base as warm and comfortable as his lair.
This is all due to the tight battlefield blocking of the scythe hunters and ant scouts. Thanks to their excellent eyesight, these hard-working scout warriors always patrol their nests at dawn and return to their nests when it gets late, not sparing a single enemy ant who wants to leave the "hunting grounds", thus suppressing the battlefield.
Not only did the Old-fashioned King in the "Hunting Ground City" not know that the enemy army had built a base under his nose, but the sixteen sub-nests in the rear of the Old-fashioned King's faction also didn't know the new movements of the Divine Envoy King's legion.
Although a large number of convoys were intercepted on the first day, due to the proper tactics of the Divine Envoy King's legions, there were troops responsible for the attack, and there were also troops that blocked the enemy's escape, and these convoys were all wiped out, and not a single one fled back to report the news.
In addition, the convoys of each sub-nest do not need to return, and they all join the command of the old-fashioned king on the spot after arriving in the "Hunting Ground City".
Therefore, those sub-nests did not suspect him, and continued to send convoys to "send him to death" every day. Although some of the ruling males of the secondary nest will wonder why they have not received instructions from the old-fashioned king for two or three days, which is rare in the past, they do not think much about it.
The old-fashioned king was very calm, except for constantly sending messengers to try to break through, he had no intention of going out to fight with the whole army at all, and hung up the "war-free card".
But he can't sit still, he is impatient, and he also likes to fight face-to-face and straightforwardly, this kind of "sit-down battle" is very inconsistent with his temper.
But the protagonist's suggestion is an order for him, and now he doesn't have the courage to disobey the protagonist's words and deeds, and he can only be patient.
Anyway, the Divine Envoy King Legion had a very nourishing life, and in addition to a few combat missions, some of the Divine Envoy King Legion even began to organize training on the spot, so that the new soldiers who joined the Legion could quickly adapt.
And the daily capture of the Divine Envoy King's army is more than enough to supply military supplies, after all, this army only has more than 10,000 warriors, plus some beetles. The captured enemy supplies were the amount provided by each sub-nest to more than 20,000 enemy fighters in the "Hunting Ground City".
If you fight to consume, the food stock of the Divine Envoy King's army is growing, while the enemy is sitting on the mountain, and the longer the time drags on, the better it will be for your side.
- I'm the dividing line -
When the battle near "Hunting Ground City" has entered a stalemate, and the two sides are not fighting in a big way, the protagonist continues to sit in the main nest "Qingqiu City".
At this time, another army was expanding its territory near the main nest "Qingqiu City".
Ramboree's Fifth Legion has been operating near the main nest recently, and in addition to fighting back against the side nest forces of the old-fashioned king's faction who dare to send troops to attack the territory of the Divine Messenger King's legion, this legion has also attacked some hostile side nests close to the main nest.
Most of the secondary nests are not large enough to be attacked by the Divine Envoy Legion, these secondary nests are smaller, there are not many male ants, and the warriors are rarely in battle. Although there is a unified enemy among the various sub-nests, the evil Divine Messenger King, they lack a unified command and cannot form a joint force, and they are easily defeated one by one.
But recently, Lambray has frequently intercepted some enemy messengers, and judging from the intercepted packets, this situation has changed adversely.