Chapter 80: A small victory in the first battle
The scale of the attack force that the protagonist has temporarily assembled is not large, and he has to leave most of the 2nd and 3rd Legions behind to defend his home.
But the troops are very elite, and these warriors inside are all composed of soldier ants, and even divine soldier ants, all equipped with iron weapons, armor, and long-range weapons, and their strength is even stronger than the most elite infantry legions in their homeland.
After assembling outside [Xinyang City], the army quickly set off and rushed to the predetermined battlefield.
The bellied ants and red fire ants come along the river beach one after the other, one after the other, and the route is fixed, so the protagonist can choose a battlefield that suits him.
This was the first battle between the Divine Envoy Legion and the Red Fire Ants, and the second battle after the Divine Envoy Legion had left their homeland, and since the first warrior was dealing with a weak belly ant, this battle was the real test.
The protagonist also knows that although his subordinates have not shown much abnormality because they are unable to return to their homeland and already know that the main force is completely destroyed, the fear and uneasiness have been lurking in the hearts of all the male ants. It's not surprising that you're suddenly forced to settle in a foreign land, and that you're probably under threat.
The protagonist knows that this battle must be won, and only victory and defeat must be allowed to reawaken the confidence of the male ants, so that the army of the Divine Envoy King will not be afraid of the powerful and brave red fire ants from now on.
In order to be sure, the protagonist did not line up for battle, but lurked his troops in a condescending grass near the river beach, leaving only the flying knight to warn in the sky, and the idea of an ambush was played.
- I'm the dividing line -
More than 200 bellied ants were running in a terrible way, they were running away from demons, dodging the end of the world, which was the end of the real demons.
The staggering belly-raising ant could not get rid of the pursuers not far behind him, because the "old heart" could not leave the faltering queen ant in the team.
This is a young queen ant whose abdomen has not yet entered fertility mode, otherwise she would not be able to run at all. But congenitally physiologically, the queen ant is not suitable for long-distance running, she is tired, and she must rely on the worker ants around her to support her forward.
The "old heart" was very anxious, the red fire ants were approaching little by little, and he had already sent three forces of the palace queen one after another, each time he could only slightly delay the speed of the pursuers.
The "old heart" made a decision, and once again used his tentacles to order a king to take his subordinates to the queen of the palace, and use sacrifices to buy a few minutes, even a few seconds.
It doesn't matter if the warrior dies, it doesn't matter if the king dies, even if he dies! But if the only queen in the team dies now, then the colony is truly finished!
The "old heart's" desire for the continuation of the race made him make the decision to defect to the alien ants after the defeat in the decisive battle.
Originally, after the decisive battle, a king of the same status as the "old heart" tried to show a deeper level of submission to the bellied ants, and he did not hesitate to change from a vassal to a slave.
But the Red Fire Ants still did not accept it, and slaughtered all the bellied ants that tried to surrender.
The tragic situation of the massacre frightened the "old heart", but it also brought him to his senses. Taking advantage of the fact that the red fire ants were chasing the belly ants who were scattered and fleeing all over the tree, and taking advantage of the fact that the red fire ants burrowed into several tree nests to slaughter the queen ants and worker ants in the nest, "Old Heart" took the remnants of his men to pick up an ant queen from a remote tree nest, and then moved from a tree road where the red fire ants had not yet set foot to another tree, preparing to go to the army of the Divine Envoy King, who had promised to accept his own clan as a vassal.
Along the way, the scattered bellied ants joined in, and the team soon grew to more than 300 individuals, which finally attracted the attention of the red fire ants, and then the two sides staged a chase on the beach.
- I'm the dividing line -
The Red Fire Ants had once again wiped out the Queen's troops, and the monotonous chase had made their commander a little impatient.
However, these experienced commanders and elite warriors who have been fighting all kinds of ants for many years still retain basic vigilance in battles that have been smooth along the way.
When the dense sound of "Si Xi Suo" came from the grass on the slope in the distance, even if the commander of the Red Fire Ant had not yet seen the Divine Envoy King Legion, he immediately divided half of his forces to the north side to guard.
Now, half of the Red Fire Ants continue to pursue the Bellied Ants, and the other half of the forces are ready to deal with unknown attacks. In the eyes of the Red Fire Ants, these thousand warriors are enough to resist a sneak attack, and in this world, except for the army of leaf-cutting ants, no ant race has the ability to eat a thousand Red Fire Ant warriors in one go.
When the Divine Angel King warriors came out of the grass and charged, only two meters away from the Red Fire Ant Army, the commander of the Red Fire Ant finally saw the attacking ants.
In his eyes, it was a swarm of ants that he had never seen before, reflecting the sun's rays.
The iron-clad god made the king's warriors reflect a dazzling light like a ball of flame rushing towards the enemy.
The red fire ants are very tenacious and live up to the prestige of the overlord of this region.
In order to achieve the suddenness of the attack, the Divine Envoy King's legion only briefly launched a wave of slingling attacks during the charge, trying to disrupt the formation and then engage in hand-to-hand combat.
But the red fire ants gathered together and carried this wave of bullets without moving. Red fire ants often fight enemies with long-range attack capabilities, such as bellied ants, and have long since adapted to this kind of blow.
Although the physical damage of the slings is completely different from the corrosive damage of the acid, the red fire ants have maintained their formation despite the casualties, without revealing the slightest flaw.
The Divine Angel King's legion was already charging, and even if they saw the enemy standing still, they couldn't stop the charge, and the two sides entered hand-to-hand combat.
In hand-to-hand combat, the red fire ant team is basically large and medium-sized worker ants, and their size is generally larger than that of the big-headed ant soldier ants, or at least equivalent. In terms of body size, it is the red fire ant that is more dominant.
But after a fight, the Divine Envoy King Legion did not suffer, but the red fire ants did not adapt!
The iron armor blocked the bite of the stubby of the red fire ants' short, sharp jaws, and the red fire ants suddenly found that their vaunted hand-to-hand combat abilities were useless, and they had never encountered such an ineffective attack, even the most experienced commanders could not do anything at this time.
It was only when some of the Divine Envoy King warriors were bitten into a position without the protection of iron armor, and immediately convulsed like an electric shock and fell down and never got up again, that some Red Fire Ant Commanders realized that such a situation was not their own problem.
But individual cases can't change the entire occupation, and the red fire ants gradually can't resist it!
Even if the half of the troops who chased and killed the bellied ants rushed back to support, it would not change the outcome. The Divine Envoy King's legion surrounded this group of red fire ants, and the warriors formed a tight line to slaughter this group of red fire ants with great efficiency!