Chapter 205: Offense and Defense
When the fragrance is strong, it will feel smelly, and some odors will become scented when diluted many times.
For example, indole is a substance that is evaluated by the fragrance critic as having a strong smell of feces and corpses when it is strong, and when it is diluted to 0.1%, it is not so smelly, but has some jasmine fragrance
(Well, everyone loves to drink jasmine honey tea, jasmine tea, jasmine tea, jasmine pomelo tea...) What? )。
On the battlefield, the faint fragrance that the warriors of the Divine Envoy King smelled from afar was the smell of those incomparably smelly secretions left by the Siberian stink ants in the distance that were diluted in the air, and it smelled as if it was the spice smell of some food, which made many soldiers very intoxicated.
But when the warrior returned, all the ants were insensitive to the enhanced version of the smell.
"Nai" shook his tentacles, as if to dispel the smell of the squad commander in front of him, his tentacles and subordinates were immediately separated, and in the shortest possible time, he conveyed an order: he ordered the withdrawn ants to retreat to the rear of the front line quickly.
As a result, the warriors of the Divine Envoy King, who had just returned from the battle, were disgusted, so they could only sneak behind to find sand and soil, and roll in it to get rid of the unbearable stench on their bodies.
"Nai" himself also wiped the tentacles on the ground repeatedly to wipe off the smell just stained, if this smell has been sticking to the antennae responsible for the sense of smell, it is really no less than putting a piece of Xiang under the nose.
After discovering that the enemy was able to emit a foul smell, this time "Nai" did not want to drive his subordinates to go to hand-to-hand combat again, and when the main force of the allied forces of the two tribes of bellied ants and Siberian stink ants pressed up and assembled in an open field that was not contaminated by the smell, "Nai" ordered the artillery position to open fire, preparing to consume the enemy with long-range fire first.
This time the artillery did not disappoint the commander, and in the first round of fire, four shells hit three shots, causing chaos in the enemy formation.
After three rounds of rapid fire, the formation of the two ethnic coalition forces became more and more chaotic, and the indigenous ants, who had never experienced the baptism of artillery fire, did not know where the attack came from, and only saw the inexplicable death or wounding of their companions, and after a while, they could not support it, and retreated in a noisy manner.
"Nai" was also surprised, he didn't expect the enemy to be defeated so easily, unlike the previous Red Fire Ant Country when it encountered artillery for the first time, the other party was not frightened at all, and still charged violently.
In fact, there are still a few natural fighting ants like red fire ants, and most ants are not as brave as red fire ants, big-headed ants, and paving ants, and are more inclined to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.
Although the tribal alliance of belly ants and Siberian stink ants is not weak on the south bank of the Qing River, and can even barely be regarded as a small tyrant, its combat effectiveness is at the level of a younger brother in front of a natural warrior like the red fire ant.
In addition, the alliance of the two clans came to take advantage of the fire to rob and rob things, and now the forward troops have tested that the master is very strong, and now they have suffered an unknown blow. The fear of the unknown, and the rational decision after weighing the pros and cons, made the leaders of the alliance of the two clans urgently deliberate and immediately decided to retreat.
They retreated in a very orderly manner, and took with them the corpses of their comrades who had died in battle, which would be rations for a short period of time after the failure of the looting.
After the alliance of the two clans retreated, the two small tribes in the rear, the Yidatou ant and the hairy ant, still rushed up, and were soon almost wiped out.
The first day of the battle of the native ants besieging [Pioneer City] ended in a hurry.
Afterwards, the Flying Knight observed that at the station of the indigenous ant tribe, the other tribes who heard the news quickly ransacked the temporary station of the Yidatou ant and the hairy ant, killed all the ants inside, and transported the queen, eggs, carcasses, and food back as trophies.
This is the sorrow of the indigenous tribes of this land, once they lose the ability to protect themselves, they will immediately be attacked by other tribes.
When dividing up the Yi big-headed ant and the hairy ant, the indigenous tribes still had a very tacit understanding, even between the two tribes that had mortal enemies, they also did not interfere with each other's well water, and focused on killing and looting. Obviously, this is not the first time that such a partition has been made!
This tacit understanding is also the premise for the indigenous ant tribe to besiege [Pioneer City], and it is also not the first time that they have besieged a "fat prey-like tribe".
The tribal alliance of the bellied ant and the Siberian stink ant had little to lose today, making the other ant tribes who coveted them give up their thoughts. However, the alliance still felt deeply insecure, and withdrew from the coalition that afternoon, retreating in the direction of their homeland.
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The next day, November 3, a coalition of indigenous tribes, mainly Argentine ants, finally launched a formal attack.
The native ants are not really united, but are working on their own, just moving towards the same goal of [Pioneer City].
The largest of the indigenous tribal armies is the Argentine Ant Tribal Alliance, with about 10,000 warriors, almost out of the nest.
Among the other tribes, there are about 5,000 warriors in the Paving Ant Tribe, 4,000 warriors in the corn hair ant tribe, 4,000 warriors in the Little Yellow Ant Tribe, etc.
There are also some tribes that have a small number of ants, but have the advantage of size or combat skills, such as the Turkic Bowback Ant Tribe, the Red Forest Ant Tribe, the Turtle Ant Tribe, etc.
There are dozens of tribes, with different strengths, but the total strength of the army is also forty or fifty thousand, and from the air, there are armies attacking from all directions of [Pioneer City], which is extremely spectacular.
The Legion of the Divine Envoy King is ready for the first time since the establishment of [Pioneer City] that it faces a major military threat.
The aphid herds outside had all been temporarily moved into their nests to protect them, and there were no worker ants outside to feed, so the gods made the king's warriors set up defenses on the city walls and waited for the enemy to attack.
When the armies of the indigenous tribes arrived on the outskirts of [Pioneer City], the disadvantages of inconsistent command began to be exposed.
Some of the tribal troops who arrived first rushed directly in a reckless and chaotic manner, and the defenders only used the millet cannon to suppress it with a few shots, and the mung bean cannon was not used for the time being, and most of the attacks were repulsed.
There were only two tribesmen in the thousands, and they were also fierce, and they rushed up against the not dense firepower, crossed the trenches, climbed the walls, and then they were gone.
The efficiency of hand-to-hand combat was much higher than that of artillery, and the two tribes left behind the corpses of their companions, and they retreated in defeat.
The Divine Envoy King's Legion has not yet used artillery on a large scale, because it is easy to overheat and become inoperable after too many artillery shots, and these firepower should be reserved for the most critical moments.
When the main forces of the indigenous coalition such as Argentine ants, paving ants, and corn hairy ants arrived one after another, the defenders knew that the critical moment had come!