Chapter 134: Misfortune (4)
The surprise attack of the black-headed sour ants was obviously unexpected by the paving ant barbarian army.
Originally, the Paving Ant Barbarian Kingdom thought that it only needed to deal with the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom, but now this opponent seems to have been pressed to the ground and rubbed, and there is no way to fight back.
Although the territory of the Paving Ant Barbarian Country on the north bank of the Great River has never been invaded by foreign enemies like this, with the heritage of the Paving Ant Barbarian Country, it is still able to deal with it in time and continue to recover the lost land.
But just when the commanders of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army thought that they were in control, a third-party force that came from nowhere suddenly attacked the empty base camp without warning, which had to make the Paving Ant Commander angry and imaginative.
Either way, the base camp must be rescued.
As a result, the Paving Ant Barbarian Army could only suspend the offensive against the "Target Ding", and the troops who had not yet crossed the pontoon bridge were the first to turn back and rush to the base camp not far away. And the troops, who had already crossed the river, also began to shrink in turn, and began to return to the north bank of the stream through pontoons. At this time, it is inevitable to leave the troops behind the palace to beware of the counterattack of the big-headed ant kingdom army.
When the first army of paving ant barbarians arrived at the outskirts of the base camp, they were immediately spotted by the vigilant black-headed sour ant scouts.
At this time, most of the black-headed sour ants have gone deep into the ground and are involved in the grain transportation. The grain moved to the ground was concentrated near the old camp, and the queen of the black-headed sour ant was stationed here with a few elites.
After learning the news of the approach of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army, the black-headed sour ant queen immediately sensed the danger and ordered to prepare to retreat.
After all, the black-headed sour ant knew that it was no match for the paving ant, and the troops here were basically the entire strength of the tribe, and there could be no too much damage.
As a result, the black-headed sour ants around the queen immediately secreted a slightly acidic pheromone, and the black-headed sour ants who smelled this smell hurriedly returned to the team to gather.
In order to inform their companions who went deep underground, one after another black-headed sour ant messengers frantically rushed into the base camp, sending signals to retreat while running wildly.
But it seemed that it was too late, and the speed of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army's reinforcements was very fast, and their commander was already red-eyed, vowing to break these enemies who dared to sneak attack into pieces.
The black-headed sour ant scouts on the perimeter began to try to slow down the Paving Ant Barbarian army and buy time for their companions behind them. The scouts ran to the flank of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army and began spraying formic acid.
Since the Paving Ant Barbarian Army formed a tight formation and advanced in a horizontal formation, although they found these few black-headed sour ant scouts hovering on their flanks, they did not take any action in order to maintain the integrity of the formation, and still resolutely advanced forward.
When the formic acid suddenly descended, the paving ant warrior who was sprayed immediately rolled in pain, disrupting the formation on the flanks.
Fortunately, there were not many black-headed sour ant scouts that were harassing, and although it caused a slight confusion in the formation of the paving ant barbarian army, it could not stop them from advancing.
The commander of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army sent his own team of scouts to expel the black-headed sour ant scouts who were attacking from the flanks in a skirmish line, and these black-headed sour ant scouts did not dare to stay any longer after spraying the formic acid, so they quickly fled.
The Paving Ant Barbarian Army has arrived near the entrance and exit of the base camp, and the vanguard has four legions of nearly 10,000 soldiers.
The old camp of the black-headed sour ant tribe is set up next to the entrance and exit to facilitate the transportation of loot. Since there were still many tribal warriors in the underground who had not yet returned, the queen of the black-headed sour ant ant had only gathered half of the troops, about 5,000 warriors.
In the past, when the loot was abundant, the black-headed sour ant tribe was willing to leave a queen army to drag the pursuers, even if the queen army was wiped out, the harvest was enough to compensate.
But now, half of the troops have not yet returned, and once the troops on the ground retreat, these fighters who are blocked underground will have no choice but to die. With 5,000 warriors, this level of loss is unbearable for any black-headed sour ant tribe.
The black-headed sour ant queen can only gather troops to block the counterattack of the paving ant barbarian army. At this moment, all the "instructions of God" and "the gifts of God" have been left behind, and the queen ant and the warriors understand that they can only survive on their own.
The black-headed sour ant warriors were lined up in three loose lines, each of which seemed very loose compared to the tight formation of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army on the opposite side, and seemed to be easily penetrated.
Soon, the vanguard of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army suffered a nightmare blow.
The black-headed sour ants were loosely arranged, and the first front began to spray formic acid frantically on the barbarian army of paving ants, which was already close at hand.
The scene of thousands of warriors spraying formic acid at the same time was so spectacular that a thick puff of smoke seemed to rise from the surface out of thin air, enveloping both sides in an instant.
At this time, the space on the surface was close to a windless state, and the acid surged towards the paving ant barbarian army in the south with the help of the strength of the jet, and only a small part of the atomized acid spread to the battle line of the black-headed sour ants.
The black-headed sour ants have a certain resistance to their own acid, and after the acid mist envelops them, it will not have any effect in a short time.
But the paving ant barbarian army on the opposite side seemed to be stuck in the area, and the ants that were directly sprayed by the high concentration of acid, the soft underbelly such as compound eyes, mouths and carapace crevices were immediately corroded, and the huge pain made these ants no longer obey the order, but blindly rolled on the ground, trying to let the soil absorb these deadly acids.
But the soil on the ground is also stained with acid, which only makes the death of the injured ants more painful.
Even ants that are not directly sprayed with acid are quickly enveloped in evaporating acid, and the droplets of this acid pour in from the compound eyes, mouth, and stomata, from all the channels connected to the ant's body outward, causing damage to their internal organs.
In just one face, the front line of the paving ant barbarian army has collapsed.
However, the black-headed sour ants are not optimistic, and the soldiers on the first front line have run out of acid, lost most of their combat effectiveness, and can only retreat to the rear.
And the Paving Ant Barbarian Army obviously had experience in fighting the black-headed sour ants, and knew that they had this one killing move.
After paying a certain amount of casualties and consuming the enemy's acid, the commander of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army did not hesitate to send troops again, passing through the battlefield where the corpses had been blown away by the wind and mist, and once again approaching the old camp of the black-headed sour ant tribe.
The soldiers on the second line of the black-headed sour ant had no choice but to step forward, and a thick white sour mist rose from the position again.