Sorry, these two days on a business trip, there are more things, I promise at least one shift every day, two shifts when I am free! Thank you!

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- I'm the dividing line -

It was precisely because of the Northern Expeditionary Army's Southern Corps and Northern Corps that they were ready for battle, coupled with coincidence, that they successfully defeated the first counterattack of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army.

On that day, the Paving Ant Barbarian Army suddenly flocked to the junction of the Northern Expeditionary Army's defense line at sunrise, frantically attacking a nest guarded by the Northern Legion at the front line.

Since it was early in the morning, the flying knights had not yet routinely taken off to reconnoitre, so they could not detect the movement of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army at the first time.

By the time the Flying Knight found the Paving Ant Barbarian Army, their large army had already covered the ground with black pressure, and it was very close to the nest defended by the Northern Legion.

By the time the Flying Knights ventured to land and relay the news to the defenders on the ground, the Paving Ant Barbarian Army had already completed the encirclement of the lair.

This time, the Paving Ant Barbarian Army managed to evade the eyes and ears of the Flying Knight and carried out a surprise attack.

After the flying knights were used more and more frequently on the battlefield, the paving ants were unaware at first, and now they have begun to become familiar with this new thing.

Although the paving ant barbarians were still helpless against the flying knights in the air, they gradually mastered the rules of action of the flying knights.

In actual combat, they already knew that hiding in the shadows could effectively avoid the detection of the flying knights. The Flying Knight must only act during the day, leaving two undisturbed time windows for the Paving Ant Barbarian Army to operate, early morning and dusk.

This time, the Paving Ant Barbarian Army uncharacteristically set out at dawn, and had already completed most of the march before the sun had fully risen.

By the time the Flying Knights finally spotted them, the army of paving ants had already "approached the city" and carried out a successful raid.

However, it was this raid that made the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Big-Headed Ant Kingdom a blessing in disguise.

According to the past practice, after discovering that the enemy army is attacking the station, the defenders, even if they are inferior in strength, will come out of the nest to meet the battle, and arrange a circular defense line around the entrance and exit of the nest.

And this time, in the attacked nest, the defenders of the Northern Expeditionary Army's Northern Corps only had more than 10,000 soldiers in ten legions, and the paving ant barbarian army that attacked them had only arrived on the battlefield with more than 60,000 soldiers from forty legions, and a steady stream of reinforcements were pouring out from the departure base, lined up in a long line, and marched towards the target at a rapid pace.

If the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Big-Headed Ant Kingdom learns the information in advance and meets the battle according to the usual practice, even if the soldiers of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom Army are stronger in individual combat, they will be exhausted in a short period of time due to the huge disadvantage of troops, and this nest may not be able to hold out for a day.

And due to the late learning of the information, the soldiers of the first northern corps had just poured out of their lair when they encountered the enemy.

The first batch of warriors didn't even have time to set up their formation, and they were scattered and defeated by the Paving Ant Barbarian Army, which was already in full array.

Fortunately, their sacrifice bought a little time for the follow-up troops.

The second group of troops, relying on the ant mound of the nest, hastily arranged a very short defensive position at the mouth of the nest.

This position is too small, and the contact line between the two sides is no more than a decimeter long. In this way, the numerical advantage of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army was suppressed at once, and the two sides could only continue to fill the warriors into this short but extremely cruel and tragic battle line.

The mouth of the lair was full of fighting and fierce fighting, and countless corpses and stumps soon covered the ground with a thick layer. The warriors on both sides had to continue the battle between the corpses of their comrades and the enemy, and if any warrior recklessly left the cover of her comrades and burst forward, she would never survive for a second.

With the passage of time, the superior number of paving ant barbarian army still succeeded in pushing the battle line forward, and the warriors of the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom were no longer able to gain a foothold on the ground, and they were forced to retreat underground by the increasingly heavy military pressure.

However, in the underground lair, the defenders who still had sufficient troops were able to rely on the complex labyrinthine passages to resist, while the soldiers of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army were infinitely magnified in terms of individual combat effectiveness in underground combat.

Eventually, after the numerical superiority was offset by the qualitative disadvantage in the street fighting, the battle lines of both sides were stabilized, and it was difficult for each side to move forward.

- I'm the dividing line -

After detecting the enemy's move, the Flying Knights immediately reported the battle situation to the protagonist who was far south.

Due to the distance, the protagonist did not receive the information until more than two hours later in the morning.

At that time, the protagonist is giving military training to young males, who have just broken their pupa and are being educated in Dongyang Castle.

The protagonist took the time to come and teach them military knowledge, and the content of the lecture was basically some examples of previous battles, including the battle examples of the Divine Envoy King's legion, and some other battle examples that the protagonist knew, including the battle examples of the public security king, the Western king, and the floating leaf king.

The protagonist will explain the gains and losses in the battle examples, and take these young males to review the battle. The protagonist hopes that through this kind of teaching, which is different from the traditional teaching in the ant world, a new generation of military talents can be cultivated.

After all, the Divine Envoy King Legion is now expanding rapidly, and not only is there a lack of grassroots commanders, but among the legion commanders, there are also many characters whose protagonists are not satisfied with their military qualities. One can only hope that new ants will grow up quickly and fill the gap.

After receiving the battle report from the north, the protagonist is less anxious when he knows that the battle line is temporarily stable. He compiled the battle situation into an information package and sent it to all the students, so that they could simulate the response to the attack as commanders.

Soon, the students' "homework" is handed back, and the protagonist does find a few seedlings that deal with it well, although there is still a big gap between them and his requirements.

And the protagonist announced his own response plan.

Subsequently, this plan was also brought back to the north by the Flying Knights, and reported to the commanders of the Southern and Northern Corps of the Northern Expeditionary Army in the form of recommendations.

- I'm the dividing line -

The Public Security King was on his way to the army when he received the advice of the protagonist from the Flying Knight.

At that time, he led a full twenty legions of 30,000 soldiers on the way to the battlefield.

After learning of the attack on the front, the senior commanders of the Southern Corps and the Northern Corps made contact.

Because the lair defenders were suppressed underground at the beginning, unable to send messengers, the Northern Expeditionary Army, which was cut off from the news of the front, could only learn from the flying knights that the frontline battle had gone underground.

From this, the commanders of the Northern Expeditionary Army concluded that the situation in this nest was in crisis.

Therefore, both the Southern Corps and the Northern Corps each drew a unit and prepared to go for reinforcements.