Chapter 180: Battle of [Slippery Rock City] (4)

The Leafcutter Ant Army came like a summer flood, only to sink like stagnant water in a quagmire in front of a trap.

And at this time, the counterattack of the Red Fire Ant Army, like the tide slapping on the cliff by the sea, the waves crashed on the shore, and the fierce return!

The tide of return is often more agitated than when it comes, and the counterattack of the Red Fire Ant Army, although the number of ants is much less than that of the Leaf Cutting Ant Army, is more vigorous.

A Star Bull had already crossed the trap with a foot deep and a shallow foot, but in front of it was tens of thousands of enemy troops eyeing it.

Without the infantry accompanied, there were no other Star Bulls by his side, this Star Bull and a few leaf-cutting ants on its back seemed extremely isolated.

The enemy will not have mercy on you! The Red Fire Ant Warrior and the slave auxiliaries swarmed up, and a single Star Sky Bull, no matter how huge and fierce the resistance was, was not an opponent at all.

The leaf-cutting ants on the back of the Star Bull were quick to see the opportunity, and hurriedly drove the Star Cow to take off. This Star Celestial Bull is not like its companion who was bitten off its wings and died tragically before and could not fly, but it flapped its wings and flew.

But it still didn't escape, dozens of belly-raising ants were already on standby, and the star bull had just flown a little before it encountered a colony of belly-raising ants spraying acid into the air.

The bellied ants didn't care that most of the acid fell back to the ground, injuring a lot of their allies.

Xingtianniu's weak abdomen was suddenly concentrated, and the acid corroded the carapace, and there was a burning pain. It tumbled and fell, and the leaf-cutting ants on its back flew off and fell into the Red Fire Ant Army, and it was quickly surrounded and killed.

The other Red Fire Ant troops had already entered the trap group from a safe road, and while they explored the ground with their tentacles to obtain the secrets hidden in pheromones, they quickly surrounded the other Star Bulls who were trapped in the trap group at a slow speed.

These Star Bulls are also very vulnerable due to the lack of cover from the accompanying infantry, and are at a loss for what to do on the ground densely packed with traps.

In the end, 8 of the 10 Sacred Beast Star Beerals on the front line of the leaf-cutting ant army were killed, and only 2 on the right flank in the south managed to fly away.

After eliminating the leaf-cutting ant troops stranded in the trap swarm, the Red Fire Ant Army continued to counterattack.

However, the army of leafcutter ants was crowded at the edge of the trap swarm, completely losing their formation, entangled and interfering with each other, as if they were a mess.

Due to the fear of the antlion and the chain reaction brought about by the rout of the holy beast, the most advanced leaf-cutting ant warriors were slaughtered by the Red Fire Ant Army.

The troops that have lost their fighting spirit are powerless, and the leaf-cutting ant warriors who were able to attack desperately not long ago are as cowardly as worms that suddenly see sunlight under the turned stones.

The Red Fire Ant Army's counterattack unfolded on the left and right flanks at the same time, and only three hours later, more than 100,000 troops on the front line of the Leaf Cutting Ant Army were already strewn with corpses and on the verge of collapse.

The Red Fire Ant Army not only completely recovered the positions on the left and right flanks, but even chased the leaf-cutting ant army to advance all the way, with the momentum of a decisive battle.

These Red Fire Ant Warriors are very adept at prioritizing enemy commanders in pursuit, making it difficult for the Leafcutter Ant Army to establish effective command in the rout, even if they want to regroup.

Aggressive and quick-witted, fierce and agile, swift and strong, the Red Fire Ants have near-perfect warrior genes and show their strengths to the fullest in this battle.

In the end, the Leaf Cutter Ant Army had to invest in the second line of troops, and finally forced the Red Fire Ant Army back in the chaotic and crowded battlefield and saved part of the defeated army.

At this time, it was already about five o'clock in the afternoon, and it was still early, but the leaf-cutting ant army had already lost their fighting spirit, gathered their troops, carried the wounded soldiers, and retreated for about an hour to build a camp to protect them from the wind and rain.

The Red Fire Ant Army sent a small number of troops to monitor the movements of the Leaf Cutter Ant Army, and the large army also returned to the nest to recuperate, leaving some slave auxiliaries to clean up the battlefield.

Countless leaf-cutting ant corpses that died in today's battle were intentionally piled up into cone-shaped corpses on the battlefield, just like "Jingguan"!

100,000 corpses built a view of Beijing, and Tiangong wept and dried his blood!

After today's battle, the Leaf Cutting Ant Army suffered as many as 100,000 casualties, and the Red Fire Ant Army lost more than 20,000 soldiers.

The morale of the commanders of the Leaf Cutter Ant Army was frustrated, and the several female ants sitting in the town held a meeting, but they could not unify their opinions, so they sent the Star Bull back to the main nest [Holy Tree City] to consult the opinions of the female ant assembly and the queen ant assembly.

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The next morning, the Leaf Cutter Army did not attack for the time being.

It wasn't until the messenger of [Sacred Tree City] arrived on the Star Bull and ordered the army to continue attacking [Talc City] and conquer this place, that the Leaf Cutter Ant Army sprang into action again.

After resting for the night, and [Holy Tree City] said that it was sending troops to form reinforcements, and would come to support as soon as possible. Finally, the leaf-cutting ant army has regained some of its fighting spirit, and the commanders have also boosted their morale.

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Having learned the lesson of yesterday, today the Leaf Cutter Ant Army sent a few Star Celestial Bulls to reconnoiter in advance.

Braving the acid of the bellied ants, the Star Bulls did not dare to fly too low and too far, and the detection effect was not good, but they also roughly understood the layout of the Red Fire Ant Army.

Today, the Red Fire Ant Army is still divided into three wings: left, center, and right, with the thinnest formation in the middle and the thick left and right wings.

At the rear of the formation, hundreds of antlion traps were connected in a line, guarding the rear of the left and right flanks and the flanks of the middle lane, and also guarding [Talc City] in a semicircle.

And outside the [Slippery Rock City] lair, there is also an enemy reserve that has been ignored by the Leaf Cutter Ant Army, which is a force composed of the [Slippery Rock City] defenders.

[Talc City] as an important defense hub in the territory of the Red Fire Ant Country, there has been a force stationed for a long time, and at this time, all the nest ** strong are drawn out, and the formation of this force has about 20,000 ants, about one-third of which are Red Fire Ant warriors, and two-thirds are slave ambushes.

Their presence was obscured by the terrain on the ground, and the Leaf Cutter Ant Army had been unaware of the existence of this force until now.

And this force is the general reserve of the Red Fire Ant Army, so that they dare to deploy all the troops brought from the main nest to the front line.

During the reconnaissance of the Star Sky Bull, because of the obvious target, they attracted the anti-aircraft fire of most of the bellied ants.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the flying knights of the Divine Envoy King's legion also conducted a reconnaissance here. The Flying Knights come here almost every day, but they have been hiding far away from the periphery to guard against the elusive belly-raising ants.

Today, the Flying Knight's reconnaissance is intensive and frequent, and he no longer deliberately hides in order to reduce casualties.

The commander of the Leaf Cutting Ant Army had received the report, but she had not yet realized that her reinforcements, the Divine Messenger Legion, were about to arrive on the battlefield.

Otherwise, the Leafcutter Ant Army wouldn't be so desperate today!