Due to the blockage of the trenches, the dirt slopes, and the interference of fresh ant droppings specially arranged in the trenches, the silk thread parasites did not pose a threat to the defenders of the fortress at all.

These silk parasites either run out of energy in the aimless chaos, or they just find the corpse of a parasitic ant or a wounded person to re-entrench.

Only a handful of silk parasites smelled the scent of a real potential host wafting from the top of the dirt slope, and struggled to climb up.

But the smooth, sloping slope is an insurmountable obstacle for these very weak climbing silkworms, who either fall or are trampled to death in the chaos by the parasitic ants that attack upwards.

So, in fact, the attackers are left with parasitic ants fighting alone.

They struggled to climb from the sloping dirt slope to the top of the earthen embankment, and the angle of inclination of forty-five degrees was a natural moat for the silk parasite, but not too much of an obstacle to the parasitic ant's remarkable climbing ability.

But naturally, due to the limitations of the terrain, the parasitic ants that gathered together to charge at the beginning were gradually distanced.

And the defenders of the fortress have long been accustomed to the daily routine attacks of parasitic ants, which are even launched for about the same amount of time every day. The prepared king was ready to crush the enemy once again.

In order to adapt to the fighting style of the ants, the top of the earthen embankment did not build an undulating female wall to cover the defenders behind the female wall, as humans did in building a city wall. At the top of the embankment is an unsheltered plane, a flat trail about half a decimeter wide.

As the enemy climbs to the top of the hill, the warriors of the Divine Angel King can continue to use their unique razor tactics as if they were on the ground.

The defensive line of the Divine Messenger King's legion was slightly inward at the level of the earthen embankment, leaving a gap on the outside just large enough for the enemy to climb up half a body.

When the first wave of parasitic ants climbed to the top of the earthen embankment, the follow-up ants were blocked on the ramp and had to wait patiently for the empty space ahead to fill in.

The soldier ants of the Divine Envoy King Legion in the first row used their pincers to contain the parasitic soldier ants and parasitic worker ants on the opposite side.

Then, the soldiers in the second row quickly climbed up to the backs of their teammates in front of them and bit off the fragile necks of the opposing enemy with a condescending bite.

The parasitic ants rushed forward in waves, and then rolled down the sloping dirt slope as corpses.

The parasitic ants that were congested on the dirt slope did not understand the tragic situation on the front line, and still tried to attack upward.

At the same time, these parasitic ants instinctively moved to the sides, expanding the battle line.

However, the defenders of the fortress were even more numerous than the attackers, and even if the two squads of slingers were not counted, the remaining eighteen squads were enough to hold a ring of earthen embankments less than 16 decimeters long.

The parasitic ants could not find a single gap in their defenses, and the consequence of extending the front line was that their armies were losing more and more quickly.

"The Art of War: Attacking Chapters" has a wonderful discussion on the comparison of enemy and our forces and the corresponding strategies: "Therefore, the method of using soldiers, ten is to encircle it, five is to attack it, and if it is doubled, it will be divided, and the enemy can fight, if it is less, it can escape, and if it is not, it can be avoided." Therefore, the small enemy is strong, and the big enemy is also captured. ”

Meaning: The principle of using troops is to surround the enemy with ten times the strength, attack the enemy with five times the strength, divide and destroy the enemy with twice the strength, resist if there are forces comparable to the enemy, avoid direct contact with the enemy if the force is less than the enemy, and withdraw to a distant place if the force is weak. Therefore, a weak army is stubborn and stubborn, and instead becomes a prisoner of a strong enemy army.

The parasitic ants themselves do not have enough troops, but they still stubbornly attack the Divine Envoy King Legion, which has a geographical advantage, and defeat is inevitable.

There is no suspense in this battle, and after the slingers are unable to function, the protagonist descends back to the fortress.

After the battle is over, after Roll leads the Divine Envoy King's legion and the worker ants of the fortress to clean up the battlefield, the protagonist recruits Rambori and Rambose.

Overall, the protagonist is satisfied with the performance of the Slingers for the first time, and he commends the two commanders and says that he will reward the commander of the Slinger squad and all the soldiers with a drop of honeydew.

Due to the training and training of flying knights consumes a lot of honeydew, the honeydew of "Dongyang City" has now become a control material, and the worker ants grazing aphids have a special preparation, and all the harvested honeysw is swallowed by the full-time worker ants into the abdomen, and then spit into the nest** special ceramic jar for storage.

Each worker and soldier ant can only get one drop of honeydew per week, while males and females receive one drop per day. In addition, these controlled honeydew will only be distributed as rewards if the protagonist has permission to do so.

Therefore, Ramboray, Rambose, and their warriors are all excited about this reward for the protagonist.

Later, the protagonist proposes that the Slinger squad should continue to research and improve their tactics, at least to be able to accurately attack moving enemy forces.

Previously, Ramberry and Rambosser had already exerted their subjective initiative in training, and from the actual situation, they improved some of the shortcomings of the protagonist's purely theoretical training methods, and achieved good results, and the protagonist reluctantly forced them to continue to work hard.

The protagonist is still very optimistic about this slinger unit, and if possible, he will continue to expand this long-range unit in the future.

The reason why so much attention is paid to the slinger unit is because the combination of different classes can play a 1+1>2 effect.

"Sima Fa: The Righteousness of the Son of Heaven" said: "If the soldiers are not mixed, it is not good, the long soldiers are guarded, and the short soldiers are guarded." If it's too long, it's hard to commit, and if it's too short, it's not enough. If it is too light, it will be sharp, and if it is sharp, it will be easy to mess. If it's too heavy, it's blunt, and if it's dull, it's not good. "That is to say, it is important to pay attention to the combination of different weapons.

The armies of ancient Greece and Rome were dominated by hoplites, and their sophisticated equipment and tight formations could greatly reduce the effectiveness of long-range weapons. However, the ancient Greek and Roman armies also included Cretan archers, Rhodes, and javelin warriors as auxiliary troops, to weaken and pin down enemy forces, and to perform flexible tactics as skirmishers.

The protagonist's positioning of the Slingers is similar to that of auxiliary units, as they can weaken the enemy army at a long distance and constantly attack the enemy's follow-up units.

In this way, within the same frontal width, the enemy of the Divine Messenger King's Legion would face a triple attack: a diligent attack on the first line, a condescending sneak attack on the second line, and a long-range attack by the slingers.

In contrast, the Divine Envoy King Legion without the Slinger configuration could only achieve the first two blows. The traditional ant army combat is only the first blow, with a large number of troops and time to fight each other and consume.