Chapter 256: Death Battle (1)
After receiving the report from Roll, Lan Bofei's judgment was that since the army of Roll had arrived at the sub-nest that was close at hand, and the journey was only half a day, then they could appear on the battlefield of "Waterfront City" the next day.
At that time, the Divine Envoy King Legion will form a two-sided advantage against the enemy, and with the combat effectiveness of the Divine Envoy King Legion, it will not be a problem to defeat the enemy army.
But the number of the Divine Angel King's legions is a disadvantage after all. With the addition of rolling troops, the Divine Envoy King Legion also has only four legions, of which the Sixth Legion is not organized (some squads are dismantled and become garrisons in various places), with a total of 10,000 soldiers. And the enemy is four times as many.
If you fight more with less, it will naturally be difficult to form an encirclement network, and even if you win, the results may not be rich.
The terrain of the battlefield was not conducive to the Divine Envoy King's army in a battle of annihilation: the troops of "Waterfront City" had to pass through a narrow wooden bridge to engage in pursuit from the northwest, and the rolling troops arrived from the antway in the southwest. Whether the enemy army fled on their own initiative or fled after being defeated, they could take advantage of the lack of strength of the Divine Envoy King's army and calmly flee to the east.
Rambo Fei has a higher political IQ and a greater vision of the big picture, and he knows that the protagonist very much wants to completely annihilate the old-fashioned king's army. But how can we fight a war of annihilation instead of a crushing battle, how can we destroy as much of the main force of the Old-fashioned King's army as possible on this battlefield, and reduce the difficulty of attacking the seventeen sub-nests controlled by the Old-fashioned King's control in the future? Rambo Fei has to make a decision without the protagonist present.
After thinking about it again and again, Rambo Fei made up his mind.
He sent two flying knights to rush to the secondary nest where Roll was before the sun had completely set, and informed him that his side would cross the bridge early tomorrow morning to firmly nail the enemy army, and asked Roll to lead the army around the rear of the enemy army to launch a surprise attack, and be sure to destroy the enemy's main force in one fell swoop.
This plan has a high risk, and the rolling army needs to make a detour, so Lan Bofei will lead the second army to carry more than ten times the number of enemy troops alone for half a day's siege.
But once successful, the benefits will also be great, the enemy will be cut off from retreat, and the vast majority of fighters will not be able to escape back to the starting base, which will clear the way for future battles.
Lan Bofei also believes in the combat effectiveness of the Divine Envoy King Legion, and the formation of the Divine Envoy King Legion on the gentle terrain and the formation of the Divine Envoy King Legion that implements the "razor tactic" is not so easy to break through. The only thing that limited them was physical strength, but for about half a day, I believe that they will stick to it by gritting their teeth.
That night, the flying knights did not return to report, of course, this is expected, it is getting late, it is believed that the two flying knights are rolling there for the night, and will return tomorrow.
Because of the double insurance of the two flying knights, Rambo Fei is not worried that his information will not be delivered.
But Rambofei's plan was too "perfect" to withstand the test of surprises.
In fact, the information of the flying knights was delivered to Roll, but Roll had already made up his mind to return to the division first to solve his worries, and he asked the Flying Knights to bring a letter early the next morning, informing Rambo that he could not arrive on time on the battlefield, and asked the Second Legion to act on the opportunity.
Early the next morning, the Flying Knights waited anxiously for the sky to fully light up, and then they could ride their fly mounts and deliver important military information to the "Waterfront City" as soon as possible.
From the sub-nest where they set off, it only takes about ten minutes to fly to the "Waterfront City", which is enough!
But the delay caused by the distance of ten minutes is fatal.
Rambo Fei didn't expect that he wouldn't be able to come, and he didn't agree to his plan. He had already prepared for battle last night, let the army eat and drink enough, the squad on rotation all suspended their training and returned, and the army rested near the entrance and exit of the lair.
It was just dawn today, and he couldn't wait for the flying knights to be rewarded, so he led the army out of the nest, quickly completed the assembly, and then climbed across the wooden bridge and lined up at this end of the wooden bridge.
The wooden bridge is a fallen tree, the original roots of the tree are on the rocky island, it is estimated that because the soil is too shallow, this tree can no longer see the variety of the tree can not stretch its roots infinitely like the big banyan tree, firmly grasp itself, and finally collapsed in a strong wind. Its canopy had fallen on the south bank of the river, and the leaves and tiny branches had rotted away, but the trunk remained intact, dug diagonally into the earth, and a little bit of silt was buried in the mud to form a slope.
Lan Bofei led the army and arranged around the gentle slope of the wooden bridge.
There is no terrain advantage here, and the Second Legion of the Divine Envoy King must build a ring of flesh and blood to resist the siege of the enemy. However, the terrain here is flat, so there are pros and cons to not worrying about separate enemies sneaking up from all heights.
The enemy appeared earlier than expected, and the "Hunting Ground City" was much closer to the intended battlefield than the secondary nest where Roll was located.
And the old-fashioned king was also anxious, and early in the morning, when the sky was just white, and the ants could barely see, he urged the forward troops to set off.
In the past few days, the old-fashioned king has not been idle, and his messengers have been running around the country of the big-headed ant king, contacting one sub-nest after another.
Through these messengers, the Stachymal King and the New King Council behind him have received the allegiance of many of the Vice-Nests, as well as the support of many promises.
But he also learns that the evil Divine Messenger King has sent troops to the "Waterfront City". The king of the second death-fighting sub-nest, who had previously been in contact with the Old-fashioned King, sent a messenger to report to the Old-fashioned King as soon as he was attacked, taking advantage of the fact that the Divine Envoy King's legion had not yet completed the blockade.
The messenger knew that the Old-fashioned King would be going to Waterfront Castle, so he rushed to this place, and happened to encounter the Old-fashioned King's army besieging the Waterfront Castle.
When the old-fashioned king got the news, the last secondary nest leading from the main nest "Qingqiu City" to "Waterfront City" had been conquered. But the Old-fashioned King didn't know it, and he felt that it would take two or three days for the minions of the evil Divine Envoy King to conquer the last of the Vice-Nest and arrive here, because the King of the Vice-Nest had said that he would resolutely resist the attack of the Divine Envoy King's minions.
The Old-fashioned King knew that he had to defeat the enemy in front of him as quickly as possible, but he also had no good way to break through the wooden bridge quickly.
His plan today was to set off with the army in advance, and order the forward troops to attack the wooden bridge directly without waiting for the army. He hoped that the defenders had not yet completed their assembly, so that his forward troops would be able to control the wooden bridge, allowing the army to continue to advance and attack the "Waterfront City" head-on.
When the old-fashioned king arrived on the battlefield with the main force, he was rewarded by the forward troops.
The return was both joyful and worried, but the worry was that the forward troops were not able to control the wooden bridge as planned, and the enemy troops were dispatched early today. Happily, the enemy actually abandoned the defensive line in the middle of the wooden bridge and set up a position at the bridgehead to meet the battle.