Chapter 271: "Hunting Ground City" Battle 3
For a time, the battle situation was at a stalemate, and the old-fashioned king's army ants were numerous and high-spirited, but they were blocked under the ridge and could not advance an inch.
Rolling naturally hopes that this stalemate will continue, which is the most beneficial for the under-armed Divine Envoy King Legion, and it can also limit the advantage of the enemy army the most.
This ridge is like an impregnable wall, sheltering the legions of the Divine Envoy King on it with its geographical advantages.
Throughout the ages, many armies have relied on superior terrain to hold on to turn the tide of war. Therefore, the art of war: "The time is not as good as the place...... The city of three miles, the Guo of seven miles, the ring and attack it without victory. If the husband attacks it, there will be those who have the right time, but the one who does not win is not as good as the location. ”。
In an era when siege weapons were lacking, such as before the Song Dynasty in China, and before the Roman era in Europe, attacking any enemy with well-developed defenses or geographical advantages was a nightmare for these classical armies.
Without direct artillery and trebuchets, and without adequate fire cover, these armies had to use ladders, chariots, and flesh and blood to attack the city, and had to endure far greater casualties than the defenders, as well as the resulting loss of morale.
In the Art of War, it is said that "the ants will be invincible and the ants will possess it, killing one-third of the soldiers, and those who cannot pull out the city will also be the disaster of this attack", and it is believed that the casualty ratio of the besieging side can reach up to one-third.
The ancient Greeks also suffered through the city walls, the legendary expedition to the Battle of Troy, with the advantage of the all-Greek coalition, but also besieged for ten years without defeat, losing countless soldiers, and finally relying on stratagem to break through the city.
Even the appearance of ballistas and trebuchets did not completely reverse the offensive and defensive situation. It wasn't until the advent of artillery that the traditional city defenses gradually fell behind, but the star-shaped fortresses continued to take over the burden of the traditional city walls. This clash of spears and shields has been throughout the history of mankind.
Now, the old-fashioned king's army obviously has no siege equipment, and the lack of food makes them not even have the ability to fight for a long time, so they can only bury their heads in the attack.
Rolling at the moment of waiting for the enemy to collapse, this intensity and casualties, no ant army can last long, even if the soldiers are not afraid of death, the male ant commander will be terrified. As soon as the male ants wavered and retreated, the army collapsed.
Roll has ordered the Flying Knight to keep an eye on the enemy's movements, especially not to let go of the old-fashioned king in the enemy's own formation.
The main formation of the Old-fashioned King is located near the entrance and exit of the "Hunting Ground City", and there is a main enemy force at the base of the tall bushes, and the Old-fashioned King is supposed to be among them.
The fighting continues.
Throwing stones and corpses everywhere, the intensity of the battle between the two sides is comparable to that of any major war in human history. After all, human armies are easily swayed by blood, death, and rumors, and many human warriors think more about how to survive or build up their feats, rather than being as bent on killing their enemies as ant warriors are.
This kind of single-minded fight is the most terrifying, even if the leg is broken, seriously injured, and the body is separated, the tenacious ant will still bite the enemy with its last breath.
In the defense line of the Divine Envoy King's legion, there are often scenes where the tentacles or forelimbs of the warrior are bitten by an enemy with only one head or half a body left, and although it is not fatal, it seriously affects the following battle.
These fighters had no choice but to retreat and wait for their teammates in the rear to help tear apart the firmly biting enemy before returning to the battlefield.
Human armies are often too well organized to sustain large casualties in a short period of time, but ant armies can, provided that the male commander is tough enough.
The army of the old king launched two waves of attacks, each with three or four legions of about five or six thousand soldiers, but these legions were all defeated in front of the ridge and returned in vain.
Whenever a third of these legions were lost, they would retreat and regroup, even if they had to go through another baptism of catults, and they would not want to suffer under the ridge again.
The huge casualties and the inadvertent battle situation greatly shook the determination of the originally resolute male commander.
Some male ant commanders sent messengers to find the old king, suggesting that they should find the location of reinforcements, or that the army should go directly along the ant path and join up with the reinforcements that should be near the ant road, avoiding the "hard bones" on the ridge.
The old-fashioned king didn't think so, and the evil god envoy king's minions must have stopped the reinforcements. If your own army rashly advances along the ant road, once it is in the state of the advance queue, it is intercepted by the enemy in front and surrounded by pursuers behind, then the army is really finished, and it will be scattered by those beetles before it even has time to start the battle formation.
For the sake of now, it is still necessary to defeat, or at least repel the enemy in front of you.
There is still a glimmer of hope for the Old-fashioned King, and the two most elite legions under his command, all of which are made up of veterans who have participated in the Battle of "Waterfront City", and the brave and skilled hunter group from "Hunting Ground City", are trying to make a detour with other troops.
These legions, under the guidance of the scouts, bypassed the frontal battlefield where the fierce battle was raging, and climbed up from other directions on the ridge, and were assembling on both flanks of the Divine Envoy King's legions, preparing to launch a counterattack.
Rolling under the reminder of the flying knight, he already knows the latest movements of the enemy army.
He had expected the scout troops to block the enemy's advance and wipe out pheromones. However, the scout troops had too many tasks, and the forces were too scattered to carry out this task for a while.
With the main force of the enemy's roundabout troops already climbing the ridge and massing, the best opportunity to stop the enemy's plans has been lost.
Since the main forces of Rambo Fei and Rambo Wan were still fighting fiercely on the ridge and could not be mobilized, they could only count on the Beetle Legion under their command to defeat the enemy forces on both flanks.
Otherwise, you will be surrounded on three sides, and the topographical advantage of the ridge will of course be lost.
Fortunately, due to poor communication of the enemy, the speed of advance and assembly of troops on both flanks was not consistent. And Roll has the timely military information transmitted by the Flying Knight, and with the information packet, he can have the perspective of God from the battlefield high in the sky as if he saw it with his own eyes.
It is very important for the commander of an army to grasp the panoramic view of the battlefield, so throughout the ages, many commanders will set their positions on high places to overlook the battlefield, even if it brings the disadvantages of inconvenient command. When there is no high terrain, equipment such as nest cars will be made to ensure the manager's vision.
In the Legion of the Gods, the vision of the Flying Knights is equivalent to that of the Commander, which is similar to the high perspective of real-time strategy games, and has always played an inconspicuous but vital role in the war of the Legion of the Gods.
Roll quickly prioritized the target and led the Beetle Legion forward.