Chapter 135: Misfortune (5)
With the arrival of the second wave of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army's offensive, the black-headed sour ant warriors on the second front could only step forward to meet it. They tried to stop the counter-offensive of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army by spraying precious and limited formic acid again.
Two waves of formic acid were sprayed down, and the paving ant barbarian army was indeed blocked, and they lost nearly a legion of soldiers, on the other hand, on the black-headed sour ant side, there were few casualties.
But the trend of strength and weakness is actually quietly reversing. This loss is just a drop in the bucket for the army of paving ant barbarians. However, the acid of the black-headed sour ant cannot be regenerated in a short period of time.
When the acid mist dissipated slightly, another wave of paving ant barbarian armies was ready to move forward through the battlefield where the corpses were pillowed.
At the same time, the Paving Ant Barbarian Army divided its forces on both flanks, opened a huge encirclement network, and prepared to take three sides.
Only one-third of the warriors in the old camp of the black-headed sour ant still have acid reserves, and the warriors who have lost their acid, in terms of size and organization, are no match for the Paving Ant barbarian warriors. A huge crisis looms over this tribe that not so long ago was ecstatic.
Black-headed sour ant warriors who have escaped to the ground have been emerging from the base camp, and they have been informed of the danger on the ground from the messenger.
However, there are still more than 3,000 black-headed sour ant warriors who have not come out of the ground.
As the encirclement network of the paving ant barbarian army approached little by little, the huge sense of crisis finally made the queen of the black-headed sour ant make up her mind.
As a new pheromone drifts in the wind, the courier gives the order, and the black-headed sour ants are given the order to retreat.
I saw that the black-headed sour ant warrior who still had acid reserves began to spray acid frantically in all directions, and bursts of acid mist rose again on the entire battlefield.
This sour mist was so thick that even the flying knights watching the battle in the sky couldn't see the situation in the old camp of black-headed sour ants.
This time, the direction of the acid spraying was not concentrated, but towards the entire front of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army. As a result, the acid attack was not effective this time, but the huge coverage still managed to stop the Paving Ant Barbarian Army from continuing to advance.
Before the acid mist dissipates, the black-headed sour ants have bought themselves a limited amount of time.
In the acid mist, the army of black-headed sour ants began to quickly break through to the north, and this direction was safe according to scout reconnaissance.
The black-headed sour ant warriors who have run out of acid, each with the looted food in their mouths, guards the queen ant to evacuate. Last were the warriors who had just emerged from the ground in the base camp, and these warriors still had acid, and they consciously formed the rear army.
As the acid mist gradually dissipated, the Paving Ant Barbarian Army finally launched a general attack, and countless soldiers rushed forward like a mountain and a tsunami.
The few black-headed sour ant warriors behind the palace immediately sprayed the acid with all their might, and then turned around and ran.
The number of these warriors was too small to form an acid mist that obscured the battlefield. The already impatient Paving Ant Barbarian Army bravely walked through the acid-stained ground, and soon killed some black-headed sour ant warriors who had no time to escape.
At this time, the main force of the black-headed sour ant tribe had already gone away, and there were still black-headed sour ants drilling out of the underground entrance and exit of the base camp.
The Paving Ant Barbarian Army simply gave up the pursuit and began to go deep into the ground, encircling and suppressing the black-headed sour ant warriors who were trapped here.
The battlefield underground is a different scene, because the terrain is narrow, and the black-headed sour ant only needs a few warriors to spray acid to block the offensive of the paving ant barbarian army. Due to the poor underground ventilation conditions, the acid mist of the black-headed sour ant can last for a long time, which brings great difficulties to the encirclement and suppression of the paving ant barbarian army.
But correspondingly, because the only entrance and exit has been controlled by the paving ant barbarian army, the black-headed sour ants underground are unable to escape, their acid is limited after all, and when the acid is exhausted, these black-headed sour ants will no longer be able to escape the fate of death.
- I'm the dividing line -
Just as the battle was raging at the base camp of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army, a big battle was also being staged by the stream.
As the follow-up troops returned to regain the base camp, the Paving Ant Barbarian Army, which had already crossed the stream, was forced to retreat to avoid falling into trouble without backup.
After leaving behind a group of troops destined to be sacrificed, the Paving Ant Barbarian Army, which had crossed the stream, began to return from the pontoon bridge again.
By the time the main force had basically crossed the river, the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Big-Headed Ant Kingdom had also eliminated the rearguard troops of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army and killed them on the bank of the stream.
The Public Security King had already learned from the Flying Knight that the enemy's rear road was being attacked, and he naturally would not let go of this fighter.
The entire combat-ready troops of the Northern Expeditionary Army were mobilized and pursued all the way to the fleeing Paving Ant Barbarian Army.
When the Northern Expeditionary Army came to the bank of the stream, although most of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army had already crossed the river, there were still some troops crossing the bridge on the pontoon bridge.
The vanguard of the Northern Expeditionary Army immediately followed and killed the pontoon bridge, and a great battle broke out here.
The big-headed ant warriors of the Northern Expeditionary Army prioritized attacking the paving ants that formed the pontoon bridge.
The pontoon bridge of paving ants is mainly composed of leaves, branches, grass stems, etc., and it is live ants that connect these building materials. These paver ants, worker ants, act as nails and ropes, using large jaws and arthropods to firmly hold together the scattered building materials to form a sturdy pontoon.
And with the frantic attack of the big-headed ant kingdom army, these pontoon bridges are rapidly disintegrating, and the two warriors on the pontoon bridge are fighting while falling into the water, being swept away by the current, and struggling on the water.
Finally, with the pontoon bridge breaking from the middle, the pursuit battle finally came to an end.
Due to the rupture of the pontoon, a large number of paving ants and big-headed ants fell into the water, and although the current was slow, they were still swept downstream little by little.
The two sides were separated by a flowing stream, and the armies on each side rescued their own warriors on the banks of the stream, killing the enemies who struggled to crawl to the shore.
The pontoon bridge of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army was washed away in the battle, and a large amount of building materials were washed away. The next time they want to build a new pontoon, they'll have to spend more time searching for new materials.
On the whole, today, the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Big-Headed Ant Kingdom has achieved a small victory, annihilating many paving ant barbarian armies and destroying the pontoon bridge. Even if the Paving Ant Barbarian Army recovers from the sneak attack of the Black-headed Sour Ant Army, it will take a day or two before they can attack the "Target Ding" again.
But the bad luck of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army is not over.
Shortly after the pontoon bridge broke, the paving ant barbarian legion near the bank of the stream had already disbanded its formation and tried its best to rescue their comrades who had fallen into the water, when an army suddenly arrived along the stream.
The Paving Ant Barbarian Army, which had lost the cover of the formation, was in a disadvantageous situation at the beginning of the battle.