Chapter 115: Refusal to break through
The Red Fire Ant Nation has an unusually large appetite, and after eliminating 350,000 leaf-cutting ant armies in one go yesterday and achieving the biggest victory since the Hundred Years War between the two countries, they were not satisfied, but were ready to eat the remaining 350,000 leaf-cutting ant armies together.
The Red Fire Ant Army did not return to the nest to rest last night, but sent a large number of slave auxiliaries to act as messengers at various dangers at night, guiding the troops to arrive at the designated position overnight, completing the encirclement network of the remaining Leaf Cutting Ant Army.
The Red Fire Ant warriors also rested on the spot for a while, and their slave auxiliaries spent the whole night hurrying, clearing the garrison sites, and building cantonment points, tired enough.
On the contrary, there was almost no movement on the side of the leaf-cutting ant army. After accepting the remnants of reinforcements who had fled into their new territory at night, there was no action to deal with the changing tide of the war.
The remnants of the reinforcements only felt that the other troops might have been defeated based on their own experiences, and they did not know how far the situation had deteriorated.
The commanders of the garrison cluster in the new territory also did not get the information, and they still felt that they were opposite the main force of the Red Fire Ant Army, and they couldn't understand why the reinforcements were suddenly defeated.
The Leaf Cutter Ant Army's ignorance, slowness, and hesitation cost them the opportunity to break through early. On August 9, the Red Fire Ant Army completed the encirclement of the Leafcutter Ant Army.
Next, if the leaf-cutting ant army can withstand the offensive of the red fire ant army, or break through the siege to preserve the living force, then this rare battle between the two countries in recent years will continue.
But if the Red Fire Ant Army achieves the campaign goal and eliminates this Leaf Cutting Ant Army, then even with the heritage of the Leaf Cutting Ant Country, it will not be able to reorganize a large army to resist the offensive of the Red Fire Ant Army in the short term, and it will inevitably lose its division and territory.
In fact, on the 9th, the encirclement network that the Red Fire Ant Army had just completed was still very weak, and at this time, the Red Fire Ant Army only had a little more strength than the Leaf Cutting Ant Army, and it was evenly distributed everywhere, lacking mobile troops, and the encirclement was like paper paste.
If the Leaf Cutting Ant Army made up its mind to break through at this time, it would be difficult for the Red Fire Ant Army to stop it. However, the leaf-cutting ant army, which has been cut off from the mainland, still plans to defend this new territory and contain the red fire ant army according to the previous plan.
The plan formulated by the Leaf Cutting Ant Army before the war is not wrong, although the strategic and tactical level of the Leaf Cutting Ant Army is not as good as the Red Fire Ants of the Spartan Warriors, but after all, it is a country that can compete with the Red Fire Ant Country for hundreds of years, and this plan is not wrong at the beginning.
The new territory and garrison are firmly nailed to the Red Fire Ant Country like a wedge, containing a large number of Red Fire Ant Army, and with Bentu's 400,000 reinforcements to support at any time, as long as the Red Fire Ant Army is not enough food, the Leaf Cutting Ant Army is victorious.
The Leafcutter Ant Nation knows that its biggest advantage lies in the number of troops and an extremely solid logistics foundation, while the Red Fire Ant Army generally can't keep up with the food output in the rear as long as they invest too many troops. In the past, the Leaf Cutter Ant Army relied on such delaying tactics to force back the Red Fire Ant Army many times, and then took advantage of the situation to regain lost ground or launch a counterattack.
But they didn't expect that this time, the Red Fire Ant Army would be so desperate to encircle and help, and it would be successful. At this time, the leaf-cutting ant army in the new territory is still continuing to implement the old plan, and the food route between them and the mainland has been cut off, and the food is only enough to support half a month, and the situation is gradually becoming dangerous.
- I'm the dividing line -
The Flying Knights of the Divine Envoy King's Legion flew intensively yesterday and watched the entire battle from a high altitude.
Before the Leaf Chopper Coalition was about to be caught between the north and the south, the Flying Knights had flown to report the protagonists.
The protagonist also hesitated to warn the Leafcutter Ant Army, after all, the two countries still have trade relations, and there is also a common enemy of the Red Fire Ant Country, and the enemy of the enemy is a friend.
But thinking of the arrogant unilateral adjustment of trade volume and the stubborn and arrogant appearance of the Leaf Cutting Ant Country in the negotiations, the Leaf Cutting Ant Country actually has an unequal and intimate attitude towards the Divine Envoy King Legion from the bottom of his heart, so the protagonist hesitates.
At this time, another flying knight reports that the leafcutter ant reinforcements have joined the Red Fire Ant Army, and the protagonist gives up the plan to inform him.
But the protagonist didn't expect that the Red Fire Ant Army would actually achieve an epic victory. After dusk, the flying knight can't take off, and at dusk the leafcutter ant reinforcements have not yet been completely wiped out, and the protagonist only knows that the two armies are fighting.
So early this morning, the protagonist was also surprised when he received the latest information and found that yesterday's battlefield was full of corpses, and the Red Fire Ant Army had surrounded the remaining Leaf-cutting Ant Army.
He hoped that both the Red Fire Ant Country and the Leaf Cuttering Ant Country would lose, and when the time came, he would take the opportunity to ask for hematite to be included in the territory, and then launch an attack on the Red Fire Ant Country to expand its territory. This is the wishful thinking of the protagonist.
But now, there is a good chance that the Red Fire Ant Army will achieve a big victory and upset the balance between the two countries.
In the relationship between the three countries, once the balance is broken, there will be a chain reaction, just like the Wei and Jin dynasties finally unified the whole country in the last years of the Three Kingdoms.
The protagonist decides to at least keep the remaining Leaf Cutting Ant Army so that they can continue to contain the main force of the Red Fire Ant Army. Otherwise, if the 400,000 Red Fire Ant Army turned around and fought the Divine Envoy King Army, it was estimated that it would be difficult for him to carry it, and the best result would be to lose almost all of the new territory and continue to retract back to [Xinyang City], which would not work!
So the protagonist asks "Little Flower", who is more familiar with the leaf-cutting ants, as a messenger to persuade the surrounded leaf-cutting ant army to break through.
At this time, the Red Fire Ant Army had already strengthened the encirclement network, and built a small beehive-like above-ground fortress with many entrances and exits at intervals to garrison troops and assist in defense. Especially in the west between the leafcutter ant army and the mainland, the fortress group is even denser. At the same time, the Red Fire Ant Army also transferred 100,000 troops to form a mobile force to support the battlefield at any time.
At this time, the Red Fire Ant Army began to rely on the hive fortress to launch a full-scale attack from all directions.
When "Little Flower" was led by a flying knight and flew to the Leaf Cutting Ant Army's station, the Red Fire Ant Army had already launched an attack, and the extremely nervous Leaf Cutting Ant Army grinned at the "Little Flower" in the air.
Fortunately, in the end, the female ant knew that it was a fly of the Divine Envoy King's legion, and "Little Flower" dared to land and was introduced into the underground nest.
"Little Flower" met with the commander of the Leaf Cutting Ant Army, and provided the information on yesterday's battle situation and the current battle situation that the Divine Envoy King's army had mastered.
Only then did the Leafcutter Ant Army realize that the reinforcements were actually wiped out. After discussion yesterday, they were optimistic that 100,000-200,000 reinforcements had been divided and returned to the mainland.
The Leafcutter Ant Army finally realizes that they are now in a predicament of no reinforcements from outside.
"Little Flower" puts forward the protagonist's proposal for a breakout, in which even the specific route is planned: go northwest to bypass the western fortress group of the Red Fire Ant Army, and then turn due west, so that you can take a shorter route back to the mainland.
However, knowing that they were surrounded, the Leafcutter rejected the suggestion, saying that the final order they received from the Female Ant Assembly was to hold on to their new territory.