There are two wooden platforms of less than four square meters in front of and behind the back of the Thunder Rhino.

In order to prevent the crossbowmen of the city guard brigade from falling from an eight-meter height while carrying the giant crossbow arrows, Surdak set up a fence made of flax rope around the platform.

This armed thunder rhino has a common platform on the back of the front and rear, mainly installed with two aircraft that can rotate 360 degrees, and the pitch angle of the bed crossbow bracket is 120 degrees, which can freely fire horizontally from ground to air.

The body of the bed crossbow made by the Grimm Empire is engraved with three magic pattern arrays of 'Wind Resisting Technique', 'Guiding Technique' and 'Precise Hit', and there are three gem bases on the crossbow body, which need to be inlaid with three magic crystal fragments to activate.

With the help of the Demon Pattern Circle, the range of the bed crossbow can reach about a thousand meters.

However, the actual distance that can ensure an accurate hit on the target is only about 800 meters that Samira can control, and ordinary crossbowmen are even closer.

This kind of bed crossbow is very large, the length of the crossbow body is about two meters and a half, if you install a giant crossbow arrow in the arrow trough, the length of the crossbow body is nearly three meters five, the width of the pitch frame of the base is one meter two, and the length of the crossbow arm is about four meters.

The bowstring is made of the toughest dragonneck tendons, and it is impossible for human labor to pull the bed crossbow, so the crossbow is equipped with a ratchet winch mechanism.

The bed crossbow operator is usually accompanied by two assistants, one who is responsible for loading the bolts into the arrow slot and adjusting the pitch angle according to the operator's instructions, and the second assistant is mainly responsible for shaking the ratchet winch and pulling the bowstring to the pre-firing position.

When everything is ready, the crossbow controller will fine-tune the crosshair in the main position to deliver a precise strike at the target.

In order to control a bed crossbow, there need to be three crossbowmen on a platform, one main and two pairs, of which the main controller is sitting on the bed crossbow control position.

In the center of Thunder Rhino's Back is a wooden house of about 12 square meters.

The compact structure allows the cabin to be divided into two bedrooms and a washroom, each of which can sleep about four people, mainly for the resting of the crossbowmen on the platform, although the crossbowmen on the platform have not had the opportunity to live in the elaborately renovated wooden house so far, except for Samira.

The adult thunder rhino is nearly fifteen meters long and eight meters tall.

The Thunder Rhino Caravan has equipped these Thunderrhinos with standard cargo racks, and the current bed crossbow platform and elaborate wooden houses are also based on the expansion of the shelves.

It is worth noting that these warehousing and logistics shelves are not on the back of the thunder rhinoceros, but hang on both sides of its body, this kind of shelves are wooden frame structures, and there are two eight-meter-high columns in the center of the two sides that are closely connected to the wooden house, and these four columns are also the main support of the wooden house.

Originally, the shelves in the Thunder Rhino caravan were loaded with goods, and the overall structure of the shelves was somewhat similar to a saddle, to be more exaggerated, the 'N' frame, to be exact, the wooden house and the platform were on the upper part of the 'N' frame, and all the shelves loaded with goods were hung on the two legs of the 'N' frame.

There are eight cargo slots on the left and right sides of each thunder rhino, and they are arranged in three layers from top to bottom in a 'three-three-two' arrangement.

The wooden house platform at the back is an integrated structure with the shelves, and the bottom layer of the shelves is equipped with telescopic legs, which usually extend out when the thunder rhino arrives at its destination, and lift the entire gantry-type shelf.

This will allow the Thunder Rhino to relieve the burden on his body and have a good night's rest.

When it comes to setting off in the morning, the Thunder Rhino gets under the gantry shelves and holds up the shelves before setting off.

The armed Thunder Rhinos that Samira rode were incorporated into the Archer Battalion, and each Thunder Rhinoceros was organized into an independent battle formation in the Archer Battalion, and currently belonged to the 1st and 2nd Squadrons of the Archer Brigade under the Cavalry Battalion, and she rode in the Thunder Rhinos of the 1st Squadron.

All the archers were seconded from the reinforcements.

Since there was no need to load too many supplies, each Thunderrhino carried three archers in its cargo slots, and one Thunderrhino had a total of sixteen cargo slots, which could carry a total of forty-eight archers, plus six bed crossbow shooters on the platform, each Thunder Rhino had a total of fifty-two archers.

Two thunder rhinos rode a total of one hundred and four archers.

……

Lance and two other magicians were on the Thunder Rhino of the Second Squadron.

Looking north from the northern exit of Dodan Gorge, you can see the rolling hills and hills, which were originally covered with weeds and low bushes, and were also popular areas for wild boars and wolverines, with the occasional beast running out of Invercargill's forest.

But now the mountains are full of wandering red ants looking for their way south.

Unfortunately, in front of them were the thorny mountains that stretched for hundreds of kilometers, and they could not pass through the thorny stone pillars, so they could only find the mountain passes and canyons between the mountains.

The Dodan Gorge is a canyon in the middle of the Thorn Mountains, and the whole canyon is not very wide, with a narrow area of less than 300 meters.

However, it is a good choice for the ghost red ants that go south.

But at the northern exit of the Dodan Gorge, there are not many ghostly red ants that want to pour into the valley.

It may be that they smelled the 'dangerous' scent left by the ant queen who had escaped from the canyon and moved away before they entered the canyon.

Tens of thousands of ghostly red ants wander among the hills and mountains, and they basically gather in large swarms.

The number of these ghostly red ants makes people feel a little numb at a glance, and they are everywhere in the mountains.

……

Eight hundred cavalrymen lined up in six rows in the Dodan Gorge, and the blades were directed at the ghostly red ants roaming in the canyon.

The two thunder rhinos guarded the north exit of the canyon and were responsible for breaking the rear.

Andrew rushed to the front of the line with fifty one-turn cavalry, and this group of cavalry was like a sharp knife, recklessly charging at the ant colony in the canyon, stirring the ant colony to become active.

Most of the red ants are forced to move south.

Some have a fighting spirit. Wang's ghost pattern soldier ants pounced, Andrew rushed forward first, and after entering the realm of the second turn powerhouse, his strength has changed dramatically, and he has absolute suppressive power over these ghost pattern soldiers in front of him.

In the chaos, many ghost-patterned red ants wanted to flee north, but were blocked by the cavalry brigade.

The cavalry were advancing almost on the corpses of ghost-patterned worker ants.

As for those ghost-patterned soldier ants with offensive **, once there is a swarm, Samira will command the four bed crossbows on the backs of the two thunder rhinos to shoot and kill.

These ghost-patterned soldier ants are scattered among the ant colony, and they have no attack power at all, and they can't gather together, once more than five ghost-patterned soldier ants attack side by side, they will be hunted by bed crossbows.

Occasionally, a fireball will fall overhead.

Lance quickly found his rhythm with the other two magicians, and as a team, they didn't need to kill the ghost-striped ants on the spot. There are so many cavalry below, they are the main force to hunt and kill ghost pattern red ants.

Standing on the back of the Thunder Rhinoceros, the magician assumed the magic deterrence at best, and a fireball exploded in the colony, although it could not cause fatal damage to the red ants, but the explosion made the colony even more panicked.

This kind of battle is only fierce in the early days, once the ant colony forms a wave of retreat, most of the red ants in the canyon are engulfed in it, and they flee to the south of the canyon like a whirlwind.

Soon the colony grew from a few thousand to tens of thousands.

Looking from the back of the Thunder Rhinoceros, this red wave has slowly swept over the ghost-patterned red ants in the middle of the canyon.

Only now did Lance fully understand what Surdak had said yesterday under the bulletin board.

According to Surdak, there are no ghost pattern ant queens in the Duodan Gorge at present, and they participate in the cavalry battalion to hunt ghost red ants, which is to cooperate with the large army to kill more ghost pattern red ants.

Surdak still had some queen skins in his hands, and when they had gained enough merit, he would take them out and distribute them to his magician friends.

Of course, there is no problem in organizing a team to hunt ghost red ants in the Dodan Canyon, but there are only ordinary red ants in the canyon, and no matter how much you hunt, you can't get the queen ant's skin.

I want to get out of the Dodan Canyon and run into the hills and mountains to find the ghost red ants.

Hehe! Think too much.

Just look at the ant colonies on the hills and mountains like white clouds in the blue sky, and the mercenary group in Dodan Town is not stupid, who will risk death!

Lance found this kind of battle very cool, and when he saw that the battle was urgent, he could throw a fireball at random, and he could scare those ghostly red ants into running in all directions, just like a steppe wolf driving a herd of bison in a canyon.

Once the colony moves, it cannot be stopped, and the red ants in the back will push the red ants in front of it forward

……

When the ant colony reached the middle of the Dodan Gorge, the mercenary group hunting red ants in the canyon was the first to feel the pressure.

Seeing more and more red ants, the mercenary group began to retreat in the direction of Dodan Town.

In the morning, these mercenary groups received a similar notice, hearing that the garrison was going to carry out a large-scale hunting activity, and all mercenary groups should keep an eye on the movements of the ant colony at any time, and once they found that the ant colony was abnormal, they should retreat to Dodan Town in time to take refuge.

Ant colonies appeared in the middle of the Dodan Gorge like a flood peak, and many mercenary groups retreated.

When the mercenaries ran back to the north wall of Dodan Town, they found that the three- or four-hundred-meter-wide, one-kilometer-long canyon passage in front of the city wall had been filled with five-meter-high log walls, and these walls were built like a labyrinth.

Ground on these log fortifications began three days ago, and it is only today that everyone can see the full picture.

The mercenaries walked into the log wall, which was filled with a huge square.

Aung San and Latuw were leading the aborigines to dig a pit in the clearing, and the town's nearly 2,000 aborigines, almost all of them male and female, had already transported all the lumber from the lumber yard to the gorge and finally erected all the logs before noon.

Now everyone's task is to dig a pit, and there are several veterans of the cavalry battalion in the back, who put linen bags with fuses attached to them into the pit, and let the aborigines behind fill in the sand and gravel.

Others drew markings on the ground with lime powder and told everyone that they were not allowed to step on the marked area.

On the land about 100 meters from the north city wall, there are neat rows of logs built of road-blocking horses, and countless hay piles are piled on them.

The mercenary group retreated to the huge square, and immediately the city guards guided them to retreat to the town of Dodan on the left side of the canyon.

Someone did not follow the instructions of the city guards to walk around the square, and immediately a team of archers drew their bows and arrows, and collectively aimed at the mercenary......

"You've crossed the line, please go back!"

The archers closest to the mercenary shouted.

"Why should Lao Tzu listen to you, what are you!"

The mercenary slammed his fist twice on his solid chest, shouting demonstratively.

This row of archers looked a little nervous, everyone look at me, I look at you, I don't know what to do for a while.

The mercenary proudly showed his bravery to his companion behind him.

A squadron leader of an archer team came up from behind and shouted at him: "Hurry back, dare to come out again, and I will shoot you immediately!" ”

The mercenary was instantly enraged, spat at the captain of the archer, drew the sword at his waist, and strode towards the captain of the archer.

"Shoot the ......"

The squadron leader of the archer team did not hesitate to order, and sixty arrows shot at the mercenary at the same time, and the mercenary only had time to raise his shield and roll away to the left, but after all, he could not dodge so many arrows, and he was hit by several arrows in an instant and fell on the spot.

Blood gushed out along the arrows, and I couldn't cover it even if I wanted to.

Seeing this, several of the mercenaries' companions wanted to rush over and save this companion.

The captain of the archer was very tough and shot an arrow into the air, and with a sharp whistling, the thirty-two bed crossbows on the north wall immediately poked their heads out from behind the battlements and aimed at the mercenaries in the direction pointed by the captain of the archers.

"Hurry back, follow the marked passage, anyone who dares to disobey will be shot......" shouted the captain of the archer, at the top of his voice.

The captain of the mercenary group hurriedly grabbed the mercenaries beside him, and everyone stopped in the marking area and retreated with an angry face.

Not long after, two city guards carried stretchers along the complicated white line and ran up to the mercenary who had fallen to the ground with an arrow, and carried him away very quickly.

The two veterans of the cavalry battalion walked over cautiously and began to check the gunpowder fuse that was buried in the dirt.

……

The trumpets of retreat sounded on the walls.

The aborigines lined up to evacuate the huge square, and several veterans followed behind and urged them vigorously.

Before everyone could evacuate, someone lit the hay on the horse, and flames came out of the horse with billowing smoke.

Seeing that the north wall was about to be completely sealed by fire, these aborigines began to run.

By the time the last few veterans ran into the passage under the northern city wall, and the city guards lowered the iron fence, the ant tide had already poured into the square along the horn of the log wall, and countless ghost-patterned red ants rushed in like a sea tide.

The red ants that rushed to the front saw the raging fire that immediately ignited under the city wall.

They subconsciously wanted to stop, but the ghost-patterned red ants behind them couldn't stop at all, some crashed headlong into the ghost-patterned red ants in front of them, and some simply stepped on their bodies to cross over.

A large swarm of ghostly red ants quickly filled the entire empty space.

Since the passage at the entrance is in the shape of a bell mouth, the ghost red ants outside can't see the situation inside the square at all, so a large number of ghost red ants continue to pour in, and all the space is crowded with ghost red ants.

The cavalry that followed all the way sealed the flared entrance to the log square, and the ghostly red ants who couldn't squeeze in turned around and began to attack the cavalry.

The cavalry slowly retreated.

Samira sat on a bed crossbow console, and her assistant lit the explosive fuse strapped to the giant crossbow arrow.

The giant crossbow bolt flew into the ant colony with a puff of green smoke, and after four or five seconds, a huge explosion completely caused the ghost red ants at the bell mouth to fall into a frenzy, and some ghost red ants wanted to rush out, but they fell under the arrows one after another.

Lance and his two friends watched in amazement at the chaotic scene in front of them.

Gorena stood beside Lance and said in an affirmative tone, "It's not the 'Burst Flame' scroll, there are no strong fire element fluctuations on that giant crossbow arrow. ”

The young magician with a monocle wiped the grease from his face with a handkerchief and said suspiciously, "Could it be a large firescale bomb developed by the firearms workshop?" ”

Lance nodded and said, "It's possible...... I didn't know, but Dak has a sulphur mine that has always been in contact with the firearms workshops in Constantinople......"

The monocle male magician took a deep breath and said, "Your friend is really ruthless! This thing is much stronger than a small fireball......"

Before he could finish his sentence, his voice was drowned out by a dense burst of explosions.

At this moment, the entire valley was shaking violently...... (To be continued)