There was a lot of discussion, a small door opened at the bottom of the hanging basket, and a heavy object wrapped in a strip of cloth fell down. Cao Chi was picking up the strip of cloth and looking at it carefully, and he was immediately overjoyed.

"Hehaha...... All right. The sky is unobstructed, and the barbarian army camp is under the eyes of our army, and this thing is really wonderful. ”

At this time, Bai Liyan (also Wei Xian) said:

"Imperial Marshal, I'll take shelter for the time being, so as not to be injured."

"Well, what General Wei said is extremely true."

The appearance of the hot air balloon quickly attracted the attention of the flying eagle beast, and after circling around the hot air balloon for a long time, the royal guest archer suddenly began to exert his might, and was worried that the flying eagle beast was too far away to miss, and found that he approached him, and he was facing the first arrow.

With a terrible scream, the arrow was impartially pierced on the head of the flying eagle beast, one pierced, and after two snorts, it fell headlong into the sky and fell to the ground, struggled a few times, and stood still.

After winning the first battle, Cao Chi was overjoyed, and said:

"Haha, yes, this thing is really wonderful. General Wei, the Xian army still has it. ”

"Back to the royal marshal, in addition, there is only one left. However, the eagles have a strong vindictive temperament, and if they attract an attack, the hot air balloon will be saved from a crash. The situation remains to be seen at the moment. ”

Eagles, vultures and birds of prey have the extreme revenge psychology of admitting death, and if you hurt it, as long as it is on its territory, it can be with you in this life.

Bai Liyan was worried that shooting a Flying Eagle Beast at this time would not be long before she would incur retaliation from the other Flying Eagle Beasts. However, this worry seemed to be a bit unnecessary, until it was dark, and the royal guest shot down three more eagle beasts one after another, injuring two of them.

In order to prevent the stray arrows from harming the innocent, the royal guest could only wait for the Flying Eagle Beast to return from north to south, and then chase and kill after the south gate, even so, on the second day, five were shot down and seven were wounded, and the results were far more than the black smoke killed in the past two months.

By the twenty-sixth day of November, more than 30 eagle beasts had been shot and wounded more than 40 in a few days.

On the twenty-sixth night of November, the number of flying eagle beasts decreased significantly, which gradually attracted the attention of the barbarian army, and it was discovered that some unknown object was hanging high in the sky at the head of Tiannan Pass.

"Dezike, there are six more flying eagles that have not returned to their nests today, and eight more have been injured, and the arrows of the northerners have been found on their bodies, which must be related to something floating on Tiannan Pass." Deputy Commander Temir said with great certainty.

"Then get the hell down that damn thing."

"It's going to be difficult, that thing is floating in the sky, and the stones can't hit that high. The Eagle Beast can't attack something bigger in the sky, you know. ”

"Then what do you say!" Detzke shouted.

"According to my observation, there must not be too many things floating in the northerners' city, and there is no information that the northerners have made greater moves, most likely just because they are tempting, or using it for the first time, and the number will not be too much.

We should immediately check with Mooney's Mosengar Legion and Nileson's Adès Legion about the situation, and if their Flying Eagles are also attacked, they should immediately stop the Eagle Attack, and if it is only in Tiannan Pass, then concentrate on the Flying Eagle Beasts to attack Xu Tu and Duhui. ”

"How do you know that the northerners of Xu Tu and Duhui will not have that damn thing."

"If this thing is easy to use, how can the northerners release only one, it must be the first time the northerners use it, and it is subject to some kind of restriction, otherwise only one will be released."

"Then let the Eagle Master find a way to tear that damn thing apart for me."

"It can't be, you know."

In addition to body shape, species, and habits, there is no essential difference in physiological structure, and there is no visual impairment, but the eagle is sensitive to altitude and oxygen content, and at an altitude of more than 3,000 meters and in the oxygen thin area, the eagle will have red vision, and when the plateau decelerates violently and chases large objects at high altitude, the blood is quickly squeezed into the brain and eyeballs, causing the aggravation of red vision, and finally forming black vision, dizziness, causing short-term blindness, and arrhythmia is life-threatening.

Therefore, the Flying Eagle will not launch a fierce attack on large solid targets in the air in high-altitude hypoxic areas. Especially the larger the animal, the higher its blood pressure, strenuous exercise and passive stagnation, will cause blood pressure often, reflected in reality, is a bad external reaction to certain habits.

Just as the two were arguing, the soldiers outside the account came to report:

"Two generals, Your Majesty's envoy has arrived."

"Dezik, Your Majesty has arrived."

"Bring me in," Detzke said.

"Yes!"

The soldiers retreated, and Temir hurriedly said:

"It's finally time to do a big job."

"Not necessarily. The northerners were well-armed this time, and their swords were sharper than in previous years. Detzke drew his captured horizontal knife and continued: "Temir, see for yourself, this kind of weapon was extremely rare before, and it was mostly bronze weapons before, but now it is made of iron that is harder than ours, and the blade has only one edge, and it is held in both hands or in one hand, which is more advantageous than our long sword.

That's why I stormed the northerners in September, there aren't many northerners equipped with such sophisticated weapons, and Tiannanguan is the only way to hinder our northward movement in the eyes of the northerners, and their most elite forces are concentrated here. If they can be annihilated on that day, the army of the northerners will not be worried.

Now, because we gave up halfway, our army suffered more than 30,000 casualties, which is the most stupid behavior. ”

"But neither can we go against Your Majesty's orders, the will of the Moon God."

At the end of July and the beginning of August, Dezike led his army north and encountered a surprise attack by the elite of Yuke, losing thousands of men and horses, but captured a new steel blade from the battlefield, which strengthened Dezike's idea of attacking Tiannan City and annihilating the elite of the coalition army.

In fact, as expected, more than half of the more than 100,000 elite people of the coalition army equipped with steel blades are in Tiannan City, and if they can be completely annihilated, the combat strength of the coalition army will undoubtedly be greatly reduced.

When the troops, strategies, individual soldier quality, and discipline are comparable, the quality of weapons will directly determine the outcome of the war, not to mention that half of the allied armies still use bronze weapons.

When he was young, the envoy entered the account and brought the handwritten letter of the barbarian king.

"It's so fast, Your Majesty has arrived at Tianquan!" Temir was surprised.

"Moon God willing, our reinforcements will arrive soon." Detzke prayed, and then said: "Temir, send an order to the whole army, intensify preparations for battle, and attack the city as soon as reinforcements arrive." ”

"Understood!"

Tianquan, Weiguo is located in the west of Xutu City, about 550 miles of the frontier city, but also the westernmost city of the coalition army in Qianyue Mountain, after abandoning the defense in August, the defenders and the people withdrew to Xutu to hold on.

At the same time, Tiannancheng raised a second hot air balloon under Nancheng on the second day, and continued to shoot the flying eagle beasts that flew to shuttle.

The strange phenomenon of the Flying Eagle Beast's delay in launching an attack on the hot air balloon also attracted the attention of Bai Liyan, especially the chief surgeon, the medical officer Song Jin and the apprentice, who performed an autopsy on the corpse of the Flying Eagle Beast. The dissection did not reveal any anomalies, except that the organs were larger than those of other birds.

"It's weird, except for the larger organs, there doesn't seem to be anything else abnormal!"

"My lord, I think that this flying eagle beast should be no different from other eagle birds, and will not take the initiative to provoke anything bigger than it. Just as a man will not provoke a beast, a fox will not provoke a jackal, and a lone jackal will not provoke a tiger or a leopard. ”

Bai Liyan was silent for a moment, and nodded slightly:

"Doctor Song is reasonable, and there is another point, I don't know if Doctor Song can find out. All Hippogriffs are males, and there are no female eagles. ”

"Shhh...... What do adults mean is the way for the public to fight to the death? ”

"I think so."

All the flying eagle beasts that have been shot recently are all male without exception, and the eagles are extremely territorial birds, and the density within the local range is relatively rare, not to mention such a huge flying eagle, its territory area is at least 1,000 square kilometers.

With so many flying eagles concentrated in a unit area, it is inevitable that they will fight fiercely with each other, and if they shoot a male competitor of the same kind, it is obviously too late for other flying eagle beasts to gloat, where is there any IQ to consider the threat to themselves.

However, if the male and female birds are mixed in formation and shoot the female bird of the mate, or the male bird, and the male or female bird of other competitors will inevitably attack it in groups.

The reason why Jin Xuedi only dispatched the male bird was obviously because he knew that if the female bird was present, the male bird would be difficult to control. At the same time, the volume of the hot air balloon is comparable to that of the Flying Eagle Beast, and as the first instinct of the animal, most of them will not take the initiative to provoke it.

It's just that these are all Bailiyan's guesses, and due to the lack of experience accumulation and systematic scientific collection, it is not possible to find out the specific cause at present.

While pondering, Jiang Jie pushed the door in, his eyes fell on the corpse of the flying eagle beast that had been stripped of its feathers, and Bai Liyan saw the word "food" on his face.

"What's the matter?"

"My lord, the marshal sent an order to let your lord go to the military political office to discuss the military plane."

"Got it, you go out first."

"Oh......"

After Jiang Jie retreated, Bai Liyan continued:

"Medical Officer Song, the Flying Eagle Beast continues to dissect, let them do it themselves at the right time."

"Yes."

The "they" that Bai Liyan refers to are all newly recruited Langzhong from Yicaotang, and they are all around thirty years old. In the past year, anatomical tests and basic medical knowledge and skills have only been taught by the Du family and a small number of medical officers, and the speed is very slow, limited by conditions, and of course it is not fast.

Dissecting the human body is still taboo nowadays, which is why studies are only carried out on a small scale. After all, the Flying Eagle Beast is a bird of prey, and after being stripped naked, it is larger than a human, and it can more or less replace the human body as an object of dissection, helping to alleviate the resistance of the new generation of Langzhong.

Walking out of the bunker, Jiang Jie couldn't wait to come up:

"My lord, this flying eagle ......"

"What's the hurry, yours is indispensable. I've stripped you of all the eagle feathers you plucked. ”

"All six of them have been stripped of themselves, and they don't have any blood at all, they are all hanging upside down outside, and they are all frozen now."

"Dry all the hair and collect it for me, these are all good things."

"I heard that it can be worth a lot of money in the Central Plains!"

The feathers of the flying eagle beast have always been extremely precious luxuries in the Central Plains, and its back and belly feathers are mostly used to make expensive and gorgeous feathers, and the three feathers of the neck, wing feathers and tail feathers have always been regarded as the supreme courtesy as the honor of the monarch to reward the ministers and magnates. In addition, it is a thicker feather tube, which can also be made into a gorgeous ink-absorbing brush, as a symbol of the nobility and luxury of the emperor.

Previously, the flying eagles that had been obtained by the coalition forces were all monopolized by the royal guests, exchanging their feathers for military funds, and this time they shot down more than 30 in a row, if the royal guests were all occupied, it would be too unreasonable, so Cao Chi was asked to send ten to Bailiyan.