The cold winter did not delay the march. According to the order of the Heavenly Maniac, the first and fifth legions each left two warbands to maintain the security of Fangs City, and a large number of lion prisoners of war were handed over to the rear.

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Eagle territory, the capital of Flying Eagle City.

Ying Chongshan stood in the aisle at the top of the inner wall of the palace, looking at the soldiers and civilians busy back and forth at his feet, his heart was full of misery.

News of his son's death has been reported. The news shocked all the royals of the Eagle Clan. It's just that everyone reacts differently. Some people are overjoyed by this, believing that their succession to the throne has taken another step forward. Some people are desperate for the future of the Eagle Clan, which means that there is no possibility of talking about it with the Dragons at all.

Others are already secretly preparing to secretly plot to contact the dragon side, wanting to seek an outcome that is in their interests.

Eagle Chongshan is no stranger to artillery. When he was young, he served in Suolong Pass, and later served as the deputy commander of the pass, Yingzhen Quan, who was also a member of the royal family. However, the cannon of the dragon people is too different from the artillery in their memory, it is not a hot weapon that fires solid metal shells at all, but a terrifying existence that is enough to destroy the world.

Flying Eagle City has been painstakingly managed by successive generations of Eagle Kings, with high walls and thick walls, and all kinds of defense facilities are readily available. In addition, the city itself is built on a hill, and the defensive surface due north is narrow. Under normal circumstances, just 2,000 archers would be enough to fill the frontal defensive line, and with towers of varying heights on the east and west sides and along the outer city from bottom to top, both feathered arrows and heavy ballistas could inflict heavy casualties on any outsider who coveted the Flying Eagle City.

The way the dragons attacked was beyond the imagination of Eagle Chongshan. They arranged ten artillery positions along the perimeter of the city walls. With large-caliber artillery as the core, the main target of attack is the tall outer wall. It was a main cannon with three small cannons. In order to defend against heavy crossbows and feathered arrows thrown from a height, they also planted hundreds of heavy shields in front of the position. In fact, in the eyes of Ying Chongshan, this is meaningless, because the range of the bow and crossbow cannot reach that far, even if the best ballista fires arrows, the landing point is at least fifty meters away from the heavy shield defense line.

The dragons are determined to win this heavily guarded city. In accordance with the ancient rules of the northern barbarians, they sent envoys to persuade them to surrender. This is just a formality, whether it is the dragon or the eagle, the leaders of both sides know very well that the opponent will never surrender.

The young regent came. His presence boosted the morale of all the dragon armies outside the city. When he gave the order to bombard, the entire battlefield was filled with lightning and thunder, and the ground shook. The unloaded cannonballs pierced the air with a deadly screech that blasted the tall walls into smithereens.

The heavy shelling lasted nearly an hour, and the walls north of Flying Eagle City were completely destroyed. Both rocks and bricks shattered in the explosion, and sometimes the shells destroyed an entire section of the wall, sometimes a part of it. The collapse caused violent tremors, and even the earth shook. Except to watch the Eagle Clan soldiers stationed on the city wall be killed by cannonballs on the spot, or the collapsed walls fall and be crushed into unrecognizable flesh and blood, Eagle Chongshan can do nothing, nothing can be done.

The Dragons inherited the Ox Clan's skill in blacksmithing, and their craftsmen were very familiar with the specific range of heavy ballistas. As the outer wall of Eagle City was destroyed, the artillery array was steadily advancing under the protection of the dragon infantry, and the firing targets began to expand, from cluster artillery bombardment to direct fire on towers and strongholds.

The moat had been filled with countless rubble, and apart from the fact that the ground was a little rough and difficult to navigate, the artillery was difficult to pass, and it was not an obstacle for the dragon infantry at all.

At night, the dragons stopped shelling.

Ying Chongshan knew very well that this was definitely not the young regent's mercy, but that the dragon army also had to face all kinds of difficulties caused by the light. Their artillery, though powerful, had to be brought in from distant Rock City. Although the cargo volume carried by the ship from the sea is large, there is an indispensable land transportation distance from Jinling City to Flying Eagle City.

Despite the shock and horror in their hearts, Eagle Chongshan and the Commanders resisted desperately. The Hawks abandoned the outer line of defense, shrunk their forces into the inner city, and rebuilt their defenses along the shattered and crumbling towers. They managed to build a fence with wood as the main material, filled with rattan baskets or cloth bags filled with earth. This was a lesson learned at the cost of too many lives———— soldiers returning from the front reported that soft soil was more effective at withstanding shelling than rock. Although they don't know what "explosive kinetic energy absorption" is, they do know that the blasted dirt is safer than the flying rock chips. At best, the former causes some trouble for themselves, while the latter causes damage to the defenders and is unable to prevent them.

During the night, the dragons were still shelling. But the frequency of shelling was noticeably much lower than during the day. The sporadic shelling continued for a while, and two shells even landed on the square in front of the palace.

The Eagle people did everything they could to repair their porous defenses. Under the orders of Eagle Mountain, all the materials they could find were used, rocks, dirt, shrubs, and even the remains of the war dead...... It was very productive to work frantically all night, and by dawn a wall of debris, which looked tattered but was actually very strong, appeared.

The sun came out, and again in the distance there was a frightening dense cannon sound.

The cruel reality shattered the illusion, and Ying Chongshan was desperate to see the fence wall reduced to nothing in the explosion. The forward position was full of bloody mud, as if it was soaked in tons of blood, and if you stepped on it a little harder, a dark red liquid would ooze from your feet.

The dragon infantry still did not attack. They seem to have given all the battles to the artillery, solving everything with shells.

This one-sided battle lasted four days.

Eagle Chongshan sent nine groups of messengers in a row to leave Eagle City through the mountain road to the west and ask for help from the lion clan.

He knew very well that this was his last hope. If the Leon Army attacks from the west, it can effectively relieve the pressure on the front of Eagle City. The weakness of the dragons' cannons is very obvious, as long as they cross the firing range, the shelling cannot cause damage to the attacker. When the time comes, the battle will turn into infantry versus infantry.

Every 5,000 people were in batches, and Ying Chongshan sent six assault teams one after another to attack the artillery positions of the dragon people. It's not that he doesn't want to send more, it's that the special terrain of Eagle City makes it impossible to get too many people in and out at once. Five thousand is already the maximum scale of short-term mobilization and impact.

They are the elite of the Eagle army and the best archers in the entire north. The weight of individual armor is very heavy, including helmets and armor of about fifty kilograms, plus weapons such as bows and arrows, they must pass through the outer walls of Flying Eagle City as quickly as possible, otherwise they will be wasted on the offensive road.

Ying Chongshan was disappointed in the end———— the dragon people had long expected this to happen. This is the combat experience from Jinling City. They flattened their small-caliber guns, supplemented by a dense line of infantry, and before the galloping Eagle archers approached, the shotguns and platoons began to harvest heads. When the gunfire on the battlefield subsided, the smoke cleared, and the eagle people who died tragically everywhere.

Reinforcements from the Leonites have been delayed.

The day before yesterday, the dragons began to send infantry to attack the city.

In the distance, a red flag rose from the wooden towers lined up behind the artillery positions, and a piercing trumpet sounded from the battlefield. As many as 20,000 dragon infantry sent a tsunami over the filled moat and poured into the tattered inner walls.

They work in groups of five, cover each other, and attack one after another. Heavy shieldmen hold shields in both hands and defend against bows and arrows, while the others shoot in different positions. Unwilling to be defeated, the Eagle Clan did not show weakness, and they fought back desperately with the anger and anger that had been suppressed for a long time, and the arrows rained down on the heavily armored dragon infantry.

The Eagle Clan is not a soft egg, and the "Strongest Archer Clan on the Continent" is not in vain. Although the dragon rifle is advanced, it is still not as fast as the bow and arrow when fighting at close range, not to mention that Flying Eagle City is the capital, and Ying Chongshan knows that it must not be taken lightly at such a time. He opened the warehouse early and rewarded the army with the best food, while he also sent his attendants to act as overseers. Due to the unfavorable defense, two strongholds of the eastern defense line were captured by the dragons, and all the Eagle officers who fled back to the inner city were killed on the spot. The blood-drenched human head frightened all the deserters, who abandoned the last shred of illusion and, under the hoarse command of the aged Eagle King, relaunched a decisive counterattack.

Both sides fought extremely fiercely. Although the inner city was shelled, many sections collapsed, and large gaps appeared, but because of the preparation in advance, the Eagle people added iron nails and various barricades during the night repair process. The dragon infantry paid a terrible price for every step forward. Heavy ballistas, trebuchets, bows and arrows...... The Eagle Clan exhausted all means and finally stopped the opponent's attack.

It was getting dark again.

Eagle Chongshan ordered the number of people to be counted, and in just one day, more than 30,000 Eagle archers were killed in battle. In contrast, the dragons who retreated after losing the battle left behind more than four thousand corpses.

"Open the warehouse and let our warriors enjoy it!"

Ying Chongshan thought very much, instead of letting the dragons break through the defense line, it was better to take advantage of the opportunity now and do everything possible to improve their morale. According to the rhythm of today's battle, this battle still has to be fought, and it is not yet time to really admit defeat.

Chefs, who had always served only the royal family, were sent to the front, and they took out the best flour, mixed it with honey and syrup, and added plenty of oil to make mouth-watering sugar cakes. This is a good thing that can only be eaten during the Chinese New Year, especially honey, because the production is scarce, many civilians will not be able to taste it for the rest of their lives.

There was never a shortage of meat in times of war, and to some extent it almost replaced flour and rice as the staple food of the barbarians.

The only drawback was that there was not much wine, and only a small glass was distributed to each soldier's head, and it had to be mixed with more than three times as much water.

There was no rest in Yingchongshan throughout the night. He made his rounds non-stop, running through every stronghold in the line. The entourage carried a large amount of belongings, which the Eagle King personally distributed to each meritorious warrior and boosted everyone's morale.

In all fairness, Eagle Chongshan has indeed achieved the ultimate and is impeccable. If the warring parties are on equal technological lines, the Hawks have a good chance of coming back.

The sky is bright again.

The sound of explosions shattered the silence that had continued from the night. The dragons' artillery fire was fiercer than yesterday's, and all of their artillery positions moved forward, bringing the entire city into range. Occasionally, a few shells fell into the city, and even more hit the back hill south of the city. Seeing this, Ying Chongshan's face couldn't help but turn pale, he knew that this was a demonstration by the dragons, and with this wordless act———— he could order the destruction of the entire city with artillery if he wanted to. However, he did not do so, apparently out of concern for the casualties of civilians in the city.

The two-hour-long shelling destroyed the entire line of defense. This includes the temporary fence wall, as well as the remaining towers. Ying Chongshan saw with his own eyes that his attendant was directly hit by a cannonball dozens of meters away, and the whole person was blown up on the spot.

The dragon infantry is on the move again. The scale is the same as last time, and the visual inspection is still about 30,000 people. The Eagle archers were unable to shoot through the heavy shields held by the infantry at the front, but their position was exposed, and a dense rain of bullets was sent to the ground, and they were beaten into a sieve on the spot.

Unlike yesterday's attack, the Dragons used light artillery to accompany the infantry. These weapons, mounted on wooden carriages, were so powerful that they bombarded them with obstacles that were difficult for the infantry to solve. After the bombardment, the dragon infantry swarmed up, throwing a strange small hammer-like object that Eagle Chongshan had never seen before. That thing can be thrown tens of meters, or even hundreds of meters away, and the damage caused by concentrated explosions even exceeds that of small-caliber artillery.

When the dragons invaded the city, Ying Chongshan knew that the general trend was gone. But he wasn't going to throw in the towel. The Eagle King has his own dignity, and he orders the forbidden army to join the battle, no matter what, to fight until the last moment.

He still had a faint expectation in his heart: the lion king should have received his distress letter, and as long as he persevered, he could wait for the lion army to come to his aid.

There are many similar examples in the history of warfare. As long as you persist, even if it is an hour or a minute, there may be some kind of accident that suddenly occurs at an unexpected time and changes the entire battle situation.

The role of bows and arrows in street fighting is less than half that of normal times. But even so, the dragons still didn't intend to give their opponents a chance. Their infantry squads worked together tacitly, and the distance between the two groups of soldiers was no more than twenty meters. As soon as the enemy is encountered in front, the infantry behind immediately provides cover. The massive use of grenades set off a chain reaction, and the Eagle Guardians were torn apart. The morale of the material reward has declined sharply, and many people have turned around and fled when they see that the situation is not good, and the war situation is on the verge of collapse.

Now, they have finally reached the palace.

The position where Eagle Chongshan is located is very high, and you can see the dragon soldiers who are gathering and making various preparations outside the palace wall.