The Journey of the Demon Hunter

These dwarves immediately camped behind the hillside, and several shadows broke away from the black shadows gathered by the dwarves, crossed the rivers and streams outside the wasteland, and ran towards the valley city. When these dwarves came to the gate of River Valley City, they stopped their mounts and put down their weapons to signal that they were not hostile. Bud the archer stood at the door waiting for the dwarves, but soon Bud's tense face relaxed.

"I am Dein, son of Nair. I'm here to see if those people are surrounding the Lonely Mountain." Dein rode his heavily armed wild boar to the gate of River Valley City. He turned over and got off the pig. Entering the city gate swaggeringly, several militiamen watched the dwarf with his guards walking into the city at a loss.

Bud didn't stop Dyne either, but looked at the demon hunter who came by at the end. He waited until the dwarf walked towards the Chamber Square and disappeared completely on the other side of the street before he opened and asked.

"This is the leader of the Iron Foot Army?"

"Dwarf's bad temper." Zelin shrugged. "You better follow up. I'm worried that he will conflict with Thrandil. But the orcs are here. They should understand who is the threat." The hunter coughed a few times. These dwarves had amazing endurance. They were wearing iron armor and carrying backpacks that were about the same size as their body. They marched hurriedly in the middle of the night. If other troops had been exhausted, they would have lost their combat effectiveness. Showing tiredness, he immediately started to build a new camp.

"They will help us, right?" Bud lowered his voice. "The militiamen were taken aback by these dwarven soldiers who appeared. I was wondering what would happen when they saw the orc army. It was just an assault squad. We almost destroyed Long Lake Town, the orc army ten times as many as ours. How should we deal with such a terrible enemy."

"Will the group of orcs be more difficult to deal with than Smaug?" Zelin raised his eyebrows. "It is precisely because Smaug is defeated that these orcs from the north will gather to go south, but they chose the wrong target because their leader has no brains, no Knowing that we can defeat Smaug, if we think about it carefully, we can also defeat them all in one go."

"I'm going to find them now. We should discuss how to deal with the attack of the orcs now." Bud nodded, and he waved his hand to signal the bewildered militia nearby to follow. "We will discuss the next action in the chamber if You have nothing else to do, come and see me in the chamber."

The appearance of the Dwarf Legion caused a panic in River Valley City for a while, but fortunately, the panic subsided before long, and a group of militiamen returned from the wall to their tents and temporarily repaired ruined houses. These militiamen have never seen the dwarves in the past. The first time they saw the dwarves came to Long Lake because of Thorin, but in their eyes, most of the dwarves brought disaster and destruction.

"You did it, better than I thought."

Gandalf was smoking a pipe and found a demon hunter on the way. "The Ironfoot Army is the only army in the Great Wasteland capable of guarding the northern pass after the rejuvenation of the Angmar Kingdom. We can allow Dayin Ironfoot to join us. The odds of winning against the orcs are one more point."

"How did you plan?" Zelin and Gandalf walked across the street, stopping at a place that was supposed to be a fountain. There was no water in the pool for a long time, only the fallen yellow leaves and a little white snow accumulated in it. The outside of the pool made of white marble is charred, and only a few places reveal the yellowish stone surface. Many places still remind people of the damage caused by Smaug in the past.

"Whether they want to listen to an old man's advice, when the orcs appear in front of them, they will deal with these enemies from the north."

"This is not the best plan, Gandalf, the orcs are likely to catch everyone by surprise." Zelin shook his head, and adaptability was never within the scope of his plan. The variables were too great, and they were likely to be too large to control. , Sometimes this is death to the demon hunter.

"This is the worst case. You managed to avoid it." Gandalf took out another pipe. "I also looked for other reinforcements. I hope they can arrive in time. The best Shire tobacco."

"It's nice to hear that you have other helpers." Zelin looked at the pipe in Gandalf's hand suspiciously, and waved his hand at last. "No, I don't want this thing. Some people who have a good relationship with me don't like the smell. ."

"Don't worry, this is Shire's finest tobacco leaf. It will refresh your mind and will only leave a fragrance. I have been loving it all these years." Gandalf took a few sips and let out a soft breath. Qi turned into a dwarf chariot in mid-air, rumbling towards the sky.

"Then this is really a good thing." Zelin took the magical tobacco and carefully put it in his small leather bag on his chest. "If we don't want the meeting room to become smoky, we should wait until the discussion is over, and then talk about it. Tobacco business."

"Good idea." Gandalf didn't know what magic was used, and the flame in the pipe disappeared. "We must come up with a strategy. The scouts have not found the orcs."

"It's best to pray that the orcs will be killed before we get into trouble within us. I know that sounds weird to say, but it's actually like that." Zelin shrugged. "Maybe a war will unite them, but we have to First hold until the war comes."

Chapter 755: Gushan: Total War

After adding a few dwarves in the square of the chamber, the atmosphere instantly changed.

This group of dwarves avoided the elves far away and mixed with several of the same race in the lone mountain. They asked each other for news. Far away, Zelin heard Groyin talking loudly about how they entered the solitary mountain and how. Dealing with Smaug in the lonely mountain, and encountering orc attacks along the way, and even seeing stone giants fighting each other in the valley. And the dwarves told the Gushan people about what happened in the Great Wasteland after Iron Hill and Gushan were occupied by Smaug.

Compared with the dwarves, the elves are much quieter. These elves only show their warm and noisy side when banquets. Normally, they don't seem to be improved by the lifelike stone carvings.

Dyne’s iron-footed wild boar mount was also in the square and not far away was Thrandil’s elk. This is another advantage of dwarves. They can choose a lot of mounts, such as goats, wild boars or pony horses. Among them, goats and wild boars are also the most common animals in the wilderness.

This will be an all-out war. The coalition of human dwarves and elves must fight together to deal with the orc army in the north.

"Your people tell me that the orcs are close at hand, but I need the position of the orcs to split their heads with an axe. I can't split the air. You'd better tell me the **** oak before I lose my patience. What the **** is it!"

When Zelin walked to the door of the chamber, he heard the loud voice of Dein's iron feet. Many pieces of this hall have not been cleaned up. The collapsed stone carvings are scattered in the corners. The human militias are focusing on cleaning up the underground warehouses and nearby living rooms. Naturally, these things that are not a hindrance for the time being have not been cleaned.

"My scout can return tomorrow." The grace and manners of the elves made Thrandil smile and polite when facing the aggressive dwarves. "No one on the wasteland can hide from their eyes. Tomorrow afternoon , We can know the location of the orcs. If we are lucky, we can ambush them on the path of the orcs’ march."

"Perhaps we can line up on the east slope." Bud was very careful to put forward his own suggestions. Trap, stop the orcs from sneaking attacks. No matter where the orc army is, they will go to the bottom of the solitary mountain to fight to the death. No matter how many orcs there are, it is impossible to surround us and annihilate us. Oh, the wizard is here."

Bud raised his head, Thranduil and Dyne also looked at the door of the chamber.

"Misrandil, do you want to provide us with wise advice?"

"Perhaps." Gandalf looked at Zelin on the side. "How much do you know about war?"

"No more, no less, I should be able to help." The demon hunter walked to the round table where they discussed strategy and looked at the three leaders "What is your plan for the next war distribution?"

"According to the information given to us by Misrandil before, the orcs will attack from the north, and we are ready to lure the orcs into the valley." Thrandil quickly came up with a feasible combat plan. "As a trap, we can On the hillside, attack the orcs from both sides at the same time. Bud’s plan can be used to deal with evenly matched enemies, but he doesn’t understand the orcs. They line up on the plains. The ogres can easily tear the front line apart. I won’t. Let my people use flesh and blood to resist the ogres."

"The dwarves will smash the orcs in the valley like a hammer." Dyne patted his hands with the hammer. Grid's head!"

Zelin listened to their plan, and it sounded no problem. He asked some soldiers to pretend to attack, and then retreated to lure the group of violent orcs to pursue them, and then arranged an ambush in the valley near the lone mountain to eliminate the orcs' forwards, and then immediately attacked Azor. An attack was launched where the grid was, and the orc was defeated.

Standard tactics, in his world, the Northern Allied Forces used this method to lure the Imperial Legion to Sutton Hill for a decisive battle under the command of Vezmir. But at that time they knew the camps and marching route of the Imperial Army, as well as their numbers and equipment. But here, they can only imagine that the orcs will follow a straight line from the north to the south, and take the nearest route from the pass of the Misty Mountains to the Lonely Mountain.

"But what if the orcs turn around halfway and attack us from other positions? We don't have a reserve team."

"The magic crow that works for the dwarves will help us find the orcs in the sky. No one can hide from the eyes in the sky, let alone thousands of orcs."

"We'd better find the orcs first, and then do the war distribution work. It's best to pay attention to River Valley City." Zelin said to others. "River Valley City is very close to the isolated mountain. If the orcs occupy here, they can block us At the foot of the Lonely Mountain. If possible, it is best to try to drag the orcs on the open space between the Lonely Mountain and the River Valley City. Some towers on the walls can still be used. We don't need to abandon the existing walls and fight the orcs in the wilderness. Maybe... the orcs have other ways to hide in places where the scouts can’t see them and move forward?"

Demon hunters don’t know much about the races in this world. After all, the militias in River Valley and the elves of the Woodland Kingdom are mostly composed of archers and spearmen, but after seeing the dwarves’ goat cavalry and chariots, he couldn’t help but start to doubt. , Whether orcs also have war tools similar to dwarves.

"Let Bard's militia be stationed in River Valley City, and the rest of us will camp outside the solitary mountain to deal with the mob. The hillside is large enough for us to see the situation nearby." Thranduil finally Decided to let his people be stationed on the hillside near the river valley, relying on the city wall, and other archers will be responsible for supporting them on the city wall.

"I'm going to give an order, and then my cousin Thorin will meet, and my army will crush the orcs, and then fish out you races that were beaten by the orcs in the city."

The dwarves will deploy their troops on the lone mountain, relying on the rock wall of the lone mountain, no matter which side the orcs plan to attack, they will be attacked on their backs and backs. At least this can guarantee that they will not be surrounded by orcs several times their own in the wilderness.

In the end they also talked about some problems, most of the backup plans for how to deal with orcs raids. But just as Zelin and Gandalf walked out of the chamber, Alfred ran over, panting.

"Big, my lord, that hobbit is gone!"

Chapter 756: Bilbo's Bizarre Adventure

The wind in the wilderness is very cold.

Even at dawn, the chill in the air still caused Bilbo to pull into his worn jacket and cotton coat. This dark red jacket was still the one he wore when he left the Shire, but after leaving the Shire to the north, he put on a dwarf cotton jacket outside. If it were in the past, he would not be in the bottom of the bag. Dong wears this body with holes everywhere, and there is still a little smell of clothes left.

Climbing up the cliff carefully, the rock seems to be covered with a layer of frost, or it is a layer of soil and rock on the outside of the ice. Crow Ridge, this is the only highland on the wasteland near Lone Mountain. Standing on it, you can overlook the entire Lone Mountain and the River Valley City area. The stream that surrounds River Valley City is derived from the waterfall in Crow Ridge. Now this waterfall has been covered with a thick layer of ice due to the severe cold from the north.

Ancient buildings can be seen everywhere nearby. Before Smaug destroyed the Gushan and River Valley City, the human habitation of River Valley City had already expanded to the vicinity of Crow Ridge. Today there are still remains of stone-stacked towers on this mountain. Many corridors have been cut out in the mountain, and the winding steps are severely damaged. Bilbo can only barely tell that what he is stepping on is the protruding rock. , Or a surviving ladder.

Bilbo could not tell what the residents of River Valley did in Crow Ridge based on the debris here. The ruins were too badly damaged, and many places have been integrated into the rocks. But the remaining tunnels and stone towers are suitable places for observation. Bilbo heard the conversations of people in River Valley. They were all saying that the orcs could only be reached in two days, but no one knew where the orcs were.

It will not take more than seven days to depart from the pass of the Misty Mountains in the north to reach the Lonely Mountain.

The cold wind made Bilbo’s nose sour, he wanted to sneez, but a certain sound—obviously not the sound of the wind, made him forcibly hold back the unbearable acidity, and he heard the deliberately suppressed boredom. Roar. This was not a roar, nor was it the cry of a beast who strayed into this place in the cold wind. Bilbo had heard such a sound many times, and each time it made him shudder. This represented danger and killing.

It's an orc.

Bilbo clenched the ring hidden in his pocket. This ring can make him invisible, avoiding sight. The hobbit felt like his heart was about to jump out of his chest. The orcs are in Raven Hill! It's in Crow Ridge not far from River Valley City, and of course, it's dozens of steps away from the Hobbit. In the past, he would definitely consider how to escape. He is a hobbit. Although he has an elven sword in his hand, he is not good at fighting at all. This time, there are no wizards and a group of dwarf companions around him.

Bilbo took a deep breath, and the cold air poured into his lungs. He rubbed the tip of his nose vigorously, and then put the golden ring on his hand. In the blink of an eye, the Hobbit was immersed in the darkness, and the only thing that could prove his existence was the shallow or deep footprints on the snow-covered ground. But this footprint is not to flee to the bottom of Crow Ridge, but to continue along the pitted stone steps to the top of Crow Ridge.

He can't run away, his friends need him.

The cold wind roared, and the words of more and more orcs broke into Bilbo's ears. These evil notes beat Bilbo's brain and tortured the Hobbit's nerves. He walked step by step to a place close to the ruins at the top of Crow Ridge. Two orcs carrying wooden stakes walked through the stone-carved corridor in the mountain. Bilbo clung to the wall, holding his breath and waiting for the orcs to pass. Can't blow away the stench of the orcs.