The 283rd Chapter Rohan War (2)

The night has gradually begun to darken. In the Fangorn Forest, which was originally very dark because of the lush branches and leaves, the light is difficult to shine down. If the flickering and dancing fireball in Anne's hand did not provide enough light source, I am afraid that here , Has it become invisible for a long time?

"Annie! And Treebeard! Please, can you two calm down for a while?"

After such a long time, seeing the little girl and the old tree man Treebeard still confronting each other, Gandalf could only sigh and persuaded again.

Now, with neither party willing to take the lead in admitting counsel, he has no other choice but to continue to work hard as a peacemaker.

"..."

It's a pity that his persuasion didn't seem to have any effect?

Because, the two in front of me: one is a lawless little witch who is not afraid of the sky and the earth, but also fears that the world will not be chaotic; and the other has a lumpy head. Old tree man?

So, even though he, Gandalf, has stretched out his hand to stop the two sides, and has been talking all the time, he still hasn't been able to persuade any of the other parties to stop first.

On his left, Annie, that little brat, was still holding the fireball in her hand, staring menacingly at the ugly bumpy face of the tree shepherd, and might smash the fireball with a big face at any time!

And what about the old Treant Treebeard? They are also trying their best to use the few natural spells of their tree shepherds: attracting countless water vapors from the surroundings to this place, making the branches, leaves, and even the moss on the ground of the nearby big trees full of water. A thick layer of dew.

Obviously, it is trying to prevent this little witch from setting fire to the forest! It's just that what it doesn't know is: as long as she wants to, the flame of little Annie cannot be easily extinguished by ordinary water!

"Gandalf... my old friend..."

"You let this little girl extinguish... the evil fire magic in her hands... and then... I will... let you... leave our... Fangorn Forest..."

Finally, the old Treebeard who had been silent for a long time began to speak again.

It's just that it speaks slowly, stammering, and sometimes doesn't finish a sentence for a long time, and it sounds like it's not awake or weak? Perhaps, this is the real reason why it has been confronting the little girl for so long? Poor communication between the two sides?

"I...have...summoned more companions...they...are coming..."

For several minutes,

This Treebeard barely managed to finish his demands and threats, and even Annie was a little anxious when she heard it, wishing that a fireball would hit her directly and knock her down.

Actually, Treebeard doesn't want to make things difficult for his old friend, the wizard Gandalf, but he just doesn't like this little girl who threatens to burn Fangorn Forest, not at all!

"Hmph! Do you think it's great because you have so many people?"

Hearing that the other party dared to call someone over, Annie became even more annoyed immediately!

"If you really annoy me, be careful that I release the Balrog and let it burn your entire forest! And my little bear Tibbers! One of them can hit at least a hundred of you!"

Whether it's a comparison of quality or quantity, Annie will never persuade them to tree these bad guys!

Let's not talk about his little bear Tibbers, letting him out is just bullying them tree people! Just the Balrog that she had just subdued, if she really threw it out, it would be able to burn this forest down casually, right? She didn't think these treants would be the opponent of her two idiot Balrog.

It couldn't be easier to play with Balrog to burn the forest! A few random laps in Fangorn Forest and it's pretty much over here.

"The Balrog... really is... an evil... witch!"

Hearing the word Balrog, Treebeard became angry on the spot.

Then, it started to tremble all over, and made a low-pitched sound, as if it was waking up more treants to help out? From this point of view, during the War of the Ancients, the treants seemed to have formed a big beam with the Balrogs under the command of Morgoth? !

"You are an evil treant! Bad guy!"

Seeing that the other party was calling again, and there was a faint response in the distant forest at the same time, Anne knew that the other party must be calling for help again? It's just that she herself is not afraid that the other party will call for helpers. Anyway, burning one is burning, and burning a hundred is also burning!

So, she snorted coldly, making the flame in her hand burn more vigorously.

Annie has already decided that when the fight starts later, she will use fire to burn the surroundings into a sea of ​​flames, then release the Balrog, and then create a lot of small fire elementals. If the forest is not burned, she will Never give up!

"Stop it! The two of you..."

Gandalf, who stretched out his hand between the two, was trembling anxiously.

If he had known that things had turned out like this, he shouldn't have agreed to let this little girl come with him... Look, this is great. Not only did the other party not help, but he even got into trouble with the tree people?

If it wasn't for the fact that the other party had just saved his life on the top of the mist, Gandalf would still be a little suspicious now. This little girl, wouldn't she be with Saruman and the others? Then, is it to make trouble for yourself on purpose?

"You let me make an apology, and I won't burn their forest!"

Annie, who felt good about herself and thought she was very reasonable, spoke uprightly.

You see, now she has given in first, as long as the tree man apologizes to herself and contributes some local products from Fangorn Forest, then she will let him go!

"Wicked... little witch... I... Treebeard... nothing wrong..."

Treebeard also felt that he was right, so of course he would not be the first to admit cowardly!

Think about it, they tree people, they have been sleeping well in this Fangorn forest, they have not provoked anyone, let alone provoked anyone, if this little girl threatened to burn the forest, I am afraid that it would not easily Did you wake up with a start?

This kind of person sits at home, and the disaster comes from the sky, how can he ask him to admit his mistake first? Here in Middle-earth, is there any reason to speak? !

So, Treebeard felt that it was not at fault at all! Everything was provoked by this evil little witch. It should be the other party who apologized, and then hurriedly left Fangorn Forest, which was guarded by the tree people, instead of letting it, as the master, apologize to this evil little witch who played with flames !

"Hmph! Gandalf, you have heard it, how dare it say that it is not wrong?"

"My mother, Amoline, told me about it before, those villains, when they are trying to quibble, they are very easy to stutter, just like it just now, they can't say a word for a long time! So Now, the facts have been proven: it was the villain tree man who made the mistake first!"

After plausibly speaking what she thought was very reasonable, Annie nodded in satisfaction. You see, she is a good girl herself, she has evidence and arguments, and she can stand scrutiny!

Anyway, no matter what, she just felt that she was not wrong, there was nothing wrong!

All of this was first provoked by the tree man who was about to trample on him. Do you want her to apologize first? That is absolutely impossible!

Rather than that, she would rather set fire to the forest and burn it all down. If all these ugly trees were burned, no matter who was wrong and who was right, no one would dare to point at her again. yes, right?

"..."

"I'm begging you two, can you take a step back from each other?!"

The helpless Gandalf is about to cry, can't he give himself a face...

Coming here in Middle-earth and guiding mortals to be good for so many years, this is the first time he has encountered these two guys who can't be beaten, who dare not to be scolded, who can't make sense of reason!

If it was an existence that he could easily deal with, how could he, Gandalf, still be here with the two of them for so long? He had already rushed forward and pulled out his staff, and hit each of them with a crit technique on the back of their heads, and then waited until they were convinced, and then slowly reasoned with each other?

"No! You must let this ugly big tree apologize to me first!"

Annie, who has a reason to walk the world, will never give in under such circumstances! Now, she is the reasonable party! The fireball in her hand can testify to this.

"Treebeard... is right..."

Treebeard, who believes that being big is the truth, and that if you have more brothers, you don't need to be coaxed, of course, is not willing to give in easily.

Especially for this kind of bad witch who wants to burn the forest all day long! If it wasn't for his old friend Gandalf who was still standing in the middle, it, an honest tree shepherd who is not good at quarreling and speaks too badly, couldn't help but step over it?

"Wow!!!"

Suddenly, when the two sides continued to confront each other, and Gandalf was also struggling to persuade the two sides, two small... hobbits suddenly rolled out from behind a big tree?

"You are...Gandalf? And Mrs. Anne Witch?!"

Pippin, who rolled down and gnawed a mouthful of mud, just got up when he saw in the distance, that little witch Annie who was holding a ball of fire? And, the white-robed wizard standing aside——Gandalf? !

The gray-robed wizard Gandalf who fell into the endless abyss of the Moria mines with the Balrog is still alive? Moreover, the other party is not only alive and well, but even changed into a new outfit?

Now it should be... Gandalf the wizard in white? !

"Master Anne? And Gandalf! That's great! It's really you? Hurry up and help me..."

Then, Merry the Hobbit, who also gnawed a mouthful of moss due to a fall together, also found the two old friends on the opposite side at this time, and then he jumped up quickly, grabbed hold of it and was still in a daze Pippin began to spread his feet forward recklessly, and rushed towards Anne and Gandalf as if desperately.

As for the tall tree man, because the other party didn't speak or move, they didn't even look at it. They didn't think about anything else at all, thinking that it was just an ordinary big tree!

"Ha! An old man with little flesh, and a... little girl with thin skin and tender flesh?"

Then, when the two hobbits ran hurriedly behind Gandalf and Anne to hide, the three Orcs with sharp knives, who had followed Pippin and Merry into Fangorn Forest, ran out grinning.

Their eyes were a bit awkward, and they thought that the little girl was holding a torch!

So, when they found that there were two more prey, these mindless half-orcs started clamoring one after another, and kept licking their dirty black mouths. They feel that the other party seems to be something that has no ability to resist?

"Guys, our dinners are starting to get bigger and bigger tonight..."

"That's right! It's wonderful."

"The little girl is mine! The rest is yours, how about it? I think her meat must be very tender and tender. It doesn't need to be cooked. It's best to eat it raw?"

After the faint red light of the fireball slowly dispersed and approached, the three orcs were still interested in discussing the distribution rights of the prey? One of them was actually drooling disgustingly at Annie while talking?

As everyone knows, they seem to have provoked certain existences that even their masters can't easily provoke? Here is a little girl who loves to play with fire, a violent melee mage Gandalf, and the leader of a group of tree shepherds, Old Treebeard!

"snort!"

A little girl's cold snort suddenly sounded.

Then, the fireball that she had been holding all the time flew towards the orc who was going to eat him alive! After a dazzling flame trail appeared in the fireball, it instantly set the opponent's body on fire.

When the half-orc began to roll and howl, her next words sounded:

"People think that burnt meat might taste better without getting sick, right?"

Anne didn't strengthen the power of her flame magic either, she just let the opponent turn into a human-shaped torch, and then watched the opponent screaming loudly on the wet mossy ground with great interest, while rolling wildly at the same time.

Raw meat or something, I hate it the most!

So, Annie, she wants to burn slowly, little by little, first burn off the skin, then the muscle veins, and finally the bones and internal organs! She wants to prove to these half-orcs who don't know cooking skills: only cooked meat, the kind that is burnt on the outside and burnt on the inside, is the most fragrant and delicious!

Rumble!

At the same time, before the half-orc who had been burned in the human-shaped firebox stopped rolling and howling, another huge tree root suddenly stepped on it, knocking the other side of the man who was under the pressure of his companion. The half-orc who was startled and stunned by the encounter was trampled into a pool of meatloaf...

"ha……"

Not to be outdone, Gandalf took two steps forward and slashed Huashan Mountain with his staff. The head of the staff hit a critical blow, and opened the last half-orc on the spot...

"It's good to see you again! Pippin? And Merry?"

At this time, Gandalf looked at the big tree that was taken aback by the sudden action, and the two hobbits, Merry and Pippin, who were still in shock. After Treebeard, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sure enough, old man, it's not unreasonable for me to like hobbits better..."

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In the early morning of the next day, within the border of Rohan, close to Fangorn Forest, on a certain hill in the prairie, three fast-moving figures appeared again.

Another night of chasing without sleep, Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas were still running and chasing their enemies. After this night of chasing, they felt that they should be getting closer to those orcs now up...

"The red sun is rising...Last night, there must have been a killing around here..."

When the red sun rises slowly in the morning, Legolas, the elf prince who is good at observing the sky and superstitious, has some bad premonition in his heart.

From the perspective of the middle-earth elves who like to watch the sky at night, in the morning, when the morning glow appears, something bad must happen?

So far, they have chased those orcs for a total of three days and four nights, but at this time, when they were about to catch up with the enemy and rescue their companions, did this very bad omen appear?

Like... a big war?

After all, the color of blood is red, and so is the morning glow... So, the elves naively thought: the blood from the bloody battlefield must have dyed the clouds red?

If Annie knew that the elf boy thought so, she would definitely spit on him, right?

Because, if you are on the earth, even those elementary school students know that the morning glow is obviously a common physical phenomenon that occurs after the sunlight in the morning is refracted and scattered by too much water vapor.

Besides, how could the blood on the ground be stained in the sky? Superstition, it really is a harmful thing!

"..."

"These footprints..."

When Aragorn was carefully observing the footprints of the enemy passing by to identify the direction, suddenly, they heard the trembling sound of horseshoes running fast, and the opponent seemed to be getting closer...

It is a large group of cavalry! Moreover, galloping towards them? !

"Quick! Cover up!"

Without thinking too much, Aragorn quickly waved at the two companions behind him who had also noticed something was wrong, and then quickly hid in a huge boulder pile next to him.

Not long after they lurked in the tall grass half a person high in the crevices of those boulders, the sound of rumbling horseshoes became louder and louder, and the terrifying tremors from the ground became more and more intense...

Then, as if in the next moment, countless Rohan cavalry wearing heavy armor and cloaks, holding Rohan's galloping horse flags and various lances, turned up from the bottom of the hillside, and walked along the road where they stood before. At the gap, he galloped directly to the far place below the hillside.

"..."

Aragorn quickly stood up and looked at the backs of the cavalrymen.

It's so dangerous, the other party didn't see them just now, and it doesn't seem that they came for the three of them. It seems that those cavalry, they were just passing by?

"Cavalrymen of Rohan, do you have any news from Hussars?!"

After looking at Legolas, Aragorn felt that the regular army of Rohan would not embarrass the three of them, right? So, after he stood out from the hiding place for a while, he shouted loudly to the hundreds of cavalry who had already run down the hillside.

Aragorn took it for granted that they seemed to be able to get some help from these cavalrymen or the intelligence of those orcs? Since the other party appeared here, maybe they would know the traces of the small group of orcs they were chasing before?

Anyway, in this territory of Rohan, those Rohan cavalry who are masters will always be more familiar than outsiders like themselves.

"?!"

As soon as Aragorn's voice fell, the cavalry who hadn't run far away quickly dispersed.

They didn't slow down at all, they just circled a small circle in the shape of skirmishers on the prairie, and began to change into a semi-arc encirclement net. People galloped up to encircle!

Countless cavalrymen began to gallop dangerously past the three of them, and the opponent's superb riding skills didn't even require them to make extra movements. Afterwards, they continued to gallop on their horses, lap after lap, and the three of them People are surrounded in the middle...

In the end, when the speed of the war horse slowly slowed down, the sharp lances were pushed towards Aragorn and the others from the encirclement one by one by the knights, and the sharp spears stuck the three of them tightly. Can't move in the middle.

"An elf, a human and... a dwarf?!"

"Tell me! What are you trying to do here in Rohan, Reedmark? What kind of conspiracy is there!"

After the heavy armored knights of Rohan completely controlled the three of them, a cavalryman wearing a full body armor with golden patterns and other decorative patterns on the armor squeezed in from the outside with a very serious tone. asked unkindly.

"Say it!!"

Obviously, the cavalry commander with a semi-closed helmet on his head doesn't seem to be in a good mood? So, after scanning the three of them with his sharp eyes for a while, he sternly asked again.

"Show your name first, commander of the cavalry? Then, I will tell you who I am!"

The dwarf Gimli, who was pointed at by a group of cavalry and spears, was the first to speak out, he just leaned on his long-handled battle ax, and then looked up at the man who questioned the three of them with a haughty face. commander of the cavalry.

As a dwarf, Jinli's height is at a disadvantage here again!

Originally, humans were much taller than them? But now, the other party is still riding on a tall horse, which makes him have to raise his head higher. Only in this way can he let himself see the other party's face and eyes. This action makes him weak just because of his momentum. Loved each other a lot.

"..."

Hearing that Jin Li, who was hesitant, still had the guts to say such words at this time, Aragorn was momentarily dumbfounded and felt speechless for a while.

He was a little confused. Could it be that Jin Li, a dwarf, couldn't see the situation clearly? What a mess! The diplomacy of their dwarves must be negative, right?

Now, it is obvious that the man is the knife and I am the fish! The three of them are still besieged by hundreds of cavalry regiments, and those spears and lances are still stretching not far from their bodies. Where does he have the courage to say such words at this time? ?

If you encounter a general with a slightly bad temper, they simply don't ask any questions, and if they directly order those spears and spears to pierce them, then the death of the three of them will be in vain!

"..."

Hearing this dwarf's words, not only Aragorn was speechless, but even the cavalry commander was stunned.

"If you had grown taller, little man, I could have easily decapitated you on horseback!"

Then, after the other party handed over his spear to a servant, he turned around and jumped off the saddle, walked straight to the short man and lowered his head to stare at the bearded man who made him uncomfortable looking at him. Pressing the hilt of the sword at his waist with his hand, he didn't forget to threaten fiercely in his mouth.

"Before you make a move, my long arrow will shoot through your head first!"

As soon as the voice of the cavalry commander fell, the elf prince Legolas who was also upset in his heart quickly bent his bow and drew his arrows. Before all the cavalry could react, they had already aimed their full bows at this place It seems to be the brow of the chief knight.

In the next moment, countless long lances or spears swiped, and they all came together and stopped around Legolas' body. If the opponent dared to shoot arrows, he would definitely be shot by countless spears. Bound into a broken corpse full of bullet holes!

"Wait, Legolas..."

At this time, Aragorn at the side finally realized that he quickly pressed down the elf prince's bow and arrow, and at the same time appeased the dwarf Gimli who was about to raise his ax to kill people.

He didn't understand, where did these two people get their courage? Why don't you just start a fight with someone else?

Didn't they see the situation clearly? He just wanted to stop these Rohan cavalrymen, and then ask a question so that they can find those orcs. As for making such a situation of endless death?

Not to mention, the diplomacy of the elves is definitely not very good.

Aragorn, who has wandered in the wilderness for so many years, has long understood a truth, that is: many friends have many paths, as long as they are of a just or kind race, there is no need to get into a fight when they meet each other! It is the right choice to properly connect the feelings between the two parties, maybe it will be used someday?

Look at himself, the current elves, dwarves and other immortal races, who doesn't know Aragorn?

"..."

After seeing this human being restraining his companions, some cavalrymen finally stopped being nervous and began to slowly retract their respective weapons. However, there were still some spears and lances, which were listed as unstable by them. Elemental elves and dwarves dangled around.

"Hello, I am Aragorn, son of Arathorn!"

Well, the situation is critical now, and Aragorn can't care about anything else.

Therefore, he directly started the mode of fighting for his father. He was afraid that the other party would not recognize his name, so he quickly brought out his cheap father who had been dead for many years, and directly told the other party that his father was so and so...

Although Aragorn is still a lonely ranger, he has a good father anyway, doesn't he?

You know, in name, Aragorn is an ally of Rohan - the legal heir to the king of the Kingdom of Gondor! With such an invisible glamorous protective film, it is impossible for the general of Rohan in front of him not to give him this bit of face, right?

"This dwarf is the son of Gloin, Gimli! And this one is Legolas, prince of the Silvan elves from Mirkwood."

Fortunately, the three of them have a good father with a good reputation, and, after counting, they are also among the best second-generation officials in the world of Middle-earth! As long as it is not the rebels under the command of the demon king Sauron, then, after people in other kingdoms know their identities, if they do not want to cause conflicts between national races, they will more or less sell a little face !

"We are friends of Rohan and Hussar King Theoden, you don't need to be so hostile to us!"

Aragorn knew Hussar King Theoden, and they had a good relationship! However, he doesn't know the general of the young faction in front of him...

When he thought about it, when he was wandering in Rohan and worshiping Theoden, this general probably didn't know where he was peeing and playing with mud in his crotch pants, right? It's normal not to know yourself.

This, perhaps, is the sorrow of the short-lived race, and it is also the sorrow of Aragorn...

Back in the day, he spent countless time and energy operating in the entire Middle-earth world, and almost all the heads of state or bigwigs of the non-Sauron forces knew him. , I also look familiar! But in the end? Before he was ready to show his identity and prepare to become king and accept the inheritance, those who knew him in the human world were almost dead...

Sure enough, after Aragorn named the fathers of the three of them, the commander-in-chief of the cavalry finally looked a lot better, and he no longer had the urge to order the three of them to be chopped up immediately.

"Friend? Huh..."

"Where does Theoden still have any friends now? He has become indistinguishable from the enemy, and he doesn't even recognize his relatives!"

The commander of the cavalry took off his helmet, revealed his face, and waved his hands at the same time to let the knights under him put away their respective weapons.

"The evil Saruman has bewitched the king's mind, and Essinger has almost occupied this land..."

While angrily complaining about his own king, he gritted his teeth and cursed the white-robed wizard of Isinger. In the eyes of this cavalry commander, the situation in Rohan was so bad that even he himself didn't know what to do. up.

Now, their seemingly powerful Rohan Hussars are actually extremely weak...

The king's inaction, but also being controlled by the enemy, let those half-orcs, strong orcs, and Dunland savages ravage and slaughter his people on his land!

Watching the country's land gradually decline, this commander seems to have seen the final fate of Rohan's destruction?

"We were all sworn to defend Rohan, so we were all expelled..."

"That white-robed wizard, he's scheming and elusive...and, I heard, his spies are everywhere?"

Speaking of which, the cavalry commander still looked at these humans, elves, and dwarves suspiciously. He was only dubious about their identities, and he was not stupid. It was impossible for him to believe whatever the other party said.

"We are not spies!"

The dwarf Gimli immediately muttered something, but when he saw Aragorn's face, he had to shut his mouth again.

"We're heading west across the plain, and we're on the trail of a group of big Uruks who have captured our two hobbit friends, and we must rescue them! So, that's why we've come here, and we've just voluntarily shouted Let me down, the reason why I intend to inquire about the news!"

Aragorn said sincerely, if they were spies, he would not have volunteered to call down these cavalry just now! He believed that the other party should be able to understand this.

"A tall orc...?"

Hearing this, the cavalry commander seemed a little convinced.

"I can tell you: those strong orcs, they are all dead! We completely wiped them out last night!"

Last night, they did pick up that disgusting group of fellows who were about to set up camp at the edge of Fangorn Forest!

In the dark night, he surrounded them on three sides with their cavalry, and with just one charge, he used a torrent of steel to disperse the opponent's formation, and then the next thing was to wantonly slash and kill, and he didn't see how many tall orcs there were. sharp.

"There are supposed to be two little hobbits, do you see them?"

Gimli the dwarf appeared impatiently again.

"Yes! They are very short, and they look like our human children."

After Jinli asked, Aragorn quickly added that in order to track down and rescue his two hobbit friends, they worked tirelessly and ran for three days and four nights!

"..."

"We didn't have any survivors... not long ago, we just piled up the corpses and burned them..."

This matter made the cavalry commander a little embarrassed. Last night, when they were charging, they didn't care whether the opponent was a hobbit or a half-orc? In that dark and chaotic battlefield, as long as there is no horse riding, they will kill them all!

As for whether there were others who escaped successfully, he was not quite sure.

Anyway, they were surrounded on three sides at that time, none of them could escape, and the only side that was not surrounded was the ancient Fangorn Forest. If those half-orcs, orcs or hobbits dared to run into the forest If you go there, the final outcome should not be much different from being hacked to death by their cavalry.

"All dead?!"

Jinli is relatively short, so he stared blankly through the gap between the horse's legs and looked into the distance. There, there seemed to be a thick white smoke from burning objects? Just now, he always thought it was a gathering place of Rohan people!

"I am the former Third Marshal Eomer of Rohan. I am sorry for what happened to your friends. It was very dark at that time, and we didn't pay attention to whether the enemy was a half-orc or not! So..."

After seeing the expressions of the three people, Eomer apologized to the three people and said nothing more. He believed that these people would be considerate. After all, it was a chaotic battlefield, and even the bravest knights could die at any moment, let alone two hobbits who were captives of orcs.

Then, he thought for a while, and while waving his hands and whistled, he called two unowned war horses who had lost their masters.

"Forget it, you should go and see for yourself... I hope these two war horses can bring you good luck, instead of being like their original owners?"

After handing over the reins of the two horses to each other, Éomer put on his helmet and stepped straight onto his steed. Last night, when they wiped out all the orcs, they also lost two comrades in arms. Those two were the owners of the two steeds...

"Goodbye!"

"Go find your friends, but you'd better not have too much hope, because this land, it has been abandoned by the gods..."

After looking bitterly at the territory under his feet that originally belonged to Rohan, Éomer turned around and led the team away.

Here, it's Rohan! But now, he was abused by the so-called messenger of God, the white-robed wizard Saruman and his strong orcs! Therefore, Éomer and the gods were also hated together.

"..."