Chapter 826: Denethor II's Ambition
Chapter 835 Denethor II's Ambition
"The prosperous north!" Denethor II said with emotion. Although the scale of the entire northern human race is not large, its thriving cohesion is not comparable to that of the south. Denethor II visited the Kingdom of Aquavia and the Valley State to maintain relations with the northern human beings. Through the mouths of these two human kingdoms, Denethor II had a deeper understanding of King Roland, whom he was about to visit.
"Great king!" People as proud and confident as Denethor II couldn't help but admire Roland after learning about his life. A brave, wise and kind great king was Denethor II's evaluation of Roland. Compared with his mediocre grandfather, Roland's image as a king with great talent and strategy was more to his liking. In fact, the future Denethor II did the same!
"The strength of the North is too weak... They can't stand the wind and rain!" Holfa shrugged and sighed. Compared with Rohan and Gondor, even the strongest Kingdom of Raglan in the North can't afford a failure. The tolerance rate given to them by their national strength is too low, so low that they must win every battle! Compared with the orcs who can lose many times, they can't lose once.
"But they are still very tenacious and haven't failed, right?" Denethor II smiled. People will never look at the process, everyone will only pay attention to the results! The fact is that the alliance in the North has grown and has completely established a firm foothold! The vassal of the Kingdom of Raglan has successfully opened up the Misty Mountains. In recent years, sporadic caravans have begun to arrive at the original Old Pass area. It can be seen that the territory of the Beorn has begun to recover under the nourishment of the caravan. I believe that it will not be long before caravans arrive in the Long Lake area. These profit-seeking merchants will further arm the strength of the North!
The tough North comforted Denethor II's originally depressed heart. These people in the North took root here as stubbornly as weeds in the biting cold wind! This gave Denethor II hope and more confidence in resisting the erosion of Mordor! He believed that the people in the North would still ride their tall horses to the south to rescue Gondor from danger as they did before!
"They are good, at least we are not alone..." Denethor II murmured. His vigilance against the orcs and Mordor almost made him neurotic. Denethor II, who saw through Gondor and Rohan, knew that no one knew the weakness of the southern kingdom better than him! Except for the border troops, the combat effectiveness of the nobles has been reduced to the historical freezing point! Although the two countries can mobilize a large militia, without the nobles' private soldiers as the backbone, the huge militia team can only collapse at the touch of a button!
Originally, these potential hidden dangers tortured Denethor II to sleep at night, until he came to the thriving North, and instantly felt much more relaxed, at least he was not alone! You should know that the reason why Denethor II was killed in the plot in history was because his will, which was so strong that even Sauron could suppress it, saw the strength of Mordor through the crystal of true knowledge. After viewing Middle-earth through the crystal of true knowledge, Denethor II was desperate. Gondor did not have a single friendly army... The strongest ally, the King of Rohan, was still fooled by the treacherous prime minister... So he issued a pessimistic order for everyone to escape.
Because he knew that with his governance over the past ten years, although Gondor had restored some of its military equipment, it was far from being full of martial virtues! Encountering the careful preparations of Sauron who had been hiding for thousands of years, what would Gondor have to fight with his head? Sauron deliberately let the great king of Middle-earth, the only one who could suppress himself with willpower, see the wealth and power of Mordor and the army of orcs as numerous as cockroaches through the crystal of truth, which made the confident and proud Denethor II despair!
However, the tragedy in history is destined not to happen. Denethor II got a shot of heart several decades earlier than in history! In history, Denethor II did consider the North, but neither the Dale nor the Beorn could play a decisive role. Facts have proved the wisdom of Denethor II! There were actually two battlefields in the War of the Ring - the southern main battlefield headed by the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, and the northern main battlefield headed by the Lonely Mountain and Dale. The Battle of the Pelennor Fields ended with the victory of the human coalition, while the Battle of the Lonely Mountain ended with the sacrifice of King Brand of Dale and King Ironfoot of the Lonely Mountain to defend the Lonely Mountain...
Facts have proved the strategic vision of Denethor II. If it weren't for King Brand of Dale who retreated to the Lonely Mountain and joined forces with the dwarves, and the Lonely Mountain was easy to defend and difficult to attack, the forces of the northern coalition might have been razed to the ground...Oh! No! There was also Thranduil who fished in troubled waters and hid from the world (dog head manual funny).
Of course, Denethor II never placed his hopes on the elves of the woodland kingdom. You might as well think about Sauron being killed by a heavenly punishment than expecting Thranduil to use the flesh and blood of the woodland elves to stop the orcs!
After visiting the Valley State and the Kingdom of Aquavia, Denethor II had a very good opinion of King Bard and King White Wing. In his eyes, although these two kings were not great men, they were also capable kings. Especially with limited resources, they were able to raise an army with good combat effectiveness. It can only be said that Denethor II was tempted...
"Do you think it is possible for me to train such a capable army? I mean, if I invest resources myself!" Denethor II did not keep the secret but looked at Holfa. As the Knight Commander of the Swan Knights, he was naturally not a fool, and his military attainments were definitely good!
At this moment, Denethor II's pupils were shining with the light of ambition. It was not that he couldn't sit in the position of the crown prince and wanted to have a Middle-earth version of the Xuanwu Gate Revolution, but that he wanted to master a team belonging to the Xuanwu Gate in advance. His own army, the resurrection of Mordor put a lot of pressure on him, which made him unable to help but want to seize an army of his own... He couldn't be allowed to summon militiamen to fight the orcs, right?
"With all due respect, this is difficult, and you don't seem to have the need to have a direct army..." Halfar frowned. As the top general of the Prince Doamroth family, Halfar knew Denethor II. This young boy has an almost perverted wariness against Mordor, but Horfar does not think this can be a reason for him to have an army. After all, although the current regent Turgon is old, as a member of the prime minister's family Denethor II, a member of the Prime Minister and his direct heir, suddenly pulled out a private army... Even the prime minister's family, regardless of other families, would inevitably have thoughts. Maybe someone would play tricks on Denethor II. It’s a little noble game where Tailiang puts on some warm clothes. After all, the allure of the power of the dragon is too great! Besides, Horfa has never overestimated the integrity of the nobles in the kingdom. They can do this shit!
"I didn't think carefully!" Denethor II looked at Horfar's serious expression and suddenly understood something. As the most sober and wise person in the Kingdom of Gondor from beginning to end, he was not a political idiot. He immediately He picked up his face.
Horfar stopped talking after looking at Denethor II's face. Apparently our smart Denethor II has thought of the "noble" moral integrity of the kingdom's nobles.