The riding and chopping simulator of the Lord of the Rings

Chapter 155 Response Retreat
The vast Rovanian has several rivers that are famous in Middle-earth, such as the Anduin River that has witnessed countless historical events over the long years, or the Magic River in the Black Forest that has the ability to make people sleep, or the river that traverses the Great River. The River Run in the Eastern Wilds.

The rushing river is nearly a thousand kilometers long, starting from the Lonely Mountain, flowing through the gathering points of various forces such as River Valley City, Changhu Town, and the Woodland Kingdom, and finally merging into the Inner Sea of ​​Rune in Dovinian. The most important commercial route.

However, this trade route is now broken, and it is occupied by the Dongyi people who like to plunder. These barbarians don’t even understand the principle of long-term flow. No power from the south could escape being robbed of its goods and reduced to slavery.

Of course, the shrewd and cunning Ashur occupied this place not just for the purpose of looting. He built an extremely large permanent camp in the waters of the rushing river between Heidelberg and Red River Town, with a population of nearly [-]. Living in this camp, just building a wooden fence around the entire camp, cut down all the nearby trees.

Surrounding the camp are a large number of farms, which occupy the surrounding fertile land and convenient water resources. A large number of slaves work and cultivate here, and they can harvest a large number of melons, fruits, grains and vegetables every year. The only problem is that these harvests are not Those who belong to the people who actually work, as slaves, can only get food that barely survives after begging.

Several grape wine estates occupy the nearby hillsides with the longest sunshine hours. The wine they produce can not only satisfy the Dongyi people's carnival drinking, but also have a lot of surplus to help Ashur win over the small tribes living in poverty.

And Ashur's residence, which can barely be called the upper palace, is also built on this hillside. After all, there are his most precious resources here, and his most loyal and powerful subordinates also surround Ashur's. The palace has built countless houses, just like a scene of settling here.

After the Dongyi people settled here for several years, blacksmith shops, workshops and other buildings appeared in the camp, and even a few figures of dwarves could be seen here. The inhabitants of Iron Hills, who fell into the hands of the Dongyi, were now forced to render grudging services to their enemies.

Ashur, who already owns a large territory and abundant resources, has actually looked down on the little wealth obtained by looting. Most of the time, his soldiers are urging the slaves to restore the productivity of this land as soon as possible. After all, caravans are getting fewer and fewer, but the output of the land has been increasing in recent years.

As the leader of one side, Ashur has also been very busy these years. On the one hand, he has to constantly urge his subordinates not to kill the slaves if they don't have to. He also needs these people to reclaim more land. Building more houses, and everything in the camp requires the services of these slaves. If you kill them, they will be gone. A slave needs more than ten years of growth to be able to handle all the work. This is for Ashur, who is in urgent need of labor. Tell me, it's too slow.

On the other hand, Ashur set his sights on the southern region of the Running River a long time ago, where the climate is warmer and the land is equally fertile. Although the Rovanian Kingdom formed by northern humans in the past It has already collapsed, but they left a large legacy on that land. As long as there is enough labor, he can completely re-establish a kingdom respected by the Dongyi people on this land. The power of the demon king can also better complete the orders of the Lord Demon Lord.

For this reason, Ashur made preparations very early, not only built several bridges that were easy to pass through on the Running River, but also dispatched two warlords under his command early to take root in the southern area of ​​the Running River, And these two subordinates did not waste his painstaking efforts, and recently brought very good news.

That is, in this seemingly uninhabited plain, there are actually human gathering points. Although there are not as many and concentrated gathering points in the east of Rovanian, if things go well, it is more than enough to get thousands of slaves. .

For Ashur, this news is very tempting, because the human kingdom on the opposite side of the Black Forest has always guarded against him, and there are powerful allies such as elves and dwarves, who simply do not give him a chance to make a move. He hasn't acquired a large number of slaves for a long time, and he has only "traded" a few dwarf craftsmen from his own men in recent years.

Ashur, who is in urgent need of labor, has already begun to make his own people prepare for war. Soon he will be able to gather an army of nearly 8000 people and go to the southern area of ​​the River Run to plunder after the spring. After a while, the two warlords each prepared an army of thousands of people, preparing to eat some leftovers behind their own commanders.

Just looking at his men preparing for war with excitement on their faces, Ashur always felt a sense of uneasiness. Being too busy, he couldn't remember where this uneasiness came from for a while, but soon, the sentries around the camp On this night, something strange was brought to him, which solved Ashur's doubts.

Those were broken corpses that had been frozen into ice cubes. Even if they were placed in a warm house for half an hour, there were not many traces of melting. However, although this strange thing was extremely difficult to melt, it was not hard and light. A light kick can split a leg in two.

Ashur, who had just completed this action, his expression gradually became serious. As he often comes into contact with things like Nazgul, he naturally knows that there are some powerful forces in this world. Obviously, what is presented to him at this moment is One of them, but it wasn't just these cold pieces that made Ashur nervous. The corpse on the ground was clearly dressed as a Dongyi, and it must belong to those small tribes that had just defected.

Only those people would wear such poor clothes in the winter, and the group of people who followed Ashur to Rovanian had already obtained warm winter clothes during the plunder.

At this time, Ashur, who had just woken up, didn't see a trace of sleepiness on his face. He frowned and looked at the sentinel who woke him up in the early morning, and asked in a cold tone: "Is this found outside the camp?"

If the situation was not very urgent, no one would be willing to wake up the moody and indifferent Ashur at this moment. The sentinel in charge of security work in the second half of the night did obtain some potentially important information, but with his status He could only see Ashur from a distance, and the horror legends circulating in the camp made him tremble in front of his serious leader.

"My lord, I am the sentinel in charge of the west-northwest direction. When patrolling, I..."

Hearing this, Ashur gritted his teeth impatiently, waved his hand to shut the ugly sentinel in front of him, and casually picked up a glass of frothy beer from the barrel next to him, and handed it to the subordinate in front of him , motioning him to drink it.

"Drink it and talk well."

The flattered sentinel took the beer handed over by his leader with both hands, "gudong", "gudong" and "gudong" drank it all in one breath, then wiped his mouth, tightly clutched the silver cup inlaid with gems, and continued to speak Talked up.

It may be because Ashur's attitude greatly eased his emotions, or it may be the smooth and mellow beer that calmed his brain down. The next words, the sentinel spoke extremely fluently.

"It's such a boss. When Uri and I were patrolling outside the fence, we heard a call for help from the northwest, but it was too dark to see clearly, so we rode over there, and then These fragments were found on the ground. In addition to this, there were two cavalrymen, which should be the enemy. One of them seemed to be wearing silver armor, and the other was half black and half white. I couldn't see clearly, but the one was wearing The enemy in silver armor seems to be able to emit blue light from the bow in his hand, I can see this clearly."

Ashur, who sat down again, listened quietly to his subordinate's report, and raised his eyelids to look at the cup after it was over, and asked calmly, "And then? Didn't you catch up?"

At this time, the sentinel's mood had completely stabilized. Following the change in Ashur's face, his mentality also relaxed, and he even whispered in his heart, "Whoever said that Master Ashur is moody, if he says to kill, he will kill." Yes, isn't that nice to talk about?"

Nodding and bowing, he answered quickly, "Uli and I caught up right away, but the horses of the two cavalrymen were so fast that they disappeared in a blink of an eye. We came back when we couldn't catch up." In fact, the two sentries looked at the weapons and equipment on the opposite side, and then at the strange pile of corpses on the ground. They didn't have the courage to chase after them at all. Instead, they scared the two people away by shouting. , if it wasn't for seeing the opportunity faster, they would probably have to die there too.

But what the sentinel said was not wrong, the elven horse of the Twilight Knight was extremely fast, even if they caught up, it would be impossible for them to have any effect.

After Ashur finished listening, he smiled on his scarred face, which was even scarier than when he didn't smile.

"The cup is rewarded to you."

The sentinel was overjoyed when he heard it. He was holding the cup because of this thought. He felt that he had brought back some news this time anyway, and he deserved some rewards. Moreover, through a glass of wine, he also felt that the commander-in-chief It's still easy to talk about.

"But you lied to me, Tad, pull him out and give him thirty lashes."

A burly young man beside Ashur, after a reply, led two people to drag out the sentry who was holding the silver cup and looked dazed. There was not much movement during the whole process.

Ashur didn't care about such trivial matters at all. He was thinking about the things behind the information. After a while, the screams outside the house stopped, and Ashur said to the captain of the guard beside him: "Made, how many riders do I currently have?"

Made, who had been with Ashur for nearly ten years, immediately said respectfully: "My lord, you also know that our cavalry unit was seriously damaged a few years ago, with less than two hundred left. The tribe paid some respect, and I also exchanged some with them, uh, now there are 510 six people."

Ashur nodded when he heard it, and knew that although Made said it was an exchange, there was a high probability that he gave some goods symbolically and then robbed some. He didn't care about this, since those warlords didn't come to him The trouble here shows that Made is still doing things properly, and he is not too ugly, and he really needs to add some cavalry. In his heart, he still appreciates Made's behavior.

Because at this time, Ashur had already guessed who was chasing and killing his own clansmen. The silver plate armor and fast horses left a deep impression on him.

There is no other possibility at all, it must be the human kingdom on the other side of the Black Forest.

And Ashur also figured it out at this moment, where did his uneasiness come from during this period, that is, Rabat and Bamond, these two guys, have not reported to him for a long time, the last time was More than a month ago, it was too long. The distance between the two sides was less than [-] kilometers. A well-trained rider and a new horse were enough to run back and forth in a few days.

Ashur, who has been very busy these days, has indeed neglected this aspect of information, but the current situation is obvious. He knows that his two loyal subordinates are probably finished. Of course, this is not the worst. information.

The Dongyi people's rule itself is very loose, and considering the land needed for each tribe's survival, Ashur placed the warlords who defected to him in various parts of the land, so as not to let these people use their own land for pastures and arable land. Fight first.

But this decision made Ashur feel a little uneasy at this time. The enemy's cavalry archers had already chased him outside his base camp, so how many of the men he recruited from Rune are left after all these years of hard work and money? Woolen cloth?
Thinking of this, Ashur gritted his teeth, turned his head and said to his own guard captain: "Immediately send cavalry to other tribes to check the situation, hurry up and send more people."

Looking at the expression of his own leader, Made knew that the matter was very serious. After serving Ashur for so many years, he knew that he could not ask anything at this time, so he immediately responded and went out to make arrangements. At this time, Tad took a In came the bloody silver cup.

Looking at the silver cup placed on the table, Ashur was obviously taken aback for a moment, and then asked helplessly, "Dead?"

Tad replied sullenly: "Yes, lying in front of you, how can he continue to live?"

After hearing this sentence, Ashur waved his hands indifferently, stood up and took a glass of wine, took a sip and continued: "He's dead, let's make arrangements if he has a family, I mean find a good one." The person who came to inherit his property and take care of his family, understand? He killed him, who do you command?"

Ashur scolded his son in front of him with a face full of hatred, then shook his head and continued: "How are you guys preparing?"

Tad blinked, as if he was wondering why his father would suddenly ask about this matter, but he still replied straightforwardly: "They have already prepared it, but you said that they can only act after the spring, everyone is waiting. .”

"You don't need to wait until next year when it's warmer. Inform the captains, big and small, to get them ready. After lunch, we're going to go north. Tell them to wear thicker clothes. It's going to snow. They also know what it means. What are you wearing?"

Although he didn't understand why his father suddenly changed the order, Tad knew that the war he liked was coming soon, and a cruel smile appeared on his simple face, and he replied: "I know, whoever If it's not ready before lunch, I'll break his leg."

Looking at his son who only knew violence in front of him, Ashur wanted to say something, but in the end he waved his hand helplessly, dismissed him, and picked up the silver cup on the table to drink. At this moment, he really couldn't think I understand, why does the guy who claims to be the king dare to attack me at this time? Could it be that my analysis all along has been wrong?impossible! !Or was that old bastard in a fancy robe fooling himself?
In any case, Ashur knew that his loss at this time must be extremely heavy. The more he thought about it, the more angry he threw the silver cup in his hand. Scattered gems rolled down to the corner of the room, emitting a little bit of light under the light.

And tens of kilometers away, Allen, who stayed up all night because of chasing and killing the enemy, is currently observing the Dongyi camp in the distance with a telescope. This is his last goal. What scouts were cleaned up, what news was blocked, as long as the stronghold in front of him was killed, his plan had been completed by 80.00%, and he would immediately join Thorin's dwarf army and retreat together.

At this time, a bird flew down and chatted with Kress, and soon Kress said with a bit of displeasure on his face: "Boss, that stinky elf said that the task It failed, although he killed the last cavalry of the enemy, he also alarmed the rest of Dongyi, and now he is rushing back."

Hearing this, Allen frowned tightly. He knew that since Horimion's mission had failed, he must have alarmed his biggest opponent, Ashur, the leader of Dongyi who was entrenched here. A fast-moving and very shrewd guy.

At this time, there are actually only two options before Allen. One is to take the risk of attacking the Dongyi camp in front of him tonight. After completing the plan, go north to join Sorin's dwarf troops. The other is to give up the plan immediately and then retreat. Wait for the opportunity to compete with Ashur in the future.

For Allen, it is not difficult to choose at all. After hesitating for less than a minute, Allen said to Kress: "Notify everyone, gather at the camp of Balmond, and let your Raven partner Send a message to Sorin, saying that my plan has failed and I have not completed the planned goal. The Dongyi army may have already attacked my position. Now, I need his help, and I hope he will join me as soon as possible .”

"Good boss."

(End of this chapter)