The riding and chopping simulator of the Lord of the Rings

Chapter 75 The Battle of the Old Forest Road

As the home of the woodland elves, the Black Forest covers an extremely large area, at least nearly 200 kilometers long from south to north, and at least [-] kilometers long at its widest point, occupying almost a quarter of Rovanian. The area above is the largest forest in Middle-earth.

And in the Black Forest, there is an Old Forest Road, also known as the Old Dwarf Road, which ends in the high pass of the Misty Mountains in the west, crosses the abandoned bridge of the Old Ferry, crosses the Black Forest, and reaches the rushing river in the east of Rovanian River, one of the few roads connecting Rovanian.

This road was built by the Longbearded Dwarves in the Second Era or before.

At that time, the dwarves of the Durin family built majestic halls in both Kazadum and Iron Hills, and the old dense forest road full of people was used to maintain trade and communication between the two dwarf territories.

However, with the vicissitudes of life and the changes of the years, with the appearance of Durin Buster and the renaming of Kazadum to Moria, this old dense forest road has gradually become rare.

Since then, the minions of the Dark Lord also began to appear at the southern end of the Black Forest, poisoning the forest. Under the threat of dark forces, the woodland elves migrated to the vicinity of Long Lake.

Without the protection of the elves, the old dense forest road became even more deserted.

At this time, this old dense forest road has also been completely abandoned. Before the Battle of the Five Armies, residents in the forest often saw half-orcs riding wargs haunting this abandoned road, and this road was close to the rushing river. The east side of the river is completely covered by trees.

Today, for some reason, there is a group of people walking on this road with a width of 6 meters, and in the forest around them, black figures flash past from time to time.

It was Alan and his army who were running on the road. In the early morning of the third day after the meeting, Alan was ready to go to the old jungle road. For this operation, Alan did not intend to bring his own twilight Guard of the Knight of Light.

After all, the surrounding area is much safer now, and Horimion and the Twilight Knights have just returned from the Lonely Mountain. Alan hopes that they can take a rest and test Alan's vision of the Silver Mist Ranger by the way.

At this time, Hermione should have been training the two hundred archers with the Twilight Knights.

And Allen, who had arranged everything a long time ago, took Tyre and the cavalry archers led by Desaiwei, and set off towards the dense forest road.

Originally, Allen wanted to invite Gandalf and Bilbo Baggins to go to the east of Rovanian with him, and it would be an adventure.

As a result, the two had already gone to Rose Gobert to visit Radagast, and Allen had to give up this idea.

But this reminded Allen that he also has some things and needs to ask Radagast for help.

Alan and his party of nearly 50 people walked along the previously repaired road in Wilderness Town toward the old dense forest road with a relaxed mind. After spending half a day, they came to the west intersection of the Black Forest.

After a little repair here, everyone plunged into the black forest.

At the beginning, everyone was in a very relaxed state of mind. Allen and Till, who rode the same horse with him, pointed at the condition of the old dense forest road from time to time, and talked about their plans for follow-up maintenance.

It has to be said that the dwarves are indeed very skilled in construction. The road to the west of the Black Forest has remained flat and wide for thousands of years without anyone taking the initiative to maintain it.

Although some thick tree roots break through a little bit of the road, it is not a problem for Allen's plan.

It's just that as time went by, Allen, who was riding on the road, always felt faintly that something was staring at him. This strange feeling came from time to time from the dense forest on the right.

Allen, who was gradually feeling uneasy, immediately ordered the team to start camping, but after starting camping, this feeling disappeared.

Alan, who was worried, whispered a few words to Tire, then led Desaiwei and a few mounted archers along the south side of the road, and walked cautiously into the dense forest.

Allen didn't bring everyone with him. He considered that if there were too many people, it would not only cause too much noise, but also destroy nearby traces and affect the tracking effect. This was not what he thought of.

After going deep into the dense forest, Alan, who was fully armed, led the cavalry archer, and followed behind Desaiwei, searching carefully along the road when he came in the forest covered with fallen leaves.

Allen didn't have the skills of scouting and guiding. He and the cavalry archer kept holding bows and arrows, observing the surroundings vigilantly, covering Desaiwei who was searching carefully.

And Desaiwei, who is called a master in this respect, soon discovered the trace, it was the feces covered under the leaves, and this fresh feces belonged to the warg.

At this time, Allen finally knew what was staring at him in the dense forest, and deduced the origin of these guys.

These wargs must be the army sent by Azog to raid Wilderness Town. According to Jamila's report, the number can reach thousands.

Facing such a large number of enemies, Allen is ready to announce the order to retreat. The road can be repaired at any time, but the lives of his subordinates should not be wasted in this situation where the enemy is strong and we are weak.

It's just that it's a little late now, and the escape may be caught up by the wolf in the night. Alan is thinking about how to get out.

At this moment, Desaiwei came to Allen's side, and said in a low voice: "My lord, I found a new clue, do you want to follow up and have a look?"

After hearing Desaiwei's report, Allen thought about it quickly, and thought it would be better to take a look. It is still a long time before dark, and maybe there are no new changes in things.

He nodded, responded with "go", and led the cavalry and archer to follow Desaiwei towards the deeper jungle.

Soon they came to a stream in the forest. The soft ground beside the stream was full of paw prints. After spending a little time searching, Desaiwei came to Alan's side .

"My lord, according to the newness of the paw prints and the condition of the excrement, there will not be more than two hundred wolves here. You can see these marks, which means that these guys have lived here for a long time, at least there must be one or two. months."

After hearing Desaiwei's words, Allen suddenly came to his senses. He still hadn't thought too much about it. More than 1000 wolves were scattered in the Black Forest, so of course it was nothing.

But how could it be possible to feed so many wolves on the piece of land around the dense forest road? Even if they ate all the living things here, they still couldn't fill their hungry stomachs, not to mention it was still winter.

If there are less than [-], Allen has a little estimate of the combat power in his hand, and running is definitely not enough, but he can consider fighting head-on to force these guys away.

The wisdom of these guys is not weaker than that of ordinary humans. If Alan has not made a mistake in his calculations, they must be waiting for dark, and after Alan's team is asleep, they will launch a surprise attack. If Alan can put on a desperate resistance Attitude, after causing some damage to these wolves, it is likely to force them back.

And this pack of wolves that was going to attack Allen was indeed the army that raided Wilderness Village, but after the mission failed, the pack of wolves dispersed in an instant. After all, these guys gathered together following Sauron's order.

After Sauron left Dol Guldur disheartened, they no longer needed to risk their lives to wander around Wilderness Town. After all, the three big bears really impressed them too much.

A more real problem than this is that the food that the orcs find has almost been devoured by them.

If they were forcibly gathered together, they would be more likely to starve to death, so more than 1000 wargs were divided into several parts and scattered.

Most of them still returned to the Misty Mountains, and now the less than two hundred wolves were hiding in the Black Forest.

In less than two months, they wandered around in the Black Forest, most of the time relying on the small animals that come out for food in winter, and sometimes they would sneak up on the animals living in the eastern part of the Black Forest northern humans.

It just so happened that Alan brought people into the Black Forest at this time. When these wolves saw Alan and his trail, their eyes turned red. In their eyes, Alan and his party were no different from a running meal. , Hunger is about to overwhelm their reason.

And their wolf leader was still calm, and arranged for a few clever guys to follow Allen, while he was going to call all his men to hide in the deeper jungle, waiting for Allen and the others to relax their vigilance after midnight.

As time went by, the sky gradually darkened, and the light in the forest around Old Dense Forest Road faded far earlier than the light near Wilderness Town.

In the dark dense forest, four piles of blazing bonfires illuminate the surrounding environment, as well as the guardrails surrounded by densely packed branches.

These spiky branches are connected to the big tree, forming a big circle, surrounding the campfire, dozens of fully armed sturdy cavalry, and nearly fifty horses tied tightly to death. Horse on the big tree.

At this time, Allen quietly walked out of the dense forest with a few of his men, and he didn't want the cunning wolf to know his whereabouts.

These nearly two hundred wolves have always been entrenched in the southern Black Forest, and they have always been a threat to Wilderness Town, not to mention hindering Allen's plan to open up the dense forest road.

After this danger is lifted, Allen, who returns to Wilderness Town, will bring his elite to sweep the Black Forest and kill these sneaky guys.

But the premise is that you can really completely resist this wave of attacks at night. Nearly fifty top cavalry archers, in an environment like a dense forest, it is very dangerous to entangle with a warg, especially in the dark, even if you win , The loss must be at least above average, and Allen does not want to accept such casualties.

Allen felt that he might have been a little flustered after the Battle of the Five Armies, or he might have been too unlucky. He just wanted to let his champion team take a good rest, but ended up encountering this kind of evenly matched battle.

For a moment, Alan thought of Isildur in his mind. Although the scene was not very similar, the situation was slightly the same.

Allen never understood why Isildur, the king of Arnor, chose to pass the more dangerous Misty Mountains instead of taking the easier North-South Highway. Is it just to reminisce about his father?
Allen didn't think deeply about this question, but took a closer look at the current camp.

In order to be able to block the inevitable attack of the wolf at night, before heading to the dense forest, Alan told Tyre to make enough bonfires to deter the wolf.

It is also necessary to tie these horses firmly to the thick trees. Horses without riders will be easily alarmed by hungry wolves. At that time, these horses that are running wild because of panic will definitely attack the soldiers guarding the camp. cause harm.

And most importantly, there must be a wall to resist the sudden attack of the wolf.

It's just that Allen looked at the messy guardrails that were surrounded hastily, and felt a little confused. Even if these guardrails are pointed, it is impossible to completely block the collision of the wolf.

As the sky gradually darkened, the cavalry who received the order kept adding fuel to the bonfire to maintain the surrounding light, and their vigilant eyes were always observing the surroundings, guarding against the sudden attack from the darkness. enemy.

They are very familiar with these evil guys. Under the leadership of Desaiwei, these cavalry archers have been fighting with the wolf cavalry who harassed the horses in the north of the horse village for many years.

On the vast plain, they were skilled in riding and archery, and they were not afraid of small-scale battles with wolf cavalry. There were hundreds of wolves who died under their bows and arrows.

They hadn't experienced the surprise attack of two hundred wolves in the camp, but they didn't feel nervous when they looked at Alan who was fully armed and wiping his giant sword by the campfire.

At this time, Allen was a little nervous. He was not worried about his safety in this battle. He was just thinking about how to minimize the casualties of his subordinates in the next battle.

Under the light of the fire, he quietly wiped the giant sword in both hands with a piece of linen cloth, trying to clear his mind and come up with a good method in this way.

Opposite Allen was a fully armed Tyre who looked like a little steel man. The dwarf in full plate armor was waving a big ax in his hand, looking at Allen calmly, as if saying, look at me Yes, it's all trivial.

Desaiwei was patrolling around, and at this time she was walking towards Allen, preparing to report on the surrounding situation.

At this moment, Allen, who was wiping his long sword, stood up abruptly and stopped Desaiwei who was about to speak.

He heard a little movement, the howling of wolves from the dense forest further south, and at the same time, the shouts of human beings fighting were also sent into Alan's ears by the night wind.

Allen suddenly remembered the words, praying mantis catching cicadas, and oriole behind. Afterwards, the movement became more and more intense. It was obvious that a group of humans had a fierce battle with the wolf who was about to attack Allen.

At this time, Desaiwei, who was stopped by Alan, also heard these movements. Her original calm expression showed a slight surprise, and the fire was reflected in her bright black eyes. She looked at Alan who was thinking, and waited for the king's order She knew that under such circumstances, Allen would never stay here quietly.

Amidst the messy voices, Allen quickly made a decision.

"Desaiwei, pick thirty people and come with me, hurry up."

Desaiwei turned around quickly and left.

Then Allen turned to Tyre beside him and said, "Tyre, I can only ask you to take the rest of the people to guard the camp."

Tire, who was holding a big ax in his hand, was eager to follow Allen to the battlefield, but after hearing Allen's arrangement, his excited fat face suddenly became depressed.

However, as Alan's scholar, Tire did not refuse Alan's order, but nodded sullenly.

Afterwards, Allen and his party of more than 30 people, relying on the movement from a distance and the gleams of clear moonlight pouring down from the leaves, looked carefully at their feet, and rushed towards the battle place quickly.

In Allen's order, they did not light a torch. After all, the wolf's night vision ability is very strong, and it is good to be able to make a sneak attack.

Those who fought against the wargs were the northern humans they had harassed before. As descendants of the old Rovanian kingdom, they lived at the junction of the River Run and the Black Forest, and they were often attacked by dark forces on a small scale.

In such a living environment, their actions are far more courageous and direct than their compatriots in the Anduin Valley.

After three nearby villages were harassed by wolves, their leaders sat together to discuss how to solve this problem. These wolves came to rob them three times in a month and a half. Who can bear it? up.

As a result, there is no doubt that they, out of temper, directly chose revenge. Now that the dark power of Dol Guldur has been almost cleaned up by the elves, there is no need for them to continue to compromise and endure the aggression of these bastards through migration.

After returning to their village, they gathered all their fighting forces one after another, gathering more than 300 warriors, wearing various ancestral armors and holding various weapons.

Some of them were very good hunters, clutching the longbows of yew wood with which they had shot the eagles in the sky.

Now they have been chasing along the tracks of the wargs for nearly a week. If it weren't for their extremely tenacious temperament and strong desire for revenge, they might have returned home a few days ago, then it would be impossible to get along with them. Allen joined in such a scene.

Yesterday, after these northern humans tracked down the fresh traces of the wolf, according to the habit of hunting, the men and horses of their three villages were divided into three teams, forming a huge encirclement circle, and surrounded the wolves.

At this time, the wolves, led by the alpha wolf, were waiting for the deeper night, but soon their fellow sentinels whimpered and died, and a team of northerners rushed towards the direction of the wolves. , Then the two sides launched a scuffle.

When Allen rushed to the battlefield, the scene had already become a mess. Hundreds of humans were fighting and confronting the wolves.

Some human warriors held the torches in their hands, gathered into several small circles, and kept waving the torches in their hands to drive away the black hungry wolves that surrounded them.

And the companions standing behind them kept using the long-handled weapons in their hands to protect the places where there was no fire, barely maintaining the formation.

Behind them, those hunters with yew wood longbows drew their bows from time to time and shot at the worgs who were fighting with humans.

And not far from these circles, there are several waves of humans whose formations have been broken, and are fighting with the wargs.

The pouncing and biting of the wargs, the slashing and stabbing of humans, amidst the howling of wolves and the roar of humans, quickly harvested the lives on the field.

After standing still, Allen did not attack immediately, but searched around keenly. In the dark forest, Allen could still see extremely far away. He also knew that in the battle with wolves, Be sure to attack and kill the wolf head quickly, otherwise, the troubles will inevitably be endless.

At this time, bursts of shouts of killing rang in Alan's ears, frowning, he quickly found his target.

Among the trees on the left of Allen, there is a huge stone, on which lies a guy who is taller than other wolves. At this time, its pair of green eyes are staring at humans and hungry wolves. battlefield.

At this time, it is very comfortable, because this is just a simple battle, and the number of its subordinates far exceeds that of humans.

But what it didn't know was that a pair of black eyes had already locked on it at this time.

Alan, who found the target, quickly drew out the cone-headed arrow, drew the rune bow, and aimed at the wolf's head.

Under the threat of losing his life, the wolf leader seemed to have sensed something. It was targeted, and it quickly stood up, searching around with a pair of green eyes, and soon found Alan.

After all, Allen was wearing a bright silver armor at this time, even in the middle of the night, under the deliberate search of the wolf leader, it was extremely dazzling.

It's just that the leader of the warg, who was still staring at the battlefield just now, reacted a step slower after all. Alan, who was holding the Noldor Rune Bow, shot in the waist with an arrow.

"Aw~ow~ow~~~"

Immediately, a tragic wolf howl attracted all the attention on the field, most of the people and wolves looked at the wolf leader who was hopping and fleeing into the distance.

Following Alan, the cavalry archers who had just stabilized their stature also took out their Kujit bows one after another, drew out arrows and shot at the stunned wolves. Under the attack, there was a scream before death.

And the wolves who heard the screams of their companions also reacted one after another. A small part of the wolves who did not join the battle quickly followed their leader and fled to the distance, while the rest of them were already red-eyed. The wargs were unable to give up the food that had already arrived, and were still entangled with the northern humans in front of them.

And those northern humans were unwilling to look at the enemy in front of them and run away like this. A burly man waved a giant ax in his hand, gave orders loudly, and led his tribe to fight with the remaining wolves. Together.

At this time, the situation on the field became even more chaotic with the escape of the wolf leader.

(End of this chapter)