The 282nd Chapter Rohan War (1)

In the territory of Rohan, the terrain here is mainly grasslands and plains mixed with strange rocks, which is very suitable for cavalry to gallop vertically and horizontally. This is also the main grazing area for the herdsmen of Rohan. In addition to livestock such as sheep, a small amount of grain is also grown.

This is still a border area, and it has not reached the fertile land with rich pastures and rich rivers in Rohan, which means that it seems that there are no people living in thousands of miles, and there are no gathering places.

If in the past, few forces other than Rohan Kingdom dared to come here to act wildly, after all, Rohan's frontier cavalry would still patrol this area frequently in normal times, if those evil Existence or other forces, whether they are half-orcs or others, as long as they don't want to face a group of terrifying knights who come and go like wind on the grassland, they will subconsciously stay away from the territory of these Rohan people.

But today, there is a large group of strong orcs, estimated to be at least a hundred strong orcs, marching brazenly in broad daylight. Arranged in several sparse formations, and running fast as if they were tireless! And on the backs of two of the orcs, there seemed to be two small hobbit prisoners tied? !

Now they have all begun to go deep into the border of Rohan, but they have not encountered the Rohan cavalry who patrolled the border in the past, and they don't know what the current situation of Rohan is like?

Suddenly, a leading strong orc who was leading the team to run suddenly stopped, and at the same time clenched his fists to signal to the subordinates behind, ordering them to stop behind him and began to guard the surroundings.

It slapped a white handprint on its face, and its nose kept moving, as if it smelled an unusual smell around it...

"You are too slow, my master can't wait!"

Afterwards, a group of half-orcs who were half a head shorter than the orcs came out from behind a pile of rocks, and the leader of the half-orcs, who was decorated with animal fangs around his neck, asked impatiently. The orc leader growled and said.

"He's coming to those dwarfs from the Shire now!"

Half-orcs may have face blindness, they can only distinguish the difference between elves and humans, but they can't tell the difference between human populations! Therefore, they all collectively call dwarves who are shorter than those tall humans, whether he is a real dwarf or a hobbit from the Shire.

It's like humans can't tell the difference between Mordo half-orcs, foggy mountain half-orcs, goblins and Gundaba half-orcs. Although they can all be collectively referred to as half-orcs, they are not actually the same species.

"Hmph! I don't remember working for you orc maggots!"

The leader of the orcs looked disdainfully at the half-orcs blocking his way,

He snorted coldly with a smile.

Obviously, the owner of this strong orc is not the same person as the owner of this group of half-orcs, and they are not under the jurisdiction of the demon king Sauron!

It can be seen from this: Saruman seems to be on guard against the Demon Lord Sauron, and he obviously knows the last word that power grows out of the barrel of a gun, so he uses magic to control the orcs. Hold it in his own hands, and let these strong orcs only listen to him, Saruman.

"Aw..."

Hearing that this strong orc, this kind of bastard who had just been bred, dared to talk to him like this, the leader of the half-orc was immediately annoyed!

Then, while its face became more ferocious, there were bursts of angry whimpers from its throat, and it slightly clenched the curved bone blade in its hand, tending to pounce on it if it disagreed with it.

"Lord Saruman will take his captive, and we will offer it ourselves!"

After once again disdainfully looking up and down at these half-orc bastards who were not as tall as him and not as strong as him, the orc sneered and looked away. It didn't think that the other party had the guts to fight with him.

They are strong orcs, and they are only loyal to the most powerful white robe wizard Saruman!

Instead of the master of Sauron, who these half-orcs are talking about! Therefore, it will never hand over the captives that it and others have finally caught to these half-orc idiots!

"Gah..."

After provocatively making two roars of unknown meaning, the half-orc thought about it, and after comparing the physiques and numbers of the two sides, he still didn't dare to attack the orc without authorization.

From its point of view, these strong orc bastards now have a large number of people and are big in size, and Li Qiye is even bigger. If there is a real fight, it must be the half-orcs on their side who suffer? Therefore, it can only admit cowardice temporarily.

"Merry..."

"Meli? Wake up!"

At this moment when the orcs stopped for a short rest, Pippin, who was tied to the back of one of the orcs, finally had time to care about the situation of his partner Merry on the other side.

He saw that now Melly was moaning weakly on the back of the orc, with blood still flowing from his forehead, it seemed that he was in a bad state?

"My friend is sick and he needs some water! Please, give him some water..."

Seeing that Merry was still moaning with his mouth half open, Pippin finally couldn't stand it anymore, so he hurriedly begged one of the orcs who seemed to be drinking water.

"Oh? Are you sick?"

At this moment, the leader of the orcs who had already negotiated with the group of half-orcs finally came over, and when he heard what Pippin said, he grinned grinningly and pointed at Merry, who was in Pippin's mouth, and shouted:

"Come on! Give him some medicine, boys!"

Then, another orc walked over with a water bag. After grabbing the hobbit Merry's head with one hand and opening the other's mouth, he immediately stood upside down on the water bag and drained the 'water' inside. He poured it vigorously into Melly's mouth.

"Look! Does he look better now?!"

At this time, Pippin was surprised to find that the things in the other party's water bag were actually not water at all, let alone medicine! But some bloody tissue fluid with reddish yellow that precipitated out after a long period of storage? !

What he didn't know was, were these liquids from ordinary animals? Or human beings?

"Ha ha!"

"Hahaha!"

Seeing that the blood-drenched hobbit finally started to cough loudly and looked much better than before, the large group of orcs followed their leader and laughed loudly.

"Stop! Let him go!"

Pippin was in a hurry, if this obviously bad liquid was poured down, even if Melly had nothing to do, there would be a big problem, right?

"Hahaha! What? Can't drink anymore?!"

After pouring half a bag full of blood, the beast barely stopped, leaving the hobbit Merry to cough and moan in a low voice.

"Stop! Please don't touch him again!"

Pippin finally understood now that the two of them were the captives of these cruel orcs, and these strong orcs would have been great if they hadn't eaten them on the spot, and they really couldn't be too demanding.

"Do you also want to drink some? Otherwise, just shut your mouth obediently!"

After pointing at the talkative hobbit and warning him with his glove made of unknown leather, the orc leader angrily turned his head and continued walking towards the front of the team.

The two hobbits ran comfortably on their backs for three days and three nights, and they were not satisfied? If their master Saruman hadn't confessed that these hobbits were needed to live, it would have eaten them both and returned to the mission with their heads!

"What's going on? Did you smell something?!"

Just before walking to the front of the line, the leader asked a strong orc with a particularly well-developed nose.

At this time, it becomes clear that the white-robed wizard Saruman's biological transformation project is brilliant: while he used magic to transform ordinary orcs, he did not forget to specially transform a small group of orcs with particularly sensitive noses, so that they could be transformed into He acts as a humanoid self-propelled radar or scout in his army?

"It's human!"

This orc with huge nostrils just smelled the scent of humans...

Obviously, it seems that humans have discovered them now, and they are constantly approaching? Because, it smelled the strange smell mixed with sweat from the other party's body from the air.

"It may be the group from before, they followed up..."

"Go! Full speed ahead!!"

The orc leader let out an annoyed cry, and then waved his hands to let his men set off and run again.

Although, it doesn't know whether it is Rohan's cavalry who are chasing up, or the small group of powerful humans, dwarves and elves who were ambushed by them in the woods before? But no matter what, speed up your marching speed, leave here early, and escape back to their lair, Essinger, you can never go wrong!

...

Ranger Aragorn was lying on a rock and listening carefully. Rangers like them who roamed the wild all the year round had more or less practiced the skills of tracking prey and searching for enemies.

Especially he, Aragorn, an old ranger who has lived for more than eighty years, has already perfected his ability to listen to sounds and distinguish positions!

He just heard the dull footsteps of the orcs from the rock formation and the slight vibration from the ground! The opponent has moved again, and is still speeding up?

It seems that the other party is probably because they have discovered the three people who have been following them?

"Hurry up!"

Then, Aragorn stood up from the rock and urged Legolas and Gimli behind him.

Now that the orcs had begun to quicken their pace, the three of them must also speed up at the same time, otherwise, every time they were delayed, the two hobbits, Merry and Pippin, would be in more danger!

"Hurry up, Gimli!"

Carrying a bow and arrow, the elf prince Legolas, who remembers to be handsome even while running, stood on a rock, and after blushing and not panting, he said to the dwarf Jinli behind him, jumped up, and hurried He caught up with Aragorn, the ranger leading the way.

It's too easy for the elves who have already maxed out their agility to rush on their way! Moreover, he even had time to enjoy that elf delicacy while he was on his way-the elf biscuit lambas?

Therefore, the current Legolas is still full of physical strength, except for being a little mentally exhausted due to being unable to sleep for a long time, he does not have much discomfort! If this is not a plain, but in a dense forest, perhaps, his own speed could be a little faster?

"Hoo! Hoo!"

Panting heavily, Jin Li supported his long-handled battle ax with both hands, his eyes almost turned white with exhaustion...

"I ran for three days and three nights..."

"I didn't eat... I didn't rest... Except for stones, there are no traces around me!"

After taking a few breaths and complaining habitually, Jinli sighed, gritted his teeth, took his short steps again, and started to rush forward, hurrying to catch up with the two long-legged people in front of him. guy.

He is now at least tens of yards behind, and if he doesn't catch up quickly, he will probably be completely left behind and left behind.

"..."

Under the desperate pursuit of the three, after half a day, they came to the small canyon where the orcs and half-orcs met before.

Then, Aragorn, who was good at tracking, soon found something belonging to the two hobbits in the footprints on the ground: a pin of a squashed elf cloak?

"The Lorien pin never falls for no reason..."

Looking at the elf leaf-shaped brooch that had been trampled and deformed in his palm, Aragorn knew that they were not far from the enemy now. Judging by the freshness of these footprints, at most, it was only half a day away?

And, more importantly, the three of them are not chasing in the wrong direction now. The orcs who kidnapped the two hobbits are right ahead!

"Maybe they're still alive?"

Legolas leaned over and glanced at the pin, and guessed aloud.

Since the pins, which belong to the hobbits, only appeared here, not before, it really means that those orcs should not have killed Pippin and Merry, or else, their items or clothing should have been killed. It's already scattered everywhere!

"These footprints are still fresh, and it should be less than a day away. Let's go faster..."

Now that he has caught up with the opponent's tail, Aragorn doesn't want to waste any more time, so he just stood up and continued on his way.

Now, the three of them are already very tired, but he also knows that those orcs must be more tired than them! After all, at least they can still find time to eat two mouthfuls of Lambas, this kind of miraculous dry food that contains the exuberant vitality of Aman Continent, and those strong beasts don't have this kind of treatment.

"Ah! Wait for me..."

When Aragorn began to run again, a chubby object rolled down from a small hill behind. It was actually... the dwarf Gimli?

"Come on! Gimli! We're going to catch them!"

"..."

"We dwarves are not good at trekking!"

"We dwarves are all natural sprinters... Of course, we may not be able to compare with you guys with long legs!"

Jinli has always complained about the matter of long-distance raids. For him, the disadvantage is too great!

"I saw them...Northwest direction, they should be planning to go to Essinger?"

After running up a high hill, Legolas soon saw a very conspicuous streak of dust floating in mid-air on the edge of the sky in the northwest direction for a long time!

Obviously, it must be the dust that the orcs trampled and floated during the large-scale and fast march in the hot environment, and now, after three days of chasing without rest, they finally saw each other for the first time. Figure up.

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"Hello! I say, old Gandalf!"

"What are we doing here? This forest looks gloomy, damp, wet, and dirty. I don't like it very much!"

After beating the Balrog at the peak of the Wushan Mountain, and letting Tibbers the bear teach it how to be a qualified pet with his fist, Anne forcibly sealed it and stuffed it into her personal pet. within the dimensional space.

Compared to the ultra-high-standard treatment that my little bear can follow me all the time, the new Balrog is much more aggrieved...

If Annie didn't summon it out, it might sleep in the dimension forever, and it wouldn't be able to come out to let the wind or stretch its muscles and bones.

"There's nothing interesting in this forest! It's so boring!"

Originally, after cleaning up the Balrog and saving the half-beaten Gandalf, Anne planned to send back directly to continue playing her war games. However, when she saw some interesting giant eagles summoned by Gandalf, she felt that those big birds that could support people in flight were a little curious, so she followed them up again.

Annie herself actually has a bigger, fiercer and more beautiful fire eagle, but it's not in this world. However, she is still a little curious about the giant eagle summoned by Gandalf, and of course she will not let it go if she feels that she can barely sit for a while.

In the following time, they went to the golden forest, got a lot of fun and super delicious things, and then came to the Fangorn forest under the eyes of the beautiful elf aunt .

"Annie..."

"Well, actually, I don't like this place very much, but we have to try and see if we can convince those ancient tree shepherds here..."

Gandalf still looked a bit embarrassed, but now he was wearing a white robe, which was given to him by the beautiful Elf aunt in the Golden Forest, and the hot queen called Galadriel!

Right now, he is walking slowly under the shade of a giant tree that is humid and dark, where the sunlight can hardly be seen, and at the same time chatting casually with the little girl behind him who insists on wandering around with him road.

When he learned from the elf of Rose Lorraine that Fredo's expedition team had been dispersed by the orcs, Gandalf was very sad at first. The Lord of the Rings expedition he led by himself only left Just half the way?

But when he knew that Frodo and Sam had crossed the Anduin River alone and planned to continue to Mordor, and that Aragorn seemed to be chasing the orcs who had captured the hobbits, willing Doffer just thought about it, and he definitely couldn't wait all day for him not to work, so he planned to come to Fangorn Forest to try his luck.

He wants to see if he can persuade those powerful tree shepherds to resist Saruman of Essinger? If those big guys join, maybe it will be easier to defeat Saruman then?

"The shepherd?"

Anne the Treeman can understand, but Anne seems to have never seen a tree shepherd before...

Then, feeling a little amused, she quickly raised her head and looked around, trying to see the clues of the so-called tree shepherds from the surrounding big trees.

"Where are they now? Could it be these big trees around?"

Annie can also see that the surrounding trees must have grown for thousands of years!

Their canopies are so high and so dense that the sun can't even shine! Over time, in this forest, except for their tall, strong, thick and large trunks, those rotten fallen leaves, and those green moss that like a damp environment, other flowers and plants can't live here. To grow, to make the surrounding look, except for those taupe trunks, everywhere is bare.

It's just that Anne didn't find those so-called tree people. Although the trees she saw had strong vitality, they were still far away from the kind of tree people that were able to move and have ancient wisdom mentioned by old man Gandalf. A little bit worse?

A tree shepherd or something, shouldn't grow up like this?

In Annie's own imagination, could it be that the tree shepherd in this world is the kind of weirdo with several heads, green hair, and bark-like skin? Perhaps, they can also jump from tree to tree? Just like a big monkey?

"No, these are just ordinary big trees, not treants..."

"The tree people are also called the tree shepherds. They are one of the oldest and most mysterious races in our middle-earth world! They are said to have been born at the same time as the dwarves, but they walked between the continents earlier than the dwarves."

Gandalf, who was Maia, began to recall the past. Some things, due to the age, he himself could not remember very clearly.

"They...were born at the request of Valayavana to Manwe, Lord of the Gods."

"The reason is to protect those ancient trees in Middle-earth! Although they have not appeared in the sight of mortals for many years, I believe that here, in this ancient Fangorn Forest, there must still be There are many to survive!"

Using his wand as a crutch, Gandalf staggered, turning his head to search.

"However, when they are sleeping, they are generally similar to ordinary big trees, so we need to be patient and careful..."

"But there is also good news, because I know that there are at least a hundred tree shepherds living here in Fangorn Forest, so the chances of us finding them are actually quite high?"

Now Gandalf doesn't know how to summon the tree man, so he has no good way except to search slowly and walk through Fangorn Forest slowly.

"Look slowly?! Gandalf, are you crazy?!"

"Look, there are so many trees here! How do you find them? Do you still want to find them one by one?!"

Listening to the meaning of the old man Gandalf's words, and knowing that he actually wanted to find a needle in a haystack in this huge Fangorn Forest, Annie immediately exploded.

She wouldn't do such a stupid thing with this old man!

There are ancient trees everywhere in this Fangorn forest. For such a large ancient forest, at least there are at least hundreds of thousands or even millions of big and ancient trees, right?

If he really searched for them one by one like him, when would he find them? !

"Well……"

"Actually, that's what I thought just now... Otherwise, Annie, do you have any good ideas?"

After sighing, Gandalf leaned on his wand and turned to look at the little girl with an unhappy expression on her face.

Gandalf himself was actually a little embarrassed about his stupid method of finding a needle in a haystack. It seems that this method is really stupid! But other than that, he has no better way.

Those tree shepherds had bad tempers. If he casually made a loud noise to wake them up, it would easily backfire. After all, now he wanted to win over the other party to help him fight.

At most, he can only go to those places that are suitable for trees to grow, and the land is wet and there is more water to try his luck? Since the tree man has the word tree, Gandalf thinks that they will also like the kind of place that is suitable for tree growth, fertile land, and plenty of water, right?

Otherwise, what else can we do? If the tree people stood still, closed their eyes and kept silent, he really couldn't easily recognize them.

"Hmph! I wouldn't look for them as stupidly as you!"

Complaints are nothing but complaints, but when Annie squinted her eyes and looked at the towering trees around her that seemed to have the same vitality, she actually had nothing to do.

In her line of sight, these ancient trees grow in strange shapes one by one, and they all look like a sleeping treant? Or neither?

"Hey, Gandalf... Did you just say that those Treants, their job is to protect this ancient Fangorn Forest?"

Turning her eyes, after her little bear suggested a bad idea, Annie quickly figured out how to make those trees pop up by themselves.

"This...it seems like this. Have you thought of any good solutions?"

Of course, the tree shepherds are there to protect the trees. How about such a simple thing?

Therefore, Gandalf didn't quite understand what the little girl was trying to do, but when he saw the other's sly expression, he felt a little uneasy.

This little witch must be planning some wild idea again!

"Aha! Of course I have thought of a good way!"

After finishing speaking, Little Annie directly grabbed a big red fireball in her hand, then looked at the surrounding trees with a strange smile and said:

"If I burn this piece of forest now, those treant gates will definitely come out, right?"

While smiling strangely, Annie slowly made the fireball in her hand bigger. It seemed that she really had the urge to burn the small piece of Fangorn Forest nearby?

"Please do not!!!"

Without even thinking about it, Gandalf quickly turned back and stretched out his hands to persuade the little girl two steps forward.

"Annie... We are here to ask the tree people for help, not to make enemies... Please, please don't do this kind of thing that makes the tree people feel angry..."

Gandalf knew a little about the temperament of those ancient tree shepherds.

After all, in all these years in Middle-earth, he has seen many treants more or less, and the treants in this Fangorn forest are familiar to him?

If this little girl really used the method of burning trees to attract them here, then Gandalf believes that what he wants to do must be nothing to talk about! Those angry tree people will definitely attack the two of them crazily until the two who set the fire are driven out of Fangorn Forest?

"But, I think this method is very good!"

Wrinkling her lovely brows, Annie was a little undecided.

On one side was the old man Gandalf who begged himself not to set fire, and on the other side was the little bear Tibbers who was still trying his best to encourage him to burn the forest and scare the tree man out to play. She felt very embarrassed about this... …

What is it going to burn? Or continue to burn...

"What's the big deal, when we lure out their kind of treants, we quickly put out the fire, and then deny that it was actually done by someone else?"

Seems like a pretty good look?

As long as you kill him and don't admit it, forgive those trees who can't do anything about themselves, right?

Anyway, Annie herself definitely wouldn't search tree by tree as old man Gandalf said, it would be really stupid to do that! In comparison, it is more reliable to directly burn the forest to lure them out to fight the fire.

As long as it is not seen on the spot, she believes that the wooden heads of those tree people must not have so many twists and turns. Don't they dare to believe it? !

"That's it, that...uh..."

When Gandalf suddenly wanted to say something, he suddenly stopped talking.

Then, he looked up at the sky in front of him in embarrassment, and then looked down at the little girl who was eager to try, intending to burn the forest to attract the tree man and then deny it, and sighed deeply.

"Little witch... I heard what you just said..."

Suddenly, an old and slow voice sounded from behind Anne.

When little Annie turned around in surprise, she found that the big tree she had seen just now had opened a pair of huge eyes, and it had also pulled its two feet-like roots from the damp and Drawn out of the earth crowded with green moss?

This, is it really a tree man? It's so amazing that she didn't even find him just now.

"Extinguish that evil flame magic in your hand immediately... and leave our forest as soon as possible... Otherwise... I will definitely crush you..."

After glancing at the embarrassing white-robed wizard Gandalf in the distance, Treebeard stared again at the little witch holding a fireball that made him feel disgusted.

Treebeard has already felt that the energy intensity in the fireball in the opponent's hand is very strong, which makes it feel very uncomfortable. It feels that their Fangorn Forest is under threat...

Once this dangerous spell explodes in Fangorn Forest, if one is not good, it may easily burn a large area of ​​ancient forest!

Therefore, this is something that their tree shepherds absolutely cannot tolerate, absolutely not!

"Wow! How dare you threaten me? Step on it and try!"

After looking up at the tall and big tree man, Annie retorted angrily, what she hates the most is when someone threatens her because of her size.

"You should try to step on it! At that time, if I don't burn this entire forest, then I won't be called Annie!"

After making the fireball in her hand bigger and brighter, Annie stared coldly at this big tree man who was so courageous and fat that he dared to threaten her, if they had such a thing as courage.

Don't think it's great because it's big, this big and stupid guy is no different from the one in the world of Azeroth, is it great? Don't their woody brains know that their fire magic is specially used to restrain plants?

Now it's against the sky, and you dare to come and threaten to trample yourself? Give it a hundred guts to try it out!

"etc!"

Gandalf became anxious when he saw the tendency of one big and one small, one person and one tree to start fighting if there was a disagreement.

"Annie, and Treebeard, don't be impulsive, this is actually a misunderstanding, really a misunderstanding! Treebeard, please believe me!"

Then, he quickly ran over, stretched out his hands and blocked the two sides, trying to let the little girl Annie, who was desperate to play with fire, and the tree shepherd Treebeard, who was angry when he saw fire, first Calm down for a moment.

He Gandalf came here today, came to Fangorn Forest, he really wanted to discuss important matters with the Ents, not to be an enemy of the Ents!