Chapter 31 Preparing for the Attack

"How is the evacuation going?" asked Sheyudon asked his consulting minister, Hama, the honour of the faithful Hama, after his powerful words had been pushed to the gallows.

This was already the third day after Zhao Mian and the others arrived in Rohan, and two days earlier, the riot in the court had finally turned into a light-hearted accident at the wave of King Xiyoudon's hand - it was great that no one had been held legally responsible. As for why Gandalf was able to know his strength, Zhao Mian was not very surprised, because if an apostle of the gods did not even have this ability, then why would the gods send them to the human realm to carry out a mission? Therefore, although there was some surprise in the eyes of several people looking at Zhao Mian afterwards, at this critical moment, it was a very happy thing to learn that the personnel in their own forces had such a strong combat power- So Aragorn stopped Jin Li who wanted to ask something, Merry covered Pi Ping's mouth, and among the rest of the people, except for Sam, who wanted to speak and stopped, but shook his head and didn't speak, everyone closed their mouths tightly, just looked at Zhao Mian silently.

"Your Majesty, two-thirds of the people have been evacuated, and the rest are passing through the city gates in an orderly manner. Hama bowed his head and said, then he raised his head, took two steps closer to Hieudon, and asked with some restraint, "Your Majesty, is there really no one left behind to guard Idoras? Not only does this place hold the palace of Medusi, the jewel of our Rohan Kingdom, but this is the land where we have lived for countless generations—your king, although the people have answered your call and are ready to leave here, you may promise us to return here! but...... But ah...... The young men clutched their weapons tightly and led their horses to the distant hill and looked back, the women were silent, their young children in their arms, and their cattle were droving, and they were singing the old tunes, and the old men were silently weeping, and even clutched a handful of dirt as they left, and these old men knew that many of them were old warriors who had been on the battlefield for a long time, and that they had little hope of coming back until this time. So your majesty, do we really ......?"

"What about the children?" said Theudon, looking away from the crowd at the gate, his back turned away, the sunlight outside the window casting a shadow on his face, and no one knew what his expression was.

"Children......" Hama said after a pause, as if reminiscing, "the younger children don't know what is going on, and they are innocent and happy and still chase and have fun as usual. The older children, carrying some of their luggage, pursed their lips tightly, knowing the dangers they were about to face, having already shared some of the household chores. The king ......"

"There's no need to say more, Hama. "You've probably read yesterday's report, our enemies have crossed the Isin River, the barbarians of Denland know nothing more than how to burn and plunder, they are in league with the enemies of humanity, countless grasslands have been barren under the leadership of the orcs, and the orcs are shouting and drinking the blood of my people—the bloody mouth even appeared in my dreams last night. My farthest and farthest people are bleeding, and my faithful warriors are delaying their advance, and there should be no more sacrifices, and the whole of the West Valley will be reduced to a battlefield of swords and swords, and my good people must retreat to the East Valley, and Lin Muhe and the warriors will hold back the enemy's attack. What's more—" Hiyodon stretched out his hand to the table in front of him, but Hama lit the candle on the table before he did, and the faint light of the candle illuminated Hiudun's cheek little by little, and he said to Hamar categorically, "Besides, I have made a promise! Go, Hama, and inform the princess that she will lead these people through this dark hour." And we, Hama, pack your bags, and I promise to lead the hussars and my guests to witness a victory that is sweeping from the west!"

Hama bowed silently, took two steps back, and then turned to leave.

Theodon stood silent, the only dim candlelight left in the room illuminating everything in its vicinity. After a long time, Hiudon put out the candle with his hand, took a step, and left the room.

In the square outside the gate of the Medusi Palace, countless horsemen were tidying up their bags, some of them were wiping the dirty stains on their weapons, some were carefully putting chain mail on their horses, and some were hanging their food and water bags on their horses— But more cavalry were still coming from all directions, some of them had just returned from grazing on the nearby grasslands, and many more, who had already taken care of everything, still wanted to take advantage of this as if it might be their last chance to remember the city they lived in with their own eyes.

In the corner of the square, Zhao Mian and the others were standing here, and the battle was more rapid than expected—the defense line of the Aishin River collapsed almost in one day, and the body of Siyud, the son of Siyodon, was seriously wounded. Although the latter Zhao Mian immediately healed the wounds on his body, due to excessive blood loss, which caused insufficient oxygen supply to the brain, Xiyoude still did not wake up - he would retreat to Donggu with the people, and he was accompanied by too many liaison officers and horses who had overdrawn his life.

"Take this with you. Zhao Mian handed over a badge engraved with the Union logo to Boromo, who was riding a Rohan horse in front of everyone, and there was an obvious wound on the badge, and countless friction marks made the original exquisite pattern on it blurred, "This is the Alliance badge, it has been with me for a long time, and has helped me through a lot of difficulties. It is endowed with the ability to help the wearer break free, whether you are bound by an object such as a spell or a chain, the moment it is activated, it will be a thing of the past, and freedom will come. Hold it - but I don't expect you to use it on the rest of your journey. ”

"I'll keep it safe. Boromo nodded, took the badge from Zhao Mian's hand, and then carefully lifted the chain mail on his body, pinned it to the clothes under the chain mail, and then he looked at Gandalf and asked, "So, is there anything else I need to instruct? If there is anything I want to say to my father, I can also take the message for you." ”

"There's nothing else to do, all you need is to get back to Gondor as soon as possible - the enemy is already overwhelmed by the enemy on Rohan's side, and Gondor's side must be no better, you must immediately spread the news of Rohan's attack to Gondor, and call on Gondor to raise the whole army to resist Sauron's onslaught. Minas Tirith, in particular, must not be missed, otherwise we will lose the best front, and the rest of the place will become a target for the enemy to trample on like a courtyard with open gates. Aragorn said, picking up Boromo's horn from a stake on one side and handing it over, "Remember, only if Gondor and Rohan help us can we hope to survive this darkness." ”