The only way to remove this thorn, which brings unspeakable pain in the long nights, is to find the answer. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info But no matter how much Thranduil has done in the past few years, this thorn has not been completely removed, but has been pierced deeper and deeper. Because, nothing Thranduil did could solve the problem completely.

Three years ago, Thranduil had completed the installation of intelligence-gathering creatures in all countries. Although Rivendell's spies did not dare to risk close contact with Valandil due to the existence of wise men, and the collection of intelligence would be slightly later than other spies, all the movements of the future human emperor could be known in at least half a month. But intelligence gathering can only help indirectly, and it does not give the army the ability to teleport.

Three months earlier, Thranduil had resolved the issue of the number of troops needed to reinforce Merandil. Just as the spring flowers were in full bloom, the elderly dwarven king died. The Great Prince of the Dwarves, who used to be the mentor of the Elven King, inherited the throne according to the iron rate of the Dwarven King. After completing the old king's funeral, the first thing the new dwarven king did was to invite the elven king, who had come to the funeral in person.

"I've always blamed my father. "When faced alone with the Elven King, who is of the same status as himself and has the friendship of a mentor, the Dwarf King chooses not to hide his tears. He covered his cheeks with his heavy hands and let the tears run down his palms.

"It turns out that my father is not cowardly. His greed for money and weakness are all deliberately made in order to accumulate enough materials to fight the evil army. Did you know that my father said that after he succeeded to the throne, he found out that my grandfather had spent all the country's money on military exercises because he was belligerent. The grandfather did not leave a single gold coin to his father, only numerous debts. The first official letter issued by the father in the name of the king was to admit all the debts owed by the previous king and give a time for the debts to be paid. He said that after temporarily persuading all the creditors, he stood in front of the empty treasury and vowed never to let the same happen to his descendants. For this oath, he did everything he could to avoid the war. In order to leave his descendants with the basic financial resources enough to fight against the evil army. ”

"Is that the truth?" the stunned Elven King got up and walked over, crouched on the ground and patted the Dwarven King on the shoulder. "Don't say it's you, even I blame your father. I always thought that he valued wealth over justice, so he tried to avoid war. ”

"My father said that the thing he regretted the most was that he missed the 'Last Alliance Battle' that could directly attack evil in order to preserve the pretense of accumulating wealth. Not only did he miss it, but he also did something to affect the righteous camp for the sake of wealth because he connived at his mother's accumulation of wealth, and when the righteous division fought against evil. The dwarf king was a little ashamed, and wiped away his tears and said, "Father told me to find an opportunity to compensate all the allies who fought against the Sauron legion. ”

"Your father was a great king. What he said was a little too demeaning for himself. Feeling that the previous dwarven king had wronged himself for the spirit of fulfilling others, and after understanding the actions of the other party, Thranduil told the objective facts. "He didn't miss the 'final battle', he just sent fewer soldiers. He didn't let your mother really influence the righteous camp either. When we were fighting on the front line, although your country raised the selling price of combat equipment many times, he also indirectly returned the overcollected wealth with the act of supporting supplies. So from the facts, your father used the act of accumulating wealth to give Gushan the financial resources to fight directly against evil. This kind of behavior, which is also against evil, is nothing more than an indirect way of attacking. ”

But my father was not satisfied. His last words were to justify the dwarves as soon as possible with an act of striking evil—the great race of dwarves created by Vilaori, strong and strong, and not succumbing to evil. With a frustrated sigh, the Dwarven King said to himself, "Father has always felt guilty that his actions have affected the reputation of the entire dwarven clan, and he will not be able to be at peace when he leaves. But dwarves don't live long. In my lifetime, I may not even see Sauron's face, how can I get the opportunity to fight evil and vindicate the name of the dwarves?

With Essidor dying in the Ring, all the creatures of Middle-earth were convinced that Sauron would return with the power of the Ring. But even for the Evil Demon Lord, it will take a long time to reshape his body and continue to be a disaster. Thranduil could understand the Dwarven King's desire to vindicate his race, and he was so eager that Sauron could return now so that he could slash his opponents. In fact, even Thrandil, who experienced the demise of the Dark Lord, has repeatedly regretted not killing Sauron with his own hands and avenging his father's revenge. Because of his understanding, Thranduil didn't feel that there was anything wrong with the Dwarven King's expectation of Sauron's return, but crouched closer to the other party.

"The timing of Sauron's appearance does not affect your fight against evil. Gondaba, Misty Mountains, Mordor, Trollwoods...... Remnants of evil can be found everywhere in Middle-earth. When I have enough troops in my woodlands, you and I will be able to wipe out the remnants of evil. ”

"Dear Mentor, you can wait, but I can't, the dwarven race can't wait. The dwarven king stood up and gave a solemn military salute to the elven king. "Don't say it's to exterminate the evil forces, as long as you give an order, I will respond with the whole dwarven race. Please consider me, who has been taught all the art of war, your own student, and my dwarven legion as your legion. Middle-earth, wherever you point, my army and I will appear, there is no difference. ”

The new Dwarven King was so eager that he did not hesitate to honor the Elven King's commands, and there was really no other choice. In fact, long before coming into contact with the Elven King, the Dwarf King had mastered the art of war of the general. At that time, he thought that although he did not have the strength to win a hundred battles, he could at least easily defeat an opponent of comparable strength. After starting contact with the Elf King, in several actual combat experiences told by the other party, he found out how completely wrong he was.

No amount of theoretical knowledge can cope with the ever-changing battle situation in an instant!

There are countless generals in this world who are familiar with the art of war, and the moment they devote themselves to actual combat, they cannot directly look at the tragic war scene and become deserters on the war stage. There are also countless generals who directly copy the superior military techniques into actual combat, but the opponent finds out all the cloth subordinates and defeats them lightly. Generals without actual combat are always in the stage of "talking on paper", and the Dwarven King understands that with his current strength, there are only two options to play in battle: gradually grow up under the long and brutal actual combat blows, or follow the side of creatures with rich combat experience and grow quickly.