236. Deliberate delays
The human attendant felt a little strange why the elf king secretly looked at the maid on the left several times when he was thinking about the time to send troops. Of course www.biquge.info he didn't know that it was the worry that faintly revealed in Vernor's eyes, which made the Elf King verbally give the arrangement of "sending troops early the next morning".
Of course, only in words.
"Dandon's soldiers fought bravely, and it was not a problem to stay all night. Besides, even if Hardir had rushed over now, including the time spent borrowing horses and the road, he would have arrived early tomorrow morning. Orcs will have a reduced mobility during the day, and rushing to reinforcements early in the morning will not be of much help to the Dandens. Let's start operating early tomorrow morning and arrive by the next evening. "This is the reason why the Elven King persuaded Haldir.
As soon as the sun rose the next day, all the horses of Riverdale were led out of the Woodland King. More than 500 soldiers in the woodland were also given temporary horses under the orderly and quiet dispatch of Ayros. Everything is ready, just wait for the Elf King to appear and set off. But Elos didn't expect that they were almost out of the red wine they had brought, and the Elf King still didn't show up.
Yes, the Elven King did confess last night that he would leave at noon. However, all the soldiers, including Elos, received a battle order to assemble at the gate of the royal city just as the sky began to turn white. Of course, everyone thought that this was because the elven king was worried about the safety of his allies and had advanced his plan to send troops. No one thought that the battle order was not issued by the Elf King, but another creature in the woodland who had mastered the battle order, and issued it without the consent of the Elf King. Now, the female elf who issued the battle order without permission not only did not have the slightest guilt for using military power, but directly broke in and asked him to leave as soon as possible.
What's even more infuriating is that the angry gaze of the elf king frightened all the attendants in the dormitory to leave in a hurry, and helped them close the door, but they couldn't scare away the initiator. In fact, it is not that Vernor is not afraid of the Elven King, but as soon as his majestic eyes touch her, he immediately becomes powerless.
"Thrandil, didn't you promise Hardir and the human attendants to leave early in the morning?" Standing a few steps away from the bed, Vernoll said softly, "The soldiers are already waiting outside the royal city, go now." ”
Carefully pulled the blanket up to cover the armor he had been wearing. Thranduil looked at it with a picky eye. However, he tried hard for a long time, but there was still no way to throw a roll of the eyes at the female elf who issued a battle order without authorization and broke directly into the king's dormitory. He had no choice but to turn his whole body in the opposite direction, pretending to be tired and saying, "I read the official letter yesterday and saw that I slept very late, and I want to rest for a while." ”
"The human squire said that the orcs are a bit strange this time, so it's better to leave as soon as possible?" After taking two more steps in the direction of the Elven King, Vernor said in a softer voice, "Rest well when you come back." Will you listen to me play the piano? Or something......"
"Something else? What is it? Thranduil turned to look at the other man, waiting for an answer that he could satisfy. Unfortunately, in the next twenty minutes, none of the conditions listed by Vernor made him want to move immediately.
"Don't like both? It's okay, you can wait until you get back. Seeing that the Elven King had closed his eyes again pretending to be tired, Vernorr walked to the bedside with some eagerness: "Thrandil, I must remind you that Hardir does not need to send troops, but he has been waiting outside the palace. You know what Hardir is waiting for. He's worried about the Dandons, and he wants to see how quickly the Elven King can reinforce his allies. You should be well aware that it's not just Haldir watching, the entire elven race is watching. ”
Of course, Thranduil knew that the entire elven race and all the allies would quietly keep an eye on the elven king's dispatch time. They would then define the woodlands as countries that deserve deep friendship or superficial exchanges, based on how quickly they can reinforce their allies.
Leaving aside the elven races that uphold justice in Middle-earth, all the kings or power holders of other races in Middle-earth hope to make friends with countries that will help their allies in real terms and stand up for them when they are in trouble. In the past two years, for the sake of the national defense and security of the woodland, the elven king, who has only about 3,000 soldiers, has to adopt a kind approach to his allies, and alleviate the security problem of the national border of the woodland by bringing the diplomatic means closer to Gushan, Hegu Town and Changhe Town.
It is easy said to have all the kings and lords of the righteous camp in Middle-earth regard the woodlands as a kingdom worthy of deep friendship, but it requires the king to sacrifice too much to do.
Knowing that there was a gap in the joint defense line and that Oaks had broken into the town of Long River, the king of the woodland of course had to rush over as soon as possible to show that the danger of his allies was his own danger; Obviously I don't like the people of Danden to regard the woodland as a resting station, but they still have to treat the three princes of Arnol who have come and gone many times. Even though the Elven King was almost overwhelmed by the worries of the newly rescued advisor when he first arrived, he still fulfilled the task of personally receiving Prince Dandon in person. There are also joint military exercises in response to Lonely Mountain, training soldiers for River Valley Town, and helping Changhe Town find the best mercenaries; Even every few months, he personally delivered wine and food to every forest elf who guarded the borders of the woodland......
It can be said that Thrandil, who has the status of the elven king, forced himself to do a lot of things he didn't like for the sake of the woodland. Vernor saw all this, and his heart ached for his sacrifice. However, both elves understood that as long as Thranduil remained on the throne of the elven king, they must continue. After receiving the message that the Danden people were asking for reinforcements, the great elven king should send troops to help as soon as possible. If the reinforcement speed is too slow, it will make the allies feel that the Elf King is not very attentive to the allies, and everything he has done to the allies in the past is equivalent to doing it for nothing.
Therefore, after sensing that Fnorr had activated Battle Sense, Thranduil would get up and put on his armor with the actions that the Elven King should have. However, he still had no way to let go of Essidor while he was in his body. As he convinces himself to put aside his personal grievances and set off immediately, Vernor, who has been asking for many times outside the door, breaks in. Before he could make up his mind, he lay down on the bed and covered his armor with a thin blanket.
Bringing troops to reinforce the hated Essidor must be done, but not now. Take the opportunity to show Vernore my helplessness, she should comfort me with a gesture that surpasses the king's advisor?
Thranduil hurriedly stroked his forehead and said, "I know they're all watching. However, I really had a headache. ”