At Li Mu's signal, a tall man with black hair stepped forward, his face gloomy and shouted; "Hello Thorin! Why do you lock yourself in the door like a desperate poor man? We are not against you, and we are glad to see that you are still alive.

We weren't expecting anyone to survive when we came, but since there were still guards here, it was time for us to meet and talk to each other. ”

"Who are you and what do you want to discuss?"

"I'm Bud, and I'm the one who shot the dragon and freed your treasure. Doesn't that have anything to do with you? Besides, I am also the son of Gillian of Del Valley, and some of your treasure is something that Smaug stole from my ancestors.

Aren't we qualified to discuss this with you? Not only that, but in the final battle, Smaug also destroyed the town of Changhu, and I am now a subordinate of the new mayor Li Mu, and I can ask you on his behalf whether you have taken into account the tragedy that befell his people.

They have reached out to you in times of hunger and cold, and you have so far only rewarded them with calamity and death. Although, I know you didn't mean to. ”

The attraction of the dragon's treasure to the crowd is fatal, and the dwarves' minds are affected by this. For the past few days, Thorin has been in the Treasure Mountain, and although most of his energy has been spent looking for heirloom diamonds, and disdain for other crafts, his ** has risen to a new high.

Even though Bilbo thought Bard and Li Mu's demands were reasonable, Thorin, who had long been blinded by wealth, replied with extreme selfishness: "No one is entitled to share in the treasures of our people, for Smaug has also taken their lives and dwellings." This treasure does not belong to it, nor should it be used to repair the damage it has caused.

When the time comes, the assistance and goods given to us by the people of Changhu Town will be converted into gold and returned to them. However, no one can force us to give away a penny. As long as you continue to lay heavy troops in front of my house, I will treat you as enemies and thieves. ”

Relying on the high and thick city walls, and Bilbo, who was only fourteen dwarves, dared to shout at Li Mu and Thrandil's more than a thousand people.

Although Bilbo and the thirteen dwarves were on their own mission, Li Mu did not want to favor Thorin and the others, so he rode to Bard's side on horseback and cast a spell that amplified his voice, and said in a voice that could be heard by all humans, elves, and dwarves present: "Thorin, don't think that because your walls are tall, you are fearless, and with my skills, it will only take me a few breaths to attack." Although Gandalf asked me to look after your safety, the destruction of Long Lake was a disaster caused by your dwarves.

We are not begging for your alms, but for you to make reparations. If it weren't for us humans helping you kill the dragon Smaug, would you be worthy of the treasure? We're not here to take your treasure, we just need one-fifteenth of your dwarven wealth to rebuild the town of Long Lake. Isn't that too much to ask for? ”

Estimating the time of the arrival of the dwarven reinforcements, coupled with Li Mu's brave and invincible deterrence along the way, Thorin's attitude towards Li Mu softened a little, and he hesitated for a while before saying, "I have already said before that when my door is crowded with soldiers, I will not have any negotiations. Especially the people of the Elven King, I remember how they treated us harshly.

In this controversy, they simply do not have any qualifications to participate. If you don't leave, I'm afraid you'll have to taste our bows and arrows! If you want to talk to me again, drive the elven troops back to their forest, then lay down their weapons and come back to me. ”

Of course Li Mu understands Thorin's plan to delay the army, but there is no need to fight now, and the army of orcs is estimated to be on the way.

Considering the upcoming battle of the five armies, pretending to be a plan, Li Mu said: "The Elf King is my ally, and when my compatriots were displaced, although we only had friendship before and did not owe each other's favors, he still reached out. We'd like to give you time to take back what you said, and think about it before we come back! ”

Li Mu's words Thorin didn't take it to heart, just when the human elf alliance and the dwarves couldn't hold each other, Gandalf, who had not heard from him, came back, and brought a terrible news that the orcs were out of battle.

The orc king of the north, Pogu, and the son of Asog have already marched south. Thorin's cousin, Dane, once killed Asog in Moria. Now that he heard that Smaug was dead and that the dwarves had reoccupied the Lonely Mountain, there seemed to be signs of a resurgence, and Pog immediately led an army of 20,000 and a half orcs and rode straight to the Lonely Mountain.

The army of 20,000 and a half orcs was as vicious as locusts crossing the border, killing and robbing all the humans, elves and dwarves wherever they went. In the face of ten times the strength of the orcs and wolves, under the persuasion of Gandalf, Thorin and others in the ancient castle temporarily joined forces with Li Mu and Thrandir to jointly open up with the outside world.

However, the five hundred dwarven warriors of his cousin Dane have not yet resisted, and Thorin, who lacks confidence, still does not believe in the wood elves, and agrees to participate in the war but will never cooperate with the wood elves.

Thorin's stubbornness, Gandalf said that it was useless, except for Bilbo who followed Gandalf out of the city, the rest of the dwarves naturally followed Thorin firmly in the castle.

In the 170 years since Smaug took possession of the Lonely Mountain, the dark forces have been entrenched in Middle-earth for a long time, especially when they heard of the orc armies marching to the Lonely Mountain. The lords of other towns in Middle-earth, even if they had ideas about the wealth of the dwarves, did not dare to go toe-to-toe with the orcs, and in the midst of Sised's call for help, only five hundred Storm Cloaks were willing to follow Li Mu into battle.

With the addition of the 200 militia in Changhu Town and the 1,000 wood elves in Thrandil, the combined army of humans and elves is only 1,700 people, not even a tenth of the orc army.

However, since the orcs are the public enemies of all races, all of them are fearless at this moment, even if the enemy's strength is ten times that of their own, Li Mu and the others decided to fight to the end.

In the plans of Li Mu, Gandalf, the Elven King, and Bud, fighting more with less and fighting head-on is definitely a dead end. It is better to take advantage of the steepness of the lonely mountain to lure the orcs deep into the valley and into the encirclement of the mountain range, while the defenders must hold on to the eastern and southern slopes of the mountain.

It's just that the elven human alliance is too small, and if the orcs are numerous, they can directly attack the mountain, and then attack the defenders from the top of the mountain and the foot of the mountain at the same time, which will put the defenders in danger of being attacked on their backs. Unfortunately, the orcs marched at a rapid pace, and Li Mu and the others had no time to draw up other battle plans and summon reinforcements.

Soon, the black clouds drifted southeast with thunder, flying low along the mountain, approaching the swarm of bats, but at this time the sun was obscured, and a large number of orcs and wolves rushed out from the shadows, and rushed into the valley at once.