Chapter 604: Edoras' Offensive and Defensive Battle
"Who?"
The soldiers guarding the walls were about to change shifts and go to dinner, when they saw three horses rushing towards the city gate.
The originally idle soldiers immediately became alert, and they all grabbed the weapons around them and asked nervously.
The kingdom of Rohan is in the land of four wars, with the demon lord Sauron's Mordor in the east, the misty mountains rich in strong orcs in the west, and the northern barbarians in the north.
Therefore, the soldiers and people here have long developed a good habit of preparing for war at any time, and when they saw the three horses in a position as if they were fleeing for their lives, everyone felt as if something big was about to happen!
"I'm Gandalf, open the door!"
Middle-earth raised the staff in his hand and shouted at the soldiers.
I have to say that Gandalf's face brushed on the mainland for so many years finally came in handy, and after seeing his iconic face, the soldiers who were originally going to shoot arrows all stopped moving, and by the way, they also opened the city gate intimately.
In fact, as early as more than half a month ago, King Xiyuton issued an order to prohibit anyone from entering the capital Idoras, because Saruman was ready to slowly annex the entire Rohan Kingdom by gradually encroaching, so he manipulated Xiyodon to give this ridiculous order.
It's just clear that this absurd order, combined with Grima's recent actions, has caused the soldiers below to start to drift away, but because there has been no leader, the soldiers dare not openly disobey the orders of the king and the prime minister.
And now, halfway through the rain came just in time!
Gandalf rode all the way into the palace, and before Grima could gather his cronies to stop them, he saw that they had already stormed into the main hall.
"Guards! Guardsman! Stop them! ”
Grima hurriedly roared loudly, King Xiudon was now controlled by the magic of the white-robed Lord Saruman, and he would not react much to anything, not even the news of the death of his only son, Xiyud, could not make him excited.
Therefore, Grima is not afraid of others approaching the king, after all, he is the prime minister appointed by Siydon, and in the case of the king's inability to govern, he represents the orthodox jurisprudence of the entire Rohan kingdom.
But now, it's Gandalf who is near the king!
Gandalf has traveled between continents over the years, leaving a reputation as a sage in all countries, and compared to Saruman, who spent his days and nights doing research in the Black Tower, Gandalf is the wizard that the people of the three tribes are most familiar with.
Although Grima is confident in the magic of his master, Saruman, this is the famous Gandalf!
Who knows if he'll unlock the magic from Heyodon?
Hearing Grema's order, several guards guarding the vicinity of the palace did not hesitate at all, drew their swords and rushed towards Gandalf.
They were all Grema's cronies, not to mention Gandalf, and even if Heyudon jumped up and gave the order himself, they wouldn't listen to him.
'Click-'
It's just that these soldiers, who had high hopes for Grimma, had just rushed to Gandalf's side when they were already in a state of rage by the wizard who was already in a state of rage with the staff in his hand!
"Well, that's supposed to be my job!"
Jin Li, who had just raised the axe in his hand and was about to enter the battle, muttered in a low voice, he hadn't done it yet, but Gandalf drove it up directly, how could this make people mess up?
However, Gandalf didn't have time to talk to the little minions now, so he rushed to Heyudon with his staff in hand.
"What are you doing, do you want to murder the king?" Grima roared loudly, hoping to get more people's attention.
Unfortunately, Siyodon himself was too confused to react, and the soldiers stationed next to the palace all began to whisper to the left and right.
"Old friend, wake up quickly, things have reached the most critical moment!" Gandalf's staff flashed with a holy glow, and he slammed it down on Heyodon's head with all his might.
"Ahh
Saruman, who was feasting at the camp, suddenly covered his forehead with a scream, and the bucket of instant noodles in his hand spilled directly on the ground.
The soldiers around were all dazed, wondering why the wizard suddenly called out.
"Master, the magic I cast on Hiudon has been broken by Gandalf!" Saruman clutched his head and stood up, trembling as he reported to someone who was tasting the happy water of the fat house.
Since the carry-on space has become larger, someone has stuffed a lot of messy clutter into their space, and things like fat house happy water are naturally no exception.
Anyway, with his physique, even blowing paraquat directly into his mouth is not much of a problem, and he has no fear of the negative effects of happy water.
"Huh!"
Someone just mumbled when they heard it, and didn't give any further instructions.
"Master, Gandalf is not dead, and he is still advanced!" Although he did not speak, Saruman did not dare to be idle, but immediately reported it.
Originally, after receiving the news of Gandalf's death, Saruman also drank two more glasses excitedly, but he didn't expect that the old guy not only did not die, but actually advanced.
It's just that Vera has no eyes, you said that if you take me to the next level, let me change from a white robe to a golden robe, will I have to work for Sauron?
The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and Saruman suddenly felt that he had been a lackey for Vera for so many years in vain!
I worked hard to welcome the horse, but I can't compare to Gandalf's stunned young man, Vera is really not a thing!
"Got it, it's time!" Someone stood up leisurely and threw the unfinished water of happiness to Saruman.
"The time has come, my lord!"
Saruman hurriedly held the happy water in his arms as if he had obtained a treasure, this magic potion called happy water, he was fortunate to get a bottle, although he felt very strange when he started drinking it, but it could greatly enhance his spiritual vitality, Saruman felt that if he took it for a long time, he could definitely make his strength grow.
In particular, this magic potion also has a special charm, which makes people want to drink it after drinking it!
"Order the army to pull out! Rest at night at the Palace of Edoras! Someone kicked the mount to signal it to get on its stomach, and then one jumped on it.
The orc soldiers who were scrambling for Saruman to knock over the instant noodle soup hurriedly smashed their mouths and ran, and the cruel experience of the past two days had made them understand that running slowly would really turn into dinner.
Although the orcs are not picky eaters and eat everything, it does not mean that they are willing to become someone else's dinner!
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"Gandalf, my old friend, what the hell is going on?"
Siedun, who had released Saruman's mind control, asked with a blank look on his face.
"I don't have time to explain, hurry up and order all the soldiers to prepare for battle, seal the city gate and light the beacon fire by the way, and ask all the allies for help!" Gandalf grabbed Sheydon's shoulder and roared wildly.
"Wait, wait, what's going on?" Heyudon was stunned by Gandalf, and he had just regained his senses, and he was going to have a good drink with Gandalf, but now he was almost stunned by the other party.
"King Xiyodon, there are nearly 20,000 strong orc troops staying in the rocky hills, and they will rush under the walls of Edoras in two hours at most!" Aragorn hurriedly stepped forward and explained to Xiyodon.
"What?"
Xiyoton was stunned by this number, 20,000 strong orcs?
What do the border troops do? How could such a large number of strong orcs quietly touch the vicinity of the royal capital?
Besides, what about Tanma? What about sentinels?
What do these people do for food? Don't even know about such an important military situation?
"What you said is true?" Sheudon broke free of Gandalf's arms and grabbed Aragorn's shoulders and yelled.
"It's true, otherwise I wouldn't be so out of shape, hurry up and give the order!" Gandalf said whimsically behind Heydon.
"The whole city is on alert!"
Hearing Gandalf's endorsement, Sheudon immediately roared.
The credit of the timely rain was still very good, and with a roar from Xiyouton, the whole city quickly mobilized.
"Don't try to run!"
Golden Thunderbolt stood directly in front of Grima, blocking his escape.
However, Grima didn't see Jin Pi at all, because this guy was too short, so the two suddenly collided and rolled on the ground!
"Grima? What the hell is going on? It was then that Hiudon saw this courtier, who was his favorite courtier, and pulled out his sword next to the throne and asked him.
"No, King! I don't know, I really don't know anything! ”
Gree scrambled to his feet and explained in a panic.
Saruman gave him the task of keeping Heyudon under control, and as for the other plans, Grima had no idea of it.
After all, for Saruman, Grima is just a useful villain, and if there is something important, he will not discuss it with such a person.
"What did Saruman tell you? Why have the armies of the orcs already arrived at the city of Idoras? And where is my son? Theodon asked Grima with a gloomy face.
"Your Majesty, I have always been faithful to you! Saruman keeps telling me to harm you, but I never listen to him! Grima grabbed Sheydon's feet and cried.
It is true that the arrival of 20,000 strong orc soldiers in the city made Grema's heart extremely excited, but he knew that how to get through the current level was the most important thing.
Even if the army would kill everyone in the city, he would have died first!
"Shameless!"
Looking at Grima's appearance with a handful of snot and tears, Xiyoton suddenly felt a chill.
How did you go blind in the first place and think that this guy is a capable minister?
"Your Majesty, he might still be of some use!" Theodon raised his sword and prepared to slash Grima to death, but Aragorn stopped him.
"Who are you?" Xiyoton's face was a little ugly, staring at this guy who dared to block him, and asked unhappily.
Don't mention how Aragorn introduces himself, just talk about the itinerary of the Demon King's Army!
Two hours of rest didn't do anything to refresh the army, but everyone looked a little angrier than they had just been.
Of course, it is very difficult for such an army to come by defending a city, let alone attacking a city.
All the soldiers were moving as if they were moving in a mechanical manner, and their eyes were dull and their spirits were sluggish, so that when Xiudun, who had just rushed to the city, saw this army, he was stunned.
As a veteran of the battlefield, Xiudun knows that this army is now on the verge of collapse, don't look at the dense army of 20,000 people outside, as long as he has 3,000 cavalry in his hands, he can win in one battle!
It is a pity that the city of Idoras has only 10,000 inhabitants, only 1,000 soldiers, and 400 cavalry!
There is no way, with the current productivity and production conditions, a city of 10,000 people is already considered a supergiant city, and if there are more people, it will completely exceed the supply limit.
Besides, the Kingdom of Rohan is known as the country of knights, and there are fiefs of major nobles nearby, and if you really start a war, you can gather thousands of cavalry in a few days.
That is, because someone's blitzkrieg strategy is beyond the scope of the world's natives, plus Siudon has been under control, otherwise Idoras would have been able to pull out two or three thousand cavalry now.
"Have the messengers been released?" Looking at the strong orc troops lined up under the city walls, Xiyoton asked the minister beside him with a smile.
Hearing that 20,000 enemies had attacked the city of Idoras, Xiyodon almost jumped off the city wall in excitement!
20,000 people, even if it's a heap, Idoras has been flattened!
But now, he felt like he didn't have to worry about it at all.
With the mental state of this group of soldiers under the city wall, they didn't want to recover for three or five days.
Not to mention that these strong orcs don't even have a single siege weapon, are they ready to use their heads to smash the city walls?
"The messengers have all been released, and at most someone will come to King Qin tomorrow afternoon!" The minister hurriedly replied.
The biggest advantage of the feudal system is that once the royal capital is attacked, other places can operate freely, with the land area of the Rohan Kingdom and the number of private soldiers of those nobles, it is not a big problem to gather 10,000 cavalry in a week!
"Very well, looks like we can kill all these damn brutes!" Xi Youton laughed heartily, originally thought it was a mortal situation, but he didn't expect the other party to come to send him to death!
There are no siege equipment, and the morale is extremely low, and it is a fool's dream to rely on these guys to break through their own royal capital.
Thinking that he could take the opportunity to annihilate all these 20,000 powerful orcs, and that his name would resound throughout the continent and become the legendary king of the Rohan Kingdom, Xiyoton instantly felt that he was in a good mood.
Even the pain of losing a child has been diluted a lot now!
Gandalf, who was standing beside him, frowned, for he felt that something must be wrong.
Saruman was not incompetent, as evidenced by the fact that he was able to muster so many troops without warning.
What's more, when they saw that strange guy in the woods, Gandalf was even more frightened.
It seems that Saruman is all subservient to him, when did Middle-earth have such a strong guy?