Chapter 261: Trouble
"What? Leave? What's going on? Bilbo asked, stunned.
They've just escaped from the Goblin Dungeon, and they're in need of a break.
He followed Fengfeng's gaze towards the ridge in the distanceβbut he saw nothing but slightly shaking trees.
Xu Feng didn't have time to explain anything to Bilbo, so he directly pulled Bilbo and jumped down the grassy slope and returned to the dwarves.
At this time, Ori and Dori were setting up a pot to boil water, and the fat Pombo had already picked up an empty bowl and waited for noodles - they hadn't had a decent meal since yesterday, they had gone all the way over the mountains, survived heavy snow and torrential rain, and fell into the goblin dungeon, fighting all night, and now they really needed a hot instant noodle meal.
Seeing Xu Feng and Bilbo coming back, Whitebeard Balin happily greeted him, "Lord Diedi, Master Bilbo, you have come just in time, the first pot of noodles will be given to you first!" β
The other dwarves nodded.
"That's right! Yes, it should be! β
"We're waiting for the second pot!"
Facing the enthusiasm of the dwarves, Xu Feng waved his hand, "Don't eat, hurry up." β
Balin blinked in surprise, "Go?" Right now? β
Xu Feng said in a deep voice: "Yes, now. β
"But ......," Balin looked at the instant noodles boiling in the pot with reluctance.
Xu Feng frowned and said, "Is it important to eat noodles, or is it important to save your life?" β
Thorin asked suspiciously, "Swordsman, is it that serious?" Can't even get a meal? β
Xu Feng raised his hand and pointed to the ridge in the distance, drawing a semicircle along the ridge.
"Do you see?" Xu Feng said in a deep voice: "This is an excellent encirclement, these three sides are full of towering misty mountains, and the other side is a cliff, once we stay here and are surrounded by orcs, if we want to break through, we can only go to the canyon in the south, and if we are forced to walk the canyon, we will really die!" β
Thorin was also a tactical person, and he immediately understood what Xu Feng meant.
Xu Feng is right, the terrain here is very bad, the space is empty, it is easy to be discovered, not to mention, once the enemy is caught from the three breads, they can only retreat to the canyon, and once they reach the canyon, they will become a live target.
Therefore, it is necessary to jump out one step ahead of the formation of the encirclement.
But......
Thorin hesitated for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "If the enemy attacks us from three sides, we will be in trouble, but if we want to attack from three sides, then we must have no less than three thousand troops, right?" Not to mention that in the Misty Mountains, 3,000 troops are very rare, even if the enemy really has 3,000 troops, it is impossible to coordinate and arrange them in such a short time. β
Xu Feng said in a deep voice: "Thorin, don't you know that there is an act called prediction? A real tactician has never made a move, and it's never you who punches first, and I'll give you another kick when it's over! It's all about prediction! Our journey to the Lonely Mountain has already been known to the orcs, and we have burned down their outposts and fortresses one after another, and Azog will not rest on his laurels! β
Thorin sighed helplessly, lowered his voice and said, "Swordsman, my people are exhausted, if it is not very necessary, I want them to have a full meal." β
Xu Feng said sharply: "No! Let's go now! β
The muscles on Thorin's face jumped slightly, and he pursed his lips and said nothing.
He didn't like the feeling of being scolded, and although he respected and believed in Diedy, as the prince of the Dwarves of the Lonely Mountain, he felt that he was the one who should call the shots.
Seeing that the atmosphere between the two was a little tense, the whitebearded Balin hurriedly stood over and said, "Okay, okay, we won't eat, we don't have to rest, let's go now, let's go now!" Orkodori, pack your things! β
Xu Feng said in a deep voice: "I don't want anything, so I don't want any supplies, go directly!" β
Balin was shocked and said, "But...... That's enough instant noodles for all of us for 10 days and half a month! β
Xu Feng frowned and said, "Let's get through this day first!" β
Balin looked at Thorin helplessly, this kind of big thing, Thorin must nod.
The muscles on Thorin's face twitched several times in succession, and finally, he clenched his fists and said in a deep voice, "Go!" β
The dwarves suddenly sighed, put down their supplies one after another, and moved forward lightly.
The fat Pombo threw away all the futon fur, grabbed only two packets of instant noodles in his hands, and followed the person in front of him while munching on the instant noodles.
Thorin glanced at Xu Feng and didn't say anything more before following the faltering group of dwarves.
The Snow Emperor walked over and asked softly, "Is it serious?" β
Xu Feng lowered his voice and said, "My spiritual vision has scanned the information of dangerous enemies, and behind the ridges on three sides, there are all wolf cavalry troops of half-orcs. β
Xue Di gasped.
The troops of the half-orcs can be roughly divided into three levels, one is an extremely ordinary half-orc warrior, and the other is a half-orc scout who can ride a wolf, the half-orc scout can already be regarded as elite, and the more elite than the half-orc scout is the wolf cavalry unit of the half-orc.
In the Second Age of Middle-earth, the wolf cavalry of the orcs was the vanguard force that the Dark Lord Sauron relied on the most, and they made great achievements for the Dark Lord Sauron's siege of the city.
Later, with the Demon Lord Sauron being killed in the flesh, the power of the orcs was also greatly impacted, and finally had to retreat to their lair in the Misty Mountains, and the most elite half-orc wolf cavalry troops disappeared from there.
However, this force was only dormant and did not disappear.
As the leader of the orcs, Azog originally wanted to hide the existence of this team as much as possible, and only used it as a killer weapon at the most critical time.
Unexpectedly, this was just to deal with an expeditionary team, and Azog used his wolf cavalry troops at the bottom of the box, and it was completely out of the nest!
The Snow Emperor said in a deep voice: "It's a little troublesome now, we just had a big battle with the goblins, and now everyone's ability can be very weak, if you fight the wolf cavalry head-on, I'm afraid it will be ......."
Xu Feng looked at the sky in the distance, at this time, the sky was just bright, there was only a little sunshine, and where he looked, it was either a towering ridge or a cliff.
The terrain here is really unfavorable for them.
Xu Feng said in a deep voice: "The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and when necessary, we will go and divert the large army of wolf cavalry, so that the dwarves can escape first." β
Xue Di nodded helplessly, "That's the only way to go." β
Xu Feng turned back to Yang Gong and said, "Yang Gong Zai, do you still have silver moon vegetables?" β
Yang Gong hurriedly said, "It's not much, but it's enough for us to eat." β
Xu Feng said, "Give one to each of the dwarves, and make sure they all eat it!" β