Chapter One Thousand and Seventeen: Mandate of Heaven

What is happening far north is not known to the people of Middle-earth in the vast continent of Middle-earth. Compared to the distant, discerning, and even more invisible truth, the crisis facing the people of Middle-earth is real. Sauron's return and the destruction of the Kingdom of Gondor and the siege of the fortress of Rohan Pass had spread throughout Middle-earth in just a few days.

The incalculable number of the Orcist army, the overwhelming black torrent, made everyone who witnessed it unforgettable. Such a staggering amount is enough to make anyone despair. Even though it relied on a fortress that was almost impossible to breach, there were times when there were circumstances in all aspects, and the news of Gondor's destruction made the hearts of the Rohan soldiers and dwarven princes who had been holding on to it inevitably begin to waver. The pressure they were under was as high as the sea and as deep as the sea, and endless black torrents gathered under each wall.

The Oc, who had an absolute advantage in numbers, under the command of the Ringwraith, stormed the fortress of Rohan Pass regardless of casualties. The Great Wall, which stretches for hundreds of miles, requires an astronomical number of troops to be garrisoned. The Great Wall that humans combined with the power of the three races finally built to block the orcs. However, in front of Sauron, who had been preparing for thousands of years, it was still not enough to see.

Even with the full help of the seven dwarven princes, at the critical moment of lack of elves, the fortress of Rohan Pass became precarious. Overturning is only a matter of time, and the fall is already doomed.

Sauron, however, immediately began to divide his forces after the official defeat of Gondor, and an army led by him crossed the Black Source River, and then followed the river north over the White Mountains to join the siege of the fortress of Rohan Pass. The other army, led by the Knights of the Ring, crossed the Black Source River and headed westward, through the green hills, and then to the Lefnoy River, where there was a mountain plain nearly a thousand miles wide, and here was the Druwaith Iau, and to the north was the vast Aynaidan region and the hinterland of Middle-earth. At Sauron's orders, the Knights of the Rings crossed the River Eisen and eventually entered the region of Eynaid, the heartland of the kingdom of Rohan.

The sudden appearance of the Orc army, led by the Knights of the Ring, began a rampage of massacre. Most of the troops of the Rohan Kingdom were deployed on the front line to hinder Sauron's attack. Now, the Ork army led by the Knights of the Ring, after a continuous journey day and night, has finally reached its destination. Their sudden appearance caught the country of Rohan by surprise. The hastily assembled army and people are not at all the opponents of these Orcs who have been suffocated for thousands of years. Under the ferocious impact of their fearless death, the hinterland of Rohan continued to fall, and countless people fled with their families and mouths. Some made their way to the realm of the Seven Dwarven Princes, others to the woodlands and Rivendell, and others scattered into the wider interior of Middle-earth.

The country of Rohan was in turmoil in an instant, and the Orc's army was invincible here. At the same time, the chaos and massacre of the rear homeland also directly caused the soldiers who fought bloodily on the front line. Whether it was the soldiers of the Rohan Kingdom or the army supported by the dwarven princes, they were in chaos and panicked at the moment when the hinterland was attacked. And Sauron seized this rare opportunity and captured the fortress of Rohan Pass in one fell swoop. Throughout the whole process, there was basically no decent resistance, and the Rohan Pass Fortress, which was built with the strength of the three clans, has finally become history. Although, historically, it has helped humanity temporarily withstand the onslaught of the orcs, but in the face of the outnumbered Orcs, it still falls.

Sauron's army continued to pass through the fortress of Rohan Pass, fighting and rampaging along the way, bringing wreckage and corpses all over the place. Still, Sauron didn't stop, and after a brief break, he regrouped his forces and swept across Middle-earth. In a short period of time, most of Middle-earth had fallen, except for the dwarven princes, who were still cowering in the underground realms built on the Misty Mountains, temporarily spared. However, the fierce siege of the Orc still inflicted heavy losses on the dwarven princes.

Previously, when they were supporting the Rohan Kingdom, they sent a large number of soldiers to support the humans. However, most of these armies had been annihilated by the time Sauron captured the fortress of Rohan Pass. Except for a small number of troops who returned to the dwarven realm unharmed, the rest were either killed or lost. The strength of the dwarves was hit hard in an instant, and the accumulation of thousands of years was almost lost. Therefore, in the face of Sauron's fierce siege, the dwarven princes continued to strengthen the fortress of the country. On the one hand, it is to contact the rest of the dwarven princes, and at the same time start to urgently contact the elven races that have so far been indifferent.

The scattered dwarven princes, the power of a single clan could not stop Sauron. So, after a short conversation between them, the dwarven princes began to bond closely. The people and the army are all in one place, and the whole dwarven clan is united to resist the invasion of Sauron. At the same time, the dwarves also sent messengers to ask the elves for help, but to no avail. Angry and desperate, the dwarven princes can only desperately defend their last home and last line of defense.

And in the country of the woodlands, the elven lords gathered, and they already knew what was happening in Middle-earth. They already knew what happened in Utamo, but now they no longer paid attention to all these things, but chose to watch from the sidelines. As Thrandui said, the spirits have been betrayed many times by the people of Middle-earth, and this cursed land has consumed too much of the blood and people of the elves. At the same time, because of Inningville's promise, they know that the elves have a new home waiting for them in another vast world. As a result, the elves, who have a complete retreat, become even less concerned about what is happening in Middle-earth.

Even if Vera's messenger persuaded him many times, Galadriel and Elrond couldn't bear it many times. However, these were all silenced under the strong pressure of Thranduil, because among the three elven forces stranded in Middle-earth, only the woodland elves led by Thranduil were the strongest. And these, after the return of Inningville, the woodland elves are now in the limelight, as if they have become the leaders of the Middle-earth elves. Thrandui, who had already obeyed the orders of Inningville, kept in mind Yiningville's instructions and ignored what was happening in Middle-earth. In exchange for the angry departure of the Vera emissary, Olli also regrouped his army and crossed the Sea of Belegel to Middle-earth, officially declaring war on Sauron.

Now, the two sides have collided for the first time in the Shire region. The arrival of Vera and the army also made Sauron not pay attention to the dwarven princes who were still breathing, except for leaving a part of the army to continue to deal with the dwarven princes, the rest of the army was all gathered by Sauron and rushed to the Shire region, preparing to completely annihilate Vera's army in a battle. Moreover, he is also ready to attack Amen Continent again!

It can be said that Middle-earth is in chaos today, except for the siege of Amen by Sauron led by the aliens thousands of years ago, this time the scale of the war is the first in thousands of years. Except for the elven races who don't care about it now, the only ones who are qualified and have the strength to intervene are the only ones who are qualified. Except for the orcs that Sauron had worked so hard to create, no force was qualified to participate in it, nor did it have the strength to influence the balance of battle again.

However, control of the orcs has been taken over by Inningville, and Sauron knows it. However, he was powerless to contain the orcs now, as he had found out from the beginning. Even if he led the army, he did not take the lead in attacking the humans, but chose to attack the orcs. Then, even if he wins, the price will be a miserable victory. The strength he has accumulated over thousands of years will be exhausted in one day. However, if he attacks the human race, even if he fails, will the human race, which has been beaten by him and not far from thousands of years ago, still have the ability to threaten him in the future?

Therefore, even at the risk of being attacked from behind, Sauron still made a strategy of taking the lead in defeating the human races. Under his swift arrangement, Gondor and Rohan, the two strongest human kingdoms, were the first to be destroyed. In addition, there are the Seven Dwarven Princes, although they have not been annihilated so far, but the latter has also suffered a great loss, and it is even more miserable than thousands of years ago. The remaining elven clans, because of Yininville's reasons, Sauron had scruples and did not choose to do it. And the elven clans' 'knowledge of current affairs' also reassured Sauron temporarily, so based on all kinds of relationships, Sauron had no way out from the beginning. In addition to fighting with the people of Middle-earth, he also had to fight with Vera, but in any case, their established destiny had already been decided.

Whether it's Yiya, Alda, Vera, or Sauron, their unfathomable destiny has gradually become true.

The destiny is set and cannot be changed!