Chapter 505: The Iron Wall Closes
This time, the soldiers came to the city of Angban, which lasted for three years. During these three years, the elven and dwarf alliance did not storm the Angban fortress under Jiang Ning's orders. Facing a high cliff-like fortress and a moat-like terrain. No matter how many troops there are, it is difficult to storm the city of Angbán in one go. For this reason, Jiang Ning only ordered his troops to constantly harass the Angban fortress. At first, hundreds of stone-throwing machines were constantly bombarded with stones, and gradually three years later, the original hundreds of stone-throwing machines have already become hundreds. The "ammunition" for the bombing was to dig up the countless stones on the Iron Mountain Range.
Morgoth, the great enemy of darkness, is in Angban every day, but he can't eat enough, he can't sleep well, and he is worried and frightened all day long. For fear that the Angban fortress will be captured one day, in order to ensure their own safety. Morgoth continued to raise more orc legions, and at the same time spread his power into his legions. Moreover, he used the unquenchable fire contained in himself to create evil dragons and fire demons again. This made his already extremely weak strength fall into a weak situation again, and he almost lost the power of the "gods".
And Jiangning's purpose has also been achieved.
Three years of non-stop bombardment of Angban's walls, destroying many sections of the walls and killing countless orcs. even, at one time, he led an elite squad to break through the walls of Angban. This made Morgoth extremely frightened, and after a big kill, he pretended to be invincible and retreated. made Morgoth think that Angband was still safe, and on the premise of besieging his lair, Morgoth accelerated the consumption of his own strength. Create more armies of orcs and a handful of powerful creatures.
As far as Jiang Ning himself was concerned, except for the mortal threat posed to him by Morgoth, the other threats were nothing compared to him. After all, he had Ilface, and with Vera's blessing, it was destined that it would be difficult for anyone to besiege him. No matter how many orcs there are, in his opinion, it is not terrible, a war, a duel, not just the number of them can lay the final victory. There are many factors that are considered the most.
Only the fire demons, the evil dragons, can decide the outcome of a war. However, the number of both is small enough. Even Morgoth, with all his strength and desperate life, could make up for the number of seven-headed fire demons. After all, the Fire Demon was created by a fallen god of the universe who was tempted by Morgoth. The dragon, on the other hand, was created by Morgoth purely through black sorcery and other unknown reasons. Although the latter is not as good as the Fire Demon, the "cost" of the evil dragon is undoubtedly very "cheap" compared to the Fire Demon. However, Morgoth only managed to keep the number of dragons at about sixteen, and divided them into fire dragons and cold dragons.
While the number of enemies seems to have increased, so has the pressure; However, Jiangning's main purpose was also achieved. The evil creatures created by Morgoth, apart from the fire demons and evil dragons, are not orcs. The elves have plenty of time to kill them. However, this method does not work, and the current elves are the high elves of the First Age. Far taller and stronger than their juniors. In fact, unless the orcs are too numerous to win, the elves will always be the victorious side, whether it is a one-on-one fight or a large-scale battle at the legion level.
Half-orcs are always the losers, and any elf with a little training can easily defeat half-orcs. They are tall, strong, and always packed with all sorts of strange abilities. Whether it is strength, endurance, explosiveness or physique, it is far from being comparable to their future generations.
Therefore, the elves of the First Age will always be called the High Elves! This is not unreasonable, besides, many of the weapons forged by the High Elves can last for thousands of years. And the light is as good as new, and the sharpness has not been worn, which is a craft that the later elves do not have.
The three-year-long bombardment was over, and the combined forces of elves and dwarves began to slowly withdraw, and hundreds of stone throwers slowly followed the group out of Angban's gates.
Sauron, who was standing on the tower, breathed a sigh of relief, and then he looked back at the tattered Angban Fortress. The anger in his heart was extremely strong, although the fortress was saved, but the damage to the city was extremely serious. Moreover, the high cliffs of many city walls have also collapsed countless times under the three-year non-stop bombardment of the stone thrower. Angban's impregnable defense system suddenly appeared a loophole! They also used a catapult to fight back, but each time they were blocked by Jiang Ning, who asked the giant eagles under the command of Sorondo, the king of eagles, to take turns grabbing the fire oil and boulders to destroy Angban's stone throwers and other weapons. On the back of each eagle sat two archers, shooting and trying to stop the eagle from approaching. However, these orcs were no match for the elven archers, and they were easily killed. The stone throwers in Angban have been damaged countless times, and they have to dispatch the fire demon and the evil dragon that has not yet grown up to expel the eagle.
The siege of Angban was the most enjoyable victory for the elves and dwarves. Although they did not capture the walls of Angban, it was also a rare good thing for them to be able to watch Morgoth and his evil legions deflated. However, Sauron and Morgoth were not in such a mood.
Especially Morgoth, the past three years have made him worry all day long. Having lost all his strength, apart from his unusually powerful body, he was almost unable to exert Vera's abilities. Moreover, the magic ring in Jiang Ning's hand and the brilliance of the twin sacred trees contained in Kunguhar were always released by him from time to time, causing quite a strong blow to the evil camp to which Morgoth belonged.
In addition, Morgoth, who has lost his power, has accelerated the cultivation of orcs and various armies for his own safety. This has also led to a sharp drain on his power. If he wants to try to regain his strength, then he can't recover without much cultivation.
Moreover, the unquenchable fire within his soul also seemed to be much dimmer. This made Morgoth's current spirit extremely bad, and his temper was even more irritable and irritable. Even Sauron, when he met him, was cautious, for fear of angering the tempered Lord of Darkness!
The elves and dwarves returned to the west after leaving Angban. The Noldor continued to maintain their defenses, and the dwarves helped them craft weapons and armor. This three-year alliance has made the relationship between elves and dwarves, two different races, more than half.
However, it is not they who have progressed in the relationship.
In Doriath, Jiang Ning and the Isvel Elven cavalry he brought were also repaired in Doriath. This time, the army of about 20,000 people was integrated, which not only dealt a severe blow to Morgoth's arrogance, but also raised the sullenness that the elves and dwarves had been holding in their hearts for a long time. Let them, with this opportunity, raise their eyebrows.
What's more important is that he consumed Morgoth's power in advance, after all, for Jiang Ning, Morgoth was the only one who could pose a threat to him. As for Sauron, it is not enough for him to pay attention to it at the moment, although in Angban, Jiang Ning feels the faintly powerful power in Sauron's body.
At that time, he had a guess that Morgoth should have instilled his power into Sauron's body. However, even so, he was only concerned that Sauron had not yet fully grown to the point where Morgoth had grown. His strength has not yet been able to pose a serious threat to him. After all, the treasure he possessed in his hands could completely restrain all dark forces, the endless brilliance and vitality of the Twin Sacred Trees, and the canonization of Manway. The power contained in the Spirit Diamond is already extraordinary.
Although this time, Angban was not captured, which made it a pity for the elves including Eru Singar. However, they also understood that if they wanted to capture the huge and majestic castle of Angban, it was by no means something that they could conquer with more than 20,000 troops in front of them. Moreover, they have no way of knowing how many troops are hidden in Angban. Although they knew a lot of orcs, they didn't know how many that number was. In addition, the majestic and precipitous Iron Mountain Range is destined to pay a very painful price if you want to capture the Angban fortress. Moreover, the end result is not necessarily the same as what they have in mind.
However, this operation was not completely fruitless. At the very least, the practicality of the Angban encirclement was fully ensured. In fact, this time during the siege of Angban, Morgoth was too frightened to show up. Together with his army, they stuck to the walls everywhere and did not take the initiative at all.
Maybe he was afraid of the elven treasure diamond in Jiang Ning's hand, maybe his army was not completely mature, or maybe his preparation was not good, or maybe he was brewing a new conspiracy. In short, there are many possibilities, but the second one is the most likely. His army has not yet fully matured, especially the evil dragon army he has high hopes for, and its scale armor has not yet fully matured, and it is completely incomparable to the invulnerability after maturity. Moreover, Jiang Ning's action of shooting the three-headed evil dragon also made Morgoth dare not act rashly.
Therefore, Morgoth chose to remain trapped in Angban for a number of reasons.
At this time, when it was calm and there were many dark tides, a new race had quietly entered the western land. The second son of Iluvita, the human arrived in the West.