At the banquet, Xu Jing opened his stomach and ate Haisai, and hundreds of wood elves helped him prepare barbecue, and he was very busy.

Galadriel, on the other hand, negotiated with Serandui about the provision of daily necessities, and he even asked the other party to provide food for Xu Jing every once in a while.

Thrandui readily agreed, and through the conversation, he finally learned the reason why Galadriel was here, and also knew about Sauron's return and being beaten by Xu Jing and fleeing.

After knowing everything, he was speechless for a long time, and his gaze at Xu Jing completely changed, and he was in awe from the bottom of his heart.

The banquet lasted all day, and Xu Jing finally had enough to eat and drink, and finally returned to Irubor with Galadriel and the treasures exchanged.

As soon as he returned, he couldn't wait to start learning with Galadriel.

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A month later, Iron Hills.

Thorin stood on the high platform, looking around at the army of various tribes below, his whole face radiant and in good spirits.

In the past month since he sent the message, except for the Iron Fist Clan, all the other five dwarves have responded to his call, and have more or less sent troops to listen to him.

Among them, the most active responses and the largest number of troops were the Kuanliang clan and the Firebeard clan.

These two groups of dwarves had built the two dwarven cities of Berlegoster and Nogrord, respectively, on a par with Moria.

However, after the Battle of Wrath, the sinking of Berlan led to the destruction of the two cities, and many of the dwarves who had lost their homes at the time traveled to Moria to join the Longbeard Clan (descendants of Turin).

Therefore, they have the most harmonious relationship between the Broad Beam, the Firebeard Clan and the Longbeard Clan, and even many dwarves in the Longbeard Clan are the descendants of the Broadbeam and Firebeard Clans who have joined, and the Buff, Bopho, and Pombo who followed Thorin's adventures are among the representatives.

The Dwarves of the Broad Liang Clan are the most famous armorers, having created seven Dwarven Masks that can withstand the flames of dragons, and legend has it that the former king of the Broad Beam Dwarves, Asaghar, wore a mask and wounded the Glau Dragon in close combat.

In this dragon-slaying battle against Smaug, the Broad Beam Dwarves who came to their aid brought the mask and handed it to Thorin.

In addition, the Firebeard Clan also brought with them a large amount of armor and weapons, they are not only fierce and aggressive, but they are also the most extraordinary metal craftsmen and weapon craftsmen among the dwarves, and they forged the sword of the human emperor Nasir, who once cut off Sauron's arm.

Thorin looked at the two clan armies separately with satisfied eyes, but he couldn't help frowning when he saw the Black Lock Clan army sandwiched between the two clans.

The black-haired and dark-skinned black-locked dwarves brought with them are second only to the Broadbeams and Firebeard Dwarves in the number of armies they bring, but they are the most selfish and greedy, and they have helped Sauron in the past, and although they are now fighting against Sauron's forces, they still trade with the Orcs of Mordor in order to gain wealth.

Thorin has an instinctive vigilance and even disgust for the black-locked dwarves, but since the other party is here, he will not turn them away.

Finally, there are two dwarves are the Hardbeard Clan and the Stonefoot Clan, these two dwarves are relatively self-contained, and usually have little contact with the outside world, and this time they are only a symbolic army of about 100 people.

As for the Ironfist Dwarves who didn't come, thinking of them, Thorin couldn't help but snort coldly, the Ironfist Dwarves are very ambitious, and have waged many wars against their kind, especially against their longbearded dwarves, and have always held a grudge against them and regarded them as opponents.

If everything succeeds this time, he will never let the other party go easily in the future.

"It's all set." Then Balin came to him and said, "Don't you really need to consider the advice of the wizard named Saruman?" ”

Just two days ago, Saruman approached them and told them to wait a little longer, when the elves and the human kingdom would help them join forces to attack Smaug.

Although Balin thought that was good and more certain about dealing with Smaug, Thorin was furious and drove Saruman out of the way, ignoring their opinions.

After hearing Balin's words, Thorin's face changed: "We don't need help from others, I don't believe in wizards, and elves, have you forgotten how they treated us when we were at our most hungry and destitute?" As for human beings, they are even more greedy, and their motive is to share our treasures. ”

"Okay then." Balin sighed, "Dane's side is also ready, ready to go." ”

"So what are you waiting for?" Thorin drew his sword and roared, "Let's go!" ”

Oh! Oh! Oh!

With his order, the dwarves of all races gathered let out excited roars one after another, and began to march towards the lonely mountain with high morale.

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Woodland Kingdom.

Thranduil and Legolas walked through the palace.

It was originally agreed that every three days, the gate of Irub would be opened, and the wood elves would send all kinds of food and daily necessities, but this time almost five days have passed, and the blocked gate has still not opened.

"Smaug hasn't been in touch yet?"

Thranduil asked.

Just three days ago, Saruman, known to the elves as Kurunel, approached the door and asked them to help him deal with Smaug and rescue Queen Galadriel, promising to return the White Jewel Necklace from Smaug's treasure to him.

And he concealed the matter about the deal with Smaug, although he did not agree on the spot, but he did not refuse on the spot, but chose to think about it for a few days.

Thranduy also knew that Saruman had then gone to Iron Hills to contact the dwarves, and he didn't know what the dwarves' attitudes were, but according to the information that had just been obtained from the dwarven army, it was clear that Thorin had rejected the other party.

This was not surprising to him, he had seen Thor's madness, that family had a crazy desire for power and treasure in the blood, how could Thorin, as Thor's grandson, be willing to share the treasure equally with others?

Legolas followed, saying, "The gate is still closed, but it's been almost the end of the food we last served Galadriel, and if nothing else, Smaug is about to come out again. ”

Thranduil nodded, and suddenly asked, "What do you think of Kurunel's proposal?" ”

Legolaston paused, thought for a moment, and said: "Smaug is not as evil as we thought, now it has a good relationship with us, we don't need to participate in this war, if we win, we will only get some treasures, and if we lose, the result is probably unbearable, not to mention that Queen Galadriel does not look like she was coerced at all." ”

With a look of satisfaction on his face, Thrandui said, "You have analyzed it very well, and since this is the case, when Smaug comes out this time, you will personally go and tell him what has happened in the past few days, and we will not care about the rest." ”

He didn't say a word, if Smaug died as predicted, it would be nothing to lose him, he could even mobilize an army to try to get a piece of the pie, but if the other side resolved the crisis and won, they could also gain more friendship from Smaug.

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