World of the Ring, Middle-earth, Mordor.

After almost a month's march, the army had marched into Mordor, and was now encamped about two days from the Black Gate. The camp of more than a million troops, which stretched for hundreds of kilometers, used a large number of tree trunks to enclose the entire camp. And now, in addition to the human army, they also joined the elven army ten days ago, and this time the elves came with a total of 500,000 troops, led by King Elon himself, and Aragorn's girlfriend Arwen also came with him.

After camping, prepare to rest in the camp for a few days to recover from the fatigue of a long march. Of course, we will have to wait for the arrival of the logistics troops and siege weapons after that. Especially those siege weapons, bulky siege weapons will slow down the march of the army if they go with the army. So these siege weapons were set off with the logistics troops, and they arrived about five days later than the main army. The extra few days were just enough time for the army to rest.

And there is a two-day distance from Mordor, in this distance Mordor wants to carry out a sneak attack on the combined forces of humans and elves, it is also an impossible task, Aragorn has sent a large number of scouts scattered around the camp, and at the same time several towers have been built in the camp, each tower has a small team of elves on duty, monitoring Mordor's movements around the clock, and Mordor has not moved.

Of course, whether it is the means of technology, the scanning of magical mental power, or the infiltration of assassins, there is no way to find any information inside. And Li Nan also took Saruman with him, and then probed around in some places in Mordor, and then sent all the news back, Li Nan also summarized the news he received these days, and Enron arranged security guards to patrol around. After a night's rest, the next morning, everyone gathered in the central camp, and the members of the Samsara team were invited inside.

And Li Nan had also submitted the information he had gathered to Aragorn, asking him to make a battle plan in advance.

Now that everyone was in the commander's tent in the center of the camp, Aragorn distributed Li Nan's information to everyone to watch, and then asked, "What do you think about the war that will follow?" ”

Gandalf held his beard and said, "In the case of the magic array, there is nothing to say about this, only after a large number of high-intensity blows, overload it, this is the easiest way." However, we don't know where the limit of the magic circle is, so we can only consume it through magic bombardment and stone projectiles from catapults. And if we don't crack the enemy's magic array, our soldiers can't be sent, because if you go to more or less, you'll just be sent to death, and you can only crack the magic array first, and then you can move on to the next step. ”

King Elon also said, "But to be able to obtain such detailed information, is there a spy in Mordor?" ”

Li Nan nodded, and then said: "It's not convenient to disclose this, after all, espionage is a dangerous job, and the fewer people who know, the safer the people involved." And don't worry about the Ring Spirit, we can destroy the Ring Spirit, and I believe that it will not have a chance to resurrect after this time. We can also provide magic amplification buildings, and when we killed Saruman before, we also brought back his tent for amplification spells, which can be used as long as they are built from scratch. ”

"In five days," said Aragorn, "the logistical forces will arrive, along with five hundred catapults, one hundred and fifty siege towers, and two Grandes captured in the previous war. However, for the time being, there are only 500 catapults that can be used, because of the magic array. But I'm curious if those two Grande have the ability to blacken the door. ”

"It's too early to say that, let's wait until we crack the enemy's magic array. That damn magic array, when I was defending the city, I thought it was always very useful, but now when I was the besieging party, it became more difficult. Faramir said, casually flipping through the information. She doesn't really care about this yet.

Five days later, the logistics troops arrived at the same time, and large carts pulled by the Kodo beasts into the camp. A lot of it was truckloads of grain. After all, the speed of the new army was a bit fast before, so the large army only brought enough food on the road, and after camping, the food in the past few days was about to bottom out. And now that a large amount of food has been replenished, those soldiers are relieved, after all, food determines many things in this era.

Then there are the carts with siege weapons, which are disassembled and have to be reinstalled before they can be put into use, and the boring catapults are still siege towers or siege ladders. Of course, the last two big ones couldn't be disassembled, and they were two siege engines, Grund, each of which required five Kodomon to pull him. When the two Grond were parked, the ten batches of Kodo beasts were already lying on the ground tired, and the soldiers took out a large amount of forage and water, and then put them next to the Kodo beasts.

The soldiers unloaded the siege weapons and began to assemble them quickly. Especially the catapults, because Aragorn had already given the order, and two days later began to attempt the first siege of the city, and in these two days, at least the catapults must be assembled first. After all, these are technical tasks, and they require specialized soldiers to complete the installation, and others have no way to help if they want to, and the soldiers who will install them are specially equipped with catapults. So now these soldiers are stuck in overtime.

Two days later, after a large number of soldiers worked overtime, the five hundred taels of catapults had been assembled and lined up in the open space inside the camp. As for the stone bullets used for the attack of catapults, these things are too heavy to be brought by the logistics troops, otherwise these stone bullets alone will occupy all the board carts, and it is impossible to transport food. So these stone bombs are mined on the spot, in the past two days, a large number of soldiers have been mobilized to mine in batches, and now these stone bombs have piled up the previous pallet trucks used to transport grain, and there are also a lot of spare ones in the camp.

At the same time, the tent from Saruman has also been fully deployed, and Gandalf has determined that casting spells in this tent can increase the effect of spells by 50%, which is about the same as the bonus of casting spells in the Mage's Tower. This expedition brought all the mages of Gangze and Rohan with them, and a total of twenty-five thousand mage groups were assembled, and of course this huge tent could not accommodate all the mages, but these mage groups were divided into formations, and three mage groups were entered at a time to assist in spellcasting.

Then Aragorn led 200,000 infantry and 100,000 cavalry, and King Elon led 200,000 elven archers, a total of 500,000 troops, which was already a third of the total army. Then with two hundred catapults, fifty siege towers, two Grund, and five hundred carts of stone projectiles, they set out on the march towards Mordor. He was joined by fifteen mages led by Gandalf, as well as members of the Fellowship of the Ring and Boromo's brother Faramar, who remained here as commander of the rear army.

Then the troops came to camp again thirty kilometers away from Mordor's Black Gate. And the position of thirty kilometers is already very close to the Black Gate, you must know that the humans in this world are generally very strong, and the soldiers are even more so. Even if they are heavily armored infantry, they can reach it in about three hours if they run thirty kilometers, and if they are blessed with the energy of the legion, the heavy infantry can easily reach thirty kilometers per hour. And the cavalry, with the blessing of the legion's energy, the elite iron cavalry of the Rohan Kingdom can cut into the enemy line at a speed of more than 100 kilometers per hour.

During this time, Mordor rarely did nothing, but had already set up defenses above the Black Gate, and the passages above were densely packed with orcs, all of whom were armed with bows and arrows, alerting the human forces that could attack at any time.

The Black Gate is a very dangerous terrain, with cliffs thousands of meters high on both sides, and the Black Gate is built in the narrowest position between the two cliffs, which is more like a gate than a fortress, a war fortress made entirely of magic iron. The cliffs on both sides are destined to be impossible for large troops to be airborne from above, and small groups of elite troops, even if they successfully land in front of the huge defenders, are just delivering food.

And the huge wall of 100 meters high is not something that can be crossed casually, and the black gate in the middle has become the only entrance and exit that can be passed here, of course, provided that you can blast it open. Looking at the pitch-black gate, which was made entirely of magic iron, Aragon was glad that he had brought the two Grunds with him this time. Without that terrifying siege engine, it would have been impossible to blast open the huge black door.

At eight o'clock the next morning, a trumpet sounded in the human camp, which was the signal for the human army to assemble. Because the distance between the two sides was not far away, and it was a tailwind, the sound of the horn easily reached the defenders of the Black Gate. The originally sparse orcs were crowded by the defenders rushing up from below, and at the same time, the magic array defending the city was also activated at the same time, and a black shield shrouded the entire black gate, extending to a kilometer outside the city.

This is the first line of defense for humanity to be breached, and if this shield cannot be broken, then the human army will not even be able to approach the city walls.

About an hour later, Faramir led 100,000 infantry out of the camp entrance, followed by fifty catapults and fifty carts loaded with stone bullets.

This is the first wave of temptation, for this kind of large-scale siege magic array, the best way is to use dense large-scale magic bombardment, such a large range of high energy output, if the duration is too long, it is easy to cause the magic array to overload. In addition to magic, large siege weapons such as catapults are also very powerful, and if the number of stone projectiles is dense enough, they can also have the same effect as large-scale magic, so these catapults can also be a good restraint against the magic array defending the city.

The human infantry came to a halt ten kilometers from the city wall, and fifty catapults lined up behind the infantry troops, and next to each catapult was a large cart loaded with thirty stone bullets.

The infantry, on the other hand, raised the Legion energy at the shouts of Faramir, and the soldiers standing next to the cart immediately began to carry the stone projectiles after receiving the blessing of the Legion energy. This kind of stone projectile, which weighed about a ton, those soldiers were able to easily lift a piece of it with the blessing of the legion's energy. After the soldier puts the stone projectile into the catapult, the person in charge of controlling the catapult is a captain who can cast Legion attacks, and there are many people who are responsible for steering, adjusting the angle, aiming, etc.

After the captain mobilizes the Legion's energy to inject into the stone projectiles, the power of these stone projectiles thrown by the catapult can be comparable to the Legion's attack, thus ensuring that these stone projectiles can consume a large amount of the magic of the shield.

This temptation was mainly based on the attack of catapults, and the 100,000 infantry led by Faramir only acted as a battery for the protection and legion's energy. And in this case, it is difficult for Mordor's troops to do anything. The distance of these human armies is beyond the range of their attacks, and there are no trebuchets installed on their walls, so they can't fight back. And if the number of troops is large, the human race can retreat immediately, and if the number is small, it is impossible to win the human army. You must know that at this distance, the troops they send out cannot enjoy the blessing of the legion energy in the city at all, they can only rely on the legion energy of the troops themselves, and in the case of similar numbers, the orcs are no match for humans.

If you use magic, you can, but if you do this, if you cast a spell through the magic tower, it will divert the energy of the mage tower, which will cause the strength of the shield to weaken, and the legion defense composed of 100,000 troops can be blocked even if it is a demigod-level magic, and if the enemy's mage seizes this opportunity and gives the shield a big move, then the shield is even in danger of being broken. Of course, Mordor can also send a large army to force this force back, and then even surround the human camp.

But there is actually no point in doing this, because the human camp is now very tightly defended, and it is even possible to use the mage group to activate temporary shield magic, and then drag these attacking orcs, and then mobilize the rear army to come and attack them back and forth.

What's more, Sauron obviously has other ideas, so allowing humans to tentatively attack can also have the effect of depleting human troops, using legion energy, it needs to be able to recover quickly, but ordinary soldiers, it will take several days and consume a lot of food to replenish energy. So Sauron was happy to do the same, anyway, all they consumed was power stones. And it is impossible for human military rations to be transported here in unlimited quantities.