Chapter 57: Preparing for War
World of the Ring, Middle-earth, Gangze, Minas Tirith.
This morning, an army appeared outside the city of Minas Tirith, a defeated army, with less than a thousand men left, and they came from Oskilias. The second son of the Regent, Boromo's younger brother Faramir, led the defeated army to retreat from Osgilias. Basically, all of these hundreds of people were wounded, and some of them had even fainted on horseback, and ran back with their companions leading them.
Osgilias, with its 50,000 defenders, was captured, and Minas Tirith was less than fifty kilometers away, and even if a large army were to hurry, it would take only two days to reach it. Moreover, the distance between the two cities was a flat plain, and Mordor's troops were able to drive straight into Minas Tirith.
And when Li Nan and Boromo went to meet his brother, when they came to the square behind the city gate, they saw the soldiers who had returned from defeat. Their situation was worse than expected, and the leader of the leader, officially Faramor, only to find that his right hand was gone, and his entire right hand was broken at shoulder when Boromo walked up to hug him.
In addition to these soldiers, there were two diminutive hobbits in the ranks, Frodo and Sam. At this time, Frodo was being supported by Sam, and even when he walked, it was very difficult. Recently, I received news that the Demon Lord Sauron has newly acquired the Ring and has fully regained his strength. Looking at Frodo and Sam, it is already certain that they have failed their mission and that the Lord of the Rings has been snatched back by Sauron's forces.
At this time, Frodo was holding Gandalf and crying, looking like he was seeking comfort. Poor Sam accompanied Frodo all the way up the Knife Mountain and into the sea of fire, but Frodo immediately abandoned him as soon as he saw him and threw him into Gandalf's arms. Frodo and the others were on their way to Mount Doom with Gollum, but when they reached Mordor's gate, Sam accidentally rolled down the hillside and buried his lower body in the ground. And when Frodo wanted to jump down to save him, he didn't think about being attacked by Gollum, who had always been very well-behaved, and then snatched the Ring from him, and then kicked Frodo off the cliff with one kick. "You idiot, if it weren't for that damn fat guy guarding you, you would have been kicked off the cliff by me, and you actually suspect the fat hobbit who has always been loyal to you, you are such an idiot." Gollum smiled at Frodo, who was rolling down the hill.
Some of the troops passing by at the foot of the hill heard the sound, so they sent a small team to inspect it. Luckily, Frodo rolled all the way to Sam before he finally stopped, and the bodies of the two hobbits collided completely.
Frodo, who was a little clever, finally remembered how to use the elven cloak, so Frodo entered the magic into it, and then used the cloak to cover him and Sam. And the cloak, as the elves say, made the color the same as the surroundings, and then covered the two of them, and from the outside, the place where the two of them were together was like a protruding rock, and such rocks, it seemed that there were quite a few around, just to give them a cover.
After looking at them for a while, the orc soldiers found no trace of the two of them, and finally had to return to the team. And after the half-orcs were far away, the two breathed a sigh of relief. Under the cover of the cloak, he returned to the hillside, but there was no trace of Gollum, and as a result, Frodo's escort mission was finally declared a failure.
Frodo, who had been devastated, finally collapsed from the blow of the failed mission and the fatigue of the long-term confrontation with the Ring, but fortunately the best two hobbits were saved by Faramir and then taken to Ogilias. After a period of recuperation, Frodo finally recovered, but it didn't take long for Mordor's army to kill Osgilias, the vanguard of 300,000 troops, and Faramir was beaten to the point that he was powerless, and it took only five days for Mordor's troops to defeat Osgilias.
And Gollum, the poor hobbit, fled back the way he came after snatching the One Ring from Frodo, but unbeknownst to it, there was a ring spirit on top of its head, which saw it all. Before it could get far, the Wyvern descended from the sky, and the Wyvern's mount, the Wyvern, bit Gollum with one hand, and the Wyvern soared into the sky, heading towards the tower of Mordor. Then the Lord of the Rings returned to its master, and the Demon Lord Sauron was reborn and regained all his power. As for the two likes, whether they were ringing spirits or flying dragons, they didn't even look at them. This kind of weak chicken, if it weren't for the fact that they had the Supreme Ring on their bodies, the Ring Spirit would not pay attention to them at all, and now that the Ring of the Spirit has been obtained, they will not take a second look at them, and the orcs have rushed to their side, and they will not survive, such a hobbit has no need to care at all.
Minas Tirith, after placing the other wounded soldiers, only bandaged them slightly, and the seriously wounded Faramir followed Boromo to his father to report the military situation. And the reincarnators also returned to the room arranged for them by the regent, standing on the balcony, Li Nan and they could see with the naked eye that in the distance of Osgilias, there were busy orcs inside, and the black gas in the sky had completely enveloped Osgillias, and was spreading towards Minas Tirith.
In this war, Minas Tirith has 500,000 defenders on the human side, if you recruit two or three hundred thousand militia among the people, and then arm them, relying on the advantage of city defense, there is still the possibility of a war, and on the high-end combat power, there are sixty fourth-order powerhouses among the reincarnators, with these strong reinforcements, plus the strong ones in the plot characters, they will not lose to those ring spirits and orc leaders in high-end combat power. You must know that in just a few days, as far as Li Nan has seen, there are more than two hundred fourth-order generals, plus third-order ones, then these high-level generals, but the plot task may exceed a thousand, plus the blessing of the legion's energy, that is, it is estimated that the number of fourth-order generals will be a four-digit number.
There are also reinforcements from the Rohan Kingdom and Aragon, according to the plot, Aragon should have already obtained the Sword of the Human King, and then went to the Dark Gate to subdue his troops, and the Rohan State should also be in the process of gathering the team.
And for this battle, Li Nan is also very much looking forward to it, because during these times, Li Nan has not done nothing, at least he has carried out two major constructions on the way to the expedition, so the number of ship mothers has increased from the original twenty-four to thirty-two, and now it is two big steps forward from the 48 women's group of ship girls in Li Nan's dream.
As for the reward points and side plots of Dajian, where did they come from? Each D-level power stone can be exchanged for a D-level side plot and five hundred reward points from the main god, and as long as ten of these power stones can be exchanged for the cost of a big construction, and there is a leftover D-level side story. Of course, it is a very stupid act to hand over to the main god to change the side plot and reward points, you must know that a D-level power stone, to exchange it from the main god is to have a D-level side plot and two thousand five hundred reward points, but for Li Nan, who has a mountain-like power stone, he doesn't care about the energy stone anymore, and it would be great if he could use the energy stone to exchange for the ship's mother. And last night, after all the builders were cooled down, he did another big build, and in another ten hours, plus seven deep-sea ships, his number of ships would increase to forty-three. And why can Li Nan rest assured that he can carry out a large construction, one is the resources obtained from the sage relics before, even if something happens, Li Nan is not afraid that he will not be able to support the ship's mother, and he is a self-sufficient sea fog ship's mother.
And because of several major constructions, Li Nan also has more than ten new shipwives in his hands, and all of these shipwives are first-class. Although in this kind of high-end war, there may be dangers, but as the defender of the city, they just stand on the city wall and fire at the dense half-orcs below, as long as they are given enough resources, even if the half-orcs are very weak low-level enemies, but the victory is enough in number, a million troops, as long as they can grab a sufficient number of monsters, even if each has little experience, but as long as the huge number is combined, the experience gained is also considerable. Therefore, Li Nan plans to send all the ship girls below level 70 this time, so that they can be upgraded to level 70 or above in this war as much as possible, that is, the legendary level.
Of course, the only pity is that this time, because of the relationship agreed before, it has to be given to other teams, but I hope that those dragons are also mounts that can be tamed, so that they can also make up for some losses. However, after thinking about it for a while, Li Nan still felt that the dragon knight's compulsion was still very high, and at this time, Zheng Zha was also blowing about the flying dragon, which seemed to be something that he was looking forward to. Because when he divided the nightmare before, he was actually able to get a horse, because the blood clan energy can also drive the nightmare, but in the end, the reins of the mount in his hand were taken away by Chu Xuan, because he thought of a very interesting experiment.
And Faramir, because Boromo is still alive, is still in a normal state now, so he did not order his son to snatch Osgillias back such a death order. Instead, let Faramir follow Boromo and do a good job of defending Minas Tirith.
As the royal city of Gangze of Gangze, the defense of Minas Tirith is several levels higher than that of the Holy Helmet Valley. First of all, the defensive magic array integrated into the entire city, after activation, will form a huge shield, protecting the real city inside, of course, at this time, one-way protection, attacks launched from the inside of the city will not be affected by the shield, and even when necessary, the consumption of energy stones is not counted, and even those attacks that pass through the shield can be enchanted to increase the lethality of the attack. To activate this magic array, it is necessary to inject energy from the nine mage towers in the city, and these energies are of course power stones, so Minas Tirith has always stored a large number of power stones as a strategic resource in the warehouse of the nine mage towers.
And on the city wall, after generations of efforts, layers of enchantments have been carved on it, maybe the level of these enchantments is not high, but the enchantments connected together one by one have strengthened the hardness of the city wall to be able to block demigod-level attacks without pressure. In addition, there is also a magic array in the city that has a very powerful increase in the legion energy, which can greatly increase the legion energy of the defending side, and at the same time has the effect of suppressing the opponent's legion energy, which can greatly reduce the power of the opponent's legion attack on the shield.
At the same time, a large number of reserve supplies, taken out of the warehouse, the other side to the city wall. At the same time, on some wide platforms above the city wall, trebuchets began to be built, and at the same time, a large number of militiamen were sent to the outside of the city and in the mountains to quarry, and one by one carts transported trucks of boulders to the city to build trebuchets on the platforms. Of course, these boulders are usually stored in warehouses. But the number of enemies is too large, and as the defender of the city, no one will dislike the defense of the city with too many materials.
At the same time, Boromo also led the team to transfer the people of the nearby villages, and at the same time took everything that could be taken away, and burned everything that could not be taken away, not even a single plank was left for the orcs.
And the busiest is Wang Xia. Because he had seen the power of Wang Xia's mines, Boromo asked Wang Xia to arrange a large number of mines outside the city, how many were arranged, consumption is not a problem, materials are not a problem, and energy stones are not a problem, give me a list, all the consumption, Gangze will reimburse you. So Wang Xia has been busy like a dog these days, constantly making mines during the day, the hand speed is simply amazing, and looking at the pile of recovery potion bottles beside him, as well as the materials that keep moving into Wang Xia's room, Li Nan no longer dares to ask Wang Xia how many mines he has made. In short, Wang Xia went out with a group of guards with boxes after dinner every day, and then came back to sleep at two or three o'clock, and got up at six o'clock the next day, and then continued to make mines, and then took them to bury them at night, which was completely inappropriate for himself. However, for Wang Xia, who is already a fourth-order, having three hours of rest every day should be enough to recover, and in the past few days, his bomb skill proficiency must have improved a lot, the first night was five boxes, the second night was twenty boxes, and on the third night, Li Nan didn't count carefully, a total of five board cars. For Wang Xia, a good old man, Li Nan is speechless, doing things for others at the cost price, and the production speed is completely playing with his life, and in the end, the remuneration given to him by Boromo may not be enough for the cost of those recovery potions. You must know that it is a high-grade product that instantly recovers 30% of its energy, a high-grade product with 100 reward points per bottle, Li Nan is heartbroken when he looks at it, in Wang Xia's room, the number of bottles stacked has exceeded a hundred, and that is more than 10,000 reward points.