Chapter Seventy-Five: Middle-earth in the Closet (6)
The deep valley of Helm is also known as the Valley of the Holy Helmet, and there is a fortress called "Fort Horn" in the Valley of the Holy Helmet.
Fort Clarion is located in the territory of the Rohan Kingdom, guarding the Rohan Pass and the River Aishin, with the famous Misty Mountains to the north and the White Mountains separating Rohan and Gondor to the south.
Fort Horn is located in the valley, the terrain is very complex, the valley is surrounded by a thick wall, the passage is very narrow, it is said that the fort is not to be attacked, but this time it is really a bit dangerous, the strong orc army is here again.
This time it was a coalition of orcs and denlanders, and it was Saruman's men.
Saruman, like Gandalf, is Maia, who controls the Forsaken Land of Isengard, and is the speaker of the White Council, at the same level as Gandalf, but stronger than Gandalf, and fell because of the temptation of Sauron.
Saruman's coalition forces were able to reach the Valley of the Helm at midnight and storm Fort Clarion.
This is known as the "Battle of Fort Helmet".
The scale of the Battle of Fort Helmet was far less than the Battle of the Plains of Paliano, but the danger was even greater, Saruman's coalition army alone had nearly 10,000 strong orcs, and there were only a few hundred soldiers stationed in Fort Horn, even if you added the Rohan and the two hundred elven reinforcements who rushed to support, the number was far less than Saruman's coalition army, they could only rely on strong walls and complex terrain.
It was necessary to hold out until the reinforcements led by Gandalf and Okenbrand arrived, they were already on their way, but they certainly could not arrive in time.
Tolkien, Zhou Yu, Sabah, Sea in a Bottle, and Crescent arrived in the evening, when the women and children of Fort Clarion had retreated into the geode, and if Fort Clarion was captured, they would have to retreat from here, but there was a high probability that they would be overtaken.
Zhou Yu got his wish to meet Aragorn, the elven prince and the golden li, and was finally able to fight side by side with them, in addition to these members of the Fellowship of the Ring, the current third marshal of the Rohan hussars and the future king of Rohan, Iomo, is also here, and is also the supreme commander here.
They were arranged in the corner of the hall, and the soldiers were also here, in a group of three, in a group of five, like a group of stragglers, and the elven reinforcements were going up to the city wall, and the soldiers were hundreds, and there was no need to arrange the troops.
Aragorn was arranging their staff, and Zhou Yu was inconvenient for them to disturb, so they listened to Xinyue tell him about his experience.
Crescent Moon wakes up in Narnia, where he sees Tolkien's name in the quest hint, but his personal mission is to join Peter, Edmund, Susan, and Lucy and lead them into the White Witch's army to be summoned.
The process is not too tortuous, Crescent meets the Talkative Beast, finds the four children from the goatman Tumnath, and then finds the hermit with them, gets the magic scroll that can be transformed, and blends into the party with the children.
He never dreamed that he would be summoned to Minas Tirith, and when he saw Zhou Yu and the others fighting against the Talking Beast and the Black Dwarf forces, he immediately understood what he had to do, and quietly moved behind the White Witch to complete the winning blow.
The Lion King and the four little ones did not follow and repelled the White Witch, and they returned to the continent of Narnia to continue the war against the White Witch.
It was getting darker, and at midnight there was a commotion outside.
The Sarouman army arrives and the battle is about to begin.
Zhou Yu and they were divided into a mobile group, where they needed to run, there were too few defenders and too many enemies, and they couldn't defend it, so they had to let people with good skills fill the gap.
Zhou Yu and Sabah were in a group, and the two stood above a city wall, behind several elven archers.
"If I'm not mistaken, the orcs blew up the culvert and entered the city, right?" Zhou Yu asked Sabah in a low voice.
"Really?" Sabah looked surprised, as if he hadn't seen The Lord of the Rings.
"Not impressed, as if yes, the culvert was blown open, some orcs entered the city, and the defenders had to deal with internal and external attacks." Zhou Yu recalled the plot of the movie, and the movie made a big adaptation, such as the siege of the city was only the orc army, not the coalition army, and the gunpowder used to blow up the culvert was not Saruman's magic, but the culvert was indeed blown up, and the strong orcs did enter the city.
"Then we should guard the culvert." Sabah said with a frown.
Zhou Yu thought for a while and shook his head slightly: "The author is here, changing this dream is equivalent to changing the original book, I'm afraid it's not good?" If the culvert hadn't exploded, it would have been better to defend, but we won in the end, and I think it's better not to change it. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, time stopped.
The elf in front of him looked back and said, "That's a good idea. ”
"Dark Moon?" Zhou Yu was taken aback, he had so much fun in this dream that he was so happy to meet Tolkien that he forgot all about the dark moon.
"Didn't you enter this Tado dream just because you wanted to know my identity? Why be surprised? Crescent Moon smiled, the elf he possessed was very handsome, and his smile was very charming.
"But you don't dare to meet everyone, I guess it's because the tone of your voice will be recognized by others, attached to the character in the dream, others can't see your appearance, can't hear your voice, but the tone of your voice or the small actions you are used to will still betray your identity." Zhou Yu said with a sneer, and Sabah next to him was also frozen, just like the braised lamb knee in the last dream.
Darkmoon shook her head, "They don't recognize me, and I can't communicate with them, you'll find out later." ”
"Well, what is the reason for your appearance this time? Every one of my rattan dreams you're going to mess up with? How do you make it look like dating, first of all, I don't have much interest in men, hmm...... I'm not interested in you, don't think you'll be able to bluff me the next time you possess a woman. Zhou Yu sneered.
"I just want to tell you, don't try to interfere with dreams, because fate can be changed." Darkmoon said seriously.
"Come on, in Keiji Hojo's dream, you keep saying such confusing words, is it necessary? Keiji Hojo did change his fate because of your actions, but it was only in a dream, no matter how much he changed in the dream, he was still a lame middle-aged uncle in reality. Zhou Yu waved his hand impatiently.
"You think I'm talking about a dream fate? Wrong, I'm talking about the real world, everything the Dream Hunter says and does, will have an impact on the Dream Weaver, I once told you, and now your understanding of Moon City and part of the rattan dream is wrong. Dark Moon said calmly, not angry because of Zhou Yu's impatience.
Zhou Yu was stunned, is it affecting the real world?
He thought for a while and said, "Then you tell me the right one, and I'll tell them." ”
Dark Moon shook her head: "It's not time yet, few people will believe what you say, even if it can trigger everyone's thinking, it can't change anything, I'll tell you when the time comes." ”
"Then why don't you just announce it yourself in Moon City? The fact that you can break into other people's rattan dreams already says a lot, no one will underestimate you, you haven't done anything bad, and I think everyone will be happy to listen to you. "The only thing Zhou Yu can be sure of is that Dark Moon has no ill will towards him and these Dream Hunters, otherwise it would be easy to kill the Dream Hunters in a still time.
"I want to, but I can't." Dark Moon sighed: "I'm just here to tell you that the rattan dream will affect the dream weaver in the real world, after entering the rattan dream, it's best not to do anything that affects the dream weaver, including words and actions, follow the dream weaver's thinking, don't do anything that surprises him, I won't break into your rattan dream for a while, I'll see you after you get the tenth dream rune." ”
With that, he turned back and time began to run again.
"Alright, then we'll wait for the culvert to explode before we defend it." Sabah continued Zhou Yu's words, not knowing about Dark Moon's intrusion.
"Hmm." Zhou Yu responded absentmindedly.
The Sarouman army attacked, and the murderous sound was the same as in the novels and movies.
The attack on the city gate was broken up by Aragorn and Iomo, so the orcs hooked the long ladder to the city wall and climbed up the ladder, but because the number of orcs who landed in the city at the same time was too large to be prevented, more and more orcs managed to climb the wall.
The elven reinforcements had to start hand-to-hand combat, on this narrow city wall, their agile body skills could not be used, and the powerful orcs had a greater advantage, Zhou Yu, Sabah and the crescent moon on the other wall, the sea in the bottle became the main force to slaughter the strong orcs, their killing methods were very effective, temporarily resisting the impact of the strong orcs.
Then, the entire Hornfort shook with a loud bang, and the culvert exploded.
"I'll keep it, you stay here." Sabah had originally planned to go with Zhou Yu, but the number of orcs on the city wall made him a little worried.
"Okay, be careful." Zhou Yu nodded, he knew that Jin Li would also take some people to block the culvert, with Sabah here, at least they didn't have to worry about internal and external attacks.
Kill, kill, kill......
The corpses began to pile up on the city wall, Zhou Yu freed his hand, treated the dead orcs as falling stones, and threw down the city wall to smash the living orcs, and on the other side of the culvert, there was Sabah, a cow, and the orcs couldn't rush in much.
The situation was much better than in the novels and movies, when the Horn Fort was almost breached, and the people gathered at the last pass, in front of the geode, and now they can still hold on to the wall and plug the gap.
But the disparity in numbers is getting bigger, as more and more defenders and elven reinforcements are killed, and that's when the Ringwraith appears.