Chapter Forty-Seven: The Current Situation of the Rohan Kingdom
In the center of the plain of Graton is the palace and imperial city of the ruler of the grassland, Hiudun.
For thousands of years, the kingdom of Rohan has occupied this place. Spring has come and gone, and all this has never changed year after year, and there is no telling when it will change.
"The kingdom of Rohan is a people on horseback, and every spring the little white flowers bloom all over the grassland, and it looks very beautiful! All we have to do now is go to Idoras to replenish supplies, and then we can head north to Gondor, where we can head to the Doomsday Volcano in Mordor! With an old but confident voice, a group appeared on the prairie.
This team is the Guardians of the Ring, and unlike in the movies, there has been no Fellowship of the Ring here, so the members of the Guardians have also changed a lot.
Leading the way was the gray-robed wizard Gandalf, followed by Aragon, the heir to the throne of Gondor. Behind Aragorn are Frodo, the Ring-bearer, and Purdue Cihang, who is incarnated as Tuke. At the back of the line is a handsome elf and a dwarf.
The elf in the team is the well-known elf handsome guy Caigoras in the movie. The dwarf was no longer Golden Bolt, a member of the Guardians of the Ring, but a goblin with an arquebus.
That's right, it's goblins.
The Fellowship of the Ring is still using the mines of Moria, and unlike in the movie, where the dwarves have been destroyed, by the time Gandalf and his party arrive in Moria, Moriah has already fallen into the hands of the goblins. And the dwarven clan that was originally here had already been brought into his territory by Zhang Yao, changing the original course of history.
When they first met the goblins, Gandalf and his party made some jokes. The two sides almost fought, but fortunately there were no weak people in Gandalf's group, otherwise they would have been killed by the volley.
And this misunderstanding can be regarded as not knowing each other, Gandalf's fighting demeanor made the goblin clan as guests, not only did not embarrass them, but instead sent a new generation of heroes of the goblin clan to follow the Fellowship of the Ring to leave Moria, and embark on a difficult journey through the world.
After Zhang Yao left, the goblin clan and the fire demon started a two-month hard battle, and under the prelude to this battle for survival, the goblin clan, which had not had a hero for 10,000 years, finally gave birth to a new hero at the juncture of life and death crisis.
This new generation of heroes born from the goblin clan is known as the Goblin Guardian. If Zhang Yao saw this goblin, he would be familiar with it, because he was the goblin who pushed open the door of the third hall, the goblin gunner named Abu.
"I've been friends with King Rohan Siudon for many years, and this time we'll be hospitalized. I can't wait to taste Rohan's mare's milk with delicious cheese! Gandalf said as he swayed on his horse, the Fellowship of the Ring had been unimaginably smooth, and the process was more like a journey.
There are three heroes in the whole team: Gandalf, Pudu Cihang, and Abu. Coupled with the two quasi-heroes of Aragor, and the elf Caigoras, the strength of the Fellowship of the Ring has exceeded imagination, and they are not afraid of the encirclement and interception of the Nine Knights of the Ring, and even Gandalf and a few people have taken the initiative to attack and defeat the Knights of the Ring.
Fate is really strange sometimes, Gandalf here did not evolve into a white-robed wizard because of the battle against the fire demon.
But because of the addition of the goblin heroes Abu and Pudu Cihang, the combat effectiveness of the entire team has increased instead of decreasing, and along the way, it is like a bulldozer with increased horsepower, pushing the Nine Rings spirit farts to snatch the Ring, and can only watch the Ring Guard go farther and farther.
In this atmosphere that can be called tourism, all the members of the team have gained more than five pounds. Among them, Frodo, who is growing up, is as fat as a pig, holding his round belly and even running a few steps to gasp, and there is no longer the wind and food, sleeping and precariousness in the movie.
The Guardians of the Ring moved farther and farther across the grasslands, and when everyone crossed a small hill, Idoras, the imperial city of Rohan, appeared on the horizon.
The Kingdom of Rohan is a country on horseback, and there are no cities or anything like the Imperial City in the entire country, except for the Valley of the Holy Helmet.
The neighing of war horses came from afar, and looking at Idoras, who looked like a large farm more than an imperial city, the handsome elf Caigoras shrugged his shoulders disapprerovantly at Aragoras beside him.
"Don't be deceived by appearances, don't look at Idoras so ruined, but the kingdom of Klohan has the most powerful cavalry in the world. If you add the eight tribes of the steppe attached to the Rohan Kingdom, the entire Rohan Kingdom can form a large-scale cavalry of 50,000 people, and there is no force on the grassland that can fight against them! ”
Seeing everyone's disapproval, Gandalf explained in a low voice that if it weren't for his friendship with Heudun, he was familiar with everything in the Rohan Kingdom. He would not have believed that such a dilapidated Idoras would be the imperial city of Rohan.
Believe it or not, this is the center of power in Rohan, and Gandalf explained it and said no more, leading the crowd towards Idoras.
Idoras's perimeter was surrounded by a wooden fence, and the white horses trampled on the meadows to form the banner of King Rohan, which fluttered in the wind on the walled city.
Gandalf and his party crossed under the drawbridge and stepped into Idoras.
As with the view from the outside, the imperial city of Idorasne is also full of ruins. Even many people are all looking at each other, with no other look in their eyes than numbness, as if they no longer have expectations for life.
"What's going on?" Gandalf turned over and dismounted, and this time he saw something different from the past, giving Gandalf the illusion that something big had happened.
The last time Gandalf came to Rohan was three years ago, when Idoras was still in a dilapidated state, but the whole city was full of traffic, and everyone had a yearning for life on their faces.
This time, however, Gandalf felt himself enter a dead city, and the sky over the city was filled with an ominous aura, and everyone looked lifeless, as if it was not people living in the city, but a group of walking dead.
Seeing this abnormal scene, Aragon and the others also followed Gandalf and turned over and dismounted. Aragon drew his sword and looked around, and Abu, the hero of the goblin clan, also grasped the golden arquebus in his hand, guarding against possible enemies.
"Friend, what's going on here!" Gandalf grabbed a startled passerby and asked in a low voice.
"It's over, the kingdom of Rohan is over. All dead, no more hope! Gandalf grabbed the arm by a middle-aged woman, who shook her head indifferently and sighed three times in a sentence.
"They're all dead! Dead in everything? Looking at the middle-aged woman's unusual behavior, Caigoras asked.
This time the middle-aged woman did not answer, she staggered away, without the slightest gleam in her eyes, and disappeared from the sight of Gandalf and the others.
"Gandalf, something is wrong!"
Aragorn whispered in Gandalf's ear, and Frodo nodded when he heard it: "It's a little wrong, it feels evil!" ”
Listening to everyone's words, Gandalf frowned deeply and shouted, "Let's go, let's go to the palace to have a look!" ”
Led by Gandalf, the members of the Guardian of the Ring ran briskly, seeing more and more numb faces along the way, and even the children playing on the side of the road had a blank look on their faces.
"Palace, who are you!"
Just as Gandalf and the others were about to enter the palace in the imperial city, two soldiers wearing iron armor and green striped cloaks stopped in front of Gandalf.
"I'm Gandalf, a friend of Sheydon, and I want to see Sheodon!" Gandalf motioned for the others to stop, talking to the two guards.
"You're Gandalf!" The two guards muttered the name, looked at Gandalf for a moment, and then shook their heads: "We know you, but the king hasn't seen a guest for a long time!" ”
"Why don't you see the guests, I'm best friends with Xiyouton!" Gandalf was a strange anomaly, considering that he had never been stopped by the guards before, and that the two guards knew him.
"Prince Siyud has died, and the king is very sad. He ordered not to see anyone, even the envoys of the eight major tribes who came to ask for help, and His Majesty did not meet him! ”
The soldier guarding the gate said bitterly, and sighed after speaking: "The kingdom of Rohan is finished, and Isengard's troops are steadily advancing, but the king is sitting idly by. Saruman is about to rule the entire steppe, and we don't see any hope! ”
"Saruman!" Gandalf's eyes narrowed, and with the word Saruman, he looked at the city on the brink of destruction again, and for a moment seemed to understand something.