Chapter 133: The Hooked Fish

Three days later, deep in the Fagon Forest, the Rohan Kingdom garrisoned the point.

Due to the common enemy that united the Rohan Kingdom and the Tree People in the Fagon Forest, the resurrected white-robed wizard Gandalf made great efforts to create this alliance, and since the Tree People did not succeed in the capture of Isengard, it was still necessary to unite the forces of the Rohan Kingdom to defeat Saruman once and for all.

Due to the guardedness of the Treemen, Saruman's army did not dare to get too close to the woods, which allowed the Kingdom of Rohan to set up a military station here to keep an eye on Isengard's movements, and it also served as a temporary base for the numbered ones who came to join the war.

When Hu Bin arrives, he finds that the white-robed wizard Gandalf is also stationed in the camp, and he is responsible for communicating with the Treants and organizing the next battle against Saruman.

"Gandalf, how did you come here?" Hu Bin also thought that he would wait in Idoras for the Rohan Kingdom to send troops.

"I'm here to discuss some things with the treants, the military stations on the outskirts of the Fagon Forest have been destroyed a lot recently, all of which are the good work of Saruman's minions, fortunately, there are many mercenaries who are willing to help defend there, otherwise I would have to give up those outlying scouting points."

After saying goodbye to Gandalf, Hu Bin and the rest of the team settled down in the camp. Named Green Shadow, this station is home to fifty Rohan soldiers, and is located deep in the forest with a lot of treants around it, making it the safest numbered garrison in the area. Gandalf, as the actual manager of the place, used many interesting items to attract many numbered people to come to take the mission, roughly to scout Isengard's movements or guard the outpost on the outskirts of the forest every day, of course, the more radical numbered people can also infiltrate Isengard to hunt some of the defenders there, but this is basically a dead practice.

Similarly, Saruman has also issued a series of missions to his numberers, and interestingly, the missions of the two sides are almost-for-tat, the tasks of the Saruman faction numberers are also to scout the movements of the treemen, destroy the outposts on the outskirts of the forest, and risk cutting down some wood to bring back to Isengard, but the last one is also extremely risky, most likely to be stoned by the angry treemen.

"Space, this is simply forcing the numberers of the two sides to clash!" After inquiring about the tasks of both sides, Hu Bin smiled bitterly at his teammates, these tasks are completely tailor-made for the numberer.

"What are you afraid of, aren't we here to do this!" Vicky didn't care at all, in his opinion, he had a mission reward to get while completing the original plan, which was just perfect.

"What Reed means is that the battle between the numberers on the battlefield may further escalate, these tasks are simply adding fuel to the fire, in order to weaken the strength of the other party, the numberers will do whatever it takes, after all, this is a real overall benefit, the numberer's life-buying items may not be comparable to Saruman and Gandalf's rewards, and our future actions are estimated to be dangerous." Joe frowned and explained to the other two.

"What do you want to do so much, in the end, it doesn't depend on our own strength!" Although Vicky's words were very straightforward, they woke up Hu Bin, and then everyone discussed the next move.

"This is the location of several sentinels, and I have heard a lot from other people, who often sneak up on these places and ambush the numbered ones who come to their aid, and they often use this trick to strangle our people, and we need to be aware of that. Of course, sometimes the people in the camp will also organize ambushes, using some sentinel points as bait to attract the enemy to sneak attack, but then the gang became more and more cautious, and few desperate people existed. Joe spread out a map of the neighborhood and pointed out to the others a few places where regular battles took place.

"Huh? This outpost has penetrated so far into the forest, why would those numbered people of the Saruman faction choose to sneak up here? Hu Bin asked, pointing to a sentinel in the north.

"I heard that it seems to be relatively close to the dam, so I will focus on taking care of this area, which is also the reason why the sentinel is not set up in the too marginal area, this is a strategic place, and the task of destroying this place has a high reward, so many guys over there are willing to come and harass it every once in a while, and few people on our side go to that remote place, after all, if there are fewer people, they may be dumplings from the other side."

"Hehe, then we'll choose this place as an ambush site, the jungle is a dangerous place." The corners of Hu Bin's mouth hooked a trace of arc, looking very cunning.

"Danger is also opportunity, and since you have decided, we will not hold back." Lin broke her silence and agreed with Hu's decision.

"As long as you have to fight and you have to earn!" Vicky remained indifferent.

"Then let's leave as soon as possible, the time of the battle is best controlled at night, and I believe that the people on the other side will also choose the time to attack the outpost in the dark sky!" Hu Bin spoke, and the others nodded in understanding, and then packed up and prepared to go.

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Bieber looked up at the tall and majestic Orzak Tower, he was waiting for the members of his team to come out of the tower, and there were several numberers next to him, but as a strong member of the top ten numberers in the Saruman camp, these guys were no different from those orc cannon fodder.

After a while, a slightly diminutive numbered figure stepped out of the tower, followed by three heavily armed orcs. Bieber took the initiative to meet him at this time, although the guy in front of him looked inconspicuous, but his strength was not inferior to himself, because this numbered person actually embarked on a path of relying on his followers, and his best way of fighting was to rely on the advantage of numbers to pile up the enemy.

"Well, does Saruman have any new missions, Kim?" Bieber asked in a flat voice, but there was a hint of anticipation in his eyes.

"As always, if the guys behind you are a little stronger, maybe there is a little more chance of getting a more important mission." King looked at the other numbered people behind Bieber with contemptuous eyes, but no one dared to show a trace of displeasure in front of him.

The numbered man, named Kim, was dressed in a gray robe covered in filth, but he didn't care in the slightest. Kim's experience during this period can be said to be smooth, he is one of the few numberers who have completed the survival mission of the Battle of the Alliance, and has received a lot of charm rewards, plus he was originally an alternative support numberer who focuses on the charm attribute, but he did not expect him to join the Saruman camp in the early stage.

Kim, who had just entered the main plot space, was unlucky enough to be discovered by the passing orc wolf cavalry while hunting, and was taken captive to Isenger and put on the test bench as Saruman's test subject. But fortunately, he did not die in the experiment, but only managed to survive after paying the price of height reduction, and gained a lot of strength attribute improvements.

As a successful experiment, Kim relied on his high charisma to gain the status of a miscellaneous worker in the Ozarkta, and he had no choice but to stay honestly in the lower floor of the Ozarkta to clean the room. But Kim knew that he still had a chance, and with his excellent charisma attributes, he managed to gain Saruman's trust after half a year, and was promoted by him to be an assistant in the laboratory.

Saruman often gave some ordinary potion formulas to Jin to prepare materials and help refine some unimportant stock liquids, but because Jin's knowledge attributes were not high, it took a long time to barely master a few simple alchemy potions, for which he was not less punished by Saruman, but after all, he was much stronger than those orcs under Saruman's command, and he had always been very responsible, so Saruman did not drive him away.

By chance, Kim meets Grimmar Clever Words, who has returned to Ozokta, and learns a skill from him, Bewitchment. Then he was pleasantly surprised to find that he could command some of the orcs under Saruman's command to do some things in a limited way, and after skillfully using the bewitchment skill, Jin was even able to stimulate the orcs to enter a berserk state, making their abilities slightly enhanced, and with the improvement of his charisma attributes, the number of orcs he could influence was also increasing, and at the maximum time, about thirty orcs could completely obey his command and enter the berserk state at the same time.

As time passed, numbered people tried to join Saruman's side, and the ambitious but understaffed Saruman also opened up to accept these mercenaries, but restricted them from approaching Osanktar.

As a human trusted by Saruman, Kim was assigned to issue tasks to these numberers, for which he gained a lot of benefits from the task competition between the numberers, and even deducted the reward for delaying it from time to time. During his long tenure in the Saruman faction, he amassed a large number of contributions, which he exchanged for a strong orc squad.

Jin's personality is a bit bad, especially after he is strong, he is a little unpopular, but the other numbered people will not offend this guy if they can't get used to him, otherwise a group of strong orcs will surround him and beat him. It's not that there are no numberers who can't help but shoot at Kim, but that guy still hasn't received a single task, and the camp's contribution is pitiful. Bieber believed that there would be a very serious punishment if the numberers of the same faction killed each other, and that numberer would have been killed by the black hands of Jinxia.

As the numbered under Saruman's command, everyone has the conditions to bring several orc troops, including half-orc soldiers who are stronger than human militias, wolf cavalry who are excellent in both reconnaissance and combat, and Saruman's signature class, strong orcs.

However, due to the violent nature of the orcs, the numbered ones cannot control these soldiers well, and often disobey orders in battle, and even turn against the numbered ones in serious cases. Therefore, although the orc soldiers are inexpensive, it is already the limit for the numberers to bring five, but they are not as large as the numberers of the Rohan Kingdom camp.

With the deterrent power of Saruman's assistant, Kim can lead many orc soldiers without encountering the above situation, which allows him to expand his orc soldiers to the fullest extent of his ability, and rely on this advantage to take advantage of the early stage of the confrontation between the numbered people on both sides. The numbered people of the Rohan Kingdom all knew that there was a mad guy on the other side who could lead a large group of strong orcs to encircle and suppress them, so when they saw a large number of orcs appearing, they would not hesitate to give up the task and retreat directly.

Seeing that Jin had a few more strong orc soldiers, Bieber's heart sank slightly, this guy's strength has increased again, although this is good news for completing the task, but Bieber doesn't think that this can be of any extra benefit to himself. When Bieber heard that there was no better task, he foamed at the mouth, frowned after reviewing the mission, and led the others straight to the Fagong Forest.

Bieber and the numbered ones behind him were hired by Kim to protect himself, although he can mobilize a large number of orc soldiers, but Jin's Achilles' heel is that the combat effectiveness of the body is not outstanding, although he has a certain ability to save his life, but in the face of the sharp attack of the numbered person, his three-legged cat kung fu and frustration are not good strength and agility attributes are really the life of the food.

Jin also knew that these team members were only with him for profit, so he didn't care about their attitude towards him, and in his opinion, as long as he could ensure his safety, it didn't matter if those people died. Although that Bieber doesn't care about himself, his strength is not weaker than himself, he personally invited a master to protect himself, in order to entrap this guy, Jin Ke took out a lot of benefits. The mission he received was still the old mission of destroying the outposts, but the missions in the northern outposts were slightly more rewarding and worth the trip.

"The sentinel near the dam in the north has been repaired by those boring Terran faction numberers, those guys are really persevering, isn't it enough to suffer there?" On the way to the mission location, Kim said in a calm tone.

"If they are willing to repair it, we will continue to dismantle it, if you have time to think about these useless things, it is better to send a few wolf cavalry to reconnoiter first." Bieber didn't even look at Kim, and replied angrily, but he still paid a little attention to this mission in his heart, after all, although Kim's personality is bad, but this guy who cherishes his life has always been very cautious and sensitive, and thanks to his caution, the team escaped several ambushes and encirclements against them on the other side.

"No, the bearded men are still making trouble at the southern outpost this afternoon, and the people on the other side should be attracted to them, there won't be too many people ambushing there."

In addition to him and Bieber, there are three other people in Kim's team, who are good at intelligence, reconnaissance and long-range attacks, although their strength is not as good as that of Kim and Bieber, but the strength of the numbered person who can act with them is not much worse, and the team member who speaks is the numbered person in charge of intelligence in the team.

"There's nothing wrong with being careful!" The numbered man in charge of the long-range attack said leisurely as he wiped the orc crossbow he had saved up for a long time to redeem. Like Kim, he needs the protection of his teammates and is one of the most fearful of accidents.

After an attack by the Treants, Isenger was much more heavily defended, and even the entry and exit of the numbered were closely monitored, but the orcs on the periphery knew King's face and let the team go without too much questioning.

Saruman is very worried about the destruction of the dam, which is related to the safety of the strong orc concoction factory, as long as he can survive the counterattack of the Rohan Kingdom, then relying on the production capacity of the factory, there is a chance to make a comeback. The retreat of the Rohan Kingdom also did not dare to act rashly, and the flood after the dam was destroyed was also a great threat to them to attack Isenger, and if Saruman and them died together, the losses would be very serious, so without the certainty of victory, the control of the dam was in whose hands, and the initiative in the battle was in whose hands.

Saruman was well aware of the importance of the dam, and he not only sent heavy troops to guard it, but also arranged fire oil to prevent the Tree People from sneaking up, and planted a lot of explosives near the dam, once Isenger was captured, he would detonate these explosives to release the flood and kill the invading enemy.

The woods in the north have always been a major problem for Saruman, where he can hide a large number of troops and pose a serious threat to the dam, and he has sent orc armies to clear the trees there several times, but they have been defeated by the combination of the tree men and the numberers. Saruman had no choice but to send scout teams to the dam to destroy the Terran outposts while detecting nearby armies that threatened the dam, and threw out a very attractive contribution reward for this.

In order to maintain the monitoring of the direction of the dam, Gandalf also spared no effort to encourage the numberers to stabilize the outposts there, but due to several large-scale raids and encirclement by the numberers of the Saruman camp, after losing a lot of numberers, the Terran numberers completely abandoned the defense there, and then there were also unbelieving numberer squads who tried to rebuild there, but without exception they were strangled by the numberers of the Saruman camp with thunderous means, and over time, the northern sentinel was almost forgotten by both sides tacitly, They all focused on the sentinel battles in the south and west.

Kim and Bieber stopped outside the woods and put away their mounts, as the attacking side, although they had the initiative to attack, they also had the disadvantage of insufficient intelligence. They don't know anything about the numberers who repaired the sentinels, the only thing they know is the location of the sentinels, and the treemen forbid humans to cut down trees, so it is not easy to find a suitable clearing deep in the woods to build a sentinel site.

Jin waved his hand, and the half-orc soldiers under the others slowly sank into the forest, while the other strong orcs of his own were left by him. The numbered person in charge of the reconnaissance in the team also stood on tiptoe and carefully followed behind the orcs, who could hide his position well by the movements of the orcs.

This method of reconnaissance was explored during the battle between the numberers of the two sides, and the sentinel had a good view, and it was difficult for the attacking side to sneak into the vicinity to launch a sneak attack, so the numberers on the Saruman side used to launch several tests before the assault to determine the strength of the sentinel at the outpost. Before, the numbered ones rushed into the woods, and were ambushed by a large number of human forces hiding in front of the outposts. And as both sides exhausted their means, Saruman's numberers also figured out a way to deal with it.

Five minutes later, there was no sound of fighting in the forest, and Kim and the others looked at each other for a moment, and slowly entered the forest with the remaining orcs.

"There's a big fish on the hook." Deep in the woods, Hu Bin took his hand off a tree trunk and said to the people around him, and the sound of breathing nearby instantly became much thicker.