Dense armies of orcs poured out of the holes drilled by the ground worms, instantly staining the slopes of Erebor black.

Seeing this scene, both the human army and the dwarves of the lonely mountains and iron hills couldn't help but let out a cry of astonishment.

Gandalf sighed, looked at Dain, the lord of the Iron Hills riding on the back of a heavily armored porcupine, and said: "The orcs have joined the war, and much faster than I expected, the king of the orcs in the north, Azog, has personally waved his army south, facing the real enemy, there is no need for humans and dwarves to quarrel again, come, Dain, while we still have time, join our army quickly!" ”

"Join your army?"

Dain sneered at the scattered human army, immediately tugged on the reins, turned the direction of his mount, looked at the dwarven army behind him, waved the hammer made of steel in his hand, and shouted in the dwarven language: "Son of Durin! ”

"Always be ready!"

The dwarven army flapped their shields in response, and the sound of a deep clash of gold and iron echoed in the sky above the lonely mountain.

With a swaggering smile on his face, Dain gripped the reins in his left hand and swung his hammer with his right hand at the dense orc army in front of him.

"The Chinese army is attacking!"

"Wow! Ooh! ”

Three hundred dwarven soldiers armed with spears and steel shields suddenly appeared, all of them wearing knee-length chain mail, wearing nose guards and steel helmets, leg armor made of steel rings below the knees, almost all of their bodies were covered with steel, even their beards were braided and locked with steel rings, and this kind of hoplite armed to the teeth could only be assembled by dwarves who were good at forging.

Most of the dwarves are stocky and stocky, and these battlefield veterans are much stronger than the average dwarf, even with their armor on their bodies, they are still agile enough to move, and they pass by the human army with spears and steel shields on their faces.

In the face of the imposing dwarven army, the human army looked shocked and retreated to the rear.

Bard rode his horse and shouted at everyone to get out of the way, and everyone suddenly came back to their senses and hurriedly got out of the way.

Looking at the dwarven hoplites who did not squint, and whose military appearance was neat, like a torrent of steel, he walked through the human army, and Bard sighed in his heart.

The scale of Changhu Town is not large, and the former mayor is even more of a wine bag, only thinking about making money, never caring about the development of the town, and the effective training time of the town guards is less than three weeks a year, how can it be compared with these battle-hardened dwarf armies.

Soon, three hundred dwarven hoplites stood in front of the human army, the front dwarven hoplites crouched down with steel shields, and the second row of dwarven hoplites held steel shields forward, and the two rows of steel shields formed an indestructible shield array.

Countless spears emerged from the gaps between shields and shields, adding a layer of steel spikes to the entire shield array.

"Kill!"

With a frenzied shout of killing, the tide of black orc armies collided with the dwarven heavy shield array.

The orcs at the front were instantly pierced by spears, hanging from the spikes of the steel shield array like fruit from a tree.

The orcs who then came in ignored the corpses of their companions, screaming frantically as they swung their weapons at the shield array.

"Jingle Bell—"

Countless tooth-sore clashes of gold and iron rang out continuously, and sparks flew everywhere on the steel shield array.

The dwarven hoplites armed with steel shields stood on their feet apart, leaning on their shoulders and the earth to carry the onslaught of the orc army.

Behind them, hundreds of companions, spears in hand, kept thrusting at the orcs above who were trying to climb over the shield array.

"Pss

Countless spears continued to pierce into the orc's body, and the stench of blood spilled over the shield array.

Even though the combat strength of the two sides was very different, in the face of the locust-like army of half-orcs, the dwarven shield array still could not hold out for long.

Soon the orcs leapfrogged over the shield and rushed into the dwarven army behind the shield with their inferior blades.

Seeing this, the dwarven infantry in the last row immediately threw away their spears, drew their short swords, or drew their hammers, and shouted 'Long live Dain' and rushed towards the orcs who had crossed the shield array.

For a while, blood and stumps flew together, and the screams and the sound of gold and iron clashing were endless.

Seeing this, Bard gritted his teeth, drew the sword at his waist, and shouted as he retreated into the ruins of Riverdale City.

He knew that the human army under his command would never dare to attack the tide of orc army, so he found another way to help these valiant dwarven army.

It just so happened that not far from the Lonely Mountain City was the former River Valley City.

When Smaug descended on the Lonely Mountain, he destroyed the city of Riverdale, killing and wounding more than half of the people in the city, and the surviving humans had to be evacuated because Smaug often flew here to hunt humans for food.

Riverdale has since gone from a thriving city to a dead ruin.

But even with its ruins, Riverdale was once a thriving megacity.

It has thick and tall walls, well-connected streets, and dense beehive buildings.

All of this will allow the human army to be as powerful as possible, covering up their lack of training.

At the same time, the withdrawal of the human army will definitely attract the attention of the orc army, these bloodthirsty and murderous orcs will never let go of the fat that has come to their mouths, and they will definitely divide a group of former armies to pursue the humans, so that the humans can share the positive pressure on the dwarven army in another way.

Sure enough, seeing the human army rushing in the direction of the ruins of River Valley City, the half-orc army suddenly split up and pursued towards the humans.

The biggest reason why the orc army is extremely low in combat power is their bloodthirsty and warlike nature and disobedient to orders, which is why Azog, the king of the northern orcs with the ability to command, has become the most important pawn in Sauron's hands.

But even Azog makes the usual mistakes of orcs.

Standing on the lookout in the distance, he was in charge of commanding, and he obviously saw the actions of the front army pursuing in batches, but he did not issue an order to stop it, because the half-orc army he brought with him on this trip was more than 25,000 people, and even if he divided thousands of people to pursue the human army, it would still not affect the final battle situation.

But at this moment, Dain once again swung the hammer in his hand and shouted.

"Goat cavalry fight!"

The goat cavalry guards next to him immediately took out their horns and mustered up all their strength to blow them.

The sound of a deep horn echoed over the lonely mountain, and a thin line of silver and white appeared from the top of the hillside, none other than the three hundred goat cavalry that the Iron Hill Lord Dai had quietly brought with him.

Three hundred goat cavalry appeared at the top of the hill, armed with rifles, and rushed down the hill shouting 'Forget Moria' and 'Long live Dain', like a sharp arrow that instantly pierced into the flank of the orc army, disrupting the front army of the orcs and causing a tsunami-like riot.

The sturdy goat used its two sharp horns to continuously push the orcs in front of them, and the cavalry on their backs swung their spears and hammers vigorously, and the orcs continued to charge and kill in the already unreliable front army.

Seeing this scene, Dain laughed, pulled the reins, and rushed towards the orcs under the protection of more than a dozen goat cavalry guards.

The dwarf never runs away from a war, and he's going to join his soldiers in battle!

In the generally short battlefield, the tall gray-robed wizard with a staff and a sword in his hand charged alone in the orc army, the sword in his hand like a scythe of death, constantly reaping the lives of the orcs around him.

Although there were many orcs besieging nearby, none of them could survive a round from the gray-robed wizard.

Looking at the gray-robed wizard who was as invincible as the god of war, the Iron Hills Lord Dain couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

When he came to his senses, Dain laughed and pulled the reins, and rode into the heavily armored porcupine, and the steel hammer in his hand slammed into the skull of the orc behind Gandalf, and the strong muscle power instantly smashed the iron helmet worn by the orc, along with the head under the iron helmet.

A dozen goat cavalry guards followed, charging the orcs beside Gandalf into their backs.

Dain grabbed the reins, stopped in front of Gandalf, looked at the old man, who didn't look like a wizard at all, and said in a loud voice, "Gandalf, why don't you retreat with that group of humans?" ”

"Because I'm waiting for you to decide."

Gandalf wiped the blood from the blade of his sword, looked at Dain and said softly: "Dain, retreat into Riverdale City with us, there are too many orcs, even if the warriors under your command can fight with one to ten, it is impossible to kill them all, it is better to retreat with me into Riverdale City, where there are tall and thick walls and streets that extend in all directions, which can maximize our combat power......"

"Impossible!" Dain refused without hesitation, "There is no word for retreat in the dwarven dictionary, besides, the lonely mountain is behind me, and the king of the mountain is in the lonely mountain, do you want me to abandon my own king and live alone?" ”

"And what about your king?" Gandalf asked rhetorically, "Dwarves never run away from a war, so why hasn't your king yet appeared?" ”

Gandalf's sharp words made Dain's face look hesitant and hesitant.

yes, it's been fighting for so long, why hasn't Thorin shown up yet?

Could it be that he, too, was swallowed up by the dragon's disease like his grandfather?

(End of chapter)