This trip to Lothlórien took Allen nearly three months. When he returned to Wilderness Town, the area around the territory had entered a busy harvest season again. He had to think about what he wanted to do in this era.
Things are very difficult and a lot of time is wasted just on the road.
However, by the time Allen returned, the recruitment of knight apprentices had been almost completed by the cabinet. Most of the thousand people were children of school age. Almost all of them had received a certain education in the school founded by Allen. In addition,
A small number of them are young active-duty soldiers. Some of them even followed Allen to the tunnels in the Misty Mountains and participated in the battle to save the Beorn people. Although they are not old, they can be said to be serious.
of veterans.
After completing the recruitment, these knight apprentices who meet the conditions have begun basic training. The subjects they currently need to complete include serving horses and basic equestrian skills, understanding and maintaining commonly used weapons and armor, and learning military discipline and some commonly used weapons.
instruction.
The difference is that most boys learn how to use lances, long swords and knight shields. If they are talented, they can also learn some throwing skills. Depending on their age, the armors used for training are also the same.
Some heavy armor focuses on physical training. In addition to these, most of the education they receive is how to kill the enemy in a brave charge. Almost all Swadia knights have become them.
instructor.
As for the few girls, in terms of weapons, they are more interested in learning some bow and arrow skills, and they also wear some light armor, although they cannot withstand the enemy's slashing and stabbing in close combat.
, but in the process of horseback shooting, the impact of some bows and arrows can still be reduced.
The education they receive is how to choose an escape strategy immediately after encountering the enemy head-on. If they cannot escape, they must ensure that they can maintain a safe fighting distance from the enemy and use bows and arrows to end the battle. Of course.
They will also receive close combat training, but most of them are light weapons. At the same time, they will also receive a lot of training in detection and tracking. If they are interested, they can also learn some throwing knife skills.
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For the entire training process of knight apprentices, Allen did not intend to set a specific time. Whether he can successfully join the newly formed Knights of the Rovanian Kingdom will be determined entirely by assessment. After all, the age gap between this wave of apprentices is very large.
, the time required to complete training varies.
After Allen had arranged these things, time had entered winter, and Kress, who went to celebrate Sengel's wedding on behalf of Allen, finally returned to Wilderness Town and told a series of things that happened in Gondor, as well as Sengel's wedding.
All your requests were brought to Allen, who had just ended his busy life.
Allen was also confused about the sudden fierce war between Mordor and Gondor. In his guess, the two sides should be fighting on a small scale, and it was impossible to enter a full-scale war so quickly.
But things have been discovered, and Allen can only guess that it was his pair of little wings that changed the original historical trajectory.
However, Allen also knows that Gondor is very powerful and will not be at a disadvantage in the battle in a short period of time. However, the support he could have received may not be realized. However, for the Rovanian Kingdom, this cannot
It is a complete bad thing, because Ashur, who is entrenched in the eastern part of Rovanian, cannot get support from Sauron in a short time, so the balance between the two sides will not be broken in a short time. This is for Allen.
This is a good thing. The longer time passes, the stronger he can accumulate.
However, the news coming from Heidelberg was not very good. After a harvest season of recuperation and recuperation, the Dongyi people had obtained a large amount of food reserves and were no longer willing to abide by the previous armistice treaty. Some Dongyi people on horseback began to
Appearing majestically near the rushing river, Alleyn and his soldiers were already in a state of combat readiness, always on guard for the Dongyi people to cross the river and rob them of the fruits of their labor.
Allen has thought of this a long time ago. Even if a large-scale war does not break out between him and Ashur, some petty conflicts will definitely occur. After all, the Dongyi people's looting habits cannot be changed.
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Regarding the Dongyi people's active attack, Allen's order to Alleyn and Fatis was to rely on the rushing river for defense and not to give the enemy a chance to destroy the territory. Moreover, it was winter now, and Allen had recruited the people before.
When soldiers enter the leisure period, they can take this opportunity to adapt to the Dongyi people's fighting rhythm and accumulate some experience for future decisive battles.
As for Sengel's request, Allen would naturally not refuse, but it was winter now, and the long journey to Rohan in this cold weather was, for James, who was almost fifty years old.
It is a very challenging thing. Although his physical fitness is not bad for ordinary people, there is a high possibility that he will encounter some not-so-good things during the journey.
However, the leader of the Rohan Royal City Guards who led the team humbly begged Allen to let the doctor go as soon as possible, because his king's illness was extremely serious and could not afford to delay it for several months. Although Prince Sengel was there,
In this critical moment, he has always guarded his father's side, and at the same time shouldered the responsibility of governing the territory. However, for any loyal subordinate, he does not want the king he serves to die. This is always a problem for a country.
A sad thing.
After thinking about this for a while, Allen gave the remaining bottle of elixir to his old friend James. In Allen's plan, he originally had one or two bottles of life-extending medicine for himself.
This good friend of mine has just chosen James among the two. As for Bandak, there will be more opportunities in the future, and in terms of age, it is true that James is slightly older.
After drinking the medicine, James felt the changes in his body and did not doubt anything about it. Since Allen already had the ability to transform into a living person, it was nothing to conjure up one or two bottles of medicine with strange effects.
Something particularly outrageous was that if he hadn't learned that this drug was extremely precious, James would have even wanted to research how to make it.
It's just that this idea is destined to be impossible to realize. Middle-earth does not have the conditions to make such a potion. Moreover, it is impossible for Allen to really provide the finished potion for James to use for experiments. The chance of failure is really too great, and
Allen can't afford the price.
Soon, James, who felt much younger, led his apprentices and followed the Royal Guards of Rohan on the road to Edoras. At the same time, Allen also sent a small group of cavalry as a
James's entourage followed him along. It was always convenient to have some of his own people around when going out.
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If James can successfully cure or alleviate King Fengel's illness during this trip, then the friendship between Rohan and the Kingdom of Rovanion will be officially established, and the little unpleasantness before will naturally disappear.
It will disappear.
Even James was unable to do anything about it. According to Sengel's character, it was impossible to blame Allen for his efforts. The friendship between the two could also continue.
After watching James, who was burdened with heavy responsibilities, leave, Allen entered a period of relative leisure. Many tasks at the end of the year only required him to choose, nod or shake his head. Allen did not need to do it himself.
He spends more time observing the progress of various things to avoid the originally well-intentioned decree from developing bad results.
Different from Allen's comfort, Saruman who lives in Orthanc Tower is very busy. He is sweating profusely using the Palantir Crystal, and he has been doing this for a long time.
It's time.
Yes, even though nearly half a year has passed since the meeting of the White Council, Saruman still has not begun to fulfill his promise to send the Palantir Crystal out of Isengard.
The white-robed wizard's idea was very simple. Although he agreed to send the crystal to Rivendell at the meeting, Saruman was very stupid and did not promise a specific time, because he knew that according to the long life of the elves, one
Two years passed in a blink of an eye, and delaying for a while would not attract Elrond's attention.
Saruman hoped to obtain more information about the ring through this period of time, and his search in the past few months was very effective. Among the crystals, he saw a manuscript belonging to the Jewelry Guild, which was left behind in the war.
After coming down, Saruman, who was very excited, had already arranged for his loyal men to search for the ruins of Eregion. I believe that news will come soon.
Today, the Palantir crystal behaved very strangely. During the process of using it, Saruman always felt that his eyes were being forcibly pulled by an unknown force. Looking towards the east, there was a shroud.
In the dark land, a towering black tower gradually became clear in his eyes, and at the top of the black tower was a magic eye filled with evil fire.
The moment he saw this eye, Saruman knew what he saw. In that eye was the evil figure of the Dark Lord, and he himself was forcibly dragged to this place by Sauron's power.
At this time, Saruman, who was filled with fear, wanted to disconnect from the crystal, but how could Sauron let his prey leave so easily? For a moment, a powerful force imprisoned Saruman's soul.
At this time, a large number of babbles containing evil power were polluting Saruman's will, bewitching the wizard who was addicted to power.
In reality, Saruman also had an extremely distorted expression on his face, which meant that he was suffering unbearable pain at the moment. Suddenly, his hands left the crystal, and his whole body fell onto the cold stone slab.
On top, he immediately stood up, not even bothering to wipe off the sweat on his face and the dust on his white robe, but covered the crystal in front of him with a black cloth with fear on his face.
Because Sauron's power at this time was too weak to imprison the struggling prey for a long time, Saruman finally escaped from his ambush. Although he was unwilling to do so, the result was this, and Sauron fell into silence again.
, the opened demonic eye closed again.
Saruman, who barely stood firm and gasped for breath, looked at the crystal in front of him with a struggling expression for a long time. Finally, with a sigh, he called his men and handed over the wrapped crystal.
He went over and warned with a serious expression: "Send the contents of the package to Rivendell and hand them over to Elrond personally."
The fear of being controlled by Sauron finally defeated Saruman's desire for power. In the spiritual duel with the Dark Lord, the white-robed wizard could clearly feel Sauron's weakness, although he did not know it.
Why is his enemy in this state, but he knows that if he is not lucky enough, then from now on, he may have become Sauron's puppet. For him, this is an extremely terrifying thing.
So Saruman, who had thought everything clearly, did not want to see this crystal anymore at this moment. Even if he successfully escaped from the ambush, he still wanted to completely eliminate Sauron's influence on his spirit.
It requires a very long period of rest.
During this time, Saruman planned to take a rest and personally take the Star of Elendil to Wilderness Town to complete the transaction with Allen. Since there is no way to obtain more information in the spar, then that
The main ring that once belonged to humans is very important to him.
From all aspects, Saruman is a very decisive and capable person. However, his overly proud character has also put him in a very dangerous situation at this time. If Allen had not caused it,
After a series of accidents, the white-robed wizard at this time may have completely degenerated and become Sauron's puppet.
Even if Saruman's fate deviated slightly from the established trajectory due to the arrival of Alan, his strong desire to rule would not change because of other things. The team carrying various supplies to the Dark Land
, which revealed the ambition of the master of Orthanc to form his own army.
You know, Saruman has always managed the land of Isengard in the name of the prime minister, and after he has an army, this situation will definitely change, and some orcs from the Misty Mountains,
Now that he has arrived on the land of Isengard, Saruman, who learned the news, did not arrange for his men to clear out these enemy minions as soon as possible. It was obvious that he was struggling with how to deal with these extremely fast-producing minions.
of scum.
Saruman himself also knows that once he accepts the allegiance of the orcs and wargs, he will always be on the opposite side of the White Council, so he has not made up his mind yet, and now he is ready to postpone the matter.
Finally, wait until the transaction is successful to deal with these annoying things.
A few months later, Allen, who was reviewing the knight apprenticeship training team, received two waves of guests, one from Orthanc and one from Eriador.