Soldiers are important matters of the country, the place of life and death, and the path to survival. We must observe them.
Even if he has no research on Sun Wu's Art of War and Thirty-six Strategies, Allen knows that there are too many preparations to make to launch an active offensive war with his own country as the main body. This is different from passive defense.
It was enough to resist the invaders' attack in a familiar place. It was different from the battle in Gushan. At that time, he looked at everything from God's perspective. He knew what the outcome would be, and he also knew what kind of support he would need.
All you have to do is minimize your own losses.
But this time it was completely different. Due to Allen's own reasons, the arrival of the Dongyi people completely deviated from the trajectory he knew, so the outcome of this war could only rely on his efforts.
Because of this, Allen feels that before the war, he needs to make a lot of preparations. The first thing is to have a certain understanding of the enemy's current situation. As the saying goes, if you know yourself and the enemy, you will never be in danger.
For this reason, Allen sent out all the scout cavalry in his hands, as well as some children who could communicate smoothly with animals, and asked them to find out the specific strength of the Dongyi people in eastern Rovanian.
There is a big difference in the age of the children who have graduated from Beorn Garden in the past few years. They range from ten to eighteen years old, but there are very few who are over twenty years old. So far, only one person has graduated, and he is exactly two years old.
Ten years old, and there are seven children between the ages of fifteen and eighteen, and these eight children are the oldest among these children.
It was these children who were sent out to investigate. The other children either had not graduated or were too young and might not be able to endure the hardships of the wilderness. They could just do reconnaissance near Wilderness Town.
For these children, Allen also gave them the treatment of regular soldiers, with a salary much higher than that of ordinary soldiers. He also gave them a green flag with birds and hounds painted on it, and also gave them "animals".
The title of "Friends of Birds", and the fact that there are hounds on the flag is entirely because there is a child named Alai who really can't communicate with the birds, but he finds another way and becomes friends with many big dogs. He can command ten dogs smoothly by himself.
Several large hounds participated in the hunting, and these hounds could also help him a lot in the battle. He was eighteen years old today and was one of the children who went out to scout.
Allen's order to these scouts was to only detect the location of the enemy's gathering point and the approximate number. They should not come into close contact with the Dongyi people unless necessary. After all, they must keep a low profile when operating in the enemy's base camp.
In addition to these, if the time comes, Allen also hopes that these scouts can go to the canyon to see where there are hundreds of northern humans living there.
Following Allen's order, groups of scouts left Wilderness Town and dispersed toward the eastern part of Rovanian through Heidelberg and Long Lake Town.
At the same time, messengers carrying letters one after another also moved towards the north and east according to Allen's orders.
As the saying goes, "There is more help in the right way than there is in the wrong way." Ever since Allen came to Middle-earth, he has firmly stood on the side of the free people and has been committed to fighting the minions of the dark power. In the process, he also acquired the dwarves of the Lonely Mountain and the Woodland Elves.
friendship.
Now, Allen wants to launch a war against the Dongyi people. In addition to gathering his own strength, he also needs the support of his allies. In the previous year, he had already used Arno's treasure, the Star of Elendil, to defeat the enemy.
The Dúnedain, who live secretly in Eriador, now need to ask their two allies, the kings of the Lonely Mountain and the Woodland, to give them some help.
In the letter written to Thorin II, Allen not only elaborated on the harm caused by the Dongyi people's settlement in Varonian to the dwarves and humans, but also promised to use the wealth temporarily stored in the Lonely Mountain as a reward. If Thorin does not
Like or don't need treasure, Allen guarantees that if the dwarves want to recapture Moria, or want to expel the orcs from Gundabad Mountain, then Allen will not hesitate to help.
Allen already has some preliminary ideas for dealing with the Balrog in Moria.
As for the choice of King Thorin II of the Lonely Mountain, Allen could not care about it, but he still had enough confidence that Thorin would not refuse his request for help.
As for the letter to Governor Thrand, he did not force the woodland elves to send troops, but hoped that the woodland kingdom could first allocate some longbows, arrows, spears and even armor for his use. Allen promised to send troops in the future.
In the days, other materials or treasures are used to repay this part of the debt. Even if Thorin chooses Allen's wealth that is temporarily stored in Lonely Mountain, Wilderness Town still has a lot of gold, silver and jewelry that can be used to pay Thrandu Yin.
In addition to writing letters to his two allies, Allen also sent an additional Dúnedain ranger to Rivendell to deliver a letter to Ms. Gilraine. In the letter, Allen stated that the war was likely to happen.
It broke out in the autumn of 2945 of the Third Era. It was hoped that the last batch of supporting rangers would arrive before then, so that Allen could make more arrangements.
Yes, less than two months after Ms. Gilraen returned to Rivendell, the first group of Dúnedain rangers came to Wilderness Town under the leadership of Allen's "old acquaintance" Abinas.
They were tall and strong warriors, and most of them had a "Star of Dúnedain" on their left shoulders. However, judging from the attire of these people, Allen felt that the living conditions of the homeless people at this time should not be considered very comfortable.
Apart from the long bows and arrows on their backs and the long swords on their waists, which seemed to be in relatively good condition, most of these dozens of rangers were equipped with only simple leather armor and dull-toned cloaks.
The armors are not even comparable to those prepared by Allen for his own conscripts. After all, the simulators are produced according to standard equipment.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Allen doesn’t know whether these rangers do this deliberately to keep a low profile, or whether they are like what he imagined, after hundreds of years of wandering.
It is really impossible to come up with better weapons and equipment, but Allen cannot let these elite soldiers rush to the battlefield like this. This is a huge waste of combat power.
A large part of the weapons he asked Governor Thrand to allocate to him were prepared for the five hundred Dúnedain rangers, so that they could play a greater role on the battlefield. At the same time, Allen was ready to redeem them from the simulator.
Give these rangers some fine iron armor to increase their survival rate on the battlefield.
In addition, Allen also arranged for Abinas to take his tribe to the Muma Village to select horses. When these people came, only a few of them were riding horses, and the rest were on foot.
During the communication with Abinas, Allen learned that these people also had certain training on how to fight on horses. Although the Kingdom of Arno was lonely, the training methods for knights were not lost and were passed down from generation to generation.
Come down, there is no shortage of horses in Allen's horse herding village. The first generation of foals just passed their coming-of-age ceremony last year and have reached the point where they can be ridden, and Tuo Ju has trained them very well.
It’s just that the number of mixed-blood horses that Allen asked Tuju to breed is not particularly large. There are a group of elven mixed-blood horses that have just grown up, and they are assigned to the female knight apprentices. As for the foals that are mixed with Jatu war beasts, they are still in their infancy.
, I’m afraid I won’t be able to provide any help to Allen in this war.
Abinas had no objection to Allen's arrangement. He had been instructed by Ms. Gilraine before arriving. As long as it was not an extremely excessive request, he would definitely obey Allen's order, not to mention matching them with horses.
Young horses are also something that makes people happy. Among their tribe, they are not so wealthy that they can afford a horse.
In addition to weapons, Allen also deliberately cleared out most of the inns in the city to accommodate these Dúnedain people. At the same time, he asked Jamila to arrange the food and clothing for these people, but Abinas rejected Allen's offer.
Arrangements, he told Alan, the current Dúnedain people are not suitable for such a comfortable life.
So after selecting the horses, Abinas arranged for several rangers to follow Allen as a basis for mutual communication and reception of other Dúnedain people, while he himself brought enough supplies, tents and
Allen's letter led the other Dúnedain rangers towards Heidelberg through the old forest road.
He needs to familiarize himself with the environment of the upcoming battle, and the waters of the rushing river near Heidelberg are not calm. Dongyi people show up nearby from time to time. It is also necessary to familiarize yourself with your enemy before the war.
Seeing Abinas' persistence, Allen did not continue to stop the old ranger's decision. Instead, he wrote a letter and passed most of the information to Alleyn, but Allen did not pass it on.
The command of the Dúnedain Rangers was handed over to Alleyn. He felt that it might be better to let Abinas play freely. If possible, it would also be good to effectively weaken the Dongyi people before the war.
After all, Allen has adopted a defensive strategy in the past two years, which made those Dongyi people even more arrogant. A few months ago, a team of dozens of people actually crossed the rushing river secretly and plunged into the Black Forest.
to the south, and head towards Yin Ouweiya from there.
Fortunately, Allen had made arrangements before. These Dongyi people directly met the patrolling skin-changer Wolf there. Needless to say, the result was that from that time on, the Dongyi people never tried to do this again.
Instead, he drove a chariot and showed off his power on the plain opposite Heidelberg, stimulating the nerves of the young lord Alleyn.
Now Abinas is leading his people, and there will be some small-scale battles with the Dongyi people there. Allen is not worried about arousing the enemy. When his army crosses the rushing river, how slow are the Dongyi people?
You should also know that a fierce battle is inevitable, so let these Dúnedain rangers do the small fight before the battle. They can also cover the light cavalry who enter the enemy's territory for reconnaissance.
For these rangers, Allen only needs to receive the Dúnedain people who are coming, and transport the weapons assigned to him by Lord Thrand Yin to the vicinity of Heidelberg, so that the Dúnedain rangers who have already launched guerrilla attacks against the enemy can be armed.
That’s it.
Due to the closer distance between the two parties, Governor Thrand's reply was delivered to Allen before the dwarf. Along with the letter was a full list. The upper part of the list was the supplies provided to Alan by Governor Thrand.
, there were a total of 800 elven longbows, 500 woodland elven spears, and 300 sets of elven plate armor that shone with golden light in the sun. Finally, a large number of arrows were lost.
The second half of the list is the supplies Thrandu Yin hopes Allen can provide him. In addition to various drinks, there are also cheese, honey, fruits, steel, various seasonings and some common
supplies. In the letter, Governor Thrand Yin stated that he indeed could not let his people out of the Black Forest, but he would let the people protect the waters of the rushing river on the edge of the Black Forest and provide Allen with a relatively stable rear. For this
As a result, Allen was extremely satisfied.
However, at the end of the letter, Thrando Yin asked Allen to send a large amount of wine in the near future. He needed it urgently, which made Allen guess something. Maybe the life of the woodland elves was not easy.
In fact, since the arrival of the Dongyi people, the life of the woodland elves has been greatly affected. Although it is indeed safer to stay in the black forest, and the vast black forest can basically provide these elves with basic survival supplies.
.
However, the transactions between the Woodland Kingdom and most other forces were interrupted due to the plundering of the Dongyi people. Some supplies can be solved through transactions with Wilderness Town, but there are some things that Allen cannot solve.
For example, the wine produced in Dovinion has not appeared at Thrandu Yin's banquet for almost two years. The Elf King only has a few barrels of wine left in his inventory that Allen had previously repaid.
Debt, after all, after there was no food crisis, Allen no longer spent dinars to trade with the Woodland Kingdom, but exchanged the traded goods for some other supplies.
Most of the ordinary elves are now drinking the mead and beer that Allen traded in the past. The climate around Wilderness Town is still a little cold and is not particularly suitable for growing grapes. So after several years, Allen
There is no intention to use wine as its own cargo reserve.
Although there are some merchants from Eriador who transport some wine and other supplies to the Woodland Kingdom all the way, but for the elves of the Black Forest, this is simply a drop in the bucket. In addition, they rely on land transportation for long distances.
In addition, the tariffs increased by Allen have made the prices of these things very high, and not all elves can afford them.
The lack of various supplies due to the severance of trade has caused the living standards of the elves to drop directly. This is something that Governor Thrand Yin cannot tolerate, and the letter for help sent by Allen happened to be for the elf king.
He sent Convenience and took this opportunity to exchange a large amount of weapons and equipment in stock to Allen for a large amount of supplies and wine to improve the living standards of the Woodland Kingdom.
The three hundred pairs of plate armor were specially allocated to Allen by Governor Thrand. Although he was unwilling to directly send troops to assist Allen, he also hoped that his allies could win this war and eliminate the hateful things.
The barbarians were driven out of Rhovanion, returning life to the Woodland Kingdom to what it was before.
Allen didn't know what Thrando Yin was thinking, but he was slightly embarrassed when he looked at the three hundred pairs of elven plate armors. You must know that the average height of elves is two meters tall. The size of these plate armors is really too big. He
There are almost no soldiers suitable for these armors.
When these plate armors were made, they also had the skills of elves in them. It would be too difficult for them to expect Allen's blacksmiths to transform them. Dwarves should be able to do it, but Allen only has a few dwarf blacksmiths.
, and they all have their own responsibilities, so asking them to do these things is really not worth the gain.
Finally, after some thought, Allen decided to temporarily lend these armors to those Dúnedain rangers. They were all about 1.9 to 2 meters tall. They could barely wear the armor of the elves on the ship, and by the way, they could help Allen.
Save some dinars to arm your own levies. The weapons and equipment of the three thousand people are what Allen is most worried about.
As for Thorin's reply, it was delivered to Allen half a month later, and the dwarves could provide much more help than the elves.