As the home of the woodland elves, the Black Forest occupies an extremely large area, at least nearly 600 kilometers in length from south to north, and at least nearly 200 kilometers in length at its widest point, occupying almost a quarter of Rovanian.
The area above one is the largest forest in Middle-earth.
In the Black Forest, there is an old forest road, also known as the Old Dwarf Road. It leads to the high pass of the Misty Mountains in the west, crosses the abandoned bridge at the old ferry, and traverses the Black Forest to the rushing river in eastern Rovanian.
The river is one of the few roads connecting Rovanian.
This road was built by the Bearded Dwarves during the Second Age or earlier.
At that time, the dwarves of the Durin clan built majestic halls in Khazad-dûm and the Iron Hills. The bustling Old Forest Road was used to maintain trade and exchanges between the two dwarf territories.
However, time has changed, and with the emergence of Durin's Nemesis, and after Khazad-dûm was renamed Moria, this old forest road has gradually become less traveled.
Since then, the minions of the Dark Lord have also begun to appear at the southern end of the Black Forest, poisoning the forest. The woodland elves who were unbearable moved to the vicinity of the Long Lake under the threat of dark power.
Without the protection of the elves, the old jungle road became even more deserted.
At this time, this old dense forest road had been completely abandoned. Before the Battle of the Five Armies, forest residents often saw orcs riding wargs on this abandoned road, which was close to a torrent.
The east side of the river is completely covered with trees.
Today, for some unknown reason, a group of people were walking on this 6-meter-wide road, and in the forest around them, black figures flashed past from time to time.
It was Allen and his army who were running on the road. In the early morning of the third day after the meeting, Allen prepared to go to the old jungle road. In this operation, Allen did not intend to bring his twilight with him.
Light Knight bodyguard.
After all, the surrounding area is much safer now, and Hermione and the Twilight Knights have just returned from the Lonely Mountain in blood. Allen hopes that they can rest more and test Allen's Silver Mist Ranger idea.
At this time, Hermione should have been training the two hundred archers with the Twilight Knights.
Allen, who had arranged everything long ago, took Tire and the cavalry archers led by Deserve and set off towards the dense forest road.
Originally, Allen wanted to invite Gandalf and Bilbo Baggins to go to the eastern part of Rovanion with him and treat it as an adventure.
As a result, these two men had already gone to Rossgobel to visit Radagast, so Allen had to give up the idea.
But this reminded Allen that he also had something to ask Radagast for help.
Allen and his group of nearly fifty people, with a relaxed mind, walked along the road built before in Wilderness Town, towards the old dense forest road. After spending half a day, they arrived at the western intersection of the Black Forest.
After everyone repaired a little here, they plunged into the black forest.
At the beginning, everyone had a very relaxed attitude. Alan and Till, who was riding the same horse as him, pointed out the condition of the old jungle road from time to time and talked about their plans for subsequent maintenance.
It has to be said that the dwarves are indeed very skilled in construction. The road to the west of the Black Forest has maintained a certain level of smoothness and width for thousands of years without anyone taking the initiative to maintain it.
Although some thick tree roots broke through the road a little bit, it was not a problem for Allen's plan.
But as time went by, Allen, who was riding a horse on the road, always had a vague feeling that something was staring at him. This strange feeling came from the dense forest on the right from time to time.
Allen, who gradually felt uneasy, immediately ordered the team to start setting up camp, but after starting to set up camp, this feeling disappeared.
Allen, who was worried, whispered a few words to Tire, and then led De Sevi and several horse archers along the south side of the road and cautiously walked into the dense forest.
Allen did not bring everyone with him. He considered that if there were too many people, it would not only cause too much noise, but also destroy nearby traces and affect the tracking effect. This was not the result he expected.
After going deep into the dense forest, the fully armed Allen and the cavalrymen followed behind Desaiwe, searching carefully along the road they came from in the forest covered with fallen leaves.
Allen had no skills in reconnaissance or guidance. He and the cavalry archers had been holding bows and arrows, vigilantly observing the surroundings, and covering De Sevi who was carefully searching.
De Sevi, who was a master in this regard, soon discovered the traces, which were excrement hidden under the leaves. This fresh excrement belonged to a warg.
At this time, Allen finally knew what was staring at him in the dense forest, and deduced the origin of these guys.
These wargs must be the army sent by Azog to raid Wilderness Town. According to Jamila's report, the number can reach thousands.
Facing such a large number of enemies, Allen was ready to announce a retreat order. The road could be repaired at any time, but the lives of his subordinates should not be wasted in this situation where the enemy is strong and we are weak.
It's just that it's a little late now, and if he escapes, he may be caught up by wargs overnight in the dark, so Allen is thinking about how to escape.
At this moment, De Sevi came to Allen's side and said in a low voice: "Sir, I found a new clue. Do you want to follow up and take a look?"
After hearing De Sevi's report, Allen thought quickly and thought it would be better to take a look. It was still a long time before dark, so maybe there would be any new changes in things.
He nodded, responded "Let's go", and led the cavalry archer to follow De Sevi deeper into the dense forest.
Soon they came to a creek in the forest. The soft land beside the creek was full of dense paw prints. After spending a while searching, Desaivi came to Allen's side.
.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Sir, judging from the newness of the paw prints and the condition of the feces, there will not be more than two hundred wargs here. Look at these marks, it shows
These guys have been living here for a long time, at least a month or two."
After hearing De Sevi's words, Allen suddenly woke up. He still thought too little. More than a thousand wargs, all scattered in the black forest, were certainly nothing.
But how could this piece of land around the dense forest road support so many wolves? Even if they ate all the living animals here, they still couldn't fill their hungry bellies, not to mention it was still winter.
If there were less than two hundred of them, Allen Xin slightly estimated the combat power on hand. Running would definitely not be possible, but he could consider a frontal battle to force these guys away.
The intelligence of these guys is not weaker than that of ordinary humans. If Allen's calculation is not wrong, they must be waiting for dark, waiting for Allen's team to fall asleep, and launch a surprise attack. If Allen can put on a desperate resistance
Attitude, after causing some damage to these wolves, it is likely to force them back.
The wolf pack that was preparing to attack Allen was indeed the same army that raided the wilderness village. However, after the mission failed, the wolf pack dispersed instantly. After all, these guys gathered together following Sauron's order.
After Sauron left Dol Guldur in a gray shape, they no longer needed to risk their lives and wander around the wilderness town. After all, the three big bears really left a deep impression on them.
A more realistic problem than this is that the food that the orcs found has almost been devoured by them.
If they were forcibly gathered together again, they would be more likely to starve to death, so more than a thousand wargs were divided into several parts and dispersed.
Most of them still returned to the Misty Mountains, and now the pack of less than two hundred wolves is hiding in the Black Forest.
In less than two months, they wandered around the Black Forest. Most of the time, they relied on the small animals that came out to forage in winter. Sometimes, they would also risk casualties and sneak attacks on the animals living in the eastern part of the Black Forest.
Northern people.
It happened that Allen led people into the black forest at this time. When these wargs saw the traces of Allen and the others, their eyes turned red. In their eyes, Allen and his group were no different from a running meal.
, hunger has almost overwhelmed their reason.
Their alpha wolf was still calm and arranged for a few clever guys to follow Allen, while he was preparing to summon all his men to hide in the deeper forests, waiting for Allen and the others to relax their vigilance late at night.
As time goes by, the sky gradually becomes darker, and the light in the forest around the old dense forest road fades much earlier than the light near Wilderness Town.
In the dark dense forest, four blazing bonfires illuminated the surrounding environment and also illuminated the guardrails surrounded by dense branches.
These spiked branches were connected to the big tree and formed a large circle, surrounding the bonfire, surrounding dozens of fully armed and sturdy cavalry, and surrounding nearly fifty horsemen who were tightly tied to death.
Horse on the big tree.
At this time, Allen quietly walked out of the dense forest with several of his men. He did not want the cunning wargs to know his whereabouts.
These nearly two hundred wargs have been entrenched in the southern black forest and are always a threat to Wilderness Town, not to mention hindering Allen's plan to open the dense forest road.
After the danger is over, Allen, who returns to Wilderness Town, will lead his elite troops to sweep through the Black Forest and kill these sneaky guys.
But the premise is that this wave of attacks can be completely resisted at night. There are nearly fifty top mounted archers. In an environment like a dense forest, it is very dangerous to get entangled with wargs, especially in the dark. Even if they win,
, the losses must be at least above average. Allen does not want to accept such casualties.
Allen felt that he might have been a little arrogant after the Battle of Five Armies, or he might have been too unlucky. He just wanted to let his champion team take a good rest, but ended up encountering such a close battle.
For a moment, Allen actually thought of Yin Hildu. Although the scene was not very similar, the situation was slightly the same.
Allen has never understood why Yin Hildur, as the King of Arno, chose to pass through the more dangerous Misty Mountains instead of taking the easier North-South Highway. Is it to recall his father?
Allen did not think deeply about this issue, but carefully observed the current camp.
In order to block the inevitable attack of the wargs at night, before heading to the dense forest, Allen specifically told Tire to make enough and big bonfires to deter the wargs.
These horses must also be firmly tied to thick trees. Horses without rider control can easily be frightened by hungry wolves. When the time comes, these horses running wildly due to panic will definitely attack the soldiers guarding the camp.
bring harm.
The most important thing is that there must be a wall to resist the sudden attack of the wargs.
It's just that Allen looked at the messy guardrails that were hastily formed and felt a little unsure. Even if these guardrails were pointed, they couldn't completely block the collision of the wargs.
As the sky gradually darkened, the cavalry who received the order continued to add fuel to the bonfire and maintain the surrounding light. Their vigilant eyes were always observing the surroundings to guard against the sudden emergence from the darkness.
enemy.
They are extremely familiar with these evil guys. Under the leadership of Desaiwei, these horse archers have been fighting against the wolf cavalry that harassed the horses in the north of the horse village for many years.
On the vast plains, with their superb riding and archery skills, they were not afraid of small-scale battles with wolf cavalry. At least hundreds of wolves died under their bows and arrows.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! They have not experienced just being prepared for a surprise attack by two hundred wargs in the camp, but they looked at Allen, who was fully armed and wiping his giant sword by the campfire.
There was no nervousness at all.
At this time, Allen was a little nervous. He was not worried about his own safety in this battle. He was just thinking about how to reduce the casualties of his men as much as possible in the next battle.
Under the light of the fire, he quietly wiped the giant sword in his hands with a piece of linen cloth, trying to clear his mind and come up with a good method in this way.
Opposite Allen is Tyr, who is fully armed and looks like a little steel man. The dwarf in full plate armor is swinging the ax in his hand casually, looking at Allen with a calm expression, as if to say, look
My, this is all trivial.
De Sevi was patrolling the surrounding area. At this time, she was walking towards Allen, preparing to report the surrounding situation.
At this moment, Allen, who was wiping his sword, suddenly stood up and stopped Desaiwei who was about to speak.
He heard a little movement, and the sound of wolves howling came from the dense forest further south. At the same time, the shouts of human beings fighting were also brought to Allen's ears by the night wind.
Allen suddenly remembered the words "the mantis stalks the cicada, the oriole follows behind". Then, the movement became more and more intense. It was obvious that a fierce battle broke out between a group of humans and the wargs who were preparing to attack Allen.
At this time, Desaiwei, who was stopped by Allen, also heard these movements. Her originally calm expression showed a trace of surprise. The fire was reflected in her bright black eyes. She looked at Allen who was thinking, waiting for the king's order.
, she knew that in this situation, Allen would never stay here quietly.
Amidst the chaotic sounds, Allen quickly made a decision.
"Dersevi, pick thirty people to go with me, and be quick."
De Sevi quickly turned around and left.
Then Allen turned to Tire beside him and said: "Tyr, I can only ask you to take the remaining people to guard the camp."
Tyr, holding a big ax in his hand, was eagerly preparing to follow Allen to the battlefield. However, after hearing Allen's arrangement, his excited fat face suddenly became depressed.
However, as Allen's scholar, Tire did not refuse Allen's order, but nodded dullly.
Afterwards, Allen and his group of more than 30 people, relying on the movement in the distance and the clear moonlight pouring down from the leaves, carefully looked at their feet and quickly rushed towards the place of battle.
According to Allen's order, they did not light up torches. After all, wargs have extremely strong night vision, so it would be good to make a sneak attack.
Those who fought against the wargs were the northern humans they had harassed before. As descendants of the old Rovanian kingdom, they lived at the junction of the River Run and the Black Forest, and were often attacked by dark forces on a small scale.
In such a living environment, they act far more bravely and directly than their compatriots in the Anduin Valley.
After three similar villages were attacked by wargs, their leaders sat together and discussed how to solve the problem. These wolves came to rob them three times in a month and a half. Who could bear this?
Already.
There is no doubt that they, with their explosive temperament, directly chose revenge. Now that the dark power of Dol Guldur has been almost eliminated by the elves, there is no need for them to continue to compromise and endure the invasion of these bastards through migration.
After returning to their village, they gathered all their available forces and gathered more than 300 warriors. They wore a variety of ancestral armors and held a variety of weapons.
Among them, some of the most outstanding hunters held yew longbows tightly in their hands. They once used this weapon to shoot down the big eagles in the sky.
Now they have been chasing the wargs for nearly a week. If they hadn't been extremely tenacious in temperament and had a strong desire for revenge, they might have returned home a few days ago, so it would have been impossible to fight with them.
Allen got involved in such a scene.
Yesterday, after these northern humans tracked fresh traces of wargs, according to their hunting habits, the men and horses from their three villages divided into three teams, forming a huge encirclement and surrounding the wolves.
At this time, the wargs, led by the alpha wolf, were waiting for the deeper night, but soon their fellow sentinels whimpered and died, and a team of northerners rushed over in the direction of the wolves.
, and then the two sides started a melee.
When Allen rushed to the battlefield, the scene was already a mess, with hundreds of humans fighting and confronting the wargs.
Some human warriors held the torches in their hands and gathered into several small circles. They kept waving the firelight in their hands to drive away the black hungry wolves that surrounded them.
The companions standing behind them kept using the long-handled weapons in their hands to protect those places without firelight, barely maintaining their formation.
Behind them, the hunters using yew longbows drew their bows from time to time to shoot at the wargs fighting with humans.
Not far away from these circular formations, there were several waves of humans whose formations had been broken through, and they were fighting with wargs.
The wargs' attacks and bites, the humans' slashes and thrusts, the howls of wolves and the roars of humans, quickly harvested the lives on the field.
After standing still, Allen did not attack immediately, but searched everywhere keenly. In the dark forest, Allen could still see extremely far away. He also knew that in the battle with the wolves,
You must attack and kill the wolf quickly, otherwise, the trouble will be endless.
At this time, bursts of killing cries rang in Allen's ears. With a frown, he quickly discovered his target.
Among the trees to Allen's left, there is a huge stone, on which lies a guy who is taller than other wargs. At this time, its green eyes are staring at humans and hungry wolves.
battlefield.
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But what it didn't know was that a pair of black eyes had already locked onto it at this moment.
After discovering the target, Allen quickly drew out the cone-headed arrow, opened the talisman long bow, and aimed at the wolf's head.
Under the threat of losing his life, the alpha wolf seemed to sense something. Being targeted, it quickly stood up, searching everywhere with a pair of green eyes, and soon found Allen.
After all, Allen was wearing a bright silver armor at this time. Even late at night, under the deliberate search of the warg leader, it was extremely dazzling.
However, the warg leader, who had been staring closely at the battlefield just now, was still a step slower in his reaction. Allen, who was holding a Noldor sigil bow, shot him in the waist with an arrow.
"Ouch~ow~owoo~~~"
Suddenly, a fierce wolf howl attracted the attention of all the people on the scene, and most of the people and wolves looked at the warg leader who was scampering away into the distance.
Following Allen, the horse archers who had just stabilized their bodies also took out their Kujit bows, took out their arrows and shot at the stunned wargs. For a while, several wargs were shooting at the horse archers.
Under the attack, he let out a scream before death.
The wargs who heard the screams of their companions also reacted one after another. A small number of wargs who did not join the battle quickly followed their leader and fled towards the distance, while the other majority were already red-eyed.
The warg could not give up the food that had arrived, and was still entangled with the northern humans in front of him.
And those northern humans were not willing to watch the enemy in front of them run away like this. A burly man waved a giant ax in his hand, gave orders loudly, and led his tribe to fight in a melee with the remaining wargs.
Together.
At this time, the situation on the field became even more chaotic as the warg leader escaped.