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Chapter 5076 5079 [Tree Man]

After breakfast, Xiang Nan, Theoden, Gandalf, Aragorn and others led an army of three thousand to Isengard.

Two days later, they arrived at Isengard.

Isengard is located in the Nancurunir Valley at the southernmost end of the Misty Mountains. Under the cover of the hillside, there stands a stone wall as high as a cliff.

The wall, which ran back around the valley, was about a mile in diameter, and had only one entrance, a large archway cut in the south wall.

In the center of the circle formed by the stone wall, there is a towering, black stone tower. At the top of the tower, four stone pillars extend outward to form four stone spires. The shape is weird, giving people an uncomfortable feeling.

When Xiang Nan and others arrived at Isengard, they were surprised to find that the entire Isengard was submerged in water, and the water was more than a foot deep, reaching their calves.

Just when people were puzzled, they heard two happy voices coming from the top of the wall, "My respected adults, welcome to Isengard~"

"Merry, Pippin~" People looked in the direction of the voice and were all very surprised.

Because standing on the wall were the two Hobbits, Merry and Pippin, each holding a pipe, a beer mug, and some delicious smoked ham.

"You little bastards, we tried our best to find you, but you are just eating and drinking here, and even smoking." Jin Li couldn't help but scold when he saw this.

You know, in order to save them, Gimli, Aragorn, Legolas and Boromir didn't rest for three days and three nights, and they kept chasing the orc army and almost died of exhaustion.

"We just won a great victory, so we are now entitled to enjoy the fruits of victory." Pippin said proudly, and then took a big bite of smoked ham. "This ham is so well pickled."

"A great victory?" Gandalf asked doubtfully.

"Yes, we are here to meet you at the command of Treebeard," Merry explained. "He now takes over Isengard."

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It turned out that when Eomer was leading his army to kill the orc army near Fangorn Forest, Merry and Pippin took the opportunity to escape into Fangorn Forest.

In the forest they were lucky enough to meet the tree man Treebeard.

The tree people are also the creations of the Valar. It turns out that when the father of the dwarves, Vala Aule, created the dwarves, he told this good news to his wife Yavanna.

Yavanna was afraid that the dwarves would destroy the forests of Arda, so after consulting Manwë, the head of the Valar, and Ilúvatar, the father of the gods, she created the race of tree men to protect the forests of Arda.

The Ent race was originally very large, but with the War of Wrath in the First Age and the War of Alliance in the Second Age, the number of Ents suffered a serious decline, and their territory was reduced from being spread across Middle-earth to only the Fangorn Forest.

As a result, the Ents became more and more conservative and isolated from the world until the arrival of Merry and Pippin.

They had hoped that the Ents would go to war against Saruman in order to save Rohan, Gondor, and the world of men.

But the tree people had been isolated from the world for too long and were unwilling to join the war, so they rejected their request at first.

It was not until the Ents discovered that Saruman had cut down trees in Fangorn Forest on a large scale in order to equip his orc army, and burned these trees to forge weapons and armor, causing great damage to Fangorn Forest.

Fangorn Forest was the last territory and home of the Ents. They could no longer swallow their anger, so they gathered together to take revenge on Saruman.

The tree people are tall and strong. Each tree person has great strength. They can break iron with one punch, tear rocks like tearing bread crust, and even gnaw stone walls like rabbits.

As luck would have it, Saruman's orc army had been sent to attack Rohan, leaving the defenses empty, and was therefore conquered by the Tree People in one fell swoop. …

King Theoden was delighted when he heard that Isengard had been conquered.

This meant they saved themselves a life-and-death battle.

After all, Saruman had been managing Isengard for hundreds of years and had already built it into a military fortress.

It would be very difficult for these cavalrymen to attack by force.

And since the tree people had already knocked it down, they didn't have to fight so hard.

Then they passed through the archway and entered Isengard.

Isengard had become a swamp, with a lot of garbage floating on the water, many of which were war machines built by Saruman, such as catapults, smelting furnaces, hair dryers, etc.

And there are many tree people standing among them.

At first glance, they look almost indistinguishable from trees, even their skin is like bark, their arms are like trunks, and their legs are like roots.

But if you look closely, they are somewhat different from the big trees.

Then, under the guidance of Merry and Pippin, they met the leader of the tree people, Treebeard.

"Young Gandalf, I am glad you have come. I can clear the wood and the rubble and the rocks, but there is a wizard who has taken control of this place, shutting himself up in his tower," Treebeard said to Gandalf. "There is nothing I can do."

The stone tower is called the Tower of Orthanc. It was built in the Second Age and has a history of thousands of years. It has been managed by Saruman for hundreds of years and has long been reinforced by magic.

Therefore, even the powerful tree man would find it difficult to do anything to it.

"Show yourself, Saruman," King Théoden called out.

"Be careful, even though Saruman has been defeated, he is still very dangerous." Gandalf warned quickly.

After all, Saruman is also a Maia, a god. As the saying goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse, and a rotten ship still has three thousand nails, so it should never be underestimated.

"Why not just chop off his head?" Jin Li said unconvinced.

"No, we can't kill him. We have something to ask him." Gandalf waved his hand.

Saruman has joined forces with the devil Sauron and wants to jointly control Middle-earth, so he hopes to understand Sauron's next military strategy through Saruman so that he can prepare in advance.

At this moment, a man in a white robe, with a beard reaching his chest and looking energetic, appeared on the top of the stone tower, leaning on a cane.

"You have fought many battles and slain countless enemies, King Theoden, and you will reconcile with your enemies later." He looked down and said, "Can't we discuss things this time like we did before? Old friend, can't you and I live in peace?"

His voice is so charming and pleasant that even the sweet words of his lover are not as pleasant as his.

Xiang Nan knew that this was a sorcery performed by Saruman, which had a certain bewitching effect. If one's will was not firm, it would be easy to be persuaded by him.

Previously, he relied on this eloquence to deceive the masses and stir up trouble in Gondor, Rohan and other places. Now facing the desperate situation of being besieged by the army, he wanted to use the same trick again.