The Lord of the Rings: Lords of Middle-earth.

Chapter 1002 The Mystery of the Dragon Shadow
Grand Duke Oakrian Yaso and Oakrian Liujin exchanged a helpless glance. After listening to Count Lemon's explanation, they realized that these commoners had several fixed residences and were unwilling to move to unfamiliar environments. In addition, since the orcs had not made a large-scale northward migration, these commoners, who were not facing imminent danger, naturally did not care about the nobles' relocation orders. After all, pastures and land were fixed, and if these people left, it would mean that they would have to compete with the residents of other places for land, not to mention the infighting among the nobles...

"We must find a way to wipe out this wolf rider force! This wolf rider force is blocking your land, so you'll never have peace!" Grand Duke Oakrian Yaso said coldly.

“Our forces are probably stretched thin!” Count Lemon nodded first, then shook his head. He wanted to kill these orcs, but he had a strong sense of his own limitations. This thousand-strong cavalry was not enough for him to swallow up a force of nearly a thousand wolf riders. If he forced his way in, it would be a half-hearted fight, and in the end, he, the count, would be left with nothing!
"???" Grand Duke Oakrian Yasuo and Oakrian Ryukin frowned, exchanged a glance, and both saw the speechlessness in each other's eyes.

"With the two of us here, what are you afraid of? The Rohan Cavalry are getting worse and worse! They've become so cowardly now? Even with two sixth-tier troops in command, they don't dare to charge against opponents of the same level?" Okrian Ryukin's sarcastic and veiled words made Count Lemon blush!
"Your Excellencies are personally taking action? That's wonderful!" Earl Lemon rubbed his hands together. "Why didn't you say so earlier! Why didn't you two go side-by-side? With two sixth-tier warriors backing me up, what am I afraid of!" Earl Lemon thought he had never fought such a lavish battle before! In the past, as a third-tier warrior, he was already enough to rule this plain! Sixth-tier warriors were rare guests even in the capital; he'd be lucky to even have them help him for a few days!
"Thank you for your help, Your Excellencies. Is there anything I can do for you?" Count Lemon grinned, revealing his teeth. Anyone with half a brain could imagine how terrifying it would be for two Tier 6 beings to mingle in the battle and cause chaos!
"Where are your infantry?" Archduke Oakrian Yaso asked curiously. Rohan was known as the Hussars, but it couldn't be without infantry, could it? Although Rohan's infantry was not as good as Gondor's, they could always muster some lightly armored infantry!

"In my territory... if Your Excellencies don't mind, you may rest here for a while, so I can extend my hospitality..." Earl Raymond quickly gestured for them to enter. A sixth-rank duke from the north was someone Earl Raymond couldn't afford to offend. As for whether Grand Duke Ocreian Yaso was an earl? Earl Raymond figured that a sixth-rank adjutant like him couldn't be far off even if he wasn't a duke...

"The environment is a bit poor, Your Excellencies, please forgive us!" After traveling for several hours, Lemon, along with his cavalry and Grand Duke Oakrian Yaso, finally arrived at a low-lying city.

"Lemon Town, this is the fiefdom of the Lemon family and also the core territory of the Lemon family. This town is the only permanent town in the vicinity!" Earl Lemon nodded to Grand Duke Oakrian Yaso and the other man.

"..." Grand Duke Oakrian Yasso and Oakrian Ryukin exchanged a glance, both noticing the awkwardness in each other's eyes.

“This village is quite large…” Oakrian Ryukin’s muttered words echoed in Grand Duke Oakrian Yaso’s mind.

"Say less, you poor bastards from the South have no taste, stop being so picky! At least there's some hot water to wash up!" Grand Duke Oakrian Yaso agreed to reply to Oakrian Ryukin's complaints with his mental power, but he didn't blame Oakrian Ryukin. After all, they had all witnessed the glory of the Empire era, and people whose ancestors had been wealthy saw this territory as no different from the countryside.

Grand Duke Oakrian Yaso and Oakrian Ryukin followed Count Lemon. After passing through the wooden gate, the two carefully examined the city wall and were shocked to find that not only was the wall low, but it was also made of simple logs! Only the base was fixed with stones, and the simplicity of the entire city wall shocked the two.

"What can this wall defend against?" Grand Duke Oakrian Yaso turned his head in shock. This kind of wall couldn't withstand even human heavy infantry, let alone a large enough number of orc infantry! Even if they couldn't build it up, they could easily tear it to pieces with axes! And it seemed to have zero resistance to fire! A single fire spell from a shaman could burn half the sky!
"This? This wall is actually just for blocking!" Count Lemon said matter-of-factly. Rohan's soldiers weren't primarily infantry like Gondor's, but rather cavalry. Even the inhabitants were semi-nomadic settlers, so the defensive capabilities of the walls weren't a major concern. What they needed were fortifications that could delay the enemy's advance; after all, Rohan was a cavalry nation! Offense was their primary objective! Low walls were sufficient for fortifications to delay the enemy's advance and buy time for the cavalry to assemble. Since they didn't have many heavy infantry, they weren't particularly concerned with tall walls… If Roland knew their shock, he would probably advise them that it wasn't necessary. After all, there were only a handful of places in the entire Kingdom of Rohan that could be considered fortresses, and even the capital had wooden walls. On one hand, Rohan didn't prioritize walls; on the other hand, the plains where Rohan was located lacked resources for large stones. Transporting stone from the White Mountains was far too advanced for a kingdom that had developed from nomadic peoples. This resulted in Rohan's flat terrain, forcing them to retreat repeatedly against Saruman's magical bio-industry and powerful orcish attacks… All of this was simply due to the different military priorities of Rohan and Gondor; there was nothing strange about it!

“This…” Ocrean Ryukin shuddered. A wall of this size would probably be considered the defense system of a large village in Lagrange. In addition, without a barbican and a series of defensive buildings, it was hard for Grand Duke Ocrean Yaso and his companion to believe that this was a wall…

"Excuse me!" Count Lemon suddenly paused, then nodded to Grand Duke Oakrian Yaso and the other man before turning to leave. The two men looked in the direction Count Lemon was looking and saw a fast horse galloping towards them.

"Hmm? Hmm? Hmm!" After exchanging a few words with the man who was clearly a scout, Count Lemon's face darkened.

"What did they say?" Oakrian Ryukin turned to look at Oakrian Yaso, the Grand Justice.

"I didn't hear you clearly, there's no wind around, I can't hear you!" Grand Duke Oakrian Yaso frowned as he looked at Earl Lemon in the distance.

"Hopefully it's not orcs causing trouble!" Oakrian Ryukin shook his head.

"Shut your mouth, I'm pretty sure it's true!" Grand Duke Okrian Yasso's face darkened. What could this wretched place possibly have to make a powerful earl so angry?
"What's wrong, Earl? Have the orcs launched another attack from somewhere?" Oakrian Ryukin asked curiously.

"No! I'd rather be an orc... There seems to be a dragon awakening in the White Mountains! But unfortunately, that dragon is heading north!" Lemon's expression kept changing.

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