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

Chapter 835: Denethor II's Ambition

"The prosperous North!" Denethor II exclaimed. Although the entire northern human race was not large in size, its thriving cohesion was unmatched by the south. Denethor II visited the Kingdom of Akvia and the Valley State to maintain contact with the northern humans. Through the words of these two human kingdoms, Denethor II had a deeper understanding of King Roland, whom he was about to visit.

"Great King!" Even a proud and confident man like Denethor II couldn't help but admire Roland after learning about his life. Denethor II described Roland as a great king who was brave, wise, and kind. Compared to his mediocre grandfather, Roland's image as a wise and capable king was more to his liking. In fact, the future Denethor II did the same!

"The North is too weak... they can't stand the storm!" Holfa shrugged and sighed. Compared with Rohan and Gondor, even the strongest kingdom of Raglan in the North can't afford a defeat. Their national strength gives them too little margin for error, so low that they must win every battle! Compared with the orcs who can lose many times, they can't lose even once.

"But they are still very tenacious and have not failed, right?" Denethor II smiled. People will never pay attention to the process, but only to the results! The fact is that the alliance in the North has grown stronger and has completely established a firm foothold! The vassal of the Kingdom of Raglan has successfully opened up the Misty Mountains. In recent years, sporadic caravans have begun to arrive at the original Old Pass area. It can be seen that the territory of the Beorn has begun to recover under the nourishment of the caravans. I believe that it will not be long before caravans arrive in the Long Lake area. These profit-seeking merchants will further arm the national strength of the North!

The tenacious North comforted Denethor II's originally depressed heart. The people of the North took root here as tenaciously and stubbornly as the weeds in the biting cold wind! This gave Denethor II hope and more confidence in resisting the erosion of Mordor! He believed that the people of the North would still ride their tall horses to the south to save Gondor from danger as they did before!

  "They are good, at least we are not alone..." Denethor II murmured. His vigilance against the orcs and Mordor almost made him neurotic. Denethor II, who saw through Gondor and Rohan, knew that no one knew the weakness of the southern kingdom better than him! Except for the border troops, the fighting power of the nobles has been reduced to the historical freezing point! Although the two countries can mobilize a large militia, without the nobles' private soldiers as the backbone, the huge militia team can only collapse at the touch of a button!

Originally, these potential hidden dangers tormented Denethor II, who couldn't sleep at night. Until he came to the prosperous North, he felt much more relaxed instantly. At least he was not alone! You should know that the reason why Denethor II was killed in the plot in history was because his will was so strong that even Sauron could suppress it. He saw the power of Mordor through the crystal of true knowledge. After viewing Middle-earth through the crystal of true knowledge, Denethor II was desperate. Gondor had no friendly army... The strongest ally, the King of Rohan, was still fooled by the treacherous prime minister... So he issued a pessimistic order for everyone to escape.

Because he knew that with his governance over the past decade, although Gondor had restored some of its weapons, it was far from being full of martial virtue! Faced with the careful preparations of Sauron, who had been hiding for thousands of years, what would Gondor have to do? Sauron deliberately let this great king of Middle-earth, the only one who could suppress himself with willpower, see the wealth and power of Mordor and the orc army that was as numerous as cockroaches through the crystal of true knowledge, which made the confident and proud Denethor II despair!

However, the tragedy in history is destined not to happen. Denethor II got a shot of adrenaline several decades earlier than in history! In history, Denethor II did consider the North, but neither the Dale nor the Beorn could play a decisive role. Facts have proved that Denethor II was wise! There are actually two battlefields in the War of the Ring - the main battlefield in the south headed by the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, and the main battlefield in the north headed by the Dale of the Lonely Mountain. The Battle of the Pelennor Fields ended with the victory of the human coalition, and the Battle of the Lonely Mountain was a tragic victory at the cost of the sacrifice of King Brand of the Dale and the Dwarf King of the Lonely Mountain, Dain Ironfoot, who defended the Lonely Mountain...

Facts have proved that Denethor II had a strategic vision. If King Brand of Dale had not retreated to Lonely Mountain and joined forces with the Dwarves, and Lonely Mountain was easy to defend but difficult to attack, the Northern Allied Forces might have been razed to the ground... Oh! No! There was also Thranduil who was trying to take advantage of the situation and hide from the world (dog head manual funny).

  Of course, Denethor II never placed his hopes on the elves of the Woodland Kingdom. Instead of expecting Thranduil to use the flesh and blood of the Woodland Elves to stop the Orcs, you might as well think about Sauron being killed by a divine punishment!

After visiting the Valley State and the Kingdom of Akovia, Denethor II had a very good opinion of King Bard and King White Wing. In his eyes, although these two kings were not very talented, they were also promising kings. Especially with limited resources, they were able to raise an army with good combat effectiveness. It can only be said that Denethor II was tempted...

"Do you think it is possible for me to train such a capable and combat-ready army? I mean if I invest my own resources!" Denethor II did not keep the secret but looked at Holfa. As the Knight Commander of the Swan Knights, he is naturally no fool and his military attainments are absolutely up to standard!

  At this moment, there was a gleam of ambition in the pupils of Denethor II. It was not that he could not sit still on the throne of the prince and wanted to stage a Middle-earth version of the Black Tortoise Gate Incident, but he wanted to gain control of an army of his own in advance. The revival of Mordor put a lot of pressure on him, which made him want to seize an army of his own... He couldn't be asked to gather militia to fight the orcs, right?

"Excuse me for being frank, but this is difficult, and you don't seem to have the need to have a direct army..." Holfa frowned. As a senior general of the Prince of Dol Amroth's family, Holfa knew that the young boy Denethor II was almost pervertedly wary of Mordor, but Holfa did not think that this could be a reason for him to have an army. After all, although the current Regent Turgon was old, Denethor II, as a member of the Prime Minister's family and the direct heir, suddenly pulled out a private army... Even the Prime Minister's family, regardless of other families, could not help but have ideas. If things go wrong, someone would play a noble game for Denethor II, saying that it was too cold to put on a coat to keep warm. After all, the temptation of the merit of following the dragon was too great! Besides, Holfa never overestimated the integrity of the nobles in the kingdom. They could do such a bad thing!

"I didn't think it through!" Denethor II looked at Horfa's serious expression and suddenly understood something. As the most sober and wise person in the Kingdom of Gondor from beginning to end, he was not a political idiot. He immediately put on a frown.

  After looking at Denethor II's expression, Holfa stopped talking. It was obvious that our clever Denethor II had already thought of the "noble" moral principles of the kingdom's nobles.