People are in the heavens, wealth can rival a country

Chapter 126 The Crisis in Changhu Town
The elves' ships floated in the blue waves of Long Lake.

The east has turned pale, and the sky before sunrise is blue-gray, and the lonely mountain in the distance is like a shadow in the blue-grey. Under the shadow, there are densely packed Orcs and trolls.

These dark enemies also gathered a lot on the shore of Long Lake, staring at the elves, trying to drive the elves to the shore with simple arrows, stones, and even inaccurate catapults assembled on site .

But what they get in return is often a precise and deadly arrow.

As for those reckless ghosts who were dazed and tried to swim directly, they couldn't even touch the side of the boat.

The situation was not dangerous, but every elf had worried and terrified expressions on their faces.

They could hear the shaking of the ground, the sound of footsteps, heavy, thousands of footsteps converging together.

"The enemy's main force is on the shore of Long Lake Town." An elf jumped down from the mast and said to Legolas, "There are at least five thousand of them, all of them well-equipped elites. Lots of trolls and steel chariots."

Legolas was still looking at the Lonely Mountain. When the traveler and the dwarves had just entered the Lonely Mountain, everyone could still feel the vibration coming from the Lonely Mountain. There was only one possible source of that vibration. Sure enough, the evil dragon occupying the lonely mountain did not leave.

But Lonely Mountain soon regained its calm, and this worrying calm has lasted all night.

It wouldn't take so long to kill a dragon, nor would it be to be killed by a dragon. The picture in the elves' minds was more inclined to the latter.

The traveler who came from afar may have been buried in the dragon flames.

"We must return to the Woodland Kingdom immediately and pass the news back." The elf said, "The kingdom needs to be prepared for the dragon's attack."

Legolas frowned: "These Orc armies have already begun to assemble on the shore of Long Lake Town, cutting down trees and building boats, and most of Long Lake Town is fishermen. It is foreseeable that without the help of foreign aid, None of them survived."

"There is no foreign aid anymore." The elf said, "The Iron Hills can't take care of themselves, and other kingdoms can't reach them. Moreover, they may also be under attack."

His expression was a bit sad: "The entire east of the Misty Mountains is in flames of war."

Legolas naturally knew this too.

"The more this is the case, the more we need to unite." He said in a deep voice, "We have to help the humans in Changhu Town and evacuate as many of them as possible to the Woodland Kingdom."

Following Legolas' order, the elves' ships began to approach Long Lake Town.

Obviously, the humans in Changhu Town knew about the existence of elves. The two parties had been looking at each other for a long time. When the elves approached, they instantly opened the gate.

But to the elves' surprise, two small boats sailed out of the gate, with a lot of property piled up on board, and a fat man in brocade clothes waved his arms at the elves at the front of the boat.

"Great, Elf! I am the mayor of Changhu Town, and I want to hire you to escort me out of here!"

Standing on the bow of the boat, Legolas looked at the mayor who didn't look like anyone: "How many people are there in Longhu Town now? The Orcs haven't formally attacked yet, you can follow the Behind us, I will lead you to the Woodland Kingdom."

"Don't worry about them, they don't want to leave!" The mayor shouted: "You just need to escort me to leave. The important thing is these properties. As long as they have them, Changhu Town can be re-established."

Legolas froze for a moment, then his eyes turned cold.

"If everyone is dead, what's the use of money?"

He ignored the greedy mayor and drove the boat into the lock.

"Don't pay attention to these elves with bad brains." A man with bushy eyebrows next to the mayor whispered:
"Someone has to guard Long Lake Town to attract the attention of those Orcs. Whether it's these elves or the untouchables in the town headed by Bard, if they want to die, let them die. We have to leave now."

The mayor nodded, beckoned the guards to row quickly, and passed by the elf's ship.

Legolas looked at them coldly, and did not stop them. The elf boats were traveling along the waterways in the town. He could see women and children shivering with babies in the houses on both sides, and those rushing to the center of the town. fisherman.

The elves got off the boat, and the fishermen who came to the town gathered in the square in the middle. A handsome human man stood at the forefront. In front of him, there were many old armor and weapons piled up, and they were nervously distributing them. .

Seeing the elves, he walked over quickly: "I am a fisherman from Changhu Town, Bud. The mayor has taken away all the wealth and fled. I will temporarily lead everyone to build defenses."

He asked quickly:

"Are you here to help us? How many of you are there?"

"As far as you can see," Legolas said bluntly.

"What about the reinforcements? How long will it take for the elves' army to arrive?" Bard said, "Although Changhu Town has a lake for defense, it won't last long."

Legolas was silent.

Bud's face froze: "Three days? Five days?"

"There are no reinforcements." Legolas broke his illusion and said, "We hope that the people of Long Lake Town will follow us to the Woodland Kingdom, where there are stronger walls that are strong enough to stop the Orcs from attacking."

"Escape?" Bud pursed his lips into a line: "How to escape? You only have a few boats, which can't hold many people at all, and the boats in Changhu Town are all fishing boats, and they will only become targets for Orcs on the river. "

"How many people can go to the woodland kingdom alive?"

Legolas didn't know how to answer, he knew what Bud said was true.

"It seems that we have no other choice." Bud gritted his teeth and said, "Elves, I beg you, use your boats to take away as many women and children as possible from Changhu Town."

"And we—"

He turned his gaze away, looked at the terrified fishermen, and shouted:
"Those who can hold weapons come here to receive equipment! Prepare to fight!"

"There is no hope, everyone will die, and the whole world will be destroyed."

A dark-skinned fisherman standing nearby shouted in despair.

Bud yelled: "Believe me, as long as you persevere, hope will not disappear!"

"Where is there hope? The dwarves of the Iron Hills have not yet appeared, and the elves will not send reinforcements, and the Lonely Mountain, ha, has already fallen under the shadow of the dragon."

"Until the last moment, who will know?" Bard said in a deep voice, "Maybe it's the gods, maybe it's the reinforcements from Rohan and Gondor, or those Orcs will leave by themselves."

"As long as we don't die, anything can happen. Even if we are going to die, at least we can't die without resistance, like lambs to be slaughtered."

His words did not cheer the fishermen, but the fishermen had no other choice.

Whether it is the gray-haired old man or the young boy who has not yet grown up, they all have to take up weapons. Their hands that are used to fishing nets don't even know how to wield these cold iron tools.

Legolas watched this scene, clenched the longbow in his hand, and said to the elf next to him:

"Go and organize the women and children in Changhu Town, and take them away from here."

"how about you?"

"I can't accept that I'm leaving like this." Legolas said: "I will fight side by side with humans."

The whole town of Long Lake was busy. In order to allow as many women and children as possible to board the boat, some elves had to stay behind, leaving only the most basic manpower to control the boats. Several elf boats passed through the gate. With desperate eyes, he sailed towards Changhu Lake. At this time, the blue-gray sky was slowly fading, and the sunrise was approaching.

This also means that the war has finally come.

Legolas heard the sound of horns from the shore, and the familiar muffled thrum of bowstrings.

He shuddered all over, and shouted: "Quickly find a place to hide!"

Some fishermen looked at him in confusion, and some got under the eaves in a panic.

Then, a rain of arrows fell from the sky, which was thrown by Orc archers from the shore. Most of them were inserted obliquely on the wooden roof, but there were also quite a few arrows on the fishermen who did not escape. Blood spattered.

The sound of drums and the sound of horns continued, and Legolas turned up from under the eaves and looked towards the shore.

I saw a dense crowd of well-armed Orcs already paddling their crude, just-made boats towards Changhu Town.

"Prepare--"

Legolas stood on the wall with dozens of remaining elves, full of bows and arrows.

"emission!"

The bows and arrows went towards those orcs, and many orcs fell into the lake, but more orcs swam over, climbed onto the boat, and continued to attack Longhu Town.

After several rounds of arrow rain, those Orcs didn't seem to decrease at all, but they were getting closer and closer to Changhu Town.

"Everyone, go to the fence!"

Bud nervously put down the bow and arrow in his hand and replaced it with a spear, "The orcs must not be allowed to invade Long Lake Town!"

The orcs came nearer, and the fishermen could already see their ugly features, and their dark, solid armor.

This is the first time that most of the fishermen have seen orcs in their lives, which makes them tremble.

At this time, the sun finally emerged from the east, and the first ray of dawn shone from a distant place.

In the dawn, there was also a dragon's roar.

Dragon Roar?

Everyone, including those Orcs who were about to attack, couldn't help looking in the direction of the Lonely Mountain.

Under the rising sun, among the golden clouds, the dragon's wings have spread out, and they are getting bigger and bigger.

"The dragon from Gushan has come out!"

With a clang, a weapon in the hands of a fisherman fell to the ground.

That was a deeper fear than facing an army of orcs.

"Long Lake Town is over."

(End of this chapter)