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Chapter 786 I, Elrond, am not behind Li Ming

"Gandalf, is this what you mean by the number of pioneers is not large?"

The next day, King Theoden was riding on his horse, stunned by the sight of the horde of orcs rushing towards him.

With his eyesight from years of fighting, he could tell that the number of orcs exceeded three thousand, half of whom were cavalry.

Even if his royal city urgently recruited all the nearby citizens who could make it in time, it only had a total population of two thousand, half of whom were the elderly, the weak, women and children.

Little did he know that three thousand soldiers were indeed too few for Isengard today.

Théoden quickly came to his senses, but Gandalf could not hear his question because Gandalf had gone to Fangorn Forest to seek reinforcements.

Gandalf also took Frodo with him.

He quickly ordered his son Théodre: "Let the civilians of the royal city retreat to Helm's Deep!"

Because Gandalf and others arrived faster than in the original plot, Théoder did not have time to die.

"preparation!"

Théoden raised his hand, and the Rohan riders raised their bows.

Rohan is a kingdom on horseback, with every individual being a cavalryman, so Théoden thought it was not impossible to fight three orcs alone.

"put!"

In an instant, arrows rained down and landed on the Orc army camp below the hillside. At once, Theoden realized something was wrong.

How come these orcs are tougher than I thought?

Moreover, there was no obvious weakening of combat effectiveness during the day.

Théoden immediately realized that he and his companions were in more danger than he had imagined.

"Gandalf I...&%#@￥!"

This caused Théoden to immediately sing a mountain song to Gandalf.

The battle lasted for more than two hours and ended with Theoden fleeing in a panic with only 400 remaining soldiers.

Not only is the overall combat effectiveness of the orcs better than before, there are even a few elite units among them that are more powerful than human generals.

If everyone in the Fellowship of the Ring except the Hobbits had not been helping in the battle, Theoden would have probably been killed here.

But they did complete their mission and attracted the attention of the Orc army, which all came after them, ignoring the civilians.

This would allow Rohan to hold out a little longer, provided Theoden and the others ran fast enough.

That afternoon, Saruman of Isengard also assembled his troops. A total of 15,000 orcs, carrying the secret weapons he had developed, marched towards Rohan in a mighty force.

This time Saruman personally led the invasion army, because just as he was about to send out his troops, Saruman was surprised to find that the restriction on his leaving Isengard had been lifted.

So he knew that Gandalf was also a reincarnation, and if he sent the orcs, they might be ambushed, so he went into battle himself.

And Frodo is in Rohan, so Saruman wants to reap his spoils as soon as possible.

However, in order to trick Gandalf, Saruman did not reveal the news that he was in the army.

The orcs worked tirelessly and passed through the city of Rohan in the afternoon of the second day after Gandalf left.

On the afternoon of the third day, King Théoden and the Fellowship of the Ring, leading the last 200 remnants of the army, arrived at Helm's Deep, the last fortress of Rohan.

They fought their way down the 3,000 orc vanguard to less than a thousand, and had no ability to attack the city, so they could only turn around and join Saruman.

The king's return naturally boosted the morale of Helm's Deep, but unfortunately, what Théoden and others brought was the bad news that the orc army was about to arrive.

"How many troops are left in the city now?" asked Theoden.

"Three thousand people, and that already counts those who can hold a sword!" replied Theod.

The situation was not optimistic, 3,000 to 15,000. Moreover, the Rohan were all cavalry, and were good at field battles, but had no experience in defending cities.

"Today is the fourth day, Gandalf hopes you will keep your promise!" Theoden could only place his last hope on the reinforcements that Gandalf had mentioned.

Unexpectedly, Aragorn took on the role of commander in the city, directing the people in the city to build fortifications.

He has decades of combat experience and is the most suitable person to take charge of Helm's Deep right now.

At this critical moment of life and death, King Théoden no longer cared about power. He wished that Aragorn could be possessed by the souls of Zhuge Liang and Liu Bowen and lead Rohan to stop the orcs.

Liu Bowen didn't know, but Zhuge Liang must have been able to do it, because he had 300,000 college students and endless instant noodles and compressed biscuits.

But there is some good news.

At dusk, when the city was shrouded in gloom, an army of elves suddenly arrived at Helm's Deep, led by Aragorn's old acquaintance Haldar.

"By the command of King Elrond, the Lord of Rivendell, the Elves and Men once formed an alliance and fought bloody battles, promising to help each other."

"Now we are here to keep the covenant!"

Haldar explained to Aragorn, Théoden and the others, "We were originally planning to leave Middle-earth, but we noticed the movements of the Orc army in Isengard, so King Elrond ordered troops to support us."

King Theoden was shocked. He didn't expect that the elves would be willing to help at such a critical moment.

Moreover, Haldar brought 500 elven soldiers, almost half of Rivendell's force. Even though he knew that the enemy was outnumbered, he still came to support.

Obviously... as long as the elves set out to sea by ship, they can go to Valinor and continue to enjoy eternal life, and everything in Middle-earth will have nothing to do with them.

King Theoden was unable to express his feelings in words, and could only perform the most solemn ceremony of the Kingdom of Rohan to Haldar and the elven soldiers.

Aragorn wanted to ask a question, but felt it was inappropriate and stopped talking.

But Haldar and Aragorn had been friends for many years, so he naturally knew what he wanted to ask, so he spoke directly: "King Elrond has gone to support the Golden Forest with the other half of the elves of Rivendell, and Arwen is there too."

After knowing the whereabouts of his girlfriend, Aragorn nodded and thanked him: "I didn't expect King Elrond to be so wise."

Haldar smiled without saying anything, and immediately arranged for the elven soldiers to go up to the city wall to defend. However, his mind flashed through what Elrond said when he hesitated whether to send troops in Rivendell.

"If the elves leave like this, that bastard Arthas will definitely laugh at me and call me a deserter. I can't give him this opportunity!"

Halda shook his head. Now that there were no elves in Rivendell, King Arthas could go there whenever he wanted.

At midnight, Saruman ordered the orcs to attack. King Theoden, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Haldar and others were guarding the city walls.

"Can't you pick a better spot?"

Gimli complained to Legolas.

He was just a dwarf, not even as tall as the wall, and could not see the scenery below at all.

"It is better not to see below, my friend," Legolas muttered to himself.

Helm's Deep is surrounded by mountains on three sides. The orc army is blocked under the city, stretching out as if endless.

The two sides quickly started fighting. There was no strategy, ambush, or even any preparation of city defense equipment. Both sides were fighting hand-to-hand from the very beginning.

Aragorn was said to be experienced, but that was mainly reflected in giving the defenders chicken soup, which made Li Ming frown.

Even though he had not learned the knowledge of city defense in the era of cold weapons, Li Ming also knew some small tricks such as pouring kerosene, throwing stones, and pouring manure.

How long can this last just by relying on the number of people?
Li Ming shook his head and returned to Shabad, the capital of his Eriadorian Kingdom, where Akshan had assembled an army of 10,000 Eriadorians, ready to go to war at any time.

And his army also brought secret weapons.

"Elrond is just having fun. Only 1000 people are just a joke. The real reinforcements still need to rely on me!"

Elrond might not have thought that even though he had put all of Rivendell's fortune on the line, he still couldn't escape Li Ming's ridicule.

(End of this chapter)