Chapter 1130 1112. Space exchanged for time
A huge cylindrical creature, like a snake or a worm, with a body diameter of at least ten meters, poked out directly from the mountain!
The gray skin is unremarkable, except for the flower-shaped mouthparts at the front, which were biting a boulder when they rushed out.
The muscles on the cylindrical body popped out in an instant. Although the outline was only revealed for a moment, it was enough to show that almost its entire body was made of powerful muscles!
‘Bang, bang, bang, bang’, the tooth-breaking sound spread from the hills to the wilderness.
After the outline of its muscles was revealed for just a moment, the huge creature easily crushed the boulder inside with its mouthparts!
In the blink of an eye, there were several dark tunnels on the originally silent hilly slopes that led directly into the mountain.
The black orc army poured out of the tunnel, like a dirty mudslide, gathered together, and headed straight towards the elves and dwarves who were confronting and fighting in front of the Gushan Kingdom!
“Forward!” Azog roared excitedly from Crow Ridge, overlooking the battle situation, “My army!”
Now is the time.
Although if you want to fully take advantage of the surprise attack in the midst of the enemy's chaos, the orcs should move further out of the ground.
But first, they actually dug these holes a few days ago, and it is definitely too late to move forward temporarily now.
Secondly, Azog's order is not smooth in the ground. It is difficult to decide the place to break out of the ground in advance and then find the right time to come out together.
There is no spare time to issue more detailed instructions to the orcs who have not yet come out of the ground.
However, it is completely enough!
Azog exhaled excitedly with his sharp teeth.
The elves' formation has been set up, and the dwarves' chariots and goat knights are rushing down from the hillside towards them.
At this point, the inertia of the downhill slope not only allows the cavalry and chariots to quickly increase their speed, but also makes it difficult for them to turn.
They will collide, tangle together, and then become scum torn apart by the orcs in the chaos!
But at the moment when the orcs came out of the ground, the elves and dwarves both had surprised reactions.
But the formation of the elves that had been standing quietly behind Thranduil suddenly changed!
The sunlight shines on the golden armor of the elves, seeming to spread a layer of mist like golden sand.
“Thum, thump!”
A sound as neat as a sound came from the elves’ formation.
I saw that the elves who were standing side by side suddenly turned sideways uniformly, standing with their chests touching their backs.
This time, dozens of passages were opened in the originally tight formation.
“Aha!”
Dane, who had almost come to blows with Thranduil just now, was riding a wild boar in the lead, leading the dwarf cavalry behind him. There were also chariots that rushed straight into the passage vacated by the elf formation!
At the narrowest point, the dwarves’ chariot, which was made entirely of steel and equipped with ramming corners and sharp blades, almost brushed against the elves’ calves!
But the elves are at least veterans of archery for hundreds of thousands of years, and they are so calm that there is no disturbance.
Their superb distance control gives them full confidence in themselves.
I also have confidence in the dwarves' chariot control skills.
The elves and dwarves have been at odds with each other for thousands of years. They each know how far their opponents can go.
"Fight! Fight!"
Dane roared, and the goat cavalry and chariots, which had already increased their speed, passed through the elves' formation and rushed straight towards the orcs!
Azog on Crow Ridge immediately widened his eyes, but then regained his composure as the corners of his mouth twitched.
"Tricking me? Lure the enemy? Okay!"
The pale orc had long been determined to kill on the way to Lonely Mountain. No matter whether the elves and dwarves could fight or not, he They all must be killed.
Although it is obvious that he has been set up, killing him head-on is also killing!
The left arm with the double-edged knife swung towards the dark battlefield, as if it was harvesting life.
"Send out the trolls! Pin down their cavalry and chariots! I will make it impossible for them to charge!"
"Send out the flank troops! Attack River Valley City and force them to fight on two fronts! If If you dare not save River Valley City, just cut off their escape route!"
Setting up a command post in advance from a high position allowed Azog to have a smooth overview of the entire situation.
Crow Ridge is a small group of towers built on high hills in the far reaches of the city when River Valley City was still prosperous, in order to monitor evil trends.
But River Valley City has been ruined to this day. The towers that were once used to fight against darkness are now being used by dark forces.
The elves and dwarves formed a hasty alliance, and they had conflicts with each other. If Lan En, Gandalf, and Balin hadn't reconciled them, they might have started fighting directly after meeting.
Therefore, there is no possibility of unified command. The ability to make such tacit temporary cooperation is the limit.
Now the orcs are coming like a tide, and all they can do is engage in hand-to-hand combat.
“Bang!”*5
The sound of five consecutive strikes of the mechanical trigger sounded.
From the hilly heights formerly occupied by the dwarves, the ballistae fired a huge burst of ammunition.
The ammunition was like a rotating electric fan, spinning and dancing into afterimages, and hit the place where the orcs gathered!
The pieces of flesh and blood with armor suddenly flew all over the sky.
The elves used arrow rain from behind to reduce the resistance of the dwarves' chariots and cavalry.
“Fire the arrow!”
Thranduil swung his sword forward on the stag, and suddenly there was a uniform sound of the bowstring being released.
Like the rain of arrows from migratory locusts in the sky, all the orcs in a large area lay down, leaving no one standing.
But there are exceptions.
Trolls ranging in height from three to four meters, with different development and deformities, rushed out from behind the orc formation.
One of the thinner trolls is enough to step on an entire dwarf with just one foot. Most of them have cystic noses, crooked teeth that cannot be covered, disproportionate and uncoordinated limbs, and crudely holding a big stick made of tree roots in their hands.
The stronger ones received more resources from the orcs, and had iron weapons and armor.
These trolls were rough-skinned and thick-flesh. They grabbed the corpse on the ground with one hand to block their vitals, guarding against the elves' plowing arrows, while rushing towards the dwarves' cavalry and chariots.
The most important thing about chariots and cavalry is their impact. Without momentum, they are close to death.
But these chariots and cavalry are naturally invincible when hedging against creatures of similar size.
Monsters like trolls, weighing at least three or four tons, would be impossible to hit if they stood in front of them.
The trolls cleverly hit it from the side, and the pure steel chariot was flipped over. Then they swung the stick like a whack-a-mole and knocked the crew members of the chariot to death.
If you are not smart, just hit it hard. Most of the trolls in the front will be directly hit, crushed to death, or shot to death at close range by the continuous crossbow arrows on the tank.
But even corpses are enough to slow down the chariot.
As Azog's second order was issued, a large section of the black orcs surged towards River Valley City.
"The war has begun."
Lan En, who was still running around the city and arranging the townspeople of Changhu Town, realized this as soon as the horn sounded.
He tugged at Qilin's pale mane that was floating in the air due to static electricity, and the sound of horse hooves suddenly echoed through the empty streets of River Valley City.
“You are here, Barn!”
Near the base of the city wall, Lan En saw the dazed half-grown boy at a glance.
In fact, he was not qualified to call Barn Boy. After all, the other person looked to be fifteen or sixteen years old, and he was only in his early twenties. But the difference between experience and experience is the key to psychological maturity.
“What happened?”
Barn asked in a panic and at a loss.
"It was a lure just now, and the enemy took the bait." Lan En described the situation concisely. "Have you finished your work? Have your sister, the old, the weak, the women and the children gone to the underground warehouse?"
"All of them have gone! I sent them there!"
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"Now you are going too."
"Me? I can fight!"
"But someone has to guard the underground warehouse, understand? Go there immediately!"
There is nothing to say. Although Barn is at the age where he wants to perform and take responsibility, he is also sensible and knows what to do.
Looking at Baan turning around and running away, Qilin used its four legs to jump directly onto the wall of River Valley City.
"I'm here, everyone, don't panic!"
Shouting loudly, Lan En ran on the city wall while stabilizing the spirits of the militiamen in this way.
At this time, the unstable emotions of our own soldiers may be more terrifying than the enemy's knife.
"River Valley City is not the main attack direction, and we don't need to defend it. We just need to buy time! The main battlefield is not here!"
Lan En's steady and rational voice made those who haven't seen it yet The enemy began to pant and the militiamen became more calm.
This is what it means to be a general when the training and quality of the soldiers are insufficient.
Lan En used his every move to sort out the emotions of the Changhu Town militiamen, making them nervous but not tense.
He controls the mental state of this rudimentary unit, refreshes and evaluates it at any time, and then makes on-site fine-tuning.
He has always excelled in this level of detail.
“Just shoot all your arrows downwards. If you can’t hold the wall, retreat to the city. I left marks on the buildings along the way. The topography and topography of those places can be used as temporary fortresses. Move in layer by layer, understand! ”
In a very short period of time, Lan En completed a series of tactical arrangements.
Riverdale City is not the focus of this battle, Lan En immediately realized this from the beginning of the war.
So the thing he arranged for human beings was to delay time, even if they exchanged space for time.
After running around the city wall, the flannel ball also jumped up from below, put it on Lan En's shoulder, and looked at the battle situation below the city wall seriously.
Seeing that the orc troops were already swarming over, Lan En simply pulled out the black sword from the alchemy leather bag on his waist.
As [Turbid Current·Destruction] was completely exposed in the militiamen's 'saw a ghost' expressions, a ferocious and brutal aura also overflowed.
Lan En saw the expressions of the militiamen.
With the low quality of our own soldiers, this sword is not suitable for display in the crowd.
Fortunately, Lan En did not intend to stay on the city wall.
He has arranged everything he can, and the key to ending this war now does not lie in River Valley City.
With a 'click' sound, Qilin's hoofs had already landed outside the city.
"Huchi~"
Hot air spurted out from the moist nostrils, and the unicorn-like ruby eyes looked at the surging orcs.
On its back, Lan En also grasped the hilt of the big sword.
Gandalf once reminded him that Sauron had 'made some arrangements' for him.
To be honest, he was quite curious.
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