Chapter 72: Elf Reinforcement
About a month later, Chu Fan's team arrived at the Holy Helmet Valley.
Before this, Hiyodon was convinced that the scouts of Rohan did find the army of orcs that drove out, and gave up staying in the palace and brought a few troops to the Holy Helmet Valley for defense.
The Holy Helmet Valley looks like a valley surrounded by two sides of mountains. The ancestors of the Rohans built a towering wall here, and even dug large caves from the mountains on both sides.
A city wall of about four or five kilometers is located across the middle of the canyon. The height of the city wall is about six or seven meters, and is made of stones.
There are many arrow towers on the mountain on the left, which relies on the walkway on the top of the city wall to form a link with the fortress group on the mountain on the right.
A considerable number of fortresses were built on the mountain on the right, and this side was also the main hub of the Holy Helmet Valley. Not only was the fortress built but also a palace was built.
According to the relationship between Western culture, the king's palace is actually a place for gathering troops, and it must exist in an arsenal to prevent accidents, as well as a considerable amount of reserved food.
There were not many Rohans who brought the Holy Helmet Valley, except for about six or seven hundred soldiers, most of them were civilians gathered along the way.
As the number of civilians grows, and their grief is left to abandon their homes, it makes such a military-heavy place a bit like a refugee camp.
"It's amazing!" Eve pointed to the long walkway connecting the fortress on the mountain to the right: "It's built bit by bit, and there's an arch every ten meters. The highest place should be more than 150 meters. How did they do it?"
It was a high-altitude passage that looked quite spectacular. I don’t know how much manpower and financial resources it took, but it looked really shocking.
However, it is precisely because of the passage from low to high that the fortress group on the right has a weak critical point.
"It's a trap." Aragon was smoking a cigarette, and the smoke was naturally given by Lin Bin and other participants. He said: "That terrain is a one-man who can pass through the barriers. The enemy's main attack strength will also be placed there, and the defense pressure of the canyon wall will be reduced a lot."
The width of the high altitude passage is about five meters, and there are no guardrails on both sides. It is still within the shooting range and shooting distance of the long-range attack weapon of the fortress group and the city wall.
Indeed, the invading enemy forces were to capture the Holy Helmet Valley, so they could not ignore the fortress group (palace) on the mountain on the right.
If you want to attack the hub of the Holy Helmet Valley, there is no more direct way to attack from a high-altitude channel. Once you can attack, you can ignore the city wall defense, and there is no need to fight the mountain on the left.
"This design is certainly a trap when there is sufficient force, but once the force is insufficient..." Polomo pulled the corner of his mouth, shook his head and said, "Saruman was ended, but his army of 20,000 orcs are still there. It seems that there are about 2,000 strong orcs?"
Among the orcs, the strongest orcs are the strongest, otherwise those orcs are generally weak.
That is something that the production materials are decided in advance. A considerable number of orcs use broken corpses as materials. When they are made, they have defects, and they generally have characteristics of physical defects.
Many times, even if humans are temporarily armed militias, as long as the militia is not timid in advance, one militia can actually win against two orcs.
The strong orcs can easily defeat at least ten militias, and can fight against three regular troops against humans. They will only match the competition when facing some elite soldiers. Those who encounter legendary (B-level) or above are the ones who are chopped melons and vegetables.
There are only three hundred regular troops in Holy Helmet Valley, and after Hieun's order, nearly a thousand militias were armed.
With about 1,300 armed forces, what needs to be defended is the huge Holy Helmet Valley, and its troops are in a serious shortage!
"We need reinforcements!" Xiyoudon couldn't hide his anxiety and said, "Saruman is dead, but if we can't defeat his orc army, we will die."
There are not many people who can enter the palace hall, but there are still nearly twenty people.
Most of them were not Rohan, and the Expeditionary Forces of the Rings occupied more than a dozen people.
The Holy Helmet Valley was abandoned for a long time. After they came here, they cleaned up, but they could still see traces of abandonment. For example, the spider silk on the roof belonged to those that had not been cleaned for the time being. Some corners of the ground were filled with spider webs and thick dust.
The important thing now is to discuss how to deal with the invasion of the orc army, and the environment can be ignored for the time being.
"I can go and find Farath." Gandalf said that when he came, he encountered the Rohan cavalry unit led by Farath: "He gathered more than two thousand cavalry and could play a key role in the battle in the Holy Helmet Valley."
Farath Lin Bin met when he entered Luohan, but I don’t remember whether he was a plot character who took up the role.
Xiyoudon showed a regretful expression, and soon became firm in his face, and decided: "Then do it."
During the years he was controlled, there were too many Rohan nobles exiled by Hieudon. Many nobles died on the way to exile, and more nobles were disappointed with the royal family and began to wander with their subjects. Some nobles gathered their entourages and herdsmen to fight against the invasion of the orcs.
Farath should be the one with the largest share among the exiled nobles. He actually gathered more than 2,000 cavalrymen?
You should know that during the reign of Hipudon, he had the highest gathering of more than 20,000 cavalry, and as a king, he summoned the nobles and knights of the country, including the entourage of nobles and knights, which had only 20,000 cavalry.
"Among the civilians, thirteen-year-old boys must also be armed!" Xiyoudon knew the key to this battle and said, "If the Holy Helmet Valley falls, it will cause a fatal blow to Rohan!"
Holy Helmet Valley is the last fortress of Rohan. Rohan used Holy Helmet Valley more than once to avoid the destruction of his country. He also defeated the invading enemy troops several times, and in the subsequent battles, the overall situation turned defeat into victory.
A horn of "Woooooooooooo--" sound suddenly appeared.
The people in the hall were nervous at first, and several people spoke.
"Not the horn of the orc."
“It’s not ours either.”
"It's the horn of the elf!"
After Aragorn finished speaking, he walked out of the palace gate excitedly. No one expected the elves to arrive more than him. It means that the elves at least supported him and were willing to shed blood for him. It was not only related to this battle in the Holy Helmet Valley, but also to determine whether he could be so smooth in charge of Gondor in the future.
Right in front of the Holy Helmet Valley, an army of about 2,000 elves lined up toward the high altitude passage. They were very neatly walking, which made people think of the word "elite teacher"...
Chapter completed!