Essinger.
Thick smoke billowed and black clouds filled the sky.
In the vast circular square.
There are many formations of heavily armed black troops.
Black flags symbolizing Isengard and Saruman were flying.
"hold head high..."
Desolation, the thick sound of horns resounded in the sky.
Countless troops roared with all their might.
Saruman, who was standing on the top of the Orthanc Stone Tower, looked at the army below and just raised his hand.
All sounds disappeared immediately.
Saruman looked down at the army, the kingdom, and his face that belonged entirely to him, and his heart was filled with endless satisfaction.
"It's time to show the world the power of Isengard. Victory will only belong to us."
"Tonight, the blood of Rohan will stain the earth red..."
"March into Helm's Deep and kill them all..."
"Now, let's go!!!"
Saruman, with long hair flying, stood on the top of the Orthanc Stone Tower and roared, looking like a madman.
"hold head high..."
"hold head high..."
The sound of horns filled the sky again.
The black army formation began to move slowly.
Watching the army march out below.
Saruman said with a cold face: "From today on, there is no hope for the human world, and darkness will definitely dominate the world."
Behind him, Grima suddenly came back to his senses from the extreme shock just now.
...
Fangorn Forest.
Within the dense towering forest.
The two little hobbits, Merry and Pippin, were sitting comfortably on the shoulders of Ent Treebeard's tall trunk, and they continued to walk towards the south of the forest with Treebeard.
At this time, Treebeard walked up to a higher peak in Fangorn Forest. Pippin, who was sitting on his shoulder, immediately noticed the thick black smoke rising at the end of his sight in front of him and said immediately: "Look, there is a thick smoke over there." cigarette."
Treebeard turned his head slightly and said without any surprise, "It's been a long time."
"Thick smoke keeps rising from Essinger..."
Treebeard spoke slowly.
"Isengard..."
Merry, who was sitting on the other shoulder, immediately frowned and thought when he heard this name that seemed to have some impression.
"Yes..."
"Lord of Isengard, the white wizard Saruman used to roam my forest."
"But now, all he has in his heart is metal and gears, and he no longer cares about anything else..."
Treebeard spoke slowly and kept walking forward.
Merry, who had already remembered something, immediately climbed to the higher trunk on Treebeard's shoulders.
Pippin climbed up immediately.
Soon, when they were at the highest branches of the trees, they saw at a glance that in the distance, in the direction of Essinger, black army formations were moving towards the distance.
"what is that?"
Pippin spoke in shock.
"That's Saruman's army, and the war has begun."
Merry had already thought of something and immediately looked at his little friend Pippin beside him as he said this: "I have to do something."
Pippin obviously knew enough about his best mate that he seemed to have thought about what the other person was thinking and nodded immediately.
The two hobbits then began to talk about the war.
But Treebeard, who didn't know how long he had lived, understood what the two wanted to say.
"We Ents have not intervened in the wars between human wizards for a long, long time..."
"Saruman's war deserves serious attention."
"But we have something more important now, something that hasn't happened in more than a hundred years."
"What's up?"
"Ent Conference..."
...
Helm's Deep.
It is a canyon area north of the White Mountains and south of West Rohan, right at the base of a giant mountain.
The valley mouth area is flanked by cliffs of the White Mountains on both sides. In front is a vast flat land, and behind is an equally steep mountain wall.
In the middle is the real name of Helm's Deep: "Horn Castle".
The Horn Keep, also known as "Susberg", was once a magnificent fortress belonging to Gondor.
Later, the entire huge land of Rohan was given to Rohan.
The Horn Castle is built on a huge boulder "Horn Rock" protruding from the cliff on the north side of Helm's Deep Valley.
The Horn Castle has two tall and solid walls, inside and outside, surrounding the inner courtyard and the outer courtyard of the Horn Castle respectively.
The huge wall surrounding the outer courtyard, a thick and tall city wall nearly one hundred meters long, envelops the entire Horn Castle.
The inner wall protects the main building of the Horn Castle. It is taller and thicker than the outer wall, but its length is relatively smaller.
Snowflakes were flying in the sky, getting bigger and bigger.
After being exhausted and frightened, the residents of Edoras of Rohan finally entered the Horn Keep under the leadership of Princess Eowen of Rohan.
At the tall gate of Horn Castle, the remaining soldiers who had already heard the news had already opened the gate to welcome the residents from Edoras.
Looking ahead, King Théoden walked into the gate of Horn Castle surrounded by warriors.
Morgan and Legolas Kingli walked slowly at the back of the huge team on horseback.
Three people and three horses, after going through battles and the embarrassment of falling off the horse several times in the past few days, Gimli was now able to ride on the back of the tall horse well and not be easily thrown off.
It was afternoon.
The sky became darker and gloomier.
When the three Morgans followed the huge team into the Horn Castle.
It was already dark.
The Horn Keep is obviously much smaller than Edoras, the royal city of Rohan.
But as the strongest castle in Rohan, and the castle that has always been regarded as the last fortress in Rohan, it is naturally not much smaller.
The Horn Castle, which houses the entire population of Edolas and the Hussars, is a bit crowded, but it will never be such that the residents are crowded into the aisles, passages, or anything like that.
As a member of the team that saved the kingdom of Théoden with Gandalf.
And when the Orc Warg Knights attacked not long ago, they made a powerful record that was obvious to all.
The three Morgans, who were highly valued by King Théoden, were quickly assigned to a room.
The room is not spacious, but it is enough to sleep three people.
The three of them had just stepped into the room and hadn't even had time to take off their weapons and equipment.
A few attendants brought dinner for the three of them in the back.
Compared to other residents, they only have the crudest and simplest food such as bread and soup.
Morgan's dinner for three people was very rich, including smoked fish steak, sausage soup, fruit beer and other foods, and the portion was large enough for three people to eat.
After a busy and tiring day, eating dinner and drinking cold beer is the most relaxing time of the day.
The three of Morgan chatted while eating, and naturally they talked about several of their friends.
"Aragorn and Boromir must have reached Minas Tirith, the White City of Gondor, by this time. I wonder what is happening to them now?"
Because of his race, Legolas's taste was much lighter than Morgan and Gimli's. He just drank a few bowls of soup and ate some fruit before putting down the tableware, wiping his mouth and speaking.
"With the power of Minas Tirith, it will definitely be no problem to save Boromir."
"Presumably Aragorn may already be on his way to Rohan."
Morgan thought for a moment before answering, and then said: "I'm a little worried about Frodo and Sam."
"With something as extremely evil as the Supreme Lord of the Rings, it's incredibly difficult to go to Mount Doom in Modo's lair."
Morgan said softly, and Legolas and Gimli fell silent.
"It's really difficult..."
"Uh uh..."
Jinli was chewing a mouthful of food while talking, and suddenly rolled his eyes as if he was choked.
One hand quickly picked up a full glass of beer and drank it.
Gulu hulu...
Until the entire beer in the tall wooden barrel cup was finished.
Jin Li then patted his chest and said calmly: "It's a pity that those two little guys refused to go with us, otherwise it wouldn't be so dangerous."
"Gandalf has agreed with Frodo's thoughts and actions."
Listening to Gimli's words, Legolas shook his head.
"Gandalf always says something incomprehensible and incomprehensible."
"I don't understand. Isn't it safer to go on the road with us than the two little guys going alone?"
Gimli said and poured himself a full glass of beer, puzzled.
In response to Gimli's words, Legolas glanced weakly at Morgan, who showed the same expression.
What he said to Jin Li was too complicated and specious, and he would definitely not be able to understand such mysterious words as fate.
Talking more is just asking for trouble. This has happened more than once.
So the two of them shut up decisively.
But Gimli obviously didn't feel this, and said while eating and drinking: "I wonder where Gandalf is now?"
"Where do you think he will go?"
Jinli said and looked at the two companions in front of him.
Legolas frowned slightly, and when Edolas Gandalf left, he only said that he was going to ask for reinforcements, but did not say where specifically he was going to ask for reinforcements.
But the forces closest to Rohan can be counted on their own.
The north is considered the golden forest Lothlorien;
In the west, the great enemy is Saruman's Isengard;
To the south are the majestic and continuous white mountains that are impossible to browse. Behind the white mountains is the territory of Gondor.
The east is also considered the territory of Gondor, and the white city of Minas Tirith, the capital of Gondor, is over there.
And the Dark Lord's lair "Modo" further to the east.
If Gandalf wants to ask for help to save Rohan and save Helm's Deep, theoretically, he can only count on the Golden Forest in the north and Gondor in the east.
But Boromir said before that the situation in Gondor at this time was not good, and they were too close to Mordor.
Legolas thought it unlikely that Gandalf would go to Gondor for help.
However, Aragorn and Boromir are in Gondor at this time, and there is a natural possibility of going there to ask for help.
Then there's Lothlorien.
Based on the relationship between Lord Celeborn and Lady Galadriel and Gandalf.
There is a strong possibility that Gandalf will go to the Golden Forest.
"have no idea..."
Legolas shook his head and added: "Maybe he went to Lothlorien."
Morgan nodded as he listened.
If he didn't have the memory plot in his mind, from a simple analysis, it is most likely that Gandalf would indeed go to the Golden Forest to ask for help.
Beyond that is Gondor.
However, Gondor is too overwhelmed to deal with the increasingly powerful Modo at this time, and there is no spare force to support Rohan.
What's more, the current ruling prime minister of Gondor, "Denethor", is not that easy to talk to...
There was a lot of noise outside the room.
inside the room.
Morgan drank a large glass of cold beer on the table and immediately put down the tableware.
Gimli was still eating.
Compared to how much he eats, Gimli is inferior to Morgan, but compared to how long he eats, Morgan is inferior to Gimli.
But he knew that dinner was the most important meal among dwarves.
The happiest and fastest time of the day is during dinner.
So they all ate slowly and enjoyed themselves.
Morgan wiped his mouth, stood up and walked out the door.
At this time, the snowflakes in the sky became even bigger, and the heavy snowflakes fell one after another, making the entire Horn Castle even colder.
The Horn Castle was very noisy, with people moving around everywhere.
Morgan was currently in the inner city of Horn Castle. He braved the wind and snow and strode towards the tall city wall in front of him.
Not long after, when I walked up the thick and tall city wall, I found King Théoden, Éomer and another hussar leader standing on the wall talking about something.
"grown ups..."
Morgan stepped forward and said hello.
"You came just in time Morgan, I was just about to send someone to find you."
Seeing Morgan's figure, Théoden said and immediately rushed towards him.
The two of them stood side by side in front of the tall city wall of the inner city. Théoden pointed to the huge, thick, and solid wall of the outer city in front of him that spanned the entire valley and said, "How is it?"
Of course Morgan knew what Théoden wanted to hear, and although it was true, he said: "Indestructible."
"Yes, indestructible."
"Saruman will never be able to conquer this place."
Théoden said confidently, then turned to look beside him: "Morgan, I order you to be the commander of the outer city. Are you interested?"
"I...outer city commander?"
Morgan looked at Théoden with some surprise. Although his personal strength was stronger than anyone in the entire Horn Keep, he had never led a large army of warriors in battle.
However, this kind of experience was extremely rare, so he naturally wanted to try it.
"certainly..."
Morgan looked at Théoden and nodded, and continued: "But I don't have much experience in this area. This battle is so important..."
Morgan said, shaking his head.
Although he did not say it clearly, he expressed his rejection.
As he said, the importance of this battle is unparalleled.
It would be absolutely inappropriate for me to rashly become a commander when I have never had any commanding experience.
Morgan still has something in mind.
"Don't worry too much, we won't go out this time..."
Théoden stood beside Morgan and spoke of his purpose.
This battle to defend the city is different from a field battle. It does not require too much command, nor does it need to be drawn out to set up a formation or anything like that.
Moreover, he knew that the number of Saruman's army would definitely exceed the strength of the troops here in the Horn Castle.
Théoden wanted to use Morgan's personal powerful force to sit on the outer wall, thereby stimulating the morale of the soldiers so that they could fight more bravely.
For this reason, Morgan naturally had no reason to refuse.
"For victory, this is also my honor..."
Morgan said as he nodded and bowed to King Théoden, then turned his head and found Legolas and Gimli standing beside him at some point.
Beside Théoden, Eowen, wearing a simple blue dress, also stood there.
"Isengard is not too far from Helm's Deep. They may appear here at any time."
"Go ahead, from now on, no one is allowed to go out..."
"Lock the city gates and strengthen the defenses. Prepare everything you need and be ready to fight at any time."
Théoden looked at Éomer beside him and finished his explanation, then looked at Morgan: "Let's go Morgan, let's meet the warriors under your command..."
