Chapter 256: After the War

On the battlefield of Riverside Fort.

When Levi returned with thousands of cavalrymen and the Ringwraiths were killed, everything was a foregone conclusion and there was no possibility of a reversal.

By sunrise, all the Orcs had been wiped out, leaving only the soldiers cleaning up the battlefield.

"Hurry, hurry, carry the wounded back!"

"Give the serious ones medicine first."

"Don't give up. The guy with his waist broken in half is not dead yet. Connect him and feed him some medicine!"

"Hold on!"

The land after war is always devastated.

In terms of the number of wounded, the defenders of the riverside fort and the cavalry that came to support suffered heavy losses.

For some reason, everyone fought with a fighting spirit, and when the war was over, almost everyone was injured, and most of them were seriously injured.

This resulted in the Riverside Castle side shedding almost as much blood as the orcs.

"Instructor, I. I."

When the light of dawn came, a soldier fell to the ground, holding his waist, with a little red blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, along with his tears.

The scarlet liquid and crystal tears glowed dazzlingly in the sunset glow.

"What’s wrong with you?"

A vagrant half-knelt on the ground, holding the soldier's head, looking a little flustered.

"Child, keep breathing, don't move, don't pull the wound, I taught you that"

"No, instructor, I have to say it now, otherwise I'm afraid it will be too late later."

The soldier held the vagrant's arm tightly, his eyes full of reluctance. His lips trembled as he spoke word by word:

"The healing potion tastes so good!"

The vagrant's face froze, and he pulled off his armor on the spot, only to see that the wound underneath had already healed.

"Get lost!"

The soldier was thrown to the ground.

After a while, perhaps out of anger, the homeless man went back and kicked him hard in the butt, making him scream and jump up.

The fact that these soldiers could make a nearly 200-year-old vagrant so angry shows that they have learned something from Levi.

Yes, the Riverfort soldiers suffered heavy casualties.

But even if I am injured, I won’t die.

It looks fragile and easily injured, but it is actually very tenacious.

call--

The eagle took off and left, carrying a man in black armor.

Levi left with the eagle.

So the mess on the battlefield was tacitly handed over to several commanding generals and a wizard here.

"Now that he's gone, there's no need to worry about the situation over there."

Gandalf drew Balin's attention back with one sentence, and said, "Our journey must continue. Now there is something new to tell Bilbo."

"agree."

Balin sat down, his gray beard still stained with blood.

There were Oak's and his own.

Besides being stained with blood...

Balin touched his beard and suddenly found that there seemed to be a corner missing on the right side.

There is a piece that is neat and a bit prickly.

“No, no…”

He quickly shook his head, his mind frantically searching for when this incident had happened.

Ringwraith.

It was that Ringwraith who had failed to judge the proper distance at which to swing his sword against the dwarf and had nearly cut his own neck.

The only difference is the beard.

Balin closed his eyes in pain.

"Don't worry, old man. It'll grow out of it."

Gandalf comforted her.

"That may be true of young men over a hundred years old, but beards grow very slowly at my age, Gandalf."

Balin shook his head.

Gandalf glanced at him and could only shrug.

Who can say for sure about this matter?

He stroked his long gray beard, which looked quite stylish even to a dwarf.

"Anyway, it wasn't me who had my beard shaved off."

Glorfindel returned with the Rivendell Riders.

Levi took a ride on Big Eagle and quickly returned to Roadside Castle. As soon as he landed, he walked into the Hell Gate and headed towards River Valley City.

Whoosh——

On the walls of Valley City, the dwarves operated their heavy crossbows and poured down fire, pushing back the armored Ologs one by one.

Yes, repel.

Their armor is comparable to that of Levi wearing a diamond suit without any enchantments, plus the natural resistance brought by their huge size, even heavy crossbows need concentrated fire to cause effective damage.

This is the gold content that is stronger than the iron golem.

But speaking of iron golems... there are still thousands of them inside the city walls. They are the last line of defense and garrison of the city.

They will make their enemies feel what despair is like.

"What's the situation?" a voice asked beside him.

Thorin replied subconsciously: "Very good, we can hold it, and their siege towers can't get close at all."

"Um?"

He turned around suddenly and saw that there was a person behind him.

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"Levi, when did you come?"

"Just arrived, and I heard there's war going on here too."

"All right."

Thorin accepted.

The speed is a bit strange, but not too outrageous.

"How's the situation over there?"

"It's very safe, just as safe as this side. We didn't even have much to lose."

"strangeness."

Thorin looked at the almost one-sided situation below and felt a little confused.

"I find it strange too." Levi didn't rush down to fight, but watched from the wall.

"At first I thought it was a diversionary move."

"Shouldn't it be a case of making a feint to the west and attacking the east?"

The western side of the Misty Mountains was attacked first, then the eastern side.

"Don't worry about the details. We should appreciate the hidden meaning of words rather than the surface."

"Okay, fine." Thorin responded and remained silent, leaving the conversation to Levi.

"When I first received the news, I thought that the attack on Riverside Castle was just a feint, and this was their main target."

“But after seeing those people, my mind changed.”

"So what do you think now?"

"have no idea."

Levi shook his head.

"I can't guess what he's going to do. If I have to say it, it can only be a 'test', and a very stupid test at that."

"It is unwise to waste so many troops in vain. It does not match my understanding of Soran."

The total number of troops that came to attack River Valley City was less than half of that of Riverside Castle.

Most of them were Uruks, and the style of their equipment looked familiar, like those withdrawn from the gates of Gondor.

The remaining few were human warriors from the Dongyi tribe, and they looked nothing special.

This composition is too weird.

“I think it’s strange, too.”

"The attack has been launched for a long time, but our people have not suffered any losses. Instead, they have been consumed. If these are the only means they have, it doesn't matter if you don't come back."

"Are these two places our 'West', and are there other places that are the 'East' that they really want to attack?"

Thorin began to use the vocabulary he had just learned from Levi.

"I don't know. I asked the Great Eagles. In addition to Riverside Castle and Riverdale City, they also sent an army to Long Lake Town, but that army was stopped by the elves. Now the elves are fighting with the sailors of Long Lake Town."

"Besides these places, there are no other places."

"Is that so?"

Thorin understood.

"I thought the elves didn't move."

"Give your allies more trust. I trust them, just as I trust you."

"All right."

Thorin lowered his head, as if he was reflecting on something.

Recently, the reputation of the elves in the tribe has actually improved slightly, and I am almost there too.

"It's time to end it."

Levi drew his sword and walked to the city gate.

So the city gates were opened wide.

The moment the city gate opened, excitement flashed in the eyes of the Uruks.

But when the people inside walked out, the excitement in their eyes turned into fear.

(End of this chapter)