Chapter 246 All Ran Away
"They are only orcs, not enough to require reinforcements."
Upon hearing this, Gandalf and Balin both frowned.
"It's just that... there are tens of thousands of orcs, and there must be ogres and various giant beasts. I know you are strong, Levi. If it was just you, you would be fine even if you killed one of the army back and forth. But this is defense. You have to hold this territory. But after all, you are not those stone giants as big as mountains. You can't stop them all at the same time."
“When you are doing something, there will always be other things that you cannot take care of.”
"Of course I understand."
Levi smiled and said, "Farodan, can you tell me how many rangers are around here?"
"Your own... never mind."
Farodan gave up preaching to the offline head in front of him and said, "From Fengyun Hill to Nangang, and then from Nangang to the Hejiao area, we can probably gather more than a thousand rangers in three days."
"By the way, since our hidden gathering place is not far from here, my people can also come to support us. However, you know our situation, and a few hundred people is the limit."
Vagrants are already rare in number, and most of them are scattered throughout Eriador. Perhaps it is possible to encounter vagrants anywhere in this entire wilderness, but it is obviously unlikely to encounter many vagrants at once, which is even less likely than Levi being able to stay in the territory and do his work.
"There is also a roadside fort. Judging from the training in recent years, excluding the rangers who are out for training, there are about 3,000 ready-made troops that can be mobilized."
"Three thousand soldiers plus more than a thousand rangers."
Gandalf summed it up for him.
"There are enough of these men to deal with the orcs that have gathered, if we can only deal with the Ringwraiths and their unknown means."
"Ha, don't forget that there is a dwarf here. My axe will serve you. Oh, but I don't seem to have brought it with me. Can you find one for me?" Balin looked at Levi.
"Of course, there are. You can have any axe you want."
After agreeing to Balin, Levi looked at Farodan again.
"Is that all?"
"That's all we can gather here in a short period of time."
After that, the conference hall fell into silence.
"What's wrong?" Gandalf was the first to break the quiet atmosphere.
Isn't that enough? More than 4,000 elite soldiers, build a higher wall, and put some iron golems inside. As long as we can deal with the Ringwraiths, the army of Moria will never be able to attack.
A similar thing had happened in the Battle of Five Armies, when the difference in numbers between the two sides was much greater than it is now.
And as Farodan said just now, these are the only people that can be gathered in a short period of time. As the war progresses and the news spreads, the number of people on their side will only increase.
Our reinforcements continued to arrive, but the number of Orcs became smaller and smaller.
“Not enough.”
Levi suddenly spoke.
Of course, we can defend the city no matter what, but...
"I want to see the limits of the territories."
Levi stood up and said, "I'm going to go to other territories."
"Other territories, which ones do you mean?"
"all."
On that day, hundreds of people on the construction team stopped all other work and instead accelerated the construction of the city wall.
Since it was built by the river, the workload required to construct the city wall was much smaller, and the river could serve as a natural barrier.
With the construction team's expedited work, the base of the city wall was built in just one morning, and it had taken shape. The next thing to do was to raise it higher and higher.
All you need to do is keep building up the height. As for the structure, stability, adhesion and so on, you don't need to consider them at all.
As long as you are still within the territory, you will have to fill it up no matter how you build it.
"He's gone."
Outside the castle, the three were at a loss.
Balin turned and sought advice from the other two.
"So what do we do?"
"We should knock him on the head so that he knows that the lord should not leave before the battle."
Gandalf narrowed his eyes.
Farodan patted the shoulder of the old man who occasionally had a bad temper and comforted him: "He is just like that. Don't be angry with him."
"Although he doesn't seem very reliable at ordinary times, he will definitely come back at the critical moment."
"Or do you think he is someone who would joke about the lives of his subjects?"
"Of course not."
Gandalf shook his head.
"From what I have seen, there is no one in this world who cares more about the lives of his subjects than him, even the elves who live outside the mortal world."
"Then trust him."
Having said that, Farodan mounted his horse.
"Where are you going?"
"Go to the roadside fort to organize and mobilize."
After Levi left, this task was naturally handed over to Farodan, even though he did not join Roadside Fort in name.
But in reality there is no corresponding position in the roadside fort, or it has not been set up yet, so usually whoever is suitable is given the job.
At the moment, the most suitable person to do this is Farodan. In terms of age and combat experience, he may not be the best among the vagrants, but in terms of his understanding of Levi's territory in this area and Levi himself, he is definitely better than most people.
This was indeed the case. When Farodan arrived at the roadside fort and explained all the circumstances, most of the nomad instructors and residents who were stationed there for training nominated him as the leader of this operation.
As for the candidates for reserve commanders set up for safety reasons, there are so many of them that they have to be arranged by numbers.
Everyone is a soldier, but everyone can also be a commander when necessary - although this has not been fully realized yet, due to the implementation of relevant policies, many territories have already had this trend.
At the gate of the riverside castle, Gandalf and Balin looked at each other.
After Levi, Farodan also left quickly. Now there are only two people left who are least familiar with the territory.
"Are you leaving too?"
Balin looked up and asked.
"Go? Where can I go?"
"I can't leave."
Gandalf sighed.
"Levi and the one who had a record of killing Ringwraiths, Farodan, have left. Now there are some unexpected situations that may happen and only I can handle them. I have to stay here to guard for them."
"Okay, I'll follow you then."
Balin nodded.
"Come with me."
Gandalf pushed open the gate of the Riverside Castle and said, "According to Levi's instructions, the armory is on the left. You can take this opportunity to find a weapon that suits you."
Clang.
When the door of the armory opened, Bahrain's eyes lit up.
"Elves, dwarves, humans...even orcs, all kinds of weapons made by all races are here."
"It's amazing! If I had an arsenal like this, I could sit here and admire them all day long."
"That's it."
He picked up a dwarven steel battle axe.
“I like this.”
"It's big, hard, heavy, and sharp. No orc's head can withstand it."
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