Chapter 324: The Year of the War
Time always passes in dullness. Sometimes when we look back, we find that there are not so many major events in the world that directly involve everyone.
At least not that often.
Mediocreness is often the mainstream.
And many people meet the end of their lives in this dull life.
Their night had come.
[Alger: 2916~2995]
[Yawen: 2918~2996]
Standing in front of two relatively new tombstones leaning against each other, Levi closed his eyes and sighed softly.
"But my dark night is endless."
He planted a flower on each of their graves.
When they first met, both boys were in their twenties. At that time, they were still free rangers. They had fought on the front lines, walked through the wilderness and mountains, and passed through the Black Gate with the caravan and him...
He also fought hard for the title of Legion Champion, which provided a great match for everyone.
They represented an era, and at the end of this era, they passed away one after another.
On this day, Levi walked into the warehouse and picked and chose some basic materials.
Then, a memorial hall was built on the open space near the cemetery, and some solemn-style furnishings were placed inside.
When everything was arranged, Levi inserted the dragon steel sword that Yawen returned to him on the stone platform, behind which there was a memorial wall.
After doing this, he wrote a line of small words on the first line of the first memorial wall behind the first stone platform: Champion of the First Legion Competition: Yawen (2918~2996).
Thus a sword gained history.
It will be displayed here until the next user arrives.
Each sword has its own stone platform and memorial wall.
When the memorial hall was opened, all the champions took time out to come back and take a look. They found the position of their weapons and carved their names on the corresponding memorial walls.
From then on, all new champions of the legion would come here to claim their own inheritance and pay tribute to their predecessors.
After doing all this, a few months later, Levi went to the Great Wall in the north and went deep into Angmar for investigation.
"Almost."
In 2997, Lubianbao held a meeting that was considered the largest in recent years.
The main participants were the commanders of the various legions (garrisons/rangers) of Roadside Fort, company captains, legion champions, as well as some ranger representatives and instructors.
In addition, there are internal coordinating and managing personnel of the roadside fort, including representatives of various communities and project leaders, as well as caretakers and managers of important facilities such as ordnance and supplies.
The theme of the meeting was "The Final Cleanup of Angmar".
After a long period of efforts, this matter has finally entered the final stage and can be slowly brought to an end.
This matter was controlled by Levi personally.
Now he is no longer the offline leader who knew nothing decades ago. After Bud's death, he became studious and secretly learned all the things that Bud asked him to learn but he pretended not to hear and didn't want to learn.
This meeting lasted a long time.
Under the influence of Levi's consistent conservative strategy, the final results of the meeting and the proposed plan were also relatively conservative.
Needless to say, logistics, supplies and weapons have never been a problem. The managers of various departments are basically graduates from outstanding schools who have fought in the battlefield and are both literate and martial. They know what is needed on the battlefield, are proficient in coordinating work, and are capable of managing everything.
As for the offense?
The initial plan was: in addition to the necessary garrisons, a total of 10,000 elite troops from Roadside Fort and Water City would march northward.
Levi himself was the commander-in-chief, assisted by two roadside fort commanders, under whom were five legion commanders and hundreds of company commanders.
The basic configuration is that each legion has 2,000 people. A legion contains ten companies, and each company has 200 people.
Each legion has at least one legion champion who will fight bravely and follow the legion leader to protect him and ensure that he will not be accidentally killed.
Within the legion, each company must have at least two excellent rangers, and among the two excellent rangers, at least one must be assigned to be good at management and tactics to carry out overall planning and plan execution/designation.
Finally, these positions are not static. When necessary, each position can be compatible and replaced.
Ten thousand elite soldiers are definitely enough to deal with the remnants of Angmar, after all, Levi himself is there.
Moreover, the remnants of Angmar are called remnants because before this attack was launched, this area had been eroded for more than ten years, the enemy density had been greatly reduced, and the difficulty of conquering was no longer as hell as before.
This expedition was prepared for a long time.
After the meeting, Levi stepped into the Hell Gate and found the Hell Fortress. He killed the Blaze Men in it for several months and accumulated a large amount of materials for brewing medicine. From this, the healing potions were replenished in huge quantities, which was estimated to be enough to support a large-scale war.
The meeting ended in mid-2997.
By the end of 2997, everything was ready.
The next year, in the spring of 2998, when the lively annual meeting was over, the winter snow began to melt, and buds sprouted on the branches, the army officially began to gather.
Since there was ample time for preparation this time, nomads who were active in distant places and stationed in tribal living areas also got the news and rushed over before the expedition.
With Aragorn as the representative and leader, the nomads gathered a legion of thousands of people to come to support.
These were almost all the combat personnel they could mobilize, including even a number of female homeless people.
There is no problem in mobilizing the entire clan.
The decision and actions of the nomads were not unexpected, considering that they had a thousand-year-long blood feud with Angmar.
Now that there is such an opportunity, if they miss it, people will wonder if something has happened to them.
In short, the army grew from 10,000 to 11,000. Out of the idea that talented people should not be wasted, Aragon was appointed by Livy as the third commander.
"etc…"
Just when everything was about to be finalized, Levi suddenly narrowed his eyes and looked in the direction of the Nomad Legion.
"What are you hiding from?"
Farodan, who was trying to take advantage of the situation, was picked out by Levi.
This guy should not be underestimated. After traveling and training in the East, he has the courage to face the Ringwraiths alone, and his strength is at the level of the Legion's champion.
As for experience and tactical planning ability, we have to mention that Farodan is already over 150 years old this year, and his combat experience alone is over 100 years, so he can definitely be called experienced.
His life experience is quite rich. He fought in the battlefield for more than a hundred years, served as an instructor in a roadside fort, taught in a school, led troops to defend a city, and killed the Ringwraiths...
Among the nomads, Farodan's reputation seems to be not low, second only to Aragorn.
It would be a shame not to let such a veteran do something.
So he filled the vacant position of leader of the Nomadic Corps, and this result was what everyone expected.
Levi said Farodan had no objection to this arrangement.
“It’s OK this time.”
"Set off!"
Everything started to go smoothly.
The end of Angmar is approaching, and it will be thoroughly liquidated. The hidden dangers left inside may completely disappear after this expedition.
After the army set out, the city seemed to become less lively.
Some people may think that the defenses of Roadside Fort and Water City are somewhat empty at the moment, but if there is something that really wants to take advantage of the opportunity to do something to these two places -
Then they would see that there were actually more defenders in the city than those going out to fight.
This is where Levi is more conservative. No matter attacking or defending, no one on either side can be missing.
At this time, even if they faced again the army of more than 15,000 that attacked Moria decades ago, even if Levi was not there, even if an expeditionary army had been sent out, the two cities would be able to cope with it on their own without even having to mobilize reinforcements from other places.
(End of this chapter)
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