Two Hundred and Eightieth IX Rohan War (8)

The battle of Essinger didn't end so soon, because the United Kingdom of Alicia took a fancy to Saruman's magical creature, the production base of the orc army, so they didn't agree with what the tree shepherd Treebeard suggested: Go pry over that dam and flood Essinger!

Instead, it adopted the combination of tree shepherds and tree beards, plus the method of advancing layer by layer with muskets and cannons, intending to gradually erode the enemy's vitality and ensure the integrity of this strange creature manufacturing base to the greatest extent.

And when the coalition forces of Alicia's Second Legion and Treants in Isinger began to tear down the high walls around the Orthank Mage Tower, and launched a surprise attack on the base within the walled area of ​​the Isinger tower, and cleaned the half of the ground under the ground. At the orc production base, at the Horn Fort of Helm's Deep in the southeast of Rohan, Theoden Hussar King, who believed that the stone castle was indestructible, was once again slapped by reality!

The pioneer of gunpowder, Saruman who graduated from the magic class, and his orcs, used a bunch of large cannonballs to blow up a section of the city wall, allowing countless orcs to break into the protective wall of the Horn Fort in an instant. within!

Compared to the United Kingdom of Alicia, who can rationally and scientifically use those black powders, and use gunpowder and related technologies to make muskets and cannons, Saruman, an evil white-robed wizard who can also make gunpowder and has been granulated And the strong beasts under him will apply it even more magically, and much more unrestrainedly!

Because, due to their inadequacy in steel and forging techniques, coupled with time constraints, they gave up the kind of skimpy weapons that they imitated Alicia. Just made those particles of black powder into large iron bombs!

Then, they used the suicidal attack mechanism that the strong orcs used their flesh to carry them, and finally ignited them with human flesh. Indestructible, and dare to claim that the Horn Fort has never been captured for hundreds of years!

Moreover, on the first night of attacking the Horn Fortress, when the sky was not yet bright in the morning, all the defensive fortresses and parapets outside were captured, and they broke through to the gate of the last mountain fortress in one fell swoop!

This allowed the nomads of Rohan, who were huddled in the innermost part of the Horn Fort, and the remaining elven allied forces who only knew how to bend bows, shoot arrows and play tricks, to feel the power of magic pseudo-technology for the first time!

It was those self-detonating artillery battles that made the strong orcs fight for only half a night, so that the Allied forces of Rohan had to retreat into the last mountain fortress, losing all the outer city walls and To defend the Arrow Fort and other facilities, only the main body of the mountain fortress and the last gate for the refugee gates are left...

"drink!"

"drink!!"

Boom! Boom! !

at this time,

In the mountain fortress of the Horn Fort, except for Aragorn who is still actively directing the battle, King Theoden and some others are sitting on the ground with a sad face, listening to the strong beasts outside the door. There were shouts of excitement, and then the sound of violent impacts chasing towards the final gate.

"This Fortress of Rohan, which is said to never fall, this magnificent Horn Fort built by the kings of the past, is about to be captured..."

"It's all about to end..."

Seeing the dozens of soldiers use logs and heavy objects, and even their own bodies against the cast iron frame to enclose the solid wood structure gate in vain, Theoden knew that this place had fallen, Maybe it's just a matter of time.

"No need to struggle anymore, it's meaningless!"

When the loyal guard commander beside him bandaged his wound, Theoden laughed at himself and said this to Aragorn who was still commanding the soldiers to hold the gate to the gate.

"No! Theoden, you said that this fortress will not be captured as long as there are people guarding it?!"

After he and Legolas hurried over, carrying a plank to continue to strengthen the defense of the gate, Aragorn yelled at Theoden, who was the first to be discouraged, in dissatisfaction:

"As long as they are still defending and fighting to the death, we haven't lost yet!"

Now that life and death were at stake, Aragorn didn't care about etiquette, and he didn't even intend to give the Theoden Hussar King any more face. He almost pointed at his head and scolded him!

Thinking that that day, it was he, Theoden, who decided to abandon the capital Edoras and lead most of the nearby Rohan refugees to take refuge in Helm's Deep to avoid a direct confrontation with the orc army! It was he, Theoden, who said how tough and impregnable this fortress was!

But what happened? It's not yet dawn, it's only half of the night, and the strong orcs have already attacked outside the last gate!

And these people, all of them are stuck here now, and they have become a group of turtles in the urn, and they have nowhere to run if they want to run! Once this gate is broken through, and the tens of thousands of orcs outside pour in, the people here, no matter men, women, old or young, humans, dwarves or elves, will not be able to live alone!

"They are about to attack!"

"ah!!"

"God is above, who can come and save us..."

After hearing the louder and louder slogans of the orcs and the banging on the door, the old and weak women and children hiding in the depths of the fortress began to scream and become confused, and bursts of children's crying broke out from time to time And the prayers of some old people, the scene turned bad for a while...

If it is in normal times, there may be officials or soldiers trying to maintain order? But now, they were about to break through the final fortress, and they didn't want to take care of it any more. After all, once the gate is breached by the orcs, no matter how much they do, it will be meaningless!

At that time, none of them, from kings and nobles to civilians, women and children, will be able to escape the final fate of being destroyed!

"..."

Sighing slightly in his heart, Theoden turned his head away a little after looking at those refugee gates. Perhaps, he, the hussar king of Rohan, will soon become the last king of Rohan?

What he never expected was that he, Theoden, would end up with the title of a king of subjugation in the end...

"Is there any other way to let these women, children and children escape first?!"

After watching the chaotic scenes of the refugees for a while, Aragorn hurried to Theoden and asked.

In fact, Aragorn had wanted to ask this question a long time ago!

He thinks, as long as the previous kings of Rohan are not too stupid, they should have kept one or two hidden routes in this fortress, right? As long as there is a way out, he can continue to command the soldiers to resist with confidence, and then wait until the gate is breached, he can run as fast as he can, so as not to die in this bullshit fortress built by the Rohan people!

Aragorn believed that no one would build such a fortress without retreat, unless that person was a fool! Is the cunning rabbit still the Three Caves, let alone someone who can think?

No matter how bad it is, there should be one or two secret passages here that can be used to escape in times of crisis!

"..."

"..."

While asking questions, Aragorn, who was busy coordinating the soldiers guarding the gate, turned around and saw the two silent and ashamed Hussar Kings of Rohan and the commander of the guards, his heart skipped a beat, and he cried out secretly. Say no.

"Is there really no other way out?!"

After strengthening his tone again, Aragorn was almost scared to death by the reaction of these two people!

These fools of Rohan, did they really build a fortress like a cemetery? Are they so stupid that they don't even leave a way out for themselves? !

"There is a trail that leads to the mountain behind..."

"But whether it's us, or these women and children, they definitely won't be able to escape far! Those strong orcs, there are too many of them! It won't take long for them to catch up and kill us... ..."

Under Aragorn's questioning, the king's guard commander finally revealed a secret way.

However, the secret path is too narrow and rugged, only allowing one or two people to go side by side, and horses will definitely not be able to pass it.

In this case, how many thousands of refugees can escape? Even if they ran into the mountains, what would be the use? Those strong orcs all over the mountains and plains, they don't even need to chase them from the secret roads, as long as they go straight up the mountains and mountains, they can easily catch up with them!

"..."

"Drink!" "Drink!!"

Boom~! Boom! !

Outside the door, the strong orcs were still shouting slogans excitedly and banging hard on the fortress door that the Rohan people had relied on for the last time.

Because they all know that there are countless living human women and children in this mountain fortress! They are eager to eat their sweet flesh and blood, and to listen to their screams and howls before the moment, and use each other's blood and bloody handprints to stain those dirty armors on them red!

"Drink!" "Drink!!"

Boom~! Boom~! !

"This is really..."

damn it!

Aragorn looked at the soldiers who were howling and pressing against the gate desperately, and the gate that was becoming more and more overwhelmed. He knew that with their two thin iron-wooden gates, they couldn't last long!

Now, the sky outside has begun to gradually brighten. Perhaps, when the sky is bright and the first ray of sunlight shines through the window in the morning, this place will be completely captured by the strong beasts, right?

"Hurry up! Strengthen the gate first!"

They don't have much time, even if they want to retreat, they don't have much time, and if they run, not many people can escape! At that time, this place will become a flesh and blood hell for humans, and at the same time, it will become a carnival venue for strong beasts!

asshole! What on earth should we do now?

Aragorn's mind began to change rapidly, and he was thinking hard about countermeasures, eager to find a good way to break the current deadlock.

"It's useless...we can't fight them now..."

Theoden has already started to think about it, he wants to die here with dignity like a qualified king, instead of fleeing and having his head chopped off by the orcs like slaughtering a bereaved dog!

"No! We can actually rush out..."

"That's right! You can rush out with me! Even if it's just to fight for the slim chance of survival for women and children?"

This is also a chance for Aragorn and the others!

Just ride a horse, walk condescendingly along the gate and those stone paths, and rush out beyond the enemy's expectations. Maybe they have a chance to break through the army formation of those strong beasts who are eating the corpses of the dead outside?

Anyway, it's better than waiting here to die, right?

"Woo~ woo~ woo~~!"

At this time, when the sky outside was about to light up, the sound of distant horns could be heard indistinctly, and it was especially pleasant in this pre-dawn moment.

"Who could it be?!"

After hearing the sound of this unfamiliar horn, all the people, including Aragorn, Theoden, and other soldiers and refugees, quickly ran to the row of stone windows of the castle, and began to crowd together, trying to To look outside, who came here again.

Because, they know, that strange and crisp horn sound is definitely not the battle drum of the Orcs or the terrifying horn like howling wolves, nor is it the horn of the Kingdom of Gondor, nor is it the elves and dwarves they are familiar with. Or any force!

"That is……?"

"That's Alicia..."

Then, facing the faint light of the rising sun, Theoden saw that at the mouth of Helm's Deep, there were actually two huge red-backed and gold-rimmed white vulture banners slowly rising from the edge of the sky, They were being held up high by two cavalrymen in red armor, and they appeared at the mouth of the valley directly behind the Helm's Deep battlefield.

Theoden, Aragorn and others who were lucky enough to see this flag in the palace of Edoras quickly recognized it!

After the two red-armored cavalry holding a huge banner stood still, a beautiful figure riding an unusually tall and majestic white unicorn, wearing a golden battle armor and a red cloak, finally trotted forward Appeared in the middle of the two flags.

"is her?"

"That's really the United Kingdom of Alicia..."

Aragorn, who was about to persuade Theoden to rush out of the Horn Fort that was about to be captured, and make a desperate assault with the orcs, saw this situation that surprised him from a distance at the first time.

"Queen Ofena..."

Theoden pronounced the name, and he remembered it well.

They, the army of the United Kingdom of Alicia whom he, Theoden was not very optimistic about, actually came here as promised? However, can they really defeat the tens of thousands of strong orcs that are besieging the Horn Fort?

In this regard, Theoden, while being lucky, also has faint doubts.

...

"Huh? It seems that there are quite a lot of them, but what's the use?!"

Looking at the mixed force of orcs and a small number of Dunland barbarians in the distance, Ofina felt that the number of the opponents here was at least 30,000 to 50,000, right?

It's a pity that the other party was so stupid that they didn't even send out the basic guard troops, and even crowded so many troops into Helm's Deep, and they blocked the back road all at once, nothing compares to this Even more stupid!

"Kelly, immediately lead 300 Musketeers and all the Lark Lancers to block the small slope on the left."

"Today, none of these monsters can run away!"

With a smile on her face, after pointing to a steep slope further inside Helm's Deep, Ofina uttered extremely cold words.

"Detour immediately, now!"

Then, she gave an order to a female officer who came up behind her on a horse.

Ofina felt that the terrain of this Helm's Deep was very good. It was full of grasslands, the terrain was flat, the field of vision was wide, and there were no shelters such as boulders or big trees. It was very suitable for their large army of musketeers to exert their full strength!

What's more, the current situation is even better: in this Helm's Deep, the only way to escape from here is the entrance blocked by him and the mountain castle that has not been completely breached. , just that very steep and not very spacious small gap near the upper left of the castle?

Now, as long as she sends a few musketeers to block there condescendingly, Ofina believes that even a hundred thousand orcs won't be able to charge up easily, right?

"Obey! My Majesty!"

Kelly understood the importance of the steep gap at a glance, so, knowing the importance of the task, she didn't say much, turned around and rode away.

She was going to lead the three teams of Musketeers and the two teams of 'Lark' Lancers, a total of more than 500 people, to set off immediately. Before the orcs realized the importance of that gap, she would stay there!

This is just like what their queen said just now, today, the tens of thousands of strong orcs here in Helm's Deep, they are the real turtles in the jar, one counts as one, and no one can escape!

"Order: 'Goddess' Fury' musketeers, step forward a hundred yards, line up five lines, and start to line up!"

After seeing her female guard leading her troops to detour away, Ofina gave an order to the other remaining adjutant.

Then, Aragorn, Theoden, and others who were watching from the windows of the Horn Fort were surprised to find that a large group of people without any armor or sharp blades began to appear on the horizon of the mouth of Helm's Deep, just wearing red tights. Men and women soldiers wearing strange wide-brimmed denim hats and holding strange iron rods followed the strange beating sound of gongs and drums, stepped on neat formations and paces, and just relied on five layers of sparse warfare with less than 3,000 people. The line was divided into dozens of neat square formations, quickly and completely blocked the rear exit of Helm's Deep!

"Gloin! Immediately build an artillery position on a high place, unload those cannons from the car, and aim the cannons in the direction of Helm's Deep, I only give you ten minutes!"

This time, because they came in a hurry, they only transported only thirty 'Nemesis' cannons in a carriage. However, Ofina felt that this amount was enough to block the exit of Helm's Deep. !

As long as they want, they can even directly bombard the Horn Fort right here?

"Aha! Just look at it, Your Majesty Queen Ofina!"

As soon as Ofina's words fell, a short old dwarf yelled and ran back quickly.

If they were attacking the human towns in the north, perhaps Groin might have used some excuses to prevaricate, or he was not very motivated.

However, if he was fighting strong orcs or half-orcs like now, then he wouldn't have the slightest problem! He guaranteed that under his professional command, those cannons would be able to fire fast and accurately when they exploded!

Anyway, these cannons with excellent performance were made by their dwarves' skillful hands, and he was very clear about their data and various performances!

"Other troops, immediately build a defensive position in the rear and closely monitor any enemies that may come from outside!"

It's not too safe here in Rohan now, there are small groups of Orcs and Dunlanders raging everywhere! After all, the current Dunlanders were all driven to the territory of Rohan by them!

Moreover, on their way here, they encountered small groups of half-orc marauders or wolf cavalry many times, so Ofina was not at ease about her rear.

Therefore, she ordered on the spot to let those Dundan cavalry, heavy armored infantry, rangers and militias who had no combat missions, let these troops of more than 4,000 people strictly guard against any possible threats in their rear , they just need to hold the back road.

"Obey!"

"Yes! Her Majesty the Queen!"

After receiving the order, several old or young aristocratic generals from the former Iliad Free Council gladly took the order and left. They will follow the order to build multiple defensive camps and line up their respective formations not far behind the main musketeers and artillery. Of course, this may take a lot of time.

"..."

"Is there no one in their Kingdom of Alicia? Why are those weak-looking women sent to the battlefield?"

"What kind of weapon are they holding in their hands? An iron rod tied to a piece of wood? Why don't they even have basic armor? How can they fight against those powerful, bloodthirsty orcs like this?"

"No, their formation is too loose... Besides, the most elite armored cavalry and infantry regiments have started to retreat? Can that woman really know how to fight?"

At this time, some refugees or generals began to discuss after seeing the distant scene from the window of the Horn Fort mountain fortress.

...

"Ahaha! Stupid human beings! Only less than 10,000 people dare to block our way?"

"You, and you! The people who brought you, go and disperse them immediately! Kill them all!"

At this moment, a leader of the orcs, who was naked and without armor, held a large sharp knife in one hand, and gnawed on someone's arm with the other, stepped forward a few steps and kicked several people who were The little bosses who are grabbing food and food arrive with orders.

"And you bloody idiots, don't stop, keep attacking! Break that broken wooden door for me!"

"Did you hear that voice? Inside this castle, there are countless delicious meat! Those women are much more delicious and tender than these men outside!"

After seeing several of his subordinates run out of the city wall, go to the troops behind them, and start shouting to tell the messy orcs to rearrange and turn to prepare to assault the valley entrance of Helm's Deep, the orc general Only then turned his head in satisfaction, and cursed loudly at the soldiers who were hesitating whether to keep banging on the door.

"Aww!"

"Aww!!"

After hearing the general's scolding and temptation, those strong beasts who were in a daze finally cheered again, and began to shout their unclear slogans again, intending to continue to hit the last gate of the Horn Fort!

At this time, outside the walls of the Horn Fort, the sound of military horns and the shouts of the strong orc soldiers sounded.

"Drink! Hi!"

"Drink! Hi! Hi!"

It didn't take long before the messy orcs outside the Horn Fort finally formed a fairly neat spear phalanx or sword and shield phalanx under the kicking, beating and cursing of their respective officers. .

They each brandished super long spears that were several yards long in their hands, or those iron shields and large knives, and began to shout neat slogans, rushing towards the entrance of Helm's Deep, toward those strange enemies.

"Huh? The dense phalanx is still advancing steadily?"

"Do you want to break through my line of musketeers with these strong orcs who have less than 10,000 people? This kind of warfare has already fallen behind!"

Steadily riding on her white unicorn, Ofina looked at the strong beast that was like a black ocean, slowly getting away from their large army at the beginning, and slowly pressing towards her. After a few glances, the orc army began to drive the unicorn under its feet with disdain, and ran to the middle of the first battle line in front of the musket phalanx.

Today, she, Ofina, will personally command this battle!

She wants to slaughter these orcs fiercely, and then let the Rohan people in Helm's Deep take a good look at the strength of their Alicia United Kingdom!

She wants the people of Rohan in Helm's Deep to understand that when the time comes, they in Rohan only need to be a dutiful vassal!

"Stupid orcs, get ready to enjoy the baptism of 'Goddess' Wrath'!"

Here, she has nearly 3,000 of the most elite "Goddess' Fury" Minnie Musketeers. The battle line formed by them cannot be easily broken through by these mere 10,000 orcs!

Before, when Ofina was besieging the city outside Essinger, their Mini rifles, which had a precise killing distance of nearly 600 yards and a maximum effective killing distance of close to 1,000 yards, had withstood the test of actual combat. of!

When the orcs on the opposite side, their crude and relatively thin plate armor, it is impossible to withstand the 17.8 mm large-caliber cone bullets of the Mini rifle!

"Heh! Come on, come a little closer..."

After waiting in front of the formation for a long time, until they saw that the orcs had approached their line of battle at a distance of more than four hundred yards, and at the same time smelled the strong stench emanating from their bodies, Ou Feina sneered and pulled out the golden long sword pinned to her waist, and slowly raised it above her head.

Today, here, Ofina plans to wipe out the ten thousand strong orcs who broke away from the main force and attacked!

She's going to put them three hundred yards away before she starts shooting and firing! At that time, no matter whether the opponent continues to move forward, or turns around and runs back, there is only one dead end!

"That woman, that distance is still there, what on earth is she trying to do? Could it be... Are they all crazy?"

Hussar Wang Xiyoudun looked at it for a long time, but he couldn't understand it. The opponent's current tactics and command are different from any one he knows and has experienced!

"..."

"I'm sorry, Theoden, I don't really understand what they are trying to do..."

In the Horn Fort, Aragorn and Theoden looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

Whether it is Theoden, the hussar king who has experienced many battles, or Aragorn, who once served as a senior general in the Kingdom of Gondor, they don't understand! They didn't understand, why did that woman do that? What is it or what makes her have that inexplicable confidence?

Look, those orcs' army, they have already approached their formation for nearly three hundred yards, and they are about to speed up and charge!

And they, until now, their strange soldiers holding iron bars, are still indifferent? Not only are they still lining up in that ridiculous and sparse battle line, but they still haven't even shot a single arrow? Those people, what the hell are they doing?

If they read correctly before, there are at least one or two thousand elite heavy cavalry and plate infantry behind them, right? But what about those armies now? Why not send more of them to the front to hold off the Uruk? Instead, send those ridiculous armored soldiers with iron rods? !

"Hey! I said, can someone help me? Or, can someone tell me: what's going on out there!?"

"What the hell are you talking about? Is that Alicia's person here? What did they do?"

While others were crowding at the stone window to watch the commotion and started whispering, the dwarf Gimli was jumping anxiously behind the crowd.

In fact, it's not that he can't squeeze in, it's just that the height of those damn stone windows is not suitable for his height, even after squeezing in, he can't see anything outside!

From Gimli's point of view, these damned Rohans, they don't pay much attention to the international spirit! When they built the castle, wouldn't they also give the dwarves some shorter, more humane window sills? !

"Hmph! Attention everyone, take your positions! The first row... fire!!!"

When the enemy's phalanx finally slowly approached within the predetermined attack distance of 300 yards, Ou Feina's right hand holding the sword finally pointed at the strong beasts who could almost vaguely see their ferocious faces. Swipe down hard!