Chapter 343: The Holy Phoenix Shows Its Power

The elven army retreated to the ruins of Dale Town in an orderly manner, using the ruins of Dale Town to resist the orc army.

Thranduil, who had calmed down, did not go head-on with the orc army. Although the elven army was well-trained and strong, it was too small in number.

The orc army totaled more than 20,000, while the elves and dwarves totaled less than 2,000, plus the thousands of human militias. If they did not fight a defensive counterattack and went to confront the orc army, they would be crazy.

In fact, the orc army was very scattered and had very poor discipline, and could only make rough changes in the army. If an elite cavalry took advantage of the orc army attacking the dwarves, elves and humans at this time and launched a charge from the side and rear, it would be very likely to directly defeat the orc army.

Unfortunately, the valley elves of Rivendell did not come, and the dwarf heavy cavalry had already suffered heavy casualties in the direct conflict with the orcs.

The orc army has surrounded the Iron Hill dwarves, and the other part of the orc army is attacking the elves. Compared with the elves, the dwarves fought very bravely, and the heavy infantry was unstoppable. The dwarves holding shields and spears launched a counterattack against the rushing orc army.

The counterattack of the heavy infantry directly defeated the rushing orc army, but after losing the impact, the heavy infantry could only continue to defend and then charge again.

But even with the physical strength of the dwarves, they would be exhausted at most three or four times.

On the other hand, the elves relying on the valley town were in a much better situation. With the addition of the sacred phoenix in the sky, the orc army attacked three times in a row, but failed to break through the crumbling wall.

Originally, the orcs wanted to use the giant catapult, but Thranduil commanded the phoenix to burn the catapults and the giants together.

The dwarves on the high wall also saw the crisis. A dwarf from the dwarf expedition took the lead and said, "I'm going to fight outside the city. Do you want to join me?"

"I'll go!"

"I'll go too!"

"Let's go together!"

The dwarves immediately became active and shouted to join the battle.

"Stand by!"

Thorin's voice came coldly.

"What?" The dwarves almost thought they had heard it wrong, and looked at Thorin in disbelief.

"Are we going to watch our fellow tribesmen being killed here?"

"I said stand by!"

After saying that, Thorin turned around and walked towards the throne in the hall.

"The dwarves can't resist anymore. Without the dwarves to hold them back, can the elves survive alone?" Gandalf came to Thranduil and said.

"The elves won't stand idly by." Thranduil said.

After saying that, Thranduil immediately led a cavalry unit of more than a hundred people to charge, and at this time the orc army, which had just failed to attack the city, retreated again.

"Elf cavalry, follow me and charge!"

Swish!

Hundreds of elven cavalry drew their swords, and Thranduil rode a giant horned deer and took the lead, rushing directly out of the dilapidated city wall. The giant horned deer, which had been naturally awakened by Richard, was extraordinary, and its huge antlers directly lifted up the orcs in front of it, and its sharp antlers instantly pierced through them.

——[Aura of Thorns! 】

A spiritual light flashed on the chest of the giant horned deer, and a layer of green light immediately appeared on the elven cavalry behind it. The weapons of the orcs who attacked them along the way not only failed to cut through the green light, but were instead injured by the green thorns.

The orc army had never thought that the elves would charge, and they had never expected that Thranduil would lead more than a hundred cavalry to charge. The giant horned deer rushed forward and instantly broke through the orc army. The elven cavalry behind followed closely, and a large number of orcs were killed wherever they passed.

These elven cavalrymen were not only equipped with swords and guns, but also had longbows. As these elves charged, they kept shooting arrows. Continuous arrows were shot, and corpses were everywhere.

Under the leadership of Thranduil, the elven cavalrymen were like sharp swords, quickly cutting through the formation of the orc army, and countless orcs were driven to flee. The sacred phoenix in the sky spread its wings, and countless fireballs fell into the orc army. For a time, the flames surged, and a large number of orcs were directly burned to death.

In just a quarter of an hour, Thranduil led his army to break through the enemy formation, and then rushed towards the orc army that was besieging the Iron Hill Dwarves.

The orc army that was attacking the Iron Hill Dwarves did not expect that someone would attack from behind. The defenseless orc army was directly cut through by the powerful elven cavalry.

The rear of the orc army suddenly became chaotic, and Dain discovered it immediately. Although they did not get along with the elves and even had a grudge, this did not affect their fight against the orcs together.

Moreover, these elves were here to save them.

Thranduil led his army to charge forward, and with the continuous attacks of the Holy Phoenix, the orc army besieging the dwarves began to collapse. The dwarves of the Iron Hills also seized the opportunity and launched a counterattack.

In an instant, thousands of horses galloped, swords and spears were like forests, arrows were like rain, and flames were burning. The orc army could no longer stop the defeat. Even the pale orc Azog kept ordering the battle flags to issue military orders, but he could not stop the defeat of the orc army.

Seeing this situation, Thranduil directly asked people to blow the horn.

"Woo woo woo~!"

The horn sounded with great penetrating power throughout the battlefield. Thranduil led the way and pointed the long sword at the orc army, saying: "People of the Woodland Kingdom, drive out the darkness, destroy the Orcs, follow me to charge!"

As Thranduil gave the order, the elven army, human militia and dwarf army also followed him to launch an attack.

"Holy Phoenix, drive out evil!"

"Holy Phoenix, drive out evil!"

Countless elves and humans shouted loudly.

A phoenix cry sounded in the sky, the phoenix cry was crisp, and the sound of metal and iron was contained, rushing straight into the sky. Then the Holy Phoenix suddenly rushed down, and the scorching flames instantly erupted from its mouth. The cone-shaped flames ignited countless orcs, and those who still wanted to resist were directly burned to death by the flames.

At the same time, Azog looked angrily at the flying and attacking phoenix in the sky, but he had no way to do anything. At this time, a figure fell from the sky.

——【Weak Curse! 】

——【Blindness! 】

——【Silence! 】

——【Slow Spell! 】

——【Chain Lightning! 】

A series of spells were released, and the surrounding orcs had no power to resist. They were directly electrocuted into charcoal. Only Azog was lingering. Then, in the next second, a golden staff smashed down on its head.

Azog's head was like a huge watermelon. With a bang, it was smashed to pieces. The red and white splashes flew out directly. The orcs farther away were frightened and turned around and ran away.

After Richard killed Azog with a stick, he raised his hand and hit the flagpole that was as thick as a thigh with another stick.

Bang!

The flag as hard as steel could not withstand the huge force and broke.

The ten-foot-high flag collapsed at this moment. As the command center of the orc army, the collapse of the flag directly caused the orcs, who were already in a state of disarray, to completely lose control.

Without command, a large number of orcs began to flee. The elf army, dwarf infantry and human militia continued to attack. At this time, there was a sudden sound of eagles in the sky.

Then a large number of black spots suddenly appeared in the sun, and these black spots were expanding rapidly. In a blink of an eye, these black spots turned into dozens of giant eagles flying.

These giant eagles were the messengers of Manwe, the leader of the Valar. As soon as they appeared, they joined the elves and dwarves to attack the orc army.

The powerful giant eagles roared past, and a large number of orcs were directly blown away by their wings or torn by their claws. The orc army, which had already begun to collapse, was like the last straw that broke the camel's back and collapsed completely.

Countless orc armies fled frantically, and the elves and dwarves continued to kill the orc army. Wherever they passed, the orc army was covered with corpses.

A large number of giant monsters and wolf cavalry rushed to escape, and these monsters trampled on each other, causing heavy casualties. In the end, not even one-fifth of the orcs were able to escape.

On the plain at the foot of the lonely mountain, corpses were everywhere, blood soaked into the land, and the ground became muddy.

After Azog's death, the orc army had no one to command it, and Borg, who witnessed Azog being shot in the head with a stick, did not dare to take revenge. Seeing that the situation was over, he had to lead the remaining remnants to retreat.

After Borg began to flee, the orc army also began to flee. Thranduil did not continue to pursue. After a day of high-intensity fighting, the elves had not suffered much loss, but they were very tired. He did not want the elves to suffer losses because of chasing the defeated army.

Seeing that the elves did not chase them anymore, the human militia stopped, and the dwarves continued to chase for a while. After finding that they could not catch up, they also stopped and began to clean up the battlefield.

The elves have started to cook and take out fine wine to share with the human militia. Even the elves sent some supplies to the Iron Hill dwarves.

Soon a bonfire was lit in the camp. The elves' camp was relatively quiet, while the dwarves were already drunk and the humans were also laughing and talking. Only the Lonely Mountain remained silent.

Dain went to meet Thorin, but the two sides had a quarrel and finally parted unhappily.

Dain was very dissatisfied with Thorin's failure to send troops. He led the army to support Thorin and help him when he was weakest, but Thorin did not help them when they needed it most.

This made Dain very disappointed, and he finally understood what Gandalf said. Thorin became like his grandfather. He firmly believed that with the Arkenstone, he was the king under the mountain and the king of the Lonely Mountain Dwarf Kingdom.

Dain and Thranduil reached an understanding.

When Gandalf came to the banquet, the scene was already very lively. Gandalf had just met Thorin, but Thorin still insisted. The giant eagles also participated in the banquet. Bard took people to the Long Lake to catch thousands of kilograms of fish, roasted them, and used them to entertain the giant eagles.

Thranduil also prepared various fruits and drinks. The giant eagles were originally going to leave after the battle, but they were kept by Thranduil. Richard came to get acquainted with these giant eagles.

He planned to discuss with these giant eagles and try to take a few pairs of giant eagles to leave Middle-earth with him.

However, as messengers of the Willamanwe, these giant eagles did not want to go to the world Richard mentioned, so they directly rejected Richard. After getting the giant eagles' answers, Richard was not surprised, so he asked them for a feather.

Of course, while chatting with these giant eagles, Richard quietly left a secret mark on the giant eagle. Since the giant eagle was unwilling to go with him, he planned to sneak into the giant eagle's nest to steal a few eggs.

Richard was familiar with stealing eggs. He had stolen a lot of dragon eggs and brought them back for breeding. Most of the gold and silver dragons have their own forces, and Silver Crown City is one of them. There are not only more than a dozen silver dragons but also a large number of dragon vein warlocks, so it is very difficult to steal eggs.

So most of what Richard stole at that time were five-color dragons, copper dragons, and brass dragons. Now stealing giant eagle eggs is just a return to the old business.

Thranduil and Dain discussed that after the weapons and armor of these orcs on the battlefield were repaired, half of them would be left to the humans in River Valley Town, and Thranduil prepared enough food for them to eat for a year.

At the same time, Bard was preparing to repair the two towns of River Valley Town and Long Lake Town.

After the dragon threat was eliminated in the Valley Town, the fertile land here could produce a lot of food, and the Long Lake Town also had abundant water transportation and various fish. The two towns had complementary advantages.

The elves, the Iron Hills dwarves, and the humans quickly reached a simple alliance treaty. The three parties completed the agreement and tacitly did not go to Thorin, the King under the Mountain, to discuss an alliance.

This war made them see clearly the greed and stubbornness of the King under the Mountain. Thorin got everything he wanted, the throne of the King under the Mountain, a lot of gold, and the unparalleled Arken gem, but he also lost the honor of the dwarves and all his allies.

Even his people began to alienate him and were unwilling to serve him anymore.

The news that Smaug was killed and the orc army was repelled quickly spread throughout Middle-earth, but the dwarves scattered around the world chose not to return to the Kingdom under the Mountain as expected.

A large part of the dwarves chose to go to the Iron Hills, while the other part of the dwarves still wandered in the human world.

Thorin and his grandfather's behavior disappointed many dwarves.

Thranduil took his wife's relic, the white gem necklace, and prepared to leave, and his son Legolas followed his father back. He was rejected by the elf Taril.

Legolas, who suffered a broken heart, was in a very low mood.

Thranduil sighed, and at this moment he suddenly realized that he had paid too little attention to his son over the years.

"Legolas."

Legolas looked up at him.

Thranduil looked at the stars in the sky and said slowly: "Your mother has always loved you"

"More than anyone."

"More than life."

After a moment of silence, Thranduil continued: "Including me."