The Lord of the Rings: Lords of Middle-earth

Chapter 873: Strike first

"No, you're just in time! I have some government affairs to hand over to you!" Roland waved his hand to signal Adolf Heinrich to come over, but Adolf Heinrich felt as if he was about to embark on a road of no return!

"What's wrong?" Adolf Heinrich frowned. Did King Roland want to find excitement after two days of peace?

"By the way! When do you plan to train those Gondor soldiers?" Adolf Heinrich looked up at Fenglin Youlan.

"It's just talk, we can't raise those soldiers in vain! Do you think we can let them share some of the pressure of our infantry?" Adolf Heinrich asked.

"Winter is here, food is scarce, and the orcs who hid before have jumped out again! Today, orcs robbed one of our small villages, and six families were wiped out!" Adolf Heinrich's brows were twisted.

"How could it be? There should be garrisons around the villages and towns! At least a squad of soldiers, right? How could these wandering orcs break through the ranks of our Lagran City guards to rob?" Roland said in disbelief.

"And where are the militias from the civilian organizations? Where did they go? In broad daylight, in the open air! How could the orcs massacre the village?" Roland's teeth creaked. Six families account for about one-third of the population of a small village! Such a small village would not appear alone in the wilderness, which means that there must be a small town around it, and there would be several villages like it around the town. These small villages do not have regular garrisons of the kingdom, but there are still local militias, and there will definitely be several squad-level regular troops of the kingdom in the town!

"It's not their fault. The militia on guard were ambushed. The orcs attacked the village at night. That village is the closest gathering point to the north around the city of Lagran, so there are big loopholes in the defense line!" Adolf Heinrich shook his head and sighed. After all, the militia is not a regular army. You can't ask them to do better.

"Didn't the outpost have any warning? Such a large group of orcs touched the gate of the kingdom, but the border guards didn't find anything?" Roland's tone was full of doubt! It stands to reason that these villages exist under the protection of the border outposts. Those stone permanent small towers are rooted in the Lagran Plain like castles. Their south is the land that the kingdom truly controls. As a result, they are now attacked by orcs in the controlled area, which makes Roland very ashamed.

"The snow is too heavy! The traces of the action will soon be covered up. Our troops have begun to be insufficient! So, Lord Youlan, can the Gondor Legion under your command be put into battle?" Adolf Heinrich asked tentatively.

After all, those Gondor soldiers can't be kept for nothing, right? Although Denethor II paid, actual combat is also a part of the army's training and growth. After all, the original agreement was to give Denethor II an elite infantry. How can infantry that has never seen blood be called elite?

"Isn't this too bad? Taking the soldiers of our allies to do temporary work for us?" Fenglin Youlan, who was hindered by the spirit of chivalry, was a little unnatural for a while.

"Ahem! How can it be called temporary work? It's obviously to train their combat ability and will! I think your proposal is very good, Sir Adolf, so it's settled! Youlan, you will transfer them out of the city in a while. I don't ask them to fight with the orcs immediately, but let them help us guard the defense line and free up some of our soldiers to encircle and suppress the orcs!" Roland made the decision. "By the way? What did you do just now?" Adolf Heinrich asked.

"It's nothing serious. I plan to gather all the dragon knights in winter and take down the griffin group!" Roland touched his nose.

"Oh... um? All? Including those in Lagrande?" Adolf Heinrich was about to nod, but he came to his senses in an instant. All the dragon knights? How did you learn to play poker?

"Well, a quick battle, I'll leave Fenglin Youlan to cooperate with you to confuse the enemy's spies, and I'll take the others away tonight! Here, I'll leave it to you to hold on first!" Roland assigned the task.

"No? You can agree to this?" Adolf Heinrich ignored Roland, but turned his head to look at Fenglin Youlan, the unlucky child.

"Well, your majesty convinced me with his sincere feelings!" I didn't want to agree to his poker plan, but he allowed me and my wife to be affectionate! It's really too much to refuse!

"Ah? If he's not crazy, then you're crazy too! We're all alone here!" Adolf Heinrich's pupils dilated a bit, and he was obviously shocked by the two all-in immortals.

"No way, we have to go, we're not the only ones who know about that griffin tribe! But we are the fastest force to devour it so far! I don't know if others have made plans or taken action, but I think after seeing the overwhelming advantage of the dragon knights in the air, no one will let such a large group of griffins stay there safely!" Roland said firmly, although he may not need it now, but others will definitely want it. Instead of letting others benefit, I'd better go all-in and take away those griffins before you guys can react!

"But..." Adolf Heinrich was a little shaken, but reason made him still persuade!

"No buts, if the empire needs to be revived, then air knights are indispensable! The kingdom now does not have so many dragon knights for us to squander and show our prestige, but our air knight heritage is still there! We have a flying dragon tribe! If we take down this griffin tribe, then the revival of the three major air knight groups in the empire is only a Pegasus!" Roland said firmly. As the saying goes, high hit low hit stupid! The same applies to Middle-earth! By the way, for Roland, I can do without it but I can't live without it!

It is well known that the mounts of the four main types of human air knights are the lowest-end Pegasus (also called Pegasus), the mid-range griffin, and the high-end and classy flying dragon! And the rare dragon that can make the final decision on the battlefield!

The kingdom now has a flying dragon tribe. It only needs to operate it slowly and constantly capture wild dragons to supplement fresh blood. This flying dragon group is completely likely to become a large flying dragon group like the Lagran Empire in the Lord of the Rings game, which can provide the empire with several flying dragon knights every year! As for the dragon, Roland will probably need to take Doss to Dragon Island to chat when he becomes successful. However, Roland will need to be strong enough at that time, otherwise he will probably become a nine-dragon coffin!

Although low-grade Pegasus mounts have appeared in the Dark Forest, the dense forest has become the best shelter. Roland does not have the time, energy, or manpower to find Pegasus with better replacements! The griffin tribe in the Gray Mountains here is also tempting enough! That thing is a Warcraft with lightning skills! Even our future Grand Duke of Lordaeron, Vanerwei, is tempted by it!

If you don’t buy it now, when will you buy it? Strike first! Will you rob it from others in the future? Roland, who believes in making a fortune in silence, naturally hopes to take advantage of the winter to quietly get it back for them. This is the first time in these years that Roland has the time and energy to draw out his complete dragon knight team! (There were fewer dragon knights before, and it was not very stable.)