Chapter 532: The War Begins

"Good morning, everyone!"

Iron-footed Dain instigated the heavily armored goat under his crotch, and walked to the front of the elven army with a cold and arrogant face.

"I have a small proposal that I want to take up a little bit of everyone's time, I wonder if it's okay?"

Bilbo whispered, "This King of the Iron Hills seems to be very reasonable, at least in terms of politeness, he is better than Thorin. ”

"Can you ......" The corners of Ironfoot Dain's mouth widened, and he suddenly raised his voice and roared, "Get out of here!" ”

His voice shook the world and was full of momentum!

The entire elven army felt a strong murderous aura, and the elves' shields immediately closed even tighter!

The human refugee forces all subconsciously retreated a few steps, their original formation plot was not too neat enough, and the formation was even more chaotic when they were drunk by the Iron Foot Daiin.

If this is the case, it will be difficult for the elven troops to deal with the Iron Foot Army.

If it is a one-on-one duel, the elven troops are actually stronger than the Iron Foot Army, but this is not a one-on-one duel, but a war.

There are many factors to consider in a war, and in the case of two armies facing each other, morale and formation are very important factors.

In addition, the advantage of the elven troops is actually more in the long-range attack, and their bows and arrows are unparalleled in the world.

And now, the Iron Foot Army is on the hillside, and if you want to charge, you can rush directly down the hillside in three minutes, break away the formation of the elven troops, and then fight the elves in close combat.

The hand-to-hand combat of the elven troops is naturally not bad, but the Iron Foot Army is a little stronger.

In addition, the elven army and the refugee army only have 3,000 people combined, and the Iron Foot Army has 3,000 people, and the Iron Foot Army has the advantage in terms of troop allocation.

This is also where the confidence of Ironfoot Dain lies.

Ironfoot Dain shouted loudly, "Everyone, get out of here!" I don't care about you! ”

Bard shouted loudly, "Steady! Don't back down! ”

The refugees were only trained a little, and when they got to the battlefield, they were all terrified.

Just as the refugee formation was about to collapse, Gandalf separated the group and walked to the front.

"Your Majesty!"

Ironfoot Dain raised his eyes and then grinned, "Who else should I be?" It turned out to be Gandalf, the gray-robed archmage! How did you join these people? As I remember, you're a good friend of Thorin. But it's better for you to be here, tell these ragtags to get out of the way, or I'll dye this land red with their blood!" ”

Gandalf said, "The war between the dwarves, humans, and elves is completely unnecessary! We are an alliance, and we should unite against the coming army of monsters! ”

Ironfoot Dain laughed out loud, "When you besieged Thorin just now and forced Thorin to open the gates of your house, it wasn't like that! ”

Gandalf said in a deep voice, "Now, the army of monsters is coming this way, disarm your weapons, and don't kill each other!" ”

Ironfoot Dain said contemptuously, "I won't disarm my weapon in front of the elves!" Especially in the presence of such a treacherous fellow as Thrandil! He has a grudge against us dwarves, and he just wants to see us dwarves suffer! If he chooses to stand between me and my people, I'll use my pig's head hammer to smash his pretty head open! ”

King Thranduil couldn't help but chuckle.

Although his personal strength is not ranked in the top three in Middle-earth, there is no doubt that he is in the top ten.

And the iron-footed Dain may not even be able to rank in the top 50.

Therefore, in the face of Dain's words, King Thranduil wanted to laugh in addition to wanting to laugh.

Ironfoot yelled angrily, "Good! Since you don't retreat, then it's no wonder to me! ”

As he spoke, he called for the head of the goat to be turned and returned to his troops.

The dwarves of the lonely mountain on the city walls all raised their arms and shouted at Dain's decision, and Thorin was also full of pride.

Gandalf shouted eagerly, "Dain! Come back! Wait a minute! You're making a huge mistake! ”

"Nope! You chose to come to the city! So even if there are mistakes, you are the ones who make the mistakes! Ironfoot Daiin replied unceremoniously, and then raised the pig's head in his hand and shouted, "Ironfoot, prepareβ€”"

Bilbo said eagerly, "Diedi, what should I do?" Stand up and say something! You're a dragon slayer. ”

Xu Feng smiled faintly, "...... You listen. ”

"What?" Bilbo was confused, he didn't hear anything.

Lord Thranduil sneered, "Let these dwarves let their horses come and see who can have the last laugh." Bard, let your people all stand back so as not to get in the way. ”

This is a bit arrogant, but Bud also knows that the refugee army is a number, and if it is really caught between two elite armies, it will be defeated in an instant.

He then motioned for the refugee army to retreat, giving up the battlefield to the elven army.

The elves were all bent and ready.

Ironfoot Dein sneered, "Goat Army, charge!" ”

The whole army roared in unison, and then rushed down the hill with swiftness.

"It's self-defeating." King Thranduil smiled coldly and ordered, "Shoot arrows!" ”

Gandalf exclaimed eagerly, "No! Don't! ”

Swish!

Thousands of elven arrows were fired at the Iron Foot Army, and this distance was actually a disadvantage for the archers, and with such a distance and the speed of the opponent's sprint, the elves would have to shoot up to two rounds of arrows before they had to meet each other.

If you can pull a little farther and shoot more than five rounds of arrows, I'm afraid that by the time the Iron Foot Army comes over, there will be nothing left.

And just as the elven arrow was fired, Ironfoot Dain shouted, "Dwarven ballista!" ”

Behind the Iron Foot Army, eight huge dwarven ballistas appeared, eight crossbow arrows with a length of ten meters fired at the same time, these crossbow arrows were very special, they did not fly fast, and the tail also told the long line of rotation like a propeller.

These bolts pass by the elves' arrows, and the tail propeller crushes all the elves' arrows!

Only a handful of arrows fell on the Iron Foot, but they were all wearing thick armor, and a small number of arrows didn't pose any threat to them!

King Thranduil was taken aback, he didn't expect the Iron Foot Army to develop a way to deal with arrows.

Those huge crossbow arrows landed in the formation of the elven army, and although they did not cause much damage, they still disrupted the formation of the elves.

Dain Iron Foot laughed excitedly: "Rush! Charge! Kill them! ”

King Thranduil drew his elven sword and shouted loudly, "Keep shooting!" ”

The elven soldiers hurriedly stabilized their formation and continued to shoot arrows.

However, another round of dwarven arrows flew over, strangled most of the elven arrows, and landed heavily in the formation of the elven soldiers.

This time, before the elves could stabilize their formation, the Iron Foot Army had already rushed in front of them.

Soldiers on both sides immediately fought each other.

The war began.