Dwalin said, "Why don't we grab a wood elf and force him to take us out of here!" ”

The other dwarves nodded.

Xu Feng waved his hand, "Don't be so troublesome, even if you can catch the wood elves, it will be difficult to leave through the main gate, there must be heavy guards there." ”

"That's right, so what are we going to do?" Bahrain sighed.

Xu Feng smiled faintly: "From here, in addition to going around the dark forest, there is a faster way, that is, directly through Changhu Town. ”

"Long Lake?" Thorin was slightly stunned, "The city where humans live? ”

Xu Feng smiled: "Yes." ”

Thorin couldn't help but frown, and didn't speak for a long time.

"How?" Bilbo asked, "Don't tell me you dwarves don't like to walk on water!" That's the quickest way to do it! ”

Thorin said helplessly: "It's not that we don't want to take the waterway, it's just that we ...... We are lonely mountain dwarves, and we don't have a good relationship with the residents of Changhu Town. ”

Bilbo smiled coldly, "I can imagine that. ”

Who do the Lone Mountain Dwarves have a better relationship with?

The answer is no one.

No one will have a good relationship with the Lone Mountain Dwarves, except the Lone Mountain Dwarves themselves.

Balin said helplessly: "You don't understand, at the beginning, when our Lonely Mountain Dwarves were still in the Lonely Mountain Palace...... When the town of Long Lake was flooded, the mayor of Long Lake asked us for help, and King Sol Sr. agreed, but asked the town of Long Lake to pay us 50% of their taxes every year. ”

“50%？” Hammer said angrily, "You guys are robbery! ”

Balin sighed, "Ma'am...... You must know that we are dwarves, and the residents of Changhu Town are all human beings, and the territory of Changhu Town originally belonged to our Lone Mountain Dwarves, but later there were more and more humans in that place, and it became the territory of human beings. We didn't ask the humans for our territorial rights, we just asked them to pay taxes according to the rules, and they agreed, so ...... It's no wonder we do. ”

Hammer frowned and said, "Your reasons are really good. ”

Bahrain blushed and said: "In short, we rescued Changhu Town, and the residents of Changhu Town survived because of it. However, when we sent the tax collectors to collect the taxes, their mayor at the time reversed himself. ”

Iron Hammer laughed: "Nonsense, your taxes are simply taxes for cutting off children and grandchildren!" If it were me, I wouldn't have given it! ”

"But we have a contract first, and everything should be done according to the contract," Barin said. ”

Hammer asked, "What happened then?" Did the town of Long Lake give you taxes? ”

Balin shook his head, "No, they only gave us 10% of the tax for a whole year...... Human beings are so unfaithful! Oh sorry, I'm not addressing all of you here, I'm just talking about the humans of Long Lake. ”

Hammer asked, "With the nature of your lonely mountain dwarves, you only receive 10% of the tax, can you be willing?" ”

The old man of Bahrain blushed, "Of course we can't allow such a thing to happen, we sent an army to surround Changhu Town, and the mayor of Changhu Town at that time stood up, he said that the agreement was signed by him, and the responsibility was borne by him alone, he took the initiative to give up the hereditary position of mayor of Changhu Town, so that his descendants could not inherit the position of mayor, and then committed suicide in front of everyone." ”

Iron Hammer frowned and said: "The hereditary mayor is also a lord, and can even be regarded as the king of a very small country, you forced the lord king of the family to death, and the descendants of the family cannot inherit hereditary, this is already ruthless enough, then you should also stop and withdraw the army." ”

Bahrain blushed and scratched his head, "...... Our strategic policy at that time was to completely take back the territory of Changhu Town and completely drive out the residents of Changhu Town, so ...... We didn't retreat. ”

Hammer frowned and said, "You're ruthless. ”

Balin sighed helplessly: "Humans are not our people, and we have a contract first...... So in this war, we may be wrong, but we are not completely wrong. ”

Hammer asked coldly, "What about later?" What made you give up attacking Long Lake? ”

Bahrain said with a red face: "Just as we were about to storm Changhu Town, a scorching fire rushed towards the Lonely Mountain Palace......"

"Aha!" Hammer gloated a little and said, "Smaug the dragon! ”

Balin nodded and said, "Yes, Smaug the dragon...... Without warning, he attacked us to the palace of the Lonely Mountain, and our army besieging Changhu immediately retreated, but it was still too late, but we were able to save the army, which played an extremely important role in the later Battle of the Blue Mountains. ”

Barring paused and continued: "Since Smaug occupied our hometown palace, we have no time to deal with the town of Long Lake, for so many years, the town of Long Lake has gradually become rich by trading with the wood elves, and we have changed from the richest race in the world to the most down-and-out race. ”

…… You deserve it!

Xu Feng secretly complained in his heart.

However, he didn't show it, but said lightly: "So, you are not welcome in Changhu Town. ”

Balin nodded, "I'm afraid so, they think that their old mayor was forced to die by us." I've heard that the descendants of the old mayor really didn't inherit the position of mayor who could have been hereditary, and the current mayor is controlled by a despicable fellow. ”

Xu Feng said: "Anyway, no matter what grievances you have with Changhu Town, as far as the current situation is concerned, if we want to get rid of the pursuit of orcs and wood elves as soon as possible, then the best way is to cross Changhu Town, land from the south shore of Changhu Town, and go ashore from the north shore of Changhu Town, so that your Lonely Mountain Palace is close at hand." ”

Thorin then said, "Everything is up to you, and we will do whatever you say." ”

With the experience of the last Battle of the Misty Mountains, Thorin already had a strong belief in the strategic vision of Maple Blaze.

Xu Feng nodded: "Very good, then we will go to the trade area of Wood Elf City...... Bilbo, you show us the way ahead, and the rest of us try to slow down and not disturb the sleeping wood elves. ”

"Yes!" The dwarves replied in a low voice.

Bilbo then led the way, leading Xu Feng and the others to the trade area on the upper floor.

At the end of the trade area, there is a warehouse, which is used to store the supplies transported from the town of Long Lake.

At the bottom of the warehouse there is a long river, and you can follow this long river to reach the town of Long Lake.

Bilbo and Xu Feng and the others quickly found the warehouse, where two elves were guarding the door of the warehouse.