"Their footprints left the battlefield... and ran into the Fargon Forest..."

At the battlefield near the edge of the Fagon Forest where the Rohan cavalry burned the corpses of powerful orcs and half-orcs, Aragon, Jinli and Leglas were following the chaotic footprints on the ground, chasing them to find the Hobbits. Then they found that the two little Hobbits actually ran into the Fagon Forest while they took advantage of the chaos?

“Fagong Forest…”

"Are they crazy? How dare they run into such a place?!"

Carrying his long-handled battle axe, Jin Li couldn't help but exclaim after knowing that Piping and Meli might have run into this ghost place called Fagong Forest. Looking at the strange and ancient twisted giant trees not far away in front of him, Jin Li couldn't help but exclaim.

In the past, Jin Li had heard a lot of rumors about this place. It is said that many reckless or unafraid of death had entered this forest, and then, they never came out again...

You should know that the history of this Fagong Forest is very long and there are many ancient legends that are not known to ordinary people.

In fact, as early as the First and Second Eras, this Fagong Forest was spread throughout the entire Ilyah and Kalanahon region. It can be said that it was the largest forest in the entire Middle-earth world before, no one!

Unfortunately, in addition to the existing Fagon Forest, other places were destroyed by the wanton cutting and deforestation of the Numanor people who landed in Middle-earth World in the wars of the previous two epochs!

Then, when the Demon Lord Soren fought with the Numannoirs and the elves, a considerable part of it was destroyed again...

So, now, the only remaining one is the Fagong Forest in the northwest corner of the Arhat Territory south of the Mist Mountains! This is the territory of the oldest tree herders, and it is also the last habitat for the tree people...

It is precisely because of this that the people of the tree who think they have been persecuted do not welcome any intelligent creatures into their territory! Whether it is elves, humans, dwarves, orcs, or hobbits? Anyway, as long as they enter the Fargon forest and are discovered by them, no one can come out alive!

In the eyes of those tree-bearing people who love trees and nature, as long as they can use metal tools and can cut down trees, they will all be their enemies! Of course, if they cut down forests from other places, they will definitely not be able to control them, but if they cut down the Fagong forest for death, the outcome will definitely not be very good.

"Aragorn, what should we do?"

Leglas looked at Aragon and asked, he didn't know what to do now.

Even as the prince of the dark forest elves, Leglas, who deals with the forest all day long, will not be willing to break into this Fagong Forest casually! The elves of the immortal race know the old-fashioned and despicable nature of those tree people. They have the same attitude towards almost all intelligent races, and even the Sylvan elves are not too exceptional!

Of course, it is said that they have a good relationship with the Los Rollin elves of the Golden Forest? But this is just a rumor, and Legras is not very clear about it.

But judging from Queen Kelandriel's ability, and the distance between the Golden Forest and the Fagong Forest is not far, the other party should be able to establish a good relationship with the tree people. This rumor should be true. Anyway, the lady in the Golden Forest is also a perfect and ancient elf.

"We'll go in! We must find those two hobbits!"

After thinking about it, Aragon made a decision.

They would never leave those two Hobbits behind! Anyway, they have been chasing them for so long now, so they shouldn't give up at this time!

Moreover, if we count the time, Piping and Melina Hobbits should have entered the forest last night, and now, it has only been one night. If they are lucky, they might be able to find each other again?

"Let's go! We'd better be careful!"

After saying that, Aragon tightened his equipment and walked into this dark and ancient Fagon Forest first.

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To the northwest of Middle-earth, southeast of Lake Ivandin in Anuminus, and south of the Fornost Plain, Queen Ofena of the United Kingdom of Alicia was wearing all over golden armor, riding her tall white unicorn mount, and stopped under a huge red-bottomed white vulture flag with a high standing tall. She was staring sharply at the auxiliary militia who were cleaning the battlefield.

Here, here is the great plain with flat terrain. Yesterday evening, she personally led the newly formed First Legion of the United Kingdom of Alicia, a total of 1,000 musketeers who had not been trained for a long time and more than 500 auxiliary militiamen, to fight here and defeat the mixed coalition of more than 3,000 infantry and cavalry in the Ilyade Free Parliament of the Fonnorth!

It took a lot of time to line up in this battle, but when the battle was really started, what was beyond the expectation of the Free Parliament: in just one round, the musketeers of the United Kingdom of Alicia instantly defeated the coalition they thought were very powerful in an instant!

In the eyes of Queen Ofina, this battle is actually not very suspense!

She had long guessed that under the scattered volley of Minni rifles, no mortal could resist that kind of metal bullet, even the plate-armored cavalry and infantry of the Free Council would not do it!

Although the opponent was brave and tenacious at the beginning! However, the opponent was unable to get close to the 100-yard area in front of the formation of the United Kingdom of Alicia, and was defeated by the platoon and scattered...

After last night's battle, the First Legion of the United Kingdom was stranded in this empty and convenient place for the defense of the musketeers to start camping. It was not until the dawn of the morning that the auxiliary militia were sent to clean up the messy battlefield.

"Her Majesty the Queen!"

"The results of the battle have been initially counted. We won an epic victory last night! This will surely be recorded in the history of Middle-earth!"

Just as Ofina looked at the battlefield lying full of enemy bodies, her eyes flashed and she was thinking about something, a female officer riding a horse, carrying a short-rod rifle for cavalry, and dressed as a ranger, galloped towards her.

Then, the other party stopped not far ahead of the Onina unicorn with excitement and reported loudly.

The enemy's powerful coalition forces were fought against 1,500 people, and there were probably less than 600 people who actually entered the battle? Then, not only could they easily defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, but they also had almost no cost of casualties. What is this an epic victory?!

"In the battle yesterday evening, based on the bodies left on the battlefield, we killed a total of 632 enemies and captured 417 people!"

The female officer reported excitedly while raising the parchment on her own hand.

"So far, no one has died! But... there were two musketeers who did not operate the rifle according to the standard procedures, so they were injured in their eyes. I'm afraid they are no longer suitable to continue participating in the battle..."

Speaking of this, the female officer felt a little ashamed. The two who did not operate the rifle according to the rules happened to be her subordinates. Not only were they blinded by the eyes, but other musketeers also felt inexplicably afraid of the muskets, and even became a little timid when loading.

In fact, she felt that those of them would not use their brains to think about it?

Those two idiots, they dared to tear open the fixed charge pack and stuff it into the barrel when there was Mars in the gun chamber? And they looked over with their eyes? Who else could they explode if the ignition gunpowder did not explode them?!

Fortunately, they did not load the bullets, otherwise they might have two corpses that were shot by their weapons now!

"That is, they had at least one thousand to two thousand soldiers fled back to Annuminus and Fornost?"

Seeing her soldiers cleaning the bodies of those enemies and burying them in search of the ground, Ofina asked thoughtfully. They fought a defeat last evening, so it was not too strange that they escaped so many enemies within her expectations.

"Yes, Her Majesty the Queen!"

"According to our larks, the cavalrymen who had lost their enemies fled to the north along the main road, while Annuminas, in the northwest, did not escape there because of the rugged mountain road."

"There are some more people, and they simply scattered into the surrounding villages. We do not have enough troops to search them for them for the time being!"

The female officer, who is the Queen's Guard, knows more clearly about these things.

Most of the musketeers who set out overnight and fell behind the enemy's defeated soldiers have returned. They have brought back a lot of information about the enemy, and it is said that they have also captured a lot of prisoners by the way?

"Go! Find a few enemy officers among the captives, and I need them to help me bring two letters to Annuminus and Fornost!"

After saying that, Ofina took out two handwritten letters placed in a bamboo tube from her mount's shoulder bag and handed them directly to the female officer.

"Find a few reliable prisoners, give them a few horses, and let them tell the nobles of the parliament in the city: as long as they hand over their troops and surrender in the city, I can promise that they will continue to retain their wealth and land!"

For unnecessary trouble, Ofina did not want to do too much murder here in the former homeland of the Arno Kingdom.

Now, the newly appointed Second Legion commander of the South Renas has reached Tabad on the south bank of the Swan River and started to engage in contact with the savages of Denland! Therefore, she must not continue to waste time here. She needs to go to the south as soon as possible to attack Aisinger's power. This is the important task assigned by her master Anne.

"But, Your Majesty..."

"We are sure to win now. We have muskets and we have even more powerful cannons! Isn't it a little more generous to give them such treatment? We can use cannons to directly knock out their city gates and occupy two important towns in the north..."

"They can't stand our offensive! Maybe, when we reach the city, they will collapse on their own?"

The female officer was a little anxious when she heard that Her Majesty Queen Ofina wanted to keep the rights of wealth and land for those people.

Isn’t they the reason they sacrificed their lives to join the United Kingdom of Alicia just for land and money?

The victorious war is their guarantee for obtaining these things! She believes that as long as they capture the other party's city and accumulate enough military merits, they can obtain fiefs, titles, and a lot of money, etc.!

Then, in the future, can you live the luxurious life of the noble-style masters that they only dared to think about before?

"Okay, no need to say more!"

"Kelly, you should know that our focus is not the north, but the south! Do you understand?!"

Looking at his female guard, Ofina shook her head a little amused.

What she had to consider herself was how to rule the place well, instead of making it a piece of smoke and destroying the dissidents, that would only push their United Kingdom of Alicia to the opposite of everyone! So, when necessary, it would be feasible to use some gentle policies.

What if that parliament is willing to hand over power and army and ensure that there is no chaos in the north, what if she lets them continue to enjoy the decaying noble life?

"Aisinger's strength is gradually increasing. Now even the Denlanders have joined them. I believe that the Rohans will definitely not last long..."

"Once Aisinger eliminates Rohan and attacks Gondor Kingdom with Mordor, our situation will be very passive in the future! Our kingdom is not yet well-founded, and some things can't be solved even with money!"

"Okay, just follow my order just now and you can execute it!"

After thinking about it, Ofina waved her hand and asked the female officer to take her handwritten letter, and then went to execute her orders.

She hopes to completely calm the turmoil in the north within five days, and after ensuring that there will be no major problems in the rear, she will recruit the other party's troops, and then prepare to go south to Rohan!

In fact, in Ofina's own plan, not only Annuminus and Fornost, but also She planned to deal with the places like Charles, Agond and Sarenfde.

As long as those local lords are willing to hand over their army and accept the command of the United Kingdom of Alicia, she can fully promise to retain their wealth, land, and even titles and governance rights within a certain period of time!

“…”

After taking a look at the bloody and messy battlefield again, Ofina frowned and gently patted the unicorn under her crotch, allowing her to turn around and return to the military camp behind.

She was not surprised at all about the result of this battle. After all, a group of cavalry and infantry with cold weapons faced a group of musketeers, even a group of musketeers who had been initially trained for a while, was normal. The weapons of the two sides were several generations apart!

In fact, since the so-called messenger of the Ilyade Free Council sarcastically mocked her in the castle of Bree, she was ready to start a war!

Those arrogant nobles may still be immersed in the so-called glory of the Arno Kingdom. They really think that the world is still the same as before?

Even if there is no United Kingdom of Alicia, once the war in the south is successful, no matter who the winner is, it is already destined to wait for the end of these little lords in the north!

Thinking about the messenger at that time, he dared to ask him to hand over Bree and pay compensation. At that time, Ofina almost laughed out loud!

"If you don't hurry up, the war situation in the south will probably be one-sided..."

Now in the view of Ofina, Aisinger and Mordor in the south have already had an absolute advantage. In addition, the barbarians of the south, Haradlin and the Lun tribe have joined the Mordor alliance. At that time, they will definitely attack Gondor. Therefore, she is not optimistic about the situation in the south. Gondor's defeat is just a matter of time sooner or later!

So, now she wants a prisoner to take her letter of surrender to the other party's free council, and she doesn't want to stay in the north for too long. After a little settled north, she will lead the legion directly south, return to Bree to replenish his troops and supplies, and go directly to Aisinger and Rohan!

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"Wow! What a big squirrel!"

At this time, in the Fargon Forest, Little Anne was slamming the pile of nuts she had obtained from where she was eating happily with a stone.
To be continued...