MTL - The Lord of the Rings: Lords of Middle-earth-Chapter 42 helpless king

Well, although the 500 recruited light infantry is a bit watery, it is still a qualified source of soldiers. It is better to have some equipment with tears than nothing. Roland really wants to disband this group of militia, and it is really a waste to keep it. Food! etc? food!

"I wiped it! This is equivalent to raising 500 more mouths for nothing?" Roland's eyes widened, only then did he understand what kind of tasteless the system gave! It's useless for this group of light infantry to defend the city. After all, you can't expect armorless infantry with only one-handed swords to defend the city. It would be too wasteful to keep them as construction workers! The typical food is tasteless, and it is a pity to abandon it!

"Alas..." Roland sighed helplessly, sitting decadently under the wall, no one knew how desperate the future Emperor Lagrand would be today.

"King..." Reno was about to open his mouth when Roland waved and interrupted.

"Let's talk...Is there not enough food or clothing?" Roland raised his head and said feebly.

"Er... King... it's not enough..." Renault said cautiously.

"Well, I see!" Roland hummed. The headache is so great that it seems that I have to find brother Sorin to fight the autumn wind again.

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Roland and Caslo set foot on the road north with 500 conscripted light infantry. The performance of those conscripted light infantry along the way can be said to have refreshed Roland's lower limit of understanding of imperial soldiers.

Can you think of it? More than a dozen orcs in the wasteland with wooden sticks in their hands could actually drive 500 recruited light infantry to run, and even these fleeing light infantry swept away the accompanying knights, which was an eye-opener for Caslow and Roland. .

Holding the **** head of the orc, Roland stood in front of these light infantry with a frosty face, and angrily threw the head in his hand to the ground and roared, "This is the army of the Empire? This is your glory?"

"I can understand you! Without excellent equipment and good training, you can say that you have poor combat effectiveness, but I didn't expect you to be so poor!" Roland continued to roar angrily.

"500 people! Chased by sixteen orcs with wooden sticks! Dozens of people were injured by sticks? Are you carrying firewood on your waist?" Roland said frantically.

Roland, who vented his anger, turned his horse's head and ran towards the Lonely Mountain, leaving these ineffective light infantry far behind.

"Follow your lord!" Kaslow frowned, and hurriedly asked the ten knights to follow Roland to prevent any accidents, while he stayed behind to send the light infantry to Iruba.

Kaslow sat on the battle horse and looked at the black conscripted light infantry, his eyes swept over their terrified eyes, the worn clothes and the one-handed sword on his body, and whispered in a low voice: "What kind of idiot is it? Armed civilians! Can these guys go to war? It's a crime to have them fight!"

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"Sorin, I need your help!" Roland went straight to the point after seeing Thorin Oakenshield.

"..." Sorin couldn't help trembling after seeing Roland's serious eyes. After being raided by Roland last time, it made Sorin feel distressed for a long time, and now he has not recovered.

"What's wrong? Orcs called?" Thorin asked tentatively.

"No, it's a matter of the return of our wandering people." Roland frowned.

"What's the matter? Are there not enough food and clothing? Dan from Iron Hill just brought over a lot of them, saying they were for the people of our Blue Mountains, but they haven't arrived yet. You can bring these supplies if you need them urgently. Go, after all, you need them more." Thorin, who had removed the influence of the curse, was still very warm and friendly.

"No! You have to look at this!" Roland dragged Sorin to the outside of a hall. Standing at the door, Sorin clearly saw a group of ragged human beings swallowing roast meat, bread and dwarf rum. They looked hungry as if they had been hungry for a long time.

"The beard is on top! Did you move your home to Iruba?" Thorin watched the crowd of people eating and drinking, and he thought that Roland had moved his home directly.

"No, this is the Lagrange light infantry that just returned..." Roland's face suddenly turned red, what a shame! This group of people frantically stuffed food into their mouths like they had never eaten in eight lifetimes.

"Beards! They are soldiers? It's a crime!" Sorin's focus was obviously different from Roland's. Sorin looked surprised at the ragged recruited light infantry. I really can't see the characteristics of a soldier anywhere.

"Roland, you wouldn't really be mad to recruit these civilians as soldiers, would you?" Sorin turned his head sharply, as if he knew Roland for the first time.

"No, in fact, they are really soldiers, they are just conscripted militias..." Roland dared not say they were light infantry, he could only say they were militias. After all, these conscripted light infantry were really too light!

"So?" Thorin seemed to have guessed something.

"Let's use your strengths and equip them with equipment. They don't need to be too good. Their physique is not enough to support them in heavy equipment." Roland said that there is no one who is better at forging than dwarves.

"Come on, tell me what you need? As long as you say anything about the iron, I can satisfy it!" Sorin patted his chest proudly, and took Roland to the dwarf's equipment store.

"Just look at it! See what they need? Take everything you see, and treat it as a gift for you! My friend!" Sorin said boldly.

Roland was envious for a while, this is the legendary real family with mines? Except for the dwarves, there seems to be no faction that can easily send out a full set of equipment to arm 500 people.

"That's a big thank you!" Roland couldn't help thanking Sorin. The investment in the early stage was so worth it. What is the most precious thing in this war-torn Middle-earth? Arms! The forces that have a lot of weapons and equipment can pull up a large army at any time. Although the quality is not guaranteed, it is still very cheap to defend the city and defend it.

"Uh... By the way, the dwarves' weapons and armor are a bit small for them. I asked Balin and the others to measure them and change them." Sorin patted his head and remembered the difference in height between the two clansmen.

"Thanks a lot then." Roland nodded.

"Is there anything you recommend, Sorin?" Roland felt that this dwarf king who was born for war must know more about the equipment he needs than himself.

"What's your definition of them?" Thorin raised his head and asked sternly.

"Defend it! After all, with their quality and level... it is too difficult to attack the Orc army!" Roland said bitterly, these recruited light infantry really performed the waste materials and cannon fodder to the extreme...

"Okay, my suggestion is to use a dwarf spear with a three-meter-long dwarf as a weapon, so that there is enough space to keep a distance from the orcs! The defense should be more than enough." Thorin thought about it and recommended the spear, after all, the spear The lower limit of this thing is really low, and it doesn't require any skills.

"Yes, it's a good suggestion." Roland agreed. After all, weapons such as spears and spears are really good. Roland was deeply impressed by the 5-meter-long cavalry guns of the rapids.

"As for the armor... In fact, according to their positioning, thick leather armor is the most suitable, so that they can be more flexible when defending, but unfortunately we don't produce much leather armor here, how about using fine iron chain armor? "Sorin thought for a while, and finally thought of a chain armor that did not affect flexibility but also guaranteed defense.

"Okay." Roland nodded.

"For shields~www.novelbuddy.com~, just use an iron cross shield." Sorin doesn't have anything to recommend for shields, so just use a large cross shield. It's impossible for these people to carry tower shields. Well, they can't play either.

"What do you want as a self-defense weapon? A longsword, a hand axe, or a warhammer?" Thorin asked.

"A battle axe, after all, it's easy to use." Roland originally wanted to choose a long sword, but when he thought about their performance, forget it... a simple and rude hand axe is much easier to use.

"That's good! Is that all?" Sorin raised his head to see if Roland had anything to add.

"Do dwarves produce bows and arrows?" Roland said suddenly.

"Oh! The beard is on top! Although the dwarf archers are not as famous as the elf archers, they shouldn't be so insignificant! Although the dwarf bows and arrows are not as reliable as the elf bows and arrows!" Thorin's eyes widened. It was not easy to be struck by Roland.

"One bow per person." Roland thought for a while. After all, archery can be practiced. It just happens that they have nothing to do in winter. They don't need to reach the level of El Niño Ranger and Batenian Archer and Lagrang City Guards. Roland was satisfied with the accuracy.

"Okay, let's add 100,000 arrows! Anyway, they are all in stock at the bottom of the box, you will need them!" Sorin said half-jokingly.

"Kili! Prepare food for 500 people for 6 months!" Sorin lowered his head and shouted to Kili, who was passing by in the hall.

"Hey! Kili! Tao Lie'er?" Roland was surprised to see the elf in the dwarf city. It seemed that these two hard-fought couples in the previous life had successfully come together now.

"Hey! King Roland! It's nice to meet you! Would you like to come and have a few drinks with me?" Kili warmly invited.

"No, I won't bother you anymore, I wish you happiness!" Roland winked at the two of them for a while.

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