Since the Misty Mountains cannot be climbed, everyone has no choice but to drill holes. The past homeland of the dwarves, Moria, is where countless dwarf ancestors worked hard and sweated. However, this kingdom had to be abandoned due to the invasion of the Balrogs. However, Gu
After the mountain was recovered, Thorin organized a dwarf expedition, led by Grandpa Balin, in an attempt to regain this homeland.
The new path chosen by the Fellowship of the Ring is through the old home of the dwarves.
The dwarf Gimli was very excited about this, because he could see his cousins in Moria and eat hot barbecue and strong dwarf wine.
Chen Mo was also curious as to whether the dwarves of Moria could hold their own territory this time with the support of Lonely Mountain.
In the original history, because Thorin Oakenshield was killed in the Lonely Mountain, his brother Dain became the King of the Lonely Mountain. However, because he suffered heavy casualties in the Battle of the Five Armies, Dain did not agree with Balin to regain Moria.
So the old man could only return to Moria with a team of volunteers. They successfully regained some territory in Moria and drove the Orcs out. However, during a night attack, Balin was unfortunately killed.
The remaining dwarves also lost the territory they regained bit by bit under the influx of Orc offensives, and finally had to retreat into a tomb, where they held out until the last person.
This was a lonely expedition, with a cruel but predictable ending.
But the situation is different now. The Lonely Mountain dwarves were not severely damaged, and even Thorin Oakenshield was not killed in battle. So will Moria still be the same as before?
The Fellowship of the Ring followed the mountain road south and arrived at the gate of Moria. Here Gandalf was also stumped by the riddle on the gate, and then Chen Mo went up to punch and kick the gate.
"Bahrain, are you there? Open the door!"
"Serent!"
Gandalf became anxious when he saw Chen Mo making a loud noise. There was a big octopus in the pool in front of the Moria Mine. What should he do if he disturbed it?
But Chen Mo still didn't care. After banging the door for several minutes, with the sound of stones rubbing against each other, a small door opened from the stone wall.
A dwarf guard wearing a helmet and heavy armor showed his head and looked at the Fellowship of the Ring warily.
"Haha, let's go, brothers, I can't wait to have a drink!"
After seeing Jinli emerge from the crowd, the vigilance of the dwarf guard disappeared without a trace in an instant. He greeted everyone enthusiastically, and then led the team through the ancestors illuminated by bonfires and stars.
Hall, and come to a fortress inside the mine.
One side of the fortress was piled with all kinds of debris, as well as mountains of ordnance. Chen Mo could vaguely see a large number of dark brown marks on that side.
At the upper levels of the fortress, the Fellowship of the Ring met an older but still energetic Balin.
"Ah, Gandalf, and Serent!"
Balin, wearing a piece of armor, stood up excitedly to greet his old friends, and immediately ordered his men to prepare meals and drinks. He wanted to have a good chat with his old friends.
After driving for a long time in the mountains, everyone who was cold and freezing naturally took good care of themselves. Everyone sat on the ground beside the warm campfire, eating delicious barbecue and drinking foamy dwarf beer.
And Chen Mo also learned about what happened after Gushan from Balin's mouth.
Thorin Oakenshield is indeed a qualified dwarf king. After taking office, he vigorously encouraged his people to have children, and quickly rebuilt the trade route of Lonely Mountain, greatly restoring the power of the dwarves, and at the Battle of Lonely Mountain
Twenty years later, the recovery of Moria began.
Although Balin, who led the team, failed to fight back to Moria with tens of thousands of troops, thousands of troops and a steady stream of ordnance supplies were enough. After several years of fighting, the dwarf army had recovered nearly a fifth of Moria.
They also repaired the outposts and castles left over from the past, and prepared enough food, grass and ordnance. They firmly occupied these fulcrums and killed a large number of Orcs.
The dwarves even restarted some of the furnaces to replenish the army with weapons on the spot.
But the progress only goes so far!
Because the real terror below Moria is the ancient Balrog, otherwise these thousands of troops would definitely be able to completely recapture Moria within ten years.
"I really don't know when that evil beast will die!"
Balin drank beer and said unwillingly.
The mines of Moria, like the Lonely Mountain, contain countless treasures. For dwarves who like to mine, not being able to dig is like not being able to smoke, not being able to drink, not being able to have sex with girls.
"It's okay, its death is not far away!"
Chen Mo held up the Coke in the cup, clinked glasses with Bahrain, and comforted the other person.
Then Gandalf felt a vague malice suddenly wrap around him.
Maybe it’s because Baipao is unwilling to fail!
The gray-robed wizard thought this way, and then asked about passing through the Misty Mountains.
When Balin learned about the mission of the Fellowship of the Ring, he also frowned. Over the years, although the Dwarven Ironfoot Army had caused a lot of damage to the Orcs entrenched deep in the mines of Moria, they did not dare to alert the Balrog.
, so they didn’t go too deep. If the Fellowship of the Ring wanted to cross Moria, they had to pass through those places. There were still countless Orcs entrenched in the darkness!
"You guys have a good rest and I will bring someone to escort you there tomorrow!"
Balin pointed out the route to Gandalf and said to everyone.
"Yes, with the Iron Foot Army here, no matter how many Orcs come, they will all die!"
As if he had returned to his own home, Jinli held up his beer and shouted loudly, his tone full of praise for his people.
Legolas was a little dissatisfied with the other party's bragging about the Iron Foot Army, so he listed the combat power of the elven longbowmen. At this moment, the elves and the dwarves started to argue like children about whose army could fight.
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Because they couldn't defeat each other, the two wanted to ask Gandalf for comment. As a result, the gray robe fell asleep on the spot while holding the wine glass. Then the two looked at Chen Mo who was grilling chicken wings.
"No matter what you look at, I can't fight you, so why fight!"
Chen Mo said angrily to the two of them, these two guys are really good at fighting. Don't they know how dwarves and elves fought before?
However, Chen Mo still expressed his opposition to Bahrain's kindness. After all, what would he do if the march of thousands of troops alarmed the Balrog? How could he kick Gandalf down and challenge the Balrog in a duel?
"How about you launch a side attack and help us attract Oak's attention, so that you are safe and so are we!"
