At the same time, Elrond, the elf patriarch, is also making new plans. His original intention was to hurt both Wizardsburg and Rohan. Unexpectedly, Rohan was almost unscathed, and the elves lost all their strategic mobile troops - archers. The Rohan's might at the Battle of Helm's Deep and the leadership of King Theoden put Elrond on pins and needles. Meanwhile, the Wizard's Castle is dead, and Gondor is weak. This kind of situation where the Rohan family dominates is unwilling to see the elves who have always insisted on a balanced strategy. Now, we can only find a way to sacrifice Gonduo and let Modo and Rohan consume each other.
Although Gondor's military strength has been weak over the years, with the strong Osgiliath, he has been able to resist the attack of the Mordo country. Osgiliath was an impregnable military fortress, now defended by Faramore, the second son of the regent of Gondor. Faramer's greatest wish in his life was to be the regent of Gondor, but he was cowardly and incompetent, and the regent looked down on him at all. In order to be able to win the battle with his brother Boromo for the throne, he followed the elves, hoping that Elrond would support him. The regent, who has always wanted to get rid of the control of the elves, is even more disgusted by it, and has long appointed Boromo, who has an independent consciousness, as the next regent. This time, after Faramo knew that Boromo was indeed killed, he ran to notify the regent immediately, but he did not see the heroic tears flowing from his father's eyes. . .
After receiving the master's instructions, Gandalf began a new round of performances. He used the ignorance of the Hobbits to let Pippin know from Sauron that Modo was going to attack the city of Minas Tirith, in order to coerce Rohan to send troops. Let's imagine, what level does Sauron belong to, and what level does Pippin belong to? Pippin knew such a big "secret" from Sauron, but Sauron got nothing from Pippin, is it possible? In fact, it is Gandalf's mind control over Pippin. Of course Theoden did not believe it and refused to send troops.
Gandalf knew that Theoden was very loyal, and if Gondor took the initiative to ask for help, Theoden would certainly send troops to help. So he hurried to Gondor again for the next war plot. Before leaving, he brought Pippin on purpose to prevent the lie from being exposed.
After Gandalf arrived in Gondor, he wanted to hide the news of Boromo's death and deceive the regent of Gondor for the cooperation. But the Regent had already guessed the true cause of Boromo's death. He has been trying to get rid of the control of the elves all his life. In the end, the independent Boromo was killed, and he had to pass the throne to Faramo, who followed the elves. He realized that the elf had decided to abandon his puppet and find another agent. He has been completely desperate, and is unwilling to serve the elves anymore.
Gandalf, who was rejected, decided to do it himself: he lit the beacon tower that conveyed the warning message without authorization. Not long after, Faramir, who was instructed, gave up Osgiliath after a little resistance during a battle with the Orcs. Why do you say that? For the Orcs who crossed the river to commit crimes, Faramor did not use the favorable terrain to organize the bow and arrow defense he was good at, but instead fought hand-to-hand with the Orcs who were dominant in number, which only showed that the commander had other ideas in his mind. Like most impenetrable military fortresses in history, Osgiliath was not captured, but surrendered.
The loss of Osgiliath shocked and humiliated the Regent. As soon as Osgiliath was lost, the city of Gondor was under the direct threat of Modo. If the enemy was dispatched, Gondor's forces would not be able to resist the attack of the Orcs at all. He ordered Faramore to retake Osgiliath, at all costs, with the few cavalry that Gondor had. Faramore violated the yin and yin, and left a large army in the middle of the road, and slipped back alone. All the Gondor cavalry who lost their leader were wiped out. Afraid of death, Faramer pretended to be seriously injured for fear of being subjected to military law. His set of regents is very clear, and he is heartbroken, and he does not intend to expose it. He directly announces that Faramer is dead, and he wants to maintain the dignity of the family in the flames with himself and Faramer, the disobedient son.
After receiving the warning from Gondor, the faithful Theoden knew that this was a conspiracy of the elves to weaken Rohan, and he still decided to do his best to help Gondor. On the other hand, Aragorn, the plenipotentiary representative of the elves, indicated that Theoden only needed half of his men. Aragorn's representation of this is inseparable from the work done by Eowyn, the Princess of Rohan. Eowyn believed that Aragorn was not as hopeless as Gandalf. With her patient work, Aragorn intends to serve Rohan. In this case, it is completely understandable that Aragorn took the initiative to preserve his strength for Rohan.
Elrond, the elf chieftain, was extremely alarmed by Aragorn's defection. Because Aragorn is an important pawn they have cultivated for a long time and restrict the Regent of Gondor. If he fell to Rohan, it would provide an excuse for Rohan to annex Gondor in the future. He rushed to Rohan in a hurry, and first used emotional factors to win over Aragorn, saying that the stronger Sauron was, the weaker his daughter's life would be. How could the old fritters, Aragorn, believe it? In desperation, Elrond had to play the last card, handing over the command of the powerful Ghost Legion to him, and promising him to be the king of Gondor (this also shows from one side that the regent of Gondor is completely elf puppet regime). Only then did Aragorn signify his return to the embrace of the elves.
At this time, another new king will be born. Theoden greatly admired Eowyn's leadership since the Battle of Helm's Deep, and issued a edict to designate her as the heir to the kingdom of Rohan (see The Eve of Departure in episode 3). Theoden's decision was far-sighted. This battle was very dangerous, and if Theoden had an accident, of course, he could not pass the throne to Eomer, the son-killer and the elf-friendly. And Eowyn is witty, brave, and more importantly, she has a strong affinity. See how she treats Gimli (dwarfs), merry (hobbits), Aragorn and even later Faramo? This affinity of hers will make her not only a Rohan, but a common leader of all kinds in Middle-earth. In the film, Theoden, the strange man in the world, only asks Eowyn to "smile", and uses it to resolve different kinds of grievances and fuse them together to become the new face of Middle-earth. Owner.
Encouraged by the unexpected acquisition of Osgiliath and the annihilation of Gondor's cavalry, Modo began to attack Minas Tirith with the main force. Gandalf, as an elf minion, pointed fingers in Gondor, took over the regime in an all-round way, and organized the defense against the Mordor. However, it can be seen in the film that due to the unpopularity of the elves and Gandalf in Gondor, the morale of Gondor is low, and only Gandalf is busy in the whole city, and the defense is very unsuccessful. An obvious example is that Gondor's most effective city defense weapon, the catapult, was not equipped with archers for air defense, and was easily destroyed by the Nazgul. As for the giant siege equipment transported by Modo, Gondo allowed the enemy to place it at the gate of the city and smash the door, instead of interfering, blocking, or destroying the city wall, but only passively waiting for Modo to rush in in the city.
In this way, the city gate is breached, and the first line of defense is inevitable. At this time, Luohan arrived in time and launched a group charge against the Modo army with his sophisticated equipment. Here we can see that the equipment of the Modo soldiers is extremely poor, the bows and arrows are tattered, and the "long spear" is as high as the eyebrows, which is far worse than the Uruk-hai of the Wizard's Fort. After all, Modo is a third world country that has been sanctioned for many years, and the Witcher Castle is a second world country, and the wealth of the two cannot be compared. Modo, with poor equipment and low morale, suffered heavy losses.
At such a critical moment, Gandalf did not organize a counterattack, cooperated with the inside and the outside, or at least strengthened the defense. Instead, he heard that the regent was about to set himself on fire, so he hurried to rescue Faramer. He had his own plans. Ambitious Gandalf did not intend to serve the elves forever. Indeed, a person who even betrays his own country, what else can't betray? After the destruction of the Wizard Castle, Gondor is most suitable for his own rule: now he is in charge of the actual power of Gondor. If you get rid of the regent and support the cowardly Faramer to succeed, while he is behind the curtain, he can also satisfy his own rights. desire. Affected by this lust trend, he ran around in a hurry, and his hideous face could be seen in the whole city of Gondor. The regent's self-immolation was to his liking, but if Faramo was also burned, Gondor would likely fall to his rival Aragon. To this end, he ran to rescue Faramore and burned the Regent to death. The film is very clear: Gandalf drives the horse to step the regent into the fire, and when the regent is struggling with fire, Gandalf stands by and gloats; while Faramo, who is also on fire, is rescued by Gandalf's men.
Gandalf was busy fighting for power, and the Rohans were fighting bloody here. A generation hero Theoden sacrificed heroically, and the crown prince Eowyn also showed her heroic side. According to incomplete statistics, she personally killed a mammoth, defeated the half-orc coach, killed a black dragon, and beheaded the king of the ring spirit in Yu Among the armies. Among them, the latter two are extremely difficult, and basically no one else has done it. From then on, not only the martial Rohans were obedient to Eowyn, but other kinds of people even paid homage to him. After this time.
Because Gandalf missed the opportunity to cooperate with the inside and the outside, Modo, who had already attacked the city, continued to attack Gondor, and Gandalf was desperate. At this time, only the dull Pippin remained by his side. The most irritating thing is that at this time he began to deceive Pippin, saying that death is not terrible, death is the beginning of another journey and so on. The purpose is nothing more than to make Pippin die for him. It's not enough for him to die alone, he must also be buried with Pippin!
Aragorn and his Ghost Legion finally arrived late (they attacked the pirates and took the pirate ship to the battlefield. Orcs complained about how the pirates were late. Judging from the performance of the Ghost Legion later, it would not cost much to clean up the pirates Time. This just means that the Ghost Legion deliberately delayed it for a while after the pirates were defeated). The reason is nothing more than that the elves hope to consume more Rohan troops. After the Ghost Legion came to the battlefield, it could be said to be invincible and quickly wiped out the Modo army on the battlefield. It can be seen that as long as the ghost army is used, it is not difficult to defeat Modo or even destroy Modo. This also shows from one side that the main purpose of the elves planning this war is to consume Rohan's strength.
However, in the eyes of the elves, Aragorn came too early. Although Theoden was a heroic sacrifice, and the Rohan cavalry suffered heavy losses, but only a part was consumed. (First of all, less than half of the 6,000 people came, and secondly, quite a few of these 6,000 people survived. When Eowyn fought the Nazgul, there were always a group of Rohan cavalry running around in the background). This annoys the elves.
What made the elves even more unhappy was that Aragorn disbanded the Ghost Legion immediately after the war. The main force of Modo has been annihilated, and of course the cunning Aragorn cannot tolerate the ghost army controlled by the elves to stay in Gondor, otherwise he will still be a puppet even if he becomes king. After many swings, in the end, he fell to the new force in Middle-earth - Rohan. The Ghost Legion is the last trump card of the elves. After the disbandment, the elves have no other weapons to use. The elves, who had exhausted their organs, finally lost their influence in Middle-earth.
The only remaining opponent of Aragorn is Gandalf, who has also been watching the throne of Gondor for a long time. Although Gandalf temporarily held the control of Gondor, but with the Rohans as his backers, Aragorn was destined to be the victor of this final dispute.
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