Chapter 2 Minutes of previous books

In the first part "The Lord of the Rings", it is described that Gandalf the Gray discovered that the ring owned by the hobbit Frodo was actually the Supreme Lord of the Rings, the Lord of the Lord of the Rings who ruled all the rings of power.Therefore, Frodo and his companions were hunted down by the black knights of Mordor all the way from Shire. Finally, with the help of Aragorn, the ranger of Iriador, they finally overcame all difficulties and fled to Elrond's residence in Rivendell. . Elrond held a prudent council there, and it was decided that the Ring should be destroyed, and Frodo was appointed to bear it.The members of the Lord of the Rings expedition were thus selected, and their task was to go to Mount Doom in the realm of the devil and destroy the Lord of the Rings there.The expedition included Aragorn representing humans and Boromir, the heir to the King of Gondor; Legolas, the son of the Elven King of Mirkwood, representing the elves; Gimli, the son of Gloin of the Lonely Mountains, representing the dwarves; Frodo And his servant Samwise, and two young relatives, Meriadoc and Pippin, represented the hobbits, and at the head of the group was Gandalf the Grey.

A group of people left Rivendell secretly. After a long journey, they could not pass through the Calahorras pass because they intended to cross it in winter; Down the mountain to the destination.There, Gandalf fell into the bottomless abyss because of fighting a demon spirit in the dark world.Aragorn, who was exposed as the crown prince of the West, inherited his will and led the people to escape from the east gate of Moria, enter Lorien, the border of the elves, and go down the great river to the waterfall of Lalos.During this journey, they have realized that they are being followed, and Gollum, the creature who never forgets the Lord of the Rings, is relentlessly chasing after him.

They must decide whether to go east to Mordor, or go with Boromir to aid Minas Tirith, the main city of Gondor, or disband the team in the face of the coming war.When the Ring-bearer decides he must continue his journey to Mordor, a desperate Boromir attempts to steal the Ring.The first part of the story ends with Boromir succumbing to temptation, Frodo escaping, and disappearing with Samwise.At the same time, the remaining members of the expedition were suddenly attacked by half-orc soldiers, some were half-orcs who obeyed the orders of the Dark Lord, and some were half-orcs from the traitor Saruman.The mission of the Lord of the Rings seems to have encountered an unprecedented crisis.

The second part (that is, chapters three and four) "Two Cities" describes the situation after the disbandment of the expedition.The third chapter records Boromir's repentance and sacrifice, and everyone puts his body into the boat and floats to the Laros waterfall.Meriadoc and Peregrin were captured by orc soldiers, and the enemy took them along the plains of East Rohan to Isengard, followed by Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli. At this time, the hussars of Rohan appeared. Under the leadership of Marshal Iomer, the cavalry surrounded the half-orcs on the border of Fangorn Forest and wiped them out.The hobbit escaped immediately, hid in the forest, and met a tree man named Treebeard, who was also the real master of Fangorn Forest.Accompanied by him, the hobbits saw the wrath of the Ents and their march towards Isengard.

At the same time, Aragorn and his companions met Iomer, who had just left the battlefield, and the marshal of the hussars gave them horses so that they could continue to look for their companions.Although Aragorn and his party failed to find the hobbit in Fangorn Forest, they unexpectedly reunited with Gandalf.He rose from the dead as the White Knight, but still in his gray robes.They crossed Rohan with the old wizard, and came to the palace of King Theoden the Hussar.Gandalf healed the old king and freed him from the jester's curse, and everyone knew that the jester was a traitor arranged by Saruman.A group of people and the king who personally drove them against Isinger's army, and won the victory in the Holy Helm's Deep.Gandalf then led the crowd to Isengard, where they found that the original majestic fortress had been completely destroyed by the treants, and Saruman and Qiaoyan were trapped in the impenetrable Orthank Tower.

During the negotiations, Saruman refused to repent, and Gandalf revoked his title, broke his staff, and handed him over to the care of the Ents.Qiaoyan threw a crystal ball at Gandalf from the window, but it missed, and was picked up by Pippin instead. This turned out to be one of the three surviving Orbs of Wisdom in Númenor.That night, Pippin couldn't resist the temptation of the crystal ball, so he stole the crystal ball and used it; Sauron also discovered his whereabouts.At the end of the chapter, a Nazgul rides on a flying mount, letting everyone know that the battle is about to begin.Gandalf handed the Orb of Knowledge to Aragorn, and Peregrine and Peregrine hurried to Minas Tirith.

The protagonists of the fourth chapter are Frodo and Samwise, who are lost in the mountains of Emynmore and do not know where to go.When they finally left the mountains, the cunning Gollum followed him again.Frodo tamed Gollum, and let him lead the two of them across the dead swamp, and the barren Moranan, to the black gate of Mordor in the north. Since there was no way to go at this time, Frodo had to accept Gollum's suggestion: go to a "secret passage" he knew. According to him, this passage is in the Shadow Mountains, which is the western barrier of Mordor.On the way they traveled, they were captured by the Gondor commando led by Boromir's brother Faramir.Faramir discovered the true purpose of their journey, but restrained himself from being seduced by the magic that would overwhelm Boromir, he sent them escorted to the last leg of their journey, Cirith Ungol, or the Spider's Path.He also warns Frodo that this is a dangerous place, Gollum doesn't quite tell the truth.When they arrived at the crossroads and headed towards Minas Morgul, they found an extremely powerful dark force pouring out of the city.Sauron has sent his vanguard, the army led by the Lord of the Rings, to sound the horn of the Holy War of the Lord of the Rings.

Gollum led the hobbits along a secret way that avoided Minas Morgul, and in the darkness they came at last to Cirith Ungol. Gollum returned to his former evil nature again, and prepared to sacrifice them to Shelob, the evil guardian of this path.Under the desperate struggle of Samwise, his plan failed; Gollum was wounded, and Shelob was mortally wounded. The second part ends with the dilemma facing Sam Weiss.Frodo, stabbed by Shelob, lies seemingly lifeless: if Samwise does not abandon his beloved master, the mission will fail.Finally, he decided to take the ring and continue this desperate task.But just as he was about to enter Mordor, Orcs came to inspect from Minas Morgul and from the tower of Cirith Ungol respectively.With the help of the invisible power of the Lord of the Rings, Samweis knew that Frodo was just in a coma, not dead.

When he was about to rescue his master, it was too late; the orcs had carried Frodo into the tunnel and went to their tower, and the door was shut hard in front of Samwise. This book, the third part, the final part of the War of the Ring, will describe the strategy of Gandalf and Sauron against each other, record the conflict between light and dark sides, and the end of the dark age.First, let's take a look at the outcome of the Western War──