Start as Inherited Baroness

Time flies by.

This day is January 27, 236 of the Eagle Calendar, which is the most grand festival recognized by the Eagle Kingdom, Holy Spirit Day.

It is about the same status as the Spring Festival and Christmas.

Simon held a banquet in the Lord's Hall for a whole day, and consumed more than a thousand kilograms of red deer meat, rabbit meat, fish, mutton, beef and other foods.

In addition, ten oxen with poor physical strength were killed to reward the army.

The participants at noon were various knights, heavy infantry, heavy cavalry, longbowmen and other sturdy warriors.

They ate and drank until three or four o'clock in the afternoon before they dispersed.

Afterwards, Simon also summoned technicians such as the superior blacksmith Telf and the master carpenter Kairo.

Most of them were slaves, and it was useless to ask for money, so he rewarded them with a lot of meat and malt liquor.

When it was night, Simon had to hold another family banquet. The three relatives, Winnis, Bara, and Gurney, and a group of lovers gathered in the Lord's Hall.

There weren't many people in total, and the number of people was more female than male, so it was not as lively as the banquet held at noon.

But Simon felt that a family banquet could make people relax and feel more warm...

On the second day, there were still some cumbersome sacrificial rituals, and Simon followed the rules and went through them again, so I won't go into details.

However, just as the soldiers in the Spark Castle and the free people camping outside the Secret Forest were enjoying the festive joy, uninvited guests quietly arrived.

On the east bank of the Qingshui River at the junction of the Fearless Territory and the Three Mountains Territory, an armed force was gathering.

"Boss, what I inquired is absolutely correct. Among the lords around here, Baron Simon Hollen, the Lucky Star of the Courageous Territory, is the richest.

He brought 5,000 free people from Prince Feddy, how could he not have food! Even if there is no food, so many people are enough for us to eat for a while!"

A one-eyed man wearing a bull-horned iron helmet shouted in a rough voice, his one eye was scarlet, like a beast.

"But he married the daughter of Kelair, and he led his spear mercenary group to annihilate a group of strong orc wolf riders.

Are you more powerful than the wolf riders?" Not far away, a strong man with a neutral face and brown hair holding a spear retorted.

"Coward!! I'm not afraid of him!!!"

"You can beat the spear in my hand first!" The strong man holding the spear said with a cold voice and a stern look.

"Okay! What are you going to do! Sit down!

I've decided to test it first. We will retreat after conquering a village!"

Between the two men stood a burly man with a stern face, nearly two meters tall, carrying a long-handled battle axe, and exuding a fierce momentum.

But when this man spoke, his voice was quite gentle and calm, which was seriously inconsistent with his appearance, and it was a great contrast.

"Boss, there won't be much food in the village of West Seti at this time, after all, there hasn't even been a harvest.

Maybe those free people are starving to death! If we want to fight, we might as well attack Baron Werir's camp, there must be a lot of supplies there.

Even if we can't defeat them, we can relieve our food pressure by consuming the bandits in West Seti."

The sturdy man holding the spear narrowed his eyes slightly, his face was quite vicious.

"Don't mention this matter again, I know that attacking Baron Werir is a better choice.

But he married Damier's daughter, and we have a friendship.

In addition, Damier has created a mercenary guild in the Battle Axe Village, and the force that can be mobilized is not weak, so it's not so easy to fight.

On the other hand, Simon Hollen should now rely on some slave soldiers for support, which is easier for us to deal with.

Let's go, first remove the outpost on the other side." The bandit leader carrying a long-handled battle axe explained first, and then made the decision.

It can be seen that he did not completely control this bandit team, and he was not the one who had the final say.

"Okay!" Hearing this, the spear-bearing strong man thought about it, stopped arguing, and obeyed.

After that, they began to arrange the team to cross the river.

At this time, a thin layer of ice formed on the Qingshui River. A bandit stepped on it to test it. After just two steps, he stepped on the floating ice and fell into the water.

Fortunately, the water here was not very deep, and he was pulled ashore by others.

This bandit was able to bear it. He was soaked and shivered like a sieve, but he didn't even cry out.

They began to test various sections of the river, trying to find a shallow water to cross the river.

The outpost watchtower on the opposite side of the river also discovered this situation.

"Lord Knight Shelt! Look, there are many people on the other side of the river trying to cross the river and enter the Fearless Territory!"

A mercenary shouted on the watchtower.

Shelt was gnawing on a roasted timber wolf hind leg. Hearing this, he walked out of the longhouse, climbed up the watchtower to take a few glances, and suddenly his expression changed drastically.

"It's bad! Hurry up and light the smoke to warn! Abandon the sentry post after that! Retreat quickly!"

The other side of the river is obviously a group of robbers, at least a thousand people. Once they cross the river, they must attack the sentry post first.

He only has thirty mercenaries, how can he resist? Naturally, saving his life is the most important thing.

"Although the sentry post is lost, it is also excusable. The baron should not punish severely..." Shelt thought in his heart.

Not long after, a black smoke rose from the sentry post and rolled into the sky.

Shelt and the mercenaries took some dry food and fled to the north...

"Hey! Look, there is smoke in the south, I guess there is something going on!"

The village dozens of miles away saw this scene and immediately went to the watchtower to light the smoke.

One after another, in less than an hour, Simon in Spark Castle received the report.

"Sir, the outposts in the south have all lit up smoke. There may be an enemy invasion."

Mailan knocked on the door of the Lord's Hall, and Simon was playing with Yaxue and Milin inside, and it was inevitable that he was a little spoiled.

But he knew that business was important, so he straightened his clothes, waved his hand and asked the two lovers to step aside, then stood up and walked out.

"What's going on?"

"Lord Baron, smoke has risen from several outposts in the south." Mailan repeated again.

"There shouldn't be any grandson who dares to entertain me today, right?" Simon frowned, thinking to himself.

"Assemble the Guards and the East Guards, follow me to the south for inspection, and prepare food for three days!" He immediately ordered.

"Yes! Sir! I will inform you right away!" Mailan responded and left.

"Chunlan! Some people will help me pierce the armor!" He turned around and shouted again.

"Yes~Master~" After a while, seven or eight maids brought the knight's plate armor and helped Simon put it on.

At this time, the Guards had already assembled and were all arrayed in the open space of the inner court.

Because there were many new recruits in the East Guards, their movements were not so quick. At this time, they all gathered outside the city, and there was still some confusion.

But when Simon mounted his war horse and led the Guardsmen and carriages out of Starfire Castle, Sarit also finished forming his team.

"Lord Baron! Please wait! The East Guards are ready and ready to go at any time."

Sarit rode a horse and rushed not far away from Simon and reported.

"Let's go! Look where the smoke first rose from.

If there is nothing serious, go to the first outpost where the smoke rises, find the culprit, and kill him immediately! Simon shouted murderously.

In this era of cold weapons, lighting up smoke is a very serious matter. If there is nothing important, you must be severely punished.