Start as Inherited Baroness

Simon and his party followed the soldiers who had made the discovery and came to a wooden house.

At this time, there were several shield spearmen guarding a mother and son in the house.

"My Lord, the Baron's seal was found on them. They were hiding in this water tank at first..."

A centurion reported respectfully and faintly excitedly.

"Who are you and why do you have the seal of Verril?" Simon nodded slightly at him, and then asked the mother and son in a deep voice.

"My Lord, are you Viscount Simon?"

The woman asked in fear. She looked ordinary. Although her chest was tall, her face was ordinary. She could only be considered an average person.

And her fingers were thicker. Obviously, she often worked and was not a person who had always been pampered.

"This is our Lord Count Simon!" Mylan on the side immediately corrected.

The woman shrank her neck and said, "My Lord, I am the...woman of Baron Weril. I followed him before he became a baron.

This is his son, Wesson Cayman."

Simon nodded slightly and said nothing. He just took the Cayman family's baron seal and looked at it carefully.

The style is similar to his own, but the text and emblem are different.

"Protect them and take them back to Yongyi Castle."

Simon handed the seal to Mylan beside him for safekeeping and said softly.

"Yes! My Lord!" Ai Lei responded.

"Clean up the battlefield, take away the supplies in the camp, burn this place, and then besiege the Battle Axe Castle tomorrow."

Simon turned and left, saying at the same time.

"Yes!" The knights agreed respectfully.

There is not much money in this camp. In addition to hundreds of serfs, there are only more than a hundred free people who know some technology, all of whom are incorporated.

There are very few coins. In the end, there are not even a hundred gold eagles in the warehouse.

However, hundreds of golden eagles were found on the bodies of the mercenaries, and it seemed that they had been rewarded before.

There was some food, hundreds of thousands of kilograms.

In addition, there were hundreds of oxen, dozens of goats, more than 200 horses, a dozen yellow dogs, and a number of various livestock.

The battlefield was cleaned up near dusk.

All the bodies of the mercenaries were burned on the firewood pile, and they had been burning for several hours.

Although they had not yet burned to ashes, they no longer cared about it. The army took the spoils and crossed the Qingshui River by boat.

When it was completely dark, they returned to Yongyi Castle.

After a night of rest, Simon got up early, had breakfast, and set off again with them.

Willier's son and his wife stayed in the castle, and a special armed maid was arranged to keep a close watch on them.

The only heir of the Cayman family was still useful, at least he could prevent the royal family from legally taking back the Stone Territory.

In this way, Simon can make this land his own, which is considered as actual occupation.

Moreover, the kingdom is about to be in chaos, and this newly conquered borderland will not attract too much attention.

When the nobles come to their senses, he should be strong enough to make them dare not act rashly.

Simon crossed the Qingshui River with the Brave Guard and the West Guard Corps and headed towards the Battle Axe Castle.

Not long after, he found a stone fortress on a hill, covering an area of ​​more than four acres, which was very small.

However, the stone wall was more than seven meters high, and it was not easy to climb it by force.

"Listen, rebels inside! Knight Damiller betrayed Baron Werrier and has been executed. Those who surrender outside the castle can be exempted from the death penalty!"

Simon's army surrounded this pocket castle with three layers inside and three layers outside. A loud-voiced Brave Guard soldier raised his shield and shouted.

There was silence in the fortress for a long time before a voice came out.

"Is this Viscount Simon from Yongyi Territory? We are willing to surrender!! Please ensure our personal safety!"

"My Lord Earl, if they want to surrender, do we still need to attack?" Airey asked after hearing this.

"Then we definitely won't attack. Let them all leave the city to accept the surrender." Simon shook his head slightly and said.

The mercenaries in the Battle Axe Castle were really cowardly, but they really didn't need to fight this battle. Such a small fortress definitely couldn't withstand the siege of the army.

Resisting to the end would only lead to death.

"All leave the city! Put down your weapons! Line up and lie on the ground!" the loud-voiced Yongyi Guard shouted.

"Yes! My Lord!! Please wait!!" A deep and smooth voice came from the fortress.

Not long after, the oak door of the Battle Axe Castle really opened.

Pile upon pile of armored mercenaries lined up to pour out, threw their weapons aside, and went to the open space one by one to lie down with their heads in their arms.

Seeing this, Simon's killing intent faded. He couldn't kill the captives at this time, after all, these mercenaries surrendered so quickly.

"Tie them all up and take them to the copper mine to mine! Tell them that they can regain their freedom after serving for five years!"

Simon glanced at the captives and ordered.

There were about a hundred mercenaries, not many.

"Let the patrol army send a hundred soldiers to the Battle Axe Castle and send an honorary knight to garrison there." Simon thought for a moment and ordered.

"Yes! Sir!" Mai Lan responded immediately.

Afterwards, hundreds of soldiers entered the Battle Axe Castle and patrolled and searched it. There was nothing special to find. Only some basic supplies such as food and grass were seized.

There were also hundreds of arrows, and some spare weapons and equipment, nothing more than spears, hammers and other things.

The quality was average, only ordinary, not even high-quality.

Simon did not touch the captured items, after all, they would be used by the patrol soldiers stationed here in the future.

It was not even noon yet, and the army had not fought yet, but they had easily captured the Battle Axe Castle, which was a stone fortress of different sizes. Simon was very happy.

"The soldiers have worked hard these two days. Go back and kill a dozen captured oxen and goats to reward the troops participating in this operation."

Simon pondered for a moment and told the knights such as Airey.

"Thank you, my generous and kind Earl! It is really great for the soldiers to follow you..."

No matter how many times you wear it, you can't wear it. Airey and others have learned to flatter.

Simon smiled and said nothing.

After a while, the soldiers finished taking care of the Battle Axe Castle. Two hundred people were left in the West Guard Corps to guard it temporarily, and the army went home with more than a hundred prisoners.

Not long after, Simon returned to the Yongyi Castle and took a hot bath with the service of the Yingti slave girl.

Then he was in a daze in the study.

After these two expeditions, Simon gained a lot of experience and was promoted to the next level.

It seems that fighting and killing can still gain more experience. In addition, improving the productivity of the territory and developing technology are also good, but they are undoubtedly much more difficult.

Although Simon was a college student before he crossed over, he was not a science and engineering major. He only had a little knowledge of many things, but was not proficient at all.

There is still a long way to go from theory to practice, not to mention that the theory is not fully mastered.

"We still have to fight more battles, so that the soldiers' experience will increase quickly...

Who should I find to start the operation?" Simon pondered in his heart.

I don't know how long it took, and there was a gentle knock on the door.

"Master, the political officer Mad wants to see you, and he is already in the lord's hall.

He said that something happened in the Green Forest Territory in the south, please go over..."