Start as Inherited Baroness

The camp was filled with nobles from the North Wind region. After reading the letter from Marquis Val, they all fell silent.

"Let's follow the wishes of the Marquis and withdraw first." After a while, someone said.

"Yes, yes, retreat first..." Everyone agreed.

Soon after, a response came from the nobles' military camp.

"Master Guardian Simon Horen, we are here to destroy the bandits. We have no other purpose. Let's leave now!"

Simon heard this, thought for a moment, and whispered to his left and right: "Let them go."

"Yes! Sir!" Ai Lei and others responded immediately.

In less than half an hour, the noble army packed up and left, leaving behind a hastily built military fortress.

Simon's scout cavalry followed them all the way and found no sign of return, so they were relieved.

After resting for a day, he led his army across the Qingshui River and came to the Duishi Territory, preparing to rush to the Ancient Tree Territory.

The iron mine over there must be kept in his own hands, otherwise it will be extremely detrimental to the subsequent development.

Seven or eight days later, Simon set foot on the land of the Ancient Tree Territory.

The landform here is not much different from that of Valiant Territory. It is also hilly with plains and lakes, which is not bad.

There is a group of towering trees in the northeast that are tens of meters tall, including ancient trees that are more than a hundred meters high, hence the name.

Simon led his army forward at a normal marching speed, and encountered several villages on the way, but did not stop to disturb them.

By the next morning, he was munching on a leg of lamb for breakfast.

Mailan suddenly walked over quickly and reported: "Your Majesty, several businessmen sent a letter, saying it was written by Baron Morse."

"Hey, bring it here and take a look." Simon heard this, put the leg of lamb on the plate, and said with a smile.

"yes!"

Mailan submitted that a medium-level mage not far away took a few steps forward and cast a poison detection spell. After finding no abnormalities, he stepped back.

Now that he has more than fifty mages under his command, he no longer needs to do such chores himself.

After Simon read the letter, he smiled and said: "Mors is really a clever guy. He has already run away and said he would leave the Ancient Tree Territory to me for temporary safekeeping.

It seems that this battle cannot be won.

However, he still could not relax his vigilance and sent the order to let the Northern Guards Corps go in front, while the Western Guards Corps would be ready to respond at any time. "

The Western Guards Corps has more veterans, and its combat power is slightly better in comparison.

"Yes! Sir!" Mailan took the order and left.

In less than an hour, the marching formation was adjusted.

In the evening, Simon arrived at the Ancient Tree Castle.

This is a semi-finished fortress, divided into two layers: inner and outer. The inner layer has been completed, covering an area of ​​about ten acres, and the outer layer is not yet half completed.

All in all, this fortress should cover an area of ​​more than seventy acres.

"Hey! That's right. The castle built by this guy Mers is much stronger than that of Burrit." Simon looked at the scene in front of him and said with a smile.

The gate of the Ancient Tree Castle was wide open, but there was no one inside.

"Send a thousand soldiers in, investigate carefully, occupy the city gate first, and leave a way out." Simon ordered.

"Yes! Sir!" Airei responded, and then arranged for a thousand shield spearmen to attack.

More than an hour later, as it was getting dark, an officer came to report: "Report to your lord! There is no one inside and it is safe."

In addition, there was no such thing as kerosene or firewood, and after testing, no poison was found..."

Hearing this, Simon nodded with satisfaction and ordered: "Leave a thousand men stationed in the city, and the rest camp outside the city."

"Yes!" Airei and other officers respectfully accepted the order and immediately went to make arrangements.

When the sky darkened completely, quite good military camps were set up outside the castle, bonfires were raised, and the smell of wheat porridge wafted everywhere.

Even beasts with low IQs would not dare to get close to such a formation.

One night later, the sky turned white again, and nothing special happened.

It seemed that Mers was really scared away.

After breakfast, Simon immediately led people to the iron mine.

Mers valued this mine very much, so the castle was built not far away, only five or six miles away.

In less than an hour, we arrived.

A stone fortress was also built here as a defensive fortification. It was not large, covering an area of ​​only seven or eight acres.

"My Lord Earl, there are still soldiers defending this fortress." Airey sent someone to report.

"It seems that Morse retreated in a hurry and didn't even bring everyone with him.

Persuade them to surrender. If they don't surrender, kill them all. This is a good place for the soldiers to practice their skills with this small fortress. Simon ordered.

It didn't take long for Airei to send someone to shout. The defenders didn't hesitate long before hanging up a piece of light yellow white cloth to express surrender.

Soon, more than 200 soldiers walked out of the fortress and disarmed.

Airei soldiers successfully entered and occupied the fort.

Although the area of ​​​​this fort is not large, it is actually difficult to attack by force.

Because it was built relatively high and the walls were thick, up to twenty meters long, if we wanted to attack, we would probably have to pay the price of thousands of people.

In addition, the miners in the iron ore mine are also there and are still digging.

Simon's soldiers rushed over and captured them all after a flurry of excitement.

"Your Majesty, this man is the steward of the mine, his name is Porter, and he is a member of the family of Baron Morse."

Airei and others escorted several people and came to Simon to report.

"Why didn't Merles call you when he ran away?" Simon looked at this person and asked with a smile.

"My Lord Earl, I don't know anything! I just... I'm just watching the mine..."

This man is quite strong, but not very courageous, and he was almost scared to tears.

"How many miners are there here?" Simon asked.

"There are more than 2,000 people and more than 600 dog-headed slaves. Marquis Val stationed 2,000 soldiers here before, but withdrew a month ago.

They also took away more than 1,000 miners, which they brought here before..."

Potter had no concept of backbone at all, and said whatever he wanted.

Simon nodded when he heard it, waved his hand, and Valilo walked over and took this person away for detailed interrogation.

"Leave a bronze knight to lead 2,000 elite soldiers to garrison the iron mine and expand this castle.

This resource is very important and cannot be lost. Go back and inform Yaman and let him lead people to build a road leading here..."

Simon made some arrangements in an orderly manner.

"Yes! Sir!" The officers and nobles under his command listened carefully and accepted the order one after another.

After more than half a month, Simon led his army to find out the situation in the Ancient Tree Territory before leaving and returning to the Yongyi Territory.

The main purpose of this trip has been achieved. Next, we will go to Changxiang Territory to declare our identity and status.

If conditions permit, it would be good to station an army there and actually occupy it.

After all, Changxiang Territory is the place where the governor is stationed, and its location, area and resources are stronger than Yongyi Territory.

Changxiang City is also relatively large, and it should be the largest city in the current West Seti.

In addition to silver mines, there are several rare resources on that land.