Start as Inherited Baroness

Simon detained the Earl of Goat, sent people to repair the castle, and looted a large amount of food and various supplies before continuing on his way.

Seven or eight days passed in the blink of an eye, and they arrived outside Changxiang City.

This place has not changed much compared to before, but it is much quieter.

And the city gate was wide open, and an army came out to greet them. It didn't look like they were going to fight, but rather lined up to welcome them.

When they got closer, Simon saw clearly that the commander of this army was Deldi Ivan, who was the top general under Prince Seger.

"Lord Earl, it's the Sword Legion." Mai Lan recognized their attire and whispered.

Simon nodded slightly, said nothing, and watched Deldi and a dozen other cavalrymen rush to the front of the army and were stopped by Aire and others.

After a while, Aire confiscated the man's weapons and brought him to Simon alone, more than ten meters away.

"Greetings to Sir Simon Hollen, the Guardian of Xisai, the Governor of Xisai, the Count of Yongyi!

The Sword Corps still has 7,659 soldiers left, and we are willing to obey your orders!" Deldi saluted respectfully.

"Didn't the royal family call you back to the king's territory to join the war?" Simon asked with interest and a faint smile.

"Reporting to the lord, I have not received any orders." Deldi responded cautiously.

In fact, he received the order, but secretly drove his confidants to kill the messenger, as if he had not received any instructions.

Now the king's territory is fighting fiercely with the Holy Church's Western Expedition Army, which is clearly a pit of fire. Even if you make contributions, there is no extra land to reward.

Even if the whole family is destroyed, there are too many monks and too little meat, and the second son of the noble with a weak background can't even get a bite of soup.

In addition, the battle over there is tragic, and it is still unknown who will win or lose.

In addition, after taking back the 7,000-strong Sword Corps, Deldi had no hope of continuing to serve as the commander, let alone making meritorious contributions.

So he decided to stay in the West Seti and find a powerful lord to join. More than 7,000 regular troops are a strong force, and the bargaining chips are not light.

It is very likely that he can get a title with this, and the Viscount will be satisfied without asking for a high title.

Simon nodded slightly after hearing this, not caring whether what he said was true or false.

"What about the others? I remember that Prince Seger still has a lot of direct troops, right?" He asked immediately.

"Those people are escorting the prince's widow and her children back to the king's territory. Now there is no way to know where they are.

There are about 5,000 troops." Deldi responded honestly.

Simon nodded and said softly: "I accept your loyalty. Your title will remain unchanged for the time being.

If you make contributions in the future, you will naturally be rewarded with territory."

"Thank you, Lord Earl!"

Deldi was slightly disappointed, but his face was still beaming, and he bowed respectfully to thank him.

The combat power of the Sword Corps is not bad, but most of them are from the King's territory. Now the world is in chaos, and many of them are probably homesick.

So it is not very stable. To be honest, Simon doesn't really want to accept them.

But if he doesn't accept them, they may run to the Marquis and strengthen the enemy's strength.

And as the first proper noble to serve, Deldi can't be driven away. It's not good to treat him too harshly. The superficial work still needs to be done.

But Simon doesn't pay too much attention to his reputation in this regard. He can cultivate talents from civilians, but nobles are not very useful.

After all, he is from the Fengling Yueying Sect, so he doesn't have so many scruples in his actions, which is much less troublesome.

After that, Deldi explained a lot of recent events and the general situation of Changxiang Territory.

There are only more than 3,000 people in this territory now. There were more than 100,000 people before, but almost all of them were moved to Muyuan Territory by Adela.

In addition, the food and grass in the city are in urgent need, and the Sword Legion will run out of food in two or three months.

If Simon doesn't come again, Deldi can only lead the army to do some no-cost business to make a living.

Not long after, Simon and the army entered Changxiang City.

There are two small sub-cities outside the city, which are used as garrisons, and each of them has a thousand soldiers stationed.

That night, Simon held a banquet in the castle in the city, inviting his knights and nobles to eat and drink to keep in touch.

Prince Feddi spent a lot of money to build this city, and the castle inside was also beautiful and practical.

Simon walked around and felt pretty good. He couldn't help but hesitate in his heart, wondering whether he should move the administrative center here.

After thinking for a while, he decided to wait and see the situation later. The current situation is still unstable.

The entire Wangling Xisai Direct Administration has not yet been fully controlled.

The next day, Simon held a brief meeting in the Lord's Hall.

"Send a griffin knight back to Yongyi Territory to inform Mad to recruit a grain transport team to deliver grain to Changxiang City.

In addition, let the patrol corps send soldiers to take over the castles along the way, and the garrison soldiers of the West Guard Corps and the North Guard Corps will return to their respective teams.

The North Guard Corps temporarily separated 5,000 soldiers to stay in Changxiang City, and the rest of the troops, including the Sword Corps, will go with me.

I received intelligence that there are nobles among the direct barons who are colluding with the Middle-earth Holy Spirit Church and intend to occupy the West Setian. Don't tolerate it!" Simon ordered.

"Yes! My lord!" Everyone responded, and Deldi also listened honestly, with a serious look on his face. I don't know what he was thinking.

Anyway, he is definitely not very loyal. His loyalty in the team column is only 88, which needs to be improved.

Then, after a day of preparation, Simon led the army on the road again.

He planned to kill as many direct barons as possible as quickly as possible, otherwise they would definitely form a coalition to resist.

At that time, it would undoubtedly be much more troublesome.

Of course, Simon was guaranteed to win, because he now had more than 6,000 heavy armored soldiers, all of whom were made up of characters in the team column, and the lowest were all bronze warriors.

Even in the entire Eagle Kingdom, it was an elite army that ranked first.

Seven or eight days later, Simon arrived at the territory of a direct baron again.

The local baron developed the territory very poorly, and now there is not even a stone castle, but adobe walls.

There are not many people and soldiers, all added up, only five or six thousand people, I really don’t know how he survived.

Simon waved his hand without saying a word and ordered: "Deldy, see the ability of your sword army, kill!"

"Yes! Lord Earl!" Deldy immediately took the order and returned to the army to lead the attack.

More than 7,000 soldiers pressed on the whole line, and the battle ended in just over an hour.

Simon, Aile and others watched the whole process and initially understood this man's fighting style, which was a steady tactic of taking every step carefully.

"Reporting to the Earl, we have captured the baron of Green Grass Territory. How should we deal with him?" Deldi came to report.

"Detain him first. As for the spoils, hand over half and you can divide the rest." Simon smiled and nodded.

"Thank you, sir!" Deldi saluted respectfully and went to deal with it...

In the next month, Simon led his troops to break through several fortresses in succession, and finally attracted the counterattack of those slow-moving direct nobles.

The remaining five barons and the barons who had fled with their troops before all gathered in Changhe Territory in the south.

They raised the banner of resisting tyranny and gathered troops to protect themselves.

But there were less than 20,000 soldiers in total, and it was destined that they would not be able to make any big waves.

It is estimated that they also asked for help from Marquis Val, but the Marquis is now in a mess and can't spare any effort.

Since more than three months ago, the orcs in the northern wilderness have started to launch exploratory attacks, and now they are getting more and more intense. The Marquis is too busy to deal with them.

It must be said that Morning Star City is located too far north and close to the border. There are too many restrictive factors, and its development is hindered everywhere.