Chapter 307 Return to the Morning Star

A few days passed in a flash.

The army had almost rested, and Simon led the army to leave Paozi Castle again.

In this castle, he only left two thousand people to garrison in order to maintain the rule of the nearby area.

There were not many free people in this area, only seven or eight thousand, and only three thousand slaves, with average productivity.

But the location was not bad, close to the Red Rock Valley Road, through which you can enter the North Wind Land.

The Duke of the North Wind Land built a pass here, called the Red Rock Fortress, which was used to defend against orcs, but now it is to defend against the same tribe.

In fact, the same tribe is more dangerous than the orcs. After all, the orcs are not good at sieges. A pass blocks the main road, and basically you can rest assured.

Simon's first stop was the Red Rock Valley Road. He had to pay attention to this shortcut in and out of the West Setian.

He spent several days to explore this place clearly.

"Build a fortress pass in this area, named Guanmen Fortress, to prevent people from the North Wind Land from entering rashly.

Let the South Guard Corps station and build a fort next time, and leave the captured militia and slaves for them to use."

Simon finally selected a relatively dangerous and narrow section of the road to set up a checkpoint.

"Yes! My lord!" Yurit, the commander of the South Guard Corps, immediately accepted the order.

A few days later, they began construction.

Of course, a considerable number of troops were left to guard the east, and a camp was built to block the valley to prevent the nobles of the North Wind Land from leading an attack.

Everything went on in an orderly manner, and Simon did not stay too long, leading the remaining three legions to Morning Star City.

On the way, he also sent a lot of ravens to inform the lords and nobles who were still in the West Sett to go to Morning Star City for a meeting.

Now only some viscounts and barons are entrenched, and some of them are stationed in the North Cold Fortress to resist the orcs.

This kind of nobles still have some combat effectiveness, and there are also talented people among them.

However, those who have close ties with the earls and nobles, no matter how talented they are, cannot be used.

In the Eagle Kingdom, people usually stand on the side based on blood ties. Using the blood relatives of the enemy is a hidden danger after all.

Twenty days later, Simon came to Morning Star City.

The flag of the Hollen family was flying on the city wall. The Central Guard Corps had successfully entered the city and occupied it.

Simon led the Courageous Guard into the city, and the other three corps chose sites to build camps around.

The commander of the Central Guard Corps, Sprinter, and some barons and viscounts went out of the city to greet him and took him into the lord's hall.

"Sit down, everyone. How are you doing recently?"

Simon sat down in the main seat and smiled.

"Thank you, Lord Earl!" Everyone thanked him and sat down.

"Sir, the area around Morningstar City has been relatively peaceful recently, but there are small groups of orc infiltration teams.

We have wiped out seven teams so far, killing a total of 17 strong orcs and 130 gnolls...

It is speculated that they came over the hills from the hilly area of ​​Jackdaw Castle, probably to find out the strength of our troops.

Perhaps the orcs will invade the south again soon." Spinter reported.

Simon nodded slightly, looked at the nobles present, and said, "How many troops have you brought?"

"Lord Earl, I have 800 spearmen, 100 armored swordsmen, 200 shortbowmen, 50 longbowmen..."

"Lord Guardian, I have 500 cavalrymen, 2,000 spearmen..."

The nobles heard this and said respectfully in turn.

......

After a while, all the eleven nobles present reported.

Among them, only one viscount was quite powerful, the one with 500 cavalrymen, who was born in the West Hills and seemed to have a thicker wallet.

"Who are your feudal lords?" Simon asked with a faint smile again.

The nobles hesitated for a moment and began to introduce themselves.

"Sir, I am a vassal of the Earl of Forest Valley... He ran away with his troops and abandoned us.

I am willing to be loyal to you."

"Guardian, I am a relative of the Baron of Black Wind Town in Forest Valley, and I married his legitimate daughter.

I was born in Crystal Castle in West Hill, the third son in the family, and I have worked hard for more than 30 years before I found a place to live here.

My feudal lord is the Grand Duke of West Hill, but in West Setian, I must follow your lead!"

The one who said this was the viscount with 500 cavalrymen, named Xima Luo Hobbit, who was relatively burly, with a firm and tactful face.

Simon had already investigated this man, and he was a fierce general who had never been defeated in the war against the orcs.

It was not bad to have him under his command, but as a viscount, he had four baronies with a total area of ​​more than 7,000 square kilometers.

There are too many territories, and Simon was a little hesitant.

Take advantage of the trend of unification now and clean it up. It will be difficult to find any problems to make trouble later.

He thought about it for a while and still felt that it was better not to accept this person. Anyway, he had the panel in hand and there was no shortage of talents.

These old noble forces were too deeply involved in the mainland, and they would suffer sooner or later if they were kept.

However, now that the real nobles have not arrived, it is not easy to alert them.

"I have sent a message to the real nobles who are still in the West Settlement to hold a meeting here.

You should go to your respective residences and wait for a few days, and then we will have a meeting together."

Simon smiled after asking the followers of these dozen nobles.

"Yes!" They responded one after another, stood up and saluted respectfully, and then retreated.

"Sprinter, move these nobles' troops out of Morning Star City and let them camp outside the city.

But they must be surrounded by our army. "Simon ordered immediately.

"Yes! My lord!" Hearing this, Spint understood and took the order.

After a few days, Simon and his legion commanders and some internal affairs officials have been studying the map of West Sedi.

The terrain, castles and resources produced in various places have been counted.

Now that the ruling area has expanded so much, the grassroots officials are really a little nervous.

However, Simon has been interested in cultivating grassroots talents and opening academies in the past few years, and has achieved a lot of results so far.

It's not a dilemma.

"Let's do this. The baron's castle is the town, and each town has a political officer and a sheriff...

This is the temporary arrangement. Send a letter to Yongyi City and let the political minister implement it as soon as possible.

In addition, let the patrol corps deploy troops to garrison the newly captured castle... If there are not enough soldiers, recruit militia from the local area to assist in defense..."

After some discussion, Simon made the decision.

"Yes! My lord! "Everyone responded and followed the plan.

Simon breathed a sigh of relief, but there were still many things to do.

Yesterday, the front line reported that the orcs in the north had made unusual movements and were gathering troops, and it seemed that they were going to invade the south again.

This used to be a headache for Marquis Val, but now the burden fell on Simon, and it was not easy.

"Gallent, assemble the Brave Guard Corps and go with me to inspect the Beihan Fortress." He decided.

"Yes!" Gallent responded and left.

In less than an hour, the Brave Guard Corps was assembled, and everyone brought ten days of food with them.

Because they were all cavalrymen with two horses, it was more convenient to carry some supplies.

The food that was enough for a soldier to eat for ten days was not as heavy as the soldier himself, and it would not tire the warhorse.