Start as Inherited Baroness

Let's get back to the point.

Simon climbed up the earth wall and looked outside. He saw a huge crowd of mercenaries standing or lying outside the city gate.

There were many distinct groups, some in a group and some in a group.

"Oh my! There are so many." Simon exclaimed in his heart.

No wonder Willier was worried about these mercenaries. If these armed forces lingered in Yongyi and could not be led away, he would also have a headache.

The mercenaries were all smart. When they saw a man with extraordinary manners coming out of the city wall and looking down, they stood up and lined up.

Soon, more than 20 mercenary groups found their positions and stood facing the city wall, as if they were being inspected.

Simon glanced at them expressionlessly for a while and ordered: "Call their mercenary leaders up for a talk."

"Yes! Sir!" Mad responded on the side, and soon he arranged for several assistants to call people.

Not long after, the leaders of the twenty-two mercenary groups climbed up the earthen wall and came to meet Simon one by one.

He looked at three at a time. At first, he said nothing, just stared, and then asked some questions about their origins and past achievements.

Until the evening, Simon had met all the mercenary leaders and had an answer in his heart.

He took out a piece of parchment, wrote down the names of the fifteen mercenary groups, and handed it to Mad.

"Just keep the ten mercenary groups above, and you go to negotiate the price.

If it's really outrageous, find a replacement from the five mercenary groups below."

Simon said in a confident voice, handing out the parchment.

Mad immediately took it with both hands and glanced at it.

"Yes! Lord Baron! Tomorrow these mercenary groups can go to the Secret Forest to clear out the orcs." Mad smiled respectfully.

"Well! I'll watch here for a while, you go to do your work.

By the way, when agreeing on the remuneration, set a base salary, and then the more orcs killed, the higher the final remuneration."

Simon smiled slightly and said.

"Yes! Sir! I understand!" Mad bowed respectfully and left to negotiate.

Not long after, more than half of the mercenaries dispersed, leaving more than 700 people.

Mad talked from dusk to dark, and finally finalized the hiring fees of each mercenary group, and went to Simon to report.

"Baron, the total cost of these ten mercenary groups is... Golden Eagle, what do you think?"

Simon took the parchment and read it, and said: "Okay, pay half of the base money first, and pay the rest after the work is done.

Prepare dry food tonight, and ask them to go with the team tomorrow."

"Yes! Sir!" Mad responded respectfully, and then went to work.

Simon used his reconnaissance skills to see the leaders of these ten mercenary groups, and their strength was not lower than that of the golden warriors.

And the mercenaries under their command seemed to be more disciplined, and there were more experienced ones.

Five of the mercenary groups came from the forest valley, and they should have a lot of experience in forest combat.

The weapons and equipment of the other mercenaries were more flexible and suitable for this combat environment.

This is Simon's selection criteria. He can't see it in detail, and he doesn't have a sharp eye.

Only by going to the front line and fighting with the orcs can we know the real level.

That night, the chefs in the kitchen were destined to stay awake, and they had to rush to make a lot of black bread and yellow bread to supply the mercenaries.

This time, Simon planned to take 200 guards and 500 East Guards soldiers to go deep into the secret forest and kill more orcs.

Let these ten mercenary groups play as the vanguard, the money can't be wasted, and they must bear the main damage.

Because there will be a battle tomorrow, Simon went to bed early after dinner tonight to keep energetic.

Nothing happened overnight.

The next day, all ten mercenary groups gathered in the outer city, and the political officer Mad and his assistants got up in the early morning to make arrangements.

When Simon appeared in front of them, everything was ready, and everyone put five large loaves of bread in the pouch around their waists.

This is the ration for the next three or four days.

"Baron! I am willing to die for you!!"

The mercenary leaders shouted in unison, full of momentum.

Some of them might even have the idea of ​​being recruited as knights.

After all, Baron Werir had once distributed fiefs lavishly, which really touched the hearts of too many mercenaries.

These mercenary leaders who were a step late and didn't catch up were still looking forward to being appreciated by other barons.

Simon looked at them with a smile and waved his hand, saying, "Let's go!"

Soon, more than 700 mercenaries walked out of the gate of the earth wall, opened the way in front, and headed towards the secret forest in the west.

Simon followed with 200 guards. There were no cavalry in this team, and he was the only one riding a medium-sized warhorse.

In addition, there were few archers, only more than 20 people.

Most of them were close-combat shield-axemen, sword-shield warriors or shield-spearmen, but all the heavy infantry were brought along.

Not long after, Simon and his party arrived at the outskirts of the forest.

The East Guards commanded by Sarit and the patrol team led by Hilde have already set up a simple camp here.

When they saw Simon coming with his troops, they all came out to greet him.

"Sir, after we came here, the orcs did not attack us.

They just wandered in the woods at night and roared and harassed us." Sarit reported.

"Well, I came here this time to show them some power.

I will never stop until I kill their women and children!" Simon said fiercely.

"Yes! I am willing to be the vanguard for you!!" Sarit and Hilde shouted solemnly and seriously.

"Haha, you don't need to come in person. I have hired ten mercenary groups, which can reduce our own casualties.

Now that the territory has just been established, any manpower is precious.

How about this, Hilde will take 500 people with me into the forest, and Sarit will stand outside to support us. "Simon ordered.

"Yes! My lord!" The two of them took the order, and Hilde immediately went to gather the soldiers.

The patrol soldiers on the scene were all shield spearmen with the highest cost performance, and they were not suitable for jungle warfare.

However, the forest in West Sedi is not as difficult to walk as the tropical rainforest, and there are still large gaps between trees.

It's just that there are many thick and short shrubs and piles of fallen leaves of unknown depth, which somewhat affect the action.

"Let the leaders of the mercenary group prepare, and we will rush into the forest later.

If there are good performances and kill the most orcs, it is not impossible to make them knights. "Simon ordered again.

"Yes! My lord baron! I will convey it now. "Mai Lan responded and immediately went to pass on the order.

After the mercenary leaders learned about it, they were visibly more energetic, and even became secretly wary of each other, fearing that their colleagues would steal the credit.

After a while, Hilde assembled the team.

Simon saw this and ordered loudly: "Enter the forest! Kill as much as you can! ! ! "

"Kill! Kill! ! ! "The mercenaries heard the words, howled in agreement, and then took the lead in heading into the forest.

As soon as they entered the forest, they found many traces of dog-headed men. The mercenaries howled and killed them, and many archers shot arrows.

In a moment, dozens of dog-headed men were killed, and the rest ran deep into the forest...