Start as Inherited Baroness

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Not long after, Valilo and Altero all arrived.

"Greetings, Lord Earl!" They saluted respectfully.

"Valilo, recently let the Shadow Secret Guard increase the level of protection for the major granaries, and no outsiders are allowed to approach.

Altero, send someone to find out where the Holy Brothers Army stores food and grass, but don't act rashly and keep an eye on their movements at all times." Simon ordered.

The intelligence organization under the jurisdiction of the Minister of Intelligence is the Octopus Spider, which is Simon's strongest spy agency at present.

However, in the entire Eagle Kingdom, it can only be regarded as a top second-rate intelligence organization, and its foundation is still too shallow.

"Yes!" The two responded one after another.

"Go."

"I'm leaving." After the two saluted respectfully, they each left.

After that, time passed quickly, and before we knew it, several months had passed, and time entered deep winter.

During this period, Simon entered a dormant development stage.

The Marquis of Val in the north was exhausted by the harassment of the orcs and had no time to do anything. He probably prayed that Simon would not mess with him.

The Holy Brothers Army in the south was fighting fiercely with the noble army of the kingdom, and it entered a white-hot state. Both sides suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties.

Most of them were temporarily recruited strong men who were driven to drown on the battlefield.

The Holy Spirit Church was still good at deceiving people. It was said that they were giving away a lot of alms in the occupied areas and making porridge for the people for free.

At the same time, they also captured refugees and sold them to Simon.

In comparison, food was more important, so the price rose.

Nowadays, 23 kilograms of rye can be exchanged for a medium-level slave. High-level slaves are rarely bought, and most of them are used by these guys to fill the line.

This price has hit the bottom and can no longer be reduced, because the meat output of a thin medium-level slave is only slightly lower.

Simon bought a lot of fertile women. The current population ratio in West Sedi is a bit unbalanced, with more men than women.

If this continues, it will definitely have a great impact on the fertility of the population.

In the blink of an eye, another ten days passed.

On this day, not long after Simon finished breakfast in the Lord's Hall, Gallente sent a message: "Mr. Earl, Minister of Military Affairs Moiko wants to see you."

"Let him in." Simon nodded.

After a while, a tall and strong young man walked in, half-knelt and saluted, saying: "Good day, Lord Earl.

I have something to report.

The newly trained batch of reservists have reached the standard of entry-level warriors and can be incorporated into the army.

In addition to making up for the losses in the previous battle, there are still more than 10,000 people left, and I don’t know how to arrange them.

Now all the major legions, except the Sword Legion, are fully staffed."

"How about this, draw 5,000 people from them to fill the patrol legion.

Then draw some elites from the major legions to fill the 5,000, and let the remaining recruits fill the gaps in the other legions."

Simon thought for a while and ordered.

In this way, the number of the Courageous Guard will reach more than 5,000, and the combat effectiveness of the other five legions will be weakened to a certain extent.

But this is not a big deal, because the configuration of these legions is already too high, and a little less high-level combat will not have much impact.

"Sir, in this case, there are still more than 3,000 recruits left with nowhere to be assigned." Moiko reminded.

"Give it to the newly formed Galloping Corps." Simon thought for a moment and said.

This corps is stationed in Changhe Fort. It is a defensive army. In the future, some naval forces will be trained from it to improve river defense.

There are only two ways to enter the West Sete from the Forest Valley. One is to go through Sanshankou and the other is to cross the Galloping River.

The terrain of Sanshankou is destined to be impregnable. In comparison, if you want to attack the West Sete, crossing the Galloping River is undoubtedly much more feasible.

The burden of the Galloping Corps will definitely not be easy in the future, and the establishment of troops must be further improved.

"Yes! I will do it accordingly.

Sir, there is one more thing. Recently, the goat people of the Aries Hill Group have frequently come down the mountain to plunder. Seven days ago, they even robbed one of our supply teams.

They have about five or six thousand soldiers, but the terrain of the Aries Hill Group is dangerous, and it is difficult to deal with it with the patrol army alone.

This group of orcs has seriously affected our supply route. Please send a large army to eliminate them as soon as possible, Lord Earl." Moiko reported again.

"Goatmen? Oh, I remember that Prince Ferdi had sent the Protector Corps to attack them before.

Now this headache has fallen on my head." Simon frowned slightly.

He was familiar with the situation of the White Sheep Hills. The terrain in the south was not so dangerous, so the goatmen were strangled.

The difficulty was the hills in the northeast, which were very steep. It was because of the goatmen's racial talent that they dared to settle there.

"I will go there in person and try to solve this trouble completely.

Gallent, notify Aire, Kailaf and Mad that you will also be present at the meeting in the Lord's Hall in the afternoon." Simon ordered immediately.

"Yes! My lord..." The two immediately responded and left after saluting.

After lunch, Simon exercised for a while, and soon it was time for the meeting.

Nowadays, he is often energetic and only needs to sleep for three or four hours at night. He doesn't need to make up for sleep during the day. It is probably the effect of the improvement of his individual strength.

"My lord, everyone is here." Gallent reported.

"Let's go." Simon responded softly, and not long after, he arrived at the Lord's Hall.

"Greetings to the Earl!" Everyone stood up and saluted.

"Everyone, take a seat. Have you heard about Aries Qiuqun?" Simon walked briskly to the main seat and sat down, saying quietly.

"Sir, leave it to me. I will definitely kill all those goatmen!" Upon hearing this, Airei stood up, saluted, and asked for battle.

“The Qiuqun area occupied by the Goatmen is very dangerous and difficult to attack by force.

Unless you have no choice but to do it, don't take human life to do it, it's not worth it. Simon said with a faint smile.

"Yes! I understand." Upon hearing this, Ailei responded respectfully and sat back down.

"I have already taken care of this matter. This time I have called you here to hold a combat meeting. All the Western Guards Army and the Northern Guards Army will be dispatched.

I will also take three thousand of the Brave Guards with me, and I will personally lead you on an expedition to eradicate this cancer.

Mader and Moiko were responsible for the dispatch of food, grass and ordnance. They prepared thick clothes and set off in seven days.

Gallente, inform the gryphon knights to go out with the army. "Simon commanded in a solemn voice.

"Yes! I obey!" Everyone stood up and responded solemnly.

Afterwards, everyone began to discuss the battle plan and formulated various plans...

In a flash, seven days later, both legions were ready.

Although it was late winter at this time, the ambient temperature was only around minus ten degrees, which was not very cold.

Because Simon led people to improve the textile machine, the output of cloth increased several times, and a crop of cotton purchased from the Reach was also planted.

Therefore, the soldiers' uniforms are still thick, and everyone even has two pairs of gloves as spare.

To be honest, it is not appropriate to mobilize troops in the winter.

But the location of Baiyangqiu Group is more critical. It is the nearest passage from Yongyi Leader to Changxiang City. This road is used to transport grain, grass, materials and so on.

If you take a detour, it will take nearly twice as long.