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Seven days later.

The West Guard and the North Guard completed their reorganization and set out to fight. In addition, more than 10,000 militiamen were recruited to escort the baggage.

Simon led part of the Courageous Guard in the central army. At this time, they had crossed the Qingshui River and arrived at the area of ​​Duishi Town.

Several stone bridges had been built on the Qingshui River under the auspices of Yaman, making it convenient for people to travel.

There was a light snow the day before yesterday, so the wilderness was covered with white snow and the temperature dropped a few degrees.

All the soldiers were equipped with linen cloaks to keep out the wind and keep warm.

As for the food, it was dry and hard yellow bread mixed with some butter. High-level soldiers could also have pickled bacon, and the only vegetables were pickled radish.

In the deep winter, it was particularly luxurious for the marching soldiers to eat such food.

Anyway, Marquis Val did not have such treatment, and they still had to chew black bread as hard as stone.

Although the yellow bread was not soft, it was at least chewable without soaking in water.

The army advanced in an orderly manner, and after more than ten days, it arrived at the outskirts of the White Sheep Hills.

There was a sentry post built by the patrol corps beside the road. It was a small fortress made of rammed earth mixed with wheat ears and stones, covering an area of ​​seven or eight acres and garrisoned by more than 200 people.

There were dark bloodstains around the fortress, and dozens of goat men's bodies were scattered.

Apparently they had been besieged, but they held on with the advantage of the fortress.

"Sir Knight! Reinforcements are coming!" On the top of the wall, several soldiers on guard shouted excitedly.

"Where are they?!" After a while, an honorary knight wearing heavy armor hurriedly climbed the fortress wall and looked outside.

"Quick! Open the door to welcome! It's the Earl himself!" The knight shouted excitedly after seeing the flag clearly.

......

This sentry post was not big, but it was a place that could shelter from wind and snow after all, and Simon led his guards to live in it.

In the meeting hall in the fortress, Simon, Aire, Kailaf and others gathered together, and the honorary knight stationed here also stood in front of the table.

"My Lord Earl! We were besieged by a group of goatmen three days ago, about a thousand of them...

They didn't have decent siege equipment, and left behind dozens of corpses." The knight reported respectfully.

"What are the equipment of the goatmen?" Airey asked.

"Most of them wear leather armor, and their weapons are mainly spears of medium length, made of iron and flint..."

The Honor Knight answered every question and told everything he knew without reservation.

"Well, you go down, there's pork cooked outside, take the soldiers at the outpost to eat." Simon smiled faintly.

"Yes!" The Honor Knight knelt on one knee and saluted, then left the meeting room.

"My Lord, there has been a few more snowfalls this year, and those goatmen probably don't have enough food." Airey said.

"If they don't go to the mountains, I can kill them all with only a thousand people." Kairaf continued.

"This is the racial talent of the goat people, otherwise they would have been wiped out long ago.

Let's divide the army into five parts, guard the four key points, and surround them for a while. I will let the griffin knights test them."

Simon looked at them and smiled faintly, knowing that these generals had no good ideas in their minds.

The hills where the goat people live are mostly made of rocks, with a slope of 70 or even more than 80, which can be regarded as natural walls.

Humans can climb this kind of terrain on weekdays, but if there are orcs guarding it, it is simply suicide.

A brief meeting was quickly held, and the legion commanders such as Ai Lei left the fortress and returned to their camps.

They camped against the fortress and prepared to rest for a day before setting off again.

Unknowingly, it was dark, and the captain of the guard, Gallente, brought people to present two grilled lamb chops, six lamb legs, and five large pieces of white bread, as well as some supplementary foods such as hot oatmeal, cheese, dried radish, and honey.

Simon took a quick look, and the wizard Deli beside him immediately stepped forward to cast a spell to detect poisons. After finding no problem, he began to eat heartily.

"Come and eat together, the lamb leg is prepared for you." He suddenly said after eating half a rib.

"Yes!"

Several voices suddenly echoed from the dark corner of the room, and then five figures walked out from different directions.

They were all covered with blue-black robes, holding short-handled magic wands, and their figures were quite tall, none of them were less than 1.7 meters tall.

Although the clothes were loose, it was difficult to hide their curvy and exquisite figures.

They were a secret organization that Simon had just established, named the Dark Fragrance Group, mainly used for protection and assassination.

All of them were female wizards, at most 18 years old, and they learned the shadow magic brought by the half-elf Treya.

There are only eleven people at present, all of them are die-hards, carefully selected, and carefully cultivated, and they have only practiced this much.

Two high-level mages and nine middle-level mages were all born as slaves.

Some were bought from the Slave Bay, and some were selected from refugee orphans.

Shadow Stealth, Detect Life, Shadow Arrow and Light Sleep, these four magics are their compulsory courses.

And they were divided into two parts from the beginning, the Guardian Department and the Killer Department. If there is no accident, the personnel will not be transferred to each other.

Simon brought five members of the Guardian Department with him, who guarded his safety around the clock, and were the last barrier.

Although he is now a good fighter, he always has to sleep, so it is better to have such an organization.

All the women in Anxiang were adjusted to be extremely obedient. Whatever Simon said was what he said, and he would never refute it.

The women sat down at the bottom and ate the delicacies on the table with big mouthfuls, and no one said a word.

Simon glanced at them with interest, but remained silent.

Not long after, after the meal, they stood up gently, bowed to Simon, walked to the corner again, and disappeared into the darkness.

Simon had nothing to do, so he had to take out a book about customs from the storage column and read it to kill time.

As for the Book of Illusions, it was left with Winness.

The night passed quickly, and the sun rose high the next day, with no clouds in the sky. It was a rare good weather.

The army set out again, this time divided into five parts, and pressed towards the northeast of the Aries Hills.

The remaining goat people all lived in that area, and the rest of the hills had been cleared out.

And Prince Feddy had built fortresses in several suitable places before, forming a somewhat loose blockade defense line.

At this time, all these fortresses were occupied by Simon, but each fort could only station one or two hundred soldiers, and the deterrence was limited.

Two days passed in a blink of an eye.

The five armies all arrived at the designated locations and set up camp.

Three of them had fortresses to rely on, and the other two also had unbuilt fortresses, but only a foundation was laid.

In this way, the goat people's settlement was blocked. If they forced their way through, they would definitely be strangled by the joint forces.

In the past few days, we have seen wandering goat people, but they were far away and fled.

There was no battle at all.