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"Lord Marquis, the defenders in Huateng Castle are extremely elite and tenacious, and they also have a lot of black fire oil. If we attack by force, there will be heavy casualties...

We lost more than 500 people in the attack just now, and only killed about 100 of them. "

After the test, the knights commanding at the front went to report to the Marquis of Val, talking about their direct soldiers.

"Oh, you idiot Bingol! He defended such a good castle, but he lost it so easily!"

After hearing this, Marquis Val said helplessly.

He had witnessed the entire battle, and he already understood in his heart that there was no way to conquer Huateng Castle without paying a heavy price.

"Report! Lord Marquis! The reconnaissance cavalry discovered the main force of the Horun family in Carrot Castle to the west, and they are coming here at this time!"

At this time, another piece of bad news hit.

"Send the order, give up the siege! Set up a camp on the high slope to the north!" After hearing this, Marquis Val was decisive and immediately ordered.

"Yes!" The herald ran away immediately.

This siege ended hastily after costing the lives of more than a thousand people.

It can be seen that in the Eagle Kingdom, a strong castle is the cornerstone for the nobles to settle down and live.

This is basically the consensus and obsession of the new feudal nobles. Once they have solved the problem of food and drink after arriving in the territory, they must start building a fort.

It doesn’t matter what material it is made of, even if it is earth, it must be tamped first.

In a blink of an eye, it was two days later.

The coalition of nobles had already built a camp on the high slope in the north, and Simon also led his army to the outside of Huateng Castle.

Simon naturally knew the enemy's movements very well, and was not in a hurry at the moment. He just relied on the castle to go down to the stronghold and confront them.

Marquis Val couldn't hold his breath at first, and after a few hours, he sent someone to deliver a letter.

Simon didn't answer, leaving Gallente to read and listen.

Although this was a low-demon world, it still had the word "magic" on it, so there might be some mysterious means that he couldn't recognize.

Even the snake oil magic of detecting poisons cannot identify poisons that are mixed and effective.

There are also a few models in the Eagle Kingdom, but they are not fatal, but I dare not say that there are no fatal ones in this world.

After Gallente finished reciting, Simon fell into deep thought and was unable to make a decision.

The Marquis of Val, or the group of nobles he represents, wants to sign an agreement with him, using the current actual territory as the boundary, and not to invade each other for twenty years.

And if the orcs invade, they must send out troops to resist together, and each family must send half of its troops.

If Simon is not willing, the nobles will now start a full-scale war with him. Even if the orcs invade, they will not care. At the worst, they will abandon the West Side and return to the interior.

"Marquis Val is a bit difficult to deal with. How can he convince so many nobles so easily..."

Simon counted six counts and nobles participating in this agreement. In addition to a noble count from Xiqiu, there was also the finished Bingol.

In addition, there are some bits and pieces, including many viscounts, barons, etc. Their allegiance is to the Grand Dukes of various places.

In fact, they were all under each earl, and they lined up based on blood ties or political affiliations, which was a bit confusing.

"These miscellaneous things add up to a lot of troops. It's still a bit difficult for me to fight so many at once...

Even if they can defeat them, they will definitely suffer heavy casualties. If the orcs invade again later, it will be difficult to deal with them. "

After doing some calculations, Simon thought to himself.

Especially those earls and nobles are backed by established families in the mainland. They have deep foundations and must have tens of thousands of troops to start off.

In addition, a lot of serfs and free people were packed and shipped to their families, and each family had to have thirty to fifty thousand.

This means that the mainland is in chaos and blood transfusions are interrupted. Otherwise, these counts would be three to five times stronger than they are now.

Although the passage on the north wind side is still open, the north wind land is relatively barren and has a small population, so it will not play a big role.

"Forget it, I'll just endure it for a few years. The longer I'm dragged off, the stronger I'll get. After all, we have a population of over 1.2 million, and we have tens of thousands of children a year..."

After Simon thought it through, he decided to sign the agreement with the nobles first.

After a few years and training a few more legions, they will have enough strength to unify the West Side and resist the orcs.

However, he still had to discuss the content of the agreement with the nobles. If the orcs invaded, it would be impossible for one family to pay half of it.

Simon currently has the largest number of troops, and this line is obviously meant to dig a hole for him.

He thought for a while and immediately wrote a reply.

"Send this letter to Marquis Val." After writing it, Simon ordered.

"Yes!" Gallente, who was standing not far away, responded immediately, took the letter, and went to take care of it.

It didn't take long for Marquis Val, who was camping on the slope, to receive the letter. At this time, a group of nobles were gathering together to discuss countermeasures.

What you said to me was a mess, and I couldn't come up with any ideas at all.

"Quiet!" Marquis Val said after reading the letter.

His words worked. The nobles looked at him one after another, stopped talking to each other, and the audience became silent.

"Guard Simon invited us to Huateng Castle to discuss matters. What do you think?" Marquis Val said with a smile.

The nobles paused, and then an earl shouted: "You can't go!

Once we enter his castle, wouldn't we become turtles in a urn, ready to be slaughtered by others!

I don’t trust him to behave himself at a time like this!

Once we die, the entire West Side will be his! "

"Yeah yeah!"

"We can eat bread and salt before going in..." The nobles' opinions were not unanimous, but the majority supported not going.

"I think we should choose another location, how about in the center of the two armies?"

After everyone discussed for a while and basically calmed down, Marquis Val made a suggestion.

After hearing this, everyone discussed for a while and agreed.

Soon, a handwritten letter from Marquis Val was sent to Simon.

The two sides communicated and negotiated in this way, and finally decided to meet in front of the army two days later to negotiate.

During this period, Simon was not idle either, riding a griffin to scout the surrounding terrain clearly.

There were also the deployment of the noble coalition forces and the route of the food route, etc., which were all made clear. If they could not reach an agreement, they would be prepared to annihilate them.

Two days passed quickly, and on this day, it was time for the two sides to talk.

Early in the morning, Simon was ready, and the whole army had a relatively rich hot meal.

After all, it was much more convenient to make a fire and cook in the castle.

"My Lord, the East Guard Corps has assembled, and the South Guard Corps has been deployed as a flank."

Sarrit found Simon and reported.

"Let's go.

If the negotiations fail, we will destroy them first." Simon put on his helmet and ordered in a confident voice.

"Yes!" Sarrit responded and left.

More than an hour later, nearly 10,000 soldiers of the East Guard Corps marched in a neat formation towards the agreed location.

It was not far away. The high slope where the noble coalition was stationed was only five or six miles away from Huateng Fort.

Twenty minutes later, the armies of both sides met, and when they were about a hundred steps apart, both sides stopped tacitly.