Start as Inherited Baroness

Three days later, Simon led the Valiant Guards to the North Cold Fortress.

The air here is obviously a bit cooler, and there are rolling, snow-capped mountains in the distance.

That is the peak where snow does not melt all year round.

The Beihan Fortress was built on the main road of a valley with high terrain, and the surrounding terrain was dangerous.

With this gate guarding the passage, it can be said that one man can guard the gate and no one can open it.

"Yeah! Marquis Val has engineering experts around him, and the location of the fortress is very tricky."

Simon nodded, thinking to himself, very satisfied.

Beihan Fortress is not too big, covering an area of ​​about 150 acres. The city is six meters thick and twelve meters high. It can station more than 10,000 soldiers.

On the slightly gentler side in the south, two military camps were built, which were equivalent to two small fortresses and were used as a place for reinforcements to live.

A fort can house about five thousand soldiers and covers an area of ​​more than thirty acres.

Now that the Northern Guards Corps has entered the Northern Cold Fortress, the regiment commander Kairaf has already received the news and led his personal guards to greet them.

"Greetings to the Earl!"

Kairav ​​and his guards dismounted and half-knelt down to salute.

"Get up and take me to the fortress to have a look." Simon waved his hand and said with a smile.

"Yes! Sir!" Kairav ​​and others immediately got up and mounted their horses, leading the way.

After a while, the group came to the meeting hall of Beihan Fortress.

"I've met Lord Simon!"

There were many real nobles in the house who came to help with the defense. Simon had seen most of them, including two viscounts and nineteen barons.

At this time, these people stood up and saluted respectfully.

They dare to lead troops here. They are undoubtedly brave men who dare to fight, and they all exude a strong aura.

"These nobles can actually fight..." Simon thought to himself.

He sat down at the main seat and said with a smile: "Everyone, please take a seat. Have the orcs done anything strange recently?"

"My lord, the orc sentries appear frequently, and the warg cavalry has approached several times for reconnaissance.

I estimate that at the beginning of winter, they will invade south to consume the excess orcs. "

The speaker was a baron who was wearing heavy armor and had a tall build with a scar on his face.

"Who is this?" Simon glanced at him and asked with a slight smile.

"Sir, my name is Kate Thresh. I am from Thresh Castle in the North Wind. I am the ninth son of Baron Thresh.

Because of his many military exploits in the battle against the orcs, he was awarded the title of Baron of the Stone Territory.

My knighthood is Bronze. "Kate solemnly introduced herself.

When Simon heard this, he smiled and nodded. Judging from his appearance, he was about forty years old and his talent was indeed pretty good.

However, in his army, there are now a lot of bronze knights and dozens of silver knights.

Bronze strength may be relatively rare in the mainland, but in Simon's case, it is not enough.

"Can you detect where the orc army is gathering?" Simon asked again.

"Sir, there are about a hundred thousand people by the river more than a hundred miles away from here, stretching for more than ten miles.

The races are relatively mixed, but the main ones are gnolls and pig-headed people, followed by kobolds.

The orcs were the least, estimated to be only a little over ten thousand, but they included more than a thousand warg cavalry.

This kind of wolf cavalry has a strong deterrent effect on our war horses, and our cavalry cannot display its combat power at all.

Moreover, they can also build relatively simple siege equipment such as ladders, so they are not without siege capabilities. ” Kairav ​​answered.

"If the orcs attack again, are you sure you can defend it?" Simon nodded, pondered for a moment, and asked.

"Please rest assured, Lord Earl, I have confidence in the Northern Guards.

It is not difficult to defend Beihan Fort.

However, the orcs may take a detour to the direction of Jackdaw Castle. There is no such natural chasm there, and heavy defenses should be deployed. "

Kairav ​​Hui reported that he has obviously done a lot of homework these days and has done some research on Northland defense.

"Send a message to mobilize the Eastern Guards to station at Jackdaw Castle. Sarit is temporarily in charge of the defense line in that area."

Simon pondered for a moment and gave the order.

"Yes!" Gallente responded immediately, and then arranged for the raven to deliver the message.

The Eastern Guards Army is undoubtedly Simon's ace army, with rich combat experience and the best weapons and armor in the army.

More than 2,000 of them are heavily armored soldiers at the golden warrior level.

The rest of the soldiers are also all in iron armor, and the average soldier quality is bronze warrior.

There are more than a hundred bronze knights, three silver knights including Sarit, and hundreds of military mages.

In addition, more than two thousand crossbowmen are also in this legion, and other legions are equipped with hundreds of them. Only the East Guards Legion is equipped with large-scale equipment.

Although the orc army is large in number, its quality varies, with only about one-tenth of the powerful orcs having high combat power.

An Eastern Guards regiment plus tens of thousands of militiamen can almost resist the orcs.

"You guys should rush to Morning Star City first, I will hold a meeting in a month.

This will determine the future ownership arrangements for West Cedi. "After that, Simon said to the dozen nobles.

"Yes! Lord Guardian!" They made eye contact with each other for a moment, then stood up and saluted respectfully.

Then, they exited the chamber.

After a while, Simon inspected the entire Beihan Fortress, standing on the highest watchtower and looking to the north.

There are rolling mountains as far as the eye can see, but further away there is a faint green plain.

Obviously, there is still a lot of room for development in West Cedi, and the temperature here is completely suitable for human habitation.

The border should be drawn far further north than here.

But this is a matter for the future. At least the current population of West Cedi must be filled up before we can further conquer the land of the orcs.

Simon didn't pay attention to the orc tribe at all, they were just a group of experience monsters.

"Call two griffin knights and I'll go to the northern wasteland to see for myself."

"Yes! Sir!" Gallente immediately went to inform after hearing this.

Simon currently owns seven griffons, four adults and three cubs.

There are two males and two females among the adult griffons, but unfortunately one of them has lost its fertility.

So another male griffon had two female griffins, and just like that, the griffin group multiplied and expanded.

However, their fertility is not very strong, and it takes five years to become juveniles and about ten years to reach adulthood.

The lifespan is about eighty years, which is longer than many ordinary humans.

Not long after, the three-headed gryphon flew north through the sky.

Simon is in the middle, guarded by two other gryphon knights on the left and right.

Not long after flying, they attracted the attention of a large eagle, which hovered above them and followed them, as if it had a hunting tendency.

This large eagle is larger than the golden-headed eagle, with a wingspan of seven to eight meters. It seems that it is not included in the biological list of the Eagle Kingdom.

In terms of physique, it looks similar to a griffon.

Simon kept observing carefully, and after a while, the big eagle really rushed down.

"Damn! So brave!" His eyes narrowed slightly, and he raised his hand to hit with a fireball.

Seeing this, the big eagle braked suddenly in the air, then twisted its body to change direction and flew away into the distance.

"A useless thing." Simon thought to himself and didn't care.