Heroes of Silver Moon

boom! boom! boom!

Accompanied by the deafening gunfire, the private army of the Cochrane family fled in a panic, and the soldiers of the new army stepped into the broken gate of the castle and occupied the entire castle.

Facing an army of hot weapons, these soldiers who generally use cold weapons are almost powerless to fight back.

It took three days to assemble the army and set off from Xinfaling. In less than a day, Simon occupied the castle of the Cochrane family.

In the castle hall, Simon met Viscount Cochrane and other nobles gathered here.

"Good day, my lords." Simon greeted briskly, as if he was just here for vacation, if he ignored the vicious soldiers of the new army around him.

"Marquis Simon, do you know what you're doing?" Viscount Cochrane's heart sank as he glanced at the occupied castle.

He seemed to have made a fatal mistake, and the Cochrane family might be in big trouble...

"That's right, Marquis Simon, you provoked the lord's private war without the king's permission. You will definitely be punished by the king!" A nobleman reprimanded in fear.

Although they fought against barbarians all the year round, not all the nobles near the Gru Mountains were martial.

These ferocious soldiers of the new army really frightened them.

"Ah, I understand, of course I know that this is breaking the rules, but so what?" Simon still looked indifferent.

Before mobilizing for war, he had already considered everything. Since he could bear the consequences, why should he follow the rules?

Big deal, when his old father-in-law of the king comes back, he will be fined some money and part of the land, so what, does he care about these things?

"It seems that you are ready to bear the consequences. So, we are going to be executed today?" Viscount Cochrane said, turning his eyes and looking at the soldiers of the new army around him.

As the lord of the desolate land, he didn't have much fear of death, but once he died, the Cochrane family might never recover.

The current Cochrane family doesn't have any outstanding juniors...

"No, no, it's the king's right to execute a lord. We have to wait for His Majesty the king to return to the country to deal with you guys." Simon said with a smile, wiggling his index finger.

"You still know that this is the king's power, and I've already made you a king?" A captured lord couldn't help but sneer at the current bad situation.

Simon's face darkened, and he walked quickly to the lord, grabbed his collar, and looked at the crowd with an unkind expression: "You idiots, we could have worked together!"

That's right, in his previous plan, the lords near Xinfa Territory were the first batch of partners he could cooperate with.

But now, because of these idiots, they have become the first enemies to be eliminated.

"It's useless to talk too much. The winner is the king and the loser is Kou. Now you are the winner, so of course everything you say is right."

Viscount Cochrane did not show any remorse. If he had to choose again, he would still choose to suppress the development of the new French collar.

Not for anything else, but because of jealousy, why have their families been unable to quell the scourge of the barbarians in the Gelug Mountains for thousands of years.

A large piece of land is in front of you and within reach, but no one dares to open it up.

But as soon as Simon came, he occupied this fertile land with an extremely arrogant attitude, and even the disaster of the barbarians could not do anything to him.

Why!

"Hmph, lock them up first, and serve them with good food and drink. If one of them dies, then you can explain to His Majesty the king yourself!" Simon ordered to the soldiers around him.

The soldiers of the new army puffed out their chests, looking energetic, and forcibly took away all the nobles here.

Looking at these nobles who have been stumbling in the dark, Simon looked a little gloomy. He really wanted to let all these idiots disappear.

But it's a pity that there must be a bottom line in doing things. After all, when the new French territory was opened up, these people helped him resist the attack of the barbarians.

Moreover, provoking the lord's private war without authorization can also be interpreted as the suddenness and urgency of the incident. I believe that with his relationship with the king, he will not be punished too severely by the royal family.

But to execute these lords is to really despise the king's authority...

In the evening, Harris led the troops that were divided elsewhere and joined Simon at the castle of the Cochrane family.

This time, except for the distant Rosen family, those noble young masters who were engaged in affairs in the new law area were all taken over by the new army.

There are only a few viscount and baron families in the area, and the family's private army in their hands is less than 5,000. They are almost vulnerable to the new army equipped with hot weapons.

Simon knew that there must be other lords involved in this matter, but he didn't send his family members to come forward, but he didn't plan to settle accounts with those people.

To make trouble, you need a pretext. His purpose of going to war this time is to deter the lords of the southern border, not to kill them all.

As long as they see the miserable situation of these early birds, I believe they will make a wise choice.

The castle hall of the Cochrane family has now become a banquet hall for senior officers of the New Army.

"How's the battle going?" Simon asked after taking a sip of a glass of red wine.

"Well... it can only be said to be exhausting and boring." Harris shrugged back.

It was so easy. Before firing a few shells, the soldiers in the castle were in a mess. There was no challenge at all, and they were crushed all the way.

"Don't be careless, especially when facing those professionals." Simon casually advised.

Although he also felt that the new army should have no opponents, he should be careful. After all, this world has extraordinary power, and the difference in individual combat power is completely unpredictable.

Not sure when, a professional who can ignore thermal weapons will pop up.

Harris nodded and returned to his seat. Siegel and Boulder returned to the new army. The recent high-level meetings of the new army always have an awkward atmosphere.

"How's the harvest? Did the new army show any problems?" Simon kept silent and put down the red wine in his hand.

The **** red wine collected by the Cochrane family is too bitter, why does he have to pretend to be that?

"If you harvest, those families can add up to about 30,000 to 50,000 gold coins. In terms of the new army, some soldiers are a little dissatisfied." Harris replied truthfully.

"Emotionally dissatisfied?" Simon raised his eyebrows, looking a little surprised.

It is a recognized fact that the lords near the Gru Mountains are poor, so it is expected that the harvest will be small, but the battle is so smooth, and the soldiers are still dissatisfied, which is strange...

"Ahem, my lord." Galken stood up, and he is now the head of the third regiment of the New Army.

"Say~www.readwn.com~Simon looked at Galken, the grandson of the Sivir knight, and he may know the reason.

"Ah, my lord, according to the traditional battlefield rules, the trophies we seized should also have a share with those soldiers, but the new army does not allow soldiers to plunder and embezzle the trophies." Galken explained.

Unlike the academics like Harris, although their retainers and children are mud-legged, they can clearly understand the thoughts of the soldiers at the bottom.

After winning the battle, the soldiers must also benefit...

"That's right." Simon frowned.

This is a bad atmosphere. If it is a traditional army, it seems reasonable for the soldiers to share some of the spoils.

Because they use cold weapons to fight, they prepare their own weapons and armor, and their victory depends on their own bravery, and their daily wages are indeed low.

But the new army is different. The salary of the soldiers in the new army is more than twice that of the traditional army, and the reason why these soldiers can win is because the lord Simon has distributed them hot weapons.

It was so easy for the new army to win, mainly because of the weapons in the hands of these soldiers.

Under this premise, the soldiers also asked to share part of the spoils, which Simon felt was a bit excessive anyway.

"Hold a celebration banquet for the soldiers, but remember that looting the people and hiding the loot are absolutely serious violations of discipline, and must be resolutely stopped!" Simon's tone was very strong.

The reason why the new army is a new army is not only new weapons and systems, but also new military ethos. He does not want the army led by the new law to be a group of bandits.

"Yes!" Harris and the others, who knew Simon would say that, stood up and responded helplessly.

Emphasizing discipline every day, their ears are almost hearing cocoons...