MTL - Heroes of Silver Moon-Chapter 615 : The Return of the King

After three months of hard work, King Jona returned to the Kingdom of Silvermoon.

In fact, he didn't want to come back so soon, because once he came back, he would have to face pressure from the northern lord.

But as a king, living in someone else's territory, he always felt uneasy, and he was worried about the affairs of the kingdom, so he returned home with worries about gains and losses.

Back in the royal capital, Yona, who was thinking about having a good night's rest, immediately learned of a bad situation.

According to the report from the Minister of Internal Affairs, his cheap son-in-law, Marquis Simon of the new French territory, started a private war with the lord without authorization during the time when he was away from the kingdom.

Its scale is so large that it has involved half of the southern border.

And it ended extremely quickly. When the royal family and the northern lord were still arguing about how to stop this lord's private war, they had already finished fighting.

Because the lord forces in the entire southern border were involved, the situation was more complicated, and Marquis Simon himself was the king's son-in-law, so the cabinet unanimously voted with a show of hands.

Let's wait for the king to come back to solve this matter!

After listening to the whole incident, Jonah was in a bad mood at the time.

Ma De, when Lao Tzu left, didn't he specifically warn everyone to keep the kingdom safe during his absence?

Why didn't the lord of the northern border do anything wrong, and his own people messed up the southern border first?

So the extremely angry King Yona personally brought the kingdom's second and third legions to Xinfaling to settle accounts with his son-in-law!

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The sky was dim in the early morning, and dewdrops hung on the weeds on the ground, wet the hooves of the war horses.

Entering the new law area, Jona, who led an army of 100,000, soon saw Simon and the 8,000 soldiers of the new army behind him.

The original new army only had 6,000 people. During the battle with the Rosen family, more than 300 people were killed in total, and more than 2,000 people were executed because of the rebellion.

After returning to Xinfa, the new army actually only had about 3,600 people left.

But immediately after, taking advantage of the gap between the return of the king, the New French Territory and the High Mountain Territory completed the merger, and the Hawke family's private army, including those armed militias, were all merged into the new army.

The new leader also recruited some new recruits, and made up the eight thousand people.

Although most of them are recruits who have just come into contact with the training of the new army, with the help of veterans and the private army of the Hawke family, their combat quality is good.

Simon believes that within a year, the combat effectiveness of this army will be qualified.

But now, he needs to face the king's wrath first...

The two armies stopped hundreds of meters apart. Although compared to the king's 100,000 army, Xinfa's 8,000-man army was weak.

But no one dared to underestimate this army, because it defeated the old overlord of the southern border in just one battle, and the casualty ratio was as ridiculous as three hundred to twelve thousand.

Feeling anxious, Simon rode a horse and met his father-in-law Jona in the open space between the two armies, then got off his horse and knelt down in front of the king.

"Your Majesty!" Simon straightened his back, looked straight ahead, and said intently.

Jonah kept a cold face and said nothing. Beside Simon, who was kneeling on one knee, he was riding a tall horse, walking back and forth, which made him feel uneasy.

"Your Majesty!" Simon was about to say something to ease the heavy atmosphere.

Snapped! Jona held the whip in his hand and slapped Simon hard, causing him to gasp in pain.

And it wasn't over yet, and then, there were two merciless slaps.

"Hiss!" Simon's face flushed red from the pain, and hot sweat broke out on his forehead.

He didn't bless melee spells this time, and his physical fitness was about the same as that of an ordinary mid-level fighter. Although he was strong enough compared to ordinary people, he was still in a mortal state.

This merciless three whips will definitely leave three bloodstains on his body.

"You still know that I am the king, and I thought you had already rebelled?" Jona said coldly, "Who gave you the courage to provoke a private war that spread to the entire southern border without authorization!"

Seeing that the old man was really angry, Simon hurriedly laughed and said: "Oh, this time the incident happened suddenly, and you are not in the kingdom, so it is too late to ask for instructions?"

"Huh!" Jona said with a cold face, "Don't give me a playful face. Before I left the kingdom, I clearly kept the kingdom safe, and you were there at that time!"

"Well... this, this."

Simon hesitated and replied: "Actually, it didn't cause much turmoil, did it? I originally planned to finish it in three days, but the Rosen family was so slow in responding to the challenge that it took only half a month."

Hearing this sophistry, Jona immediately rolled his eyes, and said with a sneer, "Oh, so it's still the Rosen family's?"

"Hmmmm."

Simon Chicken Pecking Mi nodded: "That's right, it's the Rosen family's fault. Since His Majesty the King needs it, they didn't take the southern lord to stand in line obediently, and they actually paid attention to wait and see. It's just abominable!"

Jonah's eyelids twitched when he heard Simon mentioning himself indiscriminately.

After all, the fundamental reason why Simon launched this private war was to support him as the king, but the method was a little more urgent.

"Hmph! Get up!" Thinking of this, Jona took a deep breath, and the anger in his heart subsided a little.

Simon stood up obediently, the welts on his body were burning hot, but he was not hypocritical, waiting for the old man's next order.

Jona also got off his horse, looked at the neatly lined up new army and said, "This is the army that you defeated the Rosen family?"

"Uh, it can't be counted, because a large number of new recruits have been recruited, and three to five years of training will be required before the army that can defeat the Rosen family." Simon replied truthfully.

There is nothing shameful about this, and if you say it frankly, it will save both parties from feeling bad.

Jona nodded knowingly, and then asked curiously: "I heard that you killed 12,000 members of the Rosen family, and you only killed 300 people?"

Three hundred to twelve thousand, it is not without such a record since ancient times, but that was when the individual strengths of the two sides were very different.

If it is true, every legendary powerhouse can break through thousands of armies with only his own strength.

But like the new army, there has never been such a record in the case of a small difference in individual strength.

"It's true, but that's because the new army's weapons are well equipped. If you're interested, I can give you the weapon design. My teacher Clifford should be able to make it." Simon said generously.

"Huh?" Yona looked at Simon suspiciously. How could this kid be so kind?

Anyway, he doesn't believe it!

Simon looked at Jonah with a half-smile, and said, "But I have to mention that there were only 6,000 new troops before, but the annual military expenditure was as high as 50,000 gold coins. If the royal family uses their own alchemists to make weapons, the cost may be even more. will be higher."

Even if you get the blueprints for thermal weapons, without an industrial foundation, it would be too expensive to cultivate an army of thermal weapons and rely solely on alchemists to rub weapons.

If it's just a small-scale equipment army, what is he afraid of.

So, nothing to worry about...

Jona immediately shut his mouth, the military expenditure of 50,000 gold coins per year, could it cost more?

Are you kidding me? With this money, I can support half of the regular army. Fighting the 40,000-odd militiamen of the Rosen family is like playing for fun!

"However, I heard that after the soldiers ransacked the Rosen family's castle, you directly executed two thousand people. Why?" Jona asked incomprehensibly.

Isn't it normal for soldiers to search for loot after victory?

"After all, the army is an army, and it still needs some discipline. If soldiers are allowed to plunder, what is the difference between them and bandits?" Simon asked with a smile.

"Well... makes sense." Yona nodded in agreement.

It's a pity that I just agree with it and dare not implement it.

The new French Territory is only a territory, and there are only a few thousand soldiers. The Archmage Simon can easily suppress it.

But the Yinyue royal family has a regular army of 150,000 and countless militiamen. As a king, he can't suppress the rebellion of these people.

So, what to do or what to do, anyway, it's not his money that was robbed.

"Then, what do you mean by bringing this army to stop me~www.novelbuddy.com~?" Jona asked the most crucial question.

The lord broke the rules. He, the king, led the army to raise the army to punish him. That's fine.

But the lord who committed the crime put the army in front of the royal army, which is a big problem...

"This... you worked hard with the soldiers all the way, isn't this to reward the soldiers!" Simon said with shame.

In fact, he was still afraid that this group of undisciplined soldiers would hand over the new law to Huo Huo.

After beckoning, the soldiers of the new army rolled out carts full of wine and meat, and set up a dust-cleaning feast in front of the 100,000 troops.

"Oh, you, you are very ghostly!" Jona smiled and shook his head, with a helpless expression on his face.

Afterwards, he also beckoned, the army behind him separated, and several carriages drove over.

"Simon!" As soon as the carriage stopped next to the two of them, Irina couldn't wait to jump down and threw herself into Simon's arms.

"Arina?" Simon was dumbfounded for a moment, then looked at the other carriages.

Sure enough, Guy, Mike, Alicia, Xi Ludi, and Guy and Alicia's son all walked down slowly.

"Hmm...is this the new legal collar you developed?" Guy first stretched his waist, and then looked around curiously: "Well, it's still a wilderness!"

"Oh, that's because the territory is big enough and hasn't had time to develop it yet." Simon replied with a wry smile. There is indeed a large area of ​​wasteland that has not been opened in the current new law territory.

The others who got off the carriage also smiled and nodded at Simon.

Looking at these few friends, Simon suddenly understood something. It seems that he, the father-in-law, didn't come here to ask questions...