In a room with huge floor-to-ceiling windows six meters high, four people in rich costumes sit on either side of a long table.

There are young people, middle-aged and old people. Among the eight, there are even three women, two are relatively young, about twenty-four or five years old, and only one middle-aged woman is about fifty years old; The other five were all men, a young man who was also about twenty-five years old, three middle-aged men about the same age as the middle-aged woman, and an elderly man who was probably in his sixties.

In this room, which is similar to a conference room, there are many decorations full of elegant atmosphere, and even the decoration is based on classical beauty and elegant beauty, revealing a restrained luxury temperament everywhere. And not only this conference room, but the entire castle can be seen everywhere this elegant and noble atmosphere full of restrained luxury, even those servants who serve in the castle, one by one, also reveal a spirit that is difficult to see in ordinary aristocratic families.

Whether it is from the decoration, furnishings, the spirit of the servants, or the clothes of these obviously extraordinary nobles, all reveal the prominence of this family.

In fact, the family does have a prominent surname.

Simon.

The Simon family is an ancient family with a history as long as Dabiang. The family's origins began with outstanding military exploits, and after two generations of expansion, when it was passed down to the fourth generation of the family, the family motto changed from pioneering to conservative, and began to develop into business. After several generations of hard work, the Simon family also became a very prominent ancient family in the kingdom of Dabiang at that time, and their family style gradually got rid of the nouveau riche atmosphere and later merchant atmosphere of the founding family. It began to become restrained, but the edge of this illustrious family did not disappear because of this. On the contrary, it gradually grew.

Even later, the Simon family finally succeeded in standing among the top nobles of the Dabion Kingdom.

Climb from ordinary nobles to real power aristocracy. and then with the prefix of strength, no one knows the hardships of this family better.

Although the ranking of the many powerful marquis of the Kingdom of Dabiang at that time was not very high, their family background was not even underestimated by the seven dukes of Dabiang at that time. In particular, the head of the Simon family at that time had always adhered to the principle of neutrality, which made the Simon family become a sweet and sweet in the circle of the Darby expensive clan with extremely fierce competition of interests at that time, and many dukes wanted to win over the family into their own faction.

It's a pity that the war between Ryan and Dabiang broke out later, and because of the geographical location, the Simon family was divided into the Northwest Theater.

And after that. It was Dabion that became history, and the Simon family was thrown into the arms of the new kingdom, the Kingdom of Lane. And because in the war in the Northwest Theater at that time, the strength of the Simon family was relatively intact, and the speed of changing the rudder was fast enough, so when the war ended, the Simon family was not only able to retain the title of nobility, but even the territory and title were not weakened, and they were still a powerful marquis family.

It's just that after switching to the Lane Kingdom, the Simon family is much more low-key.

It's just that this kind of low-key days only lasted for more than two years. The Simon family once again entered the field of vision of the entire aristocratic circle. Only this time, it was not the noble circle of the Dabiang Kingdom, but the entire two major factions of the Ryan Kingdom, the Senei and the Saiwai, as well as many other nobles who had not yet obtained the fief.

Because, the Simon family is now the owner of the Marquis of Drohan.

Best. Simon. The current head of the Simon family, the Marquis de Rohan.

It was midday, and the sun was shining through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows. But the conference room should have been warm because of this. There is a lingering coldness, even if the fireplace is already activated. The large amount of firewood made the fireplace burn exceptionally strongly, and the eight people in the conference room still felt only a chill hit them.

At this time, all the nobles in the entire Ryan aristocratic circle knew about the situation. They all felt a chill like winter blowing.

In the nearly three months since the Void Principality sent troops in April 1878, the Void Principality's army has traversed six territories, including three counties, two viscounts, and one barony. And among the five realms that traversed, the lord of the county of D'Alesha, Joseph. The Earl of Tamen tried to intercept the Thunder Lion with his own military merits, but as a result, there were two or three hundred years of military nobles who took root, and the Tamen family was completely wiped out by the Thunder Lion, as if the waves washed up on the beach and then slowly ebbed the tide, and the entire Tamen family disappeared into history.

Hundreds of members of the Tamen family, young and old, all died under the butcher's knife of the Thunder Lion.

The famous defensive fortress led by Daraisa was almost stained red with blood, and the banner of the Talmen family, which had flown for hundreds of years on the middle tower of the fortress, was replaced by the banner of the Void Principality. It's just that unlike the black background of the previous Void Banner, the background color of the Void Banner inserted in the Tower Gate Family is a bright red, and even the Attack and Protection Wings that represent the Connery Family are also painted with a slightly lighter red than the base color.

This means that the Tamen family died under the revenge of the Blood Banner.

If the fall of the Tamen family was just for the nobles of the Ryan Kingdom to see Sean's determination, then the next Viscount of Ryder and Earlde of Meydan made the entire Ryan noble circle clearly see the madness and bloodshed of the Void Duchy.

Viscount Ryder, whether it is strength or family heritage, is naturally impossible to compare with the Tamen family. However, Viscounty Ryder also has a huge advantage, that is, it has a mountain city built on a mountain in the territory. The city was built in a mountain range that stretched across the entire Ryder Territory, and the Thunder Lion had to pass through the hill city to Guò if it wanted to cross the Ryder Territory, otherwise it would have to go around the mountains and pass through the territory next to the Ryder Territory.

In the face of the menacing Thunder Lion, Viscount Ryder simply closed the gates of the entire mountain city and declared a state of war.

Under the military access requested by Alfred. The viscount refused outright and also fired a rain of arrows as a counter-attack and warning.

And then. It didn't turn out as Viscount Ryder had imagined, and the Thunder Lion took a detour. They simply set up camp in this mountain city and began to go up the mountain to cut down trees and make siege equipment. Seeing this scene, Viscount Ryder only felt dizzy, so he had to hurriedly call for help, and the closest to Viscount Ryder was the Earldom of Meydan - in fact, the Earldom of Meydan also received the Void Duchy's request to open up the territory of military access this time.

Therefore, under the request of Viscount Ryder, Count Meydan immediately led reinforcements to this city on a hill, preparing to resist the attack of the Thunder Lion.

After confirming the arrival of reinforcements from Count Medan. The Thunder Lion did not blindly attack the city, after all, the enemy army in the city at this time had almost reached 20,000 people, and if you count the residents in the city who were forcibly requisitioned, they could almost make up a force of about 50,000 people. With the Thunder Lion now only having more than 9,000 troops left, it is naturally impossible to take this city, so Alfred ordered to wait for the arrival of follow-up reinforcements, and at the same time stepped up the production of siege equipment.

Naturally, it was impossible for Viscount Ryder and Count Meydan to allow Alfred to make siege equipment here, so several wars broke out between the two sides, and more than 3,000 people were killed in the Lion of Thunder. And the combined forces of the two nobles of Ledmeidan lost almost 10,000 people. It's just that the scale of this mountain city is quite large, with a permanent population of almost more than 100,000, and the scale of almost 150,000 including the mercenaries and floating population stationed in the city. Even if only the young and middle-aged are left except for the women, children and the elderly, there is almost close to 100,000 living forces.

After losing a series of battles, Viscount Ryder began to forcibly recruit those mercenaries and young men in the city to fight. And so it goes. On the contrary, the Thunder Lion was completely suppressed by the cannon fodder sea tactics of Viscount Ryder and Count Meydan, regardless of losses, and the casualties of the Thunder Lion surged to seven thousand. It's almost not far from withdrawing. However, the combined forces of Viscount Ryder and Earl Meydan were obviously not having a good time, and the 120,000 troops, including the regular army and cannon fodder, were actually consumed by as much as 40,000. Although almost 35,000 people were cannon fodder, it was still a very tragic loss.

However, before their coalition forces could completely destroy the Thunder Lion, William arrived on the battlefield with Iron Wings, Black Wings, and the First Cavalry Regiment, and then directly began to establish a defensive front, and directly called in the Scarlet Knights, Guilty Wings, and the Second Infantry Regiment as reserves. Faced with three new legions, Count Meydan and Viscount Ryder had no choice but to retreat to the mountain city and entrench themselves, while also appealing to their allies for help.

William, who was in command, with the full cooperation of the Void Realm, of course he would not be unaware of what the two of Earl Meydan and Viscount Ryder were doing. But he didn't mean to stop them at all, but let them ask for help. It's not that William is too conceited, but he wants to know who is involved in this conspiracy against the Void Duchy, and in the absence of sufficient evidence, he can only resort to this way of casting a wide net.

Even if the nobles who received the letter for help did not come with their troops, it was enough to know which nobles had received the letter for help. Next, as long as the Void Realm investigates these nobles who received letters for help, William doesn't believe that these nobles will leave no clues, and as long as there are clues, even if there is a little clue, William can find out all these guys.

So outside the mountain city, William waited for a month, and when the Scarlet Knights, the Wings of Guilt, and the Second Infantry Regiment had all arrived, the nobles who had received the letter from Count Meydan for help still did not send troops.

So, William decided not to wait any longer and instead began a siege battle.

On May 22, 1878, the siege of Viscount Ryder's castle in the mountains began.

Siege warfare is no better than field warfare.

On the field battlefield, relying on tactics to carry out various encirclements, cutting formations, occupying high ground, and so on, and even grasping the timing of when to put in reserve forces, when to launch a general offensive, and how to control the battlefield area, we can fight many classic battles in which we win more with less.

However, in siege warfare, the only thing the attacker can do is to accurately grasp the opportunity, use guò to attack and crush the enemy's morale, create a situation of more fighting and less, etc., to gain an advantage, and turn the advantage into a victory. And relative to the attacker. The defenders have too much advantage in siege warfare, because they basically have the advantage of geography and people. Most of the time siege battles are won by a huge superiority in forces.

Castle in the Mountains, even after a few tough battles with the Lion of Thunder. There are still almost 80,000 troops.

Under normal circumstances, the size of the army must reach at least 150,000 before it is possible to bite such a city.

William's actual strength was only 46,000, of which 5,000 were cavalry and 1,000 knights. In siege warfare, knights can naturally play a role, but under normal circumstances, no commander will let a knight order participate in siege warfare. Because as we all know, in the early stage of siege warfare, when fighting for control of the city wall, it is the time when the casualties are the greatest. Basically, in this case, a large number of cannon fodder is sent supplemented by some real warriors to fill this death hole.

In those famous siege battles on the Miracle Continent, the battle for the city wall was fought for in "segments".

After seeing the comparison of the forces of the Void Principality and Mountain City, even if they knew that the so-called military strength of the Mountain City was only forcibly recruited civilians and had a lot of moisture, no one was optimistic about the Void Principality. The entire Ryan Kingdom believes that the Void Principality will definitely return here in Mountain City, after all, Mountain City is the most important city in the Ryder Territory, and it is also the political center of the Ryder Lord. The city's defenses weren't much weaker.

If the Void Principality had to eat the city, it would not be impossible, but it would definitely suffer heavy losses.

After all, the gap in strength is there.

But in fact, it took only two days for the army of the Void Duchy. He completely took the walls of Yamanaka Castle, forcing the defenders of Yamanaka Castle to enter street fighting.

Almost all of the Ryan nobles looked extremely strange when they learned of this information. But when they knew what William was using to make them weird. Rather, it was shocked. Because there is only one sentence in the intelligence, Rena, Shephaneo, and the Crimson Knights were involved in the first wave of sieges.

Two Sanctuary powerhouses. And a knight order, all thrown into the first round, and the fiercest battle for the walls?

Everyone thought William was crazy.

In this kind of fierce battle, even if those cannon fodder could not threaten the lives of the powerhouses of the Sanctuary at all, they still posed some threats to the Knights. What's more, with so many people, even if they are the powerhouses of the Sacred Domain, they may not be able to slaughter them all, and once the powerhouses of the Sacred Domain are exhausted, the golden powerhouses or a regular army of sufficient size and number can also threaten the lives of the powerhouses of the Sacred Domains.

But is William really crazy?

Judging from the results, it is obvious that there is not, but it is better to say that the strong appearance of the powerhouses of the Holy Domain, as well as the investment of the entire knight order, is the real reason why the army of the Void Principality can take the city wall of the mountain city in two days. This move not only greatly reduced the morale of the defenders of the mountain city, but also greatly guaranteed the loss of troops of the army of the Void Principality.

After that, the street fighting and the black wings could not stop the attack of the steel wings and the pitch black wings.

The siege lasted less than five days and ended with the annihilation of the defenders of the castle in the mountains.

Count Meydan, Viscount Ryder, and Viscount Ryder's entire family, as well as his private army, and all the inhabitants of the entire mountain city, were slaughtered by the Void Duchy - not only the young men and those mercenaries in the city, but also the old and weak, women and children, not a single one was left. The wailing of the entire city on the hill resounded for four days before it stopped, and blood stained almost every corner of the city.

This is the real slaughter of the city!

When William led the Void army out of the Void City, the entire Void City was as dead as a ghost realm, except for the Void Blood Banner that fluttered in the wind at the highest point in the city. Scavenging crows, which are said to have fallen from the sky like dark clouds, have landed in the city.

The Void Principality is to really use actions to tell everyone a truth: under the blood flag, never die.

Any enemy who dares to stop the advance of the Void Duchy's army will only end up in blood. The aristocratic family that stands in the way, that is, the whole clan will be exterminated; And if you think that you can stop the Void Principality by relying on the city to defend it, then the end of Viscount Ryder's Mountain City is the best example.

And when the army of the Void Duchy passed through the Viscount of Ryder and entered the Count of Medan, the family of the Count of Meydan no longer dared to stop it. But even so, they were all hanged by William's order, on the grounds that Count Maidan had assisted Viscount Thord in resisting the advance of the Void Duchy's army, wasting the Void Principality's precious time.

Only this time, there was no massacre of the city.

Of course, there was also a small episode in this matter, that is, the family of the Count of Meydan tried to keep the last spark and secretly smuggled a few people away. As a result, before these flames left the county of Count Medan, they were intercepted and killed by Ruby and the Void Blades, and became the first people to be hanged in front of the family of the Count Meydan.

Bloody, ruthless, and cruel are the impressions of all the nobles of the Ryan Kingdom on the Void Principality today.

It's just that this deterrent effect is really good.

Because of the two territories of the Void Duchy's army Tongguò, its lords did not dare to make any resistance. Of course, it was not that there was no lord who wanted to try to defend the city, but because of the experience of the castle in the mountains, the lord had just ordered to resist, and the whole city rioted, and then the unlucky lord was twisted in front of William, and the fate was naturally conceivable.

In just three months, four noble families were completely wiped out by the army of the Void Duchy.

After that, the army of the Void Principality was unimpeded.

On August 22, 1878, the Void Duchy's army officially entered the Marquis of Drohhan, and its army's supply lines spanned eight domains. Such a long supply line is naturally extremely disadvantageous for a large army, because they can be said to be completely isolated and deep behind enemy lines. But in reality, no nobleman dared to attack this supply line of the Void Duchy's army.

The reason is very simple, the strength and domineering displayed by the Void Principality in the past four months or so have deeply shocked these people.

The real one who is isolated should be the Simon family today.

At this moment, the entire Simon family was in a panic. And the moment they received the army of the Void Principality stepping into the Marquis of Drohhan, more than a dozen members of the Simon family absconded, but all of them have now become dead - half of them were discovered by the current head of the Simon family and directly ordered to die; The other half was intercepted by the rupee of the Void Realm, and the corpse was dumped directly in front of the Simon family's castle.

Therefore, the atmosphere in the conference room was so dreary that it was not for nothing that the eight high-ranking people in the conference room, who could be said to be in control of the entire Simon family, felt the chill of death. (To be continued......)