Of course, the surrender of the other side is not unconditional.

In fact, that kind of unconditional surrender is not the norm, at least in this era.

The group of guys who were frightened by the artillery during the field battle just now were just that, and the group of people who were staying in the fortified castle now would definitely not choose such a humiliating way of surrender.

Ordinary surrender is actually just admitting punishment.

Pay a fine, apologize and admit defeat, then release the captives and go back to their homes.

If it were just an ordinary dispute, Lormine might have asked Baron Landingburgh to extort a ransom fee.

But this baron himself is just one of the pawns that he was unfortunately involved in the game between Lockin and the county guard Count Conle.

Although it is painful to lose a chess piece, it does not hurt the fundamentals of the player.

What's the point of just making the baron himself unlucky?

As soon as he said it, Luo Ming not only demanded that the baron hand over his savings, war horses and armor, but also completely occupied the castle by the way.

Then Luo Ming took out some gunpowder and drilled a fist-thick hole in the stone wall.

And when they were in front of them, they shoved gunpowder in, blocked the exit, and lit a fire—

With a bang, it exploded, and a hole appeared that could almost be drilled through by half a person.

Looking at the bloodless baroness, Luo Ming said slowly:

"Send now to tell the Earl, that if he does not pay a sufficient ransom and swears not to trouble me for a certain time, I will tear down the castle!"

Then, pull all the young adults in this territory back to be the people who accompany the army!"

Luo Ming still had a bucket and a half of gunpowder left, and if he couldn't blow the entire castle to pieces, it was at least enough to blow up the foundations of two of the walls.

When the time comes, he only needs to use the power of the sword master to collide, and he can make these two walls fall directly, and it is estimated that it will not take more than two days.

To rebuild these two walls, it would have required at least two months of hard work by hundreds of people, during which time they would have to hemorrhage to buy stones, hire engineers, and provide food for the people.

It would have been better if he had sent his own men to mine the stones, and it would have taken another month to delay farming.

And the fact that all the young adults in a territory were pulled away was also a huge loss.

If nothing else, just talk about this castle, and if it were only the remaining old, young, sick and disabled laborers here, it would be impossible to repair this castle in another three or five years.

This castle was originally built by the Earl of Conle Hill several generations ago, and it is in a strategic location, so the earl's ancestors specially appointed a baron to guard this castle.

The earls of this generation also directly married their most beloved granddaughter to the baron's family, which can be regarded as a kiss.

The Count, then, could not have let it go anyway.

As long as the earl pays the ransom and promises to temporarily keep the well water from the river, then Luo Ming's current crisis will be lifted, and he will not only make a lot of money, but also lose the earl's face.

- Even that earl can't do anything about me, but obediently pay me a ransom!

As long as he takes this matter back and publicizes it, then his reputation will definitely be even louder, so that all the franchisees will be convinced of him as the leader of the alliance.

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Watching the GIs come in and out, eager to scrape off even the layer of gold plated on the outer wall of the oil lamp and take it away, the Baroness of Landingburgh, although angry, could not do anything.

Even the baron's own armor and sword were taken away by Luo Ming, and now he only had a table knife at hand, and even as a high-level swordsman, it was impossible to beat four or five soldiers.

Even if there is his family's ancestral armor and two swords in it, representing the glorious history of the ancestors, it is useless.

Luo Ming also made a condition - let them persuade the Count to pay more money before returning these ancestral treasures to his family.

As a result, the two of them had to grit their teeth and write letters.

Completely ransacking a barony really made Luo Ming feel very happy.

Just packing and bringing back most of the weapons and armor here will cost hundreds of gold coins.

To be honest, Luo Ming did this kind of thing, it seems that he is a little inferior.

But fortunately, the other party's rash behavior gave him a pretext, which can be used to justify it-

The Baron of Landingburgh dared to openly block the road and set up a card to play the role of a thief, wanting to rob Lockin's army, so it was not too out of line for Lockin to come to his territory and forcibly collect the ransom after he was captured.

Luo Ming's level of buttoning his hat is getting higher and higher, although it is useless to simply play this kind of word game, but with the assistance of strong strength, even if he is full of nonsense, someone will help to hold the stinky feet, not to mention that what he said is a little more reasonable?

At noon the next day, the Earl's reply arrived, and Luo Ming smiled with satisfaction when he saw it.

Eight hundred gold coins, as well as a promise that there will be absolutely no conflict with him in half a month, can be said to be a good condition.

"Yes, yes, what a generous old man. ”

He deliberately showed his satisfaction in front of the Baroness, and when the Baron couldn't help but show a hint of disdain, he smiled wickedly.

"Do you think I'm a fool blinded by greed?"

His simple words made the baron's body stiffen suddenly.

How could this guy be that stupid guy? If he's so stupid, how did I defeat him?

At the thought of this, the baron began to panic.

"If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, Your Excellency the Earl, his old man is reasonable.

Unfortunately, I have already guessed this outcome.

He has a plan, don't I have one?"

Luo Ming smiled and hit the other party's pride with words: "Aren't you the grandson-in-law of His Excellency the Earl?

Thank you for your generosity, Your Excellency, and in return, I, Lommin, promise not to cause him any more trouble during this time, and that he can go about his business with confidence.

Either shamelessly eat the promise back into your stomach and fight me immediately, or strengthen yourself first, just enough time for me to recuperate.

It's up to him which one he chooses. Anyway, I don't lose any of them!

Haha, when he hears this, be sure to write to me to describe his expression, it will be wonderful!"

Luo Ming laughed and left the castle with his soldiers.

By the way, he still took the thirty-four young men and women of the Barony of Landinburgh and asked them to help carry the supplies—these were unaccompanied people, and they themselves basically didn't care where they went, as long as they could eat enough, they would not complain.

He didn't break his promise, after all, there must be hundreds of young adults in this territory, and he only took thirty-four of them, which is definitely not "completely taken away".