After clearing the battlefield, the army began to return.

The lethality of the enchanted arrows was huge, and all the positions of the arrows were killed in key parts, and the remaining more than 300 captives who were seriously injured and lightly injured were escorted back to the town to guard.

For them, Leon didn't think about being accepted under his command, this time it was a sudden outbreak of friction, the soldiers still retained enough loyalty and confidence in their own homes and their lords, so it was almost impossible for them to surrender, and they could only keep a ransom to White Mist City in exchange.

Horses, weapons and equipment were also seized from the battlefield, which were all trophies.

"Lord Leon, Payne will never let this matter end like this, there should be other actions after that, I will immediately stay away from Ravenwood, so that Payne does not use this as an excuse. Silas went to Leon and assured him that this time he was protected, but not the next time.

"Don't you understand? As long as you've stepped into this land, whether you're here or not, today's events can't be avoided, and your use value has been reached, and Payne won't bother to deal with you. Leon shook his head, White Mist City's move was obviously aimed at the town, Silas was just an excuse, and now there was friction, and it was difficult to calm down later.

He has already sent a message to the guardian of the north, taking the initiative into his own hands, can Payne accept defeat? think about it and know that it is impossible, the guardian of the north can balance the White Mist City in a short time, and after a long time, the earl will definitely find an excuse to act again.

As for Silas, his stay has no effect on the town, and the Count wants a vein, not a merchant who has lost his family's business.

"Anyway, thank you for your help today. Silas was grateful to Leon in his heart, it was already a great favor to help the people in the family escape from White Mist City before, and this time he could have avoided a war by handing himself over, but he didn't do that, this kindness was not a little bit.

"We are all people who have been targeted by the Count, standing in the same boat, and we deserve help. "Leon is also doing this for himself, this conflict will happen sooner or later, but under the Count's design, the conflict will come earlier.

The army was slow to escort the captives, and Leon and the others returned to the town first.

The news of the victory had returned, and Ravenwood was cheering.

In the midst of his joy, Leon began to plan to acquire the territory, and it was urgent to strengthen his strength.

After previous investigations, there were two territories that made him the most excited.

The first one was on the southeastern edge of the northern realm, adjacent to the eastern realm, and the land area was only one-third of the size of the town of Ravenwood, but the population reached 10,000, and the lord was an old man over sixty years old.

The second was in the south, between the western border and Hampshire, and the territory was flat and relatively fertile, with a population of more than 13,000 people, and the lord had died a few years earlier, and the territory had passed into the hands of his wife.

The town of Far Mountain to the east is far away and takes more than half a month to go back and forth, while the town of Lune to the south is close and populous, but it is unclear whether the lord is willing to sell it.

To this end, he wrote two letters at the same time.

"My lord, in the town of Rune to the south, I think it's more likely. York stood in the Executive Hall and analyzed the current situation.

Ravenwood had been at odds with Hampshire during the Spring Hunt, and now they wanted to buy the towns next to Hampshire, especially their access to the West, which was enough for them to thwart.

In order to succeed in the acquisition, it seems more appropriate to seek other territories.

"What I value is the population, except for these two towns, the rest are all less than 6,000 people, which is not in line with my current needs, and I will only choose it as a last resort. "Leon is also trying her luck, maybe she is willing to negotiate.

"I heard that she took the lordship from her husband, and I didn't see her appear during the last spring hunt. York carefully recalled that during the banquets and activities of the spring hunt, there was no female lord.

"She should be replaced by someone else, and in that situation, she doesn't have much room to play. "Leon hadn't met her either, so he didn't know much about the person.

In the north, there are twenty-two lieges, and many of them have far apart domains, and there is usually no other interaction between lords except for occasions such as spring hunting, unless there is cooperation in some area, such as the commercial cooperation between the town and Herimshire, or the in-law relationship between Hampshire and Morinshire.

"Another thing you have to pay attention to is that her territory is next to the western border, if it can really be acquired, it will have a lot of benefits for our town's foreign trade, and when the time comes, it will be a bit of a waste of geographical advantages to move all the population here. York still had doubts.

It was a good place, but it wasn't Orkney, and it would be a waste to move the population away, and the town needed to concentrate the population to expand the town, and the population needed to sustain it, which contradicted the current plan.

"You really reminded me. "Lyons realized his mistake, if he moved the population away, it would be to provide free passage to Hampshire, and if the development was maintained, the two places would be separated, and in the event of a war, it would be a disadvantage to be unable to support in time.

Fortunately, only the letter was sent, and nothing else was discussed, and now it seems that only the distant mountain town in the east is the most suitable, and it is located in a remote and barren land, and there is no need to maintain governance at all.

After discussing the matter, York began to report on another matter.

They had been back in town yesterday, and the army and prisoners would have arrived this afternoon, so Albert was supposed to be back in White Mist.

But the Earl has not yet sent a message about the ransom, and it is not a good thing for the town for the captives to stay here, and the matter must be resolved as soon as possible.

In normal wars, the defeated side would send a letter at the first time to redeem its own soldiers, and if this was not done, the victor had the right to put the prisoners to death, which would be a great loss for the losing side.

There is also a possibility that White Mist City thinks that it is powerful, and it is not a pain for them to lose a few hundred people, and they don't want to spend money to ransom people.

"It's still early, the Earl has just been defeated, shouldn't he finish his temper and think about anything else? "Leon is not in a hurry, it will be a matter of time before he redeems people, and according to Payne's recent change in style, he should still plan something, and he will not simply pay for ransom.

"It shouldn't be possible to send troops again, it's still possible to do something in the dark. "York kept the army on their toes and sent more spies to the surrounding towns, so that Ravenwood would be the first to know if there was any movement in White Mist.