Chapter 539: Disjointed Footsteps

Although Luo Ming wanted to become an infrastructure madman last year, there were only more than 10,000 people available under his hands, and there was still a food shortage, so he couldn't carry out large-scale construction with great fanfare.

Once you've got some of the most important infrastructure in place, there's not much room to spare.

So, while he has a plan to dig canals, enhance irrigation and transportation, so far only 15% of the plan has been completed.

If that plan is fully accomplished, he will be able to take a boat straight through a canal and return to the heart of Schönbrunn Territory.

Even walking through that canal can save a lot of time, and after returning to Schönbrunn Territory, the soldiers who have finished the battle can rest and then bring another group of fresh troops on the ship to turn back and raid the Beran army, making full use of the convenience of water transportation and new ships.

But now it is not possible, the route taken by the boat is a natural river, naturally not much straight, and now, it is facing a huge bend, although it eventually leads to the heart of Schönbrunn Territory, but if you want to make a big detour, it will be easy to be caught up by the Beran people.

Therefore, Luo Ming ordered the whole army to disembark lightly on the spot.

Of course, this is also part of the original plan, although the original plan has had several twists and turns, but now, most of it has returned to the original track.

Luo Ming and Aya had estimated that the distance between the battlefield where the coalition army faced the Beran army and the core of the Mernbrunn Territory was forty-six kilometers in a straight line, and in fact, there were many landforms on the way that hindered the march of the large army, so the total distance was almost seventy kilometers.

Don't look at the speed of the cavalry is far better than the infantry, it is actually just a burst speed in a short period of time, the horse is not a locomotive, the endurance is limited, if you run at full speed, you can't run for an hour or two, and the normal running speed can only last for a few hours.

The cavalry of the Berans was good, but they had been marching for several days to cross the county to the county of Vanshey, and yesterday there was another day of fighting, and the night was harassed by rockets, and the horses were far from being in the best condition.

And this morning, they were delayed for a while before they began to pursue, and they almost found the wrong direction at first...... Then as the sun goes down today, it is impossible for them to reach Schönbrunn.

As for the non-stop journey day and night, Luo Ming didn't think that they still had so much energy, and the early warning system of Meiquan Ling was relatively perfect, and it was impossible for a large number of cavalry to enter without being discovered.

Even if the cavalry were exhausted and finally reached the heart of Schönbrunn at night, they would find that a militia would soon be gathered under the leadership of some regular troops, and even a chariot battalion could be set up improvised to resist the cavalry.

Then the regular troops who helped with the harvest would rearm themselves and bring artillery to kill them.

Exhausted cavalry and infantry fighting for consumption at night is very unwise and not worth it.

Of course, the Berans may not know much about Luo Ming's early warning system and mobilization mechanism, but they should at least know that if the cavalry does not catch up with Luo Ming and let him successfully escape back to Mei Quan's territory and organize a large army, it will not be able to be eaten by the cavalry alone, and maybe the cavalry will be threatened by Luo Ming's army in turn.

Therefore, in Luo Ming's opinion, if the Belan cavalry can't catch up with his own army, at most they will only chase to the border close to Meiquan Territory, and then they will be stationed, maybe a little further away from the border, to prevent Luo Ming from organizing a night attack and counterattack after returning to Meiquan Territory.

Luo Ming did initially think of the trick of attacking the cavalry at night, but the cavalry was explosive in a short period of time, and it was difficult to be surrounded.

Unless the enemy commander is stupid enough to use cavalry and infantry to fight a war of attrition, he will definitely take full advantage of his speed, escape without sparing, and even wait for an opportunity to counterattack when Luo Ming's surprise attack fails and he is ready to retreat.

The Berans are not fools, this simple trick will not exceed their expectations, and this is not to the point of a conspiracy, it is just a conspiracy that may turn around and lose a lot once it is exposed.

So, if you have to choose a conspiracy, then Lormine would rather choose a conspiracy that is more difficult to detect, will get higher returns if it succeeds, and will have relatively fewer losses if it fails.

Nowadays, the Belan army obviously has a tendency to disconnect the infantry and cavalry, and the cavalry and infantry are separated from each other, so it is difficult to cover each other, and they lose their mutual cooperation, and their strength has decreased a lot.

In this case, Luo Ming thought: what if instead of fighting the slick and unsparing cavalry, he would attack the infantry of the Berans?

Luo Ming's soldiers were specially trained for long marches and rapid marches, and the horses he brought with him were even more elite, even if they marched at night, they would not easily get scattered and get lost.

As for the Beran infantry in the event of a surprise attack at night, they may not be in confusion and can remain calm, but they can only stand in place in the camp - I wonder how many enemy troops have come, what traps and stratagems they have, and how can the short-legged infantry dare to attack at will?

In other words, even if Luo Ming's soldiers failed in the surprise attack and wanted to escape, the Belan army would not be able to catch up.

Of course, although the speed of water transport was faster than that of the infantry, it did not work by relying on it - there was only one river along this waterway, and many cavalry chased along the river, and once the fleet turned back, it would be discovered by the cavalry first, and no one could be fooled.

But at this moment, the whole army disembarked differently, if the cavalry foolishly chased the empty ship around the detour, then naturally everything would be fine, or they would find that Luo Ming led the troops to disembark here, and it seemed that they were going to take the nearest route from the land route to return to Schönbrunn, and the cavalry would naturally follow this nearest route.

However, there was only one river, and there were many paths on land, and it was impossible for the Beran cavalry to block them one by one, and they could not have thought that Luo Ming would dare to turn back and strike again, and they would not have any intention of blocking all roads.

And for Luo Ming's soldiers, there are more ways to walk, and if they don't carry too many heavy baggage, Luo Ming's small army even dares to cross the forest at night!

After reconfirming the accuracy of the order with the captains of several ships, Luo Ming took his soldiers and horses and parted ways with the fleet.

Luo Ming traveled lightly, did not carry a hot air balloon that required a lot of fuel, and the fragments of the Arcane Eye were also placed on the top of the "Demon Suppression Tower", monitoring a large area of the territory through the leyline function.

But that didn't mean he didn't have any other means of reconnaissance - a few soldiers held on to a few spears stuck in the ground, like a makeshift watchtower, and Luo Ming climbed up like an ape, holding up a telescope at a height of nearly five meters and looking into the distance.