In fact, Luo Ming made an excuse and was only willing to bring these soldiers, on the one hand, to leave more people to organize the seizure and retreat in the territory, as well as to train the militia;

On the other hand, it was also because only the two hundred infantry brought in had received the best training and were able to complete his strategic vision, and by the way did some real combat experiments.

It can be said that he did not hope that he could repel the menacing enemy army by relying on the hastily formed alliance of the nobles of Van Sheishire.

According to the intelligence, there are about 8,000 enemy troops coming towards this side, and the population of the entire Vanshey County plus the part of Carlo Hill is more than 80,000 people, even if you don't take into account the others, you can only make up 8,000 people from the ten mouths that have reached the limit.

Of course, a small number of people does not necessarily mean that you will not be able to win a battle, but even if you can really get together 8,000 people, 3,000 of these 8,000 people have received military training, which is remarkable, and if you really want to go to battle, you will start to rout when you see the enemy.

Maybe there is still salvation in a battle to defend the city, after all, even if the soldiers panic, they can't escape from the city, and defending the city on the city wall will have more courage to be condescending.

But there were not many fortresses to defend on the route that the enemy had attacked—to be exact, there were a few small castles, but they could only be stuffed with a few hundred people when they were full, and they couldn't stop traffic at all.

In this way, only one field battle can be fought.

The coalition army probably won't pull the kind of garbage soldiers who run away without a fight to embarrass people and affect morale, so it's good that the remaining soldiers can gather 3,000.

Although this is a crucial battle, after all, a large number of church forces do not intend to intervene in the struggle for secular power, and Luo Ming did not bring so many people last time, the earl may send more people, but in this way, maybe there will still be fewer people than the last time.

With 3,000 to 8,000, no matter how you look at it, you feel that there is little hope.

As for any night raids, ambushes, etc., it is basically impossible - to carry them out, it is necessary to have a well-quality army to achieve great results, unless the enemy is too careless.

Perhaps the quality of the coalition forces is acceptable, but they have not undergone reorganization and training, and they still maintain the phenomenon of multiple orders, which has invisibly lowered their combat effectiveness.

Luo Ming didn't have much confidence that he could win, and most of the other nobles wouldn't have that unrealistic optimism, but this battle had to be fought again.

First of all, the authority and ruling power of the royal family remained, and the Count intended to resist, and Luo Ming, the Viscount of Meiquan, agreed. So if anyone is ready to surrender, these two county bosses can kill the traitor first, and even if they survive this period, if the principality recovers the lost territory, they will still kill the traitor's family.

Secondly, since it is impossible to surrender, it is necessary to be ready for battle. In the case of a large number of enemies, most of them will be engaged in a long-term defensive war, so military rations are very important.

They need the coalition forces to hold off the enemy for as long as possible and let the rear harvest as much food as possible in order to ensure that the food supply for the long-term defensive war will not be problematic.

I'm afraid that the enemy army is also eyeing this opportunity, if the coalition army is about to collapse at the touch of a button, and a large area of grain is not harvested in time, then the nobles can hide in the castle to protect themselves temporarily, but after a period of time, they will have to endure the problem of lack of food.

The enemy, on the other hand, could coerce the peasants outside the castle to harvest, provide them with sufficient rations, and slowly besiege the city here.

No...... Considering that the Beran Federation has a lot of cavalry traditions, maybe they will directly let the horses gnaw the crops to raise them fat and strong, and it will be even more difficult to deal with at that time.

In short, the coalition forces had to be formed, and this battle had to be fought......

"This battle will definitely be fought, rather than waiting for the enemy to come to us and we will passively face it, it is better for us to find a battlefield first!"

At the meeting, Luo Ming said loudly: "As long as we build the fortifications in advance, we can gain a big advantage, even if the army of Belan is menacing, we can make them suffer!"

Do you remember what the enemy called us in that holy war?—— Iron Wall Lothar! Then we in Vansy County will also build a defensive line as strong as steel, so that the people of Beran will be smashed to their heads and bleed!"

Next, the nobles expressed their approval, and some of them chanted, and gradually led everyone to start chanting.

In fact, at this moment, there is no need to convince those scattered nobles, as long as one count is convinced, it is enough, and the two of them can work together to suppress the voices of other nobles.

But Luo Ming still spent a little effort to incite them, after all, if these nobles did not have self-confidence in their hearts, the coalition army was afraid that there would be deserters before they saw the enemy.

Even if they were forced to fight by Luo Ming and the Earl and there were no deserters, the effect would definitely not be as good as if these nobles themselves were willing to fight.

Of course, Luo Ming didn't incite them to die and then escape on his own - they had to be scolded to death.

Even if he objectively needs to weaken other nobles and strengthen himself, he will try to do it in a way that no one can find fault with.

In other words, there is a loss in the small section, but there is no loss in the big section.

And what Luo Ming said is actually true - take the initiative to attack, compete with the enemy for the initiative, and then find suitable terrain to build the foundation of the fortifications. Even if you still can't beat the enemy, at least you can lose a little better.

Being easily run over by the enemy and letting the enemy knock out his teeth and then fail are two completely different realms, and the impact on morale alone is diametrically opposed, and there is a big difference between one and the other.

Anyway, it's always the soldiers who are more likely to die than the nobles, and the nobles will naturally choose the way to make their subordinates die more worthwhile, and they can change one more to count as one.

In other words, it would be good to be able to prepare a little more before the war.

Since an agreement was reached, Luo Ming asked the Count to open the warehouse and take out all kinds of tools and materials that could build the fortifications as much as possible, and the Count naturally did not hesitate at this time, and after getting a large number of tools and materials, the coalition army began to build the fortifications under Luo Ming's guidance.

Luo Ming's soldiers have all received this training, and even many of the soldiers he brought with him this time are enough to instruct others in their work, so although most of the soldiers of the coalition army are not really familiar with the fortifications, the construction speed is acceptable.

After nearly a day and a half, Luo Ming couldn't help but smile as he looked at the fortifications in front of him.

It turned out that most of the soldiers who came from the peasants were relatively talented in this area.

With these fortifications, it was possible to consume at least a hundred more lives of the enemy.

It's a pity that the enemy's advance is already approaching, and there is no time to further strengthen the fortifications - otherwise Luo Ming may change his mind, mobilize thousands of people directly from the territory, build this place into an impregnable defensive line, and then directly fight a field battle with the enemy.