At noon, Luo Ming had already returned to the core area outside the Meiquan Territory by boat, that is, the knightly domain he had originally been knighted back then, and disembarked first.

The rest of the soldiers continued to take the boat and enter the mountains from the waterway to this safe rear to rest.

And he temporarily stayed on the front line outside the mountain to understand the situation.

Dungar, Dakang and the others were waiting here at the moment, and when they saw him, they immediately reported the situation.

The outermost fields of the territory, most of which could not be harvested in time under the pressure of the army, have been completely burned, while in the inner circle, half of the fields have been harvested, and the rest are still being harvested, but they are also gradually reducing the harvesting manpower, and are starting to prepare, and finally all that cannot be harvested will be burned.

It is better to burn them all than to fall into the hands of the Berans.

Although it is painful to burn down large areas of wheat fields that have yielded a good harvest, it cannot be said to be a complete loss.

If I have to say it, I can actually recoup a little bit of the cost - the ashes left over from the burning can fertilize the fields, and if I clean it up next year, it will be more fertile than ever, and the crops will be more productive than in previous years.

In the process, the troops of two brigades were drawn out and waited for battle.

Although there are many militia members mixed in it, in Luo Ming's system, any militia must also receive at least twenty-five days of military training every year, and the first-level reserve even has seventy days a year, which is already so-so comparable to the "elite soldiers" under some nobles.

Whether there is a perfect training system and system will lead to such a gap.

Although those "elite soldiers" eat well, receive more money, and have better weapons and equipment, they themselves lack discipline and do not cooperate with each other tacitly, and their morale can suddenly become extremely high, and they can also suddenly fall to the point that the whole army will collapse.

If these two brigades really go to the battlefield, they are naturally inferior to the pure regular army, but they are only lined up in place, and they are very neat at a glance, making it impossible to distinguish between fiction and reality.

The Beran cavalry had slightly invaded the perimeter of Schönbrunn, and when they saw that the soldiers of the two brigades had been assembled, they withdrew and waited for the infantry to follow.

If it is an energetic cavalry, it is completely possible to bypass the infantry and attack everywhere and break each one.

But the Beran cavalry marched for a day yesterday, and it has not yet fully recovered. In addition, Schönbrunn people took the initiative to burn down large areas of farmland, clear the walls, fill up wells, cut off canals, and burn houses...... It also made them lose their interest in raiding and destroying everywhere.

There were even quite a few Beran cavalry scattered in small groups to raid other nearby territories.

The aristocratic territories that had an alliance with the Meiquan Territory were basically prepared to clear the wilderness, and just seeing the black smoke that burned the farmland, the Belan cavalry knew that there was not much oil and water over there, so they simply bypassed.

The nobles who did not listen to Luo Ming's advice were naturally unlucky, and although they themselves could retreat in the castle, outside the castle, many of the lords were driven by the Belans to harvest wheat and then transported to the Beran garrison.

Of course, many of the people who went with food and could not come back, they would become cannon fodder and people's husbands.

From this information, Luo Ming had already judged the next plan of the Beran people.

"They rode out in all directions, gathered grain and grass, and plundered the people...... This is to weaken the strength of the other nobles in the surrounding area, cut off the possibility of reinforcements to rescue us, and at the same time strengthen themselves, and become a steady and steady mode, to accumulate strength to take down my Mizumi in one fell swoop. ”

Of course, the Berans naturally did not intend to fight a protracted war that would drag on for a long time, they were probably preparing to repair for a day or two, and after the soldiers and horses had recovered their spirits, they would attack them in a dignified formation, hoping to win in one fell swoop.

Before, the more anxious they were, the easier it was to expose their flaws, so they let Luo Ming take advantage of it several times.

So what about another approach? For example, it is steady, although it is a little slower, but it is better to be safe and flawless. It's a good choice for the Berans, who are already on the strong side and look like they can win no matter how they fight.

However, they were unaware of the potential of Schönbrunn Collar.

In terms of long-term potential, superior agricultural technology, and the budding of industrial production, Schönbrunn is truly unrivaled, but of course, none of these can be immediately transformed into wartime forces.

However, Luo Ming knew that no matter how glorious and correct the path was, it must have a strong enough sword to protect it. Otherwise, they will either be strangled by the reactionary old forces, or they will be divided up by the greedy vultures, who will inherit the advanced path as victors and grow stronger, while the dead will receive nothing but the reputation of a "pioneer" or "budding".

As a result, he established a series of institutions, such as mobilization, that reflected his short-term potential—the ability to quickly transform other powers into military power.

It took a day or two for the Belan army to recover most of its vitality.

But Luo Ming's side spends a day or two, and he can quickly assemble a huge army!

"Hmph, don't stay here anymore, let's go into the mountains. ”

Luo Ming glanced at the direction of the Beran cavalry camp from a distance, and then, he personally lit the lord's mansion where he had lived for two years, mounted his war horse, and set out on the road into the mountain.

"We're definitely going to be back, right?" Da Kang asked suddenly in a low voice.

Although he has confidence in Luo Ming and Meiquan Ling, Da Kang has never seen a war of this scale with his own eyes, so he is a little panicked.

Luo Ming couldn't help but sigh: "It will definitely be...... It's just a pity for this land. ”

The fortified wall clearing he did was far from complete, although the people of Belan felt that this place had been completely destroyed, but in fact, Luo Ming only needed to recover the lost territory in less than a month, and it would take less than a month to restore the function of most of the facilities.

But things like burned food and houses are not things that can be easily returned.

It would not be surprising that it would take a year for the entire territory to fully recover and return to its pre-war state.

Considering how many people die in war, recovery may be even slower.

In fact, Luo Ming is really distressed about this, if the enemy does not have so many cavalry, he will simply defend here, and he can almost save the vitality of the second half of the territory - but the Belan people have many cavalry, and they can easily outflank his rear road, block his connection with the rear Carlo Mountain, and block his grain route, which is difficult to defend.

"However, the net loss phase is now over. There will be profits and losses in the future, and then turn losses into profits, eliminate deficits, and make a lot of money!"

Instead of regretting what he had lost, Lormin immediately thought about how to make a greater profit during and after the war.

Seeing that he had regained his positivity and self-confidence so quickly, and even with a little sense of greed, the negative emotions of the retainers were immediately dispelled a lot.