So far, the Belt and Road Party has not been too aware of what fate they are going to suffer, and what kind of malice their Lord will have towards them.

After Zagmer fled, he quickly blocked the news, trying to blame the defeat solely on the enemy's sneak attack at night.

Even the leaders of the main battle faction of the Belan army did not intend to tell the party the truth - in case they were afraid after hearing it and refused to be cannon fodder, could it be that the Belan people themselves rushed to the front line to shed blood and sacrifice?

Then it is not the invaders who came to make a fortune and grab the territory, but the volunteers who hang the people and fight the crime!

And the Belt and Road Party is still immersed in the joy of victory.

Before encountering Luo Ming's defense, the other castles in Van Shee County naturally had no strength to resist the thunder car, and even the residence of the Earl of Conle Hill could only hold out for a while, even if the old earl did not take people out of the city to attack the thunder car, the castle would be beaten out of the hole for another day or two.

Although the army of the leading party will inevitably suffer some damage during the siege, those high-ranking nobles will not rush to the front line themselves, so the return and effort are very cost-effective.

Of course, no matter how much loot they shared, they would not be able to keep them once the troops in their hands were seriously damaged.

But the Belt and Road Leaders also had a need to storm other castles, and there was a very fundamental problem hidden in it, that is: there was not enough food to eat in Vanchy.

As we all know, Belan's army came in the days when the autumn harvest had just begun, and although the coalition forces had an extra day in front and let the rear grab as much as possible, it was still a drop in the bucket after all.

Then, Luo Ming and his allies made a siege and burned the unharvested wheat fields.

And the Beran army, which is nearly 10,000 people, also includes thousands of horses, and people eat horses and chew horses, which is another huge number.

You must know that the amount of food that soldiers eat is much larger than that of ordinary farmers, and war horses will lose weight just by eating grass, and if they want to ensure their physical strength, they must also eat food, and they eat more than soldiers...... There are not 100,000 people in the whole of Vanchy County and the mountain people of Karlo Mountain, and it is impossible to suddenly feed so many extra mouths.

Looking at this posture, if the people of Belan do not leave quickly, there will definitely be many starving deaths, and the little food of the remaining people will not be enough even if the minimum standard ration system is fully opened, either this family will starve to death or that family will starve to death.

The fields of the Belt and Road were not burned, but they were harvested first and then sent to the Lords of Belan.

They definitely don't want to be the one who starves to death, so the method is very simple - help the Beran army to break down other castles, not only to obtain all kinds of loot, but also to rob the opponent's stockpile, harvest new grain in the opponent's territory, and transfer the crisis to the opponent's head.

As for how many people will starve to death in the other party's territory, that's none of their business.

Of course, at first, it was to grab food, and then, they gradually developed greater ambitions.

Help the Berans win this war, and they won't have to worry about being liquidated by the Duchy of Lothar, and they can even get more rewards on the side of the winners.

Therefore, when they heard that the vanguard of the Belan army had been broken and retreated by a night attack due to "imprudentness", they were mostly a little happy.

This is a good opportunity for them to show themselves, anyway, with the help of the invincible Thunder Cart, as long as they show a little bravery, be a little more cautious, and don't let the night attack succeed for a second time, then they can fully demonstrate their usefulness in front of the master of Belan.

Of course, not all of them are so self-confident, there are always some smart people, but smart people also think that if they let the stupid people go up to the top of the tank first, weakening their strength, it is equivalent to increasing their strength in disguise, so few smart people will give a warning.

Thus, a large army, a mixture of the Belt and Road Party and the Berans, marched towards Mount Carlo after a brief reorganization.

This time, Zagmer and the others knew that there were Luo Ming's strongholds on both sides of the mountain pass, and they also deduced that the wooden frame on the tower, which was often deformed, might be a means of communication, but they could not do anything about it.

Bombarding a stronghold on a hill with artillery with a thunder cart is pure abuse, and now that the Mage Regiment of Beran has suffered heavy casualties, it is difficult to use spells with sufficient range and power to attack there.

Therefore, they also had to march under the watchful eye of the tower...... Of course, the most basic cover is still done, such as walking through the woods as much as possible, and if you have to walk on a flat road, let the mage group try to raise some fog and so on to block the view.

In any case, the effect of these efforts was limited, and Luo Ming was able to obtain more reliable information on the route of the march.

He didn't rush to let his cavalry go out to harass him, and although he might have achieved good results, it was not good if he made a mistake.

So far, he has won every battle he has invested in firearms, not to say that he has won completely, but even the time of the Vatiuschy coalition army he has enough time to clean up the battlefield and retreat, and confirm that no firearms are missing.

Luo Ming knew the quality of his cavalry, and if he didn't rely on firearms, he would not be able to defeat the Beran cavalry, but if he made a small-scale sortie, the firearms could be captured, and if he went out on a large scale, it would simply become a field encounter, why bother?

Although he gave up sending people to harass him on the road, he made preparations accordingly - such as transporting a lot of food, vegetables, fuel, and ammunition to the two strongholds in the mountain pass, and sending some reinforcements.

These two strongholds are so high that they can fire artillery shells or rockets to harass the enemy in advance, without fear of being captured.

Of course, the people of Beran should also know that these two strongholds are dangerous, and I am afraid that they will now think of taking these two strongholds at all costs - they will naturally be able to obtain intact firearms samples when the time comes.

However, the terrain was already dangerous, and Luo Ming had increased supplies, defense measures, and defense manpower, and it was definitely not an easy task for them to take it.

In the past few days, Luo Ming simply asked the priests to cast spells to restore the strength and refreshment of the craftsmen, and to give out more bonuses, and they were flattered to make a number of cannons and a large number of bronze muskets.

Of course, this kind of rushed musket is far inferior to the part of the heavy arquebus that Luo Ming really regards as the main force in terms of accuracy and power, but it definitely has more performance than the average strong crossbow, and the physical consumption of using it is far less than that of the strong crossbow.

Luo Ming left most of these muskets in the Iron Fire City for the purpose of defending the city, and allocated a small part to the strongholds on both sides of the hills, which also ensured that there were more than one person per person on average in the stronghold, and some heavy arquebusiers were also sent there to strengthen the firepower.

Even if necessary, he himself could take a small elite force and take the mountain trail to support those two strongholds.