Chapter 530: Raising the Flag
The private conversation between Pelodiana and Ariana, or the mutual temptation, has come to an end for the time being, and if you turn your perspective back to Luo Ming, you will find that his face is a little unwilling.
In his original plan, after a full day's delay, the Beran army must have been very tired.
At this time, taking advantage of the night to do a little interesting thing, such as robbing the camp, setting fires, etc., can cause them more trouble, and make the Belan soldiers who have been fighting for a day unable to rest well, and the next day will be even more tired.
But now he found that there were few conditions to do such a thing.
Luo Ming can be regarded as experienced in a hundred battles, but he has never led his troops to fight for a whole day before, and the soldiers have never faced so many enemies.
Although in previous training, they could hold out for a day as long as they kept rotating and resting, it may be due to the tension of participating in actual combat, their physical exertion was a little more than expected.
In this way, it seems that it is better to let them have a good rest, and then there will be a time when they are tired, and if they don't have a good rest now, the plan behind them will not be easy.
However, it is not that nothing is done.
I can't do a big operation, but some small methods can still be played...... With this in mind, he passed on the order.
Several groups of soldiers raised large flags, took the wounded soldiers and some of the baggage, and slowly withdrew to the rear.
It didn't take long for more flags to arrive at the coalition positions, all of which were different and emblazoned with a variety of family coats and coats of arms, which, even if a skilled scholar could identify them, would confirm that there were no forgeries or falsehoods, and that each banner represented reinforcements from the nobility along the way.
Beran's scouts couldn't get any closer to the coalition side, so they could only look far away.
In the dim sky of dusk, it seemed to be a huge momentum, but all of them combined, it was only two hundred—these two hundred people actually raised seventeen banners, which seemed to represent at least seven or eight hundred reinforcements coming in a steady stream.
In fact, most of these 200 men were the part that had just escorted the wounded soldiers and baggage to retreat, and they carried people and supplies to the rear only a kilometer away, and then rushed back with flags.
So many genuine flags were actually prepared by Luo Ming in advance, and many nobles ran to Schönbrunn to ask for shelter, so he borrowed their flags for use.
This is actually equivalent to the method of increasing the stove, which is not of much help in realistic battles, and at best it can boost morale a little.
But at this moment, it can make the people of Belan have a big misunderstanding, and the help to the battle situation is no less than the real seven or eight hundred reinforcements!
It was actually possible that the people of Beran would launch a night attack after dinner, but now that possibility has been cut off.
Although the coalition forces were tired, these "seven or eight hundred reinforcements" were still energetic and could guard against night attacks.
A successful night attack would have been a huge success, but failure would have been a heart-wrenching loss, and the Beran army would not have tried to take that risk now.
"With so many reinforcements, they seem to be going to hold on any longer. An officer said.
The other officer raised his glass and drank it down, making a hearty voice before he spoke: "We have to admit that they played well today, but if that gives them confidence, let them see despair tomorrow!"
"Two of the cannons have been destroyed, the creek and the ditch have been filled in, and it is impossible to build a dam to store enough water in such a short time...... It's all a one-off trick, and there won't be a second chance to take effect!"
"What are seven or eight hundred reinforcements? Tomorrow we will attack with all our strength and guarantee that we will defeat them in one morning!"
Although they were resisted by the seemingly rabble coalition forces for a whole day, the officers did not lose their heads, but still maintained full confidence, and did not despise the enemy anymore, but seriously analyzed the situation of the enemy and the enemy.
Looking at this scene, the Lord General raised his hand to silence everyone, and then said with a smile: "We underestimated the enemy, but this kind of mistake will never happen a second time."
The lion and the rabbit are still doing their best, and as long as we do this, we will surely defeat the Lothars tomorrow. When the time comes, you should be careful to protect your arms, so as not to cut your muscles and miss the next battle!"
Listening to this Beran-style joke, the officers all laughed happily.
For a while, the big tent was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.
Of course, there are also people who are not so cheerful, their soldiers, their guards have suffered heavy losses, or they themselves have been wounded on the battlefield today.
But these people did not disturb the cheerful atmosphere of the majority, but drank sullen wine, thinking about how to get revenge on them.
Vytautas watched the whole scene from the sidelines, and suddenly felt that the army's spirit was available, and his confidence in his ability to follow this army in this war became much stronger.
"It's just that Viscount Meiquan is a hard bone, and it's hard to gnaw," he muttered.......
If you simply use some tricks, it is just adventurism, if you win, you can achieve results, and if you lose, you will lose blood.
If the army is simply strong, no matter how big it is, it will not be as big as the Belan army, and the number of people is completely crushed by several times, and the gap in the quality of individual soldiers is actually not large.
But Luo Ming has both, and the two qualities complement each other, making him a real hard bone.
Although the goal of the army this time is definitely to completely defeat Luo Ming's army, in this process, it is another matter which specific Beran army will pay the greatest price.
The Beran army was not directly recruited and organized by the national government, but was formed by the nobles from all walks of life, who assigned them officer positions and salaries according to the number of soldiers they bringed, and then trained for a period of time to strengthen the cooperation between the various soldiers, even if it was a success.
In war, of course, merit is meaningful, not only to be rewarded, but also to increase prestige. However, if the losses of troops in the course of the war are too heavy, it will not be enough to compensate for the losses by relying solely on merit and reward.
Vytautas was thinking about how to preserve the strength of his own people as much as possible, and let others pay the price for the Merbrunn army, and then he picked the peaches himself, when he suddenly heard a strange noise.
It was the sound of the wind, not your average wind, it sounded like an arrow breaking through the air, but it was stranger than the sound of the largest crossbow bolt he knew.
A premonition of danger hit his heart, and he subconsciously looked out of the tent—
The next moment, there was a loud bang from outside the tent!
"It can't be!" he exclaimed.