Truth be told, the notorious tactic of driving civilians to fill the ravines is not a particularly effective tactic.

Unless there are large villages and towns nearby, the number of civilians who can be captured with the army is limited and the motivation is very low.

It's just that this will not deplete the strength of the headquarters, the cost is low, and it can also cause a heavy psychological burden on the enemy and consume the enemy's physical strength, so it will be used.

But these are basically benefits that can only be reflected in a long-term war of attrition, and now that the effect of this move is not obvious, the Belan army does not want to be delayed here for too long, so they simply let the soldiers of the headquarters go on.

Of course, the soldiers in the headquarters will have casualties, but their efficiency is much higher than that of the captured civilians!

It wasn't long before the little wooden fortifications that had been urgently repaired were destroyed again, and even the wreckage was thrown into the trench as filler.

In addition to this, there were also dirt bags, as well as many corpses, both civilian and friendly, which were thrown directly into the trenches by the Berans, and gradually had to fill in the trenches with several paths.

Ladders or planks were set up on trenches and earthen walls, and the light infantry quickly climbed or rushed up, relying on their own little load.

Although the coalition still has a condescending advantage, this advantage has been weakened by several points, and there is another problem - killing people also requires physical strength.

If it is the era of hot weapons, you can kill people by pulling the trigger, and at most you can reload ammunition, even if you shoot a hundred rounds in a row, you will not make the gunner tired and lie down.

But if an ordinary archer shoots a hundred arrows in a row, his arms must be sore, his fingers are bleeding, and many archers simply do not last a hundred arrows.

And swinging a sword and a spear requires a lot of physical strength. After all, even if you swing a wooden sword in the air a few hundred times, it can make many people's arms so sore that they can't lift them.

Although there is a rotation mechanism, the soldiers in the front row will take turns with the soldiers in the back row to rest, but the recovery speed of physical strength is still obviously not able to keep up with the consumption.

Of course, the enemy also naturally has physical exertion, but there are many enemies, and this determines everything.

An enemy army is tired and killed, and in the blink of an eye, a new force is replenished, and it is impossible to kill.

On the side of the coalition army, the soldiers are mixed, except for the army of Luo Ming and the earl, many of the remaining soldiers are of lower quality than the Belan army, and even if they have a condescending advantage, they will often be killed in turn.

Up to now, more than 300 coalition troops have fallen, and perhaps the enemy has fallen even more, but this is different.

More than 300 people have exceeded one-tenth of the coalition forces, which is a dangerous number, according to Aya's statistics collected from various world war histories, most normal field battles, when the casualty rate is 4% to 7%, an army will start to waver, this figure is more than 10%, and many armies will begin to collapse.

Of course, there are times when an army can even survive more than 50% of the battle losses without breaking out, but that is basically a few exceptions.

However, it's a little better now-

First of all, with Luo Ming and the Earl pressing, and behind them there are the Overseers, and the nobles and the soldiers under them dare not take actual action even if they have the heart to escape.

Secondly, there is a fortification in front of you, which can give you a little more security.

There are also spells to help and boost morale a little.

In addition, the grenadiers sent by Login also gave them a bit of a psychological advantage - although Lockin did not bring many grenades themselves this time, the grenadiers would occasionally see an opportunity to throw one, which made the enemy a little intimidating, while the coalition side was full of anticipation.

Looking at this posture, maybe it can last a little longer...... However, in the end, we still have to retreat, and this battle cannot be won no matter how it is fought.

Luo Ming specially asked Aya to help calculate, what would happen if he did his best-

Luo Ming and his soldiers led the charge, and then let a large number of coalition soldiers respond, taking advantage of their unpreparedness to force the Beran army.

But in this way, in fact, there is only a thirty percent chance of being able to break through the defense line of the Belan army and send Luo Ming and a few sword divisions to the front of the enemy's main general, which still does not consider the situation of the enemy's division group.

Moreover, in addition to cavalry, the Belan Federation is also famous for its vultures, and even their flag has a totem of vulture horses - this creature may be weaker than the griffin, but it is better to raise and train, maybe the main general of the army will have one, and ride it to fly and escape, which will further increase the difficulty of pursuing and decapitating.

In short, in reality, the hope of victory is even slimmer, and even if he wins, Login will basically wipe out these soldiers with him, and Granty, who charges with him, and even himself may be in danger of his life.

The entire county of Van Shee was not the private property of his Luo Ming family, and he would not risk his life for this.

Speaking of the mage regiment of the Beran Army, they have also come to the battlefield now, and they are starting to attack from a distance of several hundred meters.

The light of long-range spells bombarded the coalition's array, not attacking the earthen walls or ordinary soldiers, nor the decapitation of the nobles, but the first choice of attacking the grenadiers sent out by Luo Ming.

Although the earth wall is not as strong as the stone wall, it can't be pierced by one or two small spells; it is a complete waste of mana to beat ordinary soldiers; although it is useful to behead the nobles, the nobles have some personal cultivation, and even if they can't block the spells, they can probably dodge it in time, not to mention that there will be someone next to them to protect them.

Only the grenadiers sent by Luo Ming, in the eyes of the mages and officers, as long as they were eliminated, the Belan soldiers did not have to worry about the threat of grenades, they could directly rush forward in a wave, and sooner or later they could force a breakthrough of the defensive line.

"Tsk, finally let me wait for you. ”

Luo Ming swung his sword and threw out his sword qi, neutralizing the two spell attacks, protecting the two grenadiers as much as possible, and then raised his binoculars and began to look out in person.

With the telescope and the vision of his sword master, he could see a small stone from a distance of hundreds of meters, and he buried a lot of stones of special colors on the battlefield, only exposing the top corner for viewing, and he used them to locate and measure.

To tell the truth, Aya had already helped deduce the basic principles of the optical rangefinder, but the craftsmanship of this era could not meet its needs at all, and even the telescopes were polished by hand.

If there is no rangefinder, then this can only be done with this dirt method.

However, the effect is still good, as long as there is preparation in advance, the enemy can be located very accurately - this time Luo Ming buried more than 60 stones, and with the human eye, the error is only a few meters at most.

He sneered and immediately reported the parameters to the artillerymen.

At the same time, the musketeers began to twist their guns.