Chapter 598: Horse Meat Smells Fragrant

It's a pity that I couldn't kill the opponent's main general.

But even if it didn't work out, at least this battle has been a hearty victory, which can only be regarded as a fly in the ointment.

It wasn't just a tactical victory, it was a huge change in the overall strategic perspective of the entire battle in Vanshey.

No matter how fast the people of Belan escaped, it would be good to be able to escape back with 2,000 people this time, not to mention that the mage group had been severely damaged.

At this time, in the county of Van Shey, the real Beran soldiers are estimated to be less than six thousand.

Although they still relied on the leading party to form a puppet army of several thousand people, the puppet army, when they heard the news of this defeat, their morale would be severely damaged, and it was formed by the combination of many small forces, so there were many orders, so there was no need to worry.

As for the Ben Mine Car, they will definitely not be able to take it with them when they flee for their lives, so they will either be destroyed or fall into their own hands.

They were left with only a handful of Ben Thunder Chariots to attack the Earl of Conle Hill in the north...... If the number of these things is too small, there is no threat to Iron Fire City at all.

In short, the Berans had lost most of their siege capabilities, and so far Romin had not let a single piece of artillery fall into their hands.

And the added benefit of this great victory is also obvious - the Gartai mercenaries will be more compliant, as long as Luo Ming keeps a little watch on them, they will not be able to rebel at all.

With this victory, Luo Ming's prestige was further enhanced.

Of course, Luo Ming's side is still in a situation of insufficient mobile troops, and he cannot rashly attack and fight with the Beran army in the field.

It's not that they can't be defeated, but there are still a lot of cavalry in the Beran army, and Luo Ming is not afraid that they will attack the phalanx, but he is afraid that they will not engage in frontal battles, but will make more raids, make detours to attack the rear of the troops, and even directly bypass his army to attack his logistics routes and empty rear.

Well-trained infantry is strong, and with the help of muskets and artillery, it is even stronger, but the advantage of cavalry in maneuvering over short distances is too great to be guarded against.

Since you can't take the initiative to attack, I'm afraid that the steps will be too big, so I can simply take the opportunity to consolidate the inside.

Lomin took the head of the man who was posing as Zagmer, listened to the confessions of several captives, and thought for a moment.

Even if he didn't catch the real person, it couldn't be said to be completely useless. Luo Ming has always attached importance to propaganda work and public opinion guidance, and soon came up with a story of "cutting his beard and abandoning his robe" and spread it.

It's basically a copy of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and translated into the popular vernacular of this world, but this paragraph is really a little close to the truth.

Afterwards, this joke really spread quickly, catchy, and became a beautiful gem on Luo Ming's merits and honorary throne, which is a later story, so let's not mention it for the time being.

Luo Ming and his soldiers took some time to further clean up the battlefield, and the sky was gradually getting a little brighter, and he glanced at the land that he had temporarily abandoned with a little reluctance, and then retreated into the valley.

The forbearance of the moment at this moment is for the next stronger and more lasting outbreak and ascension.

Since Luo Ming's propaganda work was still doing well, the soldiers obviously knew this truth and basically restrained their feelings.

Next, it took another day to clear the remnants of the enemy in the valley and further clean up the battlefield - Luo Mingsa sent out a lot of spies, and the Guangxun Tower watched condescendingly, and found that the other Beran army had not been killed, so he was relieved and bold to do it.

The scale of this battle was not small, and the enemy abandoned the entire camp and fled in a hurry, and Luo Ming's soldiers finally succeeded in fighting the fire, leaving behind a lot of loot, enough to write three pieces of paper before they were finished.

As far as picking up some of the main harvests, the grain and grass captured this time were enough for thousands of soldiers and horses to eat for ten days, and there were more than 1,500 pieces of armor that were intact and could be used with a little repair, 800 war horses, 630 pack horses, and more than 700 horse corpses......

Luo Ming mobilized his soldiers, and even temporarily brought many civilians from the rear by water to join the work, and finally processed most of the horse meat before it rotted and deteriorated.

There was really no time to deal with the remaining bit, so they simply cooked the broth that day and divided it, and even the civilians who came to help ate it were full of oil, although the horse meat was a little old, but it could be cooked long enough to rot, and it was enough to make them smile from ear to ear, and Luo Ming would save them extra reward.

But the soldiers began to mutter, they fought that battle in Shanbei a few days ago, and they had already harvested a lot of horse meat, and they were a little greasy to eat today, and some people even began to get angry, and now they have obtained so much horse meat, what should they do?

Luo Ming also gritted his teeth in order to boost morale, announced that he would take out some spices to process horse meat, and urgently mobilized a wave of vegetables to match them to make a different flavor from before.

The mountaineers also sent a small batch of good-tasting wild fruits to the front line, which can be regarded as a vitamin supplement.

Many years ago, Luo Ming once ate the special horse meat in the northwest border of the motherland, although most people think that horse meat is unpalatable, but as long as it is done correctly, it is not inferior to the delicacies of dragon meat in the sky and donkey meat in the ground, especially for those who practice martial arts in demand for meat, it is more tempting, and the same is true for soldiers at this moment.

Fortunately, the spices produced in the mountains of Luomin are actually very low-cost and can also improve morale.

Among the seizures, none of the minecarts were intact, but at least it can be inferred from the number of parts that a total of four minevans were destroyed here.

According to the confessions of the captives, they brought with them about six Thunder Wagons, which is quite good news, even if it is more than half lost.

Next, Luo Ming did not dismiss it, but took a moment to study it.

In fact, Luo Ming does not discriminate against the earth and the world's science and technology culture, and believes that it is best to learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses, and not to be blind and arrogant.

However, after studying it for a while, he found that he really couldn't afford to use this thunder car, and there was no need to use it.

The principle of this trebuchet is actually to use torque to accumulate energy, and then burst out to throw projectiles in one go.

In the history of the Earth, the torsion trebuchet was actually obsolete by the better counterweight trebuchet - there was no longer a stronger torsion material on Earth at that time, and in later times, new weapons were more advantageous.

But this is not the case in this world, where spells and the use of special materials can make torsion trebuchets even more powerful - but at the cost of being extremely expensive.

Aya directly estimated a number, and after Luo Ming heard this number, she decided not to think about the thunder car anymore - the cost she estimated was probably enough for Luo Ming to buy a few tons of copper.

If there are a few more tons of copper, he can even test the siege artillery a few times and then build it, what kind of thunder car is he playing?