As for those who didn't have time to take refuge in Luo Ming's territory, Luo Ming had nothing to do but hope that the people of the Belan Federation would not go on a killing spree for no reason, at most they would snatch their remaining food and then arrest them as slaves.

As long as they can survive until Luo Ming counterattacks, they can always be saved.

As for the people who may starve to death in the process, it is quite pitiful, but it is better to starve outsiders than to starve oneself.

The food problem is related to the survival of the Loming regime, and the survival of the Loming regime is related to the life and death of nearly 20,000 people, and this alone makes him not show mercy in such a matter.

Even Granty, who has the great ambition of the people of the world, will not reproach him for this.

Or, shamelessly, dead civilians, no one will speak for them.

After the war, it must be that more people on Luo Ming's side survived, and when the time comes, they will definitely thank Luo Ming for protecting the territory and the people, and thank Luo Ming for saving them from starvation and military disasters.

Even in this world where magic manifests, the full power of a hundred thousand dead souls is not comparable to ten thousand flesh-and-blood living people. Luo Ming has such a vast basic plate, so he can naturally resist that bit of resentment.

There is also a view that Luo Ming should take the initiative to meet the enemy with all his forces, and even hand over the technology of artillery and steelmaking, so as to enhance the strength of everyone and keep the enemy out of the country, which will naturally save everyone from military disasters.

But Luo Ming's soldiers were also raised by their fathers, so they deserved to die more than those in other territories?

Besides, if he suddenly took out so many secrets, Luo Ming would also be guilty of his crimes, and his life would be difficult to preserve, could he be more damned than those outsiders?

Fortunately, his subordinates and those nobles who came to defect did not say such stupid things, if someone wanted to say, then Luo Ming must have invited him to die first.

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When the messenger got Luo Ming's letter, he hurried back to the horse, even if it caused some damage to the horse.

The horse was given by the earl, and for the earl's urgent business, it was not a big sin to break a horse, and it was troublesome to miss the time.

The Earl, of course, knew this, and he did not get angry, but waved his hand to the messenger to go down and receive the reward, and opened the letter himself, and read it.

Luo Ming did not say any empty words at this time, or wrote the letter in a colorful manner, like a poem, but straightforwardly explained his situation and the corresponding preparations, strategies, etc., and also attached some data, so that the earl, who had fought a lot of battles, was impressed when he read it.

But after reading the letter, he frowned again.

The Count had been ordered by the royal family to contact the nobles and form an alliance. And Luo Ming, as a powerful nobleman second only to his family in the county, is naturally indispensable.

This is not a war between evil and righteousness, and the major churches except the Spring Water Goddess Church will basically not take the initiative to participate in the war, so the main body of the coalition is the private soldiers brought by the nobles.

According to the last calculation, Luo Ming's troops can account for almost one-third of the allied forces in the county.

However, Luo Ming made a straightforward point in his letter: all his soldiers, including the standing army, had already gone home for the autumn harvest on vacation, and it would take about six days to gather.

For this era, this is a normal number, Luo Ming's territory is not small, once the soldiers go home, they are scattered all over the place, and it will take at least two days to gather them one by one, and then train and equip military supplies, six days is not too long.

Few outsiders know that Luo Ming has specially practiced war mobilization, and his soldiers are not scattered all over the place, but are collectively collected with the establishment of the army, and they can be quickly assembled with just one order at a critical moment. Therefore, the count did not doubt it either.

If you wait six days, the daylily will be cold.

The Duchy had never been prepared for an enemy attack in the strange direction of Vanchy, so there were not many decent defenses built along the way, and although there were many castles built by the nobles themselves, few of them were able to completely block the road, and they could only sweep the snow in front of their doors to protect their own territory.

Although the county guards of the counties that stood in the way must have also received orders to form a coalition army to resist the enemy, they had less time to prepare, and even if they hastily formed a coalition army, it would be difficult to withstand the enemy army that had been planned for a long time.

The enemy army can completely bypass the strongest castles, and as long as they win a few field battles, and then break through the few castles that stand in their way, they will be able to drive straight in.

In six days, the enemy will definitely reach Van Shei, and if it is fast enough, it will only take four days.

However, Luo Ming did not blindly find a reason to shirk his responsibility, but gave some other compensation: he would first gather a small number of troops to join the coalition as soon as possible, and at the same time, he would also provide the coalition army with 300 "Zongpi armor (actually paper armor)".

And this so-called "small army" made the count feel that he was still sincere: fifty cavalry, two hundred infantry.

The infantry sent by Rommingen is not cannon fodder. In addition, the fifty cavalry should not be underestimated.

Cavalry is naturally more expensive than infantry, and it is not bad to be able to come up with fifty cavalry.

And when the Count actually saw the army brought by Luo Ming, he was even more convinced that he was sincere.

The cavalrymen were all dressed in armor, although only ten of them wore full body armor, and the rest only had cuirasses, but looking at their neat arrangement, you can know that the quality is definitely not bad, not the kind of random horse herdsmen to make up the number.

The soldiers were all full of energy, most of them were wearing zongpi armor (paper armor), and the rest of the few were also equipped with cuirasses or even half-body armor, and the smooth surface reflected a dazzling light in the sun.

They were accompanied by four light guns and a mountain howitzer, which the Count had seen on the battlefield, and although it was said to be expensive to use, if it was useful in battle, it didn't matter if the Count paid Luo Ming a few hundred gold coins.

And the military rations that Lockin had requested from the Count in his letter were approved with great pleasure with a stroke of his pen, and there was no shortage of white bread and meat, except for the absence of wine.

Such an army is obviously a strong army capable of fighting tough battles, and it is the mainstay of the entire coalition army, and the earl knows that such a team plays a great role in the coalition army as a whole, so he will not spare a little military rations at this time.

Besides, if the enemy kills, he will definitely go to his territory first, and he will have to walk one more day to Luo Ming's territory, if he neglects Luo Ming and lets him go home directly to sweep the snow in front of the door, it will collapse the whole situation.

To deal with some minor nobles, the earl can rely on his identity and strength to suppress it, but Luo Ming obviously can't suppress it.