Perhaps, this war was also caused by Luo Ming's own hands, or at least the fuse was lit by his own hands.

The Duchy of Lothar and the Federation of Belan have been fighting for that disputed area for a long time, and the two sides have been deadlocked for many years, but in fact, a balance has been formed so-so, and neither can easily help the other.

Although there is also the possibility that the Berans decided to take the initiative for other reasons, it is also impossible to rule out the possibility that they discovered the passage that Luo Ming had at hand and decided that they could break the situation here, so they started a war.

The second half of the Silk Tea Route passes through the Federation of Beran...... It's not out of the question that leaks from here.

Luo Ming had to admit that he simply regarded the Carlo Mountain Road as a trade route and a source of wealth, and even thought that through it, he could develop his power in foreign regions beyond the reach of the royal family, but he did not consider the Beran Federation, which was a bit superficial.

Now let's assume that the people of Belan are really aiming at this mountain road, after all, if there is no mountain road, there is no reason for them to send a large army to kill in this direction.

Once Lomin is defeated and the mountain passes of Mount Carlo are controlled by the Berans, then the army can make a detour into the principality from here.

Next, they advanced to the first Brandon, which threatened the principality, and retreated to outflank the principality's frontal battlefield.

As long as the legions in the frontal battlefield of the principality are eliminated, the large disputed area can be included in the territory, and the original purpose of this war will be completely achieved, and the Berans may be even more insatiable in the future.

Either way, it had nothing to do with Luo Ming - his foundation at Schönbrunn would surely be completely ruined.

It seems that he really has to fight hard, he must face Belan's army and support it, otherwise he will almost die without a place to bury—— how many years will it take for him to develop after becoming a lost dog?

Luo Ming trembled slightly, for him, who often encountered strong enemies, it was basically not fear, but the excitement of meeting a strong enemy several times his own.

"It's okay...... This year, I happened to finish the second phase of the defense project. If they had come earlier, it would have been difficult for them to fight a purely defensive battle, and they might have to take risks. He couldn't help but sigh.

Blindly taking risks and using tactics is not promising, after all, this is like a big gamble, as long as you lose the bet once, then you will lose most of your capital - and if you simply rely on risky tactics to repel the Belan army, you have to gamble several times in a row.

If you take several adventures in a row, but you don't make a mistake once, it is Liu Xiu, the son of destiny, Luo Ming doesn't dare to expect this.

The Belan army was killed when Luo Ming repaired the second phase of the defense project, although on the one hand it was due to the factor of luck, but on the other hand, there was also a realistic inevitability:

Since the Belan army had to rely on a rapid march to make a thousand-mile attack and take one by surprise, it could not carry too much grain and grass and baggage, so it could only engage in food and feed the enemy in Lothar.

Eat on the enemy - to put it bluntly, it means to grab grain in the enemy area, but don't think that it is easy to grab grain, most of the grain will actually be stored in the barn or even the castle of the noble lord these days, and the rations of ordinary farmers are better than nothing.

And if you want to get food from the nobles, you need to defeat their army, and even conquer their castles, which is time-consuming and laborious, and will lose a lot of people, if you really knock down all the castles one by one, at least a few thousand people.

Therefore, the Berans had no choice but to attack this season - most of the crops had already grown, but they had not yet had time to be harvested and put into the safety of granaries and castles.

After all, the castle of the noble lord is limited, and it is impossible for everyone to hide in it. Many peasants were left to fend for themselves, ready labor, forced to harvest their crops and provide ample supplies for Belan's army.

Luo Ming thought that his defense project in the south of the mountain was almost enough, although there were still some small shortcomings, but basically they could be made up.

But what about the north side of the mountain? Although he had built some fortifications there, it was only to guard against bandits and nomadic tribes, and he might be able to hold out for half a month in the face of three or five hundred men, but if several thousand enemy troops pressed up, it would be great to be able to hold out for two or three days.

If they want to take this mountain road in their own hands, the Berans should consider attacking from both sides, right?

"There will definitely be a two-sided attack, but the size of the army over there won't be too big, you see-"

Ariana stretched out her hand and pointed to the map: "From the border of the Belan Federation to the northern foot of Mount Carlo, there is almost two hundred miles of empty space, where only a small number of nomads live, and there are no people farming, which means that it is difficult for the people of Belan to grab enough food.

Then to maintain a large army, it is necessary to transport grain from within the country. The logistics line of 200 miles is quite terrible - in Gefu's "On the March" it is written: "The people eat four catties a day, and they can transport twenty catties of grain for twenty li." Five days to 100 miles, then eat 20 catties. There is no labor to transport food on the return journey, and the daily eclipse is two catties, and the return on the fifth day is ten catties. ’

Transporting 20 catties of grain to a hundred miles away, the people have to eat 30 catties back and forth, and now it is 200 miles away, and the loss will only be several times greater, and it is not surprising that there is an overall loss of 80%.

Unless the Beran Federation does its best to fight a battle of national fortunes, it would be remarkable to be able to maintain two thousand troops in this direction - just like that, the logistics system in the rear will probably be maintained by tens of thousands of people. ”

Luo Ming did not engage in any major expeditions, and the farthest one was only across Van Shee County, a distance of less than fifty kilometers, and there was also the Earl at the destination to directly provide food supplies, so there was not much logistical pressure.

He hadn't read many military books on Earth, and he was only interested in a few books, but after coming to this world, he had only read some books about this world in the past two years, and he had some understanding of this aspect.

Now Ariana directly quoted the classic argument, so that Grant and Pelodiana, who was playing soy sauce on the side, showed a look of surprise in their eyes, but Luo Ming knew her details, and was not surprised at all, but just laughed.

"Even if it is two thousand troops, the defense of the northern foot can hold them for at least three days, and if some reinforcements are sent to rotate, it is not impossible to hold for a week, which is enough for me to fight two or three battles with Belan's main force here." ”

Saying that, Luo Ming suddenly shook his head again: "No...... Turn your mind on the other side here!

Shannan's defense is better, and Belan's main force will take time on the way to kill Meiquan Ling, and we can find a way to delay it a little longer.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, I will send troops north out of Kalo Mountain, kill the enemy army when they attack the village, and wipe out the Belan army over there in one go!"