Chapter 643: Logistics Cut Off
Regarding the construction of the domain, the general idea Luo Ming has already found, but there is still a considerable distance from completion, and even if the war comes to an end, this work is far from complete.
Speaking of talent, even if you remove plug-ins like Cangyan, he is not much worse than Granty.
But Grant was able to do it overnight, while he couldn't, and it would take a long time to succeed.
If I have to say, Granty's path is very pure - it is the sword of the road protection that fights for Luo Ming, which can kill the enemy when you advance and protect you when you retreat. Pure and powerful, but also very simple, so you can be promoted quickly, and it is easy to adjust later.
Luo Ming, on the other hand, is completely different, his way is to be inclusive, to integrate many elements together, so a new system needs to be more perfect, and after more trial and error, in order to get a relatively satisfactory result.
Fortunately, he still has Aya and even His Highness the Black Sun to help with the deduction, otherwise he would come alone, and it would not be strange to try and error for more than ten years, and he might even go crazy and hang up after trying.
But on the other hand, in the face of such difficulty, Luo Ming is not discouraged at all, which means that it has a high rate of return commensurate with the difficulty.
His recent hard thinking is equivalent to an investment in a long-term glorious future, and the more he invests, the greater the future returns.
While Luo Ming happily made this kind of profitable "future investment", Vytautas was facing a situation that was getting worse and worse day by day.
Perhaps the situation is getting better from the point of view of Vytautas's self-interest, but from the point of view of the Beran army, it is clear that it is getting worse by the day.
Originally, under the threat of the Beran army, a large number of nobles in Fanxi County bowed their heads and chose to provide food, grass and logistics for the Berans.
But Beran's army was bruised by the head under the city of Locking, and simply left, leaving only a detachment of divisions - and Lormin unceremoniously spread the news.
Now, basically the nobles of the whole county know that the Belan army is in the general trend in this county.
Although some nobles have already surrendered their names and have been completely dragged into the water by the Belan army, there are still many nobles who have only provided grain and grass logistics to the Belan army and have not sent troops to help them.
Now, if these nobles are willing to change their minds, they will be able to redeem their mistakes, undo their previous mistakes, and even get a little leftovers after the war is over.
As a result, in Fanxi County, which was originally considered to be the stable rear of the Belan army, many rebel armies suddenly appeared.
Of course, the rebels casually pulled up by the petty nobles were of average quality and quantity, and the Berans could defeat them by sending troops, but after a few rebels had been taught a lesson, they retreated into the castle.
Although they will no longer rush out of the castle to fight, on the other hand, now the Belan army does not have a thunder cart, lacks the ability to siege the city, and cannot gnaw at the castle.
In this way, a large number of nobles retreated into the castle and refused to provide any more logistical supplies, and the Belan army immediately felt the feeling of being choked by the throat.
Logistics does not simply refer to the issue of food.
If it's just a matter of food, they can still eat human flesh as a last resort - originally many members of the Belan army entered the Duchy of Lothar to win battles and make money, and the moral level is not necessarily higher than that of the heart-eating mountain kings.
Although they are very evil, such crimes are too numerous to mention, but in order to survive, they probably won't care about discarding morality and becoming beasts.
But that doesn't solve the other problems.
For example, the people of Belan pride themselves on being skilled in archers, but both of these things are wrong at the moment.
The bow itself is actually quite delicate and needs to be maintained, otherwise it will break quickly, and the bowstring will have to be replaced after a long time, otherwise it will either be weak or it will break and hurt people.
And the arrows also have a huge gap.
Don't look at the arrow, think it's just a metal head with a wooden pole behind it, in fact, the arrows used in war are really not simple, the cost is not cheap, and the craftsmanship is not just any country carpenter can do it.
Most of the arrows they used on the battlefield before had crooked heads, broken poles, and fallen tail feathers, and could not be recycled.
Another example is their horses, if they want to ensure that these horses are healthy and have the strength to carry people to fight, they must be fed and drunk well, and they must be supervised by a special veterinarian at all times.
War horses are physically exerted in war, not only eating grass, but also high-calorie foods such as grains or legumes, and even rich armies will feed them eggs to supplement them - but they do not eat meat.
In order to overcome the fatigue and fatigue of the war horses, the veterinarian must also feed them medicine to prevent diseases......
Now, with logistics cut off, these supplies are all in short supply.
If they hold on for a while, the Belan army will have to revert back to the state of the rogues, and they are still a group of poor rogues, the war horses are either hungry and can't move their legs or are too sick to get up, and the bow and arrow are used less than once.
Without bows and horses, how much of the combat power of the Beran people remains?
The Beran people have a good ability to make sabers, but against a four-meter-five super-long spear, they can only choose to be killed by a single shot of the spear, or choose to resist resolutely and be stabbed into a hedgehog by several spears together.
In the first day or two, there were still people clamoring to persevere and survive the Luo Ming army, which was said to be "short of food".
At that time, Vytautas only dared to say that "accidents can happen, we have to persevere and be prepared for defeat at the same time." ”
But as the days passed, Luo Ming's side was still fine, and there was no sign of food shortage, while the logistics situation on the side of the Belan army was deteriorating day by day, and the number of stocks of various materials was declining.
At this point, Vytautas said, "If we hold on a little longer, we might win." But at the same time, you must be prepared for defeat", and no one can contradict him.
Twenty-three days after their first correspondence, Vytautas received another secret message from Lomin during the night:
"To my dear friend.
Now that the Shogun's plan has fully worked, how much food do you still have there?
I advise you to prepare for surrender in advance, and it is best to report to us the last diehards who still want to resist, and if you have this merit of abandoning the darkness and turning to the light, I think you should be able to get leniency and return to Belan safely with your men.
But if you still want to resist, you can only pray that the general will not kill you after catching you, but will ask for a ransom. You've helped me a lot, but there's nothing I can do about it. ”
"My dear friend, it's time to put an end to this farce......," Vytautas felt much more relaxed after reading the letter, stretched out, and then went back to his tent, lay down on his bed, and quickly fell asleep.
Unlike many uneasy and overwhelmed soldiers, he slept soundly and soundly.