In Alma 52:1-9 it states that "in the twenty and sixth year" (v.1) while "it was not expedient" (v.5) for Teancum to attack the Lamanites in their forts, Teancum kept preparing for war by "casting up walls round about" (v.6) his defensive sites in "the land Bountiful" (v.9) "until Moroni had sent a large number of men to strengthen his army" (v.7). There is no direct account of this "large number of men" ever arriving, however in the "twenty and seventh year" (Alma 52:15); "Teancum had received orders to make an attack upon the city of Mulek" (Alma 52:16) and thus "Teancum made preparations to make an attack" (Alma 52:17. However, Teancum "saw that it was impossible that he could overpower [the Lamanites] while they were in their fortifications; therefore he abandoned his designs and returned again to the city Bountiful, that he might receive strength to his army." Thus, the men Moroni had promised might not have ever been sent. [Alan C. Miner, Personal Notes]