The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

In the hall of the lord of Lidarburg, Jan Sobieski was looking thoughtfully at the information sent by the spies.

"It turned out to be Alexander Okinsky. He brought an army of 12,000. Prince Yanush, do you despise me or value me?"

Putting the intelligence on the desk, Jan Sobies stood up. He smiled somewhat self-deprecatingly.

Originally, what he expected was Yanush Raziviu to attack Lida Fort himself. He is confident that with the strong defense and sufficient supplies of Lida Fort, Yanush's army will be firmly contained under Lida Fort. Two months later, when the veterans of their division were tired, they had already planned with Jan Sobieski, Jan Zamois and others, to surround Yanush’s army from the outside. Yanush was wiped out in Lida Fort. As long as his plan is successful, he will be the first person to save the Republic, and even the prestige of Deputy Commander Pavel Sapega cannot be compared with him. At that time, he was swinging his army from Werner to Warsaw, liberating the capital of the Republic from the hands of the Swedes. Having made such a feat, the king and parliament will not spare him a scepter of the Marshal of the Republic. Even one day, he can become a king (of course, this is a bit too far to think).

But now, the commander of the rebels is General Alexander Okinsky in the Kovno Fortress. This general and his father are old acquaintances, and he has many contacts with him. In the eyes of Jan Sobieski, Okinski is synonymous with conservativeness. His tactics are all "classical", and he doesn't know how to work around.

The honor of defeating him cannot be compared with defeating Yanush Raziviu. People will praise someone for killing a lion, but no one will praise you for killing a dog.

This is why Jan Sobieski was somewhat disappointed.

Jan Sobieski opened the curtains on the window, and the situation outside was clear at a glance.

At this moment, Lida Fort is a busy scene. All Ren is actively strengthening the city walls, digging trenches, and carrying artillery.

Jan Sobieski saw that an old man in a white monk's uniform was pushing and pulling a cannon with three servants. The old man is Father Marek from the monastery outside Lida Fort. The priest is kind and has a high reputation in Lida Fort. When news of Jan Sobieski’s allegiance to Janusz in Myatersk came, Father Marek threw his stick on the ground, blaming Jan Sobieski as a shameful traitor; and Dangjan Sobieski When Beski rescued Jan Zamois and others, the old man became his most loyal follower again. Father Marek melted all the gold and silverware of the monastery and gave it to Jan Sobieski for military use, and personally helped strengthen the city.

Jan Sobieski turned his gaze to the walls of Lida Fort again. The four walls of Lida Fortress were redesigned and built by Jan Sobieski who spent a lot of money. The construction of the city wall even predates the outbreak of the Russian-Polish War. Today’s Lida Fort, the walls are surrounded by forts protruding from the wall, each with five twelve-pound artillery, such firepower, even if the attacker exceeds three times his own, Jan Suo Besky was not afraid.

Lida Fort has three thousand defenders, while the enemy has 12,000.

Although the difference in military strength is not as great as the comparison between Fyodor and Prince Alexei at the Battle of Smolensk, many of Yanush’s troops were mercenaries. They have rich combat experience and are far more powerful. To those mobs of Tsarist Russia. Purely in terms of combat effectiveness, these two thousand people far surpassed the Tsarist Russian army at that time. This is why Jan Sobieski believes that Yanush values ​​himself.

Fortunately, Lida Castle does not need to be held for half a year like Smolensk. He only needs to persist for a month.

But no more than two months, I can defeat Alexander Okinsky now! Jan Sobieski became uncontrollably excited when he had this idea. He took off the feathered wing cavalry helmet from the hanger and walked out of the room in strides.

"General, where are you going?"

Seeing that Jan Sobieski took his helmet out of the Lord's Hall, the adjutant Jan Zoukev, who had been guarding the door, hurriedly followed up and asked.

Jan Sobieski said loudly, "Go and defeat Ojinsky."

Jan Ruukiev was taken aback, but he wouldn't ask about this or how to do it? He would only follow Jan Sobieski and move forward.

The two got on the war horse. Jan Rukov took off the bugle by the saddle, puffed up his cheeks and blew it vigorously.

In a short while, the 200 cavalry in Lida Fort was assembled.

Jan Sobieski didn't speak, he pulled out the scepter around his waist and pointed towards the gate, then pinched the horse's belly, and the horse kicked and ran towards the gate. Behind it, there were 800 horseshoes hitting the ground at the same time.

Jan Sobieski was not going to bring two hundred cavalry to a battle with an army of 12,000, and even arrogant people would not make such a move. He was going to eat the small groups of mercenaries who had levied supplies from the large army near the road Ojinsky passed.

On-site replenishment was the most effective and economical way for the army to obtain food and other supplies at that time. In the Thirty Years' War, among the armies fought in the German region, except for the Swedish army, the other armies relied on materials from the occupied and war zones to supplement supplies. When supplies are insufficient, the commander of the army will acquiesce in the mercenaries forcibly conquering local farmers’ food, which also makes many mercenaries form a habit of robbery in wartime.

Many of Ojinsky's army are veterans of the Thirty Years' War. Okinsky himself believes that plundering war zones is an effective means to weaken opponents and strengthen oneself. So Jan Sobieski is very sure that he will be taken into captivity.

And to save others with oneself, Ojinsky must think that he has only one way to defend the city, and he would never dare to go out of the city to fight with him.

On the second day after leaving Lidarburg, Jan Sobieski and his cavalry met a group of German mercenaries outside a village. This mercenary has fifty-six men, including thirty pikemen and twenty musketeers, as well as six German two-handed swordsmen.

Jan Sobieski’s cavalry surrounded them outside the village ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and destroyed the mercenaries' attempt to escape into the village. Seeing that these mercenaries could not retreat, they were hardened. They formed a circle, with the pikemen outside and the musketeers inside, with two-handed swordsmen in the middle, defending like a hedgehog.

For such a difficult bone, Sobieski chose to attack. He led the wing cavalry into three rows, the horses of the wing cavalry were close to each other, and the two knights even touched their feet. The wing cavalry held the super-long lance flat and let the horse trot at a slow speed.

On the wings of the wing cavalry, the armored Cossack and Polish pistol cavalry jumped out at high speed. They moved to the two wings of the "hedgehog" and constantly used firepower to peel off the hard shell of the "hedgehog".

The mercenaries are in a dilemma. Their musketeers hesitated to fight back. If they fight back, they will not have enough firepower to withstand the fatal blow of the winged cavalry; but if they do not fight back, they can only endure the endless harassment of the armored Cossacks and pistol cavalry.

Some musketeers couldn't help but pulled the trigger, and more musketeers were fired. Jan Sobieski waited for this moment. He issued an order to charge, and the wing cavalry raised the ultra-long lance, and rammed into the gun forest at a medium speed.

An ultra-long cavalry lance longer than the spear in the hand of the pikeman pierced into the body of the mercenary. The first wave of winged cavalry killed the pikemen, the second wave of winged cavalry broke the formation, and the third wave of winged cavalry pierced the defeated soldiers on the ground. The unbreakable formation was instantly destroyed.

Some brave mercenaries still wanted to trap the beasts and still fight. They raised the weapons in their hands to kill the cavalry in all directions, but they were knocked to the ground without exception.

In the next few days, Jan Sobieski’s cavalry followed suit and eliminated two separate mercenaries.