The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

The army against Lida Fort was panicked by Jan Sobieski’s several surprise attacks before they were defeated. Of course, Alexander Okinsky did not dare to let Werner know the bad news. The letter he sent to Lidabao always reported good news but not bad news, claiming that the army was progressing smoothly. All the past few days, Prince Yanush has been in a good mood, even calling Sarben less frequently. He also regularly held dinners and knight competitions, to show to the envoys of various countries and the soldiers and civilians of Werner his composure and not to see Sapega and Jan Sobieski in his eyes.

This series of actions has indeed played a role in stabilizing the military's morale. Envoys from various countries have come to the Prince’s court more and more, and the tone of speaking with the Prince has become more and more respectful. Some envoys from small countries such as Wallachia have even begun to call the Prince the Grand Duke of Lithuania.

On this day, Boguslav sent a messenger back to Janusz to report his situation in Warsaw.

"How is Boguslav in Warsaw?" Yanush asked impatiently when he saw the messenger. Boguslav's trip to Warsaw is really important. Although there have been some intercessions from the important Swedish ministers before, Karl X has never made a clear statement, only asking Boguslav to go to Warsaw. And whether his cousin can obtain Karl X's forgiveness is not only related to his own life and death, but also directly related to the attitude of the monarchs of the Kingdom of Sweden towards him.

"In the beginning, King Carl X refused to receive His Royal Highness. He also ordered the Warsaw garrison to close the gate and refuse the Prince's entry. This made His Royal Highness stay in the wild all night."

Hearing this, Yanush's heart jumped a few times, and his face was pale, as if he had heard the most terrible thing. He seemed to see the gallows waiting for Boguslav. After all, Boguslav did not submit to the Swedes in name. It is conceivable how a prince of a hostile country would be treated when he went to a city in an enemy country.

"No, it won't." Yanush couldn't help comforting himself in his heart. Karl X is not the kind of emotional person, he should be very aware of the value of his brothers, in Lithuania, no one can win over a group of people to stand on the side of the Kingdom of Sweden with the prestige of the Laziviu family. To insult Boguslav is to insult yourself, and to execute Boguslav is to grudge against the Laziviu family and to drive yourself to the opposite of the Swedes. Such consequences, even King Karl X, who is in full swing, have to weigh it. What's more, the Elector Frederick is also here, he is Boguslav's uncle!

"What happened later?" Yanush asked tremblingly.

Hearing Prince Yanush’s question, the messenger said excitedly: “But early the next morning, His Majesty King Carl X welcomed His Royal Highness into the city with the most solemn etiquette. Almost all the generals and civil servants in Warsaw participated. After the welcome ceremony, His Majesty the King’s affection for Boguslav is like a brother who has been separated for many years."

Yanush breathed a sigh of relief. The messenger's words must be exaggerated, but after all, it shows that Karl X no longer pursues Christina.

Or it means that it will not be held accountable anymore.

At this time, Yanush looked at the messenger with blame. This messenger was too incapable of talking, and he didn't even know to announce the good news first, and he was shocked.

"Did Boguslav ask you to bring the letter back?" Yanush asked again.

"Yes, the letter from His Royal Highness is here. His Royal Highness told me to face the Prince."

The messenger took the first two steps and handed the letter to Yanush.

Yanush opened the letter.

In the letter, Boguslav described his situation in Warsaw. He reassures his cousin, because his uncle, General Eriksson and General Widenberg have spoken kind words for him, and the anger of King Carl X has disappeared. When Karl X met with him alone, he said that he had made a mistake that a man would make, but after all, he did not cause irreversible evil. Don't keep all small mistakes in mind. With Christina, he will intercede. And after so long, her anger has disappeared a lot. Boguslav also asked Shiyanush to say that now the Swedes’ victory is beyond doubt, whether he should join the Swedes anyway, this is also what he is implying from the king to the princes and ministers in Warsaw.

At the end of the letter, Boguslav said that the messenger who came was a trustworthy person. He also helped him a lot in Warsaw, and his cousin could show him the generosity of the Laziwiu family.

"What's your name?" Yanush asked the messenger in front of him after reading the letter.

"His Royal Highness, my name is Catherine. I'm a Scot." The messenger hurriedly bent over and replied when Prince Yanush asked about his surname.

"My cousin said in the letter that you helped him a lot in Warsaw, what's the matter?"

When Prince Yanush intervened personally, Catherine replied with trepidation: "What I did is really insignificant. Your Excellency knows that the general Robert Douglas under King Carl X is also a Scot. It is this relationship that I found General Douglas. , I beg him to take me to General Eriksson, and through General Eriksson pleaded with His Majesty King Carl X."

Yanush nodded.

"The grace of the slightest end will be repaid with brilliance. You have done a good job, and I will reward you heavily."

Upon hearing that Prince Yanush wanted to reward herself, Catherine hurriedly fell to the ground on one knee.

"Prince, it is my honor to serve you and His Royal Highness Boguslav. The prince has given me a lot of money, and I shouldn’t have asked the prince for your reward. But there is one thing I can’t do, but to the prince It's easy for you."

"Go ahead, what's the matter?" Yanush said kindly. He even put his hand on top of Catherine's head, like a priest benevolent.

"I want to marry Helena Obkhovich."

"Helena Obkhovich? Is it Feodor's daughter? Do you know each other?" Yanush thought for a while and asked.

"Prince Mingjian! Princess Helena and I fell in love in Smolensk."

Yanush thought for a while, if in the past, a Scot would definitely not be worthy of the daughter of Lord Smolensk. But now, Fyodor is just a squatter of his own care, using his daughter to buy a loyal subordinate, so why not?

"I will fulfill you, child. I'll talk to Feodor about this."

Catherine happily kissed Yanush's hand after hearing the words. His dream was about to come true, he was so excited.

While some were happy and some were sad, while Catherine was overjoyed, General Alexander Okinsky was about to be nervously weakened by Jan Sobieski's sneak attack.

The continuous attack on small units forced Alexander Okinsky to order the army to temporarily stop advancing. Ojinsky had to recall all the troops that had been scattered to collect supplies to prevent them from repeating the same mistakes again.

"Damn it, who can tell me where Jan Sobieski is? In three days, I lost two hundred people, and most of them were veterans of a hundred battles. Now some army officers carry fewer than one hundred men. The guard didn't even dare to go out of the camp gate."

In the village where General Okinsky was stationed, Okinsky waved his arms exaggeratedly and shouted loudly to all the officers present.

Some officers lowered their heads. They were the cowards the general said.

But this is also helpless. There used to be a 100-member Polish militia that was only 10 miles away from the main unit, but when the main unit heard the gunshots arrived, the small unit had been wiped out, and there was no one to survive.

Rumors abound in a company formed by Poles. They describe Jan Sobieski as a ghost coming and going without a trace, saying that fighting with such an army is indistinguishable from suicide.

Although the officers tried their best to clarify and encourage the fighting spirit of the soldiers, they had little effect. Because so far, in the battle with Jan Sobieski, Odinsky’s forces have not even obtained a prisoner or even a corpse.

Okinsky needs to rely on a victory over Jan Sobieski to boost morale. But after every attack, Jan Sobieski and his cavalry wiped out all their tracks like experienced hunters. Ojinsky also sent some scouts, but they never returned.

Seeing no one was talking, Ojinsky's eyes were bulging and as big as bullseye. He was breathing heavily, his palm crackling with the whip in his hand.

"Chabrin. You said, can you find the cavalry of Jan Sobieski?" When Ojinski's palm was knocked red, the Gateman appointed by Yanush finally Stopped this "self-harm" behavior. He randomly named an officer's name and asked him to come up with a solution.

Chabrin, who was named, was originally a faculty member of Werner University. He had a great research on theology, but he didn't know much about how to lead soldiers. But even so, after Chabrin read a few military books, he has consciously realized that fighting is like that.

"General, I think that so far we have nothing to do with Jan Sobieski because our soldiers have no sense of honor as a soldier. I once heard a scout talking to his officer and asked the officer to take ten. A Taylor exchanges the prisoners he caught. How can such an army fight! I don’t think soldiers should talk about money. What inspires them to act should be the sense of honor and patriotism of the soldiers, just like Prince Yanush said In that way, patriotism is our sharpest weapon."

Chabrin talked eloquently, unaware that the faces of Ojinsky and some Lithuanian officers were green.

"Patriotic Heart"? "Military Honor"? Ojinsky simply suspected that the officer named Chabrin was pointing at Sang Huai. If the people present were patriotic, how could everyone betray the king who had been sworn in and dedicate their loyalty to another king? As for the honor of soldiers, more than half of them are mercenaries. When do mercenaries care about the honor of soldiers.

Okinsky's whip struck the palm of his hand again. He was thinking that maybe in the near future, maybe soon, his whip will fall on the face of this eloquent officer.

But Chabrin hadn't realized that his disaster was approaching, and he was still expressing his opinions eloquently. But Chabrin clearly started to digress. He began to boast that he wrote to Prince Yanush before the war (the battle between Russia and Poland), in which he predicted the direction of the Russian army's attack in an unpredictable way. But in the end, the prince did not adopt his opinion, otherwise...

Chabrin's words stopped at "otherwise." Because Ojinsky's whip had fallen on the face of the former college faculty who was full of mouthfuls.

Chabrin covered his face with his hands in pain. When he put his hand down, everyone saw a bright red flag on Chabrin's face.

After a whip, Ojinsky was still angry. He ordered two guards to drag Chabrin out.

"Victor, come on."

After dealing with Chabrin, Ojinsky named Victor again.

Cheechen, who was standing next to Victor, gave Victor a worried look.

When Victor saw Ojinsky called his name, he took a big step forward.

"Commander, I think we can lead the snake out of the hole." Victor said to Ojinsky.

"Bring the snake out of the hole?" Ojinsky touched his chin, and he chewed Victor's words.

"Yes, Commander. Since Jan Sobieski likes to attack our small troops, then we will satisfy him. We can deliberately send a small team to attract Jan Sobieski to attack~www.wuxiaspot .com~Then we followed closely around and surrounded him." Victor explained.

Obviously, although Victor is devoted to the love of men and women, he did not waste his military skills.

"very good."

Okinski is also very satisfied with Victor's plan. He tapped Victor on the chest with his horse whip: "Lieutenant, I will remember you."

Although the method was decided in this way. But when who was the bait, none of them dared to take the lead. No matter how lured Ojinsky was, he even offered a high bounty of two thousand Taylors, but no officer dared to stand up. Because everyone knows that this is a very dangerous task.

Cheerchen also kept his head down to avoid attracting Ojinsky's attention. He has made up his mind to participate in the attack on Lida Fort as little as possible.

Helpless Ojinsky looked at Victor. The meaning is very clear: since you proposed the solution, of course you must be the bait.

"General, I am willing to go. But I have two conditions."

Unexpectedly, Victor immediately accepted the task.

"You said, as long as it is reasonable and reasonable, I will definitely satisfy you." Seeing Victor actively accepted the task, Ojinsky was in a good mood. He smiled and said.

"First, I want half of those two thousand Taylors now."

"Yes, it's very simple. I'll ask the quartermaster to give it to you right away." Ojinsky agreed. This is not a problem at all for him. And Ojinsky also knows very well that pre-war rewards are the most effective way to motivate the morale of mercenaries.

"What is another condition?"

"Second, I want to ask you for someone."

"Who?"

"Chabrin."