The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

Soon, Ojinsky organized a second attack. He ignored the blocking of the artillery commander and forced a squad of three-pounder guns to push the artillery to the entrance of the city gate and fire. This was a nine-death operation. When the gunner received an order from Ojinsky's adjutant, each soldier's legs trembled like a sieve.

But the military order was embarrassing. No matter how scared the gunners were, they still pushed the artillery out of the position and dragged it toward the city gate.

The defenders on Lida Fort spotted the artillery for the first time, and for a time the artillery shells and bullets rained down around the artillery.

A shell fell beside the gunner, and a ricochet jumped up from the ground again. The shell swept the entire artillery squad. It first hit the head of a gunner on the left. Before that gunner made a scream, his head exploded like a watermelon. Then the shell was cast unabated, and it traversed the place where the head was lost. A soldier hit the gunner on his right again. The gunner’s neck was discounted and bent at a strange angle. The cannonball fell to the ground, but it jumped again, breaking the palm of the third gunner standing behind the cannon. The gunner, stunned by the hellish scene before him, stared blankly at his severed limb, but this expression became his final freeze, because a bullet hit the center of his eyebrow.

An artillery team was instantly destroyed, and it was only three minutes before it left the trench.

"Your Excellency, I refuse to let my hands go down to death again. This is a naked massacre." The artillery officer firmly stated to Ojinsky that he would not send another one until he could ensure that his gunner could reach the city gate safely. The squad is going to perform a mission that is no different from sending to death.

This artillery officer was directly under Prince Yanush, not Ojinsky's subordinate, so he dared to speak so unscrupulously.

Ojinsky also realized the stupidity of the order he had just given, and he assured the artillery officer that such things would never happen again in the future.

But this guarantee satisfied the artillery, but it caused dissatisfaction among the infantry. The representatives of the Polish infantry clamored for the same life and power, and they refused to attack again until the artillery cleared the threat from the wall.

Okinsky didn't have such a good attitude towards the infantry. He used his riding whip to beat the loudest soldiers and threatened to hang them from a tree. The infantry flinched, and they promised to obey orders to continue the attack.

In such an embarrassing atmosphere, Ojinski organized several more assaults, but every time as long as the enemy's firepower became stronger, the Polish infantry would take the lead and fled, leaving behind the mercenaries with higher interest rates to fight alone.

Seeing that the battle was fought like this, Ojinsky knew that he could no longer attack anymore today. He had to stop the troops to rest, and discuss the long-term plan tomorrow.

On the evening of the same day, Jan Sobieski organized the military and civilian use of wood and stone in Lida Fort to block the blasted city gate, and eliminated Ojinsky's idea of ​​attacking again from here.

It was also because of Okinski's poor command and the incompetent performance of the Polish infantry that made various foreign mercenary regiments laugh.

But in any case, the war will continue. Whether or not Jan Sobieski can be wiped out has a bearing on the reputation of Prince Yanush in front of the Swedes and the subsequent ambitions, and it cannot be abandoned halfway.

After more than 20 days of futile artillery battles, Ojinsky finally accepted the reality. While writing a letter of assistance to Prince Yanush, he asked the Prince to send a larger artillery to the front of Fort Lida, while using siege and tunnels to continue the attack.

Now the infantry began to relax. Okinsky ordered only one-seventh of the infantry in each attacking direction to cooperate with the engineers to dig tunnels every day, and the others stay in the barracks to guard against possible raids in Lida Fort. But this order changed when it came to the bottom. Only one-fifth of the people stayed at the barracks, and the others went to the mobile market to drink and look for Liu Ying. Every night, apart from the bright moonlight, the brightest and busiest thing is the mobile market.

"I said the deputy commander, it's getting so late. Go and rest. I'm here."

In a tunnel entrance, Tepes was flattering and said to Piedro. Today is the turn of the team of Tepes to dig the tunnels. Tepes originally wanted to leave the soldiers here to continue digging for themselves and go to the mobile bazaar to live a happy life, but Chechen didn't expect Chechen to come over in person.

"It's okay. I don't work, and I'm not tired." Piedro refused with a smile at Tepesh's "kindness". He still doesn't know the little ninety-nine of Tepesh.

At this time, Tepes's original smiling face turned into a bitter face. It seems that I cannot go today.

"Tepes," Chechen said suddenly, as if thinking of something: "The commander told you to dig the tunnel deeper, did you do it?"

Digging the tunnel deeper, this is the valuable experience Chechen gained from the battle of Smolensk~www.wuxiaspot.com~ At that time, it was the melting of the snow on the tunnel that led to the Zaporozhye Cossack’s The tunnel was discovered and was destroyed by Franco and the others. Although it is summer, there will be no such thing as snowmelt, but there are green vegetation on the ground. If the tunnel is dug too shallow, it is easy for the plants to wither and let the defenders of the castle notice.

"Don't worry. According to the command of the regiment commander, I have asked the soldiers to dig down half the depth according to the original standard." Tepes listened to Pidro's question, and he hurriedly replied as if asking for credit. Because of this sudden increase in workload, he was often complained by his men.

"That's good. Remember to observe whether the vegetation on the tunnel is different from the surroundings every day." Pidro nodded comfortably, not forgetting to remind.

Just then Pidro's ears moved, and he seemed to hear something unusual.

"Tepes, did you hear anything?" Piedro asked softly.

Hearing Chechen's question, Tepesh also listened intently.

"It seems to be the sound of footsteps, deputy commander," Tepes replied. Tepes heard the sound of countless feet walking softly.

"Is it a sneak attack?" Cheerchen asked Tepes to remind others to pay attention. Then he walked out of the tunnel.

"Deputy commander, there is a situation." Fedot brought a small group of people to Pedro and said, he also found anomalies.

"I know, you go back to the team leader and ask him to send a team of people over, and the others and I hide in the trench."

Feiduo nodded his head, and with a gesture, he ordered the soldiers to enter the trench with the deputy commander.

With the sound of footsteps getting closer, Pidro could feel the dirt on the walls of the trenches beginning to sift out.

Finally, a human-shaped shadow covered Cheerchen's head.