The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

From June 1st to 14th, the climate for the whole half month was so unpredictable, violent storms. The terrible lightning made the sky seem to be on fire, and thunderbolts hit from all directions. The constant lightning makes the air seem to be filled with sulfur gas. Then the downpour drowned out all the sounds again. Then the wind blew away the clouds, and stars and a bright moon appeared in the clouds. It wasn't until midnight that the wind and rain subsided slightly.

The soldiers lit a fire, and in an instant, thousands of fires arose in the army of the Republic of Poland outside Warsaw. The soldiers dried their wet clothes on the fire.

Such weather made the gunpowder of the army damp, and war could not be fought without gunpowder. The situation with the Swedes is just the opposite. Their gunpowder is in the fortifications, and most of them are still dry.

Of course, there are two other reasons why the army of the Republic did not attack the city immediately. First, the army under the command of Sapega from Lithuania has not arrived yet, and they are also trapped on the road by heavy rain; second, due to the impact of the storm, supplies and the most important heavy artillery for the siege have all fallen. In the back, the infantry had to wait until the heavy artillery arrived to attack the city.

King Kazimierz seldom sleeps for days. Every day, he, his marshal and generals held military meetings again and again in a hut in the barracks. Today there is also brightly lit, and another military meeting is being held. They discussed whether they should send a messenger to ask Alvid Wedenberg to surrender. Due to the successive occupation of Ostrowitz and Raziwuf, the passage between Warsaw and the outside world has been completely cut off. Alvid Widenberg and his five thousand people have become turtles in the urn.

For the king's idea that the Swedes would surrender, most of the participants disagreed. Among them, Jan Zenovic and Skozheduski hated the Swedish invaders. They had long been looking forward to a battle with these robbers who invaded their own land, and they were very competitive. It's stronger than anyone else.

Although Marshal Lubao Macki did not agree, he had other considerations. One of the conditions for Lubaumacki's reconciliation with King Kazimierz was that he became General Marshal after regaining Warsaw. Then the Marshal wanted to achieve a glorious record in the battle to regain the capital to convince the public and make himself great. The position of the marshal is even more well-deserved.

And if Widenberg surrendered, then the glory will belong to the king, and his hard work and huge military expenditures will be in vain.

Stanislaw Potocki and Janusz Kishka are also opposed. The two veteran officials knew the mind of His Majesty the King too well. The reason why Kazimierz wanted to persuade the defenders in the city to surrender was not only to reduce his own casualties and damage to Warsaw, but also to win over and show favor to Alvid Wedenberg and the Swedish dignitaries in the city. The king of the Republic of Poland showed his favor to the Swedish aggressors. This sounded incredible, but it would be understandable if you think about the king's unwillingness to give up the right to inherit the throne of Sweden.

He not only wants to be the father of the subjects of the Republic, but also hopes to be the father of the subjects of the Kingdom of Sweden.

Regardless of the reason, the king's opinion of persuading surrender was denied, which made King Kazimierz angry.

"Is there anything wrong with being able to retake Warsaw without blood? This is our capital, the essence of the republic. If you attack, the whole Warsaw city will become a piece of rubble. My ministers, you are willing to do this kind of history. Sinner?" King Kazimierz burst into tears and told his marshals and generals bitterly that he wanted Warsaw to open the city without blood. And put the big hat of "historical sinners" over.

No one wants to bear the charge of the historical sinner who destroyed Warsaw. After this, everyone expressed their "support" for His Majesty the King in silence.

But just as King Kazimierz was proud of his persuading everyone, Jan Skrzedowski launched a sneak attack on Warsaw at this time.

Jan Skrzeduski is a good soldier who obeys the law. But when he learned from the captured Swedish population in the Raziwulf area that Ivan Bauhon was still in Warsaw, the colonel urgently wanted to invade Warsaw and rescue his wife and daughter. Days of heavy rain and His Majesty’s calculations caused the siege to be delayed again and again, and Jan Skrzeduski could no longer hold back that night. He took advantage of the opportunity of patrolling the camp without attending a military meeting and launched a sneak attack without authorization.

Jan Skrzeduski formed a commando, and he and his soldiers touched Warsaw under the cover of the storm. The sound of their swimming across the moat was obscured by thunder, and the Swedish defenders on the tall Warsaw wall did not notice their whereabouts at all.

Everything went so smoothly. The commando used ropes to climb the wall and killed two soldiers who were on duty on the wall in raincoats. But when the commando was attacking the towers on both sides, a Swedish soldier who went out to relieve himself found the commando, and he hurriedly fired a warning shot. The gunfire alarmed the Swedish soldiers in the towers on both sides of the city wall. They closed the gate of the tower and fired and fired shots from the firing opening.

The commandos trapped between the two towers were beaten back and forth. Except for Jan Skrzeduski, who fled back under the desperate protection of two guards, the other commandos died on the wall.

This incident made King Kazimierz furious, and he worried that his persuasion would be overshadowed by it. King Kazimierz’s immediate Pabala Baka tied Jan Skrzeduski here.

Jan Skrzeduski was taken into the hut. There were scars on his face and body, and remembering that the colonel's wife and children were still undecided in Warsaw, this inevitably made everyone feel compassion for the hero.

Lvbao Macki was the first to speak good words for Jan Skoredusky. The marshal said to the king: "The colonel's sneak attack was before the king's decision. They were already attacking the walls of the castle, and they were at the critical juncture of the most tenacious battle with the defenders. As for him to attack Warsaw without authorization, then It’s just because the army stretches out on the front for several miles that it’s difficult to ask for instructions. Jan Skrzedusky must have launched a night attack because he believed that there was an opportunity at that time. Although the night attack failed, it was I suffered a lot of losses, but after all, let the Swede see the will of my generation of soldiers to regain the capital. So His Majesty should not punish Jan Skozhedusky, but should praise him and let Jan Skozhe Dusky will serve as the pioneer of tomorrow's siege."

The word "tomorrow" stung King Kazimierz. The king realized that he had just decided to send an envoy ~www.wuxiaspot.com~, but in a blink of an eye, Lvbao Macki was going to overthrow it again.

Potocki and others, who were also happy that perhaps Jan Skrzedowski’s misunderstanding had disturbed His Majesty’s persuasion to surrender, did not condemn Jan when they heard these words. Skrzeduski and his subordinates' unauthorized actions also praised their bravery.

There were more and more pleading voices for Jan Skrzeduski, and King Kazimierz was gradually at a disadvantage.

The cardinal sent by the Holy See to support King Kazimierz was also in the hut at this time. He ran out to check the situation after hearing the gunfire. The cardinal even better met Barabaka **** Jan Skrzeduski, and followed behind. He entered the military conference room by mistake. There was also a chance to see the chatter between the ministers of the Republic of Poland and the king.

"It's really messier than the market." The cardinal thought to himself: "I have seen kings and princes of many countries, but even the princes of the smallest princely country in Germany, no one dares to refute this in his own land. his."

Then, the cardinal looked at King Kazimierz with compassionate eyes.

His voice was gradually drowned out by the voices of the ministers.

At this moment, King Kazimierz shouted hysterically: "No matter what you say, I will send an envoy. I, Jan Kazimierz. King of the Republic of Poland!"

Everyone fell silent.

Early the next morning, when Jan Skrzedowski was subjected to the nineteenth whipping, King Kazimierz sent an envoy as he said. The messenger with the white flag had just walked under the moat, and a gunshot fired at the head of Warsaw.

Alvid Wedenberg used practical actions to break the illusion of Kazimierz's persuasion to surrender.