sultan's crescent

Chapter 101

However, this is almost exactly the same as yesterday's result, and the Russian army has made little progress.

Subsequently, Poniatowski ordered the whole army to launch a counterattack, and the Polish cavalry defeated the Russian cavalry again.

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the Russian army retreated across the board.

However, the victorious Polish army was exhausted, ran out of ammunition and food, and was photographed by the existence of more Russian follow-up troops, so there was no further pursuit.

In this battle, the Polish army lost 1000 people and the Russian army lost 2000 people. The significance of the Battle of Zrenice was to temporarily curb the speed of the Russian army's attack on Warsaw.

However, the strength gap between the two sides is too great, and it is difficult for a battle of this scale to have a big impact on the overall battle situation.

But such a victory still bolstered the overall demoralized Polish army, proving that they could fight for a glimmer of hope in a hopeless prospect, but how long could such hope last?

Poniatowski didn't know that he had only such a small force on hand, and it was undoubtedly even more difficult to prevent the opponent from blocking the road to the Ottoman Empire.

It was already May at this time, and almost three months had passed since Austria, Prussia, and Tsarist Russia sent troops to Poland.

France already had the intention of going to war with the outside world, coupled with the pleas and agitation of the Poles, many Parisians displayed their internationalist spirit and called on the government to send troops to defend Poland's independence and freedom.

The National Convention began to discuss the bill.

But the situation in Poland was getting worse and worse. At the beginning of May, Poniatowski's army fell into a worse situation due to insufficient supplies and had to continue to retreat.

The reason is that Mikhail Rubomirsky, who was in charge of supplying the army, voluntarily surrendered to the Russian army, and gave all the precious materials to the Polish army to the Russians in exchange for the Russians after the war. Support for his family's privilege.

Incidentally, this Mikhail Rubomirski is the descendant of Jerzy Rubomirski, the initiator of the Polish Civil War in 1664.

At that time, Jan II and his wife devoted themselves to the cause of reform and almost succeeded, but they failed because of the rebellion of the conservative nobleman Lubomirski, which caused Poland to lose its last chance to save itself before the situation was irretrievable.

Now his descendants choose heinous betrayal when the country is on the verge of extinction for their own benefit. The Rubomirski family, which controls the monstrous power and uses internal traitors, has caused more trauma to Poland than Russia, Prussia and Austria. Even more embarrassing.

Selim can only be said to be Yan Shenggong's half-brother, whoever comes will be the father, exactly the same shit.

However, Mikhail Rubomirsky, who committed crimes punishable by death in any country, was merely dismissed.

This is the biggest punishment that Stanislaw II can give him under the constraints of the system and the situation.

Once again, the Rubomirsky family deeply hurt the motherland that raised him, and once again easily escaped due sanctions.

Although he does not betray, Poland is estimated to be unable to win, but the behavior of abandoning the country and the crisis of the nation has broken the bottom line of morality and responsibility as a national.

On May 56, under the order of Potemkin, Kakhovsky led a huge army of 5000 Russian troops and 250 cannons to Warsaw, and Poniatowski led [-] people and thirty artillery pieces in the village of Lubienka, [-] kilometers away from Warsaw.

Since the defense zone planning in this area was all guided by Koshishchuko, and he participated in the American Revolutionary War earlier and spent more than two years creating a very strong defense system for the West Point Military Academy, so he was very good at building fortifications OK.

Koshishchuko chose terrain protected by forests and swamps and built field fortifications. He also burned nearby bridges and laid traps.

The battle broke out at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and the Russian army poured fierce artillery fire on the Polish positions. However, most of them were resolved by solid fortifications. Although the Polish army's artillery was small, it played a huge role under the command of Poniatowski.

The offensive of the Russian infantry was defeated by the Polish infantry. A large number of Russian infantry were either killed by artillery fire or fell into a swamp.

Kakhovsky had to order the army to turn around from the flanks to the rear of the Polish position. Poniatowski was worried about being surrounded and ordered a retreat.

The Russians pursued, Poniatowski stabilized the collapsing army, and the Polish army finally managed to retreat to Holm.

In this battle, the Polish army suffered 2000 casualties, [-] artillery pieces, and the Russian army suffered about [-] casualties.

The front line was retreating steadily, and the request for help from the Ottoman Empire had been rejected. The attitude of the British was ambiguous, and the French were still wrangling.

Prussia rushed forward on the northwest border, Austria stood still in Krakow, and Kosciuszko was killed.

The failure of Lubienka village became the last straw that crushed King Poniatowski's will.

In fact, as early as April 22, Stanislaw II, who had no hope of war, wrote to Catherine II. He lowered his posture and almost begged:

"Frankly, it is very important for you to have a say in Polish affairs.

Whether it's against the Ottoman pagans or against Europe, it's important for you to keep the Russian army's marching routes open.

It is also important for us Poles to end civil strife and repel foreign invasions.We need, therefore, a stronger and more orderly government than has hitherto been in power.

You can combine these advantages in a variety of ways, you can make your grandson Constantine King of Poland.

You can form a permanent alliance with Poland and reach favorable commercial treaties.I won't list them all, you don't need my advice and guidance.

I just hope you can keep Poland alive as a country. "

At the end of the letter, Stanislaw II expressed his willingness to give up his throne and make Poland a vassal of Russia forever, only asking Catherine II to agree to keep Poland.

Catherine II's response was disappointing, she said.

"There is only one way you can help Poland, and that is to immediately support the Tagowica Union.

This would allow the Poles to bleed less. "

The king was indecisive, and it was difficult to make a final decision.

At this time, many parliamentarians who were coerced by the Russians began to persuade him to surrender. The Russian ambassador Bulgakov also said that as long as he surrendered, Poland would be preserved.

It turned out to be yet another lie by the Russians.Rather than saying that the King of Poland believed the lie, it is better to say that he had no choice.

And August Kazimierzinski also began to prepare for the withdrawal of the Polish army.

As for who is connecting with him on the Ottoman side, it's not Se the Great anyway.

The first civil service examination of the Ottoman Empire is about to begin, and Se the Great is busy taking the Poles out of the exam.

　Thanks to Aztec, Wang Lu-Xiu, Xiao Yang, The Game, William Middle School 2, Qingtian [-], Drunk Appreciation of Spring Flowers and Autumn Moon, Xiao Yan’s classmate Yan, and several book friends and readers for their monthly tickets
　　
　
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