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Chapter 93
Facing the attack of the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms, the choice of the Poles is very interesting.

The nobles in the country have long been dissatisfied with King Stanislaw II's reforms, and they are full of joy looking forward to Catherine II's justice for them.

Duke Błazarski: He was a Polish statesman and diplomat who opposed Poniatowski's reforms and advocated the preservation of feudal privileges.

Bishop Vladimir Tomanski: He was an important figure in the Polish Catholic Church, firmly opposed to Poniatowski's reforms, and formed a political opposition with him.

and the king's uncle.

Although due to Selim's reasons, the Targowicha Union was not formed in this period. (A coalition formed by Poland in 1792 to oppose reforms.)
But under the leadership of Stanislaw II's uncle, the gang wrote a letter to Catherine II.

"Allies of the Republic (Federation) Great, Your Majesty the Empress of Russia (Ekaterina the Great), we know that your desire is only to use your army to return a piece of freedom to the Republic and the Poles, especially the safety and security of all citizens. happiness."

Not only that, Stanislaw Szczesny Potocki also proclaimed: "Every real Pole should not be blinded by the Prussians and those little royalist gangs. It is certain that , only Russia can save our motherland, otherwise our country will be enslaved."

In this case, before the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms arrived, Poland had already started a civil war.

According to the news Selim received, the opposition army took the lead in launching an attack outside Warsaw, and the king's army in Warsaw rose up to resist, and they were waiting for reinforcements.

Facts have proved that even Poland, a country that has been rotten to the bone, or every country that is about to perish, always has heroes emerging at critical moments.

And Tadeusz Kosciuszko was the hero.

Kosciuszko was born in the village of Merechovszczyzna, near the town of Kosava.

This place is located in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.He was the son of Polish noblemen Ludwik Tadeusz Kościuszko and Tekla Ni Ratomska.

His family can be traced back to the noble families of Lithuania and Ruthenia, and Konstanty Fedorovich Kosciuszko, a courtier of King Sigismund I in the 15th and 16th centuries.

At the age of 19, he caught up with the Polish king's reform and successfully entered the Warsaw Knight School. After graduation, he stayed at the school as a captain instructor.

Kościuszko and his colleague Olłowski received royal scholarships for their excellent grades.

On October 1769, [-], they immediately left for Paris, which is why Kościuszko later supported the king's reforms.

Life in Paris was not easy for Kościuszko, because he was a foreigner with no strong background, and he could not apply for admission to any French army academy.

But for more than five years in France, Kosciuszko was taught as a day student, and he often listened to lectures and visited the Army Academy library in Paris.

There he came into contact with the Enlightenment and germinated liberalism.

It was also during this period.King Frederick the Great of Prussia took advantage of Catherine II's expansionist psychology and joined forces with Austria to carve up Poland for the first time in 1772.

After Kościuszko heard about this incident, he returned to Poland in 1774, but at this time the Polish army was under the supervision of Russia and Prussia, and could only maintain a scale of 1 people. Kościuszko lost the opportunity to enter the army. Chance.

During his stay in Poland, he worked as a tutor for the daughter of a governor. Because of Kościuszko's erudition, the two fell in love immediately. They tried to elope, but the governor stopped them.

This was the most humiliating time for Kościuszko, planting in his heart the seeds of hatred for the powerful, and the Enlightenment ideas he came into contact with in France watered and fertilized it.

Alone, Kościuszko decided to go to America. He initially served as a volunteer in the Continental Army, but on October 1776, 10, the council awarded him the rank of Engineer Colonel of the Continental Army.

On the recommendation of Prince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski (a supporter of King Stanislaw II of Poland) and Charles Lee, Kościuszko was appointed Chief Engineer of the Continental Army.

He went to Pennsylvania to work with the Continental Army there.Shortly after arriving, he read the United States Declaration of Independence.

Kościuszko was moved by this declaration, because it contained what he dreamed of. The people in the colonies dared to resist the mighty British. Why couldn’t Poland, which was once the most powerful country in Europe, change its own destiny? Woolen cloth.

With hope for the future of Poland, Kościuszko finally got his wish and met Thomas Jefferson after many requests.

This further encouraged his fighting spirit to revive Poland. He began to devote himself to the American War of Independence. He needed to hone himself.

Kościuszko's first mission in America was the fortification of Philadelphia.His first building was Fort Birlingsport.On September 1776, 9, Kościuszko was commissioned to fortify the banks of the Delaware River against a possible British attack.In the spring of 24 he was transferred to serve in the Army of the Union under Horatio Gates.As chief engineer of the army, he directed the construction of several forts and fortified barracks along the colony's border with Canada.His fortifications allowed the Continental Army to successfully retreat from Ticonderoga in 1777, with victory at Saratoga.

After the war, Kościuszko was considered one of the best military personnel to serve in the United States, and George Washington gave him command of military engineering at West Point.He was then transferred to serve in the Army of the Confederates, where he also built strong fortifications that led to American victory.

On October 1783, 10, after seven years of service, Kościuszko was promoted to Brigadier General by the United States Congress.

When he left America, he made his last will, naming Thomas Jefferson as executor.

After returning to Poland, King Stanislaw II nominated him as a major general in 1789. The last Polish hero finally had a stage to show his talents.

Therefore, when the opposition attacked Warsaw, he led an army loyal to the king to arrive and defeated the rebels in one fell swoop.

The king of Poland, who saw the heavenly soldiers descending to earth, was unambiguous at this time, and directly appointed Kościuszko as the commander-in-chief of the Polish army, ordering him to resist the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms.

Looking at the pocket army that had only ten thousand people at hand and ended up fighting a civil war, Kosciuszko fell into deep thought, and he had to think of a way.

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　　As for why I didn't thank you before, because I found out that there is still this link after reading other people's books these days. I would like to say thank you to the book friends who voted before.

　　
　
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