Crossing the Continent in the Eighteenth Century

The Polish aristocracy is a wonderful bunch.

No, it should be said that they are a group of strange creatures who have grown up in the hotbed of the aristocratic republic and the cowardly Polish royal family. The entire history of Poland can be summed up in one paragraph, how a group of strange creatures were cultivated.

In Ulyanovka, a large number of nobles who came over formed an alliance long before they arrived, using their cavalry to constantly show off to us and force their conditions to be agreed.

A bit of knowledge and interest is to ensure that the tax reduction is guaranteed. By the way, it implies that there is a river next to the territory near the territory. A few fields have been taken by the town of the next village, but the ancestors are their territory. I hope the empire will sit in arbitration or something.To be more straightforward, the nobles directly asked for a certain village near the territory by name as a reward for sending troops, and their families would manage their own territory. As nobles, they and their serfs would be exempt from taxes.

There are Polish nobles who don't want land and rivers, but their statements are even more unreasonable.Imperial officials are not allowed to step into their territory. In their private territory, they have the highest judicial power, and there is no need for the empire to send officials to manage it. Anyway, on the first day of the new year, they will send people to send two or three carts of food and One or two bags of zlotys as a yearly tax payment.In the future, if the empire calls for war, they will just bring their men and horses to kill them.This is simply a replica of the Siegmund family.

One Siegmund family died, and then countless Siegmund families came forward, and the Siegmund family that was united had all sorts of strange demands.But the center revolves around one point, that is, even if they are merged into the empire, they must guarantee a certain degree of independence, or even complete independence.

As a subjugated slave, but without the self-consciousness of a subjugated slave, this is the deepest feeling I have spent in these ten days. No wonder Valens is angry.I couldn't bear it anymore, so I made a request to these Polish cavalry gathered in Ulyanovka, a very reasonable request. Out of the need to identify the enemy and ourselves, the empire will reorganize the Polish hussars in Ulyanovka!

"Where are we going to find the leopard?"

"What is a leopard?"

"We don't have breastplates, can you provide them? Hahaha, that's good."

"Feathers are expensive!"

These are the reactions of the Poles. Regarding the reorganization of the hussars, they bluntly stated that as long as the empire gives money, nothing will be a problem.

As for the problem of the Poles, I said that it is very easy to solve.

Leopard leather cushion?

That's easy, just find a piece of cloth.

Breastplate, who stipulated that hussars must have a breastplate.

Feathers, this is even easier, now birds that produce beautiful feathers have become rare goods, feathers are indeed expensive, but according to any regulations, hussars must be equipped with feathers!Chicken feathers can also be used!

"Using chicken feathers? Isn't that bad?"

"No chicken feathers, that's good, please go home, we don't need cavalry with different uniforms, so as not to be accidentally injured."

So, before the arrival of the Fifth Spartan Army and the Tenth Ryanstein Army, I armed 370 five well-known Polish hussars, but those leaders and a little richer hired people to pluck the feathers .The most classic image of the hussars who once traversed Eastern Europe is that they wear a Cheskag helmet on their heads, wear a half body armor, and a large black wing ornament is inserted in the back. The lance of the spear flag, the saber in its sheath, and the longsword at the pommel.But in the era I lived in the past, when people mentioned hussars, they basically jumped out immediately. There was an image of a person riding on horseback with two rows of bird feathers on his back.In fact, to put it bluntly, the two rows of bird feathers are actually hussars.

When I came to my place, looking at the quivering chicken feathers on the saddles of those Poles, the Polish hussars who had been powerful for two centuries made me come out again. I hope those Poles can understand that they are no longer the Poland that the empire feared in the past United Kingdom of Lithuania, they are nothing but a bunch of wretches.

Many people understand what I mean. The Poles are not fools. Some people choose to restrain themselves and speak in a low voice. The serfs who built the ferry stronghold in Valens were finally replenished during this time.

When it was time for the arrival of the Fifth Spartan Army and the Tenth Ryanstein Army, the two armies arrived at Ulyanovka one after the other on time.After converging the two legions and letting them rest for a day, we took the Polish hussars who came forward and didn't know whether they were punching or dragging their feet and marched towards Kiev.

The commander of this march of more than 1 people was the one-eyed old general I met by chance on Augusta Square Avenue in Constantinople. The old man asked me to call him Christine.

On the way, Uncle Zimiskia sent us a good news.

After five days of forced marching, the main force walked 180 kilometers. Before Lukic's troops received the news and retreated to Kiev, they sent cavalry to intercept the opponent's back.Lukic was bitten in a small town called Uzin. The Russians launched two breakthroughs, but they were blocked by the advance troops of the siege. After Uncle Zimischia and his main force arrived, Lukic He abandoned the infantry fiercely and succeeded in breaking through with a small number of cavalry. The rest of the entourage were either killed or dispersed.

In this battle, Lukic's Russian army killed 200 people, and the cavalry sent by major landowners in northern Poland to help the fist killed more than 2000 people, and there were no prisoners.Lukic's army has more than 5000 people at least, and there are no prisoners. This is a bit unreasonable, unless the Poles ate melatonin that day, and all of them are brain-dead, unless...

On the No.11 day of the march, we passed by Wujin and saw a messy battlefield.As a battlefield, and as the only way to pass through Kiev, the big trees in the wilderness are full of corpses of Russians and Polish cavalry subordinate to Russia.

One or two Polish nobles who thought that if there were more people, they could play republican tricks in front of their king were persuaded a lot.After this small victory, the situation was not a small one, but a great one.

Lords of the vacillating towns of Tarasha, Volodarka, and Skvira on the highlands of the Dnieper River sent their eldest sons and cavalry to the empire to symbolize their allegiance.The combat effectiveness of these people does not matter, but with their allegiance, the supply transportation along the way from Ulyanovka to Kiev has an extra layer of guarantee, and the strategic significance is extraordinary.

Lukic returned to Kiev. The people he brought out were one-third of the defenders. This time, most of the losses were caused by the serious shortage of troops in the city. Zia didn't start by storming Kiev.

Three artillery companies were deployed in the south of the city, and five artillery companies were placed on the high ground in the northwest. The eight-pound cannons of the two artillery positions fired continuously into the city day and night.

He organized a night attack on the second night of the siege, but the target was not the city of Kiev, but a pontoon bridge was erected on the north bank, and two infantry battalions protected two artillery companies, cutting off the connection between Kiev on the right bank and the outside world. Five battalions of the Chasseurs and two battalions of infantry were ambushed on the right bank.After daybreak, Lukic saw that the road on the right bank was occupied by people, and saw that the empire sent two battalions and two artillery companies, so he really became greedy.

The Russian army sent a surprise force in the early hours of the fourth day.However, Lukic did not rush directly to the bombardment position, but used his brains. They pretended to raid the infantry battalion, but they split into two groups, and they wanted to attack the imperial army who crossed the bridge by the pontoon bridge of the camp.It is enough for the people sent by Lukic to attack two artillery battalions and two artillery companies at night, but because the troops are divided into two groups, under the impact of five chasseur battalions and four infantry battalions, there are more than 1000 Russian troops. People died on the spot.

The Kiev defenders were originally small, but there were more than 500 defenders. Lukic took out more than 1000 people and died, and now more than 1000 people have died. The casualties are not uncommon.From that day on, the Russian fusiliers in Kiev didn't know whether it was because of the heavy casualties, or because they were completely afraid. In short, they ignored the outside of the city. I dare not show it.But basically, as soon as someone shows up now, the empire will shoot over a dozen flintlock guns, and they will be scared to death if they are not killed.

On the sixth day of the siege of Kiev, more than 1 of our backup arrived.

Uncle Zimiskia immediately held a military meeting and introduced to us the situation of the Lower Kiev Front Army after two small victories.

The death toll of the Russian army was no more than 2000, the casualties of the Polish vassals of Russia were more than 300, and 2750 of us were killed or seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness. The casualties of the three legions were also vivid on paper. The number of people dropped to 2423, almost one battalion was wiped out, and the infantry regiments of the three legions each suffered damage. After sharing it, each battalion suffered an average of 30 casualties, one six-pound gun was lost, and two howitzers were damaged. The horses were captured as high as 538, which is a very good victory.

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