The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

Jan Kazimierz was unhappy every day.

Of course he knew who the "lion" referred to by the Lviv General Soldier. Stefan Çarnetski has repeatedly mentioned his worries about the neighboring countries in the north on different occasions. Some of these words were spoken to myself, and some were in conversations with colleagues. These untimely words disturbed the military's morale to a certain extent.

Regarding the Kingdom of Sweden and the current King Karl X, Jan Kazimierz did not think they would take advantage of the fire. As we all know, the contract between the two countries will expire in three years. The notary of this contract is the Habsburg family. If the Kingdom of Sweden tore the contract, it would be tantamount to hitting the Habsburg family and the Holy Roman Empire. . Although in the Thirty Years' War, Megatron Germany captured a large area and became one of the great powers, but the foundation cannot be compared with the Habsburg family who inherited the Holy Roman Empire. What's more, the several defeats of the Polish wing cavalry against the army of the Kingdom of Sweden also deterred the nobles of the Kingdom of Sweden to a certain extent.

"My most loyal soldier, thank you for reminding me to beware of threats from the north. But I don't think my cousin will stabb us in the back. After all, we shed the same blood." Van Czarnetski said.

"With the same blood, this is what I am most worried about." Stefan Czarnetsky said in his heart.

The current King of the Republic of Poland Jan Kazimierz's full name is Jan Kazimierz Vasa, from the Vasa family, which is also the ruler of the Kingdom of Sweden. When Grandpa Jan Kazimierz was alive, the king served as the king of two countries. However, when Jan Kazimierz’s father Sigmund III ruled Poland, his branch lost the throne of the Kingdom of Sweden, which also became the fuse of many wars between the Republic of Poland and the Kingdom of Sweden.

During the reign of Queen Christina, the daughter of King Gustav, the "Nordic Lion", the two countries finally began to live in peace. But last year, Queen Christina, despite the opposition of the domestic nobles, passed her throne to Grand Duke Carl, who is now King Carl X.

Since Karl X was not a direct member of the Swedish traditional Vaasa royal family, his accession to the throne has been controversial from the beginning. Some domestic aristocrats actually actively planned to kill him and welcome the Polish royal family, who was also a direct family of the Vaasa family, to return to Sweden.

If this is just the wishful thinking of a small group of people in the Kingdom of Sweden, it would be better to say.

The bad thing is that Jan Kazimierz has a very ambiguous attitude towards this matter. Although he does not know that he wants to be the king of Sweden, he has been eyeing the Swedish nobles who are against Karl X in Sweden for a long time.

His own king is so sect, wanting Karl X to abide by the contract and not fall into trouble, it is really harder than going to the sky.

However, His Majesty the King is so confident about the contract.

Moreover, King Jan Kazimierz can claim the right to inherit the throne of the Kingdom of Sweden because of his descent from the Vasa family. Similarly, King Carl X can also challenge the throne of the Republic of Poland for the same reason. When King Władysław IV died and the Polish throne was vacant, King Carl X, who was still the Grand Duke of Carl, competed with Jan Kazimierz. Although it failed in the end, there were also many Polish nobles who supported him at that time.

King Jan Kazimierz saw Stefan Çarnetski stooping slightly and bowing his head silently, knowing that the Lviv general did not let go of his doubts. He frowned, but still compromised with Stefan Czarnetsky. After all, Stefan Czarnetski’s outstanding military talent and loyalty to himself are among the best among all nobles.

King Jan Kazimierz said to Stefan Çarnetski: "Well, my most loyal soldier. You can rest assured what is going on, and then put your mind on attacking Bratslav. ?"

Seeing that the king was finally willing to listen to his own opinions, Stefan Czarnetsky quickly said: "Your Majesty, we can quietly build a line of defense along the Notetz River. Deploy troops behind the Notetz River, Then use the Poznan area as the core area of ​​the entire defense line. If the Swedish army really tears up the contract, we can block them outside the defense line and delay time. Then the main force led by your Majesty the King immediately escaped from Ukraine and returned to the division. Keep Warsaw and Krakow."

To be honest, Stefan Czarnetski’s plan takes into account the most dangerous situation that the Republic of Poland is facing the declaration of the three countries after Sweden’s invasion of Poland, and strives to preserve the main force of the Republic’s army and the best areas of the Republic.

After listening to this plan, Jan Kazimierz asked Stefan Czarnetsky a question: "What if my cousin mistakenly thought we were targeting the Kingdom of Sweden?"

Asking such a question shows that Jan Kazimierz still does not believe that the Kingdom of Sweden will betray the alliance.

Such obvious meaning, Stefan Czarnetsky can certainly hear it. The loyal Lviv soldier could only immediately propose a solution:

"We can gather troops in the name of providing reinforcements to your Majesty the King and Prince Yanush in the direction of Lithuania."

Jan Kazimierz nodded. This is indeed a good excuse.

"Just do what you said, my commander. Your suggestions always give me no reason to refuse." Jan Kazimierz deliberately put on a helpless expression.

Regarding His Majesty's attitude, Stefan Çarnetski was once again very sincere and horrified.

Now that the most important thing is over, after the monarch and the minister exchanged another round of greetings, Stefan Czarnetsky left.

When Stefan Çarnetski left, King Jan Kazimierz returned to his seat. He took a quill pen and dipped it in the ink bottle, and then began to write a letter.

The content of the letter is, of course, the plan mentioned by Stefan Czarnetsky on the construction of the first-line defense of the Notetz River. This letter will be sent to Warsaw soon, and the ministers who stay behind will arrange it according to the content of the letter.

As it was written, King Jan Kazimierz remembered that if such a line of defense was to be built, the military expenditure required would be astronomical. The financially stretched king began to feel sorry for the money again, and his writing speed slowed down a bit.

"If the Swedish army does not attack us, wouldn't the money be spent in vain?" the king thought.

But when he remembered that he had agreed to Stefan Czarnetsky, Jan Kazimierz began to feel melancholy again.

"It would be great if we can determine whether Sweden will invade."

As soon as this idea emerged, it could not stop the king's heart. In order to solve this problem, after Kazimierz racked his brains, he really came up with a "solution."

Kazimierz added the sentence "Slowly deal with it" at the end of the first letter, and then wrote a second letter.

This letter is addressed to Karl X. In the letter, Kazimierz mentioned the request to borrow grain from the Kingdom of Sweden. Kazimierz’s wishful thinking is like this: If Sweden is willing to borrow grain, then Sweden will abide by the contract with the Republic and maintain friendly relations with Poland; if not, then his cousin must have a right to himself And the unfavorable idea of ​​the Republic, then he is instructing the front line to build a line of defense.

Kazimierz was satisfied with his idea. After writing, he poured fine sand on the letter paper and soaked up the ink on it. Then he put the letter in an envelope, sealed it with wax, and sent it out immediately.