The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

General Douglas' words were soon fulfilled. With the arrival of reinforcements, the Prince's Army and the Swedish Army first launched an attack on the enemy forces in Lidaburg. Cheerchen's 1,000 people were specifically asked by General Douglas to join the left-wing battle sequence.

The commander-in-chief of the battle is Marshal Brahe Wichensburg. He divided the army of nearly 20,000 people into two parts: the left wing composed of four thousand Swedish troops and one thousand princes' troops, and the right wing composed of 11 thousand princes' troops and three thousand Swedish troops.

Regarding Lidaburg, although Jan Sobieski knew that Ojinski would launch an offensive soon after receiving reinforcements, he did not expect the speed of the coalition forces to be so fast. The Swedish army was almost on the battlefield without a break.

Due to the condescending position of Lida Fort, Jan Sobieski easily figured out the allocation of allied forces. The right flank of 14,000 men was obviously coming to Lida Fort, because the coalition had assembled the most artillery there; the left flank of the coalition wanted to defeat the reinforcements led by General Stanislaw Liantzkolonsky— -They have five thousand cavalry and two thousand infantry deployed on this side.

Although the troops are at an absolute disadvantage, Jan Sobieski is not particularly worried, because there is a parallel stream directly in front of the defense line of General Stanislaw Liantzkolonski, and the stream can flow over people. Calf. When the coalition forces want to launch an offensive, they first have to cross this small river. Although the cavalry can cross the river easily, the infantry must cross slowly under the fire of the musketeers on the river bank. Even if the cavalry of the coalition forces crossed the bank, there was a dense wood on the side of the stream. This wood naturally played a role in shielding the right wing of the defensive side, making it impossible for the opponent to outflank it. And behind the creek, there is a large **** of slowly uplifting green grass, which is very wide and suitable for the free gallop of the cavalry. Jan Sobieski believes that even if the Swedes’ infantry is excellent, they are still inferior to the Polish cavalry in terms of cavalry.

And since the three thousand defenders in the castle have resisted 12,000 people for several months and have not fallen into the wind, there will be no big problem against 14,000 people.

I can only say that I have never fought with the Swedish army, and I never know how powerful they are.

But Jan Sobieski is not a big brother after all. Just in case, Jan Sobieski also left a 1,000-man reserve team to support any line of defense at any time.

At 13:30 in the afternoon, with the sound of the 24-pound cannon from the right-wing artillery position, the final decisive battle of the Battle of Lida Fort began.

The first to attack was the main force of the left-wing Prince's Army led by Ojinsky. Although they were facing Lida Fort, which had been repeatedly unsuccessful for several months, the morale of the Prince's army was unprecedentedly high this time. Because behind them, there was the invincible Swedish army—Blaer Wichensburg supported all the artillery and artillery over twelve pounds to Okinski’s siege troops.

These Swedish artillerymen showed a higher artillery technique than their Polish counterparts and mercenaries from the beginning. Although the number of artillery was at a disadvantage, the artillery of Lida Fort, who was able to fight with Ojinsky's artillery in the artillery battle, was suppressed and couldn't raise his head. The two forts were the focus of the Swedish artillery fire. In less than 30 minutes, four out of ten twelve-pound guns were overturned by Swedes. As long as the rest of the artillery fired, it would provoke three to four artillery counterattacks, and the artillery of Fort Lida couldn't raise their heads.

What's worse is the walls of Lida Fort. The original dense clefts and female walls were destroyed by gunfire one by one, and the defenders on the walls had to stand on the unobstructed walls and shoot.

The soldiers of the Prince's Army carried the ladder like an ant to the city of Lida Fort through the tunnel buried in the trench by the engineers braving the rain of bullets and bullets. Dozens of ladders were erected on the wall. The mercenaries wearing sophisticated armor underneath clung to the ladder one by one and climbed towards the city wall.

At this time, deadly flames were shot from the turrets on both sides, and the gunners and the three-pounder guns on the turrets were firing. A piece fell quickly under the city wall.

Those who survived became timid. Especially the Polish militia group among them, they cringe and want to retreat when the war is unfavorable. But behind them, besides the roaring artillery, there were also the Swedes' muskets and spears.

These Swedes would not take into account that these were also their own friendly forces, as long as they were not seriously injured, they all used bullets to drive the attack on the city.

The Polish militia were afraid of the fire in the city, but even more afraid of the Swedes. They shivered and squeezed the weapons in their hands, and turned back one step at a time.

Of course, the Swedish Musketeers are not all acting as supervisors. Seeing that everyone had returned to the battlefield, the Swedish musketeers behind the trench set up their muskets and used dense bullets to cover the friendly forces that were rushing towards the city.

Without the morale drag of the Polish militia, which feared the enemy like a tiger and fled like a rabbit, those mercenaries have become more brave as they fought. The mercenary officer mentioned using a pistol to kill a musketeer who was leaning out to shoot. He tossed the pistol that had run out of bullets, and then drew another one. Tilly searched for the next target while shouting to his men next to him: "Grenade, grenade."

Several strong grenadiers leaned against the roots of the city wall. They ignited the grenade in their hands and threw them on the fort. Immediately, a thick smoke accompanied by flames rose from the fort. The sound of guns and guns died down.

Three Scottish swordsmen jumped up the city wall. Each slash in their hands would kill one rebel soldier or cut off three rebel pikemen's spears. These heavily armored warriors are harvesting lives like a killing machine, and only the close-range firing of a musket can cause fatal damage to them.

A Jan Sobieski soldier rushed towards a Scots swordsman with a grenade in his arms, and he let the great sword that was taller than his body pierce into his body. The brave soldier hugged the Scottish swordsman, and he exhausted his last strength to push the enemy down the city wall, and then died together in a fire.

Jan Sobieski did not expect that the battle would have entered a white-hot stage at the beginning of the battle. Okinski's army was completely disregarded of its own casualties as if it had been beaten up in blood. The guards of the city have sent people several times to beg him to send more reinforcements, and every time, he sent one hundred or two hundred of the reserve team in his hand to him. But after several times, he has no soldiers to send.

"damn it!"

Jan Sobieski looked at the outside scene through the shattered glass in the Lord's Hall. The battle map on the table was already covered with dust from the beams, but he didn't have time to wipe it. In fact, this map is no longer useful to him, because the topography of Lida Fort and its surroundings has long been printed in Jan Sobieski's heart.

Could it be that just because the Swedish army of three thousand people participated in the war, these original fish-belly troops had such a powerful combat effectiveness? The Swedish army is so invincible? Jan Sobieski thought unwillingly.

It seems that these four thousand people alone are not enough to defend Lida Fort, and a new force must be invested. But where did the troops come from? Jan Sobieski and the others have no reinforcements, the only possibility is the seven thousand people led by General Stanislaw Liantzkolonski. His opponent, the Swedish star Robert Douglas, has only 5,000 men, and is the only unit that can be transferred.

Jan Sobieski put on his helmet, and he went out of the Lord's Hall, mounted a war horse, and rushed to the left wing. Under the inner city wall, Father Marek is leading the monastery with the statue of the Virgin and the cross, blessing the wounded soldiers and the city wall.

The battle on the left was obviously not as thrilling as the battle on the right. When Jan Sobieski arrived on the battlefield, Stanisław Lianczkolonski and most of his cavalry were sitting on the ground basking in the sun, with only a small part on guard.

"Lianckolonsky, how is your side?" Jan Sobieski jumped off his horse and asked ~www.readwn.com~ Actually, you don't need to ask Jan Sobieski to know that there is no violent experience here. fighting.

"It's so easy, Sobieski. Douglas's several offensives were blocked by the infantry alone, so that my cavalry and I could only watch the two-legged infantry fighting. You even said him. What kind of star is it? I am afraid that he is not as good as Ojinsky. Where is your side?" Stanislaw Liantzkoronsky said.

"I'm not as easy as you are here. Okinsky's guy was thrown into everyone from the beginning, and the shells were thrown on my wall without money. Let's be honest, Liantzkolonsky, you How many infantry can this be transferred to me? I mean, without affecting the defense." Jan Sobieski asked.

"Two thousand people!" Stanislaw Liantzkoronsky replied without hesitation.

"Two thousand?" Jan Sobieski almost thought that there was a problem with his ears, and Stanislaw Liantzkoronsky wanted to give everyone to himself.

"Yes, it is two thousand people. As you can see, the enemy I face is only five thousand people, and my five thousand cavalry is enough to deal with." Stanislaw Liantzkoronsky said confidently.

Jan Sobieski thought for a moment. Although he doubted whether Stanislaw Liantzkolonski could withstand Douglas's attack with the same number of troops, Lida Fort really needed support. As a last resort, he finally took away 1,500 infantrymen, leaving five hundred infantrymen to Stanislaw Lianczkolonsky.

On the other side of the stream, Douglas looked at the more than a thousand infantry soldiers who followed Jan Sobieski from a distance, with a triumphant smile on his face.

Marshal Brahe Wichensburg's strategy finally succeeded.