The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

Natalie said she wanted Cheerchen to be her opponent, and this was put into action early the next morning. Originally, Natalie planned to compare with Cheerchen who would kill more enemies in the next battle. But the sneak attack last night gave the Swedes a great shock. Instead of attacking the monastery early this morning, they dug up trenches and parapets and other defensive facilities.

This made Natalie feel very boring, so she forced to compete with Cheorchen in swordsmanship. Since it was an opponent, all Natalie wanted to defeat Cheer Chen.

In this project, Natalie finally got back the feeling of a winner.

Cheerchen's swordsmanship was inferior to that of the Swedish officer who was killed by Natalie last night. After only one or two rounds, Natalie's saber was placed on Cheerchen's neck.

"Are you really a soldier? You are not in charge of logistics, right?" Natalie laughed at Cheerchen.

Cheerchen picked up the saber that was knocked to the ground.

"I'm just not good at using sabers." Cheerchen replied. He said that the saber was put back on the knife stand on the side, and then went to a slender sword and a dagger.

Cheerchen's hand holding the slender sword is in front, and the hand holding the dagger is behind him.

"Street duel moves? Did you learn your swordsmanship from the Italians or from the French?" Natalie saw Cheerchen's moves at a glance.

"No matter who you learned from, the one who can beat you is all you need to do."

Seeing Cheerchen's mouth so stiff, Natalie was also interested. She wanted to see the difference between Alvar with a long thin sword and Alvar with a saber.

Natalie's saber slashed twice at Cheerchen's shoulders and head, she was enticing the opponent to block, so that Cheerchen could reveal his flaws.

Chechen did block, but he used a dagger to block, and the hand holding the slender sword was stretched out to face Natalie's chest.

The length of the saber was originally shorter than that of the slender sword, and Natalie used the chopping again, which caused her saber to be stabbed by the slender sword before it fell on Chechen's body.

"Yes, there are two things." Natalie gave Cheorchen a rare compliment.

But then, her attack was even more violent. This time, Natalie changed her tactics. She chopped up Cheerchen's slender sword and tried to knock out the weapon in Cheerchen's hand.

Every time Natalie hits the blade of the slender sword, Cheerchen's mouth numbs for a while. He didn't expect Natalie's strength to be so great, and Natalie's blow to the front part of the sword also allowed Natalie to achieve great results with very little force. In desperation, Cheorchen had to put his sword across his chest, shortening the defense distance.

And this is exactly what Natalie wanted. At the moment Cheerchen regained his sword and returned to defense, she saw Cheerchen pierce Cheerchen's chest with the tip of her sword. The trick was so urgent that the dagger in Cheerchen's other hand was able to pinch the saber. Before the dagger could twist the saber away, the tip of the knife was already on his chest.

"I lost again." Cheer Chen admitted his defeat.

"Not bad, at least you lasted three more rounds." Natalie said.

Although it was winter, after continuous intense exercise, Natalie's face was already covered with sweat.

Natalie wiped it with a handkerchief, then took the cloak that Mickiewicz had approached and put it on.

"Come to me when you have time, and you will improve." Natalie said without embarrassment. It seemed that she was trying to teach Cheerchen.

After that, Natalie and Mickiewicz left. The breakfast was ready, and she was hungry too.

"I'm not going to find it?" Cheerchen thought. But instead of putting down the weapon in his hand, he recalled every move he had just fought with Natalie, thinking about how to crack it.

Snow fell in the sky, and it got bigger and bigger.

In the next few days, Natalie had no chance to abuse Chechen, because Arvid Widenberg ordered the remaining artillery units to begin shelling the monastery.

Even so far, Arvid Wiedenberg still does not believe that the monks of the monastery will resist to the end. He hoped to weaken the resistance and morale of the monastery through shelling, in order to achieve the goal of making them surrender.

The current situation is that the artillery of the monastery is twice as high as that of the besieged Swedish army, but the quality of artillery is not as good as that of the Swedish army; while the artillery of the Swedish army is less than that of the monastery, but their gunners are more elite, and the frequency of shelling is much higher than that of the monastery. Gunner. As a result, the two sides were evenly matched.

Vrzezhovic’s puppet army was "lucky" assigned to collect supplies. Because their artillery was transferred to the Swedish artillery by Arvid Wiedenberg. This makes Frzezhovic "lucky" not to worry about being shot by his subordinates for the time being.

Of course, Wrzezhovich was grateful for Arvid Widenberg’s assignment. He worked very hard to collect supplies for the Swedes, and almost dug the land in several villages near Czestochowa by three feet. .

Of course, this atrocity was seen in the eyes of the monastery guards, which not only did not scare them, but strengthened their faith in holding fast. Because once the monastery is breached, they will suffer the same fate as these villages.

However, the continued shelling caused a lot of panic in the monastery. In the beginning, due to the inaccurate elevation angles of the artillery in the Swedish artillery, the artillery shells fired from the artillery positions either hit in front of their own trenches or crossed the roof of the monastery and fell under the cliff. However, with several adjustments, the Swedish artillery's high-level technology has gradually come into play. They have become more accurate, and their firepower has become more and more fierce.

At that time, there were three main types of shells used by the Swedish army to attack the fortress. One is solid shells, which are mainly used to destroy city walls; the second is inflorescence shells, which are mainly used to kill living targets; and the third is incendiary shells, which are used to burn buildings and cause panic.

Of the three types of shells, the flower shell is the most threatening to the monastery. Most of the monks who defended the city had never seen a bombardment before. They would explode when they saw this bomb hit the ground, and they all called it a weapon of the devil. They think this is the Swedes' demon method.

In view of this, Chechen had to conduct a battlefield science popularization on the monks. He took an unexploded firing bullet in his hand, and then carefully took out the detonator.

"Look, this is the secret that this shell will explode."

Cheerchen held the small detonator in his hand, like a caterpillar. Cheerchen went on to say:

"This shell is hollow and contains gunpowder. The Swedes inserted the shell with the sulfur fuze into the barrel before firing. When the gunner ignited the gun, the gunpowder in the barrel would ignite the fuse. The shell is loaded. The end with the fuse falls to the ground, the sulphur in the ruptured fuse will ignite the gunpowder, and the cannonball will explode with a bang. However, these fuzes are not reliable, and often the fuze will be extinguished inexplicably, and sometimes the cannonball is on the other side. It landed, which is why some shells will not explode after landing."

Listening to Chechen's words, these young monks all showed a sudden realization.

"But Cheerchen, how do we tell which flower bombs will explode and which ones will not?" asked a fat monk who was squatting next to Chechen. The fat monk had a half body armor on his body, but this half body armor was still a size smaller for him. Excessive fat was exposed from the interface of the half body armor, which seemed indescribably funny.

"There is no way to tell. It's like after you throw a sieve, you can't know whether it's front or back is facing upwards before it hits the ground." Chechen said.

The monks looked terrified again.

"It's not that scary. I tell you one way: that is to dig more pits in the ground and make your opening smaller. If any shells fall by your side, kick them off." Chechen comforted them.

"I don't dare to do this, I'm afraid of getting close." The fat monk waved his hand in fear.

"Be bold, and kick with your eyes closed for the first time. You won't be afraid of kicking a few more times." Cheerchen encouraged.

At this time, Natalie came over.

"Alvar, the dean tells you to come over."

Natalie wears a fine and well-fitting chain armor, which is obviously the equipment she brought herself. In the past few days, she has been standing on the wall day and night, directing the mercenaries who are willing to stay to operate the artillery. The sleepless days and nights made her look tired, but Natalie still forgets me.

Cheerchen walked to Natalie's side.

"What happened?" Cheerchen asked.

"The nobles who were staying in the monastery were frightened by the artillery of the Swedes. They lost their confidence and ran to the dean's room and asked if the monastery could still be kept. The dean was not so ignorant about military affairs. They are all the great benefactors of the monastery. Master Dean hopes that you will tell these nobles from a military perspective that the monastery will not be breached.” Natalie said.

"Sir Dean can't go back hard?" Cheerchen blurted out.

His tone was a bit like blaming Dean Koldecki.

Natalie looked at Cheer Chen, with blame in her tired eyes.

"Alvar, everyone is contributing to the defense of the monastery. Although the dean did not shoot like you did, he has been fighting in his own way these days." Natalie defended the dean. road.

As the daughter of the Kishka family, Natalie knows very well that the resolution of many things does not rely on force but coordination, negotiation and compromise.

Now in the monastery, in addition to the mercenaries brought by the monks and Natalie, there are also many boarding nobles and farmers who voluntarily joined the battle to defend the monastery. Among these people, mercenaries look down on monks with no combat experience, monks hate rude mercenaries, nobles think that peasants are mud-legged and unworthy to fight, and peasants resent the aristocracy's superiority. If these contradictions are not resolved, they will be like one. A time bomb generally blows up the monastery from the inside to the outside.

Only Dean Koldecki can bridge this contradiction. He is modest and reasonable, and his will is extremely firm. Whether it is mercenaries, nobles or farmers, they are willing to listen to him.

He thanked the mercenaries for their dedication and took out Taylor from the monastery's treasury to reward them; he prepared delicious food for the peasants and promised that they would reduce or exempt their rent after the war; he praised the nobles for their persistence in the crisis of the monastery Don't give up, and promise to do a few more masses for them and their ancestors. It is precisely because of his existence that everyone can twist into a rope and fight.

Also, Father Koldecki has been in communication with the outside world during this time. He wrote to Arvid Wiedenberg, reiterated King Carl X’s edict, and warned the general that he had sent someone to Warsaw to appeal; he also wrote to General Anders Eriksson Letter, thank the general for his care and kindness to the monastery all the time, and asked General Ericsson to speak to Arvid Wiedenberg, hoping that he will stop and truce as soon as possible; Dean Koldecky even gave St. General Van Czarnetsky and other regiment leaders and lords wrote a letter, hoping that they could rescue Daguangming Mountain as soon as possible based on the belief in their hearts.

In short, Dean Koldecki is not only asking for help, but also splitting the relationship between Arvid Wiedenberg and Anders Eriksson through these letters (although the dean does not know that General Eriksson Have gone to Warsaw).

After listening to Natalie's words, Cheor Jin was a little ashamed. He only cared about the face-to-face battle, but didn't know that the dean had done so much behind.

The two came to the monastery's room. In addition to Dean Koldecki, there are also a few people standing here.

After Natalie’s brief introduction, Cheer Chen learned that the bearded men were former sword-holder Zamoysky knights; the slightly shorter and somewhat bald ones were former Krakow flag-holders. O'Kelney; another young knight is Kearney, the grandson of the former Warsaw swordsman Kornicki. The former Warsaw swordsman Kornicki is dying, and little Kearney is in the monastery to take care of his grandfather.

"Everyone, this is Alvar. He is the commander I appointed. He is directly responsible for defending the walls of the monastery. If you have any questions about keeping the monastery, you can directly ask him." Dean Koldecki met Toru Chen came, and said to several nobles.

As soon as Dean Koldecki's words fell, these nobles looked at Cheerchen. Then, the nobles looked at each other. They felt that Cheerchen was so young, how could he be able to take on such a heavy responsibility.

Especially Kearney, the grandson of the former Warsaw swordsman Kornicki, showed contempt for the teenager who was a few years younger than himself.

"Alvar, how long do you think the monastery can be kept?" Little Kearney stepped forward and asked first.

"At least two months." Cheerchen said firmly.

Several nobles whispered again. Although Cheerchen didn't know what they were talking about, the look they looked at him from time to time was full of doubt and unbelief.

"Alvar, I'm not damaging your confidence. But you have to know that even if it is Krakow defended by Stefan Czarnetsky, it only lasted a few months." Former Krakow Said the husband's flag officer O'Kelney.

Obviously, O'Kelney didn't believe that the Great Bright Mountain Monastery could last so long.

"Your Excellency, Krakow is Krakow, and the monastery is a monastery." Natalie reminded.

"Then why do you say we can hold on for so long?" Little Kearney asked.

Cheerchen has been considering this issue, and he has also considered it very maturely these days. He heard little Kearney ask this, so he immediately said: "Because the Virgin is on our side. Please don't interrupt me, sir. It makes sense for me to say that. It is December and winter has arrived. I think it will snow soon. When the snow covers the mountains, it will be extremely difficult for the Swedes to attack the monastery. And how severe the snow in winter is, I think you should know better than me. Then they will be sleepy. It's hard to walk in the snow, those thin tents can't give them warmth, but we are not afraid of the wind and cold in the monastery. Everyone, think about Smolensk! Why has it been guarded for so long with a more inferior force than us? ."

Several nobles certainly knew how terrible General Winter was. Cheer Chen explained that the monastery will not fall from this perspective, which is obviously more convincing than any other reason.

"What about two months from now?" Little Kearney still asked unwillingly.

"Two months later, King Kazimierz will lead his army back to the Republic, and the soldiers and commanders of all quarters will not be filled with indignation when seeing the atrocities of the Swedes besieging the monastery! Now they are afraid of the Swedes~www.readwn .com~ But when they see that even a monastery has been held for so long and the powerful Swedish army has repeatedly failed to attack, how can they not regain their confidence? They will all come to help us at that time. The Swedes under the mountain One thousand? Two thousand? But in Krakow, there are hundreds of thousands of people in the Republic. They will all become enemies of the Swedes!" Natalie said for Chechen.

"China, does your Majesty the King really want to return to China?" O'Kelney stammered in shock.

In those words that Natalie said, O'Kelney was very convinced of the other clichés, but Kazimierz, who had gone abroad, had to return to China with a large army, which really made O'Kelney unbelievable.

"Of course it is true, I am the envoy of His Majesty the King. This time I come back, I am bringing the news of the king's coming home to Dean Koldecki." Natalie said.

"Master Dean, is this true?" O'Kelney confirmed to Dean Koldecki again.

"Miss Natalie is indeed the messenger of His Majesty the King." Dean Koldecki didn't want to lie, he said vaguely.

"God!" O'Kelney trembled with excitement.

"Everyone, I think Alvar and Natalie have already said very well. We must have the confidence to win, because the Holy Mother is indeed blessing us. The Swedes choose to attack the monastery in the winter, but it is a foolish move. They did it anyway. From this we can see how fascinating they are. We will hit them under the walls of the monastery, and the victory belongs to us." The dean said while the iron was hot.

Several nobles were full of enthusiasm after hearing the dean's words, and they couldn't help being ashamed of their short-sightedness.

"President, we will fight for the Virgin to the last minute." O'Kelney said on behalf of the other nobles.