The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

In a position on the north bank of the Vistula River, Pidro was bare-armed, burying sharp stakes. Beside him are more than a thousand soldiers of the mercenary regiment. Some of them are digging trenches, some are burying horses, and some are digging traps. In short, the entire mercenary group is busy.

And if you look down from the sky, you will find that in the east of Warsaw, from the Vistula River to the Biletsk Forest, countless people are doing soil work like dense ants, digging the earth. The thousands of ditches.

Pidro was burying a sharp-armed stake in the pit, and a red war horse rushed to his side in the dust-it was Jan Sobieski.

Although Chelchen left Pedro, who was the new head of the mercenary group, to lead the mercenary group to the enclaved territory for rest when he left, but because the army of Karl X came too fast, King Kazimierz again Preparing to fight to the death with the Swedes under the city of Warsaw, the mercenary regiment was forced to stay and participate in the upcoming Warsaw battle. And it was General Jan Sobieski who commanded them.

Jan Sobieski has a good reputation in Warsaw, and everyone in Warsaw praises him. Of course, this is not due to his military exploits, although he also made a lot of credit in the Warsaw battle, such as the capture of the Holy Spirit Church (most of which were due to Chechen and his mercenary group), but He Yang Compared with the "stars" on the battlefield such as Zenovic and Mikhav Vorodjavsky, they are still a bit worse.

The real reason lies in the food that Jan Sobieski has brought to Warsaw from Werner. After the war, Jan Sobieski distributed all the food to the hungry people in the city, saving thousands of lives, which made these people grateful to Jan Sobieski. And Jan Sobieskiye declared in public on many occasions that he had long expected a famine in Warsaw after the end of the war, so he brought enough food from Lithuania in advance to deal with it. These words reached the ears of King Kazimierz, and even the king looked at him with admiration.

Jan Sobieski dismounted in front of Pidro, he took a skin from the horse and threw it to Pidro.

Pidro took the bladder and poured it into his mouth. There was refreshing beer in the skin, and Pidro's heart was refreshing.

When Pidro had enough, Jan Sobieski asked Pidro: "Pidro deputy commander (this is what Pidro insists on calling him, he insists that there is only one commander of the mercenary group. That's his nephew Cheeshchen), can the fortifications be completed before noon?"

Pidro put down the skin bag, then wiped his mouth and said, "No problem, it will definitely be done by the afternoon."

Jan Sobieski nodded in satisfaction when he heard Pidro's determination. He pointed to the distant horizon and said: "I just got news that the army of Karl X is coming soon, and the battle may start in the afternoon."

"So fast!"

Pidro was startled first, and then his face returned to calm.

"It's good to be here, we must ask the Swedes to come back or not."

Jan Sobieski looked at Pidro with a smile and asked, "Your Excellency, are you so confident?"

Pidro said naturally, "Of course."

Pidro pointed to the surrounding fortifications.

"General, the tactics chosen by King Kazimierz this time are really very correct. He understands that there is still a difference in quality between our army and the Swedish army. There are more people than the Swedes, but there is no certainty of victory. So His Majesty chose the battlefield here. You see, we established a defensive position between the northern bank of the Vistula River and the corner of the Biletsk Forest. In this way, We have river and forest cover on our two wings. Our troops only need to defend a rather narrow front, and the Swedes can’t expand their phalanx. What’s even better is that this position was when we captured Warsaw As the residence of the king and the marshal, there have been a number of earthen fortifications here. Our fortification here not only saves the time of excavation fortifications, but also reduces the intensity of earthwork."

Pidro said the truth, and Jan Sobieski nodded frequently. The advantages of setting up the battlefield here are also clear to Jan Sobieski, which is nothing more than what Pedro said. Inwardly, Jan Sobieski also recognized that even if the forces are dominant, they must rely on favorable terrain to defeat the Swedes.

"Deputy Captain Pidro, do it well. When you defeat the Swede, you should get a colonel to do it." Jan Sobieski praised.

"Then my nephew should be a general." Piedro responded with a laugh.

At this time, a cloud of dust rose up on a field in the distance. It was a Lithuanian Tatar cavalry of nearly 2,000 men, led by Andrzej Kmicicz. Although they were Tatars, they were all natives who were naturalized to Christ and were born and raised in Lithuania. King Kazimierz sent them out, hoping to take advantage of the Tatar cavalry's expertise in sneak attacks and harassment. King Kazimierz ordered Jay Kmicicz to lead them until the main forces of the Swedish-Prussian coalition were fighting fiercely here. When they were in good health, they attacked their rear, created chaos behind the enemy, and seized allied supplies in one fell swoop, disrupting the enemy's military spirit.

Jan Sobieski and Pedro watched the cavalry disappear into the horizon. Jan Sobieski got on his horse again, and he had to go to other positions he was responsible for patrolling.

When Jan Sobieski quickly walked to the far side of the defensive position of the mercenary group ~www.readwn.com~Algildas stopped him.

"General Jan Sobieski, I have something to say."

Jan Sobieski stood and looked at Al Gildas at once.

Unlike Pidro and the others, who worked shirtlessly, Algildas wore a complete set of wing cavalry armor and a leopard skin on his shoulders, looking majestic.

"General, I heard that His Majesty the King is gathering the best cavalry in the army to form an assault force. Can you recommend me and my Winged Cavalry Squadron to His Majesty. I dare say that my subordinates are all young men. it's the best."

Jan Sobieski looked at Algierdas suspiciously. His Majesty the King did have such a plan, but the scope of his recruitment was cavalry in the regular army. The wing cavalry squadron of Al Gildas belongs to the mercenary group, strictly speaking it is the private property of the mercenary group, without the consent of Pidro, His Majesty the King would not recruit. Moreover, if Pidro was interested, he told himself, not Algierdas crossed Pidro to directly ask himself. Thinking of Algierdas blocking his position, Jan Sobieski understood that Algierdas had come to him without telling Pidro.

Jan Sobieski said: "Algildas, your patriotic enthusiasm is commendable, but the army has the discipline of the army, and the subordinates must obey the orders of the superior. You should obtain the consent of the deputy commander of Pedro. He asked me to plead for you to join the war."

Algildas was silent.

Jan Sobieski stopped speaking, and moved towards another position with a horse inside.

In another position, Father Spasokukotsky was sprinkling holy water on the pointed stakes, and a group of soldiers knelt down in front of the priest, receiving the blessing of Father Spasokukotsky.