The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

The main force of the coalition army led by Karl X took the cavalry as the vanguard amid the faint sound of artillery fire from the fighting between the two armies. The infantry marched in the middle.

Karl X and his generals walked in the middle of the line. At 12 o'clock, the sun was approaching noon, and the hot sun was scorching the earth. Karl X kept wiping the sweat from his forehead with his left hand. After a while, his white gloves were already wet.

A Swedish dragoon came to Karl X on a fast horse, bringing the latest situation ahead-his troops were blocked by the river again.

It turned out that there were many rivers in the place where the army led by Karl X passed through. Although these rivers were not big rivers like the Vistula, they divided the coalition forces into countless speeds and severely damaged the integrity of the formation.

If at this time, the Poles discovered the coalition forces and smashed out of the forest, the various units divided by the river would be unable to look at each other from end to end and fall into a situation where they are fighting on their own.

"Order the engineers in front to build a simple bridge to cross the river and pass it quickly." Karl X ordered.

After receiving the king's order, the dragoons hurried back to the front.

"God, bless us."

Karl X raised his head and looked to the sky. At this time, all he could do besides issuing necessary orders was to pray for God's blessing.

Fortunately, the Poles did not notice at all that there was a troop rounding around them a few kilometers away, and the army of Karl X was marching without danger.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the coalition forward had reached the edge of the forest and was about to reach his destination.

"Your Majesty, you are about to achieve another great victory." Prince Boguslav riding on the horse said to Karl X in a prophetic tone.

"My dear brother, thank you for your good words. But I want to correct one point. This great victory does not belong to me alone, but to us."

Karl X pointed his finger at himself, and then at Prince Boguslav.

Ever since he persuaded the Elector Frederick William to rejoin his camp in Königsberg, Karl X has become much more generous. He no longer enjoyed the fruits of victory exclusively as before, but learned to share; more and more generals were praised and rewarded by him, and even a loyal night watch soldier had been rewarded by Karl X. From officers to soldiers, they love their king even more.

To Prince Boguslav, the guy who had desecrated Christina, Carl X also regained his friendliness. He never mentioned that matter, and affectionately called Boguslav "brother."

Hearing Karl X said "This is our victory", Prince Boguslav's pride was greatly satisfied. He said loudly to Karl X: "Your Majesty, please allow my army to take on the first wave of attacks."

Regarding the Prince’s request, Karl X neither agreed nor disagreed. He just said faintly with a smile on his face: "I'll think about it."

At this moment, the troops suddenly stopped moving. The dragoon appeared in front of Karl X again, and this time he also brought bad news: The Poles built a simple bastion on the flanks.

"Damn it." Karl X cursed fiercely in his heart.

Sure enough, his cousin Kazimierz was not a fool. He or his officers also considered that the coalition might outflank from the flank.

At this time, Karl X had two options: one was to abandon the plan of outflanking and reunite with the elector; the other was to choose to attack.

For these two options, Karl X was somewhat uncertain. So he brought Prince Boguslav personally to the front of the investigation.

Sure enough, a bastion blocked the two hills, completely sealing off the coalition's offensive route.

"Your Majesty, I think God has abandoned us." Prince Boguslav said pessimistically.

Compared with Prince Boguslav, Karl X was never desperate. He said to the prince: "No, my brother. God closed the door, but left us a window. Can you see it? There is no Polish soldier on the hills on both sides. Our artillery only needs to set up the artillery. When you get to the mountain, you can shoot from the top to the bottom of the bastion."

"But your majesty, our artillery is at the back, and now we are under the noses of the Poles. What if the Poles raided us during the transformation!" Boguslav asked a fatal question.

Karl X closed his eyes and began to think.

What Boguslav mentioned is definitely a fatal problem. Once this order of my own is issued, it cannot be withdrawn, and the coalition forces began to shift positions and re-formed according to their own plan, the formation will definitely become more chaotic, if at this moment the Polish army takes advantage of the chaos of its army formation to use cavalry to attack, Then the victory will be the Polish people.

Boguslav looked at Karl X anxiously. At this time, for every minute wasted, the coalition forces would be in danger of being discovered.

Suddenly, Karl X said: "God will bless us. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com"

Boguslav suspected that he had heard it wrong. He asked again: "Your Majesty, what are you talking about?"

Karl X turned his horse's head: "God will bless us."

The order to change the formation was communicated. The whole army moved. The artillery began to push the artillery forward, the cavalry gradually covered the flanks backward, and the infantry took the place left by the upper cavalry with their neat footsteps. The three arms are moving on the road divided by the river. Although the coalition composed of mercenaries from the Swedish, Prussian, and Laziviu families was the most elite army of the era, the scene still began to chaos uncontrollably. .

Karl X led a guard at the edge of the forest to command the army to complete the formation as soon as possible. Every minute, the Poles may find their army.

At this moment, a Swedish pistol cavalry suddenly pointed to the forest and shouted to Karl X: "Your Majesty, look!"

Karl X looked in the direction of the fingers of the Swedish pistol cavalry. This look almost made Karl X's soul fly away. In the forest between people, dozens of cavalry came out of the forest. They were wearing robes, chain helmets, sabers and bows in their hands.

That is the costume of the Polish-Lithuanian Cavalry Tatar.

"Did the Poles have discovered us?!" Carl X couldn't help thinking in pain.

The moving Swedish soldiers also saw these cavalry, and they stopped one after another. The officers obviously knew better than the soldiers what these cavalry meant. They looked at the rifle cavalry crowded around them, their faces full of despair.

Unexpectedly, these cavalry did not attack him. After the two troops stared with such big eyes, the Lithuanian Tatar cavalry retreated into the forest and disappeared without a trace.