The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

Wigowski, Baohong, and Shirko are surrounded by a triangle. A corpse was lying in front of the three.

Bogdan Popovich. The strongest supporter of Yuri Khmelnitsky, the old Cossack was lying on the cold ground. His throat was cut open by a sharp blade. But before the blade cut his throat, he was actually dead. Popovich was hit by three bullets, and two hit the heart.

The crucifix on the altar of the church watched this scene, and Christ’s carved eyes fell on the corpse, his eyes full of compassion.

Three ordinary Cossacks killed Bogdan Popovich. According to onlookers, the three shouted when they killed Popovich, "The chief should be elected. It is not traditional for Bogdan Khmelnitsky to appoint Yuri to succeed him." "Popovic is Yuri Khmelnitsky's accomplice and a destroyer of tradition." "They want to kill Bogdan Popovich to preserve the tradition."

Three young Cossacks stabbed Popovich while praying. They succeeded, and Popovich was killed almost unsuspectingly-although Popovich realized that the situation in Kiev is now tense and the number of guards has increased, but he still did not expect anyone to be there. Murder in the church.

"Popovich's death is a bad start." Vigowski sighed, shaking his head.

Having said that, Wygowski thinks so too.

Hearing Wygowski's words, Bao Hong's face was cold and silent. After a long while, Bao Hong looked at Shirko who was aside.

Feeling Bao Hong's gaze, Ivan Hilko was a little unbearable. He argued loudly: "I didn't instruct it! I can swear in the name of God."

Shirko's gaffe was really because the three killers came from the team of Colonel Lukyan Merzila who was close to him. It happened that three days ago, Colonel Lukyan Merzhela yelled to show Popovich a little bit of color.

Many people now suspect that Shirko planned and instigated Lukyan Merzhela to appoint three men to carry out the murder.

After the murder, Lukyan Merzila was already **** by angry Cossacks. He hasn't been torn apart by Popovich's supporters, all because Vigowski and Baohong arrived at the right time with people.

And as if in response to Shirko, a loud shout came from outside the church: "Hand over Ivan Shirko, we want justice!"

It was the officers and soldiers of Bogdan Popovich's team who shouted, holding weapons in their hands and angrily asking Vigowski and Baohong to surrender the murderers behind the scenes.

Several elected representatives walked into the church. There were thousands of Cossacks behind them, so they were very courageous to speak. They even yelled at the three team leaders: "Leaders, brothers hope you will give them one as soon as possible. reply."

"Bao Hong, my brother, I’m really not a murderer! Believe me, I don’t even know the people who do this kind of thing, the ghost knows what they are! That kind of people only spit on their faces, and then Throw it into the Dnieper River. Bah! Bah! Bah!"

The public opinion was surging, and Shirko was scared. He knew it would be a dead end if he went out by himself now.

But Shirko didn't expect Vigowski to save himself, because Shirko knew that he had the least deal with Vigowski, and now that he is in trouble, this guy is probably the happiest one. So he put his hope on Bao Hong.

Bao Hong has the prestige, and he is the guarantee for himself, I believe people outside will believe it.

"Of course, Hilko, I believe you..."

Bao Hong patted Shirko on the arm to show that he believed him. Bao Hong knows Hilko. If Shirko wanted to kill Popovich, he would take someone to do it himself, and would never fake someone else's hand.

Then Bao Hong walked to the representatives.

Facing Bao Hong's eyes at close range, the few representatives who were lawless just now were scared. They bowed their heads wincingly, lowering their heads than their waistbands.

Bao Hong's eyes were round and wide, and they gleamed like night owls in the dim church. Suddenly, he lunged forward, grabbing a lock of hair on the back of one of them.

"Go away, bastard! Stupid pig, dog stuff!" Bao Hong roared angrily. He roared and bumped the man's head against a chair beside him.

The other representatives were so frightened that they stood aside tremblingly.

The poor Cossack was knocked to the ground, a hole in his head and swollen eyes.

After Bao Hong had beaten this one, he was ready to mention another one, which shocked the rest of the people. They knelt to the ground, begging for mercy with their heads like garlic.

"Get out!" Bao Hong kicked one of them away, and he roared: "Go tell those **** like you outside and tell them to wait. If anyone can't wait, get out and go home!"

Those representatives received a pardon, and they hurriedly helped up their fallen companions and fled to the gate in a panic.

Just then, Peter Doroshenko walked in with people, and he watched these poor representatives leave.

Peter Doroshenko walked to Vygowski and handed a letter with Shirko's emblem on the envelope to Vygowski.

"Found it in Lukyan's house." Peter Doroshenko said lightly.

Wigowski opened the letter. In order to show justice, he read the letter.

While Wigowski was reading the letter, the representatives fled back to the square in front of the church in a desperate manner. They passed through the people blocking Baohong and Wigowski who formed the cordon in front, and shouted to the Cossacks on the square: "If Shirko will make it, Baohong is angry and he is mad."

The beaten Cossack with a bruised nose and swollen face pointed to his wound: "Bao Hong beat it."

News spread all over the square in an instant.

"Bao Hong is angry."

"Bao Hong hit someone."

Although the shouts shook the sky, no one dared to shout "Go!", and no one dared to step forward to the church.

After a long while, someone threw their hats into the sky, and sang in a simple voice: "Ho! Ho!

Ivan Bauhon

It's so furious!

Ho! Ho!

Ivan Bauhon

Our eagle, please don't be offended! "

One person sings, thousands of people join together.

Thousands of voices sang at the same time.

In the church, Vygowski read the letter in a deafening song.

The content of the letter was simple: Ivan Shirko described Popovich as a stumbling block, and he hoped that Lukyan would manage to remove the stumbling block.

After listening to the content of this letter, Bao Hong looked at Shirko and his eyes began to reveal a look of suspicion.

The seal on the letter is true, and Shirko’s dissatisfaction with Popovich is also true.

Could it be...

"Fake, fake! It's all fake! This letter is fake, I never wrote such a letter. No, I didn't want to kill Popovich brothers at all. Bao Hong, Bao Hong, I Brother, save me, save me!"

Seeing Bao Hong also began to doubt himself, Shirko was completely panicked. He grabbed his hair with both hands, arguing vigorously.

But just now I said I believed in Shirko's Bao Hong, this time he didn't speak.

Peter Doroshenko stood behind Vygowski and looked at Shirko who was at the end of the road coldly. As long as he looked at the clerk, he would lift Shirko up and hand it over to the angry Cossack outside.

But at this moment, Vygowski said something that surprised Peter Doroshenko: "I also believe that Shirko will not do such a thing. Because this letter is forged."

Shirko and Peter Doroshenko looked at Vygowski in disbelief. The former was because he had never thought that this guy who didn't deal with him not only didn't help himself; and the latter,...

"Wigowski, why do you say that?" Bao Hong asked.

"It's easy to think of, Baohong." Vigowski explained: "Silk and Lukyan are both in Kiev. If they want to conspire, they can go to another's house alone. Why write a letter? Isn’t this superfluous? So I think someone must have planted the blame. This shows that Lu Kyan may also be innocent.”

Shirkovsky never expected that Vigowski would help himself out of crime, and even save Lukyan.

Vigowski watched Shirko and Baohong make a helpless move. He explained his motives: "Don't look at me this way. Although I have different political views from Shirko, I will not allow the Cossack team leader to be framed and die in his own hands."

Hilko gritted his teeth and said, "Vigowski, I owe you a favor."

Owing Vygowski's favor, which made Shirko feel as uncomfortable as eating fly shit. But the situation is better than people.

And Bao Hong rarely showed admiration.

"Then who do you think was the murderer who killed Popovich and framed Shirko?"

"If I knew who he was, I would hang him myself." Shirko made a fist with his left hand and made a vicious move.

"I don't know," Wigowski shook his head. He said: "And compared to this, I think the most important thing now is to convene the Rada Conference and elect the new Cossack chief. The chaos cannot continue like this, otherwise no one knows whether you and I will become the next wave. Povic."

What Wigowski said was the truth. Because of Bogdan Khmelnitsky’s will before his death, the Cossacks in Kiev split. Some people (mainly Bogdan Khmelnitsky’s comrades and old Cossacks) argued that Khmelnitsky’s will is invalid and that the Cossacks should elect the chiefs according to tradition; the other part (mainly The newcomer promoted by Bogdan Khmelnitsky) advocated to act in accordance with the will of the warchief and let Yuri ascend to the throne; some remained neutral. In the past few days, not only the Cossacks with various political opinions have been fighting constantly on the streets because of their disagreements, but even the residences of the Swedish ambassador, the Russian ambassador, and the Polish ambassador have been attacked. A group of drunken hatred of Poland The human Cossacks even stormed into the Swedish Embassy and severely wounded Magnus de la Gardia.

Wigowski’s words are in line with reality and agree with Baohun and Shirko. Moreover, with Popovich’s death, the final obstacle to the convening of the Rada Conference to re-elect the warchief was removed. So the two have no objection.

Peter Doroshenko looked at Vygowski with some admiration. He unexpectedly used Popovich's death to not only make Shirko and Lukyan owe him favor, but he also began to control the situation of the talks.

Just listen to Vigowski say to Baohong again: "I think we two will protect Shirko and Lukyan Merzhela together. People outside will believe it. But you have also seen that there are tens of thousands in Kiev now. The restless Cossack, here is like a gunpowder keg, as long as a spark falls, it will cause a big explosion. We pinched one today, but it is difficult to guarantee the second and third. Since the choice of the chief is the popular support So I think we should follow the public opinion. But I don’t think the election of the new chieftain should be held in Kiev."

Bao Hong asked: "Then where do you think it fits."

Wigowski's lips uttered a word: "Xie Qi."

Shirko and Bao Hong looked at each other. They didn't expect that Wigowski would choose the place for the meeting.

But soon, the two wanted to understand why Vigowski would choose Xie Qi, which was unexpected and reasonable.

Because Xie Qi~www.readwn.com~ is indeed the most suitable location. And it is of great significance to the Zaporozhye Cossacks.

The name Zaporozhian is mainly derived from Ukrainian, порож (Polo Day) means "rock beach", запорож means other than rock beach, and the English transliteration is "Zaporozhe". The traditional Zaporozhye region guides the Uzbek steppe to the Crimean Khanate. In a narrow sense, it is only the area on both sides of the middle and lower reaches of the Dnieper River.

When the vast majority of Ukrainian Cossacks were distributed in a large number of rural towns and engaged in agricultural cultivation, the Zaporozhye Cossacks were already a paramilitary group, and they had their own base camp, which was Xieqi.

Moreover, in 1648, Bogdan Khmelnitsky expelled the head of the registered Cossacks appointed by the Republic and defeated the Qijilin registered Cossack team who came to the rescue, and instigated all the registered Cossacks. Falling to the insurgents, the gun was turned and the first shot against the Poles was fired. It can be said that Xie Qi means a lot to the Cossacks.

Even better, Sechi, located on the rocky beach in the center of the river, was guarded by Chief Pavlo Gomon after the Cossack emirate set up its capital in Kiev. Pavlo Gomon was an impartial man and took a neutral stand. Having him there to maintain order for elections can ensure that everyone will not repeat the mistakes of Popovich.

"Okay, just thank Qi." Bao Hong said.

"I agree, but all team captains and company captain guards must stay on the other side." Shirko also agreed, but he added a condition.

"Yes." Wigowski said with a smile.

Then the three discussed some other issues.

About half an hour later, just as the three-person meeting was coming to an end, the door of the church was pushed open again from the outside.