The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

Chechen, who didn't know his little tactics had been seen through by Wygowski, summoned all the officers of the mercenary group after Wygowski left.

He said to everyone in frustration: "Everyone, there is no fairness and justice in the Republic, nor here. I meant that Wigowski could avenge Uncle Blair, but he and Pavlo Tetria have long been in collusion. Together."

Everyone looked at each other in surprise when they heard the news.

Chechen said again: "Vigowski even hopes that I will make the big things small and the small ones, and leave the assassin to him."

As soon as Chechen's words fell, Yelishei stood up.

He objected: "The commander, absolutely cannot be like this. This is against the principles and morals of the knights."

Yelisei opened his head, and the other officers shouted.

Cheerchen made a quiet gesture. He nodded and said: "Yes, this is indeed against the spirit of chivalry and morality. So I rejected him. And I will take the assassin to Bratzlaff myself, I To expose the true face of Pavlo Tetria."

"Head, I'll follow you!" Yelishei was the first to shout again.

Chechen's gaze swept across everyone.

"Everyone, going to Bratslav will be a dangerous journey. Because we don't know how many people and power Pavlo Tetria gathered after the death of Brother Baohong. Maybe as long as I launch the assassin If you testify against Pavlo Tetria, the Cossacks will support me and strike back against Pavlo Tetria; or they will be indifferent and draw their swords at us. This is unpredictable."

"We are not afraid, commander."

This time, Xie Miao was shouting.

Cheerchen's eyes drifted to Fatima, and when she saw her, she also looked at herself with trust and support.

Chechen suddenly felt more proud. He ordered Yelishei: "Yelsey, go and gather everyone, our people."

Yelisei knows. He walked out of the tent. In a short time, one hundred and fifty Hessian cavalry was assembled.

Cheerchen dressed neatly with the help of Fatima. He was covered in black armor with a saber hanging from his waist.

Fatima wore small metal plate chain mail and a Tatar helmet.

After stepping out of the tent, Cheerchen looked at his subordinates and muttered to himself: "Oh, I'm still too confident. If you bring five hundred people, that would be great. It's not too much to do big things. , Especially for such a major event, there are too few people at this point, too few."

Ko immediately shut up. Then Cheerchen asked in the loudest voice: "Are you all ready to die?"

After a moment of hesitation, all the Hessian cavalry shouted: "All are ready."

Since these Hessians came out to be mercenaries, what they ate was a meal of blood licking their lips, and they had already despised life and death.

What's more, they are still with a master who is generous and does not spare money.

"Okay!" Cheerchen praised, "Everyone will reward you with a hundred talers."

"Thank you, head!"

"Tomorrow we are going to Bratslav, we are going to do a big thing. If we succeed, then there will be a bright future and a bright future waiting for you... I promise! But if we fail, you will only have a dead end, you Would you like to come with me for a while!"

"We are willing!" Yelisei and other officers shouted.

Under the leadership of military officers, stimulated by money, and lured by a bright future, the soldiers were passionate, and each was willing to die.

Soon, the temporary camp of the mercenary group was cleared. One hundred and fifty cavalrymen, led by Chechen, marched in the direction of Bratzlaff.

Bratslav, located in the southwest of Ukraine, is an important town in Ukraine. Since the establishment of the Cossack Emirate, it has resisted the invasion of the invaders twice. The first time was in the autumn of 1654, when the Crimean Khan Mohamed Gley, who had become an ally of the Republic of Poland, invaded the Bratzlav region of Ukraine. The local people relied on their own strength to fight the invading enemy, and would rather die than fall into the enemy's hands. The Ukrainian people suffered numerous deaths and injuries, and the struggle was tragic and tragic.

The second time was in 1655. At that time, the army of the Republic of Poland, under the leadership of King Jan Kazimierz, approached the city of Bratislava. Here, Bao Hong led his Cossacks and General Stefan Czarnetsky and other famous generals of the Republic to start their lives and deaths. fight.

Although Bogdan Khmelnitsky led a large army to lift the siege, the victorious Cossacks still had to set the city on fire and evacuate the battlefield.

After that, due to the Swedish invasion of Poland, the Cossacks returned to Braclav and rebuilt it.

When Cheerchen and his entourage arrived in Bratislava after a ten-day trek, they saw the reconstructed castle.

The newly built city of Bratslav has highlighted its military role. Its walls are wide and narrow underneath, with wooden fortifications and canopies on top; there are also artillery towers built at the four corners of the city wall, with gun positions open at a 60-degree angle, with almost no four corners; a broad moat surrounds the city with four gates. There are suspension bridges. As long as the suspension bridge is erected, no one can enter or leave the city gate.

The Cossack sentry guarding the city wall saw a group of black-clothed and black-armored cavalry suddenly appear below the city, and they all started to watch. But when they learned that it was the former team leader Bao Hong's friend Cheechen who came to pay homage to Bao Hong, they put down their muskets one by one.

"Please wait, I'll report to the elders." A Cossack captain shouted.

Then he walked down the tower quickly.

Because the position of team leader is temporarily vacant, Bratzlaff's military and political power is temporarily controlled by the "fraternity". The members of these "fraternities" are Bao Hong's allied brothers and officers in the team.

These people include Company Commander Nezamaynov, Commander Kanev Detachment, Company Commander Steporiv, ​​Company Commander Dimosev, Company Commander Rehimi, Company Commander Jemid Popovich and Bala Squad company commander and so on.

Of course, there is also Bratzlaff's metrology officer, Pavlo Tetria, a popular candidate for the next team leader.

At this time, these people are gathering in the Orthodox church in the city, discussing the election of the next team leader candidate.

The initiator of the meeting is of course Pavlo Tetria. This person has a short stature and a shameless appearance. He has a shrewd mind, eyes that are observant of words and colors, and a tongue that is sweet as honey.

Although Blair had asked the allied brothers to wait for him to return from Vidawa when he left Bratzlaff before holding an election, the "Brotherhood" also agreed. But when the distance is far away, the feelings fade. Most of the elders of the "Brotherhood" could not withstand Pavlo Tetria's repeated gifts and wishes, and agreed to convene this meeting when Blair did not return.

There is a reason why Pavlo Tetria is so impatient-that is, the assassin he sent out has not returned.

According to the original plan, after the assassin assassinated Blair, he would return immediately regardless of success or failure. But after so long, there was no news from the people he sent, which made Pavlo Tetria's heart anxious and extremely bumpy.

Therefore, he decided not to wait any more, but to call an election immediately to make himself the team leader of Bratzlaff.

In this way, even if the assassin loses his hand and Blair returns safely, the boat is done, and he can only do nothing.

To this end, Pavlo Tetria has paid a lot of money. He picked up the gold coins, silver spoons, golden dinner plates and other trophies that had been buried deep in the forests and reeds by his private soldiers for many years, and gave them to the company commanders for their support.

Even more just in case, he even replaced the Cossack Guard, who was in charge of protecting the meeting today, with his own.

"Everyone," Pavlo Tetria walked to the altar of the church. He bent down and bowed to the company commanders, then said humbly: "As a Cossack, my qualifications and experience are not as good as those of you present. , So I will start today’s meeting."

A white-haired company Commander Steporif, the old Cossack who received a bag of gold coins and two golden dinner plates knocked on the chair with a cigarette stick. He said, "Pavlo, Mo is modest. ."

The words of Company Commander Steporif gave Pavlo Tetria courage and support. So he said loudly: "Everyone, the so-called people do not go without their heads, and birds do not fly without their heads. Our beloved team leader Bao Hong has been dead for more than two months, but we have not elected a new team leader until now. Let the brothers in the team panic, and some other Cossack teams are also eyeing us..."

When Pavlo Tetria said this, he was suddenly interrupted by a loud drink.

"Who is it? Who dare to covet our Bratzlaff team, I will kill him!"

It was the company commander Jamid Popovich who was known to be reckless and brainless.

Pavlo Tetria smiled and made a calm gesture to Jamide. He explained: "Captain Jamide, I don't mean anyone specifically, but that it's possible."

Then Pavlo Tetria paused. He looked around quickly and saw that the supporters he had bought were casting supportive eyes on him. Pavlo Tetria said: "So I suggest that you choose a new team leader today."

Blair's supporters were reluctant. They said that since the "fraternity" promised to wait for Blair to return before continuing the election, they should abide by the oath.

"The Cossacks never break promises and oaths." They shouted ~www.readwn.com~ For this, Pavlo Tetria was certainly prepared to say something. But just when he was about to take out his rhetoric to convince the opponents, the Cossack squad leader came in and announced the news of Cheerchen's arrival.

"He said he came to pay homage to the team leader Bao Hong." The messenger said.

Chechen's arrival caught Pavlo Tetria by surprise. His first reaction was that the assassin had missed.

"How many people did he bring? Did he come back with Blair?" Pavlo Tetria blurted out.

Seeing that the metering officer asked two questions in a row, the reporter was a little at a loss, but he immediately reacted and replied, "There are hundreds of people. But I didn't see Chief Blair."

Pavlo Tetria was relieved to hear that there were only so many people in Chechen and Blair was not among them.

In terms of the number of people, there are four to five hundred Cossacks he has arranged around the church this time, four or five times that of the other party.

"Perhaps Blair is dead." He still thought so.

At this time, Commander Dimochev asked: "Tetria, you asked how many people he took, and what did you mean by asking Blair if he came back with him?"

"It's not interesting." Pavlo Tetria said relaxedly: "Alvar Chechen is a good friend of Baohong team leader. We all know that, but he is not our Cossack's brother after all. Outsiders appeared. We Bratzlaff, of course I have to ask; as for my second question, we all know that Blair took Bao Hong’s child to Vidawa, and as far as I know, Alvar Chechen is Lord of Vidava."

After explaining to the leader of the Dimochev Detachment, Pavlo Tetria ordered to the messenger: "What are you still waiting for? Put down the suspension bridge and open the city gate to let them in."