The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

Vasily Sheremetev’s letter is full of the arrogance and arrogance that Russian nobles are used to.

He wrote: "His Majesty the Almighty Tsar has so many soldiers and horses that it can be compared with the leaves in the forest and the grains of sand on the beach. When you still don’t understand what a terrible force this is, you should Look up at the starry sky and take a look at the sky full of stars. Those stars are the projection of the tsarist army’s bonfire in the sky. Only the soldiers and horses I have brought are twice yours. Behind me, there are countless army. .You must know that what His Majesty the Tsar hates is only the stubborn, he is extremely tolerant to the awakened. And I, Vasily Sheremedev, will also be kind to those who surrender on the knees, let It will not be slaughtered by the sword and axe. But if the bearer resists stubbornly, I promise Konotop will not keep the chickens and dogs, except for land and water, nothing will be left!"

Hearing such intimidation, Captain Hevadki was inexplicably shocked. His Adam's apple squirmed up and down, and he could even hear him swallowing saliva.

And among the officers of the mercenary regiment, some were frightened by it.

Chechen didn't care about it.

In the same way, he didn't know how many threats he had seen even more ferocious than this, and he had already had immunity.

He attached an ear to Pidro's ear, and then whispered.

Pidro listened, his face was as brilliant as a chrysanthemum. He straightened up and walked out of the conference room.

Among the officers, Viscount Hessian saw Pidro leaving, and he quietly followed.

Seeing Cheerchen finished reading the letter, the messenger said: "Team Alvar, my general is waiting for your reply."

"No hurry, I will give you a reply immediately." Cheerchen said.

At the door, Viscount Hessian stopped Pidro.

He asked Pidro: "Deputy commander, how did the commander instruct you?"

As Pidro usually had a good relationship with Viscount Hessen, he didn't hesitate to tell Viscount Hessen what Cheerchen had told him.

After listening to Pidro's reply, Viscount Hessian's face turned black.

Pidro didn't notice the change in Viscount Hessian's face. He still said with a smile on his face; "Look at my nephew, although he is married and has children, he still does things like a naughty boy."

Viscount Hessian recovered. He was about to talk to Pidro, but saw Pidro had gone four or five steps away.

The Viscount hurried to catch up in three steps and two steps, and then stopped in front of Pidro.

"Deputy commander, I don't think this should be done." Viscount Hessian said solemnly.

Pidro stopped when he saw that Viscount Hessian was so solemnly with his friend and friend.

"Why?" Piedro asked.

Viscount Hessian pulled Pedro aside.

He looked around and saw that there was no one in the room. The viscount said to Pidro: "Deputy commander, I think the commander will have no effect except to provoke the messenger and Vasily Sheremetev. ."

"That's what my nephew thinks." Piedro nodded. "He wanted to come to anger Vasily Sheremetev."

Viscount Hessian said anxiously: "It shouldn't be like this, deputy commander. The commander is so affectionate that it will be a big deal."

Having said this, Viscount Hessian paused. Because he suddenly realized that he said that Cheerchen, especially in front of Piedro, it was more strict.

He hurriedly explained; “I’m not questioning the decision of the regiment leader, but thinking that since our mission is to hold Konotop for two months, we should delay as much as possible. And to delay time, we don’t have to rely on Swordsmen, you can also rely on resourcefulness."

Piedro looked at Viscount Hessian without blinking. After a while, it was about the time to read the Lord's prayer twice, and he understood what the Viscount meant.

"You mean?" Piedro asked rhetorically.

"I mean the head of the regiment can falsely reveal to the messenger that he is willing to surrender, and then propose a truce between the two sides for two to three weeks, and tell the other side that during this period, we will send someone to Kiev to request Wigowski's permission. We surrender and wait for his will, and what happens afterwards depends entirely on the gift of God."

Pidro secretly exclaimed wonderful. These words seemed to have promised, but they did not agree to anything. In particular, the last sentence "all by the gift of God" is a touch of God.

"I'll go back and talk to my nephew now." Before Pedro's words fell, he ran to the door of the conference room.

Pidro pushed open the door of the conference room.

"Head, you come down. I have something to tell you."

Cheerchen was waiting for Pidro to get back what he needed. He saw Pidro empty-handed and said something to say to himself. Although he was unhappy, he stood up and said "sorry" to the messenger. Then went out.

Outside the door, Pidro told Cheorchen the idea of ​​Viscount Hessian.

He thought that Cheerchen would be happy to hear this, but Cheerchen just said to him: "Uncle, your idea is terrible. Think about it, the Russians came to occupy Konotop. They waited for half a year. Now it’s possible to give us a truce for two to three weeks just because of our word? Even if Vasily Sheremedev suddenly made a fool, don’t forget, Prince Alexei is coming soon, could he? Would he be so stupid? Wouldn't he know that what he needs most is time now?"

"If he doesn't agree to the truce, the situation will not be any different from now!" Pidro said dismissively.

In this regard, Cheorchen had to say again: “Whoever prays for a truce is clearly exposing his fear and weakness to the enemy. The enemy will smell our lack of confidence from our words. The damage caused is immeasurable. I asked the messenger to bring that thing back to anger Vasily Sheremegev. Their striker did not carry artillery, and I wanted him to lose his mind, so that his infantry and The cavalry attacked the city, and then smashed their heads on the walls of Fort Konotup."

Pidro finally understood Cheerchen's true meaning in doing this.

Pidro no longer spoke, he immediately fetched the item according to Chechen's instructions.

Next to the granary in Fort Konotop, Pidro threw a black dog to the ground.

Calling two Cossacks over and telling them to hold the black dog's head and legs separately, Pidro showed the knife.

The knife shone cold in the sun.

The black dog's eyes showed fear and begging.

"Sorry," Piedro said to the black dog.

Then, with a flash of light, Pidro's knife slashed at the black dog.

A cry of mourning resounded throughout the Konotop Fort.

The messenger in the meeting room also heard the miserable dog cry outside, and he instinctively looked back.

After a while, Pidro came back, still holding a dog's tail in his hand-this was cut from the black dog in the castle.

Throwing the dog's tail in front of the messenger, Cheorchen sat up straight and said, "This is my answer."

The messenger's face turned blue, and he was obviously greatly insulted.

On the side, Jamed Popovich and other Cossack officers leaned forward and backward with a smile, obviously Cheerchen's rough behavior fits their stomachs. And Viscount Hessian's face darkened again.

In the end, the messenger did not take the dog's tail, but left without saying a word.

But Chechen looked forward to it, hoping that his actions would anger Vasily Sheremetev after the messenger brought it back, making him angry and attack the city.

But on April 22, Vasily Sheremetev's actions did not follow Cheerchen's wishes, but on the contrary exacerbated Cheerchen's worries.

On this day, Vasily Sheremetev led a guard cavalry around the Konotop Fort. Some of the people who accompanied Vasily Sheremegev were obviously foreigners-maybe French or Italians. They observed the fortifications, trenches, and earth embankments of the city, and they kept pointing, and they were still writing and painting.

These are obviously foreign engineers in the Russian army, and they are looking for the weaknesses of Fort Konotop.

Realizing the identity of these people and that Vasily Sheremetev was not irritated by him, Chechen hurriedly sent Yelisei and Jemed Popovich to lead the cavalry to drive them away.

With the attack of the cavalry, artillery and thunder were fired on Triangular Fort and Konotop Fort, firing the first shot of the defense battle.

Although the accuracy of this round of artillery fire was not ideal, all six shells landed near the enemy's cavalry team, but it was enough to make the opponent dull and confused.

Taking this opportunity, Yelisei and Demid Popovich split into two groups. They tried to defend and destroy Vasily Sheremetev with a pincer offensive.

If this was done in this way, it would undoubtedly be more inspiring than an attack that repelled the enemy under the castle. But although Vasily Sheremetev's guards are few, they are all elite. Seeing Yelishei and Jamid Popovich pounced, they did not show any cowardice, but instead launched a counter-charge. With sophisticated armor and superior personal combat skills, they fought back and forth with the dominant Cossack cavalry.

Yelishey approached Vasily Sheremedev with a horse, and the two engaged in a fierce confrontation.

Vasily Sheremetev wore golden scales and a pointed helmet, like a tuna. He saw Yelishei running towards him, and the Russian general raised his saber high and struck Yelishei's right arm.

Yelishei hurriedly raised the steel shield in his hand to block.

The saber hit the center of the steel shield. At the moment when Vasily Sheremetev's gathered strength on the saber was transferred to Yelishei's arm, Yelishei violently tilted the shield and removed the force from the saber.

Then, Yelishei's left-hand page hammer was held high and hit Vasily Sheremetev's head.

When the page hammer in Yelishei's hand was swayed halfway, Vasily Sheremedev's big hand grabbed Yelishei's left wrist.

There was a heartache in Yelishei's hand, and he felt that all his bones had been broken by Vasily Sheremedev.

But Yelishei is a warrior after all. Taking advantage of the chance of the two horses crossing each other, he endured the pain and grabbed Vasily Sheremetev's throat with one hand, and slammed it to his side.

The human throat is much weaker than the wrist, and Yelishei's strength is no less than that of Vasily Sheremetev. Soon, Vasily Sheremetev's face flushed from being pinched, and his eyes protruded. His hand gripping Yelishei's wrist became weaker and weaker.

But at the critical moment when Yelishei was about to strangle Vasily Sheremedev, the girth of his saddle suddenly broke due to excessive force, and the two of them rolled from their horses to the ground at the same time.

The cavalry from the enemy and ours surged up. One side is protecting Vasily Sheremedev, while the other side is protecting Yelishei.

At this time, the cavalry infantry in the Russian camp heard the sound of artillery and finally rushed to support. There were so many reinforcements. Yelisei saw that it was impossible to kill Vasily Sheremedev before the enemy's reinforcements arrived. He called out a whistle to signal Jamid Popovich to retreat.

The two cavalry teams immediately merged into one force and retreated towards the Konotop Fort.

Vasily Sheremedev, who almost died in Yelishei’s hands, of course would not let those who attacked him easily escape. The scepter in his hand pointed towards the Konotop Fort and ordered the Russian cavalry to chase immediately. . But when approaching the triangular fort, all the guns in the triangular fort burst into flames.

Under the cover of their own artillery fire, Yelisei and Jamid Popovich immediately prepared to turn back to fight. But the Russians who were pursuing obviously knew that it was not good to fight the Cossacks under the nose of the triangle. They turned their horses around and retreated along the chasing road without hesitation, and returned to the base camp.

Such an unbeaten first match could neither satisfy Vasily Sheremetev nor satisfy Cheerchen~www.readwn.com~ So Cheerchen once again decided before the arrival of Prince Alexei’s main force. The city of Konotop frustrated the spirit of the Russian army and boosted the morale of Konotop's defenders.

He came up with a plan to lead the snake out of the hole. According to this plan, Yelishei will lead the only team of Zaporizhia Cossack cavalry in Konotop, posing as scouts as decoys, and attract Vasily Sheremetev’s army to Konotto. Pu’s residential area.

There, Cheechen blocked the passage with a large number of fences, barrels and other obstacles in advance, and then ambushed a large number of musketeers.

The narrow roads will make it impossible for the Russians to display their numerical superiority, while the Musketeers can shoot calmly, causing a lot of damage to the enemy.

The plan was a perfect plan, but in its implementation there were flaws.

After the cavalry led by Yelishei went out of the city, pro-Russian farmers in a nearby farm reported Yelishei's whereabouts to Vasily Sheremedev. As a result, Yelishei was expelled by the elite Boyes cavalry sent by Vasily Sheremetev when he arrived at the Russian army camp.

Although the Zaporozhye Cossack cavalry is the top and best equipped cavalry in the Cossack emirates, compared with the Boyer cavalry of Tsarist Russia, the gap is not even a little bit, not to mention the number of them this time is not dominant. As soon as the two cavalry fought, the Zaporozhye Cossack cavalry was killed and turned on their backs. The defeat became a real defeat, and even Yelishei was almost injured.

After leaving nearly half of their troops, Yelisei and the others fled back to Fort Konotop in a hurry.

Cheerchen's plan to draw the snake out of the hole broke her labor.

In one or two days, the main force of 50,000 Russian troops will arrive in Konotop.