The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

Because of this, Ivan Hilko had to speak out for himself: "Brothers Cossacks, I unite with the Russians, it is all for our Orthodox faith and the freedom of the Cossacks."

"The Cossacks here are free." Cheerchen stood up from his chair. He walked towards Ivan Shirko and said, “Whether it’s Bratslav or Konotop, the towns and villages are the spires of the Orthodox Church. And everyone lives and works in peace and contentment. It’s you and the Russians. After that, the town was turned into rubble, and the fertile land was turned into a wasteland."

Chechen's words are stern and loud, especially the atrocities of Vasily Sheremetev a few days ago that aroused the same enemies of the Cossacks in the city.

A group of Konotop Cossacks whose homes were destroyed leaped out of the tower from the wall.

All of them were hideous and angry. They waved their hands, gritted their teeth and screamed wildly.

"Put Ivan Shirko! Put Ivan Shirko to death!"

"Give Ivan Hilko to us! We are going to put him on the stake!" the Cossacks shouted, "Fight! Kill!"

In an instant, hundreds of hands reached out to Ivan Shirko.

Ivan Shirko's face paled in shock. At this time, he stopped talking about the righteousness of brothers, but shouted: "I am the messenger, the messenger!"

Cheerchen stretched out his arms to stop the Cossacks from flocking to Ivan Shirko. He said, "As your messenger, Ivan Shirko, you will not be harmed. Because we are not barbarians. You. Go back and tell Prince Alexei Trubczkoy that as long as Konotop and I are there, he will never want to go beyond the thunder pond."

After speaking, Cheerchen asked Yelisei to **** Ivan Shirko out of the castle.

Dejected Ivan Shirko returned to the Russian army camp. Here, Prince Alexei and a group of generals of Tsarist Russia are waiting for his good news.

However, seeing Ivan Hilko’s disheartened and dejected look, everyone knew that this Cossack had failed to persuade him to surrender—not only did he not let Konotop Castle surrender, but even a Cossack did not persuade him to surrender. .

Seeing Ivan Shirko's embarrassment, Vasily Sheremetev, the defeated general finally found someone to laugh at.

"Oh, our legendary Cossack, where are the soldiers you promised in advance? Where is Alvar Chechen's head? Where is the victory?" He asked mockingly in his hoarse voice.

Ivan Shirko's shoulders trembled with anger.

Once, in the Cossack Emirate, as the team leader, has he ever been questioned like this!

He jumped up, pointed in the direction of Fort Konotop, and replied, "There! You've been there! It's a shame that you hit your head."

Vasily Sheremetev was shorted by Ivan Shirko, and he jumped up like a cat with its tail stepped on.

"That's because I was deceived by you hateful Cossacks! You and them are also a group, you are deceiving the Prince, deceiving the most versatile Tsar!"

"Who is a liar, who is an incompetent generation, His Majesty and Princes can see clearly." Ivan Hilko said, "I came back empty-handed, but it is not me. And some people lose their troops, that It was completely caused by his own stupidity!"

"You dog!" Vasily Sheremetev barked, "Who are you stupid?!"

They stood face to face for a long time, like two male wild boars, their nostrils hissing at each other. Other generals of Tsarist Russia watched this scene with interest.

If Prince Alexei hadn't spoken, the actors and audience might continue to be in this state.

"Ivan Hilko,"

Prince Alexei didn't take Ivan Shirko's failure, as if he knew it was such a result. He said, "Tell me what you heard and saw in Konotup."

After speaking, the prince looked at Vasily Sheremetev with sharp eyes.

"My General Vasily, Ivan Shirko is our most loyal and reliable friend of Tsarist Russia. I don't want to hear anyone slander his loyalty again, nor do I like to hear any quarrels and sordidness between you two again. Did you hear that?"

Prince Alexei's words were harsh. Although Vasily Sheremetev was unwilling, he did not dare to disobey the Prince's orders.

"Yes, Your Royal Highness." He said gruffly.

Ivan Hilko lowered his head over his waistband in accordance with Cossack etiquette.

When he raised his head, Ivan Shirko said: "His Royal Highness, what I have seen and heard in Konotop Fort is the fear of you and your army. More than one person shouted in fear: "Prince Alexei Trubtskoy is here, Prince Alexei Trubtskoy is here", the people in the city are panicked, the only calm and determined person is Alvar Chechen and His **** henchmen, but such people are very few in the fort. Most of the defenders salute me respectfully as soon as they see me~www.readwn.com~Of course Ivan Shirko said this. He was simply putting gold on his face. But of course he could not and dare to say that he was almost killed by the Cossacks in the fort, because Ivan Hilko knew very well that he could still be the "old man" of the Russians. "Friends", because the Russians believe that he still has appeal to the Cossacks.

It's not that no one can hear such untrue words. Prince Alexei’s eyes were full of suspicion, while Prince Simon Pozharsky, the supervising army sent by the Tsar, directly questioned: “Then why don’t the Cossacks surrender?”

The reason why a smart person is a smart person is that he can think of most of the possibilities and respond well.

For Prince Simon Pozharsky’s question, Ivan Hilko had already thought about his excuses.

Ivan Shirko paid a salute to Prince Simon Pozharski, and he explained with an air: "Prince Pozharski, because the Cossacks are scared. Because some people are in the Konotop area. The burning, killing, and looting made the Cossacks in the city feel like their lips and teeth are cold. You must know how friendly the people here were before the violent requisition of food by the food squad. I have also suggested more than once, yes. Cossacks and Ukrainians need to be gentle and friendly, but some people just can't listen."

With regard to these words, Ivan Shirko easily transferred the responsibility for his failure to persuade him to surrender to Vasily Sheremetev, but the latter could not refute it.

Prince Alexei looked at Ivan Shirko. After a long while, he asked: "So Shirko, what advice do you have for taking down Fort Konotup?"

Ivan Shirko hesitated for a while, he said: "His Royal Highness, if you want to take down Konotop Fort, there is no second way to go unless you use that giant cannon."