The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

After Chechen left, King Jan Kazimierz said to his wife with a lingering anger: "Why did you just ask me to agree to his unreasonable request? Brest, Alvar Chechen got Le Brest how much power he will have, and depending on what he does today, the warlord style of "doing his own way" has loomed. Alas, when he ventured to Bratzlaff regardless of the overall situation, I just watched After all, this is a person who is out of control and dominated by emotions."

Seeing her husband’s annoyed look, Queen Ludvika glanced at the closed palace gate. She asked the king, “Apart from Cheerchen, rescuing Princess Louise Henriette, are you more suitable? The candidate?"

King Jan Kazimierz choked for a while.

Yes, not at all. There are so many heroes and heroes in the Republic, but there is not one person who is suitable to carry out this matter.

Jan Sobieski is courageous and aggressive and grows fast. In time, he will be the second Stefan Czarnetski of the Republic, but he is not good at doing this kind of "stealth".

Mihavu Volodyavsky is unparalleled in swordsmanship, but he is too square, and it is no problem for him to dance with swords and kill enemies on the battlefield; to save people, his wisdom is not so sufficient.

Andrzej Kmicicz is good at fighting guerrilla warfare and harassment warfare, but he is too impulsive and easy to be sentimental. King Jan Kazimierz is always not so relieved to leave the rescue to him.

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After such a round of selection, apart from Chechen, none of them can be trusted by King Jan Kazimierz and Queen Ludwig.

"You are right," King Jan Kazimierz said, "Cheerchen is indeed the most suitable candidate."

"So," said Queen Ludvika: "Since Chelchen can only do this, then we must accommodate him. Besides, the Republic owes him a lot. You can't deny it, if it is in the Kingdom of Sweden. Or the Crimean Khanate, it’s not difficult for people like Cheechen to wear gold and purple."

"Indeed." King Jan Kazimierz nodded in agreement. But immediately, His Majesty the King reacted-didn't the queen always think that Cheerchen's power could not be expanded too much? Why did you suddenly stand on Cheerjin's side?

Seeing the king’s stunned expression, Queen Ludvika certainly knew what her husband was thinking. She said leisurely: “Brest can be handed over to Chechen, but he can only be the mayor, and the military and For legal positions, other people are allowed to take up, so you have the best of both worlds."

King Jan Kazimierz suddenly realized that his wife was using decentralization.

Cheerchen didn't know the "conspiracy" of Queen Daweika. After returning from Kazimierz Palace, Cheerchen quickly summoned his men. When Pidro, Yelisei, Fedot, Father Spasokkotsky, Oksana and others all arrived, Cheerchen said: "Friends, we have another mission. ."

Then Chechen briefly told everyone that King Jan Kazimierz had to rescue Elector Frederik Wilhelm's wife and son imprisoned by Karl X.

"Hey, isn't this Polish king's subordinate the only one who can handle it? He just sent him to Ukraine, and now he is going to Devinsk, Sweden. Even the iron man needs to rest."

Yelishei couldn't help but complain about such an arduous task that King Jan Kazimierz had given Chechen.

As soon as Yelisei’s words were finished, Fedot asked uncertainly: “The head of the regiment, the elector’s wife and son were under house arrest by Karl X, so why didn’t he rush to rescue him, but instead? Did King Jan Kazimierz send you so eagerly?"

"this……"

Fedot's question really stumped Cheerchen. Because he never thought about this issue from this aspect.

He also didn't expect that Fedot was the first to discover the problem. At this time, he put a hand on his chin and thought about it carefully.

Cheerchen hadn’t figured out why, but Uncle Pidro yelled, “In fact, what’s hard to think about. The elector should have sent someone to rescue his wife and son, but unfortunately he didn’t succeed. , That’s why he turned to our King Kazimierz for help. After all, he has more talents in a principality than in a republic, and among them, the wiser is not as good as my dear nephew."

Due to limited information, Cheerchen couldn’t think of a reason, and Pedro’s words seemed to make some sense, so Cheerchen decided to put this question aside and concentrate everyone's energy on how to rescue the elector. His wife and children on this matter.

"Everyone," Cheerchen clapped his hands. "The rescue of the elector’s wife and children cannot be delayed. Just because his wife and son are now in the hands of King Karl X, the elector has begun to ally with the Republic again. The two ends of the mouse are gone."

Upon hearing that the safety of the two men would directly affect the declaration of war by the Principality of Prussia against Sweden, Father Spasokukotsky hurriedly drew a cross on his chest and said: "God bless, God bless."

For Father Spasokukotsky, it is no longer important to join the war earlier than the elector. This means that the power of the Kingdom of Sweden will be severely weakened, and the power of the Republic will be greatly enhanced. The time when the Republic drove the Swedish aggressors out of the country is not far away.

And there was another person who was as nervous as the priest, and that was Oksana. But as soon as she heard the news that the elector was going to give up, she put the money in her pocket and the money in Yelishei's pocket, plus the money borrowed from Ingrid-all the money Put all of them in the casino and bet that the Republic of Poland will soon win.

"Ahem."

Seeing that the priest and Oksana were so excited, Cheorchen pretended to cough twice and motioned for the two to finish listening.

"Everyone, the contract between the elector and our King has not been finally signed, and in order to make the contract smoothly concluded, the people of the Republic will stay away from the chaos of war as soon as possible. We must rescue the princess and the prince."

"That's it."

"good!"

Father Spasokukotsky and Okosana called particularly loudly.

Then, Chechen briefed everyone about the information about the Devinsk commander and the defenders, as well as the elector’s wife and son that he had received from King Jan Kazimierz.

The commander of Fort Devinsk is Baron Karl Gustav Wrangel. The baron was a senior nobleman and senior commander of the Kingdom of Sweden. He participated in the Thirty Years' War, Thorstenson War, Bremen War and the invasion of Poland.

Like many officers and nobles who served in the army of the Kingdom of Sweden at that time, Baron Karl Gustaf Wrangel was not a Swedish, but a German. As a German in the Baltic region, Baron Karl Gustav Wrangel was a cavalry captain in the Swedish army at the age of twenty, and was later promoted with great success. In 1646 he even took the post of commander-in-chief of the Swedish army in Germany. He is also a member of the Privy Council of the Kingdom of Sweden and the head of the Swedish War Committee.

In 1655, Sweden invaded Poland, and Baron Karl Gustav Wrangel led a fleet to fight. In 1656, he joined the Elector Frederick William in the Battle of Warsaw.

It is worth mentioning that the personal relationship between the Baron and Karl X is also very good. During the Thirty Years' War, Wrangel and Karl X Gustaf met for the first time at the Battle of Leipzig, and they soon became friends. When the eldest daughter of the Baron was born, Karl X became her godfather ~www.readwn.com~ In Sweden, Baron Karl Gustav Wrangel was one of the few closest friends of Karl X one.

It is precisely because of this relationship that perhaps Karl X put such an important hostage to the care of the baron.

The Devinsk fort holding the hostages is a standard bastion fortress with five hundred defenders and ten artillery pieces.

After listening to Chechen's brief introduction and looking at the sketch map of Devinskoborg, Yelisei and Fedot couldn't help shook their heads.

Fedot said: "Commander, based on these sketches, the design of Fort Devenskerk is very scientific and reasonable. It has almost no dead ends, and all people close to it will be exposed to the enemy's firearms."

Yelishei also said: "Head, you can first talk about the situation of the hostages held in it. This bastion gives me a headache."

"good."

Chechen also knew that it would be extremely difficult to rescue the hostages from Fort Devinsk, so he introduced the situation of the elector's wife and son. The last frontier of fire and sword