The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

After the enthronement of Karl XI and Christina, a grand ball was held in the Royal Palace in Stockholm.

Chechen and Stanislaw Potocki, who were Polish envoys, naturally attended the ball. During this time, Stanislaw Potocki walked up to Cheerchen with a smile.

"Child, you did a good job." The old man patted Cheerchen on the shoulder and said.

Looking at the old man's hand on his shoulder, Cheerchen's face flushed with shame.

He took this as the old man's irony to himself.

"Master Potocki, I am sorry. I betrayed the king and queen and almost dragged the Republic into a war. I am a sinner of the Republic." Chechen said with his head down.

At this time, a waiter holding a wine tray passed by Stanislaw Potocki, and the old man took a glass of wine for himself and Chechen.

After taking a sip, the old man's eyes became more kind and affectionate when he saw Chechen.

This is all because Cheerchen successfully supported Christina in Sweden and brought real benefits to the Republic.

Compared with Karl X’s peace talks, the successor regent Queen Christina gave more generous terms. She was not only willing to transfer the city of Grudzinz, Marienburg, Stum, and Elbing to Sweden. The occupied seaside town was returned to Poland, and a group of rare ancient books and treasures that were taken captive to Stockholm during the Swedish occupation of Warsaw were returned to the Republic.

All of this was due to Cheer Chen's disobedience to the "king's fate" in Riga.

Of course, this Wang Ming is to be quoted.

Because it's not so much a king's order, it's an order of the parliament.

Chechen did not know, and Stanislaw Potocki was not prepared to tell him that all his actions were actually within the expectations of King Jan Kazimierz and Queen Ludvik, and even gave him In Kedor's letter, Queen Ludvika also hinted that Victor gave Cheorchen the green light. This is why Victor's mood was abnormal that day. Do

In all of this, the king and queen wanted to facilitate Cheerchen's "betrayal".

This sounds incredible, but this is reality.

It was the senators of the parliament who persecuted the king and queen, not the two of them willingly.

In particular, the price of the peace talks was to make Jan Kazimierz give up his claim to the throne of Sweden, which made King Jankazmierz angrily attacked.

Almost, the king was sick.

But at this time, the power of the king and queen was not enough to fight against the senators in the Senate.

So in order to disrupt the peace talks, Queen Ludvik had to follow the tactics of her ex-husband, Władysław IV.

In 1646, the then Polish King Władysław IV decided to declare war on the Ottoman Turkish Empire in order to strengthen the royal power. But he knew very well that the parliament would not allow him to do so. As the bishop of Plock said at the time, "our happiness is to stay in our territory, stay healthy and happy." In desperation, Władysław IV secretly summoned a Cossack leader and granted him a secret mission to attack the Ottoman Empire.

The king hoped to anger the Turks and Crimeans so that they could attack the Republic and find an excuse for declaring war. To this end, the king also awarded the latter flag and commission. Unfortunately, this ambitious plan finally died because of Władysław IV's illness. The flags and commissions awarded finally became the reminders of the Republic, because of the Cossack who was summoned by the king. The name is Bogdan Khmelnitsky.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with Władysław IV’s strategy itself, and it can only be said that it is God’s will in the end to end up like this.

Queen Ludvika resumes this strategy. He knows Cheerchen's deep affection for Christina, and he also expects that Cheerchen will definitely not want Christina to go into exile or stay in the monastery all his life. He will definitely help Christina.

And as long as the banner of opposition to Karl X is erected in Sweden, the king has reason to continue the war-and it does not matter even if the armistice agreement is signed, because the Swedes violated the agreement and suddenly attacked the Republic of Poland four years ago- The king's move was nothing but his own way, and he also ruled his body.

The plan went well. Victor, who received the secret letter from the king, created an opportunity for Cheorchen to "rebel" according to the instructions; and Cheerchen also ignored the "king's fate" for personal affair and stunned the Duke of Ovshane; and they occupied Riga. Later, Karl X's army also returned to attack Christina.

But I didn't expect that the **** battle originally envisaged by King Jan Kazimierz and Queen Ludvika ended in the sudden death of Karl X and the support of Christina by a group of Swedish generals.

This made the king lose an excuse to interfere.

Perhaps it can only be said that this is the will of God again, he made the plan of the king and the queen succeed, but did not make the two of them earn a lot of money.

"Before I come, Natalie will ask you when you will return home~www.readwn.com~ She is waiting for you in Warsaw." Stanislaw Potocki asked suddenly, putting down his glass.

Hearing Natalie's name, Cheer Chen looked a little flustered.

After a long while, he asked in disbelief, "Natalie asked me when to go back?"

He thought that his reckless behavior would completely disgust Natalie, who was more patriotic than herself, and might divorce herself. He didn't expect that Natalie would not do this, but hoped that she would go back.

Stanislaw Potocki nodded.

"You have to thank the queen for this. She told Natalie that you disobeyed your order to assist Queen Christina and said that you were on her secret order."

A strong feeling of gratitude rose in Cheerchen's heart. He excitedly said to the old man Stanislaw Potocki: "Please pay my respects to Her Majesty the Queen, who is as loving as a mother, and tell Natalie. When this is the case, I will leave Sister Christina and return home. ."

"Definitely." Stanislaw Potocki smiled and accepted Cheerchen's request.

Then, the old man asked Cheerchen for one thing.

The old man hopes that Cheerchen will use his great influence on Christina's regent to promote a new plan for King Jan Kazimierz.

This plan is the League of Bory.

Jan Kazimierz wanted to ally with the Kingdom of Sweden in order to deal with the dangerous neighbor in the north. The King and Queen Ludvik hoped that the Kingdom of Sweden could march into Ukraine and, together with the Polish army, would gather the army of Tsarist Russia in the Poltava region. As a reward, King Jan Kazimierz will cede a piece of Christina's private collar from the direct domain of the royal family and tacitly accept all the requirements of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Duchy of Prussia.