The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

Cheechen had already planned to go to Sweden with Queen Christina, but the arrival of an unexpected guest almost disrupted his plan.

This person is Marshal Lubao Macki.

Chechen was shocked by the arrival of Marshal Lubao Macki. Because at this moment, the Marshal should have taken refuge in the Holy Roman Empire.

For Chechen's shock, Marshal Lvbao Macki didn't seem to be surprised. He smiled at Cheerchen and said, "Cheerchen, it's been a long time since I saw you."

Cheerchen reacted now. He saluted Lübao Macki, and then turned sideways to invite the marshal into the house.

"Marshal, I didn't expect it to be you." Chechen said respectfully.

Lubao Macki looked into the hall. Then, he took off the wide-brimmed hat and cloak, and handed them to the two entourages behind him.

The two entourages were tall and large. When they entered the room, they looked around with vigilant eyes and saw that they were the guards of the marshal.

Chechen asked the marshal to sit down, and he sat opposite the marshal.

After they were seated, neither of them spoke for a while.

For Chechen, he understood very well that as the most wanted criminal in the Republic, Lvbaumacki sneaked into Poland alone and came to see himself. He must have a great purpose or have a request for himself. But now he just wants to get rid of the harassment in Poland, and does not want to get involved in the struggle between the king and the marshal.

Lu Baomac basically wanted to wait for Chechen to ask his own intentions first. Seeing Chechen didn't speak at this time, he had to speak first.

"Chechen, I am very grateful for your righteous speaking to me when I was persecuted by some people with misconceptions." Lvbao Macki said.

"The marshal has praised, I just did what an honest person would do." Cheer Chen replied carefully.

Lvbao Macki nodded. He sighed, and then complained for Chechen: "Unfortunately, His Majesty repelled loyalty and appointed a traitor for his own selfish desires. You just said a few good things for me and you were punished by slumbering."

"Here." Cheer Chen thought to himself.

He vaguely sensed that the marshal was about to reveal his purpose to find himself tonight.

Lubao Macki finished speaking and stood up. From Cheechen, he also thinks of losing all his honor and property, and being forced to flee abroad. The marshal's face flushed with anger, and his eyes seemed to burst into flames.

The marshal was like an angry lion. He walked up and down in the living room and said loudly: "I intended to kill this life abroad. Because although the king has failed me, he is the sovereign of the Republic after all, and he is a nobleman. But more and more nobles are writing to tell me the king’s perverse acts in the country. He violated the treaty and attacked the good. But the kind nobles can only wash their faces with tears, reach out to the sky, and look forward to God’s grace because of the king’s They are not qualified to accept grace. They pleaded with me, pleaded with me again and again, pleaded with me to return to the country to take charge of the overall situation, and lead them to set things right. I promised them, although the crime against the king would make me go to **** after death. , But the Republic is my mother, and I can’t let my mother be destroyed in my father’s hands.”

After speaking, Lvbao Macki looked at Cheechen with piercing eyes.

"Alvar Chechen, you are my reliable friend. I hope you join our aristocratic alliance and be a hero to save the Republic."

The so-called alliance of nobles is a political association established by nobles, clergy, city councils or army in the territory of the Bolivian Republic. It started as a self-defense organization where several cities united against rampant bandits, and later evolved into a political alliance.

The League of Nobility aims to protect the government and national security at necessary moments (such as the vacancy period). For example, Lithuania’s deputy commander Pavel Sapega and the great nobleman Landskorontsky established a noble alliance during the Swedish invasion of Poland. The purpose of this alliance is to unite all the nobles of the Federation who are unwilling to submit to the rule of the Swedes to fight together, while at the same time show loyalty to the exiled monarch.

But the role of the noble alliance is not always so just. The purpose of some alliances is to launch a legal rebellion against the "illegal" actions of the king. This is similar to the side of the Qing emperor in ancient China, but unlike the Chinese who only beat the traitorous officials and not the emperor, the target of the legal rebellion of the Polish nobles was directly at the king himself.

For example, in 1606, the great nobles Mikovaj Zebdowski, Jan Szczynski Herbert, Stanislaw Stadniski, Alexander Joseph Lisovaski and Yang The rebellion initiated by the League of Nobles initiated by Woods Razville and others was caused by their dissatisfaction with Sigismund III's efforts to strengthen the king's power. They used the king’s violation of the "Henry Treaty" as an excuse to force Sigmund III to abide by the treaty, and also proposed to expel the Jesuits from the Republic; the House of Representatives appoints state officials instead of the king; local officials should be elected by the localities. Instead of appointing; expanding the protection of Protestants and enhancing their rights and other requirements.

The purpose of this aristocratic alliance established by Lubao Macki is obviously the latter.

He will use force to coerce King Jan Kazimierz to abandon reforms and restore his power and status.

Since he wants to use force, Lvbao Macki must have more force than the reformists. The new royal army commanded by King Jan Kazimierz has 20,000 people, and there are also famous generals such as Stefan Czarnetski, Stanislaw Potocki, and Jan Sobieski. While the supporters of Lvbaumacki and the private army he owns are not inferior to the king's army in quantity, they are inferior in quality to the quality of commanders. Therefore, Lvbao Macki traveled all the way to Vidava to seek Chechen's alliance.

But Cheerchen had long since determined not to be involved in political struggles anymore.

What's more, his wife, Natalie, is a staunch reformist. Do you want to draw swords against her on the battlefield?

"Sorry, Marshal."

"Sorry, Your Excellency Lubaumacki."

When Cheerchen refused, Queen Christina walked out accompanied by Carlsson and Piedro.

Seeing that "outsiders" suddenly came, the two guards of Lvbao Macki put their hands on the swords on their waists vigilantly.

"It turned out to be your Majesty the Queen Regent. I didn't expect you to be here." Lvbao Macki saluted Christina.

Christina smiled and gave a gift.

She said: "His Excellency Lubaumacki, Alvar Chechen has accepted my invitation to go to Sweden to become Governor of Riga. So he can only refuse your kindness."

Lvbao Macki glanced at Cheerchen and saw that Cheerchen did not refute Christina's statement.

He is a sensible person, knowing that Queen Christina said Cheerchen had no objection, then Cheerchen would definitely not be on his side.

The dignity of Lvbao Macki prevents him from stubbornly demanding.

"In that case," Lvbao Macki made himself a smile, "Alvar Chechen, I wish you a great success in the Kingdom of Sweden. You are a foreigner, you can freely choose the object of your allegiance, but I can't. , I am the son of the Republic, I can only choose to fight for the Republic."

"marshal."

Cheerchen felt a little sad when he listened to Lyubao Macki's generous words with sadness. But he still stretched out a hand and held it together with Lvbao Macki's.

"God bless you."

"Bless you too."

Separating the two hands, Lvbao Macki took the wide-brimmed hat and cloak handed over by the guard and left.

Chechen, Christina, and Pidro sent Lubao Matsky to the door and watched him leave.

Looking at the carriage going away, Pidro suddenly said to Cheerchen: "My nephew, I will lead the team to send off the marshal. He is the king's most wanted criminal, in case something happens in Vidavadi. Or maybe arrested, we can’t tell."

Cheerchen thought that Uncle Pidro's words also made sense, so he asked him to lead thirty cavalry to **** Lubao Macki.

Pidro quickly gathered the men and horses, and he took thirty rides and one ride away.

Lvbao Macki's carriage was walking slowly on the main road of Vidawa. He heard the sound of horses hoof behind him, so he asked the guard what was going on behind him.

The guard told him that it was Cheechen’s uncle Pidro who came with a team of cavalry~www.readwn.com~Lybao Matzky’s heart ignited hope-he thought it was Cheechen who changed his mind and was about to join him. The nobles are allied.

Therefore, Lvbaumacki ordered the coachman to slow down and wait for Pidro's arrival.

Soon, Pidro rushed to the carriage.

He said to Lubao Macki in the car through the window: "Marshal, my nephew is worried that the road will be uneven. Let me **** you."

After listening to Pidro's words, Lubaumacki was a little disappointed. But he said calmly: "I have work."

Thus, Thirty cavalry soldiers brought by Pidro lined up on both sides of the carriage, escorting Lübau Macki forward, while Pidro smashed the side of the carriage and said to Lübau Macki in the carriage from time to time Talking.

"Marshal, it would be nice if you came here during the day. Then you can see a thriving look. Under the management of our uncle and nephew, it is full of vitality: every village has water mills and wind mills. Many families of farmers pay rent and tribute for us. Everyone raises horses and cattle. At lunch, the smoke from the huts, and the bells of the Catholic church are ringing. I dare say that there are few places in the Republic that can be like Vidawa. Compared to the rich land of the country."

Listening to Pedro’s bragging rights, Lvbao Maz responded: “You and Chechen’s talents are obvious to all the nobles of the Republic.”

"Humph!"

After listening to the compliment from Lubao Macki, Pidro was not happy, but snorted.

"But even if there are talents, those who are jealous and jealous do not even give us a city. Not only did they take Brest back, they also wanted to take my nephew Bratzlaff as their own."

These words made Lu Baomatzki hear the taste-this Chechen's uncle, I am afraid that it is not as simple as sending himself.