On the sixth night of the outbreak of the battle of Polotsk, Polotsk''s defenders, led by OLINA bilevich, were preparing to deal a fatal blow to the two thousand Russian troops outside the city.
It was dark tonight, and the moon seemed to hide in the clouds early because of the upcoming bloody battle. But in the castle of Polotsk, OLINA bilevich was like a bright sun, standing at the head of everyone.
The daughter of Polotsk, dressed in ancestral winged cavalry armor, stood on the steps of the castle stairs. Under her head are all the main generals and officers of the borotsk garrison. They include aleval Chechen, the head of the mercenary regiment, Pedro, the deputy head of the mercenary regiment, Charles, Cassian and kasimir, the commanders of the militia regiment, zooshka and yarosh, regular officers, etc.
Behind them were four thousand soldiers who would obey orders. Among them, there are 2000 cavalry soldiers alone. Although most of their weapons and armor are inferior, they are full of enthusiasm to kill the enemy.
OLINA bilevitch rang the bell of the borotsk castle. She said to everyone, "when the war comes, the enemy ravages my land. As borotsk''s men, shouldn''t we jump up and jump horse and cross knife? Shouldn''t we rush to the front and shine on the lintel?"
"Yes, yes," answered countless voices.
OLINA bilevitch nodded, her white face glowing red. Just listen to her continue: "Tonight, we will launch a counterattack against the enemy outside the city. Perhaps some people will doubt whether we can defeat the enemy with tight fortification. Then, please think about who destroyed the enemy''s 800 infantry in yesterday''s battle and who guarded the ridge with 200 infantry. It''s you, you brave soldiers. You have created miracles, no doubt, You can create greater miracles. "
With that, OLINA bilevitch pulled out her knife and raised it high.
Everyone pulled out their weapons. In an instant, the castle became a sea of swords.
After boosting morale, OLINA bilevitch led all the soldiers out of the castle to fight to the death with the two thousand czar Russian troops under the city.
Although most of Polotsk''s defenders were cavalry, the battle was first launched by infantry. More than 1000 Polotsk''s infantry, led by Cherchen and Pedro, rushed towards the wall of the Tsar''s Russian artillery position.
Of course, such a big movement in the castle could not be concealed from the Russian army outside the city. The remaining Russian commander sent someone to chase Yakov immediately and asked him to return to the division for support. At the same time, he asked the soldiers to hold their positions and wait for reinforcements.
The charging Polish infantry were shot by the Czar Russian Musketeers inside the city wall.
According to the Convention, after being attacked by the enemy''s fire, the attacking Musketeers should fight back quickly. But this time, all Musketeers changed their muskets and used their spears uniformly according to Pedro''s requirements. They carried the fierce attack of the Russian Musketeers, rushed into the city wall like a tiger in the gap between the enemy''s ammunition loading, and inserted the spear tip into the unprepared Russian army My chest.
The light cavalry led by oshka and yarosh were divided into two teams. They braved the grape bullets continuously sprayed from the Russian artillery position to gallop on the two wings of the Russian position, constantly throwing feather arrows to kill the Russian artillery and distract their attention.
Knowing that there was no hope of escape, the Russian army also burst out with strong combat effectiveness. They used gun butts and long axes to chop the spear array of Polish infantry, trying to pull the other party into a close-up white-edged war.
Although it failed to break the long gun array for a time, it miraculously blocked the advance of Polish infantry.
"Cannon, cannon." seeing that the war was at an impasse for a moment, Chechen shouted behind him.
Behind the infantry phalanx, all Polotsk''s artillery were transported out of the city to participate in the counter offensive against the Russian army.
The artillery built an artillery position outside the city at the fastest speed, but it was too dark. The two armies fought together again, and the artillery dared not fire rashly.
"Chechen, it''s too dark. The artillery are afraid to hurt their own people." Pedro shouted to Chechen.
"The second row raises the torch, raises the torch." Chechen said in a hurry.
The infantry in the second row dropped their spears and raised torches. As a result, a red line composed of countless torches appeared on this side of the Polish infantry.
In front of the red line, of course, is the enemy.
Bolotsk''s artillery immediately understood the intention of their comrades in arms. They raised their muzzle and fired in front of the line of fire.
Countless shells exploded in the Russian phalanx, and the original solid formation could no longer be maintained. The Russian infantry had to disperse, but once so, the single warrior had no power to stop the advance of the spear phalanx.
One life after another was reaped by spearheads as dense as a forest. After the bravest soldiers and officers died under the spear array, some cowardly noble officers began to escape, and the soldiers at the bottom composed of serfs lost their will to fight.
But the solid city wall that had been firmly guarded became the cage of all czar Russian soldiers, and there were countless Lithuanian light cavalry waiting for them outside.
"Surrender, surrender."
Seeing that victory was a foregone conclusion, Chechen didn''t want to kill too much, he ordered everyone to shout.
The surviving Russian army threw their weapons to the ground and raised their hands high.
"Cherchen, is the battle over?"
Seeing that the shouting and killing stopped gradually, OLINA bilevich rushed over from the artillery position. She saw the Polotsk garrison escorting the surrendered Russian army all the way.
"Only the enemy in the artillery position has not come out yet," Cherchen said to OLINA bilevich.
While talking, several figures jumped out of the breast wall of the artillery position.
"I''m Aleutian, the Czar''s Russian artillery captain. We surrender," one of them shouted.
"Throw the weapon over."
The figures threw several weapons on the ground and walked out slowly.
"Which of you is the commander? I want to know who I surrender to again," said the captain Aleutian.
"I am," said OLINA bilevich.
"A woman?" Aleutian was a little unbelievable, but he immediately nodded.
"Be careful!" Chechen shouted, and he rushed at OLINA bilevich. Because he saw that the captain named Aleutian suddenly squatted down.
Behind Aleutian, a Russian officer held a pistol at his waist and aimed it in the direction of orina.
At the moment when Chechen pounced on orina, the gun sounded. A soldier standing behind orina was shot. Subsequently, two Russian officers were killed by angry Polish soldiers.
"Thank you, Chechen," orina stood up and said gratefully to Chechen.
Che Chen patted the dust on his body.
"I wish my hunch would not be so accurate every time," Chechen said.
Then everyone boarded the artillery position. All the guns in the artillery position have been destroyed, and even the gunpowder has been thrown into the bucket.
But even so, the war was fruitful. More than 1400 Russian troops were captured and all the flags were captured. Among the prisoners were dozens of nobles who claimed to have titles. Of course, their identities need to be further verified.
The sky, too, was brightening.