When Chechen and his companions took a boat to miatelsk, at the foot of blazlav city thousands of miles away, Stefan charnietsky, the commander of Lvov of the Republic of Poland, stood on a hillside, overlooking blazlav Castle not far away. Around him were dozens of guns of different sizes and calibres. The guns continued to fire and fired shells at the walls of Bratslav castle.


    Under the leadership of King Jan kazimiz, king of the Republic of Poland, more than half of the Republic''s city leaders and general soldiers gathered under the city of brazlav and vowed to pull out the nail wedging into the hinterland of the Republic.


    The attack for more than a month has left the walls of Bratslav Castle riddled with holes. Several city walls collapsed, and the Republic''s army tried to break into the city several times, but they were beaten back by zaporoze''s Cossacks.


    Stefan charnietsky saw that a gap that had been opened by artillery three days ago but blocked back by the Cossack gate was pierced again by shells. Seeing this, the Republic soldiers hiding in the trenches shouted "God bless" and jumped out of the trenches and rushed towards the gap.


    Several Cossack infantry appeared in the gap. They fired several guns at the Republic soldiers who crowded up and knocked down several soldiers who rushed to the front, but then these Cossacks were knocked down by the Republic''s Musketeers.


    Seeing that the soldiers at the front had touched the gap in the wall, the adjutant standing behind Stefan charnietsky said happily to Stefan charnietsky, "Sir, our people rushed in."


    Stefan charnietsky certainly saw this scene, but he didn''t show any happy expression. After years of fighting with zaporoze Cossacks, his intuition told him that it was definitely not so easy to break through the castle defended by that man.


    By this time, the German mercenary who rushed in front had crossed the gap and rushed into the castle. More and more people followed.


    The change happened at this time. Countless gun barrels suddenly stretched out from the crenels of the broken city wall. Once let Chechen block the sharp weapon of the most elite Boye cavalry of Czar Russia in Polotsk - "organ" platoon gun aimed at the Republic officers and soldiers under the city.


    With the first "organ" banging out a deadly flame, like lighting a string of thousands of firecrackers, there were dense and continuous gunshots on the city wall.


    In the red flame and white smoke, countless soldiers crowded in the gap were knocked down to the ground. Their bodies were piled up as high as half a person, almost blocking the gap.


    "Damn Bao Hong, this is the fourth time."


    Seeing that the siege failed again, Stefan charnietsky''s adjutant secretly scolded.


    Yes, the one guarding Bratslav is the Cossack hero Bao Hong who saved Chechen''s life and went into the city alone to blow up the artillery position of the Smolensk garrison.


    At the last moment of the Smolensk war, the zaporoze man was forced by Bogdan to leave the Smolensk front and recall Kiev because of his disagreement with Bogdan hemelinitsky.


    It is said that in Kiev, Bao Hong and Bogdan hemelinitsky had a fierce quarrel. For a time, the two were at a crossfire. Even the two guards fought each other. All these news came from the Republic''s spy in Kiev.


    It was precisely because he thought that Baohong and Bogdan hemelinitsky had fallen out that king kazimi of Japan led the main force to surround brazlav, a city controlled by Baohong.


    The city originally planned to be conquered within a week has been delayed since Bao Hong suddenly led his subordinates to break through the peripheral defense line of the Republic Army.


    For more than a month, Bao Hong has played his superb city defense tactics, which is not inferior to the cavalry command, and simply delayed the war to this day.


    But the trapped beast is still fighting, and there will be an end. All the commanders of the Republic, including Stefan charnietsky, knew that as long as Bogdan did not send reinforcements, Bao Hong''s efforts would only add a touch of blood red to the battle that was bound to fail.


    For more than a month, Bogdan hemelinitsky, the chief of zaporoze Cossacks, has not sent any reinforcements.


    Unlike the excited young adjutant, Stefan charnietsky, as a commander, saw the failure of the siege and the blood flowing into the soldiers, but he didn''t have any expression. This is not because of his cold blood, nor because he has experienced too much numbness to this scene. It was his thoughts, not on the capture of blazlav.


    As one of the few farsighted commanders of the Republic of Poland, Stefan charnietsky is well aware that the zaporoze rebels raging in Ukraine have such a great momentum that the Republic has lost its troops one after another. In addition to the outstanding talent of the enemy chief Bogdan, the main reason is the intervention of foreign hostile forces. In the past, this force was the Tatars of Crimea, but now it is mainly czar Russia. Moreover, the Mikhailovich czar has moved in the direction of Lithuania.


    In the face of 150000 tsarist Russian and Cossack allied forces, the 60000 Republican Army does not have an advantage in number, but with more excellent training, it still has the strength of World War I. However, if another force joins the war and breaks the weak balance, it will definitely be a disaster to the other side.


    "General, general Stefan charnietsky, your majesty is looking for you."


    At this time, his Majesty''s messenger rode to Stefan charnietsky and conveyed to him the order summoned by King kazimiz.


    Stefan charnietsky answered. He mounted the horse brought by the adjutant and ran behind the position with the king''s messenger.


    King kazimiz''s tent was not far behind the artillery position. When Stefan charnietsky entered the tent, King Jan kazimiz was talking about the Bible with the priests of the Jesus church.


    The priest of the Jesus church saw Stefan charnietsky come in and knew it was time to go down. He saluted king kazimiz and then backed out.


    When the tent was closed again, Stefan charnietsky greeted king kazimiz and said, "Your Majesty, you summoned me."


    King kazimiz is just 46 years old this year. He took off the robe of the cardinal after the death of his brother wadiswaf IV and ran for king of the Republic of Poland. Although kazimiz had few friends in the Republic of Poland and was not welcomed by the nobles, he successfully led 50000 Polish troops to completely smash the attack of 100000 Cossack and Tatar troops by virtue of his battle with the Cossack Tatar allied forces in berestecko at the end of June 1652, And forced hermernitsky to sign a new treaty in the white church to consolidate his position in the Republic - although most of the credit for the battle was due to the dead Prince yarimi.


    King kazimic is obviously in a good mood today. After Stefan charnietsky said hello, he waved his hand to Stefan charnietsky and said in the letter, "look, my dearest general Lvov. After reading it, you will know that your worries are superfluous."


    Stefan charnietsky wanted to take the letter from the king, but king kazimic suddenly took it back.


    This move caught Stefan charnietsky a little unprepared.


    King Jan kazimiz smiled proudly when he saw Stefan charnietsky''s stupidity.


    "But my dear commander in chief, before you read the letter, tell me what''s going on on on the front line? Has our army captured Bratslav?"


    "Not yet, my king. The lowly poor resisted fiercely," Stefan charnietsky said truthfully.


    Kazimiz nodded. He had expected such a result, otherwise a herald would have come to tell him the good news.


    "You see. Although I haven''t captured the city so far, I''m not in a good mood, but I still want to make my commander happy." kazimiz handed the letter to Stefan charnietsky and said.


    Stefan charnietsky accepted the letter respectfully and read it carefully.


    The letter was written in Tatar. Stefan charnietsky was once a prisoner of Tatars and spent some time in Crimea, so he can roughly understand it.


    The letter was sent to King kazimiz by Khan gley of Tatar. In the letter, the Tatar Khan reiterated the traditional friendship between the Crimean Khanate and the Republic of Poland, and strongly condemned the aggression of Czar Russia against the Republic of Poland***· GreyI expressed to King kazimiz that the Crimean Khanate is willing to continue to be the most loyal ally of the Republic of Poland. If the Republic of Poland needs, 100000 Tatar cavalry will immediately enter Ukraine to help the Republic of Poland fight against czar Russia and zaporoze''s Cossacks.


    For the so-called "traditional friendship" and "the most loyal ally" in the letter, Stefan charnietsky does not believe a word. If the Tatars were really so reliable, he would not be their prisoner himself.


    However, from the content of the letter, the Crimean Khanate and the Ottoman Empire behind it are deeply vigilant against the expansion of Czar Russia and zaporoze Cossacks. They do not want a hegemonic force in Eastern Europe.


    This is clearly a good thing for the Republic of Poland.


    "Congratulations, your majesty. Khan will be our loyal ally." Stefan charnietsky handed the letter back to King kazimiz.


    Kazimiz proudly raised his upper lip beard. Pulling Khan to his own camp is his most proud skill.


    "But,"


    After congratulation, Stefan charnietsky raised new doubts. And that''s what he''s most worried about.


    "The wolf has been tamed. What about the lion?"