Although yanush made an early decision to send troops, it was August 4 that the army led by General Alexander otkinski really set out from Werner.


    During this time, yanushi made the most adequate preparations. He provided Alexander''s army with all the guns he could collect, including seven mortars, forty-two three pound guns, eighteen twelve pound guns and one twenty-four pound gun. In addition, yanush ordered boguslav to go to Warsaw immediately to make amends to Carl X and Christina, and stationed his army in the zone between Werner and vigil, so as to prevent sapega from sneaking into Werner when the prince''s army besieged Lida fort.


    On the other hand, yanush also continued to spend a lot of money to buy a large number of grain and military supplies from Germany. Almost every German Arsenal received yanush''s orders for everything from swords and spears, fire guns and artillery to horse armor. The musket alone cost Prince yanush 50000 Taylor. These materials will continue to be transported to Werner in the future.


    Obviously, yanushi has realized that with the increasing number of his opponents, the war in Lithuania can no longer end in the short term. He should be prepared for a protracted war.


    Watching the last flag of the army going to Fort Lida disappear on the horizon, yanush, standing on the tower of Werner, withdrew his eyes. Beside him, lonzinski stood around.


    "Long zinski, how long do you think Alexander will be able to capture Lida Fort?" yanush asked casually.


    Lonzinski is a little embarrassed about this problem. In this era, the technological revolution of gunpowder is far from leaving the revolution of the castle behind. With the popularity of bastions and other city building technologies, the defense of fortresses and cities against artillery has been greatly enhanced, and a siege will often become a protracted siege. After that, without foreign aid, the outcome depends on which party''s food and energy are exhausted first. This time is often calculated in months. Lonzinski has never been to Lida fort, so it is difficult to estimate the defense degree of Lida fort.


    "Don''t you know?" yanush didn''t want to get the answer from longzinsky. He may be asking himself more about how long he hopes to end the war.


    "My subordinates feel that as long as the situation remains unchanged, General Alexander should be able to capture Lida Fort within two months." lonzinski gave yanush a 60 day estimate.


    Sixty days, this is almost the same as yanush''s own judgment. So yanush went downstairs slowly. When he came down to the first step, yanush''s chest tightened fiercely, and he almost rolled down the step. Fortunately, longzinsky responded and held him in time.


    "Prince!" longzinsky asked anxiously, holding yanush''s arm in one hand.


    "Come on, go find salben." yanush''s lips began to turn white, and he didn''t even have the strength to speak.


    In Chechen''s mercenary regiment, there was also a man who was sick and had no strength to speak.


    "My dear nephew, I seem to have seen an angel yesterday. He came to pick me up," said Pedro weakly, lying on the carriage with a cold water bag on his forehead.


    "Stop talking nonsense, dear uncle. Didn''t Dr. salburn say that you have a fever." Chechen persuaded Pedro.


    "I don''t believe that guy now, a quack who cures diseases and bleeds by leeches," said Pedro, shaking his head.


    He felt that his head was full of paste.


    Two days before the army started, Pedro accidentally fell ill. Chechen soon invited salben to see a doctor for Pedro. After salburn''s diagnosis, Pedro just has a fever and will be fine in a few days. Salburn also suggested that Pedro should stay in Werner and not take part in the war against Fort Lida. But Pedro can rest assured that although he believes that his nephew will not leave him to take refuge in Jan sobesky or Pavel sapega, he is not here. If fedot and yelisheyi leak his mouth and his nephew knows that he has kidnapped father spasokukotsky, it will not be a big deal. So Pedro insisted on following the mercenary regiment. In order to recover as soon as possible, Pedro also accepted salburn''s suggestion and implemented bloodletting therapy. But I didn''t expect my condition to be more serious now.


    "Then you should have a good rest first. When you get to Lida fort, I''ll find a local doctor for you to see."


    Listen to Chechen say so, Pedro nodded.


    "Also, uncle is ill now and can''t command the battle. You have to fight well and don''t play any tricks." Pedro warned Cherchen.


    Chechen quickly said he would never. He would obey the orders of General Alexander otkinski.


    This was actually used to comfort Pedro. In fact, Chechen had already thought about it. When he arrived at Lida fort, he applied to the general for logistical security. This time, businessmen, craftsmen and prostitutes from various countries followed the army of 12000 people. These people rely on a variety of commodities, skills and bodies to be ready to serve soldiers and buy the spoils obtained by the army at a low price.


    This was also a common practice in the war at that time. Since most of the troops had no logistical supplies, they could only rely on local supplies and accompanying businessmen to supplement supplies. This also gave birth to a large vassal group. A long siege often established a town scale market around the siege side, where everything was prepared for Taylor who drained the soldiers.


    Of course, such a market needs managers and maintenance. In the past, the army tended to use businessmen to manage such fairs. But later, the officers found that the mercenary nature of businessmen could easily be bought by enemy spies and saboteurs, so that poisoning and assassination of their own officers occurred in the market. Later, the generals learned to be smart. They would specially allocate an army to manage the market and collect taxes, which could not only ensure safety, but also inflate the officers'' money bags.


    However, Chechen''s main interest is this position. He doesn''t have to participate in the siege. This made him get rid of the trouble of continuing to quarrel with MIHA u and others (Chechen didn''t know that Jan sobeski and MIHA U''s sapesh were not together).


    Although it''s an exaggeration for the hundreds of military merchants to protect the 1000 mercenaries, Chechen is sure to take this position. Because he had stuffed enough Taylor into General Alexander''s adjutant''s pocket. For the first time in his life, Chechen bribed his superiors.