In the main hall of Lida fort, Jan sobesky was watching the intelligence sent by the spies thoughtfully.


    "It''s Alexander otkinski. He brought an army of 12000 people. Prince yanush, do you despise me or value me?"


    Putting the information on his desk, Jan sobesky stood up. He smiled with some self mockery.


    He had expected yanush raziweu to attack Lida Fort himself. He is confident that with the strong defense and sufficient materials of Lida fort, yanush''s army will be firmly restrained under the city of Lida fort. Two months later, when their veterans were tired, Yang zamois and others, who had already planned with Yang sobeski, surrounded yanush''s army from the outside, and the two sides attacked inside and outside to eliminate yanush in Lida fort. As long as his plan succeeds, he will be the first person to save the Republic, and even deputy commander Pavel sapega''s prestige can not be compared with him. At that time, he was waving troops from Werner to Warsaw to liberate the capital of the Republic from the hands of the Swedes. The king and parliament will not spare him the scepter of the marshal of the Republic. Even one day, he can become a king (of course, this is a little too far).


    But now, the rebel commander is General Alexander otkinski of Fort covno. The general is an old acquaintance with his father and has many contacts with him. In the eyes of Jan sobesky, ojinsky is synonymous with conservatism. His tactics are "classical" and do not know how to adapt.


    The honor of defeating him cannot be compared with defeating yanush raziwiu. People will praise a man for killing a lion, but no one will praise you for killing a dog.


    That''s why Jan sobesky was a little disappointed.


    Jan sobesky opened the curtains on the window, and the situation outside was clear and panoramic.


    At the moment, Lida fort is a busy scene. All the soldiers were actively strengthening the city walls, digging trenches and carrying artillery.


    Jan sobesky saw an old man in a white Friar''s uniform pushing and pulling a gun with three servant children. The old man is father Marek of the monastery outside lidar castle. The priest is kind and has a high reputation in lidar castle. When the news of Jan sobieski''s allegiance to yanush in miatelsk came, father Marek threw his stick to the ground and scolded Jan sobieski as a shameful traitor; When Jan sobeski rescued Jan zamois and others, the old man became his most loyal follower. Father Marek melted the gold and silver wares of the monastery and gave them to Jan sobesky for military use, and personally helped strengthen the city.


    Jan sobesky turned his eyes to the walls of Lida castle. The four walls in the East, West, North and south of Lida fort were redesigned and built by Jan sobeski at a heavy cost. The construction of the city wall was even earlier than before the outbreak of the Russian Polish war. At present, Fort Lida is surrounded by fortresses protruding from the wall. Each fortress has five twelve pound guns. Even if the attacking party exceeds three times his own, Jan sobesky is not afraid.


    There were three thousand defenders at Fort lidar and twelve thousand enemies.


    Although the difference in military strength is not as great as that between Fyodor and Prince Alexei in the battle of Smolensk, many of the troops of kenush are mercenaries. They have rich combat experience and their combat effectiveness is much better than those mobs of Czar Russia. Purely in terms of combat effectiveness, these 12000 people were far more than the Tsarist Russian army at that time. This is also the reason why Jan sobeski thinks yanush attaches importance to himself.


    Fortunately, Lida Fort does not need to stick to it for more than half a year like Smolensk. He only needs to hold on for a month.


    But why two months? I can beat Alexander otkinski now! As soon as Jan sobesky got the idea, he got excited uncontrollably. He took off his winged cavalry feather helmet from the hanger and strode out of the room.


    "General, where are you going?"


    Seeing that Jan sobesky went out of the Lord''s hall with his helmet, the adjutant Jan ruoeukev, who had been guarding the door, hurried up and asked.


    Jan sobesky shouted, "go and defeat oginsky."


    Jan ruokev was stunned, but he wouldn''t ask what to do or what to do? He will only follow Jan sobesky forward.


    They got on the horse. Jan ruokev took down the bugle by the saddle and puffed up his cheeks and blew it hard.


    After a while, the two hundred cavalry in Lida fort were assembled.


    Jan sobesky didn''t speak. He pulled out his scepter and pointed at the city gate. Then he clamped the horse''s stomach, and the horse kicked four times and ran towards the city gate. Behind it, at the same time, 800 horseshoes were beating on the ground.


    Jan sobesky didn''t want to take 200 cavalry to compete with an army of 12000 people. No arrogant person would do such a move. He was going to eat a small group of mercenaries who had been forcibly recruited from the large army near the road that oginsky passed.


    Local supply was the most effective and economical way for the army to obtain food and other supplies at that time. In the 30-year war, among the various armies fighting in the German region, except the Swedish army, other armies were supplemented by materials from the occupied and belligerent areas. When supplies were insufficient, the army commander would acquiesce in the mercenaries'' forced recruitment of local farmers'' food, which also made many mercenaries form a habit of wartime robbery.


    Many of oginsky''s army are veterans during the 30-year war. Oginsky himself believes that plundering the warring areas is an effective means to weaken his opponents and strengthen himself. So Jan sobesky was sure that he would be captured.


    Moreover, he must think that he has only the way to defend the city, and he will never dare to go out of the city to fight with him.


    The day after leaving Lida fort, Jan sobesky and his cavalry met a group of German mercenaries outside a village. There were fifty-six mercenaries, including thirty spearmen and twenty Musketeers, as well as six German double handed swordsmen.


    Jan sobesky''s cavalry surrounded them outside the village and broke the mercenary''s attempt to escape into the village. These mercenaries are tough when they see that they can''t retreat. They formed a circle, with spearmen outside and Musketeers inside, mixed with two handed swordsmen in the middle, defending like a hedgehog.


    For such a difficult bone, sobesky chose to attack. He led the winged cavalry in three rows. The winged cavalry''s horses were close to each other, and the two knights even touched their feet. The winged cavalry held the super long lance flat and let the horses trot at a slow speed.


    On the wings of the winged cavalry, armored Cossacks and polish pistol cavalry jumped out at high speed. They moved to the two wings of the hedgehog and constantly peeled off the hard shell of the hedgehog with fire.


    The mercenaries are in a dilemma. Their Musketeers hesitated to fight back. If they fight back, they will not have enough firepower to resist the fatal attack of the winged cavalry; But if they don''t fight back, they can only endure the endless harassment of armored Cossacks and pistol cavalry.


    Some Musketeers couldn''t help pulling the trigger, and more Musketeers were fired. This is the moment Jan sobesky is waiting for. He gave the order to charge. The winged cavalry held the super long lance flat and crashed into the gun forest at medium speed.


    An extra long lance, longer than the spear in the long gunner''s hand, pierced the mercenary''s body. The first wave of winged cavalry killed the long spearmen, the second wave of winged cavalry broke through the formation, and the third wave of winged cavalry plunged the defeated soldiers in retreat to the ground. The original unbreakable formation was destroyed in an instant.


    Some brave mercenaries still want to be trapped. They hold their weapons and kill the cavalry in all directions, but they are all knocked down to the ground.


    In the next few days, Jan sobesky''s cavalry followed suit, destroying two separate mercenaries.