Alexander otkinski certainly did not dare to let Werner know the bad news that the army against lidar fort was beaten by several sneak attacks by Jan sobesky before it was successful. All his submissions to lidar Fort reported good news but not bad news, claiming that the army was progressing smoothly. All these days, Prince yanush has been in a good mood, even calling salben less. He also often held dinners and knight competitions to show his composure to foreign envoys and Werner''s army and people and did not take sapega Jan sobeski in the eye.


    This series of moves has indeed played a role in stabilizing the morale of the army. Envoys from various countries came to the prince''s palace more and more frequently, and spoke with the prince more and more respectfully. Some envoys of small countries such as varajia even began to call the prince Duke of Lithuania.


    On that day, boguslav sent a messenger to report his situation in Warsaw to yanush.


    "How''s bogusslav doing in Warsaw?" yanush asked impatiently as soon as he saw the messenger. Boguslav''s visit to Warsaw was very important. Although some important Swedish ministers had interceded before, Carl X had not made a clear statement, but asked boguslav to go to Warsaw. Whether his cousin can get Carl X''s understanding is not only related to his own life and death, but also directly related to the attitude of the monarchs and ministers of the kingdom of Sweden towards himself.


    "At the beginning, King Carl x refused to receive his royal highness. He also ordered the garrison in Warsaw to close the gate and refuse the prince to enter. This made his royal highness live in the wild all night."


    Hearing this, yanushi''s heart jumped a few times. His face was pale, as if he had heard the most terrible thing. He seemed to see the gallows waiting for boguslav. After all, now nominally boguslav did not submit to the Swedes. It is conceivable what treatment a prince of a hostile country would encounter when he went to an enemy city.


    "No, it won''t." yanushi kept comforting himself in his heart. Carl x is not a sentimental person. He should understand the value of his brother. In Lithuania, no one can win over a group of people to stand on the side of the kingdom of Sweden with the reputation of the raziwiu family. Insulting boguslav is insulting himself, and executing boguslav is not only feuding with the raziweu family, but also driving himself to the opposite of the Swedes. Even King Carl x, who was at the height of the sun, had to weigh the consequences. Besides, Frederick elector is here. He''s boguslav''s uncle!


    "Then what?" yanush asked tremblingly.


    Hearing Prince yanush''s question, the messenger said excitedly, "but the next morning, his Majesty King Carl x welcomed his royal highness into the city with the most solemn etiquette. Almost all generals and civil servants in Warsaw attended the welcome ceremony. His Majesty''s affection for boguslav was like a brother who had been lost for many years."


    Yanush breathed a sigh of relief. The messenger''s words must be exaggerated, but after all, it shows that Carl X has stopped investigating Christina.


    Or explain that there is no longer an investigation on the surface.


    At this time, yanushi looked at the messenger with blame. The messenger couldn''t speak. He didn''t know to report the good news first, which surprised him.


    "Did boguslav ask you to bring a letter back?" yanush asked again.


    "Yes, your Highness''s letter is here. Your highness asked me to accept the great prince."


    The messenger said, took the first two steps and handed the letter to yanush.


    Yanush opened the letter.


    In his letter, boguslav described his situation in Warsaw. He reassured his cousin that King Carl X''s anger had dissipated because his uncle, general Eriksson and general Wittenberg all spoke well for himself. When Carl x met him alone, he said he made a mistake that men would make, but it didn''t lead to irreparable consequences after all. Don''t take all minor mistakes to heart. Christina''s there. He''ll intercede. And after so long, her anger has dissipated a lot. Boguslav also asked yanush to say that there is no doubt about the victory of the Swedes and whether he should join the Swedes anyway. This is also what he hinted at himself from the king to the princes and ministers in Warsaw.


    At the end of the letter, boguslav said that the messenger who came was a trustworthy person and helped himself a lot in Warsaw. His cousin could show him the generosity of the raziweu family.


    "What''s your name?" after reading the letter, yanush asked the messenger in front of him.


    "Your Highness, my name is Catherine. I''m a Scot." the messenger saw Prince yanush asking about his last name and quickly bent down to answer.


    "My cousin said in his letter that you helped him a lot in Warsaw. What''s the matter?"


    Listening to Prince yanush''s personal questions, Catherine replied in fear: "What I did is really insignificant. As you know, Robert Douglas, the general under King Carl x, is also Scottish. I found General Douglas through this relationship. I begged him to take me to general Eriksson and ask his Majesty King Carl x for mercy through general Eriksson."


    Yanush nodded.


    "Every little kindness will be rewarded with glory. You have done a good job, and I will reward you heavily."


    Hearing that Prince yanush wanted to reward herself, Catherine quickly knelt down on one knee.


    "Great prince, it''s my honor to work for you and your highness bogusslav. The prince has given me a lot of money. I shouldn''t have asked for your reward. But there''s one thing I can''t do, but it''s easy for you."


    "Tell me, what''s the matter?" yanush said kindly. He even put his hand on Catherine''s head, like a priest.


    "I want to marry Helena obhovich."


    "Helena obkhovich? Is she fiordo''s daughter? Do you know her?" yanush thought and asked.


    "Prince Mingjian! Princess Helena and I fell in love in Smolensk."


    Yanush thought, if in the past, a Scot would never be worthy of the daughter of the Lord of Smolensk. But now, fiordo is just a scavenger kept by himself. Why not buy a loyal subordinate with his daughter?


    "I''ll do it for you, son. I''ll talk to fiordo about it."


    Catherine heard the speech and kissed yanush''s hand happily. He was so excited that his dream would come true soon.


    Some people are happy and others are sad. While Catherine is happy, General Alexander otkinski is about to be weakened by Jan sobesky''s sneak attack.


    The successive attacks on the small forces forced Alexander otkinski to order the army to stop moving forward temporarily. Ojinsky had to recall all the troops scattered to collect supplies to prevent them from repeating their mistakes again.


    "Damn it, who can tell me where Jan sobesky is? In three days, I lost 200 people, most of whom are veterans of hundreds of wars. Now some army officers with less than 100 guards dare not even go out of the camp."


    In the village where general otkinski''s headquarters was stationed, otkinski waved his arms exaggerated and shouted to all the officers present.


    Some officers bowed their heads. They were the cowards in the general''s mouth.


    But this is also a helpless thing. Once there was a Polish militia of 100 people, but it was only 10 miles away from the big army, but when the big army heard the gunshot and arrived, the small army had been completely destroyed and none of them survived.


    There are many rumors in the Polish company. They describe Jan sobeski as a ghost coming and going without a trace. They all say that fighting with such an army is no different from suicide.


    Although the officers tried their best to clarify and inspire the fighting spirit of the soldiers, they had little effect. Because so far, in the battle with Jan sobeski, ojinski''s troops have not even received a prisoner or even a body.


    Ojinski needs to rely on a victory over Jan sobeski to boost his morale. But after each attack, Jan sobesky and his cavalry wiped out all their traces like skilled hunters. Oginsky once sent some scouts, but they all have no return.


    Seeing no one talking, ojinsky''s eyes were as big as ox''s. He breathed heavily, the whip in his hand slapped his palm.


    "Chaplin, do you think you can find Jan sobesky''s cavalry?" when otkinski''s palm was knocked red, the yanush appointed gatman finally stopped this "self mutilation" behavior. He casually called an officer''s name and asked him to come up with a way.


    Chablin, who was named, was originally a faculty member of Werner University. He had a good study of theology, but he knew little about how to lead the army. But even so, after chablin read several books on war, he realized that war was just that.


    "General, I don''t think we can do anything about Jan sobesky so far because our soldiers have no sense of military honor. I once heard a scout talking to his officer and asked him to exchange ten Taylor for his captured prisoners. How can such an army fight! I don''t think soldiers should talk about money. Encourage them to act It should be the sense of honor and patriotism of soldiers. As Prince yanushi said, patriotism is our sharpest weapon. "


    Chabrin kept talking, unaware that ojinsky and some Lithuanian officers were green.


    "Patriotism"? "Military honor"? Ojinsky almost suspected that the officer named Chaplin was pointing fingers at the mulberry tree. If the people present were patriotic, how could they betray the king who had taken an oath and devote their loyalty to another king? As for the honor of soldiers, more than half of them are mercenaries. When will mercenaries care about the honor of soldiers.


    Oginsky''s whip struck the palm of his hand again. He was thinking that perhaps in the near future, perhaps immediately, his whip would fall on the face of the talking officer.


    But chablin didn''t realize that his great disaster was coming. He still expressed his opinions eloquently. But chabrin is obviously starting to get off the point. He began to boast that he had written to Prince yanush before the war (the war between Russia and Poland), in which he had foreseen the direction of the Russian attack. But in the end, the prince didn''t take his advice, otherwise


    Chaplin''s words stopped at "otherwise". Because ojinsky''s whip had fallen on the face of the former college teacher who was full of horses.


    Chaplin covered his face with his hand in pain. When he put down his hand, they saw a bright red whip mark on Chaplin''s face.


    After a whip, oginsky was angry. He ordered two guards to drag Chaplin out.


    "Victor, tell me."


    After dealing with Chaplin, ojinsky called Victor''s name again.


    Standing next to victor, Cherchen looked at Victor with worry.


    Victor took a big step forward when he saw that ojinsky called his name.


    "Commander, I think we can lead the snake out of the hole," Victor told ojinsky.


    "Lead the snake out of the hole?" oginsky touched his chin. He chewed Victor''s words.


    "Yes, sir, commander. Since Jan sobesky likes to attack our small forces, we will satisfy him. We can deliberately send a small team to attract Jan sobesky to attack, and then the large forces that follow us will surround him." Victor explained.


    Obviously, although Victor was attached to the love of men and women, he did not waste his military skills.


    "Good, good."


    Ojinsky was also pleased with Victor''s plan. He tapped Victor on the chest with his whip. "Lieutenant, I''ll remember you."


    Although the solution is so settled. But when who acted as bait, none of them dared to take orders. No matter what kind of inducement oginsky made, he even offered a high reward of 2000 Taylor, but no officer dared to stand up. Because everyone knows that this is a highly dangerous task.


    Chechen also kept his head down to avoid otkinski''s attention. He had made up his mind to take part in the attack on Fort lidar as little as possible.


    The helpless ojinsky looked at Victor. The meaning is very clear: since you put forward the method, of course you should pawn the bait.


    "General, I''d like to go. But I have two conditions."


    Unexpectedly, Victor immediately accepted the task.


    "You said that as long as it is reasonable, I will meet you." seeing Victor take the initiative to accept the task, oginsky was in a good mood. He said with a smile.


    "First, I want half of the two thousand Taylor now."


    "Yes, it''s easy. I''ll ask the quartermaster to give it to you right away." okinsky agreed. This is not a problem for him at all. And ojinsky also knew that pre war rewards were the most effective way to boost the morale of mercenaries.


    "What is another condition?"


    "Second, I want someone from you."


    "Who?"


    "Chaplin."