General Douglas''s words soon came true. With the arrival of reinforcements, the prince''s army and the Swedish army first launched an attack on the enemy in Lida fort. A thousand of Cherchen''s men were specially asked by General Douglas to join the battle sequence of the left wing.
The commander in chief of the campaign was field marshal Brauer Wittenberg. His nearly 20000 strong army was divided into two parts: the left wing composed of 4000 Swedish troops and 1000 Swedish troops, and the right wing composed of 11000 Swedish troops and 3000 Swedish troops.
For Lida fort, although Jan sobeski knew that ojinski would attack soon after receiving reinforcements, he did not expect that the speed of the coalition forces would be so fast. The Swedish army went into the battlefield almost without rest.
Due to the high position of Lida fort, Jan sobeski easily found out the allocation of coalition forces. The right wing of 14000 people obviously came to Lida fort, where the coalition troops assembled the most artillery; The left wing of the coalition wanted to defeat the reinforcements led by general Stanislaw lianzkoronsky - they had 5000 cavalry and 2000 infantry deployed on this side.
Although the troops were at an absolute disadvantage, Jan sobeski was not particularly worried, because there was a parallel stream directly in front of general Stanislaw lianzkoronsky''s defense line, and the stream could overflow people''s lower legs. When the coalition forces wanted to launch an attack, they had to cross the river first. Although the cavalry could cross the river easily, the infantry had to cross slowly under the fire of musketeers on the Bank of the river. Even if the coalition cavalry crossed the bank, there was a dense forest on one side of the stream. This forest naturally played a role in shielding the right wing of the defensive side, so that the opponent could not encircle it. Behind the stream, there is a large grass slope rising slowly. It is very open and very suitable for cavalry to gallop freely. Jan sobesky believed that even if the Swedish infantry were excellent, they were inferior to the Polish cavalry in terms of cavalry.
Since the 3000 garrisons in the castle have not lost the fight against 12000 people for several months, there will not be much problem against 14000 people.
I can only say that I have never fought with the Swedish army. I never know how powerful they are.
But Jan sobesky is not a big boy after all. Just in case, Jan sobeski left a reserve team of 1000 people to support any line of defense at any time.
At 13:30 p.m., with the sound of a 24 pound cannon from the right-wing artillery position, the final decisive battle of the battle of lidar Fort began.
The first to launch the attack was the main force of the left-wing Prince''s army led by ojinski. Although they were facing Lida fort, which had been attacked repeatedly for months, the morale of the prince''s army was unprecedented. Because behind them was the invincible Swedish army - Brauer weixingsburg, who supported okinsky''s siege troops with all the artillery and artillery of more than 12 pounds.
From the beginning, these Swedish artillery showed higher shelling skills than their Polish counterparts and mercenaries. Although the number of artillery was at a disadvantage, the artillery of Lida fort, which could fight with oginsky''s artillery in the artillery battle, was suppressed. The two forts were the focus of the Swedish artillery fire. In less than 30 minutes, four of the ten twelve pound guns were overturned by Swedish shells. As soon as the rest of the artillery fired, it would attract three or four artillery to counterattack, and the artillery who hit Lida Fort could not lift their heads.
Worse, the walls of Fort Lida. The originally dense crenels and women''s walls were destroyed by gunfire one by one, and the defenders on the wall had to stand on the unobstructed wall and shoot.
The soldiers of the prince''s army carried the ladder like ants, crossed the channel buried in the ditch by engineers in the rain of guns and bullets, and came to the city of Lida fort. Dozens of ladders were erected on the wall. Mercenaries wearing excellent armor climbed up the ladder and climbed up the wall.
At this time, deadly flames were fired from the forts on both sides. The musketeers and three pound guns on the forts were firing. A piece of land soon fell under the wall.
Those who survived began to be timid. In particular, the Polish militia, when they saw that the war was unfavorable, they were afraid and wanted to retreat. But behind them, in addition to roaring artillery, there are Swedish guns and spears.
These Swedes will not take these into account. They are also their own friends. As long as they are not seriously injured, they all use bullets to drive them to continue attacking the city.
The Polish militia was afraid of the fire in the city, but more afraid of the Swedes. They trembled, clenched their weapons, and turned back step by step.
Of course, the Swedish Musketeers do not all act as supervisors. Seeing that everyone had returned to the battlefield, the Swedish Musketeers behind the trench set up their muskets and covered the friendly troops rushing to the city with dense bullets.
Without the drag on the morale of the Polish militia who are afraid of the enemy like a tiger and flee like a rabbit, the mercenaries are also more brave. Mercenary officer Tilly killed a soldier leaning out to shoot Musketeers with a pistol. He threw away the pistol that had run out of bullets, and then pulled out another one. Tilly searched for the next target and shouted to his men: "grenade, grenade."
Several strong grenadiers leaned against the root of the wall. They lit the grenade in their hands and threw it hard on the fort. Immediately, a thick smoke accompanied by fire rose from the fort. The sound of guns and muskets died down.
Three Scottish swordsmen jumped up the wall. Every swing in their hands will kill a rebel soldier or cut off three of the rebel''s spears. These heavily armored warriors reap their lives like a killing machine. Only the close range shooting of muskets can cause fatal damage to them.
A soldier of Jan sobesky pounced on a Scottish swordsman with a grenade in his arms. He let the huge sword higher than his body pierce his body. The brave soldier hugged the Scottish swordsman. He pushed the enemy down the wall with his last strength, and then died together in a fire.
Jan sobeski did not expect that the battle had entered a white hot stage at the beginning. Ojinski''s army was like beating chicken blood, completely ignoring its own casualties. The garrison officer has sent people several times to beg him to send more reinforcements. Each time, he sends him a hundred or two hundred reserves. But several times, he had no soldiers to send.
"Damn it!"
In the Lord''s hall, Jan sobeski looked out through the glass shattered by shells. The battle map on the table was covered with dust from the beam, but he didn''t have time to wipe it. In fact, the map was no longer useful to him, because the terrain of Lida fort and its surroundings had long been printed in Jan sobesky''s heart.
Can these original fish belly troops radiate such strong combat effectiveness just because 3000 Swedish troops participated in the war? Is the Swedish army so invincible? Jan sobesky thought reluctantly.
Now it seems that it is not enough to defend Lida Fort alone. We must put in a new force. But where did the troops come from? Jan sobesky, they have no reinforcements. The only possibility is that the 7000 people led by general Stanislaw lianzkoronsky. His opponent, Sweden''s famous general Robert Douglas, has only 5000 men, which is the only force that can be transferred.
Jan sobesky put on his helmet. He went out of the Lord''s hall, mounted a war horse and drove towards the left position. Under the inner city wall, father Marek is leading the people of the monastery to hold the statue of the virgin and the cross to bless the wounded soldiers and the city wall.
The battle of the left is obviously not as thrilling as that of the right. When Jan sobesky arrived at the battlefield, Stanislaw lianzkoronsky and most of his cavalry were sitting on the ground in the sun, with only a small part on guard.
"Leonzicolonsky, how''s your side?" Jan sobesky jumped off his horse and asked. In fact, you don''t have to ask Jan sobesky to know that there has been no fierce war here.
"It''s so easy, sobesky. Douglas''s several attacks were blocked by infantry alone, so that my cavalry and I could only watch those two legged infantry fighting. If you still say what he is, I''m afraid he''s not even as good as that guy okinsky. Where''s your side?" Stanislaw leantzkronsky said.
"I''m not as relaxed and freehand as you are here. The guy ojinski threw everyone at the beginning, and the shells hit my wall without money. To be honest, liantskoronsky, how many infantry can you send me? I mean, before it doesn''t affect the defense." Jan sobesky asked.
"Two thousand!" Stanislaw leantskoronsky replied without hesitation.
"Two thousand?" Jan sobesky almost thought there was something wrong with his ears. Stanislaw lianzkoronsky wanted to give everyone to himself.
"Yes, it''s two thousand. As you can see, I face only five thousand enemies, and my five thousand cavalry is enough," Stanislaw lianzkoronsky said confidently.
Jan sobesky thought for a moment. Although he doubted whether Stanislaw leantzkoronsky could resist Douglas''s attack under the same number of troops, Fort krida really needed support. As a last resort, he took 1500 infantry and left 500 infantry for Stanislaw lianzkoronsky.
On the other side of the stream, Douglas looked at the more than 1000 infantry who had left with Jan sobesky from a distance, and his face showed a victorious smile.
Marshal Brauer Williamsburg''s strategy finally succeeded.