Natalie said she would take Chechen as her opponent, which was put into action early the next morning. Originally, Natalie planned to compete with Chechen to see who killed more enemies in the next battle. But last night''s sneak attack gave the Swedes a great shock. Instead of attacking the monastery this morning, they honestly dug up defensive facilities such as trenches and breast walls.


    This made Natalie feel very boring, so she forced to compete with Chechen. Since she is an opponent, all Natalie wants to beat Chechen.


    In this project, Natalie finally found the feeling of being a winner.


    Cherchen''s swordsmanship was worse than that of the Swedish officer killed by Natalie last night. Natalie''s saber was put on Cherchen''s neck in only one or two rounds.


    "Are you really a soldier? You can''t be in charge of logistics." Natalie laughed at Chechen.


    Chechen picked up the saber that was knocked off the ground.


    "I''m just not good at using a saber," Chechen replied. He put the saber back on the knife rest, and then went to a long thin sword and a dagger.


    Che Chen''s hand with a long thin sword was in front, and his hand with a dagger was in the back.


    "Street duel? Did you learn swordsmanship from Italians or French?" Natalie saw the way of Chechen''s move at a glance.


    "No matter who you learn from, you can beat you."


    Seeing that Chechen was so hard spoken, Natalie was also interested. She wanted to see the difference between alvar with a long thin sword and alvar with a saber.


    Natalie''s saber slashed Cherchen''s shoulders and head twice. She was luring each other to block, so that Cherchen could show her flaws.


    Chechen did block, but he used a dagger to block, and the hand with a long thin sword stretched straight to Natalie''s chest.


    The length of the saber was shorter than that of the long thin sword. Natalie used chopping, which made her saber stabbed by the long thin sword before it fell on Chechen.


    "Yes, she has two down-to-earth skills." Natalie rarely praised Cherchen.


    But then her attack became more fierce. This time, Natalie changed her tactics. She chopped up Chechen''s slender sword and tried to knock off the weapon in Chechen''s hand.


    Every time Natalie hit the body of the slender sword, Chechen''s tiger mouth became numb. He did not expect that Natalie''s strength was so great, and Natalie''s attack on the first half of the sword also made Natalie achieve great results with little force. In desperation, Chechen had to put his sword across his chest to shorten the defense distance.


    And that''s what Natalie wants. At the moment when Chechen took back her sword, she saw that she stabbed the tip of the knife directly into Chechen''s chest. This attracted so much urgency that although the dagger in Chechen''s other hand pinched the saber, the tip of the knife had reached his chest before the dagger twisted the saber away.


    "I lost again." Chechen admitted defeat.


    "Well, at least you''ve had three more rounds," Natalie said.


    Although it was winter, Natalie''s face was covered with sweat after continuous intense exercise.


    Natalie wiped it with her handkerchief, then took the cloak from mitzkevich and put it on.


    "Come to me when you''re free and you''ll make progress," Natalie said without shame. As if she was trying to teach Chechen.


    With that, Natalie and mitzkevich left. Breakfast is ready and she is hungry.


    "I won''t find a sin to suffer?" Chechen thought. But he didn''t put down his weapon. Instead, he recalled the move he had just fought with Natalie and thought about the way to crack it.


    It''s snowing in the sky, and it''s getting bigger and bigger.


    In the next few days, Natalie had no chance to abuse Chechen, because alvid Wittenberg ordered the remaining Artillery Forces to start shelling the monastery.


    Even so far, alvid Wittenberg did not believe that the monks of the monastery would resist to the end. He hoped to weaken the resistance will and morale of the monastery through shelling, so as to make them surrender.


    The current situation is that the artillery of the monastery is twice that of the besieged Swedish army, but the quality of the artillery is not as good as that of the Swedish army; The Swedish army has fewer guns than the monastery, but their gunners are more elite, and the frequency of shelling is much higher than that of the monastery. As a result, the two sides have made an equal effort.


    Vreshzovic''s puppet army was "lucky" to be assigned to collect materials. Because their guns were transferred by alvid wiedenberg to the Swedish artillery. This made vreshdrovic "lucky" not to worry about being shot by his subordinates for the time being.


    Of course, vreshzovic was grateful for alvid wiedenberg''s assignment. He worked very hard to collect supplies for the Swedes and almost dug down the land of several villages near chenstohova by three feet.


    Of course, this atrocity was seen in the eyes of the monastery guards, which not only did not scare them, but strengthened their faith. Because once the monastery is broken, they will suffer the same fate as these villages.


    However, the continuous shelling caused great panic in the monastery. At first, due to the inaccurate elevation of the Swedish artillery, the shells fired from the artillery position either hit in front of their own trench or crossed the roof of the monastery and fell down the cliff. However, with several corrections, the high-level technology of the Swedish artillery gradually came into play. They fought more and more accurately and their firepower became more and more fierce.


    At that time, the Swedish army used three kinds of shells to attack the fortress. One is solid shell, which is mainly used to destroy the city wall; The second is the blossom bomb, which is mainly used to kill living targets; The third is incendiary bombs, which are used to burn buildings and cause panic.


    Of the three shells, the blossom bomb is the most threatening to the monastery. Most of the friars guarding the city had never seen the flower bomb before. They saw that the bomb would explode after it landed. They called it the devil''s weapon. They think it''s the Swedes doing evil.


    In view of this, Chechen had to conduct a field science popularization for the monks. He held in his hand a firing bomb that had landed without explosion, and then carefully took out the detonator.


    "Look, this is the secret that this shell will explode."


    Chechen''s hand held a small detonator, like a caterpillar. Chechen then said:


    "The shell is hollow and filled with gunpowder. Before firing, the Swedes insert the shell with sulfur fuse into the gun chamber. When the gunner ignites the fire door, the gunpowder in the gun chamber will ignite the fuse. When the Fuzed end of the shell falls to the ground, the sulfur in the broken fuse will ignite the gunpowder and the shell will explode with a bang. However, these fuses It''s not reliable. Many times the fuse will go out inexplicably. Sometimes the shells fall on other sides, which is why some shells won''t explode after they fall on the ground. "


    Hearing what Che Chen said, these young friars showed a sudden realization.


    "But Chechen, how can we tell which blossom bombs will explode and which won''t?" asked a fat friar squatting beside Chechen. The fat friar wore a half body armor, but the half body armor was still a little smaller for him. Too much fat was exposed from the interface of the half body armor, which looked unspeakably funny.


    "There''s no way to tell. Just like after you throw a sieve, you can''t know whether it''s the front or the back before it falls to the ground." Chechen said.


    The monks looked frightened again.


    "It''s not so terrible. I''ll tell you a way: dig more deep holes on the ground and keep the opening small. If a shell falls next to you, you''ll kick it down." Chechen comforted them.


    "I don''t dare. I''m afraid of approaching." the fat friar waved his hand in fear.


    "Be bold. The first time you kick with your eyes closed, you won''t be afraid if you kick more times." Chechen encouraged.


    At this time, Natalie came over.


    "Aleval, the dean asked you to go over."


    Natalie wore a close fitting chain armour, which was obviously her own equipment. In recent days, she has been sticking to the wall day and night, commanding the mercenaries who are willing to stay to operate the artillery. Days and nights of sleeplessness made her face tired, but Natalie still forgot herself.


    Chechen walks to Natalie.


    "What happened?" Chechen asked.


    "Several nobles living in the monastery were frightened by the Swedish artillery. They lost their confidence and ran to the Abbot''s room to ask whether the monastery could be held. The abbot didn''t know much about the military and didn''t dare to talk nonsense. But these are all big donors of the monastery. Abbot, he hopes you can tell these nobles from a military point of view that the monastery will not be broken." Said Natalie.


    "Can''t the Dean insist on going back?" Chechen blurted out.


    His tone was a little like blaming Dean koldzki.


    Natalie looked at Chechen with a reproach in her tired eyes.


    "Aleval, everyone is contributing to the defense of the monastery. Although the abbot doesn''t shoot like you, he has been fighting in his own way these days." Natalie defended the abbot.


    As the daughter of the kishka family, Natalie knows that many things depend not on force, but on coordination, negotiation and compromise.


    Now in the monastery, in addition to the mercenaries brought by monks and Natalie, there are many boarding nobles and farmers who voluntarily join the battle to defend the monastery. Among these people, mercenaries despise friars who have no combat experience. Friars hate rude mercenaries. The nobles think that farmers are mud legs and do not deserve to fight, while farmers resent the supremacy of the nobles. If these contradictions are not mediated, they will blow up the monastery from inside to outside like a time bomb.


    President koldzki is the only one who can bridge this contradiction. He is modest and reasonable, and his will is extremely firm. Whether mercenaries, nobles or farmers are willing to listen to him.


    He thanked the mercenaries for their efforts and took Taylor from the monastery''s Treasury to reward them; He prepared delicious food for farmers and promised that they would reduce their land rent after the war; He praised the nobles for their persistence in the crisis of the monastery and promised to do more mass for them and their ancestors. It is because of his existence that everyone can twist into a rope and fight.


    In addition, father koldzki has been communicating with the outside world during this period. He wrote to alvid wiedenberg, reiterated King Carl X''s edict to him, and warned the general that he had sent someone to Warsaw to appeal; He also wrote to General Anders Eriksson to thank him for his care and kindness to the monastery, and asked general Eriksson to speak to alvid Wittenberg and hope that he would stop the war as soon as possible; President kordtsky sent a letter to Stefan charnietsky''s general army and other commanders and lords, hoping that they could rescue Daguangming mountain as soon as possible according to their faith.


    In a word, President koldzki not only asked for help, but also split the relationship between alvid wiedenberg and Anders Eriksson through these letters (although the president did not know that general Eriksson had gone to Warsaw).


    After listening to Natalie''s words, Chechen was a little ashamed. He only focused on the face-to-face battle, but he didn''t know that the Dean had done so much behind him.


    They came to the Abbot''s room of the monastery. In addition to President koldzki, there are several people standing here.


    After Natalie''s brief introduction, Chechen knew that these bearded knights were zamoyski, a former sword officer; The short, balding man was the former flag officer of Krakow, okelny; Another young knight is little korny, grandson of kornitsky, a former Warsaw sword officer. Kornitsky, a former Warsaw sword officer, is terminally ill. Little korny is in the monastery to take care of his grandfather.


    "Everybody, this is aleval. He is the commander I appointed. He is directly responsible for defending the walls of the monastery. If you have any questions about guarding the monastery, you can ask him directly." when Dean koldzki saw Cherchen coming, he said to several nobles.


    As soon as the voice of President koldzki fell, the nobles looked at Cherchen. Then the nobles looked at each other. They feel that Che Chen is so young, how can he be able to undertake such a heavy task.


    In particular, the grandson of kornitsky, a former Warsaw sword officer, despised the young man who was a few years younger.


    "Aleval, how long do you think the monastery can last?" little corney stepped forward and asked first.


    "At least two months." Chechen said firmly.


    Several nobles whispered again. Although Chechen didn''t know what they were talking about, he looked at their eyes from time to time, which were full of doubt and disbelief.


    "Aleval, I''m not attacking your confidence. But you know, even Krakow defended by Stefan charnietsky''s general army has only lasted for a few months," said o''kelni, the former flag officer of Krakow.


    Obviously, okelny did not believe that Daguangming Mountain Monastery could last so long.


    "Sir, Krakow is Krakow, and monastery is monastery," Natalie warned.


    "Then why do you think we can keep it so long?" asked little corney.


    This problem has been considered by Chechen. He has also considered it very mature these days. When little corney asked, he immediately said: "Because the virgin is on our side. Please don''t interrupt me, sir. I have a point. It''s December and winter has come. I think it will snow soon. It will be very difficult for the Swedes to attack the monastery when the mountains are closed by heavy snow. I think you should know better than me how heavy the snow is in winter. Then they will be trapped in It''s hard to walk in the snow. Those thin tents can''t give them warmth, but we are not afraid of the cold in the monastery. Think about Smolensk, everyone! What has it been guarded by troops more inferior than us for so long? "


    Several nobles certainly knew how terrible general Dong was. Cherchen''s explanation that the monastery would not fall from this point of view was obviously more convincing than any other reason.


    "What about two months later?" little Colney still asked reluctantly.


    "Two months later, King kazimiz will lead a large army back to the Republic. How can the generals and commanders of all roads not be filled with indignation when they see the atrocities of the Swedes besieging the monastery! Now they are afraid of the Swedes, but when they see that even a monastery has been held for so long, which has made the powerful Swedish army unable to attack repeatedly, how can they not regain their confidence? Then they will be happy Will come to help us. There are 1000 Swedes down the mountain? 2000? But in Krakow, there are hundreds of thousands of people in the Republic. They will all become enemies of the Swedes! "Natalie teichechen said.


    "Country, does your majesty really want to return home?" okelny stammered in shock.


    Among Natalie''s words, o''kelni believed the rest, but kazimi, who went abroad, would return home with a large army, which really made o''kelni unbelievable.


    "Of course it''s true. I''m his Majesty''s envoy. This time, I''ll bring the news that the king is about to return to China to Dean koldzki," Natalie said.


    "Dean, is this true?" okelny confirmed to Dean koldzki.


    "Miss Natalie is indeed his Majesty''s Messenger," said Dean koldzki vaguely, unwilling to lie.


    "God!" okelny trembled with excitement.


    "Everybody, I think aleval and Natalie have made it very clear. We should have the confidence to win, because the Holy Virgin is indeed protecting us. The Swedes chose to attack the monastery in winter, but they still did so. From this we can see how greedy they are. We will fight them under the walls of the monastery, and victory belongs to us It''s for us, "the dean said while the iron was hot.


    Several nobles listened to the dean''s words, and their blood was boiling. They couldn''t help being ashamed of their shortsightedness.


    "Dean, we will fight for the virgin to the last minute," said okelny on behalf of the other nobles.