After dinner, they had a rest. Chechen gave Natalie a roll of thick linen, but he climbed up the tree.


    From the depths of the forest, across the trees and bushes, came the howling of wild animals; From time to time, a gust of wind blew away the smoke of the campfire, making the dark earth make a whirring sound.


    The night was thick, and the bonfire went out from weak, which made the original quiet surroundings more quiet, and the quiet atmosphere more deep, which was heartbreaking.


    Chechen put the gun flat on a tree trunk. He broke a small branch and bit it in his mouth. The bitter juice flowed into his mouth, clearing his sleepy mind a lot.


    At this time, there was a sound of climbing under the tree.


    Natalie sat next to him.


    "Natalie, didn''t you sleep?" Chechen took the twig out of his mouth and asked strangely.


    "I can''t sleep," Natalie said.


    She sat opposite Chechen and covered herself and Chechen''s legs with the linen blanket.


    "My father wants me to marry," Natalie said, looking up at the sky.


    "Oh, with whom? Do you like him?" when Natalie said that her father wanted her to marry, Chechen''s heart throbbed. Chechen doesn''t know why his heart suddenly throbs. Is it because he also likes Natalie?


    "And the children of those powerful families in the Republic." Natalie didn''t name anyone.


    "You should choose the person you like. This is God''s right for you. I think it will be very painful to be with the person you don''t like in this life." Chechen thought carefully and said.


    "Thank you," Natalie said.


    "Talk to me, aleval," Natalie called Cherchen under the pseudonym he used when he was in the monastery.


    Chechen said "um".


    "Why are you going to Crimea? Is it Fatima?" Natalie asked. When she asked this, Natalie''s face turned red. She felt like she was competing for a man with other women. But it seems so.


    "It''s not just Fatima," Chechen said.


    This relieved Natalie''s heart.


    "Why? You may not know that the Tatars in Crimea are robbers, horse thieves and shameless human traffickers. At the hmelinitsky rebellion, the Tatars and Cossacks united to wreak havoc in the whole Ukrainian region. Thousands of people were caught as slaves. In Kafa, even an arrow can change three slaves. These pagans are the enemies of Christ, You are a man of integrity and should not go along with them. "


    Rest assured, Natalie advised painstakingly.


    She thought that Chechen was deceived by Fatima and would listen to her and make the decision to go out of Crimea.


    "I want revenge, Natalie," said Chechen with a sigh.


    Natalie said these things only seven or eight years ago. He also heard Mikhail talk about it. How could Chechen not know the evil deeds of Crimean Khan.


    But compared with these, Tatars'' opposition to Czarist Russia is also real. The blood feud between the two countries can''t even wash away the water of the Black Sea.


    Since its establishment, the Crimean Khanate has never stopped invading and plundering the southern region of Czar Russia. As far as Ivan IV was concerned, the Crimean Khanate united with the Turkish allies in 1552 and sent more than 7000 cavalry to fight near Tula, but was repulsed by the local garrison.


    In 1571, the greatest Khan devlet in Crimea gathered 40000 elite troops from the khanate, and in addition, he recruited the cherkes from the big and small nogai Khanate and the Caucasus to send troops to czar Russia again. Soon, the Allied forces of the Crimean Khanate reached the hinterland of Czar Russia and occupied the land south of Moscow.


    Devlet Khan troops arrived in Moscow. During the northern expedition, devlet Khan received a small amount of information from the Russian troops who came to take refuge in him. Intelligence shows that Czarist Russia not only caused political unrest due to the elimination of vassal states, but also occurred in a large area this year. In addition, there was a plague. Hundreds of thousands of people were hungry and plagued. Moscow was unable to resist the Kremlin army. So devlet Khan immediately decided to attack Moscow with all his strength.


    Devlete Khan sent a small number of troops to feint at the Russian tightly defended fort of shepokhov, the South Gate of Moscow. He led the main force to bypass the fort, enter the west, cross the UGRA River and attack Moscow from the southwest. There were only 6000 defenders in the southwest of Moscow. Where were the opponents of 40000 fierce Tatar cavalry, they were soon wiped out. Since then, devlet''s army did not encounter any effective resistance and reached the bottom of Moscow.


    Unable to resist the Kremlin army, the Russian army withdrew from Moscow. Ivan IV fled in a hurry among the chaotic army and was almost captured by the Tatars. Finally, with the help of a few forbidden troops, he fled to Rostov city north of Moscow.


    Moscow, which had abandoned its defense, was emptied by the Kremlin army. Tatars and allied forces robbed Moscow and all towns south of Moscow. Finally, they set a fire and burned Moscow to ashes. Except for the stone built Kremlin, the whole Moscow city was submerged in the sea of fire and finally completely turned into ruins.


    In this battle, the Crimean Khanate suffered a heavy blow to czar Russia, and the troops in Moscow and southern Moscow were basically wiped out. The whole czar Russia killed more than 80000 people in this war. In addition, 150000 people were captured by the Crimean coalition forces when they withdrew their troops.


    These histories were all done by Cherchen after deciding to go to Crimea. Yelishei and fedot told Cherchen.


    "Revenge?" Natalie wondered.


    "My feud with Yakov cherkaski," said Cherchen in a deep voice.


    With that gnashing tone, Natalie knew how deep Chechen''s hatred was.


    "I''m actually a coward. Although I always say I want revenge, I''m getting farther and farther away from Yakov. If I really have the courage, I should go to Smolensk, Riga and give the villain a shot with a gun or dagger. But I don''t have the courage. All I think about is to rely on the strength of others for revenge. Yanush raziwiu''s, Crimean Khan''s." Cherchen said something he had never said to Natalie. As he said it, Cherchen buried his head in his chest.


    Natalie stood out of the blanket. She leaned out her head and gently touched her lips on Chechen''s forehead.


    Such a sudden intimacy made Chechen a little stunned.


    After the kiss, Natalie quickly retracted.


    "Don''t think too much, coward. It''s just a comforting kiss," Natalie said with a red face.


    Listening to this, people feel a little overwhelmed.


    Che Chen touched her forehead. She felt that Natalie''s fragrance was still in the air.


    "Cherchen, you are not timid, and your choice is correct. Assassination is only the bravery of a man, and it is disgraceful. If you want to avenge Yakov out of justice, you should defeat him on the battlefield. But even so, don''t go to Crimea, okay? The Tsar is a man eating vulture, and Khan is a hungry wolf. There is nothing to do with the power of Tatars Now the Republic has stopped fighting with czar Russia and become an ally. But this is only temporary. When the Swedes are driven out of our land, the kind king kazimiz will not let Ukraine and Smolensk leave the jurisdiction of the Republic. "Natalie advised.


    Chechen is buried in silence again. In fact, he is considering Natalie''s words.


    But Natalie saw that Chechen didn''t speak, but she thought this reason might not prevent Chechen from going to Crimea.


    Natalie looked at Chechen as if she had made a great determination:


    "If I say, because I like you, you don''t want to go to Crimea, will you?"


    The twig in Chechen''s hand fell gently.