When the mercenary regiment led by Cherchen finally arrived at the foot of Warsaw, the Lithuanian army had besieged the Holy Spirit church for three days. During this period, the commander of sapega changed his commander three times. On the third day, the attacking side had changed from Prince mihau and Jerzy haretsky to Jan sobeski.


    Jan sobelsky was very happy to see that Chechen finally came. He took Chechen to the position without waiting for him to have a rest. The intention is obvious: your mercenary regiment will be responsible for the next attack.


    Although it was somewhat unreasonable for Jan sobeski to entrust such a major and dangerous task to the mercenaries as soon as they arrived on the battlefield, he was indeed worried, or commander sapega was worried.


    In these four days, the other three offensive forces have made some progress, and the west wall, which is only the responsibility of the Lithuanian army, still stands still. It is less than a week since King kazimiz set the time for the general attack, but the Lithuanian Legion did not even win the front position of the enemy, the Holy Spirit church, which is bound to affect the launch of the general attack. Therefore, the general leader changed his generals for three times, and finally sent Jan sobesky up.


    Fortunately, Jan sobesky did not let Chechen and his mercenary regiment attack blindly. He brought Cherchen to the battlefield to tell Cherchen the lessons of his previous attacks.


    Jan sobesky handed a telescope to Cherchen, then pointed to the Holy Spirit church and said, "that''s the Holy Spirit church. The Swedes occupied and defended it. They had 300 people and six guns, two of which were six pound runs. However, after so many days of fighting, the city did not send troops to support them, so I estimate that there were only 200 people in it at most."


    "Don''t you have any support?" Chechen asked.


    Jan sobesky shook his head.


    "At least we didn''t find them reinforcements unless they dug a tunnel between the church and the wall."


    Cherchen wrote down this sentence of Jan sobesky, and then he continued to ask, "so, general, how did the Swedes defend this church?"


    This is the key point that Jan sobeski wants to tell Cherchen, and it is also the information that countless Polish soldiers have bought with their lives.


    "The Swedes are very cunning. They demolished the stairs from the first floor to the second floor. Usually they only rely on a few ladders to go up and down. During the first attack, because they didn''t know this situation, our people were at a loss after attacking the church. Then they were hit by fire from the second floor. Because they couldn''t climb, the soldiers became living targets. Finally, they all died in the war."


    Chechen can imagine the tragic situation at that time. He bowed his head and observed a moment of silence for the war dead.


    "During the second attack, we learned to be smart and took the ladder. This time, although we also paid huge casualties, we attacked the second floor of the Holy Spirit church."


    "But we were beaten back?" Chechen asked. If the attack had been successful, he and Jan sobesky would have spoken in the church.


    "Yes, it failed again. At that time, the man in charge of the attack was also Mikhail, and the Mikhail of the raziwiu family. His soldiers met the Swedish pistol cavalry on the second floor. These iron cans had the thickest armor, and even the bullets could not kill them at close range. The armored Cossacks and spearmen under Lord Mikhail did their best Shake them by a penny. Coupled with the grenades falling from the roof, we had to quit the church again. "


    The result of the battle mentioned by Jan sobeski only describes the second floor of the church, which is also the highest height reached by the offensive in recent days. And Jan sobesky knew nothing about the Swedish Defense on the third floor.


    Finally, Jan sobesky concluded and encouraged: "Aleval, it''s up to you whether I can take down the Holy Spirit church. I''ll give you three hours to prepare and give you all the guns on the position. I''ll give you whatever you need. There''s only one request. You must take down the Holy Spirit church. I''m telling you from my heart: we are all marginal figures in the eyes of commander sapega. I''m because There is a criminal record against him, and you are due to a contradiction with Prince mihau. If we want to stand in the army, we have to show decent achievements to impress sapega and dare not underestimate us. "


    Although Chechen could not fully agree with Jan sobesky''s words, he still felt sad.


    "Don''t worry, general. I know what to do."


    After leaving the attack position, Chechen returned to the mercenary regiment. Time was pressing, so he had to arrange it immediately. On the way back, a general plan had been formed in his mind.


    All the officers of the mercenary regiment were summoned.


    Chechen built a model of the Holy Spirit church with a wooden board. Using this model, he explained his attack strategy.


    Cherchen pointed to the model of the church: "I''m not going to attack and occupy the hall on the first floor of the church. Because according to Jan sobesky, I''m sure the first floor is a trap set by the Swedes. He''s tempting us to throw our troops in and kill again. And even if we occupy the first floor, because the enemy has demolished the stairs, we have to go up with the help of the ladder."


    "What do you mean?" asked Pedro.


    Che Chen pointed to the second floor with a whip.


    "We directly attacked the second floor. Just now in the position, I found that many places on the second and third floors of the church had been destroyed by our artillery fire, revealing big holes. We put the ladder on these holes and went directly to the second floor."


    Pedro pondered for a while: "this is a way to reduce casualties. How many enemies are there on the second floor?"


    "If general Jan sobesky''s information is accurate, the total number of enemies should be between 200 and 300. Oh, by the way. When attacking, all our soldiers put on blunt tools such as hatchets, hawk picks, page hammers and pistols. There are many Swedish handgun cavalry in the church, and ordinary weapons can''t help them," Cherchen said.


    All the officers understood. When Cherchen asked who had more to add, fedott suggested: "commander, I think we should choose the time of attack at night. The Swedes are better at shooting than us. Attacking at night can limit the Swedes'' firepower to the greatest extent."


    Fedot''s suggestion is very good.


    The Holy Spirit church is a building that will not move. As long as the Polish artillery adjusts the shooting position, they can also hit the target at night, while the Swedish artillery and artillery are difficult to hit the moving people at night.


    "I''ll talk to Jan sobesky and delay the attack until evening."