At night, the Polish Army''s camp was full of gloom. At this time, even the most thoughtless people knew that the Polish army was defeated again.


    After the failure of the assault in the afternoon, the spirit of the Polish army has fallen to the bottom. The soldiers thought sadly: even the winged cavalry could not win. What else could they do?


    To make matters worse, the Swedish Prussian coalition has surrounded the Polish army from both sides. Behind the Polish army is the visva river. If the Polish army wants to get rid of the danger of total annihilation, it must build a bridge on the visva River, cross the river and retreat.


    It''s easy to say, but it''s difficult to do. Because the Swedish Prussian coalition will not watch the Polish Army build a bridge and retreat. They will certainly bombard the bridge erected by the Polish Army on the visva river with cannons. Although building a bridge at night can reduce the accuracy of coalition artillery fire, it is extremely dangerous to build a bridge in the river without lights.


    In the camp of the Chinese army, King kazimizh looked at the participating commander sapega, general Jan sobeski, General Alexander otkinski, Stanislaw potowski and yanush kishka without saying a word. At this time, King kazimiz seemed to be ten years old. His face was waxy yellow without a trace of blood. If King Jan kazimiz could use the betrayal of the nobility as an excuse for every previous failure, this time, he lost completely without an excuse. The prestige gained by recovering Warsaw was lost in the two-day battle, and 34000 troops were in a desperate situation. These 34000 people are the real main force of the Republic of Poland. Without them, the Republic will lose everything.


    At this moment, King kazimiz really regretted not listening to charnietsky.


    Kazimizh glanced at the officers around him. Mihau, Anjie, Natalie and others stood behind the commander of sapeja and general Jan sobeski. In the afternoon battle, mihau Knights fought bravely and won the lottery in the battle. His arm was hit by the gun wind and couldn''t lift it.


    King kazimiz sighed. He stood up.


    All eyes were on King kazimiz.


    "The defeat of this battle was all my fault," King kazimiz unexpectedly blamed himself.


    The people''s eyes widened. It was incredible.


    "Charnietsky once advised me not to engage in a major confrontation with Karl x, to lead them to the mainland, and then choose an opportunity to fight after killing their spirit and edge with guerrilla warfare, but I didn''t listen to him."


    When they heard this, they lowered their heads one after another. Among them, Stanislaw potowski and yanush kishka are particularly ashamed. Because charnitz basically found himself, but they didn''t pay attention to charnitsky''s correct opinion.


    King kazimiz continued, "the second mistake I made was to underestimate the enemy. The victory of defeating the leading forces of the coalition blinded me and made me think we could win easily. Anjie had succeeded in the sneak attack, but I was so arrogant that I waited for the enemy to collapse, giving the electors time to repair and counterattack."


    Anjie''s eyes shed tears.


    "And you, my dear Knight mihau. You once reminded me that I should send scouts to investigate the movements of the Swedes, but I didn''t pay attention. Sure enough, Carl X''s army circled our flank. All your injuries today are because of me."


    Mihau knelt down to the ground moved by King kazimizh''s talking about himself and blaming himself. He was moved and said, "our father, please don''t say that."


    King kazimiz took a deep breath. He finally said, "today''s defeat is all on my own. When the army breaks through, I will confess to God, the goddess of national protection and the subjects of the whole country. But now, the most important thing for us is to take out the 40000 troops here. Without them, the Republic will lose everything!"


    As soon as king kazimiz''s voice fell, mihau stood up. He said generously, "Your Majesty, I would like to lead my team to replace defense with attack, delay the Swedes and win time for the retreat of the army."


    Anjie expressed the same opinion.


    Then Natalie, standing behind yanush kishka, suddenly said, "Your Majesty, I can build a bridge at night."


    Yanush kishka looked at his daughter behind him in surprise. King kazimiz asked in surprise, "Natalie, tell us what you can do!"


    "Pontoon," Natalie said.


    A floating bridge is a bridge that floats on the water with a ship or floating box instead of a pier.


    Natalie''s way was to collect the army''s boxes and empty powder kegs, connect them with ropes, and then lay boards on them. One end of the pontoon is transported by boat to the other bank, and then fixed with wooden piles, so that people can walk on it.


    "There is no problem for people and horses to pass through such a bridge. But artillery... Commander sapega hesitated after hearing Natalie''s words. Obviously, the commander was reluctant to give up those guns.


    At this time, King kazimiz showed his heroism. He waved his big hand and said, "throw it away, throw it all away. As long as we keep the people, we can recast the artillery later."


    When King kazimiz said so, commander sapeja turned to the engineering commanders attending the meeting and asked how long it would take to build such a bridge on the visva River according to Natalie''s method.


    The engineer commander immediately made a picture on the table. After calculating the buoyancy, weight and other data, the engineer commander said that a qualified floating bridge can be erected before dawn.


    Commander sapeja nodded. He promised the engineer commander three times the material and manpower to build three similar bridges on the visva River, so as to speed up the river crossing and prevent the pontoon from being destroyed by the fire of the Swedish artillery.


    After that, King kazimiz and commander sapeja determined the troops to block and cover the retreat of the large forces tomorrow. However, King kazimizh made another mistake in deciding who should block the elector''s army.


    The position facing the elector has been supported by fortifications such as bastions, which is the best defense. However, King kazimiz was worried that the Polish infantry, which was not strong enough, could not resist the attack of the Prussian army, which was good at infantry.


    Of course, there are not no competent candidates, that is Pedro''s mercenary regiment. Although this mercenary regiment is also composed of poles, its training is based on the military system of the Swedish army, and its combat effectiveness is absolutely guaranteed. However, more than half a month ago, King kazimizh treated them badly on the issue of reward. The king was worried that Pedro would not sell his strength at that time.


    Regarding king kazimiz''s concerns, Jan sobeski assured him that he would persuade head Pedro to accept the task. Natalie also stood up and said that she could absolutely guarantee Pedro''s loyalty.