Cherchen and Fatima finished their final farewell and said to the sky, "it''s nothing." in the camp of Czar Russia, Prince Alexei also said to a man in front of him, "it''s nothing."


    Prince Simon pozalski, the supervisor sent by the Czar, was speaking with several czar Russian generals to Prince Alexei at this time, asking the prince to give up his plan to win konotopu fort and turn to a long-term siege with small forces, and the large forces continued to march to Chernigov or Kiev.


    "Alexei, my best friend," said Prince Simon pozalski: "We have shed too much blood in konotop. If this is Kiev or Cheech, I won''t ask you, because those must be taken. But konotop, to be honest, most of us haven''t heard the name of the city before we came. But here, nearly 10000 Czar''s loyal dogs have been sacrificed. And maybe more people want to take it Die here, or like general Vassily. "


    Prince Alexei was said by Prince Simon pozalski that his brain was green. If someone else or someone had said such words to shake the morale of the army before, he would beat him out, but this person is Simon pozalski, who has the respect of the prince, and he is also the supervisor assigned by his Majesty the czar. He has the right to deprive himself of his military power at the critical moment of


    The prince knew that he must convince people with reason, convince him and let him know the importance of winning konotop.


    But thinking is one thing, doing is another. With the character of Prince Alexei, how can he be patient and reasonable.


    "It''s nothing," said Prince Alexei in a tone of indifference. "Your Majesty the Czar gave me 60000 troops, and in order to win konotop, I''m even willing to throw in 10000 more lives!"


    This insipid tone not only surprised Prince Simon pozalski, but also the generals behind him.


    Although in the eyes of both the prince and the generals, the soldiers are like "gray animals" and don''t care how many they die, Prince Alexei obviously included their noble noble blood in the 10000 people.


    After his face twitched a few times, Prince Simon pozalski finally couldn''t help yelling, "Alexei korubetzkoy! You''re crazy!"


    Prince Alexei''s huge palm slapped the table and shook the objects on the table. He didn''t care to convince people by reason, but said in the same loud voice: "Simon pozalski, I''m not crazy! You only see that we have killed and injured 10000 people, but you don''t see those people in konotopri, aleval Chechen. Will they be less dead and injured?"


    Of course, Simon pozalski knew that his side had suffered such heavy losses when his troops and weapons were dominant, and so must aleval Chechen. But at this time, he had been shocked and shaken by the bloody battle and had been panicked. He just wanted to stay away from this bloody hell early in his heart, rather than the problem of exchange ratio.


    When Prince Alexei slapped the table, Prince Simon pozalski''s courage quickly decreased. He didn''t dare to look directly into Prince Alexei''s eyes, but bowed his head and said, "of course I know the enemy must have lost more than half, but we really don''t have to fight hard. Wouldn''t it be better to surround here and starve them to death?"


    Even Simon pozalski said such words. Prince Alexei could only lament that his old friend had been frightened and had no basic military knowledge.


    Konotopu castle is a nail that drags horizontally on the way forward. How can he move forward without pulling out this nail?


    Although the Russian army has many cavalry, it is mainly infantry. The marching depends on the soldiers'' walking. Once it bypasses konotop, it will pull a long marching line, and the long journey will have a great impact on the soldiers'' physical strength. What is more terrible is that the long-distance transfer will greatly consume Logistics materials. The combat effectiveness of a force often depends on the logistics support and the soldiers'' physical strength. Besides, how many people do you need to leave here to encircle a fortress with thousands of people? If there is no way to prevent the enemy from attacking, the city defenders occupy a favorable place. For their own encirclement forces and grain transportation teams, they can either sneak attack or follow up, that is, they can constantly consume false alarm, and cause great damage after guarding the danger. Therefore, they are right The only strategy for such a strong city is: if you don''t want to fight, you can choose another direction of attack before the war starts. Once you get into the war, you can either attack with your life or go back the same way.


    This is the reason why Prince Alexei will take konotop even if he sacrifices 10000 people.


    On another point, Prince Alexei took into account the hearts of the Cossacks.


    Now, although I have Yuri hemelinitsky and Ivan hilko in my hand, few Cossacks can surrender to me.


    Obviously, most Cossack leaders are watching and carefully weighing which side is stronger between themselves and vikovski. In this sense, failure to win konotopu is their own failure, the failure of Czarist Russia; and the victory of konotopu is the victory of vikovski, the victory of the Republic of Poland. Those who are still waiting on the fence The faction and the strongmen are bound to rush to vikovsky, making it more difficult for czar Russia to occupy Ukraine.


    Prince Alexei was wise. He almost judged everything right. But he would not think that what made it difficult for czar Russia to occupy konotop and Ukraine was precisely the atrocities of Russian soldiers in Ukraine, which made these brothers of the same faith turn to fight them to the death.


    Prince Simon pozalski didn''t think so much. After being suppressed by Alexei for a moment, he finally remembered his authority to supervise the army. He said in a decisive tone: "if you refuse, I can only use the power given to me by his Majesty the czar to force you."


    The use of the power of the Czar is something that everyone does not want to see.


    "Simon," Prince Alexei realized that he had just gone too far. He was about to explain the need to win konotopu when his French engineer Raphael rushed in.


    Immediately, Raphael felt the tense atmosphere in the big tent. He was busy to retreat, but the prince stopped him.


    "Raphael, are you here to tell me something important?" asked Prince Alexei.


    Raphael bowed slightly and said, "yes, your highness. I''ve come to report to you that the tunnel will be excavated by tomorrow."


    There was nothing more pleasing to Prince Alexei than this. Despite the quarrel and dirty with Prince Simon pozalski just now, he put his arms around the prince''s shoulder and pulled him out of the big tent.


    "Simon, trust me, trust me again." Prince Alexei said proudly, pointing to konotopu fort in the distance, "the day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, I will let you stand on konotopu fort."


    Looking at the confident Prince Alexei, Prince Simon pozalski hesitated and had to nod.


    "But only once."