General Robert Douglas stood on the banks of the dogava river.


    The river bank was shrouded in smoke and melted into a piece with the water surface. The water and the sky were the same.


    Vaguely, Robert Douglas could see several black wooden boats looming on the river. These are the fishing boats of nearby fishermen. The ship''s hull is long and narrow, and there are thick reeds on both sides of the ship''s side. Some ships are moving along the water and driven by the rapids; Other boats went upstream with sails open, and the boatmans still had to paddle and paddle hard.


    One such ship came ashore, and the owner got off the ship. He held a fish basket in his hand, which was full of newly caught live fish.


    "General Douglas, let''s have some new live fish this morning." the owner held the basket to his chest and said to Robert Douglas.


    The fish in the basket jumped alive and splashed a few drops of water on Robert Douglas''s armor from time to time.


    Robert Douglas likes to eat fish. If it were normal, he would carefully select some good fish and take them back to make fish soup in the evening, but today, he was full of worry and didn''t feel like this.


    Robert Douglas beckoned the owner away. He once again looked up the daugawa river.


    The shipowner was stunned when he saw that his regular customers were not interested in his fish today. Then he put the fish basket on the ground.


    He''s giving the fish to Robert Douglas.


    The owner was also a shrewd man. He knew that his fishing boat could sail freely on the dogava river without being blackmailed by Swedish soldiers and mercenaries. His customer was the general from Scotland.


    Everyone knows that General Robert Douglas buys fish from him every day, so no one dares to rob his fishing boat.


    After the owner left, Robert Douglas still didn''t cast a glance at the basket of live fish. He just looked at the upper reaches of the river and said to himself, "why haven''t you arrived yet?"


    After about three hours, the smoke on the daogawa River gradually dispersed. At this time, Robert Douglas saw several huge dark shadows at the end of the river.


    "Coming," murmured Robert Douglas.


    Because they are running downstream, the shadows come very fast. They move forward like sharks in the sea. The fishing boats on the river were like frightened fish fleeing in all directions.


    After a while, the whole picture of the shadow was clearly visible - there were several giant transport ships flying the flag of the raziwiu family - on the flag were the heraldry and motto of the raziwiu family: a black eagle had a shield on its chest and three "tranby badges" on its shield; It says "we take God''s advice" under the coat of arms.


    There was a gunshot on the Bank of the river. Robert Douglas''s adjutant came to the general and asked, "general, they''re here. Do we need a routine inspection?"


    The ships going to and from the daugawa River should be checked one by one, and none of them should be missed. This is because many merchant ships from France and Britain smuggle gunpowder, guns and armor to countries hostile to Sweden for huge profits and ulterior purposes. The adjutant will suddenly ask for instructions this time, because King Carl X has issued an order to release the ships of the raziwiu family from Mya telsk castle and give them every convenience until they arrive in Riga.


    These ships carry mercenaries hired by the raziweu family, and the kingdom of Sweden and the raziweu family are now in a strange state of no war and discord.


    Originally, Prince boguslav, the head of the raziwiu family, and Carl X were allies, but the prince was captured. It is said that after being escorted to Warsaw, he confessed his mistake to King Jan kazimiz and was forgiven by the king; If so, the prince should be the enemy of the kingdom of Sweden, but even if Carl X''s army failed to sneak attack, the private army of the 20000 raziweu family in miatelsk still sat on the wall when Sweden and Poland fought, and had no intention of assisting lubaumatsky.


    In this case, Carl x, who has gained an advantage, is of course happy to continue the "sit in war" with the private army of the raziweu family.


    When Prince boguslav''s housekeeper ostro came to meet Robert Douglas, who was stationed along the river, and claimed that his master, Prince boguslav, could not continue to hire because of the order of King Jan kachmidge, and had to disband the mercenaries in myatailsk castle, hoping that the general would let go of the waterway and allow himself to send them away, Robert Douglas immediately agreed.


    In his letter to Carl x on the front line, Robert Douglas explained his motives in this way: he said that Prince boguslav was not his Majesty''s enemy at this time. If he refused, Prince boguslav would be dissatisfied with his majesty. In order not to force the raziwiu family into the enemy of the kingdom of Sweden, we should still be gentle with boguslav''s mercenaries; Moreover, the contracts of these mercenaries have not expired. In fact, they must work for the raziwiu family for another month. In order to respect the spirit of the contract, mercenary officers also refuse to accept anyone''s employment before the expiration of the contract.


    In his final letter, General Robert Douglas asked whether these mercenaries could land in Riga and be collected for their own use when the contract expired.


    Because Robert Douglas''s statement is reasonable, the more important reason is that Carl X and his army can''t continue to fight until winter goes and spring comes, ice and snow melt, and the hot sun dries the snow on the ground. At this time, throwing troops into the front line has no effect. Not only can it not increase combat power, it will also consume little front-line supplies.


    Therefore, Carl x agreed with and appreciated Robert Douglas''s opinions and suggestions. However, he is determined to win this large number of mercenaries with rich combat experience. So Carl x wrote thousands of letters and urged Robert Douglas to negotiate with ostro that all mercenaries would stay in Riga for a month and be hired by Carl x when the contract with the raziweu family expired.


    Ostero naturally agreed.


    This seems to have the best of both worlds.


    At least ostro and some people are extremely satisfied.


    The adjutant saw that the general looked at the river without saying a word. He was about to leave and stop releasing, but just turned around, Robert Douglas suddenly said, "no, routine inspection."


    So, three guns sounded again on the Bank of the river. Then a small boat approached the leading troop carriers and signaled them to stop for inspection.


    The sails fell and the troop carrier stopped in the middle of the river.