The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword
Chapter 167: Surprise 7 (2)
The chain reaction caused by the sudden change of the dinner finally appeared on the morning of the third day.
Those lords and regiments who were imprisoned by Prince Yanush in the city experienced a brief period of chaos, some of them scattered, some escaped from the city, and a small number of them built fortifications under the leadership of middle and lower-level officers. Self-defense. While rebelling against Prince Yanush’s army's request for them to surrender their weapons, they demanded Prince Yanush to release their officers and threatened to attack Miatelsk Castle without letting go.
In some areas, the soldiers of the Grand Prince exchanged fire with the rebels. The exchange of fire ignited nearby houses, which caused thick smoke to skyrocket around Myatersk Castle. From time to time, there are new fire points and plumes of smoke rising from somewhere.
Innocent residents are hiding in their basements, praying for the chaos to end as soon as possible. Because whether it is the soldiers of the Grand Prince or the rebels, their attitude towards the unarmed residents is the same. That is to take away what is useful or possibly useful, and then leave nothing.
In such a chaotic situation, the initiator of the whole thing, Yanusz Laziviu and his cousin Boguslav Laziviu, stood on the top of Miatelsk Castle, watching quietly. all of these.
Prince Yanush's face was solemn. He didn't expect that there would be so many people in the lord and group leader who would oppose him. Especially people like Andrzej and Mihav who have been trapped by themselves in every possible way. How did he treat them worse than the stingy King Kazimierz? Why can't they see that they are cooperating with Karl X for this country? Now these people have paid the price for their stubbornness-all of them have been thrown into prison by themselves.
But things did not end like this. Although these lords and regiment leaders were arrested by themselves, the soldiers they brought did not fall apart as a result, but blatantly confronted themselves. Moreover, I got a tip, and those Lithuanian and Polish officers and soldiers in the Prince's own troops outside the city also showed signs of instability.
In contrast, Prince Boguslav’s expression was very relaxed. At the dinner, Boguslav, who was also a guest, wisely chose neither to follow his cousin nor stand with those opponents when Prince Yanush announced that he would submit to the Kingdom of Sweden. Therefore, his current identity is neutral. And Yanush still took him for granted as someone from here.
"I told you my dear cousin a long time ago that Lithuanians and Poles are unreliable."
I watched these boring things like fire and smoke with my cousin for a long time, and Boguslav also felt bored. He left Janouse and went to the small round table and picked up a bottle of French Brittany wine. , Poured half a cup for himself and Yanush.
This time the rebellion and commotion were all the armed forces of the Republic’s own country, but the various lords and regiment leaders accepted all the mercenaries, but most of them chose to stand still. The most peaceful of these is Boguslav’s troops, all foreign mercenaries, only Boguslav’s name is subordinate.
When he said this, Prince Boguslav did not feel any change, as if he were not from this country.
After taking a sip, Boguslav picked up the other wine glass and returned to Prince Yanush's side, and handed it to him.
But Prince Yanush did not take the wine glass, the supreme sullenly whispered to himself:
"Boguslav, am I wrong?"
"what?"
Boguslav wondered if he had heard it wrong. My cousin, who never admits his mistakes and admits defeat, would say that he lost?
"Look here, there..." Yanush pointed at the flames and smoke. That is the place where the rebels and their own forces exchanged fire in the area. Seen from a height, these flames are like fragile flames. But in his eyes, these are the foundations of the Laziviu family that are burning with little flames.
"I originally thought I had enough prestige in Lithuania. The people were afraid of me, the soldiers respected me, and the elders respected me. Kazimierz and his lackeys suppressed our faith. As long as I lift my arms, then All people will support me. But you see, nearly two-thirds of the people are against me. There are only a few lords and group leaders who join me, and most of them are still inferior generations. I believe that as long as I show a little bit. These people will not be ashamed to change their families immediately."
Yanush looked up at the sky and said as he watched a group of sparrows flying by. The group of sparrows bypassed the spire of the castle and flew towards the south.
"Brother must not be discouraged. Behind us is the support of the Swedes, the invincible Marshal Brahe, are you still afraid of these clowns? They are still having a good time, waiting for Brahe Wei As soon as Marshal Hinsburg’s army arrives, they will be crushed to powder."
Listening to Yanush's retreat, Boguslav hurriedly persuaded him. He is now in a position of invincibility and is already invincible. If his cousin wins, as a member of the Laziviu family and Princess Anna’s fiancée, everything in the future will be his own, including the crown of Lithuania; and if unfortunately his cousin fails, anyway The one who lost his cousin was also the one who was able to immediately throw himself into the side of the rebels, keeping his own foundation.
But after listening to Boguslav's words, Yanush's brows were not stretched, but frowned even more. He shouted at his cousin:
"Do you want to let the Swedes know that everyone at UU Reading www.uukanshu.com has abandoned me!"
Boguslav was frightened by his cousin, and was speechless for a while.
"Can't wait any longer. The rebellion must be put down immediately, before the Swedes come." After shouting Boguslav, Yanus said to himself again.
"Brother Wang, I still remain neutral now."
Hearing Prince Yanush’s words to himself, Boguslav feared that his cousin asked him to send troops to quell the chaos, and he really had no room for reversal.
Fortunately, Prince Yanush did not intend to do this.
"I will let Victor and the others attack the rebels. You lend me your artillery and lead your army out of the city."
The artillery of Boguslav and Yanush are identical to the family emblem of the Laziviu family. Even if the artillery falls into the hands of the rebels, they cannot identify themselves as joining the rebellion. Therefore, Boguslav generously gave all the artillery to Prince Yanush.
"All my artillery is in the castle, waiting for my cousin to call."
Hearing what Boguslav said, Yanush gave a relieved smile. He then took Boguslav's hand and said:
"I believe that victory will ultimately belong to our Laziviu family. The road is tortuous, and we have to work together to go down. You will now take my wife and Princess Ann to leave here, waiting for my order. All the towns along the way will be able to All the taxes collected are collected, and there will be a lot of money to spend in the future. Then some of the land can also be sold to the Jews, anyway, they can get it back from them in the future."
The order of the prince was in line with Boguslav's wishes, and he was secretly exasperated, but his face did not show. He said to Yanush, "Everything is at your command, cousin."