"We must resolutely attack and fight a big war in the wild. Only in this way can the rumor be broken."

    At the military conference, doronin shouted. His mood was so urgent that the table in front of him was pushed forward by his powerful hands for a few centimeters.

    He couldn''t help but be in a hurry. In the second month of the siege, rumors were everywhere in the city, and the object of this rumor was the winged cavalry he commanded.

    Where the rumor first came from is beyond examination. But as soon as this rumor spread, it split the trust between the Smolensk branches.

    The rumor mongers rumored that since the siege, the wing cavalry company composed of the nobles in the city has been unable to avoid the war. Fyodor and those in power put the registered Cossacks, civil corps and mercenaries in the first line in order to preserve their strength; Because they knew that Smolensk could not be defended under the heavy siege. When the snow melted in the spring and the reinforcements had not arrived, Smolensk would lose. At that time, the undamaged winged cavalry will escort the nobles and bishops out of the city.

    The horror of this rumor is that part of it is indeed true. Among the participants in the military conference, there were indeed fleeing factions, and no one had put forward similar suggestions, but these people only dared to discuss in private and did not want to betray other friendly forces.

    Now, there are signs of instability in the scheduled Cossacks. On the pretext of hard work and high achievements in guarding the city, they asked fiordo to give the Cossacks more places and privileges, otherwise they would refuse to defend Smolensk; In the mercenary regiment, Aragon''s death was put forward again. Many people have indicated to commander Franco that they will not participate in any battle except guarding the city, even more money.

    And the citizens of the city are asking: where is our greatest winged cavalry?

    "Please calm down, Senator doronin. You know, we only have three hundred cavalry," said parliament speaker shchenko. He stands for persistence. In his opinion, going out of the city is like hitting a stone with an egg.

    "Speaker szczenko, please don''t forget that in the battle of kirkholm in 1605, we fought with the Swedes. In that battle, more than 10000 Swedes participated in the battle, while we only had more than 3000. But in the end, we killed more than 6000 Swedish troops at the cost of only 300 people." doronin said generously.

    "That''s Swedish," argued speaker shchenko.

    "Please think about the battle of hesino again. At that time, we only had more than 5000 winged cavalry to fight, while czar Russia had more than 30000 people. Finally, the impact of our brave winged cavalry defeated the left wing of the Russians and began to kill. How much did we lose in the end? More than 400 people, while czar Russia lost 5000 people." Doronin continued.

    "But what you have to do now is three hundred to ten thousand," another member of the conference interrupted when he saw that speaker shichenko had lost the wind.

    "No, there are only less than two thousand enemies at the north gate." doronin surprised humanity.

    Two thousand! Everyone was shocked by the news of doronin. Everyone has a question: How did doronin know that the number of enemies was reduced when the wind and snow covered the road?

    That''s what doronin wants. His character liked to be taken by surprise, both in dealing with the count of little anzumov and in this matter.

    In fact, his method is also very simple, that is to arrange his own people to pretend to be businessmen to trade in the camp of the Czar Russian army, and then get information from those greedy Quartermaster officers.

    "Doronin, is your information reliable?" asked the mayor of Fyodor.

    "As sure as a gun, my intelligence as like as two peas," and more than one person gave me the exact same message, that there were really two thousand left in Prince Alexei''s hands.

    "Where have the others gone?" asked fiordo again, still skeptical.

    Seeing that the mayor of feodo was still so indecisive, doronin had to continue: "they have gone to defend Prince yanush."

    Prince yanush''s full name is yanush raziweu. He is the most powerful prince in the Republic of Lithuania and an outstanding commander. At that time, the "Cossack sword" that devastated western Ukraine was folded in his hand.

    "Is Prince yanushi coming?" more than one person asked in surprise after hearing Prince yanushi''s name. Because the news is too important. If the news is true, it will be a shot in the arm for the defenders. Even those rebellious Cossacks on the register will be obedient when they know the news of the prince''s coming.

    "Of course, otherwise why should czar Russia divide its troops."

    "Should we wait until the prince arrives..."

    "Absolutely not!" doronin didn''t tell the news that Prince yanush''s reinforcements were coming at the first time, because he was afraid that someone would have this idea. Relying on Prince yanushi''s army to break the siege, but his own troops didn''t fight a war, what did he rely on to win honor and status.

    Fiordo hesitated, and he asked Franco for advice.

    But Franco did not focus on the meeting - Aragon''s death and Catherine''s suicide (the prison guard reported Catherine as suicide) made the regimental commander a teenager at once; The commotion within the mercenary corps also made Franco haggard. Such a long and pending meeting is not much time for him to rest.

    "Captain Franco." seeing that Franco didn''t speak, doronin urged. Doronin hopes Franco can support his plan. If there are mercenaries with rich combat experience from the mercenary regiment to cooperate, the plan to attack Alexei camp will be sure.

    But Franco let him down. Although head Franco lost his mind at the meeting, after waking up that day, Franco immediately made the most practical and safest decision: stick to the city.

    Fiordo nodded approvingly, while doronin sat down disappointed. Franco, as a pillar of the army, did not support his plan, and I did not know where the wall grass of the military conference would fall.

    When doronin was ready to give up, he received unexpected support.

    "I support doronin," said count anzumov.

    Little anzumov and doronin are sworn enemies. But now the old count anzumov supported doronin, and even bishop kisher looked at anzumov with doubts.

    "What''s the old man''s idea?"

    For the support of count anzumov, doronin instinctively suspected that there was any conspiracy. But after thinking about it, he didn''t find any doubt.

    "I did this for the sake of the Republic." seeing that most people were puzzled, count anzumov smiled and said with deep meaning: "the majesty of the Grand Duke (referring to yanush raziweu) is too powerful."

    This answer impressed all nobles and politicians. The grand duke has always been dissatisfied with the parliament''s handing over the royal power to the current king. He thinks he is more qualified to become the king of the Republic. Most of the nobles of Fyodor and Smolensk were parliamentary and royal. They wanted the prince to break the siege of Smolensk, but they didn''t want the prince''s power to increase.

    The so-called politics is nothing more than that. Military affairs, on the other hand, often give way to politics. Count anzumov''s words made sending troops the keynote of the meeting.