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The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

Chapter 57

Author: Seven Sea Breeze
updatedAt: 2025-04-30

Prince Alexei and general Yakov cherkaski rode side by side in the post on the left side of rudnia village. From this position, what happened in rudnia is clear at a glance.

    In fact, Prince Alexei and Yakov cherkaski did watch the whole process of doronin''s troops conquering rudnia.

    "A thousand people. If the commander of the Polish Army knew that your Highness the prince had put so much blood into the urn, I think he should be honored to die." general Yakov cherkaski said to Prince Alexei.

    At this time, the gunfire in rudnia had gradually stopped, and the battle in the village was coming to an end.

    "One thousand soldiers and the same number of gold rubles can replace three hundred winged cavalry. It''s a good deal. It''s a pity for Bezuhov." Prince Alexei recalled count Bezuhov, who volunteered to stay in the camp and live with the soldiers.

    All the arrangements here are arranged by Prince Alexei. Since doronin sent spies to pretend to be businessmen, he fell into Alexei''s trap. The prince was well aware of the existence of an objective number of winged cavalry in Smolensk and regarded it as the greatest threat, but he was unable to eliminate it. At this time, many of ronin''s spies and businessmen came in, so he deliberately revealed the information to them, which led to the siege.

    Of course, as the most crucial part of the plan, someone must stay in rudnia to attract the Polish army, so that the Russian army on the outer line can have enough time to tighten the siege. Prince Alexei originally intended to leave only a thousand old, weak and disabled soldiers, but count Bezuhov, the commander of the shooting army, volunteered to stay with the 1000 soldiers.

    "I used to think that this son of the Bezuhov family had a brain problem. I didn''t expect it to be so serious." general Yakov cherkaski also sighed, but his emotion was very different from that of Prince Alexei.

    In Moscow, Bezuhov was a notoriously eccentric. Everything he did was out of tune with the times. Before joining the army, he burned thousands of land deeds of serfs in biezuhof manor and distributed the land to them; After joining the army, he liked to mix with those "animal" soldiers, eat and live together, and his clothes were not made of any silk; When marching, he always walked on the right side of the village. The Russian Army played the flag of general Shimon Rahman, and his family coat of arms was a black and green vertical bar with a yellow arrow on the black edge.

    In order to confront the winged cavalry, the two Russian armies set up a large square array with a depth of 20 columns.

    Prince Alexei''s troops cut off doronin''s back. The troops sent by the prince were cavalry, and they began to detour quietly after doronin attacked rudnia, so doronin didn''t find them.

    Changes around the village were soon reported to doronin. This inevitably caused a panic among the Polish army.

    "Is that what you want? It''s a big deal," doronin said calmly to Bezuhov. It will be a soldier''s courage. Doronin knows that the more critical the situation is, the more he must keep calm.

    "Yes." Bezuhov said frankly, "in order to destroy you and your winged cavalry, the prince has assembled 6000 troops nearby. Not including these 1000."

    Six thousand people, that is to say, no matter which direction doronin leads his army to break through, he will face twice as many enemies as himself.

    "You really think highly of me," doronin thought.

    "What about you? You and these soldiers were abandoned here by your prince..."

    "I am willing to stay here." Bezuhov interrupted doronin, "because I am also the son of a Russian mother, just like these people. Serfs can bleed for Russia, and nobles should bleed for Russia."

    What a man! Doronin couldn''t help feeling sorry for Bezuhov. Although the time was urgent, he motioned his men to capture the warrior alive.

    But Bezuhov would never be a prisoner. He waved his hatchet to push back the Polish soldiers. Then he pointed the axe at his throat and stabbed it fiercely. He realized his wish to live and die with two thousand soldiers.

    Because of the support of the hatchet, Bezuhov still stood at the door of the church like a giant after his death, which shocked everyone.

    At this time, the Russian artillery positions on the hills had begun to bombard the village, and shells fell on the village from time to time, raising a black smoke

    "Commander, let''s go," balabin urged doronin.

    Doronin put on his cloud wing helmet and put down his huge nose guard. He said to the soldiers around him: "It was I who was competitive and was tricked by the enemy and brought everyone into danger. I will take all the responsibilities when I return to Smolensk in the future. But now, please believe me, I will break out with everyone. We are the most powerful cavalry and the pride of the Republic. Even if the sky falls, we can push him back with a cavalry gun. Therefore, the Russian army wants to use six It was a dream that more than a thousand people surrounded and destroyed us. All loyal and patriotic people shouted with me ''charge, charge!''

    "Charge! Charge!"

    Everyone was infected by doronin and shouted slogans.

    Doronin got on his horse and gathered all the cavalry. The Dragon cavalry led by kadis also retreated into the village and joined doronin after the Russian army began shelling.

    Since both wings are heavy long spearmen square, there is only one way to break through the siege at present - that is, to break through the siege by the same way and open a gap from the cavalry coming from the enemy.

    In order to enhance the assault power of the winged cavalry, doronin reduced the width of the attack front and increased the depth; The winged cavalry formed six rows of fifty cavalry. He deployed the Dragon cavalry to the two wings and asked them to disrupt the long spear formation with fire guns, so as to slow down the advance speed and cover the infantry behind to break through.

    Under the heavy artillery fire of the Russian army, the winged cavalry rearranged their formation at the entrance of the village. Ironically, the formation they listed was as deep as the Russian army they defeated.

    As in the attack on rudnia, doronin rode across the queue. From the eyes of every winged cavalry, he saw perseverance, courage and self-confidence.

    "I''ll take you back," doronin said silently.

    The horse''s hooves hit the ground again, as if countless hammers hit the anvil.

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