That night, Franco announced the order of surrender to all the members of the mercenary regiment. Franco called the crowd and announced the order in the courtyard of the castle. A few scattered bonfires were lit in the courtyard, dim. In the distance, the registered Cossack camp was brightly lit. The olegs were delighted that their so-called Cossack brothers had "liberated" Smolensk. As early as Oleg left parliament, these Cossacks who got rid of all constraints robbed Jewish shops and houses in the Jewish district.

    Standing in this courtyard, Chechen has a sense of reincarnation of fate: when he first came to the castle, the mercenaries were practicing here in full spirit, which makes people know that this is a one-to-one elite at a glance; Later, he and everyone accepted fiordo''s interview here, officially became a member of the mercenary regiment and began his career as a mercenary; In the end, Colonel Franco chose to declare surrender here.

    When Cherchen fell into memory, Franco began to announce the matters related to the handover of the castle tomorrow. The disciplined soldier did not forget his duty as a soldier even when he was about to surrender. He asked every mercenary to stand on the last post tonight in case the curfews took advantage of the robbery. He asked everyone to wipe their weapons and armor, iron the uniforms of the mercenary corps, and tidy up their appearance.

    "We''re not going to surrender, we''re just going to hand over weapons," Franco said.

    The leader''s speech on safeguarding the honor of the mercenary regiment made the members of the mercenary regiment burst into tears. Yes, they didn''t lose. During the months of siege, the mercenary regiment defeated the powerful czar Russian army and the Cossack rebels in zaporoze, blocking the front of a prince and a company captain. How many enemies, thousands; There are only a few hundred people in the mercenary Corps. They defeated the "winter general", and even the storm did not make the mercenaries yield. In the winter snowy weather, they were on duty every day and strengthened their positions. They even launched a raid to blow up the enemy''s siege tunnel.

    Even in the end, they were not defeated. Obeying orders is the bounden duty of soldiers. Since the officer ordered them to surrender, they can only follow the orders. But their hearts are proud because of loyalty.

    Chechen was also completely infected by the atmosphere of the venue. He covered his mouth and tried not to cry because it was a sign of cowardice. But at this moment, he really found a sense of belonging in the mercenary regiment. Because this is an army that values honor above all else.

    "Uncle, Captain Franco is really the best mercenary commander," Chechen said to Uncle Pedro.

    "It''s OK. In fact, Chechen, uncle used to be better than him." after hearing Chechen''s worship of Franco, Pedro was a little jealous. He said carelessly.

    But Cherchen''s attention has completely not been focused on listening to Pedro''s speech.

    "Tomorrow morning, I hope everyone can leave the castle in full form. I also hope everyone will not conflict with the soldiers of Czar Russia who came to hand over, because each of your lives is precious," Franco said finally.

    With that, Franco seemed to have unloaded a heavy burden. He stepped down and shook hands with the officers one by one to thank them for their efforts. When he reached Pedro, Pedro said to Franco, "old friend, have a drink later."

    Franco hesitated and said, "have a drink. But I don''t want Greka. Wine or honey wine is enough."

    Greka has great stamina. He is afraid that he will get drunk and miss tomorrow''s business.

    In the middle of the night, Pedro took Cherchen to Franco''s room with five bottles of wine. This is also where Chechen first lived in Franco. Franco lived in a small place, and it was divided into two rooms. One was a bedroom with only one bed and one shelf; One is a study, with a bookshelf and a set of tables and chairs.

    "Hello, captain."

    "Kid, you''re here too?" Franco said hello when he saw Pedro with Cherchen.

    "The little fellow heard that I was coming to drink with you and clamored for me to come with him. He adored you and thought you were the greatest mercenary commander in the world," Pedro said to Franco.

    Franco looked at Cherchen again. The little guy''s eyes were really full of worship.

    So Franco invited Pedro and Cherchen to sit down in the study. Although the study is small, it can accommodate more than four or five people.

    "I''m the greatest commander. If I had the skills of commander Jan skzjdusky and commander mihau volodyavsky, Smolensk would not be occupied." Franco shook his head in self mockery after taking his seat.

    "Commander Jan skoredoski and commander Mikhail volodyavsky, who are they?" Chechen asked puzzled.

    "They are the heroes of the Republic of Poland. It was because of these two heroes that Prince yareme was able to hold the fortress and finally wait for the king''s reinforcements in zbelazh," said Colonel Franco.

    "Zballah," Chechen remembered the place name, and asked, "were there so many enemies they faced at that time?"

    In his opinion, Smolensk''s contribution of 3000 to 40000 is unprecedented in history.

    "Much more than that," said Colonel Franco positively, as if a picture of the battle at that time appeared in front of his eyes: "At that time, I was also in zbalari, and I will never forget that scene. Half of the Ukrainian rebels came, khmelinitsky came, Maxim came, Vasili zolotalenko also came. These are the famous generals of zaporoze Cossacks. Even pototsky''s army, the supreme commander, was defeated by them. The Khan of Crimea also came, he said They brought all the strong troops on the grassland, including the nogai, Astrakhan and Crimea. Their army covered the sky and the sun, more than locusts. "

    "How many people do we have? I mean, how many people are there in Prince yalimei."

    "There are only 8000 princes."

    "Eight thousand people!" Chechen was shocked by this figure.

    "Yes, only eight thousand people." Franco looked up, his face flushed with excitement or wine.

    "But these 8000 people not only beat back the Cossack and Khan''s coalition forces and guarded the fortress, but also constantly launched raids and harassment. The tortured coalition forces did not have a moment of peace day and night. In the first three days alone, the coalition forces lost tens of thousands of people, and even the Khan''s general tuhayi Bai was seriously cut down by commander Jan skzedusky."

    "I really want to see it." Chechen was excited by Franco.

    "You want to go wherever zbullah is." Pedro patted Cherchen on the head. Pedro invited Franco to drink tonight. In fact, he had something important to do. He didn''t want to hear Franco tell Cherchen a story all night.

    "Franco, my old friend." Pedro took the glass and filled Franco''s empty glass with wine.

    "Hmm?" Franco replied. He also saw that Pedro didn''t just look for himself to drink.

    "Franco. We''re going to surrender tomorrow. What''s your plan?" Pedro and Franco were old friends. They didn''t need to talk around. They asked directly as soon as they opened their mouth.

    "The Russian army should ask me to sign an agreement, and I intend to take the team to Warsaw when the agreement is over," Franco said.

    Warsaw is the capital of the Republic of Poland. Franco obviously means to continue to serve the Republic of Poland.

    "Why?" asked Pedro.

    "What? Why?"

    "I ask you why you still want to work for the Republic? Don''t you see that the so-called Republic has rotted to the root? Who is the most hard-working to defend Smolensk? We mercenaries. But they Polish people are the masters of this land. But what are they doing when we contribute? Intrigue, intrigue and struggle for power and profit. If we lose, those are expensive Ethnic groups sell faster than anyone else. With such employers, we will be sold by them sooner or later, "Pedro said.

    When he led the mercenaries of the caravan to take refuge in fiordo, he saw fiordo''s stupidity and deception. Pedro believed that only by working under such a Lord could he get more benefits. The facts also proved this. When he met for the first time, he won everyone a month''s salary of 20 Taylor (he and Cherchen were 40).

    But later, Pedro found that fiordo was not only stupid, but also had no brain at all. This reached the extreme when he gave up the Supreme Command and established the so-called military conference. From that time, Pedro had a premonition that fiordo would be defeated. After doronin died, the flattery of these nobles made Pedro sick.

    This is already a hopeless country.

    Therefore, Pedro wanted to take this opportunity to change his family and join czar Russia or zaporoze''s Cossacks. He wanted to persuade Franco to join him. Unexpectedly, Franco was still ready to play for Poland.

    "Not everyone. Not everyone." Franco shook his head and retorted.

    "Then tell me, who else? The prince yalimei? Where is he?"

    "He''s dead."

    "Oh, so you want to find a dead man to lead your country? Wake up, Franco. We are mercenaries, not saviors. Have you stayed here too long and forgotten why we chose to be mercenaries?" cried Pedro, who tried to awaken Franco who was "possessed by fire".

    But Franco shook his head.

    "Pedro," Franco said as if he wanted to cut off the topic, "remember when we first met in zamoshiya, did you ask me about the ring mercenary regiment? You asked me captain long Jingen, chief officer William and one eyed Kennan..."

    Pedro nodded. At that time Franco said to wait until Smolensk, but there were too many things that delayed.

    "They all died in the yellow water beach. Just when the rebels in zaporoze rebelled."

    "So you." Pedro felt that he somehow understood why Franco didn''t want to join Czarist Russia or Cossacks.

    "Listen to me first." Franco interrupted Pedro and continued: "Commander longjingen, they could have survived. The Cossacks surrounded them and advised them to surrender, and their salary was twice that of now. But the commander refused. He said that the mercenary regiment''s employment contract would not expire until three months later. The mercenary regiment could accept hemelinitsky''s employment, but that would have to be after the current contract expired."

    "That''s because commander longjingen has the spirit of contract," Pedro tried to explain.

    But Franco shook his head.

    "I was also on the ship at that time. I can understand the idea of the regiment commander. The regiment commander and we have found a home in the Republic of Poland. This feeling is something we don''t have in Germany. You only see the intrigues and intrigues of the great nobles, but there are not only the great nobles, but also many civilians and small nobles in this land. These people are warm, lovely, hardworking and friendly Brave, they made us wandering mercenaries feel at home. "

    Pedro was speechless. He asked himself that during his time in Smolensk, the number of contacts with civilians was less than one tenth of that of Cherchen.

    "Of course, the leader''s answer couldn''t satisfy the Cossacks, so we made a fire. Finally, we were outnumbered and the whole army was destroyed. I was also knocked unconscious and fell into the river. A farmer saved me. Then I healed all the way to zibalage. I participated in the defense of zibalage. After the war, King kazimizhi allowed me to re-establish a mercenary regiment and sent me to zibalage Molensk. Your majesty is so kind to me that how could I betray him? "

    Franco finished and looked at Pedro. And Pedro didn''t know what to say. He thought Franco was just out of foolish loyalty, but he didn''t expect such a reason.

    The dialogue between Pedro and Franco was heard by Cherchen without a word, but the amount of information and emotion of this dialogue was too large for Cherchen to understand at once. He had to listen without daring to say a word.

    Seeing Pedro, Franco said, "old friend, I don''t blame you for changing your court. I just hope we don''t have a day of war."

    "Uncle. Let''s stay and help the regiment commander." hearing Franco talk about war, Chechen looked at his uncle uneasily. Cherchen''s heart wants to stay in Franco''s mercenary regiment, but Pedro is his family after all, and he is not willing to separate from Pedro anyway. Now he just wants Pedro to change his mind.

    At this time, Pedro suddenly stood up. He gulped down the wine in the glass in one gulp.

    "His grandmother Franco, if you want to fight with me, I won''t let you."

    After drinking, Pedro laughed louder and spoke louder than anyone.

    "Uncle." Chechen exclaimed in surprise.

    "Pedro." Franco laughed, too.