After asking for instructions again to no avail, Jewski had to give up the idea of entering Warsaw, saying that although August had gone too far, it did not extinguish Jewski's passion for serving the country.
Regardless of the opposition of his men, Key came to the castle in the east of Warsaw and stationed himself.
The history of this castle is relatively long, and coupled with its continued disrepair, the castle named Kazakh Castle cannot accommodate the 50,000 people led by Jevsky.
In response to this situation, Jewski immediately ordered his soldiers to start repairing the castle after entering the castle. At the same time, Jewski ordered people to pile earth around the castle to build a simple city wall two meters wide and three meters high. Of course, this was
Looking from the outside, if you look at it from the inside, the height of the city wall is about one and a half meters.
In this way, if the enemy attacks, they must climb up with their necks raised, while the Polish soldiers defending the city can easily fight the enemy from a high position, and the most important thing is that the enemy's horse can jump
No matter how high it is, it is impossible to jump to more than three meters.
Although it is not very tall, Jewski believes that when war comes, this simple city wall will play an unimaginable role.
At the moment when the city wall was about to be built, the auxiliary army led by Khanpopov appeared outside the Kazakh Fort.
After hearing the news about the appearance of the Russian army, Yevitsky, who was resting deeply, immediately turned over and rushed to the highest point of the Kazakh Fort to look out.
But what depressed Jewski was that the Russian army outside the castle was not at all like the Russian army he had encountered in previous battles. Although the flags and uniforms of the two were roughly the same, the formation of the army and the evil spirit of the army
To put it simply, these armies are simply not worthy of the spotlight.
Before Yevitsky could figure out what was going on, a cavalryman suddenly rushed out from among the Russian troops.
The cavalryman was waving a small white flag in his hand. Of course, he was not here to surrender.
"I am the messenger under the command of General Kharnpopov. Here is a personal letter from General Kharnpopov to your general. Please do it for your convenience."
When the knight rushed to the simple city wall, the Polish soldiers standing behind the wall looked at each other. After a while, an officer in the Polish army received the so-called handwritten letter from Harn Popov from the herald.
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"Bah, even that Kahnpopov dares to call himself a general, and he is not afraid of biting his own tongue."
After Jewski received the letter, a general next to him cursed angrily.
At this time, Jevsky had already shaken off his panic. No wonder the army looked different from the Russian army. It turned out that Khaan Popov led his army over. If you didn't look carefully, it was really
can not tell.
If the Russian army were coming, Jevsky might have panicked. But since he already knew that it was Kahnpopov, Jevsky was undoubtedly 100% confident in defending the castle. Of course, although his confidence was full
Yes, but this does not mean that Jewski will despise his opponents.
Maybe Kahnpopov is just a bait released by the Russians, maybe there is a Russian cavalry lurking behind Kahnpopov. Who knows!
After reading this handwritten letter from Kharnpopov, Jewski's heartbeat rose and fell rapidly. Although everyone around him didn't know what Kahnpopov said in the letter, but looking at Jewski's face
, it must not be a good thing.
"This despicable man sent someone to tell Kahn Popov that no matter what tricks he wants to play, the determination of the Polish people to defend their territory will never waver. Kahn Popov has now become a lackey of the Russians. He will be infamy for thousands of years in the future.
Become a figure crucified on the pillar of shame!"
Jevsky tore the letter into pieces with a swish, and then shouted to the left and right.
When Harnpopov arrived at Kazakhburg, William, who was far away in Königsberg, also made preliminary decisions about the Prussian army's future defense areas and the strength of the army.
After Morak's rebellion and the war with the Russians, Prussia's standing army suffered great losses. Rearrangement of the army was imminent.
William planned to deploy one division and three regiments in Lithuania, one division in East Prussia, two regiments in West Prussia, and two divisions each in Silesia, Bohemia, and Brandenburg. This way
There are nine divisions as soon as they arrive.
As the hub with Bohemia, the Saxony region also had to deploy three regiments of mobile troops. As a result, not counting the 20,000 troops sent to North America, Prussia's standing army reached more than 90,000 troops.
Compared with the previous eight divisions in Prussia, William expanded nearly two divisions to a standing army of more than 10,000 men. Although Prussia received compensation of three million marks in silver coins from Lithuania and Russia in this war,
However, compared with the reconstruction of East Prussia and the military pension after the war, these incomes were a drop in the bucket, and the Prussian treasury was indeed beyond its means, so William had to pay for it out of his own pocket.
William has not specifically calculated how much property the royal family has, because William has given all the property of the royal family to Queen Louise for safekeeping, so William does not know how much property the Hohenzollern royal family has.
After discussions with Henry and others, Henry gave William a reply. If the method proposed by William was implemented, Prussia would need to spend eight million silver coins to adjust and expand its armies in various places.
William was frightened by the offer, yes, he was frightened.
In William's vision, it was just to expand the army to more than 10,000 men, and two million silver coins should be enough.
But Henry told William that two million silver coins were only enough to cover the settlement expenses of the soldiers, not counting the later salary. Even if the soldiers' salary was not included, military uniforms, weapons and ammunition and other equipment would still have to be paid for.
Therefore, Henry's price of eight million silver coins is relatively realistic.
But as a result, the funding gap is relatively large. Thinking of this, William's head is also aching in his previous life!
In any case, Prussia is a country with military-first politics after all, and all social activities revolve around the premise of the army. In the early stage, William did not intend to fundamentally change this fact. Perhaps military-first politics will lead to domestic
The productivity of the country is relatively backward, but an army that can conquer and fight well and has a certain scale is more important than anything else in this era.
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It has been three days since Kahnpopov attacked Kazakh Fort, but during these three days, he has not made any progress at all. Perhaps to put it another way, he suffered a big loss at the hands of Yevitsky.
There were only about 10,000 of the more than 20,000 auxiliary troops left after the battle. Khanpopov couldn't believe what it would be like if Jewski jumped out from behind the thin city wall and fought with him.
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The huge casualty rate made the entire Confederate Army look listless. Fortunately, there were Russian officers monitoring it. Otherwise, the army might have dispersed long ago. This made Hahn Bo, who wanted to show off in front of Potemkin,
Bofu was deeply shocked, but he could do nothing except jump.
Yevitsky behind the city wall was also very uncomfortable. Although it seemed that he had the upper hand in the battle, there was always a hidden danger in Yevitsky's heart, that is, there was not much food, grass, ammunition and other materials in the Kazakh Fort.
.Because of this problem, he sent people to Warsaw almost every day to ask for help, but except for a word of calm from August, he got nothing else.
For an army of 50,000, it would be a huge expense just to eat people and chew horses for one day. Without support from Warsaw, even the food and grass in the castle could only last for two weeks.
In fact, this time August was really over-motivated and powerless. Of course he knew the importance of Jewski's army in Kazakhstan. Without Jewski standing in front, the city of Warsaw would have been exposed to the Russians.
It's down.
So after receiving Jewski's request at the beginning, August brought over the officials in charge of the treasury supplies in Warsaw. Although August was not very concerned about supplies, this time because of the Russian
To face the threat of human beings, he needs to know how much supplies are currently in Warsaw.
However, the official regretfully told August that the supplies in Warsaw were only enough to feed the 30,000 troops and the residents of the city for two months, and there was no ability to supply the 50,000 troops under Jewski's command.
August was shocked when he got the news. He grabbed the official and shouted:
"Don't the warehouses in Warsaw store enough food to feed the entire city of Warsaw for a year? Why is it only enough for two months now?"
"Your Majesty, have you forgotten that you took a batch of food and grass with you when you sent troops from Warsaw? Also, since the uprising broke out in northern Poland, because the uprising quickly spread to the entire Poland, in the past six months, not only have we not sent troops from all over the country,
A grain of grain was harvested, but a lot of grain and materials were allocated from the national treasury to stabilize the situation in various places."
The official's words were like a sap that hit August so hard that he didn't know where to go.
August put down the official’s hand in despair, and then asked:
"How long can our supplies last if we use emergency controls?"
"Your Majesty, if it is weapons and ammunition, there are still a lot of them in the warehouse, but if it is food, even if emergency control is implemented, it will only last for three months at most."
"I don't care. No matter what method you use, you have to come up with a large amount of food, or I will kill you!"
August shouted angrily with his hair and beard flaring.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it doesn't matter if you kill me, but the treasury does not have so many supplies! Unless, unless..."
"Unless it's something, tell me clearly!"
"Your Majesty, since you asked me to tell you, I will tell you that there is a large amount of food stored in your palace and a considerable amount of supplies stored in the homes of the great nobles in the city. You see...
..."
"Well, well, I understand, you can go down."
As he spoke, August waved the officials to leave. The suggestion just now was a good idea, but...