Chapter 151: Krakow in sight
One can imagine how tragic the expression of Pope Nicholas V at this moment was.
Finally found a country where he could brush up on prestige and authority, who knew that this country was actually leading in science and technology, not to mention that it was followed by a large group of unreasonable barbarian tribes, and the Pope couldn't cry anymore.
At the very least, the singing of Catchimilz IV and Frederick III put a lot of pressure on the pope.
And Srinitsky, who was afraid of the Pope's punishment and Qin Cang's pursuit, ran directly to Ottoman Turkey without doing anything.
Mehmed II, who had just fought a major battle with Janos Hunyadi, was of course very sincere in sending this double-faced goods to Bulgaria to defend against the Wallachians. His station was Ruse, with Preven to the west and Burgas to the southeast.
Oh, and Muhammad II also gave Srinitsky the title of "The Lost One".
The scene cuts back to Lviv.
It was Daniel in Galicia, a newly built city under the rule of the greatest king of the Galician-Volhynian kingdom, which was clearly vulnerable to the Tatars.
Daniel built cities such as Lviv and Cheum, which were mainly inhabited by Jews and Armenians, and also attracted merchants from Poland and Germany. In short, in his time, this new state that emerged as a result of the collapse of the Grand Duchy of Kievan Rus was very good.
However, Batu's attack apparently destroyed all of this. When Daniel had captured Kiev and was about to claim all of Rus' in a justifiable manner, the Mongols knocked him back to his original form and drove him back to the foot of the Carpathians.
Now the city is Polish.
The three cities of Przemyśl and Lviv, as well as Volynsky to the north, were the most prosperous cities in former Galicia, and were largely taken over by the Poles. And at this moment, Qin Cang's army had already surrounded these three cities in three ways.
"I've said countless times that soldiers are fast! From the moment we entered Kyiv, we were already facing one enemy after another! In order to reduce casualties, the army should be inserted into Krakow as quickly as possible! Destroy it! Destroy this royal capital! The whole of Poland and Lithuania will fall apart! ”
"I still need 20,000 warriors to march west and attack Stezec in Songchi (north of Nova Songqi southeast of present-day Krakow, Poland)! Open the door to Krakow! We're going to build a pontoon bridge over the Dunajec River! Wait for the three armies to attack separately and then march west! ”
"Who can take on this task?" Qin Cang asked.
A group of people, you look at me, I look at you, and there is no sound.
"Lao Tzu..... No, I'm a minister! A thick-voiced Han man pushed through the crowd and stepped forward. He had only one eye and only three fingers left on his right hand.
"Oh?" Qin Cang recognized him. His name is Dewey, and of course he is not Shi Jingjiao's brother-in-law in history, but a bandit who robs his house.
But bandits are also very confident.
The main thing about the small city of Stezerts was on the Dunayetz River, so that the army would have to cross the river in fear. Capturing that place in advance would have ensured that the army would safely cross the river and encircle Krakow.
"Good! I'll give you 20,000 people! And forty cannons! Take down Stezitz! If you can't take it, you can bring your head back! ”
After a month of fighting, the various tribes also understood Qin Cang's habits very well. If it is useful, it will be rewarded, and if it is useless, it will be punished, and it is not soft at all to kill people.
Looking at Dewey, who was ordered to go out, everyone was concerned.
The last package ticket said that the people in Minsk could be completely wiped out, and the grave grass was already three feet high. The last person who said that Rohnne had his hands at his fingertips was also hanging on the gallows. I don't know how this person will die.
"Let's move on! Push the captives and the new warbands up! Who dares to disagree! Blow his dog's head for me! Qin Cang said angrily! Now that Chen Hanlin is commanding the attack on the old king capital Volynsky in the north, and Mu Lutu is attacking the old capital Przemyśl in the west, Qin Cang doesn't want to be the last one.
The artillery roared, and one by one the warbands were driven to the battlefield to kill Lviv. This well-structured city is now set up on a hot pot, and Chef Qin Cang is constantly adding bases, adding firewood, and constantly stuffing various ingredients into it to make it more attractive.
"It's not you who gave birth today! It's me who dies! Many captives ran desperately to the walls. The arrows galloping behind them warned them not to stop, not to look back; And the corpses that kept falling on the wall in front of them made them tremble.
As a result, their will gradually crumbled, and they eventually became the walking dead on the battlefield.
Mrs. Livo's will to resist was very strong.
Seven days later, at the cost of more than 8,000 prisoners, Qin Cang's army finally broke through the walls of Lviv. At this time, Qin Cang actually missed the Ottoman cannon very much. Only this kind of cannon is really good in the case of the city. After a few shots, the walls will collapse.
"Kill! Not a single one to stay! ”
The ruthless overseers wielded their whips and drove the already frantic captives into the city. And in the city, of course, there is another chaos. The people who refused Qin Cang's rule wept and howled wolf and packed up their belongings and prepared to escape.
And yet they overthink it. The Weiyuan army was far away in Volynsky, but the Tatars and captives on this side were not vegetarians either. It took only four hours for the murderous bastards to wipe out the entire city of Lviv.
Same as the city in front. Not a single one was left.
The captives captured by Qin Cang's army were all from the countryside and were native Slavs, and the merchants in the city were unreliable.
Subsequently, Volynsky (present-day Vladimir-Volynsky city in northwestern Ukraine) was destroyed.
By the time the two armies converged on the banks of the San River, the whole city of Przemyśl was destroyed.
Crossing the San River, more than 100,000 troops have already surprised Krakow three times a day!
And Stezitz was brutally slaughtered by Dewey, and Qin Cang praised Qin Cang's behavior of removing the wood from the whole city and building a pontoon bridge over the Dunayetz River.
And then, of course, there was the audience of the envoys from Krakow.
"Then tell me, how much is your master willing to pay for this peace?" Qin Cang interrogated this envoy with great interest.
The messenger gritted his teeth and said: "My king will give Kyiv to your homeland and express his heartfelt gratitude." ”
"Cut." Qin Cang simply got up, "It's another waste that drags on time." Drag it out and kill it. ”
In this way, Krakow was surrounded by an endless stream of Tatars with less than a quarter of the city walls and less than 30,000 noble troops.......