Chapter 152: Escape
"No, no, no, no, it shouldn't be like this! It shouldn't be like this! ”
Kachimilz IV looked helplessly at the roaring Tatars who were raging below. It took less than a month for these lawless bastards to reach the foot of the Carpathians from the steppes of Eastern Europe. The speed is not much worse than that of the Mongols and Huns at the beginning. And the time to conquer the city along the way is also counted.
Kachimilz IV felt that this was a mistake from the start. I should have tied that swaggering Cossack to the stake a long time ago!
"By my command, the Cossacks are enemies of the Kingdom of Poland, the Kingdom of Lithuania from this day! Whoever finds it, slaughters them all! "Kachimirz IV is so angry that he is deformed!
And Elisabeth von Habsburg, the newlywed wife of a mediocre but decent figure, is waiting in endless fear for the verdict of her future fate. She wasn't very fluent in Polish, so she didn't know what was going on in the city. But she knew that endless demons were surrounding Krakow. The whole Kingdom of Poland was filled with the sound of ghosts crying wolves. The aristocratic women who had said they were talking and laughing yesterday had disappeared without a trace.
Elizabeth knew that they had fled, probably hiding in a basement somewhere, or bribing the officials who guarded the door to flee the country.
"Your Majesty, the artillery loss rate has reached thirty-eight ........percent," Chen Hanlin walked up to Qin Cang's side and whispered.
"It's fine. If the artillery is broken, it can be rebuilt! The big iron supervisor, the second largest iron supervisor (Shini County) and the third largest iron supervisor (Tieshanwei, which is in preparation) will definitely not be short of this production capacity! As long as you break Krakow, it's all worth it! Qin Cang looked into the distance.
Chen Hanlin didn't know why Qin Cang said this, but his subconscious still told him that it was true.
After retiring, a person with a glow appeared behind Qin Cang.
"Excellent! That's the effect! You've accumulated 900 million points. I'm looking forward to your trip to break through 1.2 billion. The mercury man said.
"Of course I expect that. Scores really can't be redeemed now? Qin Cang asked.
"Of course not. You're fighting, and this isn't peacetime. I don't want to die. Let's wait until you get back to your base. With that, the mercury man vanished.
Qin Cang looked at the warehouse behind the camp, and the endless carriages were full of the loot he had grabbed this time. Some have already been divided, and some are still waiting to be distributed to those below.
But any big city is basically on the edge of a river. Krakow too. The Vistula River crosses Krakow, heads north, passes through Warsaw, and finally joins the Baltic Sea in Gdansk.
It was a river with a lot of flow, and several small rafts had capsized in the river.
Krakow's main town is located to the north, and is guarded by the Polish royal palace Wawel Palace (which still exists, beautiful, but very small) and the Wawel Bishop's Church and the wooden walls that surround them.
There are 1.75 million people in modern Krakow, compared to just over 3 million in Poland at this time. One can imagine how small Krakow is now. Krakow, which numbered only a few thousand people in the city, was very weak under the accumulation of large armies.
After the head of another messenger was hung high in the air, the nobles of Krakow apparently found that the Tatars no longer cared how much they were willing to pay for forgiveness.
After the bloodshed of countless cities, the Tatars' ** is obviously enlarged without limits.
The rumbling sound of cannon is familiar, the cannon fodder soldiers habitually go out, but then they were driven out by the prison army crackling, there is no marching order, you guys come out of the fart!
This is also Qin Cang's idea, originally Qin Cang wanted to go on an expedition to Italy. But seeing that the Tatar troops had reached Krakow, the hawks began to be a little fed and did not want to move. Qin Cang overestimated the Tatars' ability to endure hardship. I still regret that if I can sweep Austria this time, there will be many fewer enemies in the future.
"It's the last step." Chen Dong shook his head, then looked at Li Bai.
Li Bai immediately understood what Qin Cang meant. He found his younger brother Li Yinse, handed him a letter, and then Li Yinse set off.
In this era, it is true that there are stone castles all over the land in Western Europe, but Eastern Europe is not rich in stone resources, and there is wood everywhere, as well as the vast terrain makes it less necessary to build stone walls in Eastern Europe.
Half a year is a cold season, and it is very troublesome to repair.
Only a few cities now have stone walls. Such as Kiev, which was half destroyed, such as Moscow, such as Veliky Novgorod.
The walls of Krakow were only partially built. The flustered aristocrats in Wawel's palace crowded around in rows.
"We don't have any soldiers!"
"Outside the city, the artillery fire is fierce! The walls have collapsed! The two regiments of people piled up, and after a while, they were all gone! ”
"How can our precious cavalry die like a wreck under the walls?"
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The Polish aristocracy had numerous arguments to discuss with Kachimilz IV.
Poland is also a good country that has always had a tradition of secession. Greater Poland (Poznan, etc.), Lesser Poland (i.e., around Krakow), Mazovia (around Warsaw) and other places often habitually divided. Until now, Mazovia existed semi-independently in the north.
And the number of nobles in Poland was quite large. It is rumored to be one-tenth of the total population. Such a large group is, of course, like Hydra, one head and one idea.
Kachimilz IV was trapped in the building and could not escape. He opened the curtains on the third floor, and the small gap was already filled with aristocrats dressed in traditional Polish costumes. In the opinion of Cadchimilz IV, there were only a few wise men among the hundreds of people, and the rest were all fools.
"Have you decided?" Elizabeth looked at Cadchi Mirtz IV in horror, what did this strange man want to do?
Elizabeth spoke German, and Kachimilz IV did not understand German, so he had to ask a nobleman's wife to translate.
"Nothing. We're going to get ready to break out. Krakow can't stay any longer. Let's go to Poznan! Trust me, we still have a chance! Kachimilz IV looked at Elizabeth confidently.
It's a pity that the blonde saw only one word in his eyes - panic.
That night, after the sound of artillery fire had gradually subsided, Carchmilz IV forcefully used his pro-army to drive out all the nobles.
"Do it!"
Hatchmilz IV gathered with several archdukes and their families, and with a contingent of several hundred elite cavalry, they automatically headed west to prepare for a breakthrough.
"Someone ran away!"
The poignant bone whistle made the people who were keeping vigil around them light up their green eyes, and they were about to make a fortune!