Outside, there was a lot of artillery fighting, and standing in front of the window of the town's inn, you could see a huge fire from a few kilometers away, and the war was so close to the town, that some of the townspeople began to flee, and some of them resigned themselves to staying here, because they knew that this kind of escape would not end, and that Warsaw would sooner or later fall to such an extent.

The dilemma of Goudap has ended, and the Polish army supporting it has been surrounded and suppressed by the Lithuanian army that arrived later, which is actually not an encirclement and suppression, because less than 10 minutes after the start of the battle, the opponent has already raised the white flag before a round of artillery has been fired.

The influence of the Czech principality in Eastern Europe is too great for the armies everywhere to resist at all, and if the same situation is placed in France, it is completely different, and even in the Balkans, but this is Poland, so it is normal for direct surrender to occur.

The surrendered Polish Army quickly screened out the available ones for reorganization with the elimination system, and the Royal Lithuanian Army grew rapidly from 50,000 to 100,000.

Compared with these border armies, some towns in the interior still choose to be tenacious to the end, and grassroots officers and ordinary citizens naturally do not want to do this, but the power is in the hands of those mayors and nobles, and they choose to resist stubbornly and others have no right to refuse.

Not to mention that the big cities, even the small towns where Ernst had taken refuge, were armed with 120 private men, all of whom were formed by the schoolmaster and the only nobleman in the town, among them were nationalists, some of whom fought for their own interests, and some of whom were blind followers, but there was no doubt that they all had only one purpose at this time. That is to keep the aggressor at bay. They don't think Britain and France will sit idly by and watch what happens here. They pinned all their hopes on Britain and France.

No one would have thought that it was their hopes that abandoned them at the first time, and that it was too simple to pin their hopes on others, which was the feeling that Ernst shook his head helplessly when he learned about the events in the town. It was also the luck of these people that Ernst was ready to disarm this force before the arrival of the army of the Kingdom of Lithuania, which was not difficult for Ernst.

When he went downstairs, Ernst saw William packing up his things, and the familiar scene made Ernst ask: "William?" Are you going to run for your life? ”

"Who, who said it. William. Sakharov is by no means a deserter, I am just going to find a good place to ambush the Lithuanian soldiers, you see, I William. Sooner or later, Sakharov will become a hero of Poland. ”

William. Sakharov's words made Ernst laugh out loud, and he stepped forward and touched his hair in his struggle and said: "Very well, I am sure that you will become a hero of Poland, but, my hero, is it more appropriate for you to replace this wooden stick with a rifle?" The enemy won't give you a chance to knock him in the head. ”

"I ......"

"Yours!"

Just in William. While Sakharov was racking his brains to argue, Ernst suddenly threw him a gun. One of Ernst's side guns - M1911.

This, this is for me? Can. But how could he have a gun, yes, he is a nobleman and naturally has a gun, but this is really given to me? William. Sakharov's face was so full of surprise and excitement that he even forgot to pack his things, until his mother slapped him on the head, and then he continued to pack his things with a depressed face.

Of course, during this period, his mother also saw the pistol in his hand, and after questioning, she wanted to confiscate it. Under Sakharov's fierce resistance, the innkeeper had no choice but to compromise, perhaps she thought that this would make her son safer.

"Boss, I've got in touch with the country."

Ernst, who was reading a book, couldn't help but pause in his hand, and then he glanced at the guard who entered the door and nodded casually: "There is nothing big in the country!" ”

In fact, seeing the guard's somewhat hesitant face, Ernst knew that something was going on in Lithuania and the Czech principalities, but it should not be a big deal, but it would never be a good thing.

"The news of your disappearance has caused some confusion in the Czech principality, and now His Royal Highness Charles is acting Archduke, Prime Minister Massena is in charge of the cabinet, and Archduke Ferdinand is handling the Soviet offensive on the border......"

"Soviet attack on the Czech border?"

Ernst couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect the other party's courage to be so big, you must know that there is a big gap between the Soviet Union and the Czech principality, otherwise there is a very good opportunity, otherwise the Soviet Union will definitely be the losing side, obviously they think that Ernst's absence is a good opportunity, but they also did not expect that Archduke Ferdinand would actually stand up to appease the military.

"Now that the war between the Czech Republic and the Soviet Union is over, the Soviet government wants to be able to negotiate peace, Archduke Ferdinand asked the Soviets to cede the western region of Ternopil in Ukraine, and now the Soviet government has not yet given an answer, but the possibility of agreeing is very high, and it seems that the Soviet government on the part of the Russian Empire is also ready to make compromises.

The guard's words made Ernst smile coldly, how could the Soviet government not compromise, that would mean that he would force the Czech principality to continue the attack, after all, the Czech principality could not be beaten and ended like this, and if you don't come up with something, the 200,000 Czech principality army will not be satisfied.

Who is willing to pay in the future? Archduke Ferdinand knew this very well, so he needed to make the Soviets bleed anyway, and even if it wasn't for the Soviets, it was estimated that the army of the Czech principality would have already entered Moscow, where would it be necessary to garrison and inspect the border.

At this time, Ernst suddenly remembered that the guard must have not said anything, because this alone was not enough to make the guard hesitate so much, if nothing else, it should have something to do with Charlie's acting Grand Duke. Glancing at the guard, the guard seemed to know what Ernst wanted to ask, so he no longer hesitated, and directly told the news he had gotten.

"Krisping is now in Vilnius, and recently there have been many calls in the Kingdom of Lithuania for His Highness Heinrich to become the crown prince and future king of the Kingdom of Lithuania."

Unexpectedly, Ernst didn't react much when he heard this, neither angry nor excited, just nodded flatly, as if what the guard had just said was just asking what to eat at noon today.

Ernst was naturally not surprised, he knew Crispin's character very well, and he also knew Jessica's character, and he didn't need to ask to know that this matter was Crispin's private self-determination, and he was protected by his own arranged personnel, and he believed that Jessica would not leave Prague at all, at least she would not leave Prague until she had clear news.

But to say that there is no anger at all is not fake, after all, Heinrich is just a one-year-old doll, and it is really a little unreasonable for Crispin to involve him, although it is said that royals must go through these things even if they are young, but he Ernst. Franz is still alive, and since he is alive, he must try to avoid such things.

The struggle of the royal family Ernst did not want to appear in his own family, everything he did was to lay the foundation for these, a large number of lands, a few countries, is not enough for these brothers? Whose is it Ernst has a plan in his heart, this is not something that outsiders can interfere with, and Crispin has undoubtedly touched Ernst's bottom line.

"Let's talk about something else!"

"Prime Minister Arturas has a strange attitude, he seems to support the Christians, but he has a certain intention of getting out of the way."

The guards were confused, but Ernst knew the specific reason, it was just that Arturas didn't want to put his chips on Heinrich too early, after all, his situation here was still unclear. Arturas is not Crispin, and the identities and positions of the two sides represent different outcomes for what they have done wrong.

Just like Crispin, even if he has touched Ernst's bottom line, Ernst is not ready to directly erase everything about him, at most he is just sent to a marginal place, his ability, his identity is still of great use to Ernst, and Arturas is completely different, once he touches Ernst's bottom line, then only the dismissal of his official position and even the possibility of imprisonment.

"We have contacted the Lithuanian Army, now do we want to let them ......"

"No, I'd love to see what the Czech principalities and the Kingdom of Lithuania look like without Ernst, I believe it should be fun!"

Ernst didn't think about identifying the traitors through this incident, he just wanted to find out what everyone thought, Maria, Jessica, Masséna, the military generals, and even Archduke Ferdinand, this was also a good opportunity for some hidden people to jump out, and Ernst didn't want to miss it.

The state of the Czech principality has always been relatively perfect, but this has led to some people with ulterior motives not being able to find a chance to stand up, such as the current Soviet government, and Ernst's "disappearance" is a good opportunity, and at the same time, it can also allow Ernst to defeat a wave of enemies that have been hiding in the shadows.

Although the Czech Duchy has always been impregnable, Ernst knows that there is a group of people in the underground of the Czech Duchy who are against him, that is, the second batch of nobles who surrendered to the Czech Duchy, Ernst wants to know if they will take this opportunity to stand up, and he wants to see what kind of actions Maria and Jessica will make in the face of this kind of thing, and this time their attitude represents Ernst's arrangement for them in the future.

Jessica aside, if Maria can face and solve the troubles of these nobles, then Ernst will teach her all about Charlie's education in the future, and even allow her to participate in some state affairs of the Czech Duchy in the future. If you can't...... Then I'm sorry, Ernst will have to personally manage Charlie's education, and Maria only needs to be an ordinary queen who attends charity banquets and royal events. (To be continued.) )