In front of the castle in the center of Zhytomyr, General Stanisław Koniecpolsky, dressed in military uniform, surrounded by a group of knightly guards, walked inside.

General Stanisław Koniecpolsky, who had just returned from Lutsk, did not wait to dismount when he was blocked by his anxious younger brother Krysztof Koniecpolsky.

"Big brother, it's a big deal, Samuel ...... him"

"Krysztoff, there's something to talk about." General Stanisław Koniecpolsky raised his hand to stop Krysztov's words and gave Krysztov a mixed look.

Fortunately, Krysztov, although a little reckless, was not stupid, and after being reminded by his eldest brother, General Stanisław Koniecpolsky, he glanced at the noble knights around him, laughed dryly twice, and did not say anything more to get out of the way.

Some of the noble knights who accompanied them were disappointed, others fell into a thoughtful expression, and more continued to follow the master of Zhytomyr, General Stanisław Koniecpolsky, with unchanged faces.

In a short time, General Stanisław Kōniecpolsky and Kryštof entered the upper room of the castle together, and as soon as Krysztof entered the door, he dismissed all the maids and miscellaneous servants, closed the door, and said solemnly to General Staniław Kōniecpolsky.

"Big brother, Samuel Vashch is dead, and he died on the battlefield of a head-to-head duel, killed by the Tatar bandit army that suddenly appeared! All the Polish hussars he led were wiped out in a battle, and even the hundreds of mercenary veteran foot soldiers did not return, only some light cavalry fled back to Zhytomyr!

Samuel Washchi's men are completely finished! ”

General Stanisław Konecpolsky frowned slightly, poured a glass of red wine for himself and Krysztof as usual, took a sip and replied slowly: "Although it is a little unexpected, it is also good news for us, you should have dealt with the light cavalry that escaped back, this time Samuel Vashchi took away all the noble officers who obeyed his orders, and the Tatar bandit army can be regarded as a favor for us."

Krysztov, I have already contacted most of the members of the Shrachta Council in Lutsk, and this declaration of war against the leader of the Ukrainian Cossack rebellion, Khmelnytsky, will soon be passed, and the Sem Council will not install other factions in Zhytomyr for a long time to come.

Samuel Waszki's death saved us a lot of things. ”

"Big brother, those Polish hussars have long since been disorganized into our ranks, and Samuel Waszc's influence has been completely eliminated, but don't you think it is surprising that a Tatar army defeated Samuel Vaszc, who was no less than them?

According to the Polish light cavalry who fled back, Samuel Wašc's battle plan was very well set from beginning to end, and the Tatar bandit army before the ambush was unaware, if it were not for the Tatar bandit army to put the captured Polish civilians on the periphery, the first time they were ambushed would have suffered heavy losses.

Samuel Vashch had the upper hand at every turn at the beginning of the war, but he was still completely wiped out! ”

Krysztof explained with an anxious expression.

General Stanisław Koniecpolski gently put down the goblet, patted Krysztof on the shoulder, and said: "War is never a comparison of data on paper, not to mention that I have received the news that those Tatar bandit troops are very fanatical in fighting, and all of them believe in the so-called Taiping cult, and the Tatar leader is a good hand in proselytizing, and I have heard that many Poles have been drawn into the Taiping cult and become its followers in just a few days.

However, even if this Tatar bandit army can fight and fight without fear of death, the number of people will be limited, and soon the large army assembled by the United Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania will march to Kiev, and we must also prepare to join the city of Kyiv with the main force of Zhytomyr.

The losses of the Tatar bandits must not be small, and when we go to Kiev with the army of Zhytomyr, we can solve them by the way.

This time I got all the tax rights of the Zhytomyr region and a warrant to use the reserve wealth of the city of Zhytomyr, and with the financial support of the city of Zhytomyr and our family heritage, we can raise an army of tens of thousands of people, and the Tatar bandit army is not qualified to be our opponent. ”

General Stanisław Konecpolsky smiled knowingly.

After hearing this, Krysztof lowered his anxiety slightly, but it did not completely dissipate, but said to General Stanisław Kniecpolski in a solemn voice: "I have interrogated many Polish civilians who have escaped from the Taiping army, and I have learned from them that the rumor that the Taiping army has been blessed by God and can send down miracles to summon heavenly soldiers and generals is true!"

The reason why many Polish civilians from the Taiping Army joined the Taiping Church is precisely because they witnessed the summoning ceremony held by Hong Tiancheng, the leader of the Taiping Army, according to the Polish civilian complaints, the Taiping soldiers who came were all from the rebuilt church, one team after another, after the ceremony, the Taiping Army expanded its troops to thousands of elites, and all of them appeared in the world armed with arquebuses!

This Hong Tiancheng never considered himself a Tatar, he and the Taiping soldiers he summoned called themselves Han Chinese, and the reason why these Han people fought fanatically and fearlessly feared life and death was because they were not human beings in this world! ”

With a crisp snap, General Stanisław Kniecpolsky's expensive goblet fell to the ground and shattered into several pieces, and he grabbed Krysztov's shoulders with his dumbfounded hands and asked in disbelief:

"Krysztov, you have to know how outrageous what is coming out of your mouth, and if it gets out, the archbishop can even accuse you of blasphemy and hang you alive!

If I'm not mistaken, you just told me that the God we have always believed in has been miraculously helping a Tatar? Oh no, maybe he's really a Han man who has never heard of ghosts, but!

This is not good for us, not even a disaster, in every sense of the word! ”

Krysztof didn't turn his mind a little, and asked with a confused face: "Big brother, I don't understand, shouldn't this be a disaster for the entire Polish-Lithuanian Kingdom?" ”