Hong Tiancheng, who was standing on the small high ground outside Vilno, saw that the peak of the tallest fortress building in the city was planted with the battle flag of the Taiping Army, and a warm smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he sent someone to call Zhao Yan, who was in charge of the coordination and command of the front line.

"After the city was breached, did the defenders of Vilnori resist fiercely?"

"Your Majesty, apart from a few knights with bad brains and private soldiers loyal to the family of Grand Duke Janush Rajwil, we have not encountered any decent resistance, except that the Ottoman Sultan's own soldiers have almost been wiped out, and the elite losses of our own Taiping army are extremely small."

"Well, this time the performance of the Ottoman Sultan's own troops is very good, and the remaining soldiers don't have to go to the front line to fight anymore, you can arrange and transfer them to the rear city of Kyiv for vacation.

It just so happened that the Ottoman Sultan's own soldiers were filled there, and they had the same religious beliefs and language customs, and they could better blend together. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhao Yan stepped forward and saluted the Taiping Army, turned around and walked out.

"This Taiping military salute is still not as good as a hand salute, and when it is stable in the future, it may be necessary to change it, and then add a salute slogan similar to brainwashing and political symbolism, so that all officers and soldiers who serve the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will always remember who they should serve.

Oh yes, the future constitution of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom must also be preceded by a sentence - in the name of the Heavenly King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. ”

With the stability of order in Vilno City, a large number of elite musketeers of the Taiping Army were stationed, and the roar of muskets in the city gradually stopped.

This point did not surprise Hong Tiancheng, this time he was very unhappy with the Archduke Janusz Rajvir who set off a national war against the Lithuanian people against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the Lithuanian region that could have been passed on to the decided, because of the instigation and leadership of the family forces of the Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir, the Taiping army could only barely maintain an offensive route to the capital of Vilno, and did not dare to divide the troops to sweep the entire Lithuanian region.

Now, except for those Lithuanian nobles who are cowering in castles and can only protect themselves, large areas of towns and villages are full of militia armed forces similar to regimental training, and the Taiping army is naturally unwilling to waste troops for those places where there is not much oil and water.

Whether it is out of personal feelings or a national position, the family of Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir must be ranked first in the Taiping army's purge, so before attacking Vilno City, Hong Tiancheng sent a large number of elites from the Taiping Army headquarters to seal all the entrances and exits in other directions of Vilno City, which is also one of the reasons why the number of siege troops is small.

However, to Hong Tiancheng's surprise, the supreme commander of Vilno City who was captured turned out to be not Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir himself!

As the most prestigious royal blood leader in Lithuania, Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir is the first target of the Taiping Army, and the quickest way to pacify Lithuania is to let Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir voluntarily surrender to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, or kill Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir himself and uproot his family power.

As long as Archduke Janusz Rajvir is alive, he is a spiritual symbol of the Lithuanian resistance, and at the same time a political bargaining chip that foreign forces focus on, even if the family power of Janusz Rajvir is eradicated, the state forces in exile can use the name of Archduke Janusz Rajvir to carry out a just 'war for recovery'.

At that time, the foreign army with the prestige and support of Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir will be able to gain the support of a large number of Lithuanian people with a little publicity, and in the eyes of this group of fools, their own king will still be much more kind and lovely than the foreign king......

What's more, the reputation of Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir himself is not bad, this kind of man who stands at the top is often very reputation-oriented, even if he wants to do something, there are subordinates and scapegoats to help clean up, and he will never let the anger of the lower class people be directed at him.

This kind of political routine is not the preserve of 21st-century heads of state, as politicians have done so since Roman times.

The ancients knew that reputation was an important political capital.

Therefore, the attack and defense of Vilno City has always had two operational goals in mind, one is to complete the temporary prestige task of the all-out war system, and the other is to kill Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir, physically eliminate the spiritual leader of the Lithuanian people's resistance, and fight the rebellion in Lithuania.

After Hong Tiancheng learned that the commander of Vilno City was not the Grand Duke of Janusz Rajivir, his face became gloomy, and he sent someone to suppress the captured commander of the defenders of Vilno City.

I saw that a middle-aged Lithuanian man wearing silk civilian clothes with an unkempt face and a bloody face was escorted up, and the armor, helmet and other equipment on his body had been stripped off when he was captured, leaving only the silk civilian clothes lined inside.

"Who are you?" Hong Tiancheng frowned slightly, looked at the middle-aged white man who was escorted and wounded, and asked.

"I'm your grandfather! Dog Tartar Stick!! ”

“…………”

Hong Tiancheng turned his head and floated to Zhao Yan beside him and whispered, "Has his identity information been verified?" ”

"Back to His Majesty, I have found someone to identify him, and his information has also been learned from the captives of the fortress, he is the younger brother of the Grand Duke Janush Rajvir, the first heir to the family of the Grand Duke Janush Rajvir, his real name is Aselli Rajvir, and all his valuable information has been learned from the mouths of the servants of the fortress who surrendered."

"Oh, so he's of no use to us anymore, right?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Hong Tiancheng held back his eyes and scolded Ah Die Rajwil, and said curiously to Zhao Yan: "According to the Inheritance Law of the Lords of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania, shouldn't it be the eldest son of Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir who is the first in line to the throne?" ”

"Your Majesty, the sons of Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir were killed in two decisive battles with our army, so Ah Mai Die became the first in line to the throne, and more than half of the male descendants of their family have died at the hands of our Taiping army."

"Hehe, Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir is really ruthless enough, since the so-called first heir to the throne is useless, hang him at the main gate of Vilno for the first month, I want all Lithuanians to know that this is an example against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!

Oh, by the way, all those who have served the family of Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir and their relatives and friends in Vilno have been arrested and reduced to official slaves!

Of course, good people who take the initiative to give a 'vote' can open the net. ”