"It's a pity that the victory in the Battle of Masovia is also included in the bonus reward after the settlement of the mission, it seems that the strength of the enemy army in the Battle of Masovia is not good, the armed forces of the Poles are really backward, no wonder even a group of Cossack mud legs can set off such a big rebellion."

Hong Tiancheng sat on a specially made wooden chair on the high ground, looking at the smashed bricks and stones flying everywhere on the Chernihiv city wall, and thinking about the hints given by the Total War system after the Battle of Masovia.

As Hong Tiancheng's authority increased, the rewards he received became more and more generous, and the criteria for judging the enemy's strength in the all-out war system became more and more perfect.

The number of people is no longer an important factor of measurement, and the army's weaponry, equipment, training, and morale have become the criteria for the comprehensive evaluation of the all-out war system.

Only if the strength exceeds a certain threshold for victory, an additional part of the reward will be issued to Hong Tiancheng immediately after the reward is accumulated.

Hong Tianwei thought that the great victory in Masovia would make the total war system give him another division of reward, but he did not think that in the battle of Masovia, most of the noble coalition forces in the Masovia region, the main enemy, were still in the era of cold weapons, and there were not even a few artillery.

When fighting, either the cavalry charged with cold weapons, or the infantry took their shields and went up with muskets......

Because of this, Masovia's troops were repulsed from attack after attack by a mere infantry regiment of more than 2,000 elite Taiping musketeers, suffering heavy losses but making no progress.

Of course, even if the Taiping army killed and captured a large number of enemy troops in the Battle of Masovia and won a great victory, it was nothing in the assessment of the all-out war system, for the simple reason that there was a 'generational gap' between the two sides......

The troops of Masovia want weapons or no weapons, they want morale but no morale, they only know the general pig rush charge in the Middle Ages, and the defeat of such an army by a modern army is really not something worth showing off.

Well, this is the evaluation given by the Total War system, but there are still rewards that should be there, but those rewards are included in the final cumulative rewards and will be distributed together after the King of Lithuania quest is over.

Hong Tiancheng immediately got only 100 reputation points, and the total reputation value was increased to 1500 points, which was 500 reputation points away from the 2000 points of viscount authority.

"The garrison in the city of Chernihiv is the main force of the Ukrainian Cossack rebels, and the will to resist can be regarded as above the qualified line, compared to the Masovian troops that are still in the late Middle Ages, the organizational form is more advanced, anyway, it has dealt with me a lot, and it has been a veteran of learning from the Russians for a while, and after the total annihilation, it should immediately get some benefits."

In the war of Hong Tiancheng's personal conquest of Smolensk and Verkhov territory, the elite loss of the core Taiping Army was not small, the original division plus the strength of two infantry regiments, now those two infantry regiments have been completely disabled, and the establishment has been withdrawn and added to the main division, and the elite musketeers of the Taiping Army under the command of Hong Tiancheng are less than 15,000 people.

Therefore, at this time, he would prefer to get the rewards of the Total War system that will be cashed out immediately, rather than the rewards that will be accumulated in the King of Lithuania mission.

After all, there is still an expeditionary force of the Russian Empire to deal with.

In Hong Tiancheng's contemplative air, the roar of artillery had begun to weaken, and a large number of Lithuanian militia members rushed to the Chernihiv city wall with siege ladders.

Although the Taiping army captured a lot of artillery and shells along the way, it also consumed a lot of ammunition, so the ammunition reserves were not much, and it was far from enough to rely on artillery to open the city wall, and there were many defenders in Chernihiv, and it was difficult to break the city by blowing up the city wall.

Therefore, the Taiping army simply attacked the city by means of primitive ant-attached siege.

In fact, in the era of muskets, the way of attacking the city with ants was also often used, and the effect was not bad, the large-scale use of artillery and muskets, so that the besieging side was enough to suppress the fire coverage of the city head with fire under the city, reducing the casualties of the siege troops, and under the advantages of the other, it became more difficult for the defenders to hold the city walls.

After the Lithuanian militiamen carrying siege ladders and swords and arquebuses rushed forward with shouts, groups of elite musketeers of the Taiping Army with flintlock muskets in both hands lined up in battle formations under the leadership of their respective officers and followed up.

In addition to less than 15,000 elite musketeers of the Taiping Army, the main force of the Taiping Army also included 20,000 remnants of the Lithuanian militia, and thousands of private soldiers of the Taiping nobles who had been obtained from the Smolensk and Verkhov territories, as well as mercenaries who only sold their lives for money.

Although the countries of Eastern Europe jointly issued a ban on mercenaries, but under the temptation of the Taiping Army's 10 times higher commission, there will always be a group of outlaws who regard money as more important than their lives and are willing to work for Hong Tiancheng.

You must know that under the bargaining chips offered by the Taiping Army, as long as you help the Taiping Army win a battle of this scale to capture the city of Chernihiv, the commission you get is enough for a bachelor to live a comfortable life without labor.

If you fight two or three battles, the commission you get is enough for the mercenaries to go incognito to Western Europe to smash out a noble title with money, and then buy a small fief to become a knight and noble lord with real power!

It is not difficult to honor the title of nobleman, but the nobleman with a fief is not a small number!

As long as there is a fief, the title of nobility can be hereditary, which is a business that benefits future generations, and you can imagine how attractive it is to outlaws.

Money is of little significance to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom that was blocked by trade, and it can only be circulated internally, so Hong Tiancheng is not distressed when he spends it, as long as he can bring in enough cannon fodder, money is not a problem, and it is not enough to grab it......

Of course, the combat morale of this kind of mercenaries who work for money is not much stronger than that of the Lithuanian militia, and the battle against the wind is naturally fiercer than the mountain tiger, and the battle against the wind is definitely faster than the dog running!

This is also the reason why Hong Tiancheng often hires outlaws in large numbers only in siege warfare, and the siege war mainly deals with enemy troops who dare not go out of the city, unlike in the field, once these scum mercenaries collapse, it will trigger a chain reaction.

The most important thing is that Hong Tiancheng doesn't want the elite of his headquarters to be consumed in a war of attrition to climb the city wall.

The combat mission of the Lithuanian militia and mercenaries is very simple, fill in the moat, attach the siege ladder firmly to the head of the city, and then clear a foothold at the head of the city, open the city gate, and leave the rest of the task to the elite musketeers of the Taiping Army.