eastern european eagle

Chapter 611: Deployment against the opponent

Even if the defenders entered the castle to defend, it was just a desperate struggle. That afternoon, Reval Castle was captured and the Russian army occupied the entire city.

For the Russians, this was a rare victory for them in Livonia, even though they were not the main force in the battle. When the Livonians, who had no hope of breaking out, finally had to surrender to them, or when the defenders injured and captured the lagging Russians during the pursuit, their faces were filled with the pride of victory.

Grushenko ordered all the defenders to be chopped off and their bodies hung on the city wall as a punishment. After occupying this place, the soldiers in the Finnish region could gather here directly and then continue to move south.

The news of the Russian occupation of Reval spread quickly. Teutonic and Lithuanian states both demanded that the Russian army withdraw. Poland took it for granted and also brought Denmark in, ready to cut off the Baltic trade at any time.

But Russia was not afraid. Two days after Reval was occupied, Russian Tsar Michael led his army to Minsk and notified all the nobles of Lithuania and Livonia that they could surrender as soon as possible and keep their property and titles.

This is really shocking. I have seen shameless people before, but I have never seen such shameless people. They actually asked them to surrender directly. Do they not take them seriously?
"Start a war, start a war, and let them know how powerful Lithuania is."

Even moderate nobles believed that a fight was necessary, and they contributed their soldiers and wealth to the command of Vytautas, hoping that he could wash away the shame.

"In the name of God, Lithuania officially declares war on Russia, hoping that God will bless us to recover all the lost territories."

Vytautas prayed in the Vilnius Cathedral, and behind him were many nobles, all ready to go to the battlefield and deal a fatal blow to Russia.

Poland was also ready, with a total army of 60000 people. In order to get Denmark to join, Władysław promised a lot of benefits.

"Your Majesty, I plan to send 20,000 troops to Kiev to contain Romania, and the rest of the troops will be sent to Minsk. As long as we defeat Russia, other problems can be easily solved."

Władysław nodded. This plan seemed to be the best at the moment. Everything would be fine as long as Russia was defeated.

The king added, "Don't forget, everyone. We still have powerful allies! Sigismund has promised that as long as Romania dares to declare war on us, they will declare war on Romania! With him attacking in the west, Romania cannot send more troops here. Poland has the advantage in fighting on this land that belongs to us!"

In fact, he wanted to find France at the beginning, but France had just lost Paris, which made Władysław feel that it was not appropriate. And Sigismund himself was the King of Germany. Although his power was a little small, his reputation was there.

However, because of the Bohemia issue, Sigismund was arguing with Brandenburg because the other party occupied the wealthy Silesia. Sigismund asked Brandenburg to return it in the name of the German king, but the other party disagreed.

There are also some problems in the southern part of the Holy Roman Empire. The current King De is really not doing a good job. Let's see how the others are doing.

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While Poland was deciding on its expedition, Kiev was also carrying out its mission.

After being occupied by Rome, Kiev became an important northern city. Rome carried out a large-scale reconstruction of the area, and Listerin accelerated the construction of the area after becoming a senior official in Kiev Province. The area has become an important commercial and agricultural city. "Senior official, the vanguard of the army has arrived, and the rest of the army will arrive within half a month."

Listerine listened to the report and looked at the order given to him by His Majesty: prepare all military supplies and transport convoys.

"It seems that His Majesty is determined to attack Poland."

Although we were prepared, when the order for the real war was issued, we felt that we could save it. Who likes war? Isn't peace good?

But this was not something they could think of, so they had to prepare quickly. The food shipped from Mircea Fort and the weapons from Donetsk were all gathered in Kiev. 20000 pioneers had already arrived in Kiev, waiting for the next order.

"My lord, the Russian army has arrived in Minsk, and the Cossack Grand Hetman will also send troops to assist. I think your majesty will send 100,000 troops to fight against Poland."

One hundred thousand was an astronomical figure for other countries, but for Romania it was not yet its full strength.

As a former prime minister, he knew very well how many troops the empire could mobilize. After dealing with Poland, they would have to go south to capture Mecca. Only by eliminating this worry could His Majesty feel at ease.

"Don't worry, sir. The Polish army cannot match ours in number, and their soldiers' combat effectiveness is far inferior to ours. I'm afraid more than half of their soldiers are mercenaries from other places... I don't think Poland can deploy a lot of troops at once. At most, it will not exceed 5 people!"

The deputy came to this conclusion after referring to the previous wars fought by Poland. He pointed to Lviv and said: "The Polish army is likely to attack from Lviv. They have two routes of attack. One is to occupy Lviv and march directly to Kiev, or to go north to Minsk and then attack Moscow to force our army to mobilize."

As soon as these words were spoken, there was a murmur of discussion in the meeting room.

General Chris, the pioneer who has arrived here, put forward his own opinion: "At present, the second route is more likely, because the local defense here is relatively lax, and he also knows the importance of Minsk. As long as it is occupied, Kiev can be suppressed.

But we also have to guard against the first route. The materials being transported are all in Kiev, and there can’t be any loss. And the people transporting these materials are all laborers from all over the country, so we also need to ensure their safety.”

Listerine agreed, but he added one more thing.

"We also have to be careful about other countries' support for Poland. Britain has occupied Paris, so France won't pay attention to it for the time being. Even if the Holy Roman Empire pays attention, it will be useless because Castile is still paying attention to the south. The most important thing is the so-called electors. Their opinions determine the movements of most of the princes of the Holy Roman Empire."

Although Brandenburg was there, if other countries united, they would not be able to stop it. Austria, the largest country, had signed a peace treaty with Hungary, but other countries had not signed it. If Sigismund and the Pope jointly announced an expedition to the East, the plan of a quick victory would be aborted, and then it would become a protracted war, which would be very harmful to the empire.

Fortunately, the Hussite War in Bohemia was still going on, and they used guerrilla warfare to thwart several attacks. Bohemia had the most wealth in the Holy Roman Empire, and Sigismund would not support Poland until the issue was resolved.

(End of this chapter)