The Rise of Iceland

Vol 3 Chapter 379: Olaf 3 hits Lithuania 2

     With the liaison officer sent by the Jews in the Cossack Rebels who were in charge of logistics and finance and sent by himself, the Russian-Cossian army counterattacked Poland and regained Kiev. Olaf knew that the time had come to go deep into Poland again and attack the city.

If it were just a Cossack uprising, Poland would be ready to organize an army to suppress it, but there would still be troops to defend Sweden on the northwest border, because the registered Cossacks were only about 40,000, and even if the unregistered Cossack rebels were counted, there would be no more than 50,000 or 60,000. Thirty thousand regular Polish troops are enough to suppress.

But now that Czarist Russia is invading, Poland is very clear about Czarist Russia’s ambitions in the eastern territories and will surely repel Czarist Russia with all its strength. At this juncture, Poland will definitely not have the strength to fight on two fronts, let alone fight on two fronts, and build Sweden strong. enemy.

Olaf estimated that the envoy sent by Warsaw to the peace talks may be on the way. Although the peace talks can allow Latvia to stay in Sweden and even occupy one or two more cities in the south, it will not benefit Olaf much. Inexplicable hatred.

   In order not to negotiate peace with Poland, Olaf immediately summoned his army to continue the invasion of Lithuania. This time he fought steadily and began to attack Lithuanian cities.

   Lithuania is in the northern part of the Polish Commonwealth, far away from the Crown Realm, so when Poland is struggling to take care of itself, the entire Lithuanian region is living in a city-state autonomy.

   Olaf was able to see that all Polish regular troops had gone to the western front, and a small number of troops would not be opponents of his own army, so he brazenly sent troops to besiege the city of Kaunas, the first important town in western Lithuania.

   Olaf knew that as long as he took Kaunas, the army would be able to go straight to Vilnius, the political core of Lithuania. After taking Vilnius, the whole Lithuania would be under his control.

   Olaf now wants to tear Lithuania off Poland, even if only part of it can be torn off.

At that time, it is not only my own merit, but also revenge, and then I will find a way to connect Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania into one piece. Backed by Sweden, only this piece of land can have the strength to block Tsarist Russia in the east and resist Poland in the south. Also has enough foundation.

   Besides, what do you eat without fighting? Only by fighting can we expand the Nordic basics in our hands, hurt others and benefit ourselves, why not do it?

  Not all cities have bastions. Kaunas in Lithuania is a small ancient castle. After facing the violent bombardment of artillery, the white flag was raised in the city to surrender in less than two hours.

   Olaf led a large army into the small town. Robbing and arresting Lithuanian soldiers was a routine operation. After a long time, Jesnylenin reported the situation in Kaunas to Olaf.

Olaf is not interested in this small city of only thirty or forty thousand people. If it weren’t for expanding the occupied area, it would not have been too costly to take it. After putting hundreds of defenders in the city into the army, Olaf sent A military police led two hundred Latvian militiamen to station and manage Kaunas.

After that, Olaf sent Jesnylenin and led an army of more than 20,000 to continue the attack on Vilnius. He himself led Raul’s 8,000 cavalry and thousands of infantry into the Lithuanian countryside to search for the people. Both men, women and children were arrested and bound, and eventually brought back to East Prussia.

At this time, Jesnylenin’s army was still attacking Vilnius under the Royal Swedish flag that Olaf could only use. Because the Swedish army’s camp was very large, there was no need to open a large formation for bombarding the city every day, so for Lithuania As far as people and Poles are concerned, this is how Olaf has attacked Vilnius today after leading his troops to conquer Kaunas.

Vilnius is the largest town in Lithuania. It was the capital city of the year. There were more than one hundred thousand people inside and outside the city. The defenders were close to ten thousand. There were eight bastions outside the city, four of which were newly built. It is very difficult to conquer such an important town with the artillery power of Olaf's army without months of effort.

  The order of the Polish Parliament also reached the Parliament in Vilnius. His Majesty and the Parliament asked Lithuania to guard Vilnius. After the army repelled Tsarist Russia on the eastern front, they could come to rescue.

   About a week later, Vilnius was still being attacked by the Swedish army led by "Olav", and the results of the battle between Poland and the Russian Cossacks were also announced.

Last Friday, the Polish army, led by Stanislaw Konetspolski, also temporarily repelled the Russian and Cossack coalition forces in the battle, but the entire Kiev area was also reoccupied by the Russian Cossack coalition forces. Stanisław Konetspolski could only lead the army to retreat to Zhytomyr to rest, and prepare to find the next opportunity to attack.

So at this time in the east is caught in a short post-war peace, but whether Poland or the Tsarist Cossacks, both sides know that after the rest and reorganization, there will be at least one battle, as long as they can remain undefeated before the wheat harvest, and even continue to expand. Poland will certainly recognize the independence of Cossacks.

Olaf knows that the most important thing in Poland is the Cossacks in the east. It is not only related to the large amount of land in the east of Poland. Only when the Cossacks are stabilized can they have the capital to continue to defeat Tsarist Russia. If the Kiev region is lost from Poland, the land previously ceded by Tsarist Russia. He went back naturally, and even later, Tsarist Russia could attack the Polish hinterland at any time.

   So after knowing that Sweden’s main force was still trapped in the German battlefield, Poland knew that the war with Sweden hadn’t fought, so it gave up the idea of ​​retaking Latvia and East Prussia, and kept the idea of ​​peace talks with Sweden.

However, Olaf, as the Marshal of the Eastern Front of Sweden, did not give the Poles a chance for peace talks. He also ignored the Polish envoys who had asked for a meeting outside Vilnius. He just asked Jesnylenin to meet him in order to ask Lithuania for a huge price. Scare them off.

At this time, more than one hundred thousand Lithuanians and Poles have gathered in the entire East Prussia. Olaf ordered the soldiers not to press them too hard. When the second wave of Polish envoys arrived in Vilnius, they indicated that they would never agree to cede Lithuania, but he was willing to cede Lithuania. After letting a city's opinions, Olaf knew that Poland was really seeking peace.

After confirming this situation, Olaf summoned a large army to **** the more than 100,000 people who had driven Lithuania to Arshding, and drove them out of East Prussia without any money or even food, and asked them to go to Warsaw. A way to survive.

More than 100,000 Lithuanian refugees quickly merged into a torrent of people, dragging their carts and carrying their broken bags all the way south from Arschding, and scattered into nearby Polish villages and towns begging for life~www.wuxiaspot.com~ broke out. There was a lot of riots and vicious incidents.

But soon the courageous and instigious figures among the refugees got up after being coldly received in Poland. A group of people began to looting in the countryside. They lived by looting villages with little protection. In less than half a month, it was like a snowball. Similarly, a rebel army of tens of thousands of people was pulled out and ravaged the countryside in the area between East Prussia and Warsaw.

  Poland attaches great importance to the refugee problem in Lithuania. It not only sent troops to suppress the rebels, but also sent many commissioners to various parts of the north, asking landlords in various cities to absorb refugees.

   A rags-clothed cavalry rushed to Memel Castle on a lame horse, and soon someone led him to Olaf.

   "Your Excellency Marshal, Commander Olekas (the leader of the Lithuanian refugee rebels supported by Olaf) is not an opponent of the Polish army. He is about to retreat to the forest. He asked me to ask for your support."

   Olaf smiled slightly and said, "Go back and tell Olekas that I will send troops immediately. Please insist on it and wait for me."

   The cavalry was sent by Olaf’s military police to act as a liaison officer. He bowed and said, "Okay, your marshal, please change my horse. I'll go back and tell the Olekas commander the news."

   After the cavalry left, Olaf immediately stood up and ordered: "Gather all the soldiers, we should go out for activities!"

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