Chapter 604 Polish Sejm

Chapter 604 Polish Sejm

"My idea is that Russia will attack Riga and Vilnius from the east, so that the Polish army can be mobilized. Then the south and the west will attack again, so that we can occupy Poland as quickly as possible."

Mikhail's idea is actually to repeat that as long as the three countries are united, they will succeed.

At this time, the crown prince and the Elector of Brandenburg also came back. Vlad fainted on the spot when he heard the news. He was very sad when he saw his father's body. But he still joined the discussion about Poland after the funeral.

"The Poles are different from others. They are deeply influenced by Catholicism and are happy to interact with the Holy See. We must strike them thoroughly and destroy everything about them so that they can integrate."

"That's right! The Poles and Lithuanians will only affect our strategy and must be completely eliminated." Mihaly immediately responded.

"Yes, Poland is our focus." Peter took over and changed the subject: "Do you think this war can be ended within a year?"

Mikhail had already considered this, and he replied: "As long as we destroy their army and finally occupy the Polish capital Warsaw, the Polish people's fighting spirit will probably be gone.

But as far as I know, Warsaw has high walls and thick walls. If you want to break it, you must pay a lot to achieve your goal. If the Polish reinforcements arrive at the critical moment of the siege, it will not only destroy the siege, but also may lead to the defeat of the entire army."

At this time, Vlad said: "Brandenburg needs to suppress opponents in Silesia recently, so there will not be too many soldiers invested, but I will try my best to stabilize the situation in Pomerania and buy time for your arrival."

The two brothers nodded. Brandenburg originally needed to deal with the affairs of the Holy Roman Empire, not to mention using troops against Poland. As long as he doesn't let Poland break through his defense line, it will be fine.

"Father, I think this is not a good time given the current situation in Romania. Grandpa has just been buried and my fourth uncle has not come back yet. Should we wait until he comes back? We should be more cautious and make more thorough preparations to ensure that if a war really breaks out, we are fully confident of winning!"

Alexander's suggestion made Mihaly frown, but he continued.

"I also hope to wait until the kingdom has sufficient soldiers and food, and there are no external threats around before taking action. But good opportunities never come by waiting, and the enemy will not be stupid enough to stay where they are and let us interfere." Peter sighed and said, "Alexander, you reminded me of the war with Venice. At that time, the Ottomans and Venice attacked from both ends, but they were all resolved one by one. In the end, they were all gone. We can only see it in history books.

Good opportunities are not waited for, but won by our courageous actions. And the Poles are also as brave as others. They have long known that we will be their enemies, so they have begun to harass on the border

Now is a good time! Defeating the Poles will help us to enter the equally fertile land they occupy in central Poland! I think Russia should be very much in need of fertile land near Warsaw."

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Kiev has been strengthening here since Romania occupied it. With its geographical location, Kiev has become an important city in the north, and it is also a place where Lithuanians frequently harass.

After Listerlin became a senior official in the Kiev Province, he began to systematically kill Lithuanian soldiers and put their bodies on the border with Poland, hoping that the Poles would not be ungrateful.

But it turned out that the Poles were so ungrateful. It was not his fault, because Romania and the Cossacks always plundered their population and sold them.

The Polish Sejm was crazy, and the parliamentarians all said that they would attack Romania to regain the lost territory, but Władysław remained unmoved.

This was not because they were afraid of them, but because they needed a long-term plan. It was difficult for Poland to deal with Rome, let alone three countries. Władysław tried to restore Poland's national strength, but those nobles relied on their power to unite against the king. In this year-long struggle, Władysław still failed. He was forced to sign an agreement to give the nobles more political rights, and the power of the Sejm began to suppress the king.

Władysław repeatedly requested the Sejm to allocate funds to increase the army, but there was no follow-up. However, they were quick to declare war on Rome. The king was angry. How could he defeat the enemy country without spending money?

"We must teach Romania a lesson, otherwise they will think that the Poles are at the mercy of others. If the Duke of Lithuania had not rashly led his army to attack, they would not have been able to defeat the Romanians in time despite having superior forces, which would have led to a disastrous defeat. Not only did we lose many brave soldiers, but we also hit the morale of the remaining soldiers, boosted the arrogance of the Romanians and Russians, and gave them the courage to resist our army's attack in the next battle, causing us to suffer another defeat..." "I have never heard such a ridiculous thing!" Władysław defended, "How can the failure of that battle be blamed only on the Duke of Lithuania! If you want to blame someone, blame us for not notifying them in time about the arrival of the Romanian army!" "Huh, so all this can only be blamed on Romania being too powerful, right?!" A member of parliament sneered disdainfully.

"We should not pursue the question of who was right and who was wrong in the battle a few years ago, but should discuss how to face the threat from Romania in the future. This is the problem we urgently need to solve now!" Władysław said solemnly.

"Yes, and Romania also has two allies, Russia and Brandenburg, who are always threatening us and Teutonic countries." The senior councillor Andrzej also supported the king and said, "If we really want to fight, we must be fully prepared. We will not succeed just by relying on passion."

Seeing that everyone was silent, Władysław finally began to speak and led the topic to the focus of this meeting: "From the current situation, Romania has a strong army and a powerful fleet, which poses a great threat to us! And Russia still has a large number of troops in Polotsk, threatening Vilnius at any time. Brandenburg also has 10,000 troops stationed in Danzig in Pomerania. We are surrounded by enemies on three sides. I hope all councillors can unite and deal with the next situation together. I beg you."