Chapter 753 Celestina

These people were mainly ruffians and scoundrels who joined the Polish army temporarily. Their purpose of joining was to make money and take the opportunity to rape and plunder.

In a temporarily recruited team, once someone slacked off, they would lead a group of people around them to slack off.

At this critical moment, the Poles obviously couldn't afford to delay.

Tisovsky and Dembowski immediately rushed to the team that had stopped advancing. The two stepped on the stirrups and got off the car to look at the group of soldiers in front of them. They understood what these people wanted.

So the two looked at each other, and finally Tisovsky spoke.

"We know that everyone has worked hard in the past few days of marching. But behind us is the Austrian army, and they are all butchers who kill without blinking an eye.

If we fall into their hands, we will definitely live a life worse than death. They will put us in the Inquisition and torture us to death bit by bit.

But as long as we reach Dorobich first and control the stupid crown prince of the Austrian Empire, we can negotiate with them and let them return Galicia to us!

Long live the Kingdom of Poland!"

No one answered, but Tisovsky didn't feel embarrassed, just cleared his throat and said.

"The Yasuski family of Dorobichi is the richest in Lviv. Considering that Vihliu Yasuski colluded with the Austrians, the Polish Kingdom Committee specially allowed you to plunder for three days!

Long live the Kingdom of Poland!"

The soldiers were still indifferent. The logic of this group of speculators was simple. If you want them to work, you should serve them well first.

"Don't use such nonsense to deceive us! Either give us money and food, or get out!"

"Yes! Fuck Austria, why can't we see it? Don't talk nonsense here!"

All kinds of dirty words and sarcasm made the two temporary secretaries of state lose face, so they could only get on the carriage and leave.

These soldiers who made trouble thought they had won, but they miscalculated. Soon a team of non-commissioned officers rushed over and killed all the leaders without saying a word, and then they were whipped like raindrops, and the rest could only hurriedly catch up with the main force.

From the fifth day, people fainted from time to time, and the physical strength of ordinary militiamen was on the verge of limit.

At this time, General Heinau, who was in charge of the pursuit in the rear, decided to wake up the guys in front and specially let his cavalry artillery battalion go to the rear of the Poles to fire some artillery.

In the absence of any cover, the solid bullets plowed a bloody line in the Polish army.

The killing of artillery was different from the previous massacre of heretics and civilians by the militia. The iron balls tore the flesh and blood of the soldiers without any emotion.

The wailing, screaming, praying, and cursing did not get any response at all. It was just that the solid bullets bounced and shuttled in the queue, bringing a bloody storm wherever they passed.

In fact, Heinau had more efficient shrapnel bombs in his hands, but his mission was only to pursue. If he really defeated these Poles, it would ruin the plan.

At this time, Heinau finally understood why the two archdukes dared to wait for the other side to launch an attack, but there were too many deserters on the other side, and they were afraid that they would run away before Dorobich.

Heinau's troops captured many prisoners, but more of the deserters were killed by local serfs. He had seen this kind of situation many times along the way, and it was no longer surprising.

The Poles had also fought back against Heinau's provocation, but it was obviously unrealistic to use infantry to chase cavalry.

As for relying on sharpshooters to shoot, just think about it. The range of artillery is nearly one thousand meters, while the maximum range of the old rifled guns used by the Poles at this time is only 600 meters.

Even if the Austrian cavalry is within the range, it is very lucky to hit the two sides at a distance of 500 to 600 meters.

The artillery firing column is different. The target of the column is very large. Even if it cannot hit, the sound of the artillery alone is enough to deter the opponent.

The best way to counter cavalry harassment is to rely on cavalry, but most of the Polish cavalry are temporarily recruited and cannot be compared with the troops who receive military training in normal years.

The result is repeated on-site teaching, but those people can't become stronger, because the tuition is their lives.

There are few people who can ride horses, and the exaggerated battle loss ratio almost caused the entire Polish cavalry to collapse.

However, thanks to the spur of the Austrian cavalry, the Polish army was full of motivation again.

On the eighth day, the 30,000-strong Polish Restoration Army had less than 10,000 troops, and it was still two days away from the Yasuski Manor.

In fact, Tisovsky had sent people to surrender to General Heinau in the hope of getting a chance to go into exile, but the answer he got was "traitors are not worthy of negotiating conditions."

So at this time, they could only bite the bullet and continue to march towards Dorobichi. Theoretically, they still had hope, because they had already opened up a two-day distance from the main force of Heinau, and only some cavalry followed behind the Polish army, but Tisovsky had an ominous premonition.

In the Yasuski Manor, Franz's door was knocked again.

"Archduke Franz, there is a lady looking for you."

"Please let her in."

Franz didn't think much about it. He felt that it was probably Lakshmi Pai who was afraid to sleep again. There was no way to hear crying under your bed. How could you not be afraid?

However, Franz searched the entire room but did not find any secret passages. It is likely that the entrance is not in this room, but the sound insulation is not good enough because the soil layer is not thick enough.

However, it was not Lakshmi Pai who came this time, but Celestina.

"Hello, Archduke Franz."

"Hello, Miss Celestine. What's up so late? If it's nothing important, wait until tomorrow."

In this era, it was not good for women to stay in a man's room too late, and the latter obviously did not understand this, and even sat in front of Franz's desk.

"What is Vienna like? Can you tell me about it?"

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Franz was speechless for a while. He knew very well that the other party was not interested in wine, but in the "mountains and rivers". But it didn't matter. After all, he was good at playing crazy and stupid, and talking about Vienna at this time.

That was the city that Franz transformed. He could talk about it for a whole day and night.

The next day, Celestine came again. Franz said that she listened, and the two of them were deadlocked for another day.

Franz was dry-mouthed for several days, and Celestine only needed to smile, applaud, and occasionally say "Grand Duke Franz, you are really knowledgeable and talented."

Finally, on the night of the ninth day, Celestine changed to a more personal question.

"Do you want to know me?"

"No."

Celestine was not embarrassed by Franz's answer, but took off the strap of her backless dress and walked forward, smiling.

"Can you do me a favor? I want to get some fresh air. The buttons of my bra are at the back, and I can't touch them."

The girl's body fragrance gradually entered Franz's nose, and her gentle words also made him intoxicated. Generally speaking, if you have meat in front of you, you should eat it. Even if you are not hungry, you have to hold it in your mouth.