The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

Jan Sobieski’s mansion is located near the Jan Kazimierz Palace. Since the election date was set, it has become the headquarters of the election. There is an endless stream of people coming in and out here every day.

Natalie walked in quietly from outside the door. She walked so fast that she seemed to be blowing a whirlwind in the room.

The waiters in the hall and the staff of the campaign team unconsciously looked at the lady.

Everyone knows that Natalie is Chechen’s wife, but now she is standing on the opposite side of her husband and supporting other candidates to run for the King of Poland. And her work efficiency is so high. Every time she goes out and returns, the white flag that symbolizes not supporting the district councilor of the Duke of Gan will be pulled down, and the red flag that symbolizes "winning" will be inserted instead.

Natalie stopped at the top of the stairs leading to the second floor. She turned her head, the fine sweat on her face gleaming in the sunlight.

"Colonel Alexander Casimir announced his support for Duke Gan." Natalie announced loudly.

There was silence at first, and then the whole hall burst into deafening cheers.

Colonel Alexander Casimir is the lord of Ovruchi. He announced his support for the Duke of Gan, which means that the entire area of ​​Ovruchi has fallen to the Duke.

Natalie stepped upstairs again when the cheers became quieter, and she came to the door of Jan Sobieski's room.

The guard at the door didn't stop him and let Natalie in.

Jan Sobieski was sitting at his desk struggling to write, his expression was so focused that he didn't even notice Natalie walking in.

Natalie didn't disturb Jan Sobieski. She stood by and waited quietly for her comrade-in-arms to finish her official business.

These days, both she and Jan Sobieski have been under great pressure.

The pressure comes from his husband Alvar Chechen.

Time flies, and it has been three weeks since Cheer Chen announced that he would run for the King of Poland.

As the final election time approaches, more and more nobles have entered Beijing to elect the king, and the population of the city has increased more than tenfold. And along with the groups of nobles came together several times the number of these nobles, servants, mercenaries and merchants. Some foreign merchants even came from far away from Persia and the New World overseas.

In the Wola district and Prague district, the parliament sent people to build large tents for the nobles who came from afar but had no tiles.

Thousands of tents covered the yellow land with white flowers, like a piece of snow.

Although there is only one week left before the election, among the five factions, no one can tell who will be elected. Because every faction seems so determined to win. Although there are three factions that have gradually shown a decline, in the history of the Republic of Poland, upsets are not uncommon after all. The supporters of the competitors are also doing their best to carry out election activities, with their best efforts to determine success or failure.

Thousands of pamphlets commenting on the past of the five contenders for the throne flew to all sides like snow flakes, and among them, the pamphlets with thorough comments are the most attractive.

Compared with other candidates, even though he was a latecomer, his glorious resume was enough to overwhelm everyone.

Defend the isolated city of Smolensk, resolutely leave the traitor Yanush Raziviu, help defend the Great Bright Mountain Monastery, and help Muhammad Glyy to form an alliance with the Republic... This item can be completed by ordinary people in their lifetime. An achievement that was already earth-shattering and enough to boast of a lifetime, but he did it all.

Moreover, the pamphlet also mentions that at the moment when the Ottoman Turks were under pressure, Cheerchen donated 300,000 talers without hesitation to raise food and pay and fund the creation of a new army.

And a thorough campaign slogan: Revenge for the role model of all Polish knights, Mihavr Vorodjavsky.

This has also received the response and likes of many small and medium aristocrats.

All in all, Cheer Chen worked hard to create an image of a hero, a king that the people dream of.

Natalie didn’t know if this was Cheerchen’s own election strategy or the work of Pedro or Boguslav, but as the pamphlet spread widely, the prestige of Thorough became higher and higher, and Neuburg was faintly removed. The Duke, Duke of Lorraine, and Prince Mihavre pressed down.

The neighbor is thick, and the king is thin.

Although Duke Gan is still a popular election, Natalie and Jan Sobieski have begun to prepare for the worst.

Due to the secret obstruction of the Habsburg family, Duke Danggan is still on his way to Warsaw. And his absence prevented Jan Sobieski and Natalie from communicating with the Duke in person. In this embarrassing situation, the Danggan faction can only broadly tentatively set the campaign slogan as "Compliance with the Henry Treaty." And the appeal of this slogan is undoubtedly inferior to Chechen's.

This is not the only bad thing. Because as Cheechen said, everything depends on the small and medium nobles. A small half of these small and medium-sized nobles only value the petty profits in front of them. Basically, whoever bids the high price, they vote for whom. Some shameless aristocratic scum even openly peddled the price of votes. And although Jan Sobieski married Jan Zamois’ widow, his family wealth is huge, but for an election about the throne, the money is still a fraction of a fraction. The largest sum of money is still the personal wealth of the "Duke Kongdai" brought by Duke Danggan. Without this money, Jan Sobieski could not buy the nobles for the Duke and bribe the councillors.

But even if the two people's money is added together, they still can't match the complete family background.

Jan Sobieski tried to persuade him to withdraw from the election altogether. He kept sending messengers, and even sent his cronies to engage in tense negotiations with Pidro. In the name of a friend and brotherhood, Jan Sobieski begged Cheorchen to withdraw from the campaign and hinted that he would make considerable remedies for the complete loss; and Thorough wrote back saying that since God has given him the right to run for election, he cannot despise him. Destiny, let the possible good luck pass by.

In short, there is no room for reconciliation between the two parties.

Jan Sobieski raised his head after he finished writing quickly. He finally noticed Natalie standing at the desk.

"Colonel Alexander Casimir has voted for us." Natalie said to Jan Sobieski.

In the past, when Natalie brought good news, Jan Sobieski always laughed out loud to express his joy and drink a glass of victory. But today, there is no smile on his face.

Because compared with the bad news that arrived one step earlier, the addition of Colonel Alexander Casimir was eclipsed.

"Colon Jerzy Khaletsky...and Count Casimir Tszkevich announced their support for Chechen." Jan Sobieski told Natalie about his earlier Information obtained.

Natalie's face showed a shocked expression.

Forget the others. Colonel Jerzy Khaletsky would support Cheerchen, which Natalie never expected. Because the colonel, like Prince Mihavu, hates his husband, and has always shown no room for change. And logically, he should support Prince Mihavu who has always been close to him.

"I don't know what made these people support Cheerchen, but the news is absolutely true. We are starting to fall behind." Jan Sobieski said.

Of course, Natalie and Jan Sobieski couldn't think of it if they wanted to break their heads. All the cause and effect came from the battle of Warsaw that the Republic was defeated ten years ago.

At that time, countless prominent nobles in the defeated Republican army were captured~www.NovelMTL.com~ Some of them turned apostasy to the enemy. These people were later released by Karl X and became the pawns that Karl X placed in the Republic of Poland.

After the vicissitudes of life, some of the defectors were later spotted and eradicated by General Stefan Czarnetsky, while some of them lurked safely. With the death of Karl X and the end of the Bory War, the survivors of these defectors thought that this secret would never be known for a lifetime. But what they didn't know was that in a secret room in Stockholm, their names and pictures were lying in one of the safes.

In 1660, the newly succeeding Queen Christina discovered this list. Out of the sensitivity of politicians, the queen kept the list for future needs.

And today, eight years later, in order to support Chechen as the King of Poland, Christina took out the list and used this to coerce those on the list to support Chechen as the King of Poland.

Therefore, for a time, Cheerchen's supporters have grown unprecedentedly.

"Then what should we do now?"

After a while, Natalie asked Jan Sobieski.

She also realized the seriousness of the problem.

"There is no way for the time being. So I was writing to the Duke just now, begging him and his father, Prince Conde, to rush to Warsaw as quickly as possible. Perhaps only the prestige of Prince Conde can win Chechen." Yang · Sobieski Road.

His words are full of helplessness.

Because he had never imagined that Cheerchen's influence in the Republic would be so great that his participation in the election would turn the world upside down.

Natalie did not answer, she pressed her lips tightly, seeming to be making a painful decision.

At this time, a dull bell rang in the bell tower of the cathedral in Warsaw.