On the avenue of vidava, horses hissed first, and then we could hear the impact of weapons and the sound of leather boots trampling on the earth.

The man standing in the front shouted, "they\'re back, they\'re back."

People look forward to it. The people in the back are pushing hard to the front, and the people in front are not giving up an inch of land, firmly guarding their position and refusing to retreat.

At the front are the two deputy heads of the mercenary regiment - Pedro and bachit. The crowd consciously made way around them. They walked through the "people corridor" towards the center of vidava town.

Followed by soldiers from two Polish squadrons. Originally, in order to show his military prestige, Pedro arranged 20 Hessian cavalry to take the lead. But the Polish soldiers strongly demanded that this honor be given to them. Because everyone who greeted them in vidava was their own relatives and friends. They can\'t wait and hope to be the first to accept the envious eyes of the winner.

For their request, Pedro can only follow the good advice.

The villagers around looked at the soldiers who had returned from their expedition to Crimea.

What a sight it was! The dignified faces, the dark faces blown by the sea breeze of the Black Sea and the Azov Sea, the heroic faces cut by the sabers of the Tatars, the Kalmyks and the noges and wounded by the muskets of the Don Cossacks and the Crimean garrison, It was all on their faces - although the Polish soldiers of the two squadrons did not perform as well as the Hessian mercenaries on the battlefield, at this time, their appearance was definitely better than the neat and majestic Hessian mercenaries.

From time to time, someone in the crowd wiped tears. They are proud of their excellent sons, brothers and husbands. Others, on their toes, are looking for their relatives: they may be a father, a mother, a wife or a lover. When they found the person they were looking for, the lucky ones shouted a surprise, and then couldn\'t help jumping on them and kissing their relatives.

Of course, not everyone can be lucky. Although the Polish squadron of the mercenary regiment landed at Azov fort and took part in the war in the second stage of the war, their casualties were equally huge, and nearly one third of them were buried in a foreign country forever.

"Old mother, your son is a hero. He died in the honor of the Lord."

The survivors were so relieved of the dead\'s mother.

But how can this erase the pain left by the dead in the hearts of their loved ones. For a moment, the cry rang through the whole town.

Natalie\'s hand gripped the reins. The cry of the bereaved came to her ears and made her heartache.

"Your death is worth it. It is because of your sacrifice that the Republic has received reinforcements from Khan and we can march into Prussia." Natalie silently thanked those who died for her country.

"Eh? It\'s strange. Why hasn\'t commander Chechen come yet?"

On one side, oshka put his hand on a awning on his eyebrows. He tried to look, but he didn\'t see Chechen\'s figure.

After oshka said this, Natalie was surprised that after the two squadrons, yelishei and father sparsokukotsky appeared.

"Didn\'t he want to see me? He knew I was coming, so he hid?" Natalie thought.

"Maybe captain Chechen was the last one. I heard that he brought back many Russians rescued in Crimea this time. Praise God. Although I admire captain Chechen\'s chivalry, I have to say that he used the wrong place - czar Russia is the enemy of the Republic."

Then a voice sounded behind oshka and Natalie.

"Your Excellency the Chamberlain."

Natalie and oshkazizi saluted.

It was ukovsky, the court chamberlain of King Jan kazimiz. He was also the special envoy of the king and queen to welcome Cherchen and read the edict.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I\'m going up to meet the returning heroes. Will you come forward with me?" asked the Chamberlain ukovsky. With that, he beat his horse forward without waiting for Natalie and oshka to answer.

In doing so, ukovsky also has a small abacus in his mind. Seeing that the soldiers of the Republic of Poland were at the forefront, he wanted to preach Wang Wei to them.

Ukovsky dismounted in front of bakhte and Pedro. He hugged the two deputy heads one by one, and then said to everyone in the most enthusiastic tone: "Ladies and gentlemen, the soldiers of the mercenary regiment and the children of the Republic of Poland, on behalf of the kindest King Jan kazimiz, I would like to congratulate you on your return. May God bless you for galloping the battlefield, killing the enemy bravely and making contributions to the Republic in foreign countries! Amen!"

"Amen!" they all replied.

Ukovsky went on to say: "Ladies and gentlemen, your majesty has specially granted you 4000 tales as a reward for your achievements. Your majesty hopes you can make persistent efforts and never forget your original intention, because the war is far from over and the Swedes, Czarists, Russians and Cossack gangs have not been really eliminated. Everyone! Please remember that you will never lose heart and never lose heart no matter what difficulties and obstacles you encounter in the future Despair, because God and the loving goddess of national protection always guard us and the Republic\'s children and grandchildren. As long as you firmly believe in God\'s help, there is no dilemma that cannot be solved. "

Bachit and others were excited. They shouted "long live the king!"

Although Pedro shouted harder than anyone, he really didn\'t think so: four thousand tales, on average, there are only two tales in a person, and his majesty is really generous.

After three cheers, the crowd stopped cheering. At this time, yelisi and others also came to ukovsky, but Cherchen still didn\'t appear.

"Where\'s commander Chechen?" ukovsky asked suspiciously.

"Where\'s Chechen? Where is he? And Fatima? Why didn\'t she come back together?" Natalie also came to ugovsky. Seeing that there was no Chechen in the crowd, she asked anxiously.

But unlike ukovsky, Natalie also noticed that Fatima was not in the crowd.

When ukovsky asked Cherchen, Pedro was ready to answer, but Natalie\'s appearance embarrassed him, and bachit cast his eyes aside.

After a while, under the eyes of Natalie and ukovsky, Pedro said, "Cherchen, he stayed in Silesia."

"God, what happened? Is commander Chechen ill?" ukovsky exclaimed.

Pedro was even more embarrassed.

"It\'s not that Chechen is ill. He\'s fine." Pedro stammered.

At this time, yelishei came forward.

"Deputy head, let me speak," yelishei said.

With these words, yelishei said to Natalie and ukovsky, "the head is to stay in Silesia to take care of Fatima, because Fatima gave birth."

Natalie\'s body shook a few times. She was dizzy, but she bit hard and insisted.

"Fatima gave birth? Whose child is it?" oshka screamed out of place.

Everyone looked at him like a fool.

Then Natalie smiled reluctantly. She said to Pedro and bachit, "you two, and you come back."