The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

Chapter 675



With Baohong\'s dramatic voluntary withdrawal, vikovski won the support of the vast majority of Cossack captains. Ivan hilko knew that he was alone and had no hope at all. He hid his minions and turned to support vikovsky to become the chief of the Kazakh emirate.

Although the thirty-six regiment leaders and company commander representatives have reached an agreement on who should be the new chief, the traditional procedure of zaporoze Cossacks still has to go.

That is the LADA assembly of the whole army. Like the modern Ukrainian parliament, the entire army of the Cossacks, LADA, is full of chaos and violence. And its voting method depends entirely on roaring. Because of this, Bogdan hemelinitsky revised the election method before his death, and the team leaders first held a small-scale collegial discussion.

Vikovski negotiated with some people and invited them to a banquet, so several drunken Cossacks went straight to the square of shevchi in the morning of the third day after the incident.

Several Jie drums are tied to the pillars of the square, which are usually played when major events happen and meetings are convened.

The Cossacks who couldn\'t find the drumstick kept in the drummer\'s hand picked up some firewood and knocked it up.

The drum caught everyone\'s attention. First came the drummer who kept the drumstick. He was a tall man with muscles but only one eye. At this time, he was sleepy even in that eye.

"Who\'s playing the drum?" he shouted.

"Shut up! Take out your drumstick and hit you if you want. Or we\'ll screw your head off and beat the drum," the drunk leader threatened.

The drummer knew very well that the drunken Cossack did what he said. He took out the drumstick he had kept and knocked it hard.

The Jie drum was drumming. Black Cossacks poured into the square from all directions.

From the window, Chechen and old lord Stanislaw pototsky also saw this scene. The old man is not surprised at this situation. For more than 60 years, the old man has seen countless such performances. At this time, the emotional old man took a sip of wine and said to Chechen and Henrik pototsky standing behind him, "a good play is coming."

After the three-way drum sounded, the square had been surrounded by three inner and outer floors. At this time, the clerk vigovsky appeared. Behind him was Pavlo gomon, who held the power of the chief, followed by the judge holding the French seal, the adjutant with the ink bottle and the Archbishop of Kiev holding the cross.

Vikovski bowed in three directions of the square.

Some people quieted down, some took off their hats and saluted, while others cursed.

"What does this meeting mean? Do we have a new chief?" someone said.

"Get off, get off! We don\'t want you."

In the noise, vikovsky kept standing with a smile on his face. When some people were tired and their voices were low, Pavlo gomont took the lead in saying: "Dear League brothers, we are going to elect a new chief this time, but I voluntarily withdraw and recommend our registrar vikovski to become the next chief of our Kazakh emirate. Of course, if you have any good candidates, you can also put forward them. We will compete fairly and elect together."

As soon as Pavlo gomon withdrew from the election, the Cossacks below were silent. Of course, they, the Cossacks at the bottom, did not know that the big three had reached an agreement. At this time, they were just going through the motions. Some Cossacks elected their captain and company commander, while others shouted the names of Ivan hilko and Bao Hong.

The candidates who were called out and wanted to run came out of the crowd one by one. At this time, be sure to walk fast and don\'t make a sound, so as not to be criticized for bribery.

More than ten candidates stood in a row. Someone shouted below: "where is Yuri hemelinitsky? Where is Yuri hemelinitsky?"

A dozen Cossacks volunteered to look for the candidate.

Yuri Khmelnytskyi was as like as two peas in his room. He wore the red cloak he had left and wore his father\'s hat. His beard and hair were exactly the same as that of Mr. Yuri Khmelnytskyi, who was carefully handled by the barber.

The son of Bogdan knew that he had no hope of election and was satisfying himself to become a "Great Chief" in this way.

The dozen Cossacks who invited him broke into the house. They were shocked to see Yuri hemelinitsky and regarded him as a smaller Bogdan hemelinitsky.

"We\'ve come to invite you to the election," said a Cossack respectfully.

"I won\'t go. League brothers, uncles and fellow villagers," Yuri hemelinitsky refused.

The Cossack repeated one side again.

"Ah!" Yuri hemelinitsky wailed in humiliation, "I won\'t be humiliated. Please, League brothers, uncles and villagers. Why should I go to accompany? Bogdan hemelinitsky\'s son will never be humiliated."

But the Cossacks have ignored it. The two of them grabbed Yuri hemelinitsky\'s hand, held Yuri hemelinitsky\'s feet and carried him into the square.

All the candidates are here.

"Who will be the chief now?" asked Pavlo gomont.

A new round of cursing began in the square.

"Kucusco," someone shouted.

"Get out of kucusco," someone in the crowd scolded. "He doesn\'t look like a big chief. Son of a bitch, it\'s not bad to fuck a goat."

"Ivan hilko," someone shouted again.

The square was silent. Everyone looked at Ivan hilko.

"I quit," Ivan hilko said.

Then someone called out Bao Hong\'s name, but like Ivan hilko, Bao Hong withdrew from the election according to the script.

Vikovsky\'s voice began to rise. It was vikovsky\'s confidants who ambushed in the crowd in advance that began to play a role.

"Just him, just him." someone began to drive the atmosphere of the whole audience.

As vikovski\'s voice grew louder and louder and overwhelmed the other candidates, Pavlo gomon timely picked up the drumstick and knocked it hard.

"I declare Ivan vikovski the new chief of Cossacks," he shouted.

"It\'s over?" Chechen was a little strange.

"Of course not." Stanislaw pototsky looked out of the window. "There\'s one last step."

Pavlo gomont took the token and handed it to vigovsky. According to custom, vikovsky refused. Then Pavlo gomon handed the token to vikovski for the second time. This time, vikovski still refused. The third time, he took the token and kissed it with his lips.

The Archbishop of Kiev came forward and put the cross in front of vikovsky. Vikovsky kissed the cross three times.

Cheers rang out from the whole crowd and the whole fortress was shaking. The lingering sound spread far away.

"Yes," said Stanislaw pototsky.

After that, four white bearded and white haired old brothers Sark stepped forward. Vikovski knelt down on the ground. Each old Cossack held a handful of soil that had become muddy because of the recent rain. They put the soil on vikovski\'s head in turn. The wet soil ran down vigovsky\'s head, through his nose and cheeks, onto the ground, smearing his whole face.

But vikovsky didn\'t complain. He didn\'t move and thanked the Cossacks for giving him the honor.

Here, the Cossack election is finally over. The people present began to disperse and start a carnival. They knocked on the doors of all hotels and drinking houses. Honey wine, wine, beer, gin... All the wines were moved out without money and then opened.

The Cossacks were conquered by drunkenness and fatigue. Slowly, they fell to the ground. One Cossack hugged the other Cossack and sobbed. Even both of them cried.

A large number of people lie together in disorder. You don\'t even have a place to lower your feet. One of them wants to turn over and sleep more comfortably, but he presses on the other\'s head and the pillow bone hurts.

The whole Sheffield fell asleep in such an atmosphere.

Old lord Stanislaw pototsky had been watching the bonfire in the square go out in front of the window.

Chechen is gone. Although vikovski can ascend the throne, Chechen\'s contribution is very important, and he should be happy, but Chechen\'s heart is always thinking of the skinned Duke konitsky.

Perhaps even the Duke didn\'t expect that the most pitiful thing about him was Chechen, who he had never dealt with.

Watching the last bonfire go out, Stanislaw pototsky turned back.

Henrik pototsky was still standing behind his uncle.

"How much money do we have left with us?" Stanislaw pototsky asked.

Henrik pototsky replied, "there are 3761 tales left."

Stanislaw pototsky nodded. In the end, the king and his favorite vikovski are in the top position. This money, which is more than 40000 tale, is not unjust at all.

"Next, we will wait for vikovski to fulfill the agreement after returning to Kiev," the old man thought.

Stanislaw pototsky walked towards the inner room. He was ready to go back and have a good sleep. Just then, the old man found that the bed belonging to Chechen was empty.

"Where\'s Chechen?" Stanislaw pototsky asked suspiciously.

"Seems to have gone to the river," said Henrik pototsky.

Stanislaw pototsky said nothing but nodded.

Stanislaw pototsky finally looked out of the window. Suddenly, he saw potjankin, an attendant of Russian ambassador butullin, walking with Ivan hilko.

Stanislaw pototsky is confident that he will not be wrong. Because the man walking with Ivan hilko had an eye patch on his face, which was definitely bojankin, the attendant of Czar Russian ambassador butullin.

Stanislaw pototsky was surprised first. But soon, the old man pressed his heart down again. Vikovsky is already the chief of the Kazakh emirate, and Ivan hilko voluntarily gave up the election. Now if he wants to go back, he is the enemy of all Cossacks. At that time, Bao Hong and vikovsky will take care of hilko without the Republic.

"There\'s nothing to make a fuss about. It\'s just two losers crying together," Stanislaw pototsky thought optimistically.

But will this really happen?

At tubulin, after a few glasses of wine, the Russian ambassador deliberately mentioned the peliaslav Treaty of that year.

Ivan hilko could not help but recall the scene when Bogdan hemelinitsky and the man in front of him signed the peliasslav Treaty: after lunch, in a harmonious atmosphere, hemelinitsky, Cossack generals and butubulin went to the cathedral to hold an oath ceremony. According to polish practice, khmelinitsky believed that both sides should take an oath. He proposed that tubulin first take an oath on behalf of the czar to protect Ukraine from being bullied by Poland and not to damage the freedom and rights of Ukrainians such as Ukrainian little aristocrats, Cossacks and urban residents. However, tubulin refused him impolitely. He claimed that it was contrary to the tradition of Czar Russia. Only low subjects took an oath to the noble czar. There was no reason for the czar to take an oath to his subjects. These words directly angered khmelinitsky, and he left on the spot. Later, many team leaders, including themselves, took turns to persuade tubulin, but the latter remained unmoved. Finally, hemelinitsky had no choice but to make concessions. After Bogdan hemelinitsky took the oath, tubulin granted the flag, scepter and dress given by the czar to the former.

Tubulin\'s reference to the peleas Slav treaty certainly has its purpose. He saw Ivan hilko\'s memory was almost over. Tubulin said: "your team leader, czar Russia and the Kazakh emirate are not allies, but the relationship between the patriarch and the Tibetan, so..."

Speaking of this, tubulin deliberately sold it again.

"Ambassador tubulin, what do you mean?" Ivan hilko asked.

In fact, he already understood what tubulin meant.

Czarist Russia wants to be literate, not martial.

"Since the Kazakh emirate has sworn allegiance to the Almighty tsar, his majesty certainly has the right and obligation to protect the people of Ukraine. You and I all know that vikovsky\'s election is a farce and a betrayal of his majesty. We Tsar Russia should correct this mistake with emotion and reason."

Speaking of this, tubulin approached Ivan hilko.

"60000 Russian troops have assembled under the command of Prince Alexei trubzkoy. They will go to Ukraine to" suppress the rebellion ". And you, your excellency Ivan hilk, the most loyal friend of Czar Russia. I believe you will not disappoint us at that time."

That\'s exactly what Ivan hilko wanted.

He "Jie Jie" smiled: "of course, of course. I will bring a good friend for czar Russia..."