In 1658, when winter passed and spring came, the Great Plains of Ukraine was about to fall into a sea of blood and fire.

With the advance of 60000 Russian troops stationed in Pskov last year, the war between czar Russia and the Cossack emirate was imminent.

In March of that year, Ivan hilko, the Cossack team leader who always advocated respecting Cossack tradition and opposed Yuri hemelinitsky\'s coming to power, kidnapped Yuri hemelinitsky and took refuge in czar Russia.

In the name of respecting Bogdan hemelinitsky\'s last words and supporting Yuri, he asked the Czar in Moscow for reinforcements.

The army led by Prince Alexei, who had been waiting for a long time, finally waited for an excuse to go to war.

In Kiev, the capital of the Kazakh emirate, the great chief vikovsky also saved his last strength for the decisive battle with czar Russia.

However, unlike Czarist Russia, which had unified the country and unimpeded decrees, the people in the Cossack chiefs were terrified because of Ivan hilko\'s rebellion. Some Cossack captains and company commanders, who were not so firm in their attitude towards the fight against Czarist Russia, also had different thoughts. Vikovski must thoroughly integrate the interior and gather people\'s hearts.

And that takes time.

Vikovsky estimated that he would not be able to assemble an army comparable to Prince Alexei until June at the earliest. Before that, he had to use a small army to stop the tsarist Russia\'s invasion of Ukraine.

To stop the army of Czar Russia, the Cossacks must hold konotop.

Konotop is located in the northeast of Ukraine. It is on the right bank of Dnieper River. It is the only way for czar Russia to attack Chernigov and Kiev.

As for the candidate to defend konotop, vikovski\'s first thought is Chechen.

He helped him become Bratslav\'s regiment captain. Now it\'s time for him to repay himself.

An urgent letter was sent from Kiev to Chechen, head of Bratslav team - call Chechen to Kiev for discussion.

Cherchen, who received the letter, soon rushed to Kiev accompanied by Xie Miao.

He knew that it was time for him to "repay" vikovsky.

As for the work of gathering troops and preparing food and grass, Cherchen handed over to Blair and Natalie, who had long come to Bratslav from vidava.

On the day of Chechen\'s arrival, vikovski met him at the gate of Kiev. But the great chief of the Cossacks did not immediately order Cherchen to go to war, but asked Cherchen to play a play with him.

Vikovsky said to Cherchen, "because of Ivan hilko\'s rebellion, the Cossacks are now in panic. They are afraid of Ivan hilko and Prince Alexei. Now they are together, and everyone is frightened and shouted invincible."

"I\'m not afraid of them." Chechen said.

Vigovsky laughed.

"Of course I know you\'re not afraid. But to make everyone afraid, I still need to set an example."

With that, vigovsky whispered to Cherchen and asked him to do what he wanted.

Back to the city master\'s house, vikovsky and Cherchen immediately went up to the second floor. It is now the headquarters of the Kazakh emirate against Russia, and dozens of Cossack regiment leaders, branch leaders and company commanders have gathered here.

Vikovski went in first, while Chechen quietly mixed in with the crowd.

When Peter doroshenko saw vikovsky coming back, he shouted, "here comes the chief."

The originally noisy hall was suddenly quiet.

Vikovski stepped onto the platform.

He wore a red Cossack aristocratic long dress, a wolf fur hat decorated with eagle feathers, and a black staff in his hand.

"Cossack brothers," said vikovsky: "As you all know, Ivan hilko betrayed us and the Cossacks. He wanted to fight us and kill his brothers with the Russians. I didn\'t want to fight, I just wanted to stay here quietly, but since someone wanted to force the war on us, I couldn\'t swallow my anger. I wanted to lead the army to fight the Russians for 300 rounds, but because For well-known reasons, I can\'t get away for the time being. I have to stay in Kiev and coordinate the overall situation here. But if I don\'t want the Russians to wreak havoc on the land of Ukraine during this period, someone has to stop him and buy me time. Who is willing to shoulder this important task? "

There was a dead silence. Some Cossacks even lowered their heads or hid behind others.

Seeing that no one was making a sound, vikovsky went on: "who among you is willing to take on the important task of this battle, I will give him the most elite Cossack troops of this department. I will also send the chief guard to him."

Some people took a breath.

The escort of the Cossack chief is the most elite force in the Cossack emirate. Although the number is small, they all use excellent mikale muskets and their shooting skills are amazing.

But even so, none of those team leaders dared to take a step forward.

Although all these people present were fearless soldiers, and their fighting and shouting had hit the golden tent of Crimean Khan and the castle wall of Polish nobles more than once, none of them was sure of winning in the face of Ivan hilko, who was supported by 60000 czar Russian troops.

Vikovsky\'s eyes scanned the regiment leaders one by one, but under his gaze, they all hung their heads and looked down at the ground.

Peter doroshenko wanted to stand up, but vikovski stopped him with his eyes.

Vikovski needs Peter doroshenko to stay with him.

"I know a Cossack," said vikovski with a sigh of regret. "If he were alive, he would stand up and never escape such an important task. It\'s a pity that he is dead."

"Bao Hong!" someone shouted.

"Yes, it\'s him. The captain of Baohong regiment is never afraid of death. He takes death as his mother, hugs her and kisses her. But since he\'s away, I don\'t think anyone can count on it. Alas, where\'s the honor of the Cossacks? Where are our pavluks, nalevaikos, wobodas and ostranichas?"

According to vikovski\'s words, according to the script, it\'s time for Cherchen to appear.

"I\'ll go!" he shouted.

Chechen squeezed through the crowd and came to the stage. He said again, "I\'ll go!"

Everyone recognized Che Chen, who had been the member of the Bratslav Cossack team for less than half a year, and Bao Hong\'s life and death brother before his death.

Chechen took off his Cossack cap and showed the same Cossack style hairstyle as everyone else.

He spread his legs and said in a slightly contemptuous tone: "Chief, it\'s not that I was scared before I took the order at this time. It\'s that I think there must be a braver and more suitable candidate among the regiment leaders as a newcomer and a newcomer of Cossacks! But since everyone is humble, I\'ll go. Because I can\'t discredit brother Bao Hong\'s wisdom, blazlav Cossacks and be called a coward 。”

The other Cossacks in Cherchen\'s words blushed. Vasili zolotalenko was the first to be provoked. He stood up and shouted, "I\'ll go!"

At this time, other Cossack team leaders fried the pot one after another. They scrambled one by one for fear of being described as cowards by others.

Vikovsky laughed to himself.

These regiment leaders are in their own urn.

Finally, Cherchen was given the task of going to konotop. However, vikovski assured all team leaders who are actively seeking war that they will be given more important and arduous tasks in the future.

At the end of the meeting, a huge dark cloud came from the northeast and shrouded the sky over Kiev. The thunder could not be seen. The dark cloud rolled out from the edge, and the lightning cut through the sky. Sometimes it illuminated the whole area with dazzling white light and sometimes blood red light.