Extract from The Crusader of Warna, Pt. V13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKowdYDO7et
The Epilogue of Lech: Wars and Sawa, Ch. III13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYetOThUQIG
On the eastern bank of the Istul, the twenty armies of the Rus gathered day by day, biding time as their allies came forth to inflate their numbers. Few records exist documenting the Great Crossing, but from what evidence there is, sources estimate some eight million men invaded. What was then known as the Aelon had only amassed a force four times smaller than that of their adversary which provided no more than a bump in a road against the Confederacy. The Four Fortress Cities fell and the people fled. The king, Augustus V Poniatowski, made a harrowing escape with the royal family and journeyed to Brennen where they eventually met their fates. With the throne empty, the government crippled, and the army reduced to a band of land-working peasants, the nation no more called upon the leadership of the Count of Krakau.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmRataqqav
His holdings had been conquered and the nation that he had fought to revive five decades ago was once again reduced to a highway for his enemy to breach the core of the continent without much opposition. When the king relinquished his informal power before the fall of Warsau, by appointing Warneńczyk as the provisional commander-in-chief of Lechen, the count issued an order for the evacuation of his people across the Wada. Half of the territories which remained, for their time-being, in Lecher possession, had been surrendered. But Warneńczyk understood that if he was to slow the advance of the Rus, it was a needed sacrifice that was to come violently regardless. He also understood that his army who knew the land better than he himself was to become the decisive factor in determining the battle that was to inevitably come. The site, Serrmolos.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9V8cZgr6i
Due south of the town proper, two rivers converged. It made for the perfect defense and a delaying terrain that Warneńczyk so desperately sought. A steep hillside was to his rear, and with forests ample with opportunities around him, it was difficult to turn away its offer. There lies today a monument dedicated to all those who fought, including a then-lancer, Arminius Reichner.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmqiA6vTAF1
- Przemysław Piast13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcs6lTLG2sY
