Prince Henry asked impassively, "Do you think there's any conspiracy in Warsaw?"
"Definitely not," Hodkevich replied. "You really should see with your own eyes what a mess Warsaw's in. The serf crisis caused such chaos that even the Great Sejm was dissolved, and to this day the elections aren't completed.
"The Lithuanians and Ruthenians in the east have no desire to fight at all. Poniatowski knows full well that if negotiations aren't held, both his and the King's positions will be lost."
"Go back and tell the Regent King of Poland: if they cede the territory west of Wincz, our country can consider a ceasefire. Oh yes, Gdansk Port must be handed over within ten days."
And so, without firing a shot, the Prussian and Austrian Army entered Gdansk and Lublin respectively.
However, once the news that "Poland is about to surrender" spread among the two armies, their once-high morale quickly turned into laziness.
