Chodkiewicz, with tiny, inadequate forces, has nonetheless…

Chodkiewicz, with tiny, inadequate forces, has nonetheless prevented the Swedes from overrunning the entire Inflanty (Latgale) region, helped by a relative inaction of Swedish commanders until 1608.

Chodkiewicz, as one of the magnates who remains loyal to the king, has to divide his attention between the rebellion against Sigismund in the Commonwealth (the rokosz of Zebrzydowski, 1606–1609) and the fresh invasion of Livonia by the Swedes led by Mansfeld in 1608.