The Commonwealth army after the victory at…
April 1634 CE
The Commonwealth army after the victory at Smolensk moves towards Biała, arriving in its vicinity in late March, but the siege is not successful, although it does manage to capture Vyazma.
The Russians by the spring of 1634 have not only lost Shein's army but are threatened by Tatar raids that ravage southern Russia.
Patriarch Filaret had died in October of the previous year, and without him the war fervor has lessened.
Tsar Michael, even before the end of 1633, had been considering how best to end the conflict.
King Wladyslaw, having once been elected Tsar of Russia and therefore realistically lay claim to the Russian throne, or because the Polish-Swedish Treaty of Altmark is soon to expire, wants to continue the warby allying with the Russians to strike against Sweden.
The Sejm, however, wants no more conflict.
Talks begin on April 30, 1634.