Yaroslav Volkov won a brilliant victory over the highlanders, but this did not mean that the war was won. Today he is celebrated as a winner and a hero, presented with precious gifts and glorified under the ringing of church bells, but not a day will pass before betrayal can be expected. There is a bad war going on - the same one where they take no prisoners and fight to the last, and the cavalier has to fight not only with the highlanders, but also with those whom he defended from the highlanders. His new opponents, not accustomed to fighting on the battlefield, already have terrible weapons ready - slander, meanness and poison...