This also led to the surrender of the entire Polish army during the second partition of Poland under Stanisław August Poniatowski, despite the main force of the Polish military still being intact, as he firmly believed they could absolutely not defeat Russia.
Across the whole of Poland, nobles mostly concerned themselves with their own political interests, forming cliques, allying with Prussia, or colluding with Russia, with hardly anyone caring about the life or death of Poland.
Only his nephew, the King of Poland, Prince Poniatowski, and the renowned general Tadeusz Kosciuszko, persisted in organizing and preparing the military, even managing to push back the Russian Army in the war of the second partition years later, proving themselves worthy of cultivation.
