 A huge battle takes place after a bitterly freezing night of rain, storm and darkness.The two sides are evenly matched until the weight of the battle is transferred to the centre.The grant hetman, assisted by the voevode of Rus, sends in his hussars and the Tartar janissaries—led by Hussein, the white-bearded Kiaya, "Lion of God"—are finally vanquished on the Polish lances, many of them dying in a rugged ravine at the opposite side of their camp.