Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 26 ga Mayu 1656 ya sami matsayin "chorąży koronny" (Mai ɗaukar tutar kambi). A lokacin yakin kwana uku na Warsaw
na shekara ta 1656, Sobieski ya jagoranci rundunar soja ta Tatar mai karfin mutum 2,000. Ya shiga cikin wasu alkawura a cikin shekaru biyu masu zuwa, ciki har da Siege na Toruń a 1658. A shekara ta 1659 an zabe shi mataimakin Sejm (majalisa ta Poland), kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin 'yan tattaunawar Poland na Yarjejeniyar Hadiach tare da Cossacks. A shekara ta 1660 ya shiga cikin hare-haren karshe da aka kai wa 'yan Sweden a Prussia, kuma an ba shi lambar yabo tare da ofishin "starost" na Stryj. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka ya shiga cikin yaƙin da aka yi da Rasha, ya shiga cikin Yaƙin Slobodyshche da Yaƙin Lyubar, kuma daga baya a wannan shekarar ya sake kasancewa ɗaya daga cikin masu tattaunawar sabuwar yarjejeniya tare da Cossacks (Yarjejeniyar Cudnów).