Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Dị ka onye voivode nke Kiev, Chodkiewicz chebere mpaghara ahụ site na mwakpo Tatar. N'afọ 1558, o meriri n'agha a lụrụ na Podolia, bụ́ nke e ji lụso Ọchịchị Khanate nke Crimea agha. Mmeri a mere ka Chodkiewicz bụrụ onye a ma ama dị ka ọchịagha. Na mmalite nke agha Livonian, e buliri ya n'ọkwa nke castellan nke Trakai na ebumnuche iji nkà ya n'agha. Na 1561, Grand Hetman Mikołaj "Black" Radziwiłł, Chodkiewicz, na nwanne ya nwoke Hieronim duuru ndị agha Lithuania banye Livonia ebe ha meriri Tsardom nke Russia. Mgbe mkpọsa a gasịrị, e buliri Chodkiewicz n'ọkwa Hetman nke Lithuania. Na 20 Jenụwarị 1564 ndị Lithuania nọ n'okpuru iwu ya gburu ọchịagha Russia Shuisky ma merie ndị agha Russia n'agha nke Ula
, nke mere ka ọnọdụ Lithuania n'agha ka mma. A nabatara ya dị ka dike agha ma bulie ya n'ọkwa nke castellan nke Vilnius. Ejiri ihu ọma eze wee gaa n'ihu: nwa nwanne Hrehory bụ Jan Hieronimowicz natara ọnọdụ nna ya nwụrụ anwụ dị ka Elder nke Samogitia na 1564, nwanne Yurii, onye gara Moscow maka mkparịta ụka ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị, ghọrọ castellan nke Trakai na Hrehory ka a họpụtara Grand Hetman nke Lithuania na 1566. Ya mere, Hrehory Chodkiewicz ghọrọ nwoke nke abụọ mgbe Mikołaj "Red" Radziwiłł na Chodkiewiczs na-achịkwa oche atọ n'ime oche ise kachasị elu na Council of Lords nke Lithuania. Na 1567, Chodkiewicz meriri ọzọ na Livonia, nke ugbu a megide Alaeze Sweden.