Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A karni na 17, darajar soja na "pospolite ruszenie" ta kasance mai iyaka, kuma an kira shi na ƙarshe don shiga cikin yakin Warsaw na 1656 a lokacin Ruwan Tsufana
(yaƙin ya ƙare tare da shan kashi na Poland). Duk da haka, "szlachta" ya ci gaba da yin imani da cewa sun kafa rundunar soja, kuma cewa sa hannunsu a cikin tsaron kasar shine muhimmin dalili na matsayinsu na musamman a ciki. Kamar yadda aka yi amfani da wannan azaman hujja don rage haraji, ba a sami baitulmalin Commonwealth ba don samun kuɗin da za a biya wa sojoji na yau da kullun. Tare da rundunar Commonwealth da aka rage a wannan lokacin zuwa kusan 16,000, ya kasance da sauƙi ga maƙwabta su rinjayi sojojinsa (Sojojin Rasha na Imperial 300,000; Sojojin Prussian da Sojojin Austrian Imperial, 200,000).