 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Savoivode weKiev, Chodkiewicz akadzivirira dunhu kubva pakupinda kwevaTatar. Muna 1558, akawana kukunda muPodolia mukurwisana neCrimean Khanate. Kukunda uku kwakasimudzira mukurumbira waChodkiewicz somutungamiriri wehondo. Pakutanga kweHondo yeLivonia, akasimudzirwa kuva castellan weTrakai nechinangwa chokushandisa unyanzvi hwake muhondo. Muna 1561, Grand Hetman Mikołaj the Black Radziwiłł, Chodkiewicz, uye munununa wake Hieronim vakatungamirira uto reLithuania kupinda muLivonia uko vakawana kukunda vachirwisa Tsardom yeRussia. Mushure mekurwisa uku, Chodkiewicz akasimudzirwa kuva Field Hetman weLithuania. Musi wa 20 Ndira 1564 maLithuania pasi pehutungamiriri hwake vakauraya mukuru weRussia Shuisky uye vakakunda mauto eRussia muhondo yeUla, iyo yakavandudza zvakanyanya chimiro cheLithuania muhondo. Akarumbidzwa segamba rehondo uye akasimudzirwa kuva murwi weVilnius. Kufarirwa kwaMambo kwakaramba kuchienderera mberi: muzukuru waHrehory Jan Hieronimowicz akagamuchira chinzvimbo chababa vake mushakabvu seMukuru weSamogitia muna 1564, mukoma Yurii, uyo akaenda kuMoscow kunotaurirana nezvekufambidzana, akava castellan weTrakai uye Hrehory akagadzwa Grand Hetman weLithuania muna 1566. Nokudaro, Hrehory Chodkiewicz akava munhu wechipiri pashure paMikołaj mutsvuku Radziwiłł uye vaChodkiewicz vakadzora zvigaro zvitatu kubva muzvishanu zvepamusoro muLithuanian Council of Lords. Muna 1567, Chodkiewicz akawana kumwe kukunda muLivonia, panguva ino achipesana neUmambo hweSweden. 