king of ros

Chapter 205
Soon after seeing the flag, they saw the border post, but it was a camp more like a merchant hotel than a border post.

Although the flag of Hungary with a white cross on a red background is hung here, there are not many Magyars guarding this place, and they are mainly mountain people from the Carpathians.

The local people welcomed Ross's army, and the gate of the outpost was opened for them without hesitation, and then the person in charge came up to receive these Ross nobles.

Only after they entered the camp did they know that this was the last resting place for entering the Carpathian Mountains from Ross. However, because the Hungarian mountain tribes often crossed the mountain pass to rest here, these mountain tribes also received support from the royal court of Arpad. Appointed by the government to collect taxes for the teams passing through the mountain pass, and over time it became a Hungarian territory.

Now it is full of mountain people who live in the Carpathian Mountains on weekdays. They come here to escape the mountains in winter. They are very grateful to the royal family for giving them camps. Drive the old people out to die, and their tribe grows stronger.

It is also because of this that they are more loyal to the royal family, but the Arpad civil war made them not know where to support, and in the end they chose to stand still like many people and wait for the winner to appear.

Of course, there are still many mountain people who do not want to leave in the mountains, but even they can only huddle in their warm tents in this winter, relying on the food accumulated before winter to survive this winter.

If the winter didn't end as they planned, they would have to push the old people out of the village to die.

In addition to the mountain people, there are also many Hungarian refugees who settled here. It seems that they plan to return to the country of Magyar after the heavy snow is over.

These refugees are obviously wealthy people, as can be seen from their clothes. It seems that they left Hungary only to escape the war, and now that the war is over, they will naturally return to their homeland.

The local leader of the mountain people was very knowledgeable and took the initiative to give a gift——Passing the mountains on the passes of the Carpathian Mountains can collect a lot of taxes.

After knowing this, no one paid attention to this camp soon, because there were more spectacular things in front of everyone-the majestic Carpathian Mountains, the natural border between Russia and Hungary.

At first glance, there seemed to be a snowfield erected in front of them out of thin air, but the next moment Rostislav realized that it was actually the mountains themselves.

The coldness hit his face, and Rostislav felt that his eyes were stabbed by the chill released by the mountains just by looking at it. Even though he was so far away, he could still clearly feel the chilly air coming with the cold wind.

Rostislav, who saw this scene, understood that it was impossible to walk through the mountain pass, and if he went there, he would be close to death.

"You came at a really bad time. The Carpathian Mountains have been blocked by heavy snow. If you had come a week earlier, you could have caught up with the tail. Hurry up and pass through the mountain pass before the snow falls completely. At most, a few people will be lost by then."

The leader of the local mountain tribe shrugged. It is almost impossible to pass through the mountains now.

"What if we force it through?"

Izyaslav asked this question with a gloomy face. He had expected that they could pass through the Carpathian Mountain Pass before the heavy snow closed the mountain, but he just missed the last train.

"My lord, if you want to do this, the whole army will definitely be wiped out. Even if the whole army is not wiped out, most of the people will die."

The leader gave a ruthless answer without hesitation, and his words were also very sincere. He had seen people who forcibly invaded the Carpathian Mountains in winter, and they could always find the bodies of these people after the snow melted in the next spring. .

"The Carpathian Mountains in winter can eat people. Countless people have proved this with their blood, and it is not the time for the worst snow. It will snow heavily in the next few days. The entire road will be blocked."

The mountain tribes of the Carpathian Mountains have passed down from generation to generation the fate of countless people who tried to cross the mountains in winter. Whether they were nomads from the east or imperial troops from the south, there was only one result for crossing the mountains in winter-death.

There are no supplies along the way, only the boundless snow-colored desert, no matter how strong the team is, it will be difficult to survive, and there may be disasters such as avalanches on the mountain, if something encounters it, the entire army may be destroyed.

Then in the spring, their ancestors went to pick up the equipment and property left by these fools, and picked up these valuables and weapons and equipment from the dead that they could not even imagine. The history of several tribes in the Carpathian Mountains This is how it rose.

Faced with such a result, the uncles would naturally make this choice, and neither would Rostislav. Their subordinates are always soldiers paid for by real money, how could they be allowed to take such a risk, for the sake of a close It's not worth putting your life on the road.

"Then what should we do? We must go to Hungary."

The third uncle's slightly anxious words sounded, it would be too ridiculous if the bridge builders of their meeting couldn't attend the meeting, and the whole Ross would make them a laughing stock, and his words made the uncle even more anxious.

The second uncle was calling for his subordinates to bring the map, his face was a little gloomy, it seemed that he already had a measure in his heart.

"We can only go to Wallachia, my lords."

The words of the leader of the mountain people made the uncle and the third uncle look aside, but the second uncle just sighed.

Wallachia, that piece of land is not a good place. It’s not that it’s scary, but that the people living on it are difficult to deal with.

The Pechenegs, former enemies of the Russian steppe, live here.

The Pechenegs were the masters of the vast grassland south of Kyiv 50 years ago. They came to Kiev many times and threatened the safety of the city. They also once formed an alliance with Ross and sent troops to the southern imperial capital together.

Of course, they chose to betray in the end, and the skull that Rostislav took back from Bruce Khan was the product of their betrayal.

After experiencing another wave of hegemony in the grassland, the Pechenegs were driven to the west, to be precise, to the land of Wallachia, and the locals quickly succumbed to them.

Wallachia is a vast plain with abundant water and grass. It can be said that it is the most suitable area for nomads to live in.

After being defeated by the steppe upstarts from the east, the Pechenegs flocked to Wallachia in large numbers, and they took root in this land.

In addition, the Wallachians are the main component of the later Romanian nation, but they have not yet formed a country.

And as the Pechenegs took root, it became a source of trouble. They either invaded the wealthy empire in the south, or invaded the land of the Magyars in the west.

It is also a coincidence that the Magyars were driven to the west by the Pechenegs back then, but they established a country on the land of Hungary instead of migrating further west.

And now the Pechenegs have also been driven to the west, and they have begun to invade the land of the Magyars. I have to say that this is really a kind of evil fate.

"It seems that we can only go south."

The uncle finally made a decision. Fortunately, they had plenty of time, even if they took a detour to Wallachia, the time was acceptable.

The faces of the people behind the princes of Ross changed. Everyone didn't really want to go to that land, especially those businessmen. They didn't want to go to such a dangerous land, but that was the only choice. The only thing that comforted them was their Follow a mighty army.

Rostislav had nothing to do with Wallachia. On the contrary, because of the cultural symbols of vampires in later generations, he was a little curious about this land and wanted to go there to see it.

As for the nomads, as a prince of Ross, war has long been a part of his life, come and come.

The army rested here that night, and the local residents naturally sent food, and the uncle did not forget to give rewards. Now he has entered another country and behaved decently.

On the second day, the team set foot on the road to the south. They first had to cross Moldavia, which was the territory of Ross. The locals respected Kyiv, and then came the dangerous Wallachia. plain.

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(End of this chapter)