king of ros

Chapter 249 The Cause of the Crusade
After chatting with the master craftsmen, Rostislav's trip to the blacksmith guild has come to an end.

Rostislav was very satisfied with this trip. What he saw and heard was what he wanted to see, and the entire Northeast Ross was developing according to his established direction.

The development of Northeast Ross can be said to be thriving, and the power in his hands is also impressive, which makes the prince of Moscow more confident in the conquest of Bulgar.

Conquering Bulgar has always been Rostislav's established strategy.

In fact, Rostislav did not have much desire to conquer this civilized and prosperous country, but now that the country is in chaos and fighting, and he has an orthodox heir of the Bulgar Khan who believes in Christianity, so the conquest is imperative.

For another city-state on the Volga River, Rostislav did not have high demands. It was enough to encourage it to convert to Christ and become a friendly state of Russia.

When Bulgar converted to Christ, it would be very convenient to do anything in the future.

As for conquering the other country, that was never within the scope of the prince's consideration, because he couldn't afford the resources and the population.

Later generations gathered the power of Northeast Ross, which has been fully developed by the Grand Duchy of Moscow, to spend an untold amount of life and resources on this place. How could he, a small wild prince, do it.

Rostislav is very greedy for the land of Bulgar. This piece of land centered on Kazan in later generations is a rare and fertile land in Eastern Europe, and the Bulgar civilization is developed. If you can absorb Bulgar's culture and technology , then Ross will surely rise to a higher level.

But it can't be done, if it can't be done, it can't be done, maybe Rostislav can obtain technology by plundering artisans, but wants to rule this land?That is absolutely impossible, and his strength cannot suppress this land.

If he wants to suppress this place, he has to maintain at least 4000 troops on this land, and then relocate tens of thousands of Ross Christians to gain a firm foothold.

Then decades of public security warfare began, and the input of troops and personnel could not be stopped for a moment until the local people stopped resisting.

But he can't do it, so his biggest trend is to send troops to Bulgar non-stop in the next few years, spending all his time here, and it is impossible to do anything else.

What's more, the belief in this land is notoriously stubborn. In history, after Tsarist Russia annexed this land, it took hundreds of years of hard work against Islam to barely curb its development. But until today, Kazan is still the largest Islamic center in Russia.

The existence of such a headache for such a big country, Rostislav's small body will definitely not be able to handle it.

Therefore, direct occupation is absolutely not advisable, and we can only take other paths.

And the way Rostislav chose was to prompt Bulgar to convert, and then let them fight each other. Instead, Ross could strengthen his control over the country, and Bulgar, who was caught in a fight, didn't have the heart to compete with Ross.

The most important significance of including Bulgar is that the Rus can establish a long-term advantage in the Volga trade route, a place where silver once flowed, and absorb a large amount of profits from this trade route, that is, the share that once belonged to Bulgar Now they are all in their hands.

Moreover, such actions of the princes are actually trying to please Novgorod, because the city of Novgorod is the end of the Volga trade route, and if the interests of the Russians are expanded on this trade route, Novgorod can also be benefited.

Novgorod is a city with its own will—in fact, there are all cities in Ross, but Novgorod is the strongest and most prominent—the militias in this city will do their own thing, and they will do what they want even the Grand Duke authority can be ignored.

Rostislav needed to win this power, and to win the support of Novgorodvicher, he could not rely solely on the influence of his parents.

My father used to be the prince of this city, but that was only in the past. Now this is the jurisdiction of Ijaslav. The authority of my father has become more and more indifferent as a large number of people loyal to his father came to Northeast Ross. Although there are still high-ranking support, those high-ranking The door has become more and more difficult to support in that city.

Regarding the conquest of Bulgar, another reason was that Rostislav wanted to build a barrier to the east.

As a person who understands the history of Rus, Rostislav knew that during the Mongolian expedition to the west, the destruction of Northeast Rus occurred after the destruction of Bulgar, and the Volga Bulgar played an important role in helping and protecting Northeast Rus.

Although it is still too far to say that the Mongolian expedition to the west is still too far away, Rostislav hopes that at least in his lifetime, Bulgar can block all possible nomadic threats in the eastern part of Northeast Ross and prevent the rear from being attacked by nomads.

After all, the safest part of Northeast Ross is that he is surrounded by barriers, and Rostislav hopes that these barriers can be maintained.

Finally, the last reason for Rostislav's conquest here is that Moscow's expansion direction is very limited.

As the youngest junior, he cannot launch a war against the elders. Once he launches a war, he will face siege from all sides. At that time, he will not be able to win no matter what.

So in Rose's internal affairs, he can only wait and wait for those ambitious people to stir up disputes.

And now the two guys that Ross is most eager to move, one is the prince of witchcraft, and the other is his second uncle.

Many times the princes of Moscow couldn't help but wonder which of the two of them took the lead in the end.

Therefore, if Moscow wants to use troops, it only has the direction of Bulgar, and now that he has so many advantages over Bulgar, he naturally has to do it.

The reason for using troops is also very simple. The nobles and soldiers under him need to be nourished by war, use victories to reinforce the impression of being brave and invincible, and establish personal authority, and these reputations can help him attract more soldiers in the future. soldiers.

There is also gold and silver. Victory can bring gold and silver, and the prince of Moscow needs gold and silver more than anyone else. There are not many gaps in the development of Moscow alone, let alone the entire Rus.

In fact, Rostislav has been preparing for a possible future war, and these are one of the things he has done to prepare.

All the history and intuition he knew told him that the biggest enemy he would face in the future was probably his second uncle.

As for him, who has a vengeance against patricide with his second uncle, if the two of them fight in battle, then both of them must go all out, because vengeance against patricide must be avenged with blood.

Although there is still more time, Rostislav must accumulate for this as soon as possible.

--------

　I'm sorry that I encountered some things today, which caused the update to be late. After tomorrow, the update will return to normal, and the update will be at [-] o'clock at the latest.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)