king of ros

Chapter 256 Eastern Action
"Lord Rostislav, my brother is dead."

After Yegor said these words, the suppressed emotion erupted directly. It was the sadness of his brother's passing. He had been suppressing that emotion before, but now the surge made his voice change.

"Dead? What's dead? Boris is dead?"

Rostislav was really shocked by this news. He had seen Boris, the heir of old Ivan. In his words, he was a man of iron, and this man knew how to communicate with tribes. died?
Boris has completely inherited all the abilities of old Ivan. There is no doubt that he will be able to inherit the career of old Ivan in the future, make their family stronger, and let this industry be passed down from generation to generation. The position of mayor of Rosslavl can belong to them.

But now that Boris is dead, everything has changed. This has a huge impact on the rising family, and the future of the Sherikhov family is somewhat unstable.

After the initial surprise and a little sadness, Rostislav immediately realized some of the bad signals and the bad guesses that came from them.

The aspect of Boris' expansion is to approach Bulgar, which makes Rostislav a little wary. Are those people on the opposite side doing trouble?Could it be that those Bulgars who fought in the separatist regime finally responded to the expansion of the Ross people?
Rostislav thought of this subconsciously, as a ruler is like this, sometimes you need to be extremely rational, even if this rationality makes you look a little cold-blooded.

At the same time, Yegor was thinking about his mental journey. On the day he received the news of his brother's death, he couldn't believe that his mountain-like elder brother had just left.

He is so powerful, and in those days when he followed his father to explore the woods and streams, he shouldered the talents that a big brother and leader should have.

It is also because of this that Yegor decided to leave the family. After all, the ability shown by the eldest brother is enough, so he can only find other ways to prove himself, so he came to Moscow.

But reality is reality, and no matter how much he refuses to accept it, he can only compromise for it in the end.

And then he also realized that as the eldest child in the family, he should shoulder the responsibility. He couldn't let the younger brother and the older father bear these. everything.

So Yegor took the initiative to contact the family, and the next request of the family was for him to express their plight to the Moscow princes for help.

These thoughts flashed through Yegor's mind like a revolving lantern, and when he saw Rostislav thinking about Boris' death, he quickly lit another fire and told the specifics of the incident.

"Not just my elder brother, but the entire core of the Sherikhov family was killed. Boris and several main officers of the colony went to the east, where a tribe expressed their willingness to convert to Christ, but in the end they never came back .”

When he said this, Yegor's body visibly shook, and it was obvious that what happened next made him very sad.

He actually didn't want to say it, but he had to say it now, otherwise how could he ask the prince for help.

"The next day we sent people to that tribe to look for our elder brother and them. In the end, all we found were corpses. Those corpses were all torn apart, and even the people in that tribe who were willing to convert died. And then many tribes that had cooperated turned their faces , began attacking us, killing our settlers, burning down trading posts, and even Horde troops coming under our fortress."

"Tsk, it seems that six years have passed, and those tribes have forgotten something, this rubbish."

Gevalan said angrily, there were many such tribesmen in the Bulgarian conquest against Ross five years ago.

At that time, this group of people was directly captured as slaves, and only a small number of people were able to return to their hometown, bringing the horror of the Ross people over.

And Rostislav didn't say anything about this. The area between Ross and Bulgar is so big, it's normal for some tribes to live and die.

Yegor's words made Rostislav close his eyes and rubbed the bridge of his nose. The prince of Moscow felt troubled, and this matter must not be easy.

The Sherikhov family is No. 1 in the eastward expansion of Northeast Ross. Now that the family has been hit like this, it feels like there is something wrong with it.

But maybe Rostislav was thinking too much, after all, such fires were never uncommon, and fighting was even more common.

Is it the Bulgar's warning to him, or is it the local tribe's annihilation of the Ross immigrants?Rostislav could not help but fell into deep thought.

Seeing the prince of Moscow lost in thought, Yegor just waited quietly.

To a certain extent, he came to beg for food, and now he has expressed everything he should express to the prince. He must be respectful and wait for the prince's order respectfully.

After thinking for a while, the prince suddenly realized that he left Yegor alone for a while, and Rostislav, who had realized it, immediately asked Yegor:

"Does your family need anything? Supplies or manpower?"

There was a hint of urgency in the prince's words, because he knew that after losing so many backbones, the situation of the Sherikhov family was already in dire straits, so he had to lend a helping hand.

The significance of Sherikhov's development is not only for his family, but also for the princes of Moscow.

This was his attempt to actually establish power in the east, and he had to hold on to this stronghold, and he would use this as the starting point for his future dispatch of troops to Bulgar, which was his chosen base of departure.

"Soldiers, we need more soldiers. There are too many tribesmen invading us now. We have to hold our fort. It must not fall."

Hearing Rostislav's slightly eager voice, Yegor breathed a sigh of relief, and then said the family's request, because the appearance of this tone meant that things were basically stable.

"Then mobilize the Moscow Battalion, Yegor, you go to serve as the commander of the Moscow Battalion and take them there. In addition, I will dispatch the Chude Battalion to advance nearby. The fortress must be controlled in our hands."

Rostislav was very determined, and in his heart he somewhat saw the operation as a show of force.

As for the appointment of Yegor as the commander of the Moscow battalion, it did not matter. He was originally one of the most senior officers in the standing army.

It's just that Yegor was not happy with the sudden arrival of power, and the voices of opposition continued to sound.

"Lord Rostislav, I must object. I think this is very inappropriate. If we rashly mobilize troops to enter the border, then the Bulgar side will know our intentions, and they will start to prepare. Maybe the Bulgars will give up their relationship. Let’s fight against us together.”

It was Leo who spoke, and with his usual brevity and swiftness, he expressed his opinion on the stimulus to the Bulgars by mobilizing troops.

"I don't think we should use such a direct method, at least not to make the Bulgars feel that we are aggressively invading and eroding their interests."

Leo went on to make a point.

"I feel that it is more appropriate to let mercenaries enter. I happen to have some ways to find a lot of suitable mercenaries. Anyway, it is not suitable to use the prince's army to go to the border. This is too stimulating for Bulgar, and it may make Bulgar Many forces stopped fighting and let Akkad control the situation."

Leo's words also made Rostislav ponder for a while. Everything Leo said was true, and they were all existing problems. There was indeed a risk in mobilizing the standing army.

"Then use mercenaries, Leo, and find your way. As for the appointment of Yegor as the commander of the Moscow Battalion, the order remains unchanged, and the Chude Battalion still has to pass, but it will pass in a latent form. Expose your own existence."

"Yes."

Everyone in the hall agreed, but Yegor was very regretful in his heart. Originally, their family could be stabilized directly, but the Greek insisted on speaking out.

This made him look at Leo with some hatred, but Leo pretended not to see it at all. As an old bureaucrat, he never did such things as offending people.

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(End of this chapter)