king of ros

Chapter 274
As Rostislav expected, as November approached, more and more troops gathered outside Moscow, and they occupied fields that should have been covered with snow.

Finally, with the advent of November, a large army appeared outside Moscow.

There are a large number of men from the entire Northeast Ross here. They come from Suzdal, Vladimir, Rostov, and all corners of Northeast Ross. All kinds of flags are flying in the air.

In order to clarify their identities on the battlefield, Rostislav ordered all soldiers to find a way to draw a sign of the cross on their bodies. Most of them drew a cross on their shields, and some people were worried and also drew a cross on their bodies.

Speaking of which, the idea still came from Mieszko. This Pole said that when their kingdom faced pagan enemies, they would draw a cross to distinguish ourselves from the enemy. It is indeed a very convenient and quick way.

Coincidentally, Rostislav is also going to crusade against heretics, so he can use this method.

The total strength of this army exceeded [-], which was exactly the figure Rostislav was longing for.

Rostislav was very excited when he first heard the news.

After so many years, he was finally able to support an army of tens of thousands. Whenever he saw the sea of ​​tents outside the city wall, Rostislav felt a sense of satisfaction.

In the mouths of the people, this army is called the Winter Army, because this army gathers in winter and heads east.

Participating in the Winter's Great Army has become fashionable, and even now people come to join the army.

As for Rostislav, it was only after the initial joy that the pressure came like a tidal wave.

Facing such a huge army, the management pressure is also enormous, such as how to travel and how to manage this army. When facing these problems, Rostislav found that he really has no experience at all.

For a long time, Rostislav's method of controlling the army has been to rely on the forces that can be relied on, such as the soldiers, followers, and Vicher citizens, as nodes to achieve the jurisdiction over the conscripted soldiers and the vassal army.

In the past, Rostislav's troops were not large, and no one sent more than [-] troops, and most of them were soldiers who recognized the authority of the prince. With this method, Rostislav could firmly control the army.

But it is different now, the number of the army is tens of thousands, and almost half of them are purely for wealth. If he still controls the army according to the old method, he will have to allocate a lot of soldiers.

Facing these tens of thousands of soldiers, it is absolutely impossible to use the original method.

It is impossible for him to allocate part of the main force under his command, which will affect his combat effectiveness.

Then there is only one choice, and that is to let each department act on its own, and the original control node becomes a pure contact node.

Rostislav was very helpless about this, but this was the only choice before him.

But everyone is like this in this era, and it doesn't matter.

After arranging the army under his command, it was almost time to send troops, and naturally Rostislav led such a large army on the journey.

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Before leaving, Rostislav handed over the administration of Moscow to his wife, as he had done when he left for Hungary.

In addition, he also left a lot of soldiers and entourage, they will ensure the safety of Moscow, the Rostov battalion will also stay here, Rostislav is unwilling to send this army full of too many recruits to the battlefield.

At the same time, these professional soldiers will also integrate the late soldiers, and then put them on the road to the East.

In fact, Rostislav, a citizen of Moscow and its surrounding areas, did not mobilize all of them. He had to ensure that there were always some rotating troops, because he would definitely keep some troops after the end of the Bulgarian war.

Moreover, Rostislav has always been vigilant against heretics in his heart. After all that he experienced in Hungary, it is impossible for him to relax his vigilance in this regard.

In addition to the pagans, Rostislav regretted that Jan did not participate in the expedition. He was determined to go to the countryside of Northeast Ross to explore everything about the pagans and find possible enemies.

Rostislav didn't say anything about it, he could understand it, but it was a pity that Jan wasn't around after all.

On the day of departure, the whole Moscow people came out to see them off.

Rostislav remembers the day when his ears were ruled by the words of unheeded praise and upbeat music blared through the crowd.

And under his feet are the flowers sprinkled by the people, and behind him is a huge army. Walking on such a road, his sense of satisfaction is extremely strong.

St. George's dragon slaying and the flag of the fire-breathing dragon flutter together, but in the eyes of many people, this is a bit ironic. After all, St. George's dragon slaying represents the eternal suppression of Bulgar by Ross.

Of course, the person involved definitely didn't have that intention. It was just a normal flag flying, but it didn't prevent the people below from thinking this way.

At that time, Rostislav led the army, surrounded by a halo, everything was so glorious and powerful, so fascinating.

It's just that that's already in the past tense, and now Rostislav only feels a headache.

Rostislav walked the road his ancestors walked, Svyatoslav walked here, Vladimir walked here, they all walked here to crusade against Bulgar, but unfortunately there are almost no relevant records .

What's even more troublesome is that all kinds of things in this [-]-strong army came to him, and he was dealing with all kinds of things almost every day, which made him understand that it is so difficult to lead an army.

For example, which team got lost on the road due to too slow speed, and Rostislav must send troops to find them back, lest the team disperse directly.

For example, if there is a conflict between two teams, Rostislav has to adjust it himself to prevent these people from fighting.

For example, when there was a conflict because of the distribution of materials, he had to rush over to coordinate the conflict immediately, and he made his head very big every time.

Some teams even felt that the journey was too tiring, so they simply went on strike. For this, Rostislav went directly to the military law. Damn it, he has come here and made trouble, so he is not gentle.

As for arranging scouts in person, it is a basic operation, which is really a headache. Sometimes you really don't understand why those people can't complete such a job.

After being tortured like this for a while, Rostislav finally discovered that his goal, Yaroslavl, was not far ahead.

There the army can rest for a while, and it is also there that the army will cross the border of Rus and go to Bulgar.

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(End of this chapter)