king of ros

Chapter 351
"I really can't believe that this city is back in my hands just like that... so easy, so easy, thanks to the fact that I have been preparing for so long..."

Rostislav Vladimirovich Rurik sighs as he stands before his father's burial in Novgorod's Hagia Sophia.

The last time Rostislav stood here, he was a young prince whose parents died, but now, he is the prince of Moscow, and he is about to become the prince of Novgorod.

The former Prince of Novgorod had expected that he would return to Novgorod in many forms and bring the city ruled by his father into his rule. Many times he had fantasized about it.

But he never thought that he could achieve this with a single assault of two thousand cavalry, which was so easy that it felt like a dream.

"13 years, I have not returned to this hall for 13 years, father, but now I have returned here so easily, this is really unpredictable, fate is really elusive..."

The Prince of Moscow then spoke to his father's tomb, and sat down on the chair he had drawn over, facing his father's tomb.

And then he recalled the experience along the way, and he couldn't help but sigh that life is impermanent.

At first, when Torzhok heard that the Polotsk army was marching towards Novgorod, Rostislav immediately mobilized all the forces in his hands that could be mobilized immediately. There are Gulag jailers... 3000 people were gathered together, and they pulled away all the soldiers who could be pulled away along the way.

In fact, Rostislav had already prepared for this day. After all, he knew the direction of historical development, but he didn't know the specific time of Vsetslav's invasion.

And this era has changed so much because of his appearance, will everything really develop according to history?

It can only be said that it is very difficult to say, so Rostislav did not make any arrangements in advance. At most, he strengthened the combat readiness level of the troops, and then waited quietly.

Rostislav on the march thought that it would be a bitter battle to meet him in Novgorod. In history, the witch prince successfully captured Novgorod and destroyed the city.

He is also not optimistic about the prospects of Torzhok's troops. In the vision of the prince of Moscow, if they control a part of Novgorod, it is a success and can provide a position for his troops.

It is not surprising that the prince of Moscow is so lenient in anticipating the enemy, because he knows that the march of the prince of witchcraft is the beginning of the next chaos in Russia.

After the past few years, the entire political situation of Ross will undergo earth-shaking changes, so he attaches great importance to it, and at the same time overestimates the enemy as much as possible. This is better than underestimating the enemy and then facing defeat.

Moreover, in history, princes of witchcraft could only be tamed by gathering all the power of Ross. The author of the chronicle in the past, and now Rostislav’s recorder Nestor called this battle the fiercest battle in the entire Ross.

The refugees encountered along the way also proved the prince's conjecture. The people of Polotsk are very powerful, and Novgorod has many problems. These people seem to be unable to defend the city at all, so they have not Instead of going to the city, he chose to flee east.

This made Rostislav even more nervous and worried about Sokal and Edward. Nothing happened to them. One is an important vassal who manages the group of disobedient nomads, and the other is an important relative. Not far away Thousands of miles came to join him, and they were all important personnel of the Moscow court.

No matter which one is gone, it will cause a lot of trouble for Rostislav, so the prince of Moscow is very nervous, and because of this, he is eager to urge the troops.

Under the urging of the prince, some people naturally kept falling behind, especially those strong men who were brought here by Rostislav. It didn't take long for this group of people to keep up with the team.

Only the troops in Moscow can keep up, but even so they are falling behind.

The rapid march was very difficult. The soldiers in Moscow could only eat cold cheese and dried meat while walking, and slept with blankets laid out at night. The soldiers' condition continued to decline.

Rostislav didn't take care of the laggards, he didn't have the energy to take care of them, let me move forward!The Prince of Muscovy drove his men on like a whip-wielding slaveholder.

Fortunately, these sacrifices for falling behind are also worthwhile. The Moscow army is rapidly approaching Novgorod, but as it gets closer to Novgorod, the rate of falling behind is getting higher and higher.

When the army of the Prince of Moscow appeared on the outskirts of Novgorod, the prince saw that the city was quite peaceful.

At that time, he was in a very bad mood, thinking that the battle was over, the city was under the control of Vseslav, and Sokal and Edward were in dire straits.

And he was even more worried about what would happen if the Polotsk people came out. The Moscow army, which had undergone a rapid march, was in a very poor state. If it fought with the Polotsk people, it would definitely be finished.

But what happened next was beyond Rostislav's expectations.

The gate of Novgorod was opened in front of Rostislav, and the whole city was displayed in front of Rostislav, and then the welcome procession of Novgorod came out of it.

The people came to greet the prince in their most gorgeous clothes, and they welcomed Rostislav's arrival very much. If the militiamen in the team did not stop him, many people would rush to Rostislav directly.

It was a very grand scene. Men and women from the whole city came out to welcome the arrival of the prince of Moscow. The sound of joyful music filled the air, and everything seemed so dreamy.

This is completely the etiquette that only exists when welcoming the Grand Duke of Kyiv, but now they are used on Rostislav, and no one thinks there is anything wrong.

And now Rostislav is completely confused, what's going on?Why can't he understand it?

But then, as the prince saw Sokal and Edward among the welcoming crowd, Rostislav suddenly realized what was going on, and accepted a fact that surprised him to the extreme.

That is, Sokal and Edward took Novgorod as princes and defeated the Polotsk people.

The two men knelt in front of the prince of Moscow's war horse, and told the prince that they had completed the task of saving Novov's brother Rod. Say so much.

But the prince remained calm, he knew when to say something, it would be too stupid to tear down the stage under his command now, Rostislav naturally said what they said.

The magistrates of the city gathered before the Muscovite princes and expressed their heartfelt thanks to Rostislav.

And the next thing is the highlight. They said that because the original prince of the city, Mstislav, gave up Novgorod, Novgorod decided to make the prince of Moscow their prince, and let Rostislav rule his father. city.

Novgorod is the fiefdom of Rostislav's father. Even in the past so many years, there are still powerful Rostislav factions in the area. They hope that the son of the old prince will become the ruler of Novgorod instead of Kyiv. young people.

It's just that they couldn't do anything due to the power of Kyiv in the past, but now the opportunity is in front of them.

The rescue of the city by the troops of Rostislav, and the escape of the son of the Grand Duke of Kyiv, this happened. Novgorod now hates Kyiv very much. After all, the princes from Kyiv abandoned them.

As for how they treated the prince, Novgorod naturally pretended not to know. This city has always been like this, and it was the same with Yaroslav back then.

The whole Vecchia agreed that Rostislav took over the Novgorod princedom, and Rostislav thus regained his father's city.

This matter is completely reasonable and legal. Since the princes designated by Kyiv have abandoned the city, it is natural for the city to choose a new ruler. No one can blame Novgorod for what it has done.

After that, Rostislav felt light all over his body, like a dream, so he won Novgorod?

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(End of this chapter)