king of ros

Chapter 356 Second Uncle and Third Uncle
While father and son were having a conversation in Kyiv, coincidentally, in Chernihiv, the local prince Svyatoslav was about to talk to his son.

For a long time, Chernihiv has been comparing with Kyiv in all aspects, especially in the affairs of the whole of Russia. Almost at the same time that Kyiv received the news, here also received the news, which shows that the city is well-informed.

Prince Svyatoslav of Chernihiv is sitting in the Transfiguration Cathedral at the moment, praying to the Kyiv crucifix.

As the presence of Hagia Sophia, which is no less than Kyiv, the Epiphany Cathedral has attracted many pilgrims, sharing a large number of people in Kyiv, and the loss of pilgrims was even more serious after Bishop Chernihiv became the metropolitan .

This was aggravated after Svyatoslav invited Antony of the Cave Monastery to Chernihiv to establish a monastery.

Kyiv made many protests against this, and they even sent people to intercept the pilgrims going to Chernigov. This naturally caused conflicts between the two cities. After that, the two princes reached a compromise and concession with each other, dividing A lot about the pilgrimage.

Now the Cathedral of the Transfiguration is full of believers, watching the ceremony performed by the Metropolitan of Chernihiv.

The local prince and his family naturally had their own place, and beside Sviatoslav was his adult son Gleb, who had just walked in from the door.

Both father and son are strong and tall, both are powerful fighters, and there is no sense of abruptness when they sit together.

Both father and son have a reputation for martial arts in Chernihiv. Over the years, they have used force against the heretics in the Chernigov area, and they have continued to win. The most important thing is that both father and son know how to fight against the heretics in Chernigov. After the war, the people were appeased, which made Chernigov more and more praised the father and son.

"Kyiv has sent envoys to summon the entire Russian army. I have asked Roman and David to prepare for the reception. The two of them know how to receive them."

Gleb said in a low voice, while his father was still praying, but his closed eyes didn't mean he didn't listen to his son.

"Gleb, what do you think of what happened in Novgorod?"

What his father said made Gleb ponder for a while, and then he began to answer: "Very powerful, Rostislav is very powerful, the process of taking Novgorod was quick and fast, and no one can find any faults, I Admit that it is difficult for me to achieve this level, just as your father once said, he is the one who poses the greatest threat to the family business."

Gleb's words were full of praise, because this time Rostislav did things too perfectly, the kind of perfection that no one could find a single fault.

"Originally, we were going to receive the fruit, but now Rostislav is the first one. Gleb, you should be the prince of Novgorod."

Svyatoslav stopped praying, and he said in a low tone, they had been preparing for this big show for so long, but why did Rostislav win the fruits of victory in the end.

The activities of Vseslav had long been known to Chernigov spies, and Sviatoslav did not tell Kyiv the news for this purpose.

"Father, this is also unexpected to us. Who knew that my cousin actually deployed a team of fast cavalry near Novgorod? In our plan, we have to go north to avoid the siege for at least a week after the siege happened. Open suspicion. Alas, we did not do a good job in intelligence work, and failure was inevitable from the beginning. However, father, there is no need to be so depressed, it is just a failure, and we have lost nothing."

Gleb is not so depressed. If he fails, he will fail. This descendant of Rurik, who should have passed through this Novgorod catastrophe in history, became the Prince of Novgorod, is more emotional than his father. too much.

This is just a speculative activity, if it fails, it will fail.

"Ah, you are quite right. It seems that I am indeed old, and I am immersed in such useless emotions."

Svyatoslav also reacted, why is he feeling sad here, since opportunities are everywhere, he just needs to work hard.

Chernigov has also been built like an iron barrel over the years. It only needs an opportunity for Rose to be chaotic, and this strength can be used on the stage.

But it is definitely not possible now, the ruling order of the whole of Russia is still there, and the result of rashly challenging this order is to be besieged by the whole of Russia, just like Polotsk is now.

"But son, we have to step up our efforts in the future. Rostislav's power is getting stronger, and we must also increase our strength."

In the end, Svyatoslav said decisively, and Gleb nodded, and he also understood the seriousness of the situation.

As for the serious situation, because both father and son knew that Rostislav in Moscow knew who was instigating the killing of his father...

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"Haha, I didn't expect my nephew to win Novgorod. This kid is getting stronger and stronger. I couldn't see it at all back then. Those of us who are elders should have a good chat with this kid. I just don’t know why Sviatoslav didn’t like that kid all the time, there should be a lot to talk about between them.”

In Pereslav's main castle, watching the news from the north, Vsevolod sighed uncontrollably.

Pereyaslav is a Ross city with a strong military atmosphere, and it is the front line facing the grassland.

The composition of the people on this land is complex. Many of their ancestors were descendants of the Grand Dukes of Kyiv who migrated from various places. However, they became extremely tough in the battle against the nomads, relying on ditches and embankments to resist invaders.

And they not only resist the grassland invaders, but even seize the opportunity to plunder the nomads. The cruelty of the grassland has always been competing for both sides.

But even with these fights, it does not affect the communication between the two sides. There are still nomads living in the city of Pecheaslav, and they often come here to communicate with the Ross people.

Sometimes the grassland tribes and the Ross militia even escorted the caravan together, because if there is a caravan that can pass through stably, then everyone can sit on the ground and collect money.

The pressure on Pereyaslav was minimal during the chaotic days of the steppe, but it increased as the steppe began to unite again.

However, as the ruler here, Vsevolod's temperament is more and more different from that of this land. Over the years, Vsevolod's bookish atmosphere has become stronger and stronger. Now he looks like a man from Greece in all aspects. Scholars, not princes of Rose.

However, this did not affect him from going into battle to slash people. Even a pure scholar would not live long in this borderland, and Vsevolod could drink with the grassland chiefs like a barbarian.

"Rostislav... Zoe's husband?"

The prince's Greek wife pondered the name for a while, but the last thing she thought of was Zoe, the Greek woman who had married up to the north like herself.

The prince's wife Irina is very unfamiliar with men's affairs, it can be said that she doesn't care at all, but she is familiar with women's affairs.

"Yes, the daughter of the Emperor of the Imperial Capital."

The husband's words elicited a response from Irina, who thought of the beautiful girl who is now also the mother of three children.

The two of them are very similar. When they came to the far north when they were young, they were both very dissatisfied with the desolation of the north, but because they found a beloved man here and a family worthy of everything, they were able to live in this land. stayed.

But it has been so many years, Irina sighed, time flies so fast.

"Father, aren't you ready to gather troops?"

Just when the prince lamented his nephew's achievements and his wife recalled the past, the child's voice interrupted what the couple were doing.

And this child was Vladimir Vselodovich Rurik, or, as the child was more popularly called, Monomakh.

"What do you know, kid? Don't talk nonsense, what is gathering, now the movement in the south is unknown, how could it be possible to gather at will and empty out the troops on the defense line."

Vsevolod said subconsciously, this kid is only 14 years old and talking nonsense, but what his son said next surprised him.

"Father, Kyiv will come to order soon, isn't the crusade against Polotsk the top priority now?"

Monomacher's tone was a little helpless. Why did his father feel like a child a lot of the time, was he just staying in the tower and reading all the time?
These words reminded Vsevolod, and made him slap his head, oops, I have paid too much attention to the affairs of the territory recently, how could I forget this episode, my brother will definitely punish the unruly guy in Polotsk! , this matter must be the most important right now.

"It's just you who think a lot, but thanks this time, speaking of you, you remind me of Rostislav when he was 14 years old. He was so smart back then, maybe you can be like your cousin in the future Brilliant!"

After leaving these words, Vsevolod hurriedly descended from the main castle to assemble the troops that could be assembled, while little Monomakh was thinking about his father's words.

"Is it the same as Rostislav..."

Little Monomakh said this thoughtfully. He grew up surrounded by the ballads of Rostislav's military exploits. In his heart, Rostislav was his future idol.

Since then, Little Monomakh has set a goal for himself in his heart, and he must achieve the achievements of Rostislav in the future.

It's just that this descendant of a prince who has made great ambitions in his heart is called by his mother to eat the next moment, and if he doesn't eat, he will be cold.

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