king of ros

Chapter 359 Western Customs
A huge army marched on Ross's dirt road.

At a glance, I can only see soldiers carrying weapons and armor advancing everywhere, and their advancing steps have raised waves of dust, and the scale is so grand.

Numerous flags flutter in the sky, ranging from the trident of the Rurik family to the personal battle flags of the princes, but the most eye-catching is the portrait of the Virgin, which is carried forward by devout priests and believers, which can make the army Think you are being sheltered by Our Lady.

A soldier in armor took a swig from his leather waterskin, with chain mail and a duffel bag hanging from his spear, his throat so dry that he wanted to drink every drop of water in the waterskin.

After taking a few sips, the soldier licked his lips and handed the water bag to his companion behind him. The companion naturally took a sip and then gave it back to the soldier. After taking it, he tied the water bag back to his waist.

Beside them, 2 pairs of powerful boots tramped the road, and any soldiers in the formation turned their heads, and then saw the huge procession winding along the road.

The ranks of infantry continued to advance, and the ranks seemed to never end.

These soldiers were city dwellers, artisans, gangsters, and farmers before responding to the call. When the princes and lords gave the order to call, they came, either for wealth or glory.

This is a large army of soldiers from all over Russia, all kinds of accents gathered under one sky, and these soldiers from all over Russia also gathered under Rurik's trident.

Any businessman would be extremely surprised to see such an army. Ross has not seen such a grand scene for a long time, and such a magnificent scene was rare even in the Yaroslav era.

The strength of the Yaroslavitches was displayed in front of people in this way, and people saw that the descendants of the grand duke who ruled the city-states did not flinch in the face of challenges.

After the banquet in Kyiv was over, the Russian army set out for Polotsk, but they did not go directly to Polotsk, but went up the Dnieper River.

On the day of departure, a grand farewell ceremony was held in Kiev. The people of Kyiv sent blessings to their family members, the metropolitan blessed the army, and Prince Rurik also bid farewell to their families.

Rostislav still remembered that when the army left, little Rurik was quite reluctant, because the two friends he finally made had to put on armor and go out with the army, and he could not go, so he had to stay in Kyiv and wait.

After referring to the example of Rostislav, the Yaroslavitches unanimously decided that the princes of Rurik should not plan to go into battle until they are 14 years old. Before this age, they were still too young.

Rostislav also paid attention to the military uniforms of Monomakh and Oleg. These two boys who have had countless entanglements in history do look a bit like wearing armor, and they look like good warriors.

Rostislav took this opportunity to look at the sons of his uncles, well, all of them look like standard warriors, and there is no doubt that their performance on the battlefield will definitely not be bad.

Especially the second uncle, his bunch of boys were carved out of the same mold as him, all of them were overly strong fighters.

Then the army marched along the Dnieper River. The biggest advantage of marching along the river was that it could quickly obtain food from the rear, and at the same time quickly collect food along the line. The cavalry recruitment alone was not enough.

If they break away from this big river, this army with a total strength of 2 and the nearly [-] service personnel who came with them will soon be finished. They will quickly eat all the food along the line, and then put Local farmers were forced to die, and then disintegrated.

Originally, Rostislav was very opposed to bringing so many irrelevant people along with the army, but the three uncles insisted on letting these people accompany them. In their view, this was very important.

It was later that Rostislav learned that the main purpose of this expedition was to demonstrate the authority of Kyiv, so the momentum should be as large as possible and as many people as possible could witness it.

Rostislav has nothing to say about this, and his uncles are indeed right. The war is indeed more important than the show, but he always feels that such a grand scene cannot be regarded as the scene that the army should have...

Contrary to this grand scene, the entire army is full of strong self-confidence. No one thinks that they will fail, but in their eyes, facing this entire Russian army, the enemy is absolutely impossible to succeed.

After all, who would not have confidence in such an army?How many years has it been since Ross assembled such an army?When this powerful army goes out, they will surely win.

After coming to the Pripyat River, a tributary of the Dnieper River in the north, the army will continue to advance along this river, and entering here is also regarded as entering Syros.

The next step is to advance towards the Principality of Polotsk, and then just enter the Pudich River, a tributary of this river.

This was the first time Rostislav entered this area, which made him very curious about it. He knew that this area belonged to the area that was ruled by the Kingdom of Rurik later.

At the beginning, they saw the familiar sights of Russia, but as they went deeper into Moscow, the princes saw many exotic scenes, such as the forest with no borders, and the people of Rus were obviously compared to those represented by Kyiv. Southern Ross was far more savage, and there was even a strong polygamous influence among them.

Even many militiamen even saw young men and women wearing flower crowns kissing naked on the side of the road like no one else, which made them feel a subtle feeling in their hearts, as if walking in a foreign land, not Rose.

However, although these tribes and communes were barbaric, they recognized the authority of the Grand Duke of Kyiv very much, and many places even prepared roads in advance to facilitate the passage of the All-Russian coalition forces.

After Rostislav asked, he found out that Veshata, who was in charge of the defense of this area, had done it. He asked these tribes to prepare roads and supplies to prepare for the army.

Tribal chiefs and commune elders invited Rurik princes in groups, and they were all proud to entertain a Rurik prince, so the princes, including Rostislav, had to endure the rough food in the countryside , but to be honest, this has little impact, after all, the first responsibility of the princes is the soldiers, and then the rulers.

After passing through this hospitable region, they were very close to the end of the Pudich River, also Minsk in the Principality of Polotsk, where Vseslav's army was gathering.

In other words, they stepped into a war zone.

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(End of this chapter)