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When the news of the Polotsk prince's decision came out, Rostislav was sorting out the huge amount of information he had collected and putting it into a book for future reference.

These days, the entire military camp seemed very leisurely. After all, everyone knew that they had won the battle, so they relaxed, and it became less and less like a war.

As for the sadness caused by the death of comrades-in-arms or companions, it quickly dissipated. After all, this is an era when death is as common as eating and drinking, and people's psychological endurance is not generally high.

Now is the time to spend all your money on alcohol and women's bellies, isn't that what wars and looting are for?

The atmosphere of life in the barracks has also become more and more serious. There were no prostitutes in the barracks before, but now they are everywhere. Rostislav even heard that some people used the bombing of Minsk in the siege camp as a background to have sex with prostitutes. .

The prince didn't care either. On the one hand, the victory was already certain, and on the other hand, he was busy dealing with the prisoners.The coalition forces captured more than [-] captives in the Battle of Minsk this time. These [-] were all able-bodied, middle-aged men, the type most needed in the slave market.

However, the Yaroslavitches did not intend to sell all of these people as slaves. In fact, not many people were sold as slaves, and only a few unlucky ones met such a fate.

Most of them are the most hard-line supporters of Polotsk. Such people must not be allowed to stay, they must leave, and their highest status is only the city walled masters. There is no pressure to sell them Yaroslavich. .

Most of the people were forced to sign a contract with the prince and became a debtor who was a vassal of the prince. Anyway, as long as they were willing to obey, they were basically treated like this.

The Yaroslavitches have a great demand for population, especially in the background that they are all advancing feudalization, and there is also a need to fight against the vast wilderness of Rus.

For Kyiv and Chernigov, the dispersal of these debtor farmers with the mark of the grand duke in the territory will undoubtedly strengthen their control over the countryside, and they can also be distributed to the lower city walled masters as the bottom of the feudal order.

Pereyaslav is out of the need to fill the number of border militiamen. Recently, the southern grasslands have become more and more restless. Pereyaslav needs more manpower, so the third uncle got the most debtors, a full 1000 people.

And everyone agreed that after controlling the Principality of Polotsk, as many people as possible should be relocated to Pereyaslav.

Rostislav did not care. For the other two uncles, it would be good for them to ensure Pereyaslav's grassland defense line. After all, it is not difficult for nomads to go to Kyiv and Chernihiv.

The demand for population here is very strong, and there will never be too many frontier defense personnel.

Rostislav was also assigned 300 people. The Prince of Moscow planned to send these people to build a village on the outskirts of Moscow after returning home, and then give them a city master. These people are enough to raise a well-equipped heavy cavalry.

However, these people have not yet set out on the road, and they are still waiting in Minsk. This is because the princes all think that it is better for them to take their families on the road after the princes of Polotsk surrendered, and let them go on the road by the way. escorted by the army.

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And the princes are busy with this matter. Of course, such things as signing a contract are signed with the prince himself.

However, the princes and dukes all had documents on their behalf, but Rostislav still chose to do it himself.

Because he was assigned to all classes of the Principality of Polotsk among the 300 people, this is a good opportunity to understand the thoughts of the people of Polotsk in this war, and at the same time understand the society of the Principality.

Another point is that he learned about the battle from the Polotsk people, combined with the description of the coalition forces, and summed up the whole picture of the war. He even asked his uncles about their command and response.

From this point of view, "Military Journey" also has some meaning of military summary.

Rostislav has already made up his mind, he wants to describe the social landscape and war through this civil war that spread to the whole of Rus.

Therefore, when everyone was resting leisurely after the war, the prince of Moscow was busy. He asked various people in the camp, recorded their stories, and compiled these stories.

When interviewing different parties, Rostislav was also quite emotional.

Some of the people he recorded before the Battle of Minsk are now dead, and some are more tragic, such as a pair of brothers in which the elder brother is dead and the younger brother is still alive, but the price is the loss of a hand.

Gradually, Rostislav realized that the story could be very large, it could involve all aspects of society, it could show the social style of the whole of Russia, and it had already conveyed the criticism of war and the nobility.

Rostislav knew the elements of progress very well. Without these things, how could his book be sought after by later generations.

In Rostislav's vision, "Journey in the Army" will be completed in the form of a story collection, recording the experiences of soldiers and nobles before and after enlistment, and finally and most importantly, a comprehensive summary of the Minsk War.

In addition, there is an interview from Uncle Veshata in the appendix, talking about Veshata's thoughts on the war, basically his thoughts on the aristocratic rule and after-war thoughts, and a summary of some of his experience in fighting in battle Rostislav felt that everything his uncle talked about was of great record value, because he wrote it all down.

Of course, this is also due to Rostislav’s selfishness. He hoped that Veshatta, who had helped him in a timely manner, would have a good reputation in later generations, so he wrote down Veshata’s words.

Undoubtedly, if this book is written, Rostislav will definitely be a realist writer in later generations, and his works may become a document that is heavily cited in the future.

So after sorting out the materials, Rostislav started the preliminary construction of the article. He already had a lot of perfect stories in his hands, and what he needed to do was to write them in, but Lanse still needed it, after all, there were some stories It was so miserable and dry.

And while Rostislav was writing furiously, Jan opened the tent at the door, told Rostislav something important, and then put the tent back.

"Rostislav, Minsk has surrendered, and the Grand Duke wants you to go there."

"Huh? Oh, surrender."

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The prince of Moscow was taken aback for a moment, and there was some surprise in his words, but the surprise disappeared immediately, because this was expected.

Whether the remaining troops of the Polotsk people can even stand on the Minsk city wall is a big problem, and it is precisely because of this that the uncle chooses to bombard Minsk with trebuchets and ballistas, adding to the city's continuous increase. Deterrence, forcing them to make a choice.

After all, it is best to make the enemy surrender. It is better to reduce the number of deaths.

It doesn't matter if you don't surrender, anyway, the city walls are still in tatters after being bombarded for so long, and the city is not as desperately repaired as before. It can be seen that the morale in the city is just the same, and the worst is just a strong attack.

Rostislav walked out of the tent, and what he saw was the noisy military camp.

The atmosphere here has not changed because of the news of Minsk's surrender. People are still drinking, punching, gambling, and whoring.

He also saw a topless man running after a woman wrapped in only a layer of cloth. Rostislav knew that guy, a nobleman from Kyiv.

And a little farther away, Yegor was training the soldiers of the Moscow Battalion. His battalion commander was quite strict, and even in such an environment, it only reduced part of the training of the soldiers.

But farther away, you can see the mobilization of troops, and teams of militiamen are assembled, and they should go to accept the surrender.

In addition, Rostislav also saw those guys from the Black Hat Army move, which made Rostislav a little strange, why did this group of people move?Does the uncle need them to do something?

The personal soldiers guarded the prince tirelessly. Rostislav noticed that the personal soldiers were a little proud of the personal servants. This was because in the previous battles, the personal followers had always stood by the prince's side, and the personal soldiers had gained a lot from going into battle. Lots of loot.

Regardless of the small emotions of his subordinates, the Prince of Moscow discovered that his three vassals, Jan, Meshko, and Edward, were gathering to chat about something.

They also seem to be talking about the surrender of Minsk. It seems that a young warrior opposed the surrender of the city, and was directly hacked to death by the witch prince, and then the head was sent to the Grand Duke of Kyiv as a sincerity of surrender.

This made Rostislav a little concerned. The news had just come in, so how could they know about it, unless...someone deliberately spread it.

But Rostislav didn't think about who the intentional spreader was. Anyway, no matter who it was, it must be their side who did such a thing, and it could indeed bring them benefits.

The interest of these three people is a bit low, because they were ordered to stay in the camp in the previous battle, and as a result, they failed to participate in the largest battle in Ross from the beginning to the end, and could only listen to other people's epic battles.

Seeing Rostislav's eyes approaching, the three reacted differently. Edward gave the prince a smile, while Meshko's performance was neither humble nor overbearing.

As for Jan, he ignored his answers, and the prince did not get annoyed by it. His little brother was like that, and he was the only one who dared to do that to Rostislav.

After saying hello to the three of them, and served by his entourage, the Prince of Moscow got on his war horse. It was still a red horse, because it reminded him of the one his grandfather gave him.

Then he ran to the Grand Duke's camp.

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