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When Minsk was surrendered, Rostislav's biggest feeling was depression.

Yes, depressing.

Although they are said to be surrendered.

Although it shows that the city gate of Sik has been wide open.

Although it is said that they are wearing armor, heavily armed, and have taken over the city.

Although it is said that the wizard prince Vseslav and his vassals are just wearing a commoner clothes in front of the princes of Yaroslavich.

Although they are winners.

But it still feels so obvious.

There is a strong sense of sadness among the Polotsk people. Even after such a big defeat, the influence of Vseslav's family rule on this land is still clearly visible, and the people and soldiers are all for their prince's submission And sad.

It was this feeling that made Rostislav uncomfortable. He didn't like this atmosphere, and it always reminded him of some bad things.

Vseslav presented the key to the city gate of Minsk, representing the submission of the Principality of Polotsk, and Injaslav, the Grand Duke of Kyiv, naturally took over this thing.

This scene is matched with the heavily armed coalition soldiers and unarmed Polotsk people around, and the meaning expressed in it is so strong.

There are still a large number of black hats behind the Grand Duke. Rostislav is a little confused about this. The cavalry is indeed more majestic than the infantry, but it is not enough to treat these black hats as a guard of honor. It is better than them, isn't it? Have it?
Moreover, many of these nomads still smell bad. The herdsmen on the grassland don't take a bath very much, and even if they leave the grassland, this habit is brought over.

The pride and pride on the uncle's face are already visible to the naked eye, which is in stark contrast to the neither humble nor overbearing of the witchcraft prince. It seems that even if he is reduced to a defeated person, the witchcraft prince still maintains some tolerance.

"You should kill him directly."

Rostislav heard the second uncle mumbling, but he actually agreed with this point, while the third uncle's attitude was noncommittal.

But the uncle who had a feud with Vseslav who killed his son said it was fine, and they couldn't say anything, but they also expressed their understanding, because Ross's political rules were not so bad that they wanted to add weapons to those who surrendered.

Everyone also supports this. After all, for everyone, it is better not to break the political rules. Of course, although grandfather Yaroslav did a lot of suspicious things, he can never leave evidence, and he is very good. Rumors were suppressed.

However, they all agreed that Vseslav must not be allowed to stay in Polotsk, but what the uncle said was my own way.

And the next wave of operations by the uncle caused the situation to explode.

Because with the Grand Duke waving his hand, several Kyiv soldiers controlled the witchcraft prince, and the nobles behind the witchcraft prince were also controlled. Some people wanted to resist, but then the knife was placed on the neck.

This undoubtedly made the people of Polotsk startled and angry. Wouldn't it be over if they said they would surrender?Then the crowd also agitated.

It's just that Yin Jiaslav had expected such a situation long ago, and the black hats behind him also immediately moved into action, riding their horses to charge the restless crowd.

It was only at this moment that Rosti realized the significance of the existence of these people. It turned out that from the very beginning, the uncle had no intention of letting Vseslav stay in Polotsk.

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The impacting cavalry undoubtedly caused the crowd to flee in all directions, and those who ran slowly had to be whipped, their skin was torn apart, and some people were even knocked unconscious to the ground, and then tied up as slaves.

The Kyiv bodyguards immediately followed behind the cavalry. These armored soldiers drove away the remaining people who hadn't escaped, and there was a solution for those who didn't run away, and that was to hit the head with a sword hilt.

Anger flashed in the eyes of the prince of witchcraft. Although he was prepared for the scene in front of him, he never thought that Injaslav would really do this. He actually trampled on the ground as if his vows were rubbish.

As for the reaction of the Polotsk nobles, there were two extremes. Some fought hard and were killed by the soldiers, while some put on a bad show and let the soldiers catch them, and some were scolding Fushe. Slavic, scold him for making a shitty decision.

However, he still scolded the Prince of the Allied Forces more, which caused Rostislav to touch his nose in embarrassment. Although he was still happy to see all this, he was still not that thick-skinned.

The prince of witchcraft raised his hand a little, but then he put it down weakly, as if he was discouraged, and then let Kyiv's soldiers take him away.

But Rostislav looked at the scene in front of him, and couldn't help but feel a big change in his uncle's opinion. This set is smooth and smooth. How could Rostislav never think that the uncle who usually looks kind would act so well? Watertight.

Next, the coalition forces naturally took over Minsk in full, and sent another army to Polotsk with Vseslav himself, ordering the city to open its gates.

The coalition forces that entered Minsk were still very gentle and did not carry out large-scale looting. After all, the anger of the battle had been resolved in the previous leisure life-this is the benefit of having more campers.

It's just that some "should be collected" things are collected from door to door, and the fate of those who refuse to obey will make everyone obey.

Of course, in the final analysis, the main reason for being so decent is that the coalition forces seized a large amount of food. This was originally prepared by Polotsk for the Minsk army, but now it happens to belong to the coalition forces, and the Grand Duke directly distributed these grains.

In most areas of Ross, food is still the first equivalent, so this behavior of the Grand Duke actually appeases people's hearts and avoids the customary massacre after the battle-these food is actually equivalent to disbandment expenses.

It was also after such an action that many people in the coalition began to leave, especially those who were scattered and had no subordinates.

These grains have already made them a huge profit this expedition, not to mention the spoils on the battlefield, enough to go home happily and live a good life for a while.

After exchanging food with the merchants for the gold and silver they could carry, they left together, and the roads were filled with such victorious returnees for a while.

The merchants made a lot of money through this wave, and the food was so cheap in the market all of a sudden, but the prince quickly intervened, anyway, they were making money anyway, so it was better to let them eat the food and use it.

Then there was even better news. Under such circumstances, Polotsk also opened the city gates to the coalition forces. According to the prior plan, the troops stationed in Polotsk immediately emptied the princely warehouses in the city. , sent to Minsk.

Then, for the princes, the most important thing is how to divide the spoils of the Principality of Polotsk.

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