king of ros

After Svyatoslav became the Grand Duke of Kyiv, time passed quickly, and a year passed quickly. Many things happened in the past year, most of which were the two princes of the North and the South who were busy consolidating power and strengthening rule.

And everyone adapted to the new form very quickly, because to be honest, although there have been constant fluctuations during this period of time, the society has not been greatly affected.

In Southern Rus, the cities are happy to be loyal to Svyatoslav, and the church is fully cooperating with Svyatoslav's actions.

Svyatoslav is now Kyiv's new red sun, and the church has played a big part in creating that impression.

Kyiv is the city with the strongest Christian atmosphere in Russia, and the influence of the church is also the greatest here. When the church is doing its best to build momentum for Svyatoslav, then the surrender is also very fast.

The poets also continue to produce poems, praising the achievements of the new Grand Duke of Kyiv. The achievements of Sviatoslav are so powerful that they are worth bragging about.

The church portrayed Svyatoslav as the savior of the chaotic situation, and put a holy crown on him, making the prince's reputation better and better.

As for outside of Kyiv, Izyaslav’s loyal subjects found that if they did not want to be annihilated, then they had only one choice—fleeing to the north or going into exile, and most of them chose to go to the north, and these people were still unwilling to leave Russia. .

In Northern Ross, after a period of hard work, Rostislav's bureaucrats were able to be deployed in various parts of Northern Ross, allowing the prince to control the controllable resources and manpower on this land, and mastering these lands means Rostislav finally had the strength to confront the South.

Trade is also booming. Under the lure of salted fish and furs, merchants of various nationalities come to this city to trade, which makes the city more prosperous and the prince's treasury more full.

Northern Rus has become more and more consolidated in the hands of Rostislav, and they are also preparing for war.

Speaking of war, of course, Rus also had wars. For example, the former prince of Polotsk and Grand Duke of Kyiv Vseslav who escaped from Kiev took advantage of the opportunity of the complete destruction of Ijaslav and his descendants to regain his own. Principality.

However, the conquest troops of the North and South Ross soon came, and the North and South Ross marched together. This time, the Principality of Polotsk was divided up. The Polotsk army could not even persist for a round in front of the North and South armies.

Vseslav's choice is to go into exile again and go to the West. Ross's political environment is becoming more and more harsh now, and it is obviously not suitable for exile activities like him. He should go out as a mercenary for a while to see if there is any chance of returning to the country in the future Bar.

Many exiles have embarked on this path, but it is really difficult to say whether they can return to the country in the end.

And after solving the unsightly guy Vseslav and excluding this non-Yaroslav descendant from the situation, the confrontation between North and South Ross also kicked off.

At the beginning of the end of the Polotsk war, the people thought that there would be no wars in the future, and believed that after experiencing this series of events, Ross should settle down for a few years, and peace and development must come. …

After all, in the public opinion during this period, everyone believed that the core of the problem was because of the Vseslav war. As long as Vseslav was resolved, peace would definitely follow.

The previous peaceful environment also created an illusion for everyone. At that time, Rostislav recognized the power change in Kyiv, and Svyatoslav reciprocated, and also recognized Rostislav's status as the king of the north.

At that time, no matter how you look at it, it should be an era of peace, and the era of duopoly is coming, just like Yaroslav and Mstislav co-ruled Russia, and Sviato will definitely be next The Slavs ruled Rus together with the Rostislavs.

However, as Kyiv accused Moscow of not fulfilling its due responsibilities, and Moscow refuted it with righteous words, and then the two sides started a debate, and the rhetoric continued to escalate, everyone realized that there must be a war next.

Then the two sides started friction in Smolensk, and although there were many frictions, they all guaranteed great restraint. This is the center of Ross, and everyone didn't want to break it down so early.

The residents of Smolensk began to migrate to the city. This is the order of Veshata. In the future, this place will become a battlefield, so let's move as soon as possible.

In Smolensk, the most common scene now is that while the soldiers are fighting, the water and land transport system is still operating normally, and the passengers on the ship just watch the fighting on the shore leisurely.

However, ever since the Ross soldiers who were annoyed to shoot arrows at the ship, there were not so many curious babies. Everyone came and went in a hurry, leaving this unfriendly war zone as soon as possible.

The confrontation here is also the elite of North and South Ross. Their fighting and fighting are very methodical, and they will never cause too much damage. Everyone still wants to take over the complete water and land transport system, which is very important to both parties.

But in Polotsk, it was fierce fighting and looting, where strong men killed each other, burned villages, and kidnapped peasants.

Those who were sealed in Polotsk were really unlucky. First, they were troubled by the war started by Vseslav, and then their land became a battlefield. In the end, they sold the land cheaply, and some even abandoned it directly.

As for the local nobles who have persisted on this land until today, they can only keep fighting. Only in this way can they keep the land, and in the process they are also weakened wildly and become weaker and weaker.

Nobles and warriors can run, but many people can't. After all, where can they go?Therefore, they can only be tortured by the flames of war and struggle to survive in the midst of fighting.

In dealing with the land of Polotsk, Svyatoslav and Rostislav have a good understanding. This is a good opportunity, a good opportunity to turn this land that is inconsistent with the whole of Russia into ruins.

In the consensus of the descendants of Yaroslav, the land of Polotsk is extremely unreliable. Even after that wave of migration, they are very worried. Now the opportunity of weakening is at hand, and everyone naturally has to seize it .

After all, it is impossible for both parties to let their relatives go here to serve as princes, so it is better to destroy this land-to be precise, destroy those Polotsk supporters, because they are destroying the local population. The safe control area moves in the population in an orderly manner. …

In the past six months, Polotsk has become a hunting ground for heroes from all walks of life. Their destruction is efficient and complete. At the same time, many rich people have been produced here, attracting more desperadoes to come here.

The Baltic tribes also actively invaded this area. This was a rare opportunity. The princes of Ross all acquiesced in their invasion, and some tribes even bravely moved into this area.

Polotsk is already a Shura field. A large number of refugees and slaves were exported from this area. Those Polotsk people who were forcibly relocated before found that they were really lucky to be forcibly taken out of here so early.

Now North and South Russia are facing each other with Minsk and Polotsk (city) as the center respectively. Only here is a relatively stable area. The residents who have not left are all here, and the scorched earth destroyed by the war is in the middle.

Outside of Smolensk and Polotsk, the remaining bordering territories remained calm. At most, some lords or tribes followed the general trend to settle some old hatreds, but these were only small-scale battles after all, and neither side It means to invest a large number of troops to fight in the dense forest.

The atmosphere of the war has become so strong that everyone can feel it. Everyone is preparing for the war. In everyone's opinion, the scale of the upcoming war may be even more exaggerated than the previous encirclement and suppression of Polotsk.

There are many speculations about the tense atmosphere between these two princes, but none of them guessed on the point, but seeing the tacit confrontation between them and the fierce fighting in Polotsk, it seems that the enmity is quite serious.

But in the final analysis, everyone doesn't really care what the cause of the master's conflict has to do with them, as long as the war can make everyone rich.

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