king of ros

The infantry sat on the side of the road, the wagons were parked at the edge of the yellow grass, and most of the soldiers were asleep.

The continuous marching almost exhausted their energy, and everyone almost fell to the ground and fell asleep.

Scouts stood on a wall of rough stone, observing the situation nearby.

But most of the time this person is actually playing with his fingers to pass the time, and there is no possibility of any attacker anyway.

Behind is a fallow field, and the other end of the fallow land is connected to another forest. Behind that forest is a low round hill covered with dense trees, which is the most common sight for Ross.

A troop of nomadic cavalry trotted by in single file, helmets strapped to their backs, glanced at the resting infantry, and continued on.

"Prepare to move on! You are almost rested, brothers, think about what the princes will give us after Kyiv, and move on."

Encouraged by the nobles who rode their horses, these tired infantry also stood up. They lined up with each other, and then prepared to move on. The soldiers complained a lot, but they continued to move on.

After the Battle of Bush, there was no victory celebration that everyone wanted. Instead, they were ordered to go south quickly, and only a small number of military servants were left to handle the battlefield.This made many soldiers resentful and regretful, such a big battlefield was full of wealth, and they were not allowed to take it away.

If Rostislav hadn't promised them a more generous reward, these soldiers who had experienced hard battles would have started to make trouble.

As for those who are really unwilling to continue going south, they can also get money from Rostislav. Of course, it is definitely not comparable to the reward for going south.

But even so, many people chose to take the money and leave directly, and some people planned to go to the battlefield to loot the corpses, but they were still directly driven away by the prince's people.

The fleeing southern army was chased to pieces by the northern army, and it was impossible to reorganize. A few Svyatoslavitches had done such a thing, but it was a pity that the assembled troops quickly dispersed. The northern army passed the checkpoints and dangers on the road with little effort.

They didn't experience any battles. The villages on the road knew that the Ross competition had come to an end, and they all took the initiative to send supplies and manpower to the Northern Army. Some of them were even from the Southern Army before, and now they have turned into supporters of the Northern Army and are the winners. The icing on the cake.

As for the towns, they flattered Rostislav even more. They flattered Rostislav as much as they could, and offered a large number of gifts so that the princes of Moscow would not liquidate them. They were powerless in the face of the army.

Soldiers didn't have much to do, and they didn't have much time to rest. All they did was march, camp, sleep, get up, and march on.

Although Rostislav won a complete victory, he must also control the three cities of Southern Ross to ensure the fruits of victory, because he non-stop urged the troops to go south to Kyiv.

"This road is really fast."

Watching the infantry pack up their weapons and march forward with fatigue, Vladimir of the Sherikhov family sighed. He was leading some noble troops forward. These people had also walked for a long time, and the entire team was exhausted. The condition of the soldiers was very bad, and the endless march made them very tired. …

"How about your grandfather?"

Wallin rode beside Vladimir and asked him.

"Grandfather was hit by a Kyiv man's mace. If the priest who has been working with our family hadn't protected him, he would have been killed by the Kyiv man. Although the wound was healed in the end, the doctor It is said that my grandfather will not have a good life for a few years, and his condition does not look good, it seems that I will soon have to shoulder the family business."

After experiencing the baptism of the battle, this young man's temperament has changed a lot and he has become more mature. He would not talk about his responsibilities so calmly before.

The background color of Vladimir's words is sadness, because many of his partners died in that war, and even his grandfather was injured, which made him wake up from the fantasy of war poetry, war is not so beautiful s things.

The most important thing is that he will soon shoulder the heavy responsibility of the family business.

But fortunately for him, his uncles all had their own properties. The second uncle served as a commander in the prince's army, the third uncle built his own family business in Nizhny Novgorod, and the fourth uncle went south to the imperial capital. Going to be a mercenary, you don't have to worry about someone coming to compete with him for the family business.

"Ah, old Yin Fan is doing the same thing. This battle has suffered heavy casualties. Many people I know have died, including your grandfather, Robert, Polyein... some of them died, and some of them died. is still struggling on the verge of death. Alas, Vladimir, do you know? My friends around the prince told me that the number of corpses on the battlefield reached 1. Too many people died on the battlefield, all of Russia I don’t know how many essence arrays are missing here.”

Kashinski's tone was full of sadness, and Vladimir couldn't help being a little dazed because of it. It was the first time he had seen the Walled Master so sad.

The place where Valin was located was St. George's Monastery, where the battle was the most fierce. Two-thirds of the boys he brought from the territory were gone, which made him ashamed to return to the territory. So many men were gone, he What is the face to see the folks.

It is also because of this that he is very supportive of going south, because this can delay his return to his hometown as much as possible, and it is also good for his future. Anyway, going to Kyiv is as long as the benefits are not bad, the prince, oh, it should be Even the Grand Duke will reward them.

Thinking of this, relief appeared on Valin's face again.

"Fortunately, the blood is worth it. Our prince will definitely become the lord of all Rus, and we should not see any wars in Rus. And think about the wealth of Kyiv, we will all be rich, Rus Lord Dislav will not be stingy, and maybe he will become a nobleman in Kyiv. We will all be prosperous. Now I am afraid that Vsevolod will reach Kyiv first and win the city. It will be bad for him to occupy the city and defend it. "

"Kyiv..."

Vladimir chewed on the name. As a person who grew up in Northeast Ross, his impression of Kyiv came from those immigrants. In their mouth, Kyiv is so prosperous and great.

It would be nice to meet there too.Vladimir thought so.

Just as the conversation between the two came to an end, they suddenly saw a dusty cavalry running from a distance, and the infantry saw the Rurik banner on his body and gave way one after another. …

But after being dusted all over their faces, they would curse a few words behind them.

"Is there any news ahead?"

Kashinski growled, as a commander he still had the right to ask these things.

"Vsevolod is dead! Mrs. Pereyaslav is dead! The Polovites attacked him!"

After the envoy left these three sentences, he continued to move forward. He should have given the horse a few whips to make it run faster while neighing.

And these words made Valin's mouth open unconsciously, and then he breathed a sigh of relief, as if some heavy burden had been lifted.

"It seems that God is watching our prince. After this man is dead, our prince's cause is no longer threatened."

"What?" Vladimir didn't respond, so he asked.

"Our lord Rostislav is now Kyiv's number one heir, my friend, and now the Golden Gate of Kyiv is open to us."

Valin couldn't help laughing at his bewildered look, then patted him on the shoulder, and Vladimir also reacted to it, which is a great thing.

"Next, let's go to Kyiv to enjoy whatever we want. Vladimir, this is your first time in Kyiv. Then let me take you to have fun, hahaha."

"Okay, it's done, then I will trouble my lord."

The atmosphere between the two became cheerful, and the previous frustration caused by casualties disappeared immediately, but most ordinary soldiers still didn't realize the significance of the news, and they still moved forward with a bitter face, only hoping to reach Kyiv as soon as possible take money.

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