king of ros

Chapter 439 The Beginning of Chaos
When Rostislav was enjoying the welcome of the people in the back of the forest, this scene of vigorous and vigorous development of all things, in the easternmost part of the Eastern Empire in the south, the situation of his cousins ​​was not so good.

"It's confirmed, Lord Russell, Dukas has escaped, the army has collapsed, Emperor Romanus has been captured, and the army is completely finished."

Monomacher was reporting to his commander, the Norman Russell, that the round-headed Norman in short chain mail bit his thick glove and took it off, showing that he was in a bad mood. it is good.

The two were in a military camp. Although purple flags symbolizing the empire could be seen everywhere, the air was filled with the words of the northerners. There were fur-wrapped Rosses and Normans with cropped heads everywhere. , and some Armenians stood aside and chatted.

Outside is the barren mountain Gobi. Only a few shrubs and small trees live stubbornly on this land, bringing it a little green. The military camp in this piece of yellowish yellow is very eye-catching. This is the most common sight in this mountain area. .

Although it is said that the neighboring troops have been disbanded one after another, the chaos has not spread to the formation of the northerners. After all, the northerners retreated from the battlefield calmly before, and even the Norman knights were leisurely galloping. The Ross people are still calm of polished weapons.

However, their luggage is basically packed, and they can start running at any time. Although they are all running, they will definitely run more calmly than those Greeks.

They also accepted a lot of Greek routs from the east, took them in, and strengthened their strength as much as possible. The more people, the better.

"Such outrageous things will actually happen. Well, fortunately, we left quickly enough. Lord Vladimir, the employer is finished. Let's go to Ankara, where it is still relatively safe."

The Norman said, signaling Monomacher to back down. He used respectful words for this descendant of Rurik, because this Rurik is quite capable, and he is completely different from the dude that Russell expected.

"We must win over the Ross people..."

Watching the strong figure of Monomakh leave, Russell, tossing the other glove, muttered that he had already decided to do something. After this defeat, the empire's dignitaries are already ready to move, and it is estimated that Constantinople will soon A new emperor will be born, and there will be a good show in time.

Russell knew that the opportunity had fallen in front of him now, and it depended on whether he could seize it. After those dignitaries tore each other's faces and started a scuffle, it was the time for him to establish a country in a foreign land, and he might even be able to enter the country. Lord Constantinople.

On the other side, Monomacher passed through the barracks that remained orderly despite the prospect of a major collapse. Looking at the leisurely and calm soldiers, Monomacher couldn't help but sigh Russell's ability to manage the army. The soldiers under the Norman general Even before that scene, they maintained confidence in their commander, and under their influence, even the Ross people became stable.

But even at this moment, he couldn't imagine that the army collapsed like this. It was an army with a total strength of nearly [-], which was the entire strength of the empire.

The war that shocked half of the Christian world in Russia was only 5 people. The Greeks sent troops beyond this number, and it seems that this is not very difficult for them.

Monomacher could not forget the sight of this army marching, when he really felt that he was in the middle of a great cause, he saw many peoples he had only seen in books before, and he saw the real endless army .

But then the situation took a turn for the worse. This huge army was completely defeated in the first round of the fight against the Seljuk Turks. The emperor fell directly into a tight siege and is still captured by the Turks.

Monomakh couldn't help but feel the absurdity, this army is like a joke, this army should have crushed those Turks.

But he didn't plan to leave just now, the emperor still owed them wages, and it was fine to follow a veteran on the battlefield like Russell, anyway, let's see what to do next.

Back at their camp, Monomakh saw that Oleg had just sent away a soldier, and he went up directly after the soldier, "Oleg, how is the matter of attracting Serikhov going?" ?”

"It's okay, Sherikhov accepted my kindness, and it shouldn't take long for him to get close to us, but Monomakh, why did you win over that Anton?"

Oleg went to the side grill and removed the top lamb chop, and Monomakh put it on the marching table, tore off strips of meat with a dagger, and took a few sips of Greek wine.

"That Anton is actually similar to us. They are all exiles. They just chose this path. Now that we are far away from home, we should unite our fellow countrymen as much as possible. The situation will definitely become more and more difficult in the future. We have all won over before. It’s not a problem to win over the Ross people sold by my cousin.”

Although Monomakh only stayed in the Greek Empire for a few months, the various bullshit incidents in the ranks among the imperial dignitaries along the way made him aware of the undercurrent of the Greek Empire, and this failure was also the result of Duka's failure. The result of mischief by the Si family.

In such a chaotic situation, opportunities are naturally everywhere, and what he can do is to win over fellow villagers, unite them to his side, and use this strength to wait for opportunities.

"Monomacher, speaking of it, during the first few months when I was a mercenary, I wondered if we could only be mercenaries like this for the rest of our lives, but now the chaos in the Greek Empire made me realize that we might really be able to Create new legends here."

Oleg's tone was full of excitement. Originally, he thought that the next few years would be a boring mercenary time, but he didn't expect to encounter such an interesting thing so soon.

"Maybe, the prospect looks fascinating now, but we'll wait and let our commander-in-chief try the situation first."

Monomacher continued to cut meat and continue to analyze the situation. Anyway, a rookie like him should not show up. Without that strength and reputation, the highest popularity he has accumulated since he came here is just a few times he has known each other. an Armenian lord.

"What, that bald head?"

Oleg was a little surprised. The Norman didn't show much ambition. He looked like a loyal mercenary.

"Well, I can see the fire of ambition in his eyes. Sooner or later, he will start to rebel. Don't forget, he is a Norman, but he is still dormant, waiting for the imperial powers to fight first. Waiting for the change of the imperial capital."

In Monomacher's view, it was a matter of time before this mercenary commander rebelled, because the moment he saw this person, he knew that he was a kind of person like them, an ambitious man who wanted to make contributions.

"This is really interesting, but it's okay, it's okay to have that person in front of me, I'll go for a run."

Oleg stood up and patted the ashes on his body, Monomakh raised his eyes, "What? Playing Norman tricks again?"

"We can learn a lot from the Normans. I think they are very good at using cavalry. Compared with those nomads, they are also very unique in their mastery. There is no harm in learning from them. It can also strengthen our cavalry. Oh, If there is another news, you can deal with it, I know that you are good at winning people's hearts, but you are much better than me."

Oleg waved his hand, and his personal soldiers brought a horse, and Prince Rurik got on the horse and ran out.

But Monomakh watched his cousins ​​leave, but smiled on his face. He laughed for Oleg's study and also for the development of the situation. While smiling, he continued to put the mutton into his mouth.

Now it seems that the road to the south is really on the right track.

There is a saying that chaos is the ladder, and now this empire is about to be swept by an unprecedented chaos, and he now controls an armed force of nearly 2000 people, aren't opportunities everywhere?

But he can't act blindly, it won't help him, it will only kill him, let the Norman look at the situation in the empire, to see if it is feasible to become emperor, and he just needs to hide behind Just observe.

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(End of this chapter)