king of ros

Chapter 487 The Uninvited Guest

Alexius was a little desperate because of this. He didn't want to be a usurper who could only leave a name in the history of the empire. He wanted to make meritorious deeds, become emperor, and create a glory that belonged only to him.

As early as when he was growing up in his hometown of Pafragonia, he had made such expectations for his future, which supported him to keep moving forward, from an ordinary nobleman to a famous man in the empire. A famous general, and then he was carried on a shield and became the emperor, and he wanted to attack the throne of Constantinople.

But all he can do now is wait, wait for the completion of those siege equipment, and then start the attack on Constantinople. He has only this choice now.

But this is very fatal to him. As time goes by, his army has become more and more restless. Although it is not obvious now, it will be obvious long ago.

Although relatives and friends are constantly giving him encouragement, these encouragements cannot change the overall situation. He is still unable to do anything in the city of Constantinople. It is said that the Dukas family is closely contacting their friends in the city, but they don’t know When will there be a response over there.

"Alexios! Alexios!"

A familiar voice called his name quickly, bringing Alexios's mind back to the present, and then a familiar figure broke in. It was none other than Alexios' elder brother, Isaac Commu rather.

"what happened?"

Seeing the flustered expression on Isaac's face, Alexios subconsciously stood up. Could it be that Nikephoros' supporters have arrived?Impossible, in this situation, can the emperor still have supporters?
"You'd better come and have a look, I say now that you will never believe it."

Isaac's words disturbed Alexios even more, and he went out, mounted his horse with the help of his attendants, and rode through the barracks with his brother Isaac.

Alexios' camp was arranged in strict accordance with Emperor Leo's "Tactics", whether it was the tents in the camp, the wooden walls and the trenches, which showed the qualities brought about by his strict family education from a military aristocratic background.

The soldiers waved to the young emperor, and some bowed respectfully. Alexios was also a general who had enjoyed many victories, and had a high prestige among the soldiers.

This made the emperor feel at ease. As a classic monarch who was lifted up on the shield (accepted by the soldiers as the emperor), the state of the soldiers is the most important thing to him. Now, no matter what happens, the soldiers None of their morale was affected much, which made him very happy.

"Isaac, what's going on?"

As he rode his horse away from the barracks, Alexios asked eagerly, his brother wouldn't call him out just for fun, but why?
Alexios' guards were following their lord forward, and the horseshoes fell heavily on the ground. The heavy sound brought by this made him feel at ease countless times in the years of Alexios' battles, but now I don't know why, His heart was up and down.

"Look, it's just below."

Isaac didn't speak, but just led them to move on. The Sea of ​​Marmara soon appeared in their eyes, and the member of the Comnenos family boarded a high ground, looked down and said.

Alexios heard the noisy voice at this moment, as if countless voices were shouting, and the sound of horns one after another, which made him feel bad.

The young emperor looked as his brother said, and then saw a scene that shocked him. He had seen this beach before, and it was just a very ordinary beach, so common that Alexios didn't know it. It takes thinking to buy the same image in your mind.

But now, the sea is filled with hundreds of warships, the masts are densely packed like a forest, and there are ships on the coast that are laying down soldiers and supplies.

The landing of this large army did not look good, because the soldiers and ships were all scattered on the beach in a mess, there were officers looking for soldiers and soldiers looking for officers everywhere, and some sailors on the ships directly threw supplies on the beach. They landed on the beach, and then left on their own to make room for the next ship to dock. The whole scene looked very chaotic.

There are still overturned ships in some places on the beach, and some goods are floating on the sea, and the soldiers who landed are busy dragging these ships ashore, and they seem to have other arrangements for these ships.

Although it looked messy, many soldiers had already assembled. They lined up in neat formations and made a gesture to welcome the battle, and the number of such troops was not small.

The ubiquitous Rurik trident undoubtedly illustrates their identity, and there are two banners next to the trident banner, one is the Virgin, and the other is St. George slaying the dragon.

"Rostislav...how is it possible, how is it possible for him to come here himself and bring a large army!"

Alexios' tone was full of disbelief, he couldn't imagine everything in front of him, but Isaac sighed and said, "That's why I let you see, if I just said it, you are Certainly not."

Alexius couldn't believe that the reason why Rostislav came was very simple. Although he had known the news that Rostislav planned to send troops, he thought that it would be half a year or even a year later, and the barbarian expedition was necessary. It's been a long time, but only three months have passed, and Rostislav's army has actually arrived here!

And most importantly, looking at the size of the ship and the scene of landing on the beach, this is definitely not just a few thousand people, at least tens of thousands of people!

Alexios thought a lot in his mind for a while, most of them were pessimistic, which is also normal. Seeing such an army coming suddenly, no matter who it is, it will be very disturbing. For Alexios Said especially so.

Subconsciously, he thought that the Rus were here to plunder Constantinople, just like they had done before, and then he wondered if these people were invited by Nikephoros, once the brainstorming started, the development would be unstoppable.

However, as a battle-tested general, he quickly calmed down and observed the situation on the beach. He noticed that the Ross people had actually noticed their existence long ago, but what about these sea visitors from afar? None did.

There have been nomad cavalry nearby. Alexios has seen them dressed like this. The Pechenegs on the northern border are dressed like this, but Alexios knows that they are the Polovets, the current overlord of the grassland. , but now these people are divided, and it is normal for some people to serve the Ross monarch.

"They didn't do anything when they found our scouts before, it was like..."

"It's like waiting for us to come."

Alexios added what his brother said in the middle. The emperor came back a little bit. The performance of the Ross people is very interesting. If they came here for plunder or to be hired by Nikephoros, then definitely not With such a gesture, no matter what, they should directly clean up all the scouts who found them, instead of letting the Greeks just swagger and watch.

"I'm going to meet the leader of the army below, have a good talk with them, and understand their reason for coming. Anyway, this is something that must be clarified."

Alexios made a decision, he was going to meet the leader of the army below directly, and ask them face to face why they came.

"But Alexios, isn't this a little dangerous?"

Isaac was stunned for a moment when he heard the younger brother's decision, and then continued, while Alexios' answer was very simple and his tone was very monotonous.

"We have only this choice. If the Ross people are against us, then our career is over. At that time, we may be able to flee abroad, but is that meaningful? Are we rebelling for that? So we still have to fight with Ross. Let's talk about it."

Hearing what Alexios said, Isaac naturally couldn't say any words of rejection, and then the Greek team went to the south, to the landing site.

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(End of this chapter)