king of ros

Chapter 488 What I Seen in the Army

"It's really horrible..."

Rostislav walked up to a small hill on the beach, looking down at the scene of landing.

But the scene he saw was still the one he didn't want to see, and it didn't change because he went up to the high place. The chaotic scene made Rostislav feel bad, and even washed away all the joy of landing up.

He originally thought that relying on the booklet summarizing various experiences and lessons after landing in Gotland, this landing was at least better than the last time, but he still underestimated the bad influence brought by the large number of recruits in the army. So when he came up, he directly saw a horrible scene.

At a glance, excluding those already assembled teams, there was a terrible scene everywhere, filled with the kind of disorder that Rostislav disliked the most. Many people needed to be scolded by the officers to act. Sometimes you need punches and kicks.

But fortunately, everything is moving in a better direction, and order has been restored in more and more places, which looks like it, otherwise Rostislav would really be unbearable.

"Departure and sailing seem to be okay, how come here it becomes so bad, alas, I thought that the experience in the north would be enough, but I didn't expect it to be like this."

The Grand Duke's words made everyone behind him feel embarrassed, but that was all, because it was everyone's responsibility, in other words, everyone was not responsible.

As for Rostislav, he originally thought that the chaos on the way of departure and voyage was already the lower limit of this army, but he did not expect that the landing would be so chaotic.

There were several problems with the organization of the fleet at the time of departure, but they were resolved smoothly in the end. Although the status continued during the voyage, there was really not much permanent loss.

Now, just looking at the current report, the current loss of materials and ship losses during the landing process has exceeded the sum of the previous two, which makes it really difficult for Rostislav to accept.

And the losses are still increasing, but these losses are worthwhile. With the progress of various practices, the Ross people have gradually figured out the correct way to land.

The three sons of Rostislav are now distributed on this beach. The identity of Prince Ross is enough for them to reorganize the chaotic situation, and the personal soldiers and standing army have also arrived. With the blessing of these forces, the chaos It was eliminated little by little.

More and more troops were organized and put up positions at various points. This scene finally dissipated Rostislav's worries. As long as the troops are deployed, there is no need to worry too much about driving his army into the sea in one round of attacks. This happens.

But having said that, complaints are complaints, but bringing this large army to the beach of the Eastern Empire is already a success. As long as the landing is completed, the next thing will follow the flow.

Don't care about the loss of materials at all, because Rostislav knows that the Greeks will send them up by themselves. As he gets closer to Constantinople, Rostislav knows more and more about the situation of Alexios' army, and These circumstances were very favorable to Rostislav's plans.

"Lord Rostislav." A crossbowman wearing chain mail came behind the Grand Duke, and behind him was a group of crossbowmen who were arranging their armor. The crossbowmen went ashore with Rostislav. Here came a group of Greeks who claimed to be Alexios, the emperor who had been raised by the Greek rebels outside Constantinople."

"Huh? He came in person? This really surprised me."

Rostislav was a little unbelievable. Although he said that he had shown a friendly gesture to the Greeks and waited for them to come to the door, he did not expect that the emperor would actually come in person.

"It's really worthy of being a monarch who has made such achievements... Well, let me meet him!"

The first half of Rostislav's sentence was his mumbling, which he alone could hear.

And the last sentence is an order, since the Greek emperor will see him, then see him, it can be said that he came all the way to meet the emperor.

Just as Rostislav was heading to his camp, on the other side, Alexios was crossing the Russian landing field under the guidance of the Russian cavalry.

When they were approaching the Ross camp, a group of nomadic cavalry surrounded them, but as Alexios expected, these people did not embarrass them, but after understanding the purpose of the Greeks, they started to take them down.

The leader of these nomadic cavalry is named John Sokal. This man speaks a bad Greek. Although it is ugly, he can at least communicate.

And on the way, it was also through his mouth that Alexios knew that the Grand Duke of Kyiv had indeed come to the south, on the landing field.

After confirming the arrival of Rostislav, Alexios paid more attention to the following meeting. Grand Duke Ross came here in person, and it seemed that what he wanted was not small.

And after entering the landing field of the Ross people at close range, Alexios clearly felt the hugeness of this army, with busy sailors everywhere, whole teams of soldiers everywhere, piles of supplies everywhere, the king of Ross in the north The army brought here is huge.

Most of the Ross people he saw were just conscripts in the general sense. Alexios didn't care about these poor quality troops. What he cared about was the elite of the Ross people.

He noticed that there were two well-ordered troops. One was carrying the banner of St. George's Dragon Slaying, wearing similar uniforms, obviously having a strong professional military flavor, while the other was standing under a different banner. Under this, although the equipment is messy, it has a sense of discipline.

In the eyes of the emperor, the former should be the standing army of Rostislav, and he knew this army, while the latter was the city militia, the backbone of the cities of Ross. The order shown by these two teams in this chaos was very eye-catching. .

It is thanks to the popularity of Rostislav's writings in the South that Alexios was able to have this knowledge of the Rus' army.

But in the end, it was just on the horizontal line. Alexios was often in contact with such troops. What really caught his attention were those Ross heavy cavalry. These guys seemed to be powerful on the battlefield.

The Russians even have a cavalry team, and this team is obviously a well-trained elite. When they are arranged in a neat line, just standing there makes people feel a lot of pressure.

But what surprised the Greek emperor was that although the Ross camp was chaotic, the chaos was recovering in an orderly manner. As a general, he also knew how difficult it was to land and fight, and now the Ross people are overcoming this difficulty. Obviously Also very efficient.

The Greeks soon arrived at Rostislav's big camp, and what they saw was a heavily guarded camp full of tricks. The camp was located on a slope near the beach, overlooking the entire beach.

Alexios inspected the place with his perspective, and found that the camp had fully utilized all the advantages it had. It seemed that the person who designed this camp was a veteran of the battlefield, which reminded him of the war he had fought against in the Civil War. The famous generals of the empire.

Here, the Greeks were stopped by a group of soldiers wearing heavy armor and holding crossbows. While that Sokal was communicating with them, Alexios carefully observed these people, as can be seen from the calluses on their hands , this is a real crossbowman, and the iron armor on their bodies did not affect their actions.

Even in the south, such a large number of elite crossbowmen are rare. It seems that these are the elite of Rostislav.

Next, in front of the magnificent tent belonging to the Grand Duke of Kyiv, he saw the famous Russian bodyguards. When he saw these people, Alexios thought of the Varangian guards he had seen. and temperament are very close.

After the bodyguards was Rostislav's tent, and Alexios saw Saint George slaying the dragon, Rurik's trident, and the banner of the Virgin fluttering in the wind.

Alexios suddenly felt a little ridiculous. He was also the emperor now, but he took the initiative to meet a barbarian monarch, but the situation forced him to do so.

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(End of this chapter)