king of ros

Although he paid a lot of price, compared to what he got, Alexios felt that the price was worth it.

As the Ross people joined the ranks of the siege of Constantinople, the Ross army allowed Alexios to truly blockade the city. However, with a number of [-], it is still very difficult to truly block the city.

Moreover, the Ross Fleet helped him even more at sea. Now they have blocked the port. There were still many ships coming and going, but now they don't think about it.

However, the Ross people were also trapped by the chains pulled up in the Golden Horn, and could not go deeper, but Alexios had no extravagance.

Rostislav didn't care about anything, this was already in his expectation, anyway, he had never successfully entered the Golden Horn before, and his initial plan was to sail on dry land, and then directly pull a fleet there Go to the side, forcing the defenders to disperse their forces.

Yes, disperse the troops, after all, there is also a city wall on the other side of Constantinople.

In addition, what the Ross people did the most was digging soil and building siege equipment under the walls of Constantinople.

The former is to pave the way for the attack and to better blockade the city. Along the trenches that are dug deep and have wooden roofs, the soldiers don’t have to risk arrows to advance. Anyway, they are the least in Rostislav’s plan They all have to stay under the city of Constantinople for a month, so use the time first.

As for the latter, building siege equipment is the key to siege, so Rostislav brought a lot of materials that can be used directly, as well as those stranded or damaged hulks, dragged them to the shore and lifted them directly, a The tortoise shell just appeared, and the soldiers could hide under it and move forward.

In addition, Rostislav is very grateful that Alexios' people have almost done the work of blocking the moat, so that he doesn't have to let his soldiers risk arrows to dig the soil.

Rostislav got the help of many Greek engineers, all of whom were sent by Alexios. Anyway, these people are useless. It is better to let Ross let them build siege equipment better.

Rostislav welcomed this. For his craftsmen, such a good learning opportunity should not be missed.

Of course, there have always been many tentative attacks on Constantinople, but it is a pity that every trial ended in embarrassment and retreat, but it still had to be carried out, and it was very helpless, but the losses were also within an acceptable range. It was Edward Wessex who led the attack, and he knew it well.

The only thing that the Russians don't have to worry about is the food problem. Alexios will provide Rostislav with everything he needs.

In exchange, Rostislav restrained his subordinates from looting the suburbs of Constantinople and the plains of Thrace, which had been depressed by rounds of military disasters.

The nobles in this army are relatively leisurely. After all, it is still in the preparation stage, and they can't do much, so many people simply visit the vicinity of Constantinople to see the scene of the southern empire.

Even Rostislav's sons were no exception, so the Grand Duke gave them some work so that they would not be too leisurely.

"Is that Constantinople? This kind of city is really huge. I'm afraid Kyiv can't compare to one-fifth of it."

"Maybe less than one-sixth. This is a really big city."

"It doesn't matter how big it is, anyway, this city will definitely be captured by us, brothers, think about how much we can go in and grab."

On a hill overlooking the city in the distance of Constantinople, three princes of Rurik and their entourage were observing the southern imperial capital. Rurik didn't say a word, and looked at the city intently.

From here, you can see the traces of battle under the walls of the imperial capital: corpses and arrows, ditches and baffles, busy attackers and leisurely defenders.

"Vasilico, you have read a lot. How many people do you think there are in this city?"

Finally, Volorida broke the silence. His tone was full of curiosity about the huge city. This prince likes to accept unknown things, and the city in front of him naturally aroused his strong interest. .

"About 50 to [-]. The population of Constantinople has always been estimated. It is impossible to know exactly how many people there are in that city."

Vasilko pondered for a while, and then gave the answer. Volorida didn't care about that estimate, but dilated his pupils in surprise.

"So, the population of this city alone is almost the sum of the population of the cities of Ross?"

"It's about the same...Maybe it's less."

Vasilico's tone was also full of emotion. It really deserves to be an ancient empire. The scene in front of him is the embodiment of its heritage. Vasilico was very skeptical about the greatness of Rome before, but now, after seeing the city wall , his mind completely changed.

"Don't bother to lament, you two, don't forget what father asked us to do? We are here to see if there are any weaknesses that can be broken through in this city, not to lament the strength of the Greek Empire here."

Rurik's voice came in very inappropriately, which made both Volorida and Vasilko very unhappy. After all, they were having a happy conversation, but someone suddenly interrupted to speak.

"Brother, if you want me to say that there is no need to do this, look at the city, can we see the weakness of the three-story city wall by looking at it here? Father must have sent us out to let us do something so that we would not be too idle, so Brother, it’s almost enough, there’s no need to be so serious.”

Volorida disliked that his elder brother always put responsibility first at all times. Sometimes it was obvious that he could let it go, so why did he have to rush it?

"Maybe, but we'll have to say something when Father asks."

Rurik's face softened a lot. He is not a person who doesn't know what to do. It's just that some things have been completely habitual, and it will always be like this subconsciously.

"I have read a lot of books about Constantinople, brother, I will tell you something to deal with father when the time comes, we can chat leisurely now, don't be so anxious, father and the others must have their own ideas, We’ll just wait and wait for the arrangements.”

Vasilko followed Rurik and said, and when he heard his younger brother say this, Rurik couldn't help laughing, "Okay, okay, let's enjoy this precious leisure time."

So then Volorida and Vasilko chatted enthusiastically again, and the topic they talked about was also about the current city. Whenever Vasilko mentioned various aspects of the city, Volorida would always talk about it. will be amazed.

And Rurik continued to look at Constantinople, at the triple wall that made countless enemies fall in front of it, at the densely packed towers, he couldn't help thinking, can they really conquer such a city?

To be honest, Rurik didn't know, although with the strength of the Greek emperor, they had nearly 3 troops, but could these 3 people really succeed in fighting such a huge city?
This city has faced much more exaggerated sieges than this in history. For example, the siege of Islamic believers is not much stronger than them. How can their army be better than the ones who came with fanatical beliefs? Did Army of the Prophets do better?

But on the other hand, Rurik trusted his father very much. He grew up in the story of his father Rostislav Vladimirovich. Even impossible things, and he has personally experienced several of them, in his opinion, there is nothing his father can't do.

So even in the face of such a fortified city this time, Rurik still has confidence in his father, which is why he feels the result is hard to say.

"No matter what, I hope all this has a good result."

Rurik thought to himself.

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