king of ros

Chapter 528 The Great Conqueror

When the Eastern Empire was caught in a confrontation with Bordin being sent by Paul, a major event happened in the distant Seljuk Empire.

Malik Shah, the Sultan of Seljuk, died. He died on the streets of Baghdad. His death was shrouded in a thick fog. Malik Shah's descendants and vassals accused each other of doing these things.

The Seljuk Empire quickly fell into chaos, and various forces moved closer to the ministers and princes who made good friends with them. The warlords of all walks of life also gathered their own troops, and the Seljuk Empire soon split in essence. Rounds of court intrigue and war also arrived.

As the Seljuks fell into chaos, the Roma sultan Arslan, who had been held captive by the sultan's side, was able to escape Baghdad and return to his country.

The Turkic tribes in the Sultanate of Roma are very happy for the return of the Sultan. Due to the absence of the Sultan these years, they have been retreating in the face of the Greeks. to trouble the Greeks from time to time.

Now that the Sultan has returned, the leadership issue is finally resolved.

Arslan first reorganized the domestic situation, then chose Konya as the capital of the sultanate, and then he began to summon domestic forces, preparing to give the Greeks a hard time when they got into trouble in the west.

Now Alexios doesn't know about these changes in the east. After all, the impact of Maliksha's death is too fast. The emperor will soon find out that if he doesn't solve the troubles in the west quickly, then the problems in the east He will be overwhelmed, and then he will have to fall into the dilemma of fighting on two fronts.

In addition, regarding the death of Maliksha, Arslan was not the only one who benefited, and there was another person who also benefited greatly.

This man was the king of Transcaucasus, Vladimir Vsevolodovich, the military adventurer known as Monomakh.

Monomacher's experience in these years has been very difficult. It was not until the end of 1091 that he solved a series of rebellions in the new conqueror's country.

During the suppression, Monomacher discovered that his massacre of King George's family had placed a great burden on the rule. He thought that this would completely solve the Georgian issue, but he did not expect that this would cause a surge of opposition from nobles everywhere.

After all, Monomakh even dared to kill the Georgian royal family, so what else would he not dare to do next?Killing their whole family, this guy must be able to do it.

Out of this kind of mentality, the rebellion happened one after another, which made Monomach extremely tired. It was not until the end of 1091 that he was basically suppressed. During this process, he hanged many local families with a long history. , but people are still endless.

Those ancient families seem to be inexhaustible. You killed his whole family today, but tomorrow a branch who is the lord of God knows which valley will emerge to inherit the main family, lead the territory and continue to fight.

Monomacher knew very well that these guys were only retreating temporarily due to his massacre, and he knew very well that these guys were lurking, waiting for him to make mistakes, and once he made a mistake, these guys would pounce on him.

The Conqueror from Rus found that he had made an absolute mistake in taking his fear too far this time, but the deal was done, and all that could be done now was to remedy it.

Since we want to remedy the situation, what is the most convenient way to buy people's hearts?The answer is gold, silver and land, so when will gold, silver and land come?
Monomacher was troubled by this problem for a time. The expansion to the north was full of nomadic tribes. Those guys had nothing of value except livestock, and it was easy to attract the attack of his relatives.

As for Xiangnan, Maliksha's Seljuk Empire was so powerful that he could not easily touch it.It's impossible to cross the Caspian Sea or anything, there are still nomads there.

But with Malik Shah dead, and the Seljuks falling apart, Monomakh saw his chance.

The conqueror of the Transcaucasus gathered the entire Transcaucasus army, pulled out a full 4 people, and began to move south.

And his trip to the south was so smooth that he couldn't believe it. The Seljuk lords on the border collapsed in front of the Caucasus army, and they didn't show the slightest will to resist. Strangled, Monomakh's army quickly advanced to the Armenian holy site next to Lake Van.

As he took this area of ​​great significance to the Armenians, the whole of Armenia boiled. It has been many years since the Christian army came there, which made the whole area start to support Monomakh's march.
After getting help from the locals, Monomakh continued to march. This journey was like a divine help. The Turks continued to be defeated. All the Armenian lords stood by his side. In less than half a year, the entire Armenian old land was taken by him. control.

Monomakh's territorial frontier has now reached the northern border of the Syrian region, and now the heavily armed Seljuk lords over there are agitated. They gather around the Syrian ruler Tutush, preparing to fight against Monomakh's army.

But Monomakh did not continue to march in this direction. He then shifted the direction of his march and moved towards the northern part of Persia, which is the area on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea.

Persia belongs to Azerbaijan and the narrow strip on the south coast of the Caspian Sea is one of the few populated areas on the Iranian Plateau. As long as this area is captured, it is possible to plot the whole of Persia in the future. Monomakh is now fantasizing about recreating Alexander's career.

His subordinates also think the same way, and the current expansion income is comparable to the territory they have obtained in the past few decades, and then maybe their leader can become another Alexander.

As a result, the morale of the entire army was extremely strong, even for those ethnic groups who were forcibly conscripted. They never thought that they would participate in such a great cause. The Transcaucasian countries have not experienced such a great cause in the past few hundred years. To achieve the current achievement, they have long been pawns in the struggle between the Eastern Empire and Arabia, but now, they may become chess players.

But there is a saying that there is as much hope as there is hope. Monomakh, who has been dazzled by the victory, has not noticed that his march has caused the internally fighting Seljuk forces to put aside their differences and work together to resolve this issue. Damn nouveau riche.

Monomakh's eastward advance was not very successful. He only took part of Persian Azerbaijan, and then was blocked by the Seljuk coalition forces. As the battle lasted, Monomakh also woke up from his dream of conquest .

He is really a little arrogant, the most important thing right now is to divide the interests, to satisfy his subordinates and buy the nobles.

So Monomakh stopped the march and returned to Transcaucasia. Although there were a lot of disappointments among his subordinates, the achievements everyone had made were enough to feed everyone.

At the same time, his retreat gave his enemies a sigh of relief. It was great not to have to face this troublesome Ross. Their alliance was also frightening, lest someone would harm him, and now they could finally end it.

And then, with the disappearance of external pressure, they began to continue fighting internally. The contradictions within Seljuk will not disappear with the appearance of a strong enemy.

As for Monomacher, his domestic affairs have been very smooth this time. With such a huge new cake division, even the most dissatisfied dignitaries have to kneel in front of him and hope that Monomacher will give him land and money. silver.

Now Monomacher's territory is like a giant beast running across this land, and the resources he can allocate are also extremely huge. Relying on these gold, silver and land, Monomacher successfully appeased those who were still in peace with them last week. The nobles he opposed, by the way, also rewarded his subordinates. As for the nobles in the newly conquered territories, they were also appeased, which is enough to show how huge his income from this expedition was.

In short, Monomakh is now a powerful force that everyone in this area cannot ignore. No one thought that the Ross mercenary would acquire such a large land.

However, Monomakh doesn't plan to continue the conquest anymore. This vast territory needs to be governed. He needs to turn this broken land into a powerful enough war machine so that he can continue his next actions.

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(End of this chapter)