king of ros

"It turns out that my father planned to do this. I really didn't expect that my father actually planned to make arrangements for the situation in the Near East."

After reading the letter sent by Volorida, Vasiliko was not surprised. As far as geopolitics is concerned, doing so is indeed in the best interest of Ross.

"The old man is finally going to do some national strategic things. I thought he would take a long time to take action."

Volorida’s tone of voice doesn’t show much respect for his father. If someone else said that, Vasilko might have a conflict with that person, but this is his second brother, and he knows how much his second brother treats his father. Loyalty, this is a title that can only be used among their relatives.

"However, to show favor to that Monomacher... well, father is more able to let go of his figure than I thought."

Vasilico said with great interest that he was very aware of the grievances between the previous generation.

"After all, we have common interests with Monomakh in this matter. The old man naturally doesn't mind cooperating with him. We don't want that Greek emperor to restore the former frontiers of the Eastern Empire so quickly."

When it came to targeting Alexios, neither Volorida nor Vasilko had any strange expressions on their faces. Although they both fought for the Greek emperor, their identities were the sons of Rostislav after all. Loyalty to his father comes first after all.

And now that Alexios is planning to reduce the Varangian guards, it shows that the emperor has slowed down, so Ross should dig some holes for the emperor and set some obstacles. A strong Eastern Empire is not Kyiv want to see.

Something suddenly occurred to Volorida at this moment, so he left the tent where he was, and Vasilko followed, knowing what the brothers were going to talk about, they were now in the siege camp of the Crusaders against Antioch.

At a glance, you can see the towering walls of Antioch and the majestic mountains behind them. The city has been under siege for almost a year, and the walls are already in tatters. There are still many corpses underneath, but it is still Stand proudly here.

Compared with when they first camped here, the camp of the Crusaders was lifeless. Although no one starved to death in the camp, everyone's morale seemed very low.

After many fruitless attacks on the walls of Antioch, how could the crusaders have much morale? Now they are discouraged when they face that wall. Some people think that the wall is impossible to break through of.

"In other words, how is the attack on this city going? No matter what the father's order says, we have to take this city first. This is the most important thing. Only by taking this place can the Catholics move forward and reach Holy Land Jerusalem."

Volorida looked at the city that was still holding on, and said to his brother, and at the same time he looked at the camp with worried eyes, whether the situation here is really good.

"Antioch's sturdiness and difficulty are beyond our expectations. We have never been able to take it down. Bohemond said that he has some ideas, and he doesn't know what this guy is going to do."

Vasilko shook his head, recalling Bohemond's swearing appearance, I hope this guy really has a way, otherwise they have nothing to do now.

"Bohemond, I think he chased him back then, but I still ran away." The chase in Volorida's meaning is not the kind of relationship between a man and a woman, but being chased on the battlefield. "By the way, tell me about your experience in the city of Antioch for almost a whole year. I'm quite curious."

"Ah, that's a long story..."

Vasiliko paused and organized his words, because this matter is really complicated and it is not easy to say it.

"That is to say, all your food during this period has been brought in from the southern seaport. Although there are many ships coming, there is still a problem of food shortage?"

While the Rurik brothers were talking about the experience of the Crusades in the past ten years, a pair of relatives in the Crusaders camp were also talking about their experiences in this year.

"Yes, taking the Oronst River was the most correct thing we did. If it weren't for this, we would not be short of food, but the entire army would be completely starved to death. But even so, many people still doubt Could it be that the Greek emperor withheld food and grass, after all, the supply is not the same as before, and it was still enough for everyone to eat before."

Edgar Wessex recalled that at that time, he lamented that it was an unintentional move, but it turned out to be an important life-saving straw for the entire army.

"Emperor Alexios confronted that Monomakh in the north. There is also a lot of food needed there. It is normal to reduce the supply to the Crusaders. The emperor needs to guarantee his army first."

Edward said leisurely, and Edgar didn't show any attitude, "I know, I can understand it, but other people can't do it, and there are still people who are fueling those remarks, yes, that person is Bosch Mond."

"Bohemond, yes, it can only be him. He has always hated Alexios extremely, and he is always enthusiastic about insulting the Eastern Empire."

Edward sighed, and looked at his son at the same time. He is now a middle-aged man who has a family and a career. Although he has already had a good career in the Eastern Empire, he still comes out to work hard and pursue a higher career. He was very proud of Edgar.

Edward felt that he had come to the right place this time, and he was full of satisfaction to fight on such a glorious path with his son.

Originally Edward did not intend to participate in this expedition, but his old friend Meshko who decided to participate in the holy war told him that Edgar had joined the Crusades, so he came, and he wanted to take a good look at this long-lost Son, fight with him.

After Edward's voice fell, the two fell into silence. The elderly father and son didn't know what to say next, yes, what to say?They haven't seen each other for so many years.

For Edward's arrival, Edgar was also happy, and being with his father gave him a wonderful feeling, which he enjoyed very much.

"By the way, how many people are there in this camp?"

Edward finally choked out a topic, and immediately said it to his son, and Edgar answered very quickly.

"Now there are only 3 people. The [-] people either died in battle, died of disease, starved to death, or were captured and disappeared, or escaped."

Edgar's tone dropped. Even though he had gone through so many wars, seeing such a horrible attrition still touched Edgar a lot.

Over the past year, the Crusaders not only had to siege Antioch, but also had to deal with the continuous attacks of the surrounding Muslim lords, but fortunately, these emirs were not coordinated with each other, and they simply put their troops together one by one. Sent to the crusaders, and then crushed by the powerful charge of the crusader knights.

But even with so many victories, the Crusaders are still very weak against the walls of Antioch, and the battle has been going on with high intensity, coupled with the lack of food, so the death and escape of the Crusaders have never been a lot .

If this situation continues, the Crusaders will disintegrate sooner or later, and there has been news from the East recently that the Emir of Mosul, Kerboga, has finally united the quarrelsome western emirs, and they formed a team Refining the coalition army, this army is said to have reached 6 people, and now they are heading towards Antioch at full speed.

"Then we can only rely on the Norman's plan, God bless, may his plan be reliable, otherwise we will have to die under the attack of the front and back."

Edward made a cross, he didn't like the Norman, how could he like the Norman as a victim of the Norman invasion.

But even so, he can only look forward to this guy, the crusader is now the only one who dares to say that he can take the city.

"God bless you."

Edgar didn't say much, just prayed like this, he doesn't like the Normans, but right now it seems that he can only rely on that guy.

The two hoped to take Antioch as soon as possible, the sooner the better, but what they didn't expect was that Bohemond accomplished this tonight, and he opened the door of Antioch to the crusaders .

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