king of ros

Chapter 56 Poland's Past

"Glanwa, have you ever experienced such a big battle?"

Rostislav, unable to sleep, sat by the fire and asked the captain of the bodyguard.

The captain of the bodyguard was sharpening his Danish long ax with a millstone. He paused for a while when he heard the prince's question, and then continued to sharpen it, while he began to answer questions for his master.

"I have experienced many wars, but this is the first time that today's war is like this. The battle with the largest number of troops I participated in was when the Polish uprising was suppressed. I still remember that the vast number of Polish farmers faced overwhelmingly We charged, and we got a bloody blow on our shield wall."

Rostislav couldn't help being interested in this. Since he came to this era, he has heard many people mention the Polish uprising. The entire Polish kingdom was overthrown by this uprising. escape their kingdom without embarrassment.

Near the bonfire, there were also many people who did not sleep. They chatted or polished their weapons one after another. They used this behavior to pass the time and wait for the arrival of the battle.

The temporary outposts were covered with sentries, and they vigilantly looked in the direction of the enemy camp, with their hands on the horns, alert to all possible attacks.

And further away is the barracks where the soldiers sleep. Most people still choose to sleep. After all, tomorrow is a fierce battle. For many people, this may be the last peaceful night. After all, the dead don’t need to sleep, they just sleep forever In this land that has experienced countless battles.

"Granwa, it's still a long time before dawn. Tell me about this uprising. I have heard my father talk about his martial arts in this battle since I was a child, but I never knew the cause of all this."

"Didn't you know? I think so, you were young back then, and Bishop Luca has never been interested in secular things other than Rose, and he will not take the initiative to tell you about it."

Glanwa was a little surprised at first when he heard that Rostislav didn't know about the Polish Uprising, but he soon felt relieved. He didn't feel any emotion, but directly explained this influential uprising to his master.

"Do you know how the Piast family became kings of Poland and established the Kingdom of Poland? That's where the stuff we're going to talk about starts."

Rostislav shook his head. How did he know that the Kingdom of Poland was established? Even in his previous life, not many people in ancient Poland cared.

"The way the Piast family established the Kingdom of Poland is very simple. It is to fight non-stop, with the Slavic tribes, with the Germanic Empire, and with us. Over the past century, the Polish monarchs have changed several times, but the war has never stopped. , These monarchs are characterized by proficiency in battle and have never left the battlefield."

The captain’s words reminded the prince that his grandfather was kicked out of Kyiv by the Poles more than 40 years ago. Fortunately, the villain supported by the Poles died not long after, otherwise it would be difficult for his grandfather’s poor military skills to fight against Poland. The madmen fought against it.

"The long-term war has made everyone very tired. The Polish royal family can only comfort everyone with the spoils and slaves brought by the war, and then continue the war, which is like a snowball. But the dissatisfaction of the people always exists. War only temporarily suppresses these grievances."

"Probably in 1034, the Polish king at that time died unexplainably, which led to the subsequent riots throughout Poland, which became the fuse of the uprising. Slaves, farmers and subjugated tribes all launched revolts. They killed nobles and officials, and attacked the Holy Church."

He was very interested in what Govalan said about Rostislav, and this was the first time he had heard such detailed information about the uprising.

However, he is not surprised by the direction of the Kingdom of Poland. According to the description, the Kingdom of Poland is a country driven purely by war, so once the war stops or something goes wrong, an explosion is inevitable.

"The current King of Poland, Kazimierz, escaped from Poland in embarrassment. After seeing the massive uprising behind him, we and the Germanic Empire both chose to end the war with Poland and help Poland suppress the uprising. But at that time we All we want is to keep the chaos at the border, and when we succeed we stop fighting and leave Poland in chaos."

"Everyone's opinions on the peasant rebellion are really unified."

Rostislav looked at the bonfire in front of him and said sarcastically, that's what feudal rulers are like, then he froze for a moment, isn't he a feudal ruler?This is really a mockery to his head all at once.

Shaking his head and laughing at himself, Gevalan didn't say anything when he saw this, just continued his topic.

"Everything changed. After the exiled Polish king married us, Kazimierz married the grand duke's sister. In response, your uncle married Kazimierz's sister."

"Uncle's wife is the sister of the King of Poland?"

This made Rostislav very surprised, and subconsciously moved his feet by the campfire. He didn't expect that the uncle had such a relationship with Poland, but thinking about it, this could explain the Polish knights in his team.

"Yes. But let me continue with the war in Poland. After the marriage was settled, the Grand Duke led the army into Poland to suppress the rebels, and the king of Kazimierz also entered with the knights given by the exiles and the German emperor. Poland. I followed your father in that campaign, I just remember our endless marches and fights, the enemy was everywhere, but fortunately we won the final victory, and everyone is still alive After a sum of money was issued, King Kazimierz promised that we could capture all traitors as slaves, and the slaves we brought to Kyiv directly lowered the price of the slave market three times a day."

When Govalan talked about how to catch slaves and sell them, his face was full of pride and satisfaction, but Rostislav only had some complicated looks in his eyes and then controlled his expression without showing any abnormalities.

After the war in Estonia, Rostislav has adjusted his mentality. Anyway, this is the case in this era, and no one thinks there is any problem with it, so let's go with the flow, and the only thing we can do is to be ourselves.

"It seems that the overall battle is still very easy."

Rostislav said that Guvalan didn't mention any words such as a hard fight, and it seemed that the fight went very smoothly.

"Yeah, most of the traitors have no power to resist our army at all, and the Mazovians are the troublesome ones. They are the earliest and most tenacious resistance force..."

In this way, Rostislav and Guvalan chatted about past wars by the bonfire. They talked very engrossed. The sun appeared on the horizon, which also announced that the battle was about to begin.

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(End of this chapter)